Putin will not explain the nerve agent use and there will not be evidence to prove Russia did it. May will have to make a judgement based on intelligence assessments. https://t.co/m77ZlZ0MXg
— Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Kᴇᴍᴘ (@COLRICHARDKEMP) March 12, 2018
Former Russian spy & his daughter poisoned in Salisbury by "military grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia" – UK PM Theresa May https://t.co/U4h0vZpow5 pic.twitter.com/cDHz6f2wHP
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) March 12, 2018
Don’t we normally wait for someone to die before we call it a death? Isn’t that the tradition? pic.twitter.com/M5D976isQk
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) March 11, 2018
Russians have donated £826,000 to the Tory Party since the EU referendum. Imagine the outcry if Labour had received a similar sum from the citizens of a country apparently behind a terrorist attack on UK soil
— Robert Harris (@Robert___Harris) March 12, 2018
Corbyn says government’s response to attack should focus on “reducing tensions” with Russia. Unbelievable.
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) March 12, 2018
Russian mercenaries attacked a U.S. based in Syria last month, reportedly with Kremlin approval. Now the Brits say the Russians carried out an attempted assassination on their soil. Response from @realDonaldTrump? Silence.
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) March 12, 2018
Read This: "Secret Soviet-Era Chemical Weapon Used on Ex-Spy in U.K." and watch the embedded video of Theresa May's stunning speech https://t.co/BlMZNGCNhW
— csdickey (@csdickey) March 12, 2018
Interesting. Tillerson singles out Russia, a break from the White House message a few hours ago. https://t.co/imy5dWb2tX
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) March 12, 2018
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson goes one step further than the White House by pointing the finger at Russia for the poisoning of a former spy who was attacked with a nerve agent. The White House condemned the attack earlier but didn't name Russia. pic.twitter.com/4hiFMClnzg
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) March 12, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN (AND NORN IRON)
The point is that, whether or not Russia interfered, Brexit is Putin's "dream policy" as @rafaelbehr put it in December 2017: https://t.co/p1oOmB12Vy. Because it isolates the UK from the EU, and weakens the EU, which Putin hates. 2/5
— Chris Grey (@chrisgreybrexit) March 12, 2018
So, David Davis hasn't visited Brussels for Brexit talks yet this year and he hasn't been in Northern Ireland since September 2016.
All this while I'm #inLimbo.#Brexit #FBPE #ABTV #OFOC@StevePeers @IanDunt @GuitarMoog https://t.co/FW0us7ZT4m
— Matthias Eberl 🇪🇺 (@eberlmat) March 12, 2018
Just preparing for Brexit is going to cost the UK about £2bn, a new estimate says https://t.co/FolftkLy8g
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 12, 2018
At least Govt now being honest on NI border @cpmcgonagle @AllieRenison @hayward_katy https://t.co/mcGx3pD9G7
— Guy Stallard (@Guy_Stallard) March 11, 2018
I see the Legatum Institute, which totally knows how to do very complex things like Brexit and a frictionless Irish border (with airships) is struggling with less complex stuff like “not imploding”. https://t.co/tmERqKQILc
— James Chalmers (@ProfChalmers) March 11, 2018
"Bloody French"https://t.co/Beza4dFo0U pic.twitter.com/J26qSfQgX4
— Facts Central (@Hayleeee1848) March 12, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
House Intel Committee Ending Russia Probe, Says No Collusion Found; Schiff Responds https://t.co/mNF9U1TlPd
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 12, 2018
Traitors. Every goddamned one of them. https://t.co/weNuZjvPkg
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) March 12, 2018
House majority investigation was missing documents. Missing subpoenas. Witnesses too. One thing majority did plenty of though: betrayal. Of honesty. Of national security. And of our Constitution. This is one of the saddest moments in the history of the House. We won’t forget.
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) March 12, 2018
Schiff notes the Trump-Russia scandal was just too much for the Republicans https://t.co/bYcXFLhTH0
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 12, 2018
‘I wouldn’t wipe my ass with it’: Ex-CIA analyst rips House GOP intel committee’s ‘no collusion’ report https://t.co/1yv0TV6AsT
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 12, 2018
and, conveniently, the day before…
Trump wants to win in #PA18 so badly he’s starting a trade war on steel, crowding the district and outspending 10:1.
In 2 days, if @ConorLambPA upsets, the GOP blame game will be deafening and incumbent retirements will be rampant. And Trump will be poison.
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) March 12, 2018
So, if you don't vote for the GOP candidate in PA 18, you hate God.
But I'm not supposed to think the people who'd vote for this kind of rhetoric are somehow morally flawed or (to borrow a phrase) low-IQ people. https://t.co/SdYAKQ1PmA
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) March 12, 2018
"Democrat Conor Lamb has taken a lead over Republican Rick Saccone in the special election for Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District." Lamb won the campaign. His favorable: +4 since last poll; Saccone: -1.#PA18 @MonmouthPoll https://t.co/Mca5c5lmp5
— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) March 12, 2018
Trump under growing pressure on gun control after appearing to cave in to NRA https://t.co/QwmUPrrBA2
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 12, 2018
White House blocks Singapore-based Broadcom's $117 billion bid for US computer chip maker Qualcomm due to national security concerns https://t.co/qHgxiVBR7m pic.twitter.com/slEL3NwXPx
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 12, 2018
JUST IN: Qatar officials won't give info on Kushner secret meetings to Mueller probe: report https://t.co/kbkj2RmaYO pic.twitter.com/uSfMRpxZBX
— The Hill (@thehill) March 12, 2018
Just as segments of the New Left radicalized themselves into domestic terrorism in the late 1960s, so parts of the Trump movement seem headed that way now, if this Townhall column is any indication https://t.co/lSxbuRSuTG
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 12, 2018
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WORLD
Trump knew about Kim Jong Un’s invitation before the South Korean envoy arrived with it,
“using its own channels between the United States and the North," the @JoongAngDaily reports https://t.co/AdRxp26phQ pic.twitter.com/Tn91XTrH2A— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) March 12, 2018
Chinese Space Station May Crash Into Michigan In Three Weeks https://t.co/218Q1MeN3Z
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 12, 2018
Visiting the Texas schoolbook depository Taoiseach @campaignforleo looks out on the spot where JKF was assassinated #iestaff via @Elaine_Loughlin pic.twitter.com/iog5DrtCpR
— Irish Examiner (@irishexaminer) March 12, 2018
The expansion of the Chinese steel industry has produced epic levels of overcapacity. https://t.co/oU5kuYt1mu pic.twitter.com/6jRDJ4g3S7
— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) March 11, 2018
Who's running NASA? @marinakoren on the leadership void at the space agency https://t.co/O7KkIX6Yxl pic.twitter.com/1vLAa2o4TM
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) March 12, 2018