President Trump’s speech in Cincinnati coincided with the worst single-day decline in the Dow Jones average in history https://t.co/xGZ6R1N4tc pic.twitter.com/LkL6VesnJH
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) February 5, 2018
The Dow's biggest intraday drop in history, or "Orange Monday" pic.twitter.com/KM5cLFO7Rt
— Frank Lesser (@sadmonsters) February 5, 2018
WH press sec Sanders on market drop today: “President’s focus is on our long-term economic fundamentals, which remain exceptionally strong”
her boss one month ago 👇 https://t.co/PNvKyfiogT
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 5, 2018
Can you spot the past two days on this graph? https://t.co/4rqDzciPre pic.twitter.com/iiOtl6XNIi
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 5, 2018
Twenty Times Since Aug. 1 When Donald Trump Cared About Day-To-Day Market Performance And One Day When Trump Was Focused On "Our Long-Term Economic Fundamentals" pic.twitter.com/LJiTwGnw21
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) February 5, 2018
The corporate profit bonanza of 2009-2017 flew on the wings of low wage growth.
The Dow nosedive accelerated on Friday, just after the BLS announced the highest wage growth figure of the expansion.https://t.co/jTooSHymZY
— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) February 5, 2018
I don't worry much about the stock market when the overall economic indicators are good, which they are right now.
BUT if I were the GOP, and had bet my 2018 message on the stock market and Carter Page's reliability, I'd be nervous… https://t.co/fIVyRaGupe
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) February 5, 2018
Worth reading: Volatility is back — updated https://t.co/M3PuQrqlK0 via @FT
— John Authers (@johnauthers) February 6, 2018
President Trump slams "treasonous" Dems for failing to clap at his first State of the Union https://t.co/1cjbwRMDS6 pic.twitter.com/nloW39RlpK
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 5, 2018
America in 2018: Cheer the president as he delivers his State of the Union address or he will label you “un-American” and “treasonous.” https://t.co/Plfo1CQRJd
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) February 5, 2018
Useful guide
Not clapping = treason
Welcoming clandestine offer of stolen information from a hostile foreign government to your presidential campaign? “That’s politics!” https://t.co/R48x9JxWno
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 5, 2018
My new, updated, expanded timeline of the Trump-Russian investigation now covers more than five years. https://t.co/relUyJEcTv
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 5, 2018
Hours to gov't shutdown: 77.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) February 5, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
UK rules out being in a customs union with the EU after #Brexit https://t.co/VtoCKV4eBP pic.twitter.com/cfwYHZ3b4h
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 5, 2018
And yet Davis' response – that a 'bespoke deal' can somehow avoid the choice – shows that it does. Regardless of whether you're pro or anti Brexit, it's just an unbelievable farrago of incompetence to refuse or be incapable of understanding the basic realities of what's involved.
— Chris Grey (@chrisgreybrexit) February 5, 2018
"What we're watching is literally a battle within the Conservative Party about what it wants for Brexit" says Vice-President of the European Parliament @MaireadMcGMEP #newsnight pic.twitter.com/Pr25BF4le1
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) February 5, 2018
Visiting European Banking Authority @EBA_News today.
Preparedness for #Brexit is key. All competent authorities and market operators have to prepare now. When the UK leaves the single market, the financial passport is gone. pic.twitter.com/owwN2RmKcv
— Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) February 5, 2018
Time for hard questions. What is the Brexit dividend? ( non-existent). With whom are Free Trade Agreements to be signed in services ?( dont exist) How is frictionless trade to happen outside a customs union?(Impossible) Spineless government in total denial
— Will Hutton (@williamnhutton) February 5, 2018
Crops rotting in fields?!? Pah, that’s just Project Fear!
Oh, hang on.#BrexitReality https://t.co/DBChl4M5a8
— Steve Bullock (@GuitarMoog) February 5, 2018
Meanwhile..
Suffragette Millicent Fawcett will become the first woman to have a statue in Parliament Square later this year, marking 100 years since women got the vote #bbcqt https://t.co/zmBXneMrbD pic.twitter.com/pleesuvjvH
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) February 1, 2018
Rare collection of suffragette posters on display to mark centenary of women getting the vote https://t.co/i4cpBLLMUB pic.twitter.com/qBMibEfdi1
— The Independent (@Independent) February 5, 2018
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WORLD
A New Kind of Nuclear Arms Race Grips the U.S. and Russia https://t.co/6YWI7muRMx
— 🗽Jeffrey Levin🗽 (@jilevin) February 6, 2018
To improve … air quality, the Chinese government vows to spend at least $360 billion on clean energy projects & create 13 million new renewable energy jobs by 2020. China is already one of the world's biggest investor in alternative energy sources.https://t.co/Vd0eEwa16r
— altEPA (@altUSEPA) February 6, 2018
Who Killed More: Hitler, Stalin, or Mao? By @iandenisjohnson https://t.co/8h2BxwIrm5 pic.twitter.com/cwCcAnMY3K
— Ray Kwong (@raykwong) February 5, 2018
oh and..
Life expectancy, UK vs. US:
🇬🇧 male: 79.4; 🇺🇸 male: 76.9
🇬🇧 female: 83.0; 🇺🇸 female: 81.6Healthcare spending (OECD):
🇬🇧: 9.9% of GDP
🇺🇸: 16.6% of GDPUninsured:
🇬🇧: 0
🇺🇸: 28 million https://t.co/Qjcx4N2owz— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) February 5, 2018
Finally…
BREAKING: 'Frasier' star John Mahoney dies at 77 https://t.co/5uSZb50Ns0 pic.twitter.com/wklvbPkcSN
— Variety (@Variety) February 5, 2018
R.I.P. to a wonderful actor, John Mahoney. #Frasier #LGBTQ pic.twitter.com/OLJkd4HOy0
— Kirk DeMatas 🏳️🌈 (@KirkDeMatas) February 5, 2018
Thanks for the laughs, John Mahoney! You’ll be missed. pic.twitter.com/1XInSbFrub
— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) February 6, 2018
