The Cranberries mourn singer Dolores O'Riordan: "The world has lost a true artist today" https://t.co/EqUL4PjUF2
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 15, 2018
Irish and international singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London today. She was 46 years old.
Family members are devastated to hear the breaking news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time. Full Statement: https://t.co/L8K98BFpSM pic.twitter.com/ADEY51Xnwe— The Cranberries (@The_Cranberries) January 15, 2018
Dolores O'Riordan 1971-2018: Her distinctive voice was known around the world pic.twitter.com/9pFpAXwr91
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) January 15, 2018
One of my absolute favourites songs ever. RIP Dolores ❤️ https://t.co/dkInKxHnuz
— Lauren Bríd (@laurenbirdmusic) January 15, 2018
I’m saddened to hear of the death of Dolores O’Riordan at just 46. Her wonderful band recorded a moving song after the Warrington bomb in memory of two innocent victims, Johnathan Ball and my son Tim. RIP Dolores
— Colin Parry OBE (@ColinParryPeace) January 15, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Steve Bannon expected to meet behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. https://t.co/9615HhhLqw pic.twitter.com/CU652MSfYU
— ABC News (@ABC) January 15, 2018
Lewandowski & Bannon heading to the hill: Why this week marks a new chapter in the congressional Russia probes@woodruffbets gives a preview w/ @NicolleDWallace & Jeremy Bash pic.twitter.com/9W5sxs90Xp
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 15, 2018
House intel committee to interrogate Trump confidante Hope Hicks as early as Friday: report https://t.co/gvXEGsng8y
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 15, 2018
Tomorrow is Tuesday.
It will require an act of Congress, and Trump's signature, to keep it open past Friday night at midnight.
100 hours.— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) January 15, 2018
New Filing Shows Eric Trump Raised Millions, Lied About His Foundation's Expenses https://t.co/s5FG3R4Nue
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) January 14, 2018
U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Kushner that top Chinese-American businesswoman Wendi Deng Murdoch could be using her close friendship w/him + Ivanka to further Chinese govt interests. https://t.co/juNl1BJ56H
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/rezaaslan/status/953045507630252032
Sorry. I can’t help reading this story as one big act of shade throwing by Rupert Murdoch against his ex wife… An interesting one for a J-school ethics class… https://t.co/AxivDXL2aa
— Shawn Donnan (@sdonnan) January 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/953050191040479232
https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/953047478902951937
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STOP..
Trump: 'Senator Dicky Durbin' lying about DACA meetinghttps://t.co/GVJSydE5ad via @ejgold94 pic.twitter.com/ee5ia8XWUv
— POLITICO (@politico) January 15, 2018
Sen. Durbin stands by comments on Trump "Sh*thole" remarks https://t.co/UlsIu6ayeN
— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) January 15, 2018
"I don't know that changing the word from '-hole' to '-house' changes the impact," Durbin says.
— Steven Portnoy (@stevenportnoy) January 15, 2018
Good Job, Everyone …. South Africa Summons US Diplomat To Explain Trump's 'Sh*thole' Comment https://t.co/vjznFHIQHN via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 15, 2018
Trump gets into spat with Wall Street Journal, says he was misquoted. https://t.co/JSkjLDJukq pic.twitter.com/i7OSuT4qfe
— Slate (@Slate) January 15, 2018
"No, no, I'm not a racist. I am the least racist person you have ever interviewed, that I can tell you"-@POTUS, last night.
As @DLeonhardt @ianprasad document, @realDonaldTrump has talked about & treated people differently based on their race for decades:https://t.co/cFI0tIIqs4 pic.twitter.com/I4wMyXyCpt— Alex Howard (@digiphile) January 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/aterkel/status/953040882558697474
1) You would have called for him to be fired. 2) You wouldn't have rented an apartment to him. 3) You call the people who actually keep his dream etched on their hearts ungrateful and disrespectful. 4) You spent today golfing. #ManySides https://t.co/UI5upEFhBc
— Samantha Bee (@realsambee) January 15, 2018
His daily intelligence briefings are prepared the same way https://t.co/3NmntjkFIs
— Norm Eisen (#TryingTrump out now!) (@NormEisen) January 15, 2018
This though…
Really cool interactive from @nytimes about what 1968 would have been like if push alerts had been around back then https://t.co/U0UW6r6YMV
— Kara Apel (@KaraApel) January 15, 2018
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WORLD
The White House called what happened Saturday an "emergency management exercise." The Hawaii state government has now reassigned the employee, saying the false alert was the result of a mistake. https://t.co/cUksskyEVH
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) January 15, 2018
Here’s the best public accounting of Trump’s activities and the White House responses as the Hawaii false alarm saga unfolded Saturday afternoon. https://t.co/x5o3VRV2Vx
— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) January 16, 2018
BREAKING: Explosion tears through three adjacent homes in Belgium's northern port town of Antwerp and injures up to 20 people, police say. https://t.co/powgBa0kyq
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 15, 2018
In emails obtained by @BuzzFeedFrance, Republican/Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio was advising Le Pen's campaign last yearhttps://t.co/EW2fL4tjrx
— Katherine Miller (@katherinemiller) January 15, 2018
Cuban economy ever more opaque as data omitted from 2016 accounts https://t.co/bjQWHtBRfw pic.twitter.com/CYKy4irMDz
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/953045722185830400
South Korea’s president is getting the full K-pop idol treatment ahead of his birthday next week: "the day the Moon rose." https://t.co/xbwcgTHOLj pic.twitter.com/d5ytdUcC8E
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) January 15, 2018
The Queen was once almost assassinated by a teenager in New Zealand, former police officer claims https://t.co/GTB5rOpj8R
— The Independent (@Independent) January 15, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Exclusive: The EU has toughened up its conditions for a post-Brexit transition deal for the UK https://t.co/Nf26mxpfQW pic.twitter.com/Vm4lultfAu
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 15, 2018
Tomorrow's front page … We can't afford to lose our EU citizens: Sturgeon makes passionate case for freedom of movement as analysis reveals EU nationals are worth £4.4bn to Scotland’s economy pic.twitter.com/ppiNQRpUj5
— The National (@ScotNational) January 15, 2018
If you are one of 28,000 members of Carillion's pension scheme, be thankful EU law obliged the Government to adopt our Pension Protection Fund (https://t.co/cIkq0ed1uR). pic.twitter.com/BLUQKsCcrf
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) January 15, 2018
CARILLION: Shades of a British Enron. Wild overbidding, fast-and-loose & grossly overpaid management, taxpayers taken for a ride, AWOL auditors & pliant/ignorant ministers and officials. This is going to run & run!
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) January 15, 2018
Column: UK had a 'bespoke deal' as EU member. We're about to learn how good it was compared to what is available to 'third countries'. https://t.co/gU3jFhCC0I
— Rafael Behr (@rafaelbehr) January 15, 2018
Quarter of UK's poorest households are getting deeper in debt, IFS warns https://t.co/66hWiZvMTV
— Guardian Business (@BusinessDesk) January 16, 2018
They’re offering false hope. After Brexit there won’t be a penny for any of Labour’s social programmes and all departments will be too mired in Brexit bureaucratic bullshit to do anything else.
And MAN am I getting sick of having to point this out. https://t.co/YjxgoSN1xq
— Mitch Benn (@MitchBenn) January 15, 2018
‘Independence day’…. Brexit increasingly feels like the spark that could light the tinder of a very, very fractured Britain https://t.co/dDwEJIKqTb
— Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.uk (@PeterKGeoghegan) January 15, 2018
I agree @andrealeadsom! We should definitely have #brexit stamps to commemorate this monumental event (if it happens, that is…) 🙄🙄🙄
Here, i've even designed some stamps for you to use…
Now let's all go and buy a copy of… the SUN? 🤢🤮
🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺#FBPE #StopBrexit pic.twitter.com/8KnWLskNH5— Madeleina Kay 🫐🌺💫 (@MadeleinaKay) January 16, 2018
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Finally…
Cyrille Regis: a pioneer on the pitch and the leader of a generation | Richard Williams https://t.co/m7YvNBb2b4
— KIq (@kishtiaq) January 15, 2018
Cyrille Regis on being sent a bullet by racists ahead of his England debut:
"I kept it as a reminder of the evil some people had inside them. For the rest of my playing days, it was a motivation that they weren't going to stop me."
Football has lost an icon. #RIPCyrille pic.twitter.com/w23HAzOMqK
— A Funny Old Game (@sid_lambert) January 15, 2018
So sad to hear that Cyrille Regis has passed. He was an icon, a trailblazer and a hero in my household growing up. So many footballers of colour have stood on his shoulders. What a legacy. Rest In Peace. https://t.co/MlLcMDVtdq pic.twitter.com/YfGJlhpPsD
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) January 15, 2018