Varadkar and May say there is now a basis for a deal to reinstate powersharing https://t.co/lrF2ufjTDl
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) February 12, 2018
Best option is to avoid hard border: Irish PM Leo Varadkar speaking after Stormont talks https://t.co/rZEKTsZy4d pic.twitter.com/JmZK9jed4g
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 12, 2018
Renewed commitment to no hard border after May and Varadkar meet https://t.co/dqopexS7Tw
— Irish Times Politics (@IrishTimesPol) February 12, 2018
DUP sources still do not anticipate any deal until much later in the week so it's a risky game the PM's playing by turning up in NI at this critical stage. #Stormont
— David Blevins (@skydavidblevins) February 12, 2018
Today marks the 400th day since the collapse of the Stormont executive.
— William Crawley (@williamcrawley) February 12, 2018
"We want devolution" – DUP Leader Arlene Foster says good progress made in Stormont talks https://t.co/hCYB6dEHuv pic.twitter.com/lVe91uISNI
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 12, 2018
Sinn Fein’s new president ‘off on wrong foot’ with unionists as Mary Lou ends speech with IRA sloganhttps://t.co/oDoS9aBD7s pic.twitter.com/Rccv0Ze6Ff
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/LADFLEG/status/963191944276008961
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Theresa May's team is unfurling a new "road map to Brexit” and asking us all to come along for the ride https://t.co/Q5pFuObL7x pic.twitter.com/6zuCC3fxR2
— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) February 12, 2018
Brexit voters weren’t ‘brainwashed’ – they wanted a better Britain. Now it’s clear they won’t get it, we need a vote on the final deal. My @Independent column this week: https://t.co/688yyHszyC
— ChukaUmunna (@ChukaUmunna) February 12, 2018
Absolutely right, @ChrisLeslieMP. This is Labour’s Brexit as much as it is the Tories’ Brexit. pic.twitter.com/RQUCrHFGQT
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) February 12, 2018
No deal Brexit could lead to 43,000 fewer construction jobs.#Brexit #BrexitImpact #Housing #Construction #Tech #Innovation #HousingCrisis https://t.co/gPb1SRGiwk
— Precision Homes (@PrecisionHomes_) February 12, 2018
Small office. Not going to make up for what we lose due to Brexit via @FinancialTimes pic.twitter.com/IDToAF2knW
— Erika J (@operabinoculars) February 12, 2018
A deluded May has given birth to a pathetic, over optimistic, idiotic abomination. That's what the German carnival season thinks of Brexit. #FBPE pic.twitter.com/TygrHnayRE
— Brexit Bin 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇩🇪🕊🇺🇦 #BrexitHasFailed (@BrexitBin) February 12, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Trump’s budget hits poor Americans the hardest https://t.co/CCUjJhEBK5
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 12, 2018
White house proposes to eliminate NASA Office of Education, National Endowment for the Arts, 5 Earth Science Missions, NASA WFIRST, & Corporation for Public Broadcasting https://t.co/GlEZvhUGzn pic.twitter.com/ODg7TKeb0A
— James Bullock (@jbprime) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/963159185599942657
Pelosi resurfaces Trump tweet vowing not to cut Medicaid, Medicare after Trump budget that makes cuts to both https://t.co/GnMwoOK0gu pic.twitter.com/V1BKyNlnqR
— The Hill (@thehill) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/aterkel/status/963125741717204992
Trump is confident he knows how to rebuild America's infrastructure because he once built and ice rink and it's "really no different" https://t.co/nEFFujNWZq
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/AndrewBeatty/status/963157941447725057
Sanders hedges, dodges, declines and deflects on administration's handling of abuse allegations, its shifting stories, the dozens of aides without permanent clearances and why Trump has defended Porter publicly — without sympathizing with the women. https://t.co/RGNYYCmLGl
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) February 12, 2018
"Day six and there still is no agreed upon fact pattern for the crisis engulfing the Trump White House over who knew what when" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/0cQ2rJzZTT
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) February 12, 2018
Remember Gorka said the alpha males are back in charge after Trump was elected. https://t.co/bJWutQ1mQN
— Katty Kay (@KattyKay_) February 12, 2018
Here's the GOP's latest attempt to prove Obama acted improperly in the Trump-Russia probe — and why it falls flat https://t.co/4u4N0Gb1KA
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 12, 2018
Sens. Grassley and Graham ask Obama natsec adviser @AmbassadorRice about an email she sent herself on the day of Trump's inauguration, memorializing an Oval Office meeting with Obama on Russian hacking. https://t.co/v7IbJzCX9L
The highlighted sentence here is remarkable. pic.twitter.com/cJC2AXQxdn
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/963055788615925760
Get ready for Year 2 of Trump:
Infrastructure plan a scam
Embrace of GOP plutocracy will continue
Deportations and nativist policies will get worse
Bread-and-circuses racist appeals will continue
In other words, the Real Trumpism. My new post:https://t.co/mOKOIE9t1G
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) February 12, 2018
Well, this is telling: The Economist has downgraded the US from “full democracy” to “flawed democracy” because of a further erosion of trust in government and elected officials under Trump.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) February 11, 2018
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WORLD
South Korea's Moon Jae-in has always harbored dreams of rapprochement, even as missiles flew during his first months in office.
Now he may be on brink of legacy-defining moment. https://t.co/8alGivQgb5 pic.twitter.com/UokHqFZVye
— ABC News (@ABC) February 12, 2018
Critics pan media’s positive coverage of North Korea at Olympicshttps://t.co/99ufYLxctC pic.twitter.com/4zLHZumVz5
— POLITICO (@politico) February 12, 2018
After a 2005 performance, 21 members of North Korea's cheer squad were sent to a prison camp for speaking about what they saw in South Korea pic.twitter.com/SdgYfCtktW
— VICE News (@VICENews) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/AlexWhitcomb/status/963175119563636736
A girl with Down syndrome, got up during a regular papal service & went toward @Pontifex
Security men quickly moved in 2 take her back to her mom. The Pope stopped them & said to her "come sit next to me.” She then sat down near him and he continued his homily, holding her hands pic.twitter.com/2QziweDRPX— TradCatFem🌹🙏🌹 (@TradCatFem) February 11, 2018