LIVE: Zuckerberg says Facebook does not mine phone audio for data to target ads, calls idea 'conspiracy theory'. Watch on @ReutersTV: https://t.co/4m0RHqKDCm Follow updates: https://t.co/fm64q3dTP5 pic.twitter.com/r2WxMfE46m
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 10, 2018
"One of my greatest regrets in running the company is that we were slow in identifying the Russian information operations in 2016," Mark Zuckerberg said in response to questioning https://t.co/dAND6X8YFn
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) April 10, 2018
The Top 5 lines from @SenJohnKennedy, R-Quote, at Tuesday's hearing with Mark Zuckerberg. https://t.co/j2SiD9ogIA
— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) April 10, 2018
.@SenJohnThune: Why should we trust that Facebook will change?#MarkZuckerberg: We have made a lot of mistakes in running the company . . . It’s not enough to just build tools. We need to make sure they are used in ways that a good and healthy. https://t.co/kIq8lZiDkz pic.twitter.com/3GmA4uKhqE
— Recode (@Recode) April 10, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg admits that Facebook "didn't do enough" to prevent its tools being used for harm pic.twitter.com/khTZyJz9U3
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) April 10, 2018
We are fact checking Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, as he testifies before Congress https://t.co/TlJRdhzZ2z pic.twitter.com/jd311G6w3n
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 10, 2018
It would be cool to see Zuckerberg questioned by people who know how Facebook works
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 10, 2018
Legislators came across “as clueless about how Facebook works” says @MariSmith #newsnight pic.twitter.com/kTqenD8Amt
— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) April 10, 2018
“Mr. Zuckerberg, a magazine i recently opened came with a floppy disk offering me 30 free hours of something called America On-Line. Is that the same as Facebook?” pic.twitter.com/U7pqpUhEhQ
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 10, 2018
Facebook is soaring now. Investors judge Zuckerberg the winner https://t.co/1lsQSEZv4K pic.twitter.com/j0GqgGwMFd
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) April 10, 2018
Zuckerberg’s net worth went up $3b today. So even with five hours of testimony, that’s a good hourly rate.
— nxthompson (@nxthompson) April 10, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Attorney–client privilege is dead!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 10, 2018
Report: Trump huddled with attorney Marc Kasowitz about Cohen raid https://t.co/C29b4gH2do pic.twitter.com/cKYPEchVMK
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 10, 2018
“Witches are burned, but wood is also burned, and wood floats, but ducks also float, so, if someone weighs the same as a duck, they’re made of wood, therefore, they are a witch.” ~ Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
So it may be a witch hunt, but you weigh the same as a duck. https://t.co/srQqLn9uC9
— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) April 10, 2018
Trump seems to have forgotten how he accelerated this mess in the first place: by firing Comey. If he fires Rosenstein, he will be committing another obstructive act and so hastening his own demise. Nixon case 2teaches POTUS cannot fire his way out of trouble. Get ready to march. https://t.co/40OC4z0OhV
— Norm Eisen (norm.eisen on Threads) (@NormEisen) April 10, 2018
Powerful New York Times Editorial >>> The Law Is Coming, Mr. Trump https://t.co/pIYcHuKaZK
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) April 10, 2018
“Again, we've been advised that the president certainly has the power to make that decision.”
—Sarah Huckabee Sanders when asked if only the deputy AG, Rod Rosenstein has authority to fire special counsel Mueller. pic.twitter.com/RmU3Ebn2ul
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 10, 2018
“The president still feels there was a large amount of voter fraud,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders says.
There has been no evidence of a large amount of voter fraud.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) April 9, 2018
My question: How is an FBI raid on Michael Cohen's office "an attack on our country"? https://t.co/2dKcHRxd2G
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) April 10, 2018
This tone feels like a warning from Cohen to Trump https://t.co/aiJxldFcXW
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/983777966307110913
Here's how @senorrinhatch, former Judiciary chairman and Senate president pro tem, is handling questions about protecting Robert Mueller: pic.twitter.com/odmvcY1zdU
— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) April 10, 2018
As Trump presidency spirals into madness, why are insiders so terrified about "normalizing" impeachment? The actual threat to America is normalizing Trump's anti-democratic actions and corruption – exactly why Founding Fathers gave us this tool. My column: https://t.co/qvmzsAP6U8
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) April 10, 2018
BREAKING: Trump is not going to Peru and Colombia as scheduled.
He is staying here to oversee the US response to Syria, Sarah Huckabee Sanders says.
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) April 10, 2018
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WORLD
https://twitter.com/markmackinnon/status/983839562102398978
This is spot on. Get out of the radar truck bubbas. Go get a tea till sunrise. https://t.co/8IN8D0prIu
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) April 11, 2018
Russian lawmaker warns: Moscow may respond with military force if US strikes Syria https://t.co/xNA4Su9n0k pic.twitter.com/1dGNnuppV0
— The Hill (@thehill) April 10, 2018
Russia vetoes U.S. bid to form new Syria chemical weapons inquiry https://t.co/ELz16VlJDi pic.twitter.com/mkfmkgFzHJ
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 10, 2018
#SYRIA With no carrier battle group near if there is a strike I predict it will be a combined nations attack. US/UK/FR w/UAE, Jordan& Saudi Base support. If it’s anything less than destruction of all SYAF aircraft south of Homs it’s worthless. That’s a multiday effort.
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) April 10, 2018
The cult of “limited strikes” is so powerful in Washington that, even when they do occur, it’s said they were never properly capitalized on. There is always the shimmering hope, just over the next hill, that bombing a runway will make all of Washington’s dreams come true.
— csdickey (@csdickey) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/WaelAlRussi/status/983829907045277696
Checkbooks and diplomacy: France and Saudi Arabia saw past their political differences and did billions in deals–from aerospace to energyhttps://t.co/xtvi8f0ABt
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 10, 2018
More than two decades after Bosnia and Herzegovina gained its independence following the bloody dissolution of Yugoslavia, the government there is facing yet another looming political crisis.https://t.co/J060tqu28A
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) April 10, 2018
Rupert Murdoch’s offices in London has been raided and documents and computer records have been seized https://t.co/wU7J21dB8G
— Scott Stedman (indefinite hiatus) (@ScottMStedman) April 10, 2018
Ireland and France are best placed to maintain fast growth after the current euro-area economic upswing runs it course, according to UBS economists. https://t.co/GsR5LyRZoE
— Irish Times Business (@IrishTimesBiz) April 10, 2018
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GFA AT 20
Twenty years ago today, the Good Friday Agreement, in Seamus Heaney’s words, “cleared a space for the miraculous.” I hope the people of Northern Ireland will continue to fill it, with an enduring peace, a strong democracy, and a growing economy—a truly shared future.
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) April 10, 2018
The Good Friday agreement is so much more than a ‘shibboleth’ | Fintan O’Toole https://t.co/v9WmnEe0hJ
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) April 10, 2018
Key legacy of Good Friday Agreement: lives saved https://t.co/MyaqQpiNJh #GFA20 pic.twitter.com/P1kgSSHZbp
— Steven McCaffery (@StevieMcCaffery) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/Cdaly29/status/983723825836720128
The incredibly powerful ending to #DerryGirls was a poignant reminder of what the Good Friday Agreement achieved and how far NI has come in the last 20 years. #GFA20 pic.twitter.com/p863ezhaEX
— Danny Donnelly MLA (@DannyDonnelly1) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/LADFLEG/status/983714660124889089
At first I thought this was a spoof – fake news – and discouraged friends from retweeting it in case they were left with egg on their faces. But it's a genuine quote, a remarkable statement. https://t.co/Lvxdn3dKDy pic.twitter.com/LCBVvgSP60
— Danny Morrison (@molloy1916) April 9, 2018
While Arlene Foster is at Queen's University with Clinton, Blair, et al. marking the Agreement, the RHI inquiry has published her longstanding Spad's statement, revealing how he sent confidential details of looming RHI cost controls to his cousin, who was an RHI claimant. pic.twitter.com/bocVJQfbBX
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) April 10, 2018
Working with and getting to know my eighteen sitters has been one of the great privileges of my life. https://t.co/iHErHhYv9z
— Colin Davidson (@colin_davidson) April 10, 2018
I'm lucky enough to have traveled widely. Haven't seen many cities more in transition than Belfast. Since Good Friday Agreement it's morphed+torqued, yet its imagination's part in the past. At @BelfastFilmFes1 we're pushing for more change. Lots to announce. Follow our story. pic.twitter.com/9hXU5jdl3U
— mark cousins (@markcousinsfilm) April 10, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN
Public backs fresh referendum to have 'final say' on terms of Brexit deal https://t.co/BG0e9CLo8O
— The Independent (@Independent) April 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/oliver_daddow/status/983667397054881792
Massive amounts of deflection from David Davis.
Sinn Féin didn’t cause the Irish Border / Brexit stalemate. The government’s piss-poor Brexit negotiations caused the stalemate. He also conveniently forgets that the Tories bow to the DUP over Brexit. pic.twitter.com/rlJ86ZTgQC— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) April 10, 2018
A former Ambassador to the EU tells me:
– He would "think twice" before serving as a diplomat for Brexit Britain
– Britain could end up staying in the customs union
– The transition is not long enough to strike an FTA
– Boris should lose his job https://t.co/rmkIofVvSm— Alex Dean (@AlexDean94) April 10, 2018
EU head Donald Tusk weighed in on Brexit: "I believe Brexit is one of the saddest moments in twenty first-century European history. In fact, sometimes I am even furious about it.” https://t.co/MPnEBYwiaB pic.twitter.com/tzyuSstvMU
— Bloomberg (@business) April 10, 2018
Brexit museum to just be a bucket of sand you can stick your whole head in
— LCD Views (@LcdViews) April 10, 2018