U.S. government shutdown begins as spending bill fails in Senate https://t.co/8uQAh0d9KR #TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/pMePfupwHR
— Yannis Koutsomitis (@YanniKouts) January 20, 2018
Shutdown drama shows Washington's failure to lead | Analysis by CNN's Stephen Collinson https://t.co/EXLtFNss7A pic.twitter.com/6HvILkAlYi
— CNN (@CNN) January 20, 2018
Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown? https://t.co/vjWZvFQaTc pic.twitter.com/zgO1cCTfr3
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 20, 2018
GOP senator: Our country is 'being run by idiots' https://t.co/ZxumhiZjJy pic.twitter.com/JyTD2wok25
— The Hill (@thehill) January 20, 2018
Trump blamed for shutdown exactly one year after he took office https://t.co/nn9Y7G71aa
— The Independent (@Independent) January 20, 2018
Dreamers don't want Congress to save them by hurting other immigrants https://t.co/skWU20lcSd
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) January 20, 2018
Earlier – Government on brink of shutdown
Trump calls for four-week extension to avoid government shutdown https://t.co/N8VPFecvij pic.twitter.com/VK1PIF4DJN
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 19, 2018
McConnell sets up a 10pm Senate vote on the House-passed CR to keep the government open.
It needs 60 votes and doesn’t appear to have that.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 20, 2018
Trump and Schumer end private talks with "progress,’ but no deal. Latest updates: https://t.co/iKLZvvDceo
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 19, 2018
LIVE COVERAGE: Countdown to government shutdown https://t.co/142yDy3idJ pic.twitter.com/zQ4MxL1Mt1
— The Hill (@thehill) January 19, 2018
JUST IN: Trump budget chief predicts Congress will reach shutdown deal "in the next 24 hours" https://t.co/WMaaIzcRr9 pic.twitter.com/9RNLMgjiWm
— The Hill (@thehill) January 19, 2018
BAD NEWS for Trump backers who paid as much as $250,000 a pair to hang out with Trump tomorrow night:
“No, I don't,” Mick Mulvaney said to press at WH when asked if he expects
Trump will fly to Florida tomorrow. https://t.co/G4XAaJa1ii— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 19, 2018
I've never seen anything as cynical in politics as Republicans spending 4 months refusing to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, then attaching reauthorization to another controversial bill, then blaming Democrats for not supporting CHIP. It's breathtaking. https://t.co/NeoE2Fiu0h
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) January 19, 2018
.@realDonaldTrump should heed his own words:
“if there is a shutdown I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together.” #TrumpShutdown pic.twitter.com/pqbGAQf1Tx— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 19, 2018
CHUCK: Shutdowns happen when both sides think they can win the argument. But shutdowns are averted when both sides have an incentive to find an exit. #MTPDaily pic.twitter.com/ACGxovYk0T
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) January 19, 2018
Democrat supports a Republican suggestion for a potentially constructive way out of an impasse that might solve some problems and minimize damage. Republican responds with silly, childish twitter hashtag. https://t.co/ztO0Ipwcb8
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 19, 2018
This shutdown crisis was (at least) 17 years in the making. Here’s how we got here. https://t.co/uKX4mnlFIm
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 20, 2018
DC bar will offer government employees cheap shutdown-themed drinks after midnight https://t.co/vGTX9UNdHD pic.twitter.com/7D34rY72ux
— The Hill (@thehill) January 19, 2018
"Our country was founded by geniuses, but it's being run by idiots," Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) says as government shutdown looms. pic.twitter.com/xBIT6fYG9H
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 19, 2018
ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
Women’s March returns after a year of female activism https://t.co/26CdrjbtYh
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 19, 2018
The Women's March on NYC will shut down over a dozen streets in midtown tomorrow: Here's what you need to know https://t.co/ZUPOkQynWN pic.twitter.com/HolpdWH7C3
— amNewYork (@amNewYork) January 19, 2018
The Rise of the “Girthers” https://t.co/JwxzJygsOs
— Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) January 20, 2018
This will dominate the airwaves but it’s the money laundering story that he should worry about.
Donald Trump made porn star Stormy Daniels spank him with a copy of Forbes magazine featuring his own face on the cover, reports claim https://t.co/b8H5hfDhC3
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) January 19, 2018
This Shark Week story is the exact reason everyone thought the Gorilla Channel was plausible.
— Ben Greenman (@bengreenman) January 19, 2018
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WORLD
Median age of country’s population
Japan 47.3
Germany 47.1
Canada 42.2
France 41.4
UK 40.5
Russia 39.6
US 38.1
China 37.4
Brazil 32
S Korea 30.9
India 28.3
Mexico 27.9
S Africa 27.1World 37
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) January 19, 2018
Who could have seen this coming? https://t.co/7dcyiVlt3l
— Colin Seeberger (@CMSeeberger) January 19, 2018
A New Look at Putin https://t.co/LECr6hioMb
— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) January 19, 2018
Exporting British Columbia’s abundant energy resources should have been a slam dunk. https://t.co/iqo2ZenvAq
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) January 20, 2018
Here's why Norway is consistently rated the best place in the world to live https://t.co/Vr614yYzt6
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) January 19, 2018
Dear @Jack,@Twitter told us Russia-linked, automated accounts were an issue in 2016.
Today, trolls & bots linked to Russian influence operations appear to be promoting a request to buy classified intelligence: https://t.co/DfyWWmyUsW
How do you view your responsibilities here? https://t.co/76W9XFO6bc— Alex Howard (@digiphile) January 19, 2018
Gulp. https://t.co/R4JFTkiehh
— Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett) January 19, 2018
She never got the chance to teach students from space. 32 years later, 2 new astronaut-teachers will do that for her https://t.co/DLCivcQHBQ
— David Beard (@dabeard) January 19, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Saturday’s Daily TELEGRAPH: “UK could rejoin EU in future, says May deputy” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/MyBCxq9dnM
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) January 19, 2018
Telegraph claims Lidington said UK might one day rejoin a reformed EU: read the transcript and decide for yourself what he meant… https://t.co/MPSkTzuF8s
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) January 19, 2018
WATCH: UK gift Macron $62 million, but it doesn't buy #Brexit love https://t.co/T3s2LrFn5j via @ReutersTV pic.twitter.com/Fi1S4vXXw5
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 19, 2018
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson suggests Britain and France build a bridge across the English Channel to bolster links after Brexit. https://t.co/Xq0nlcL8NJ pic.twitter.com/dM9gjbGdBc
— ABC News (@ABC) January 19, 2018
Your bullshit-free guide to the next 12 months of Brexit https://t.co/eQ1vuxbE1T
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) January 19, 2018
Right that is the straw that broke the camel's back, now your messing with my tea and biscuits. Sod this #StopBrexit
McVitie's Digestives packets to shrink by seven biscuits due to rising costs post- #Brexit https://t.co/GIg9s8zdgM #fbpe #BrexitShambles #WATON
— Reason Now #FBPE #WATON #LoveNHS #PCPEU (@ReasonCoffeeShp) January 19, 2018
