"If there were any doubt that his presidency was an unending campaign, Donald Trump erased it Friday." @PhilipRucker https://t.co/Nil6lOICsj
— Robert Costa (@costareports) February 23, 2018
I can hardly believe this is real. And yet… thank you @ddale8 … I think. https://t.co/wVwEjLkNE6
— Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) February 23, 2018
Trump Floats Idea Of Arming School Teachers https://t.co/l5pjpWdCM7 pic.twitter.com/zFFmsxf2xk
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) February 23, 2018
Why public education is critical to robust civic engagement: MSD/Parkland students researched gun control for debate class last November; this prepared them to debate the issue in the public sphere https://t.co/IifKqJSVZv via @texasinafrica
— Alondra Nelson (@alondra) February 24, 2018
Florida shooting survivor: We should call AR-15s "Marco Rubio" because they’re both easy to buy https://t.co/StMyByGUMO pic.twitter.com/D5jOCYSmeF
— The Hill (@thehill) February 23, 2018
Trump is echoing talking points from the NRA on arming teachers. Here's Wayne LaPierre's speech at CPAC today and Trump's words, side by side. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/H2Vh1325ms
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) February 23, 2018
"We just have to avoid the temptation to follow the administration's line that brings the discussion down to the absurd," says NY Gov. Cuomo on Trump's ideas for gun reform. "The answer that the NRA wants to hear is…more guns. The answer isn't more guns” https://t.co/AAIN473gBa pic.twitter.com/uvjXyftXPl
— CNN (@CNN) February 23, 2018
NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre decried the "shameful politicization" of the deadly Florida high school shooting. https://t.co/MrhJ40HSn0 via @viaCristiano pic.twitter.com/PrL5Cybntl
— POLITICO (@politico) February 23, 2018
The morning after teens poured their hearts out, NRA's LaPierre deflected, raged, and filibustered https://t.co/vtF6i3lRf4 pic.twitter.com/PKegyaRlPN
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/TwitterMoments/status/967100566697660416
This week, @realDonaldTrump had the opportunity to take real action on gun control. He would have gained extraordinary support from people across the political spectrum. He could have won the next generation of voters.
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) February 24, 2018
You know by now The Snake is an autobiographical confession, right? Because Trump can't just screw you over, he needs to flaunt that you were gullible enough to give him a chance? We don't need to explain this again, right?
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) February 23, 2018
Meanwhile…
Former Trump campaign aide Richard Gates leaves the courthouse after pleading guilty to two counts: conspiracy against the U.S. and making false statements to federal authorities. https://t.co/bgYwu1dCJi pic.twitter.com/urX6hr8FAs
— ABC News (@ABC) February 23, 2018
Manafort: I had hoped Gates would have the "strength" not to plead guilty in Mueller probe https://t.co/SLUuYDZp6Z pic.twitter.com/KCP4ef3T7G
— The Hill (@thehill) February 23, 2018
Rick Gates just admitted to lying about a 2013 meeting between Paul Manafort and an unidentified U.S. lawmaker. Public filings show a meeting that day between Manafort and Dana Rohrabacher, the Russia-friendly Republican from California. https://t.co/qwgR4x0heY pic.twitter.com/yl8YsnSaXC
— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) February 23, 2018
Shep Smith: Kushner's security clearance omission can be "punishable by prison" https://t.co/2rj7buVUCw pic.twitter.com/UcUAmcCoTA
— The Hill (@thehill) February 24, 2018
Kelly, McMaster could soon resign over friction with Trump: report https://t.co/l1oxII6gR8 pic.twitter.com/UZZJDyC9D7
— The Hill (@thehill) February 24, 2018
Impt to note, as the letter makes clear, @AmbassadorRice was not briefed on the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign. She learned, as nearly everyone did, from Comey’s testimony.
Another reminder of the critical firewall that once separated policy & law enforcement. https://t.co/InSUW1tBcK
— Ned Price (@nedprice) February 23, 2018
Must be in that Two Corinthians book. https://t.co/GWNRzqxoM3
— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) February 23, 2018
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WORLD
France and Germany ask Putin to stop Syria attacks https://t.co/hX3WGI5Kzr pic.twitter.com/TgpUOgGeFw
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 23, 2018
LAVROV: "ready for a resolution to keep bombing" UN Security Council weighs vote on 30-day Syria truce resolution @AJENews https://t.co/Zg4kL8v8Iy
— dona bozzi (@donabozzi) February 23, 2018
Iran Threatens To Abandon Nuclear Deal If Western Banks Don't Start Doing Business https://t.co/iXmxrX2QKK
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 24, 2018
A top Chinese official is planning a trip to the United States, hoping to ease trade friction between the two countries https://t.co/lQSpyJquEa
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) February 24, 2018
"Children have been recruited by all sides in the conflict and forced to kill civilians; in many cases they have watched loved ones raped or killed." https://t.co/kuCpzob0hy
— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) February 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/DarranMarshall/status/967184786447007744
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN (AND NORN IRON)
Donald Tusk: UK Brexit plans 'pure illusion' https://t.co/IhtcOP8afR
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 23, 2018
Irish PM @campaignforleo says it’s ‘not possible for UK to be aligned to EU when it suits & not when it doesn’t. The UK needs to square that circle. It’s not yet squared. UK position
needs to be backed up with real detail. We are well beyond aspirations we need detail’ @SkyNews pic.twitter.com/wb4UBrxVop— Mark Stone (@Stone_SkyNews) February 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/GuitarMoog/status/967191563985211392
The Irish Border, Regulatory Alignment and Brexit. What commitments have been made? What principles are at play? What options exist? Queen’s on Brexit Briefing Paper with @hayward_katy just published at https://t.co/pzW0h2JZRe pic.twitter.com/utGnW54JGg
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) February 23, 2018
In today's @irish_news: Arlene Foster 'regularly' asked about RHI applicants while minister because 'Northern Ireland is a small place' – https://t.co/SCuXMypke8
— John Monaghan (@jmonaghan17) February 23, 2018
What the DUP consider to be the erosion of Britishness is really the erosion of the dominance of Britishness over Irishness. Still a long way to go in terms of parity of esteem. https://t.co/wvXRopMvAJ
— Richard Gallagher (@RichGallagher1) February 23, 2018