This photo of George H.W. Bush sitting in front of his beloved wife's casket pierced my soul.
George & Barbara Bush were married for 73 years. They suffered through losing a child together. They made it to the WH together. They watched their son become president.
What a life. pic.twitter.com/xSha0O0e8r
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) April 21, 2018
Five powerful moments commemorating Barbara Bush after her death https://t.co/ZJTGgg4qLT pic.twitter.com/yZjWDnkmE2
— The Hill (@thehill) April 21, 2018
George H.W. Bush breaks down in tears as his son reads his letter to Barbara on their wedding anniversary in 1994.
😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/mKxzWA3ZMR
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) April 21, 2018
This is wonderful from @mitchellreports who I have never been happier to see than today after Mrs. Bush’s funeral while I tried to collect myself. Xo https://t.co/ISi49Si76Y
— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) April 21, 2018
Meanwhile…
The president of the United States can’t attend the funeral of a former First Lady because every member of her family can’t stand him https://t.co/k3EUkfelN6
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) April 21, 2018
While Trump went golfing, Melania got her seats upgraded to First Class. #BarbaraBushFuneral pic.twitter.com/XR82wctxHM
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 21, 2018
Barrack Obama is beind kind and gracious to the wife of a man who is the total opposite of kind and gracious to him every day. Let that be a lesson. pic.twitter.com/XaFKywtZ5c
— Roland Scahill (@rolandscahill) April 21, 2018
They’re both true. https://t.co/UcL1qxS9Gw
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 21, 2018
It's Saturday morning and the president is hanging out of a helicopter screaming "YOU'LL NEVER CATCH ME!!!" at Batman. pic.twitter.com/jX8Ww6gg2h
— Nick Amadeus (@NickAmadeus) April 21, 2018
We're inured to it, but the president publicly calling someone a drugged-up loser while heading to the golf course he owns as past presidents head to a former first lady's memorial service is something.
— Philip Bump (@pbump) April 21, 2018
And while I know it upsets people, I’ll just add my usual reminder that the President controls an arsenal of 1550 strategic nuclear weapons capable of destroying most of the northern hemisphere and the GOP seems utterly unconcerned by any of this weird, rage-driven behavior. https://t.co/gq3mYADtwy
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 21, 2018
Trump's pro-torture, anti-Muslim nominee for secretary of state may eek through the full US Senate but he has just suffered an historic defeat in the Senate committee that was supposed to endorse his nomination. https://t.co/s9Bjt8wndN pic.twitter.com/1KtXlxzLYo
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) April 21, 2018
Pruitt said the lobbyist whose home he was living in did not lobby the EPA. A new filing says he did. The lobbyist, Steve Hart, resigned from his firm yesterday – https://t.co/y7xDPqulP3
— Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) April 21, 2018
As a Navy Veteran I'd love to know who at #Annapolis thought it was a good idea to invite a 5X draft dodger, who called POW's like Navy Veteran John McCain cowards, and who has already committed treason by offering aid and comfort to Russia after their cyber attack on our nation. https://t.co/pKkYmaQmrn
— Bruno Amato (@BrunoAmato_1) April 20, 2018
The story @RealDonaldTrump doesn't want you to read. He cheats on his wives, brags about assaulting women, insults POWs, stiffs contractors and charitable organizations – but is upset about allegations that he treats an employee like garbage https://t.co/W3XcdsL60w
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) April 21, 2018
Michael Cohen Gets The Crappy Subway Ads He Deserves (and we spoke with the person behind them, who says there's more to come) https://t.co/Mo0eoJeEBK (Help #BringBackGothamist here https://t.co/YtTTJKRSUT) pic.twitter.com/DycFfArdVG
— Gothamist (@Gothamist) April 20, 2018
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WORLD
Incredible amount of misinformation being pushed on Twitter about Riyadh, falsely attributed to AP. We are not reporting anything whatsoever about a coup. We are reporting that state media say Saudi security forces respond to small drone
— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) April 21, 2018
A number of videos like this circulating, apparently from #Riyadh near the palace. Lots of reports of upheaval in Saudi Arabia, nothing confirmed. And remember to be suspcicous of unconfirmed reports. In any case, tweeps in Riyadh, please be careful. https://t.co/kuaRBPHM0I
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 21, 2018
Science finally discovered why flamingos stand on 1 leg https://t.co/iK90UcMTqu
— TIME (@TIME) April 21, 2018
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BATSHIT BREXIT BRITAIN (AND NORN IRON)
That's the Queen with her son on the right side, then a bunch of other people and then there we are on the left side. pic.twitter.com/bAvEy0ZcAI
— Ladysmith Black Mambazo (@therealmambazo) April 21, 2018
If you asked Meghan Markle on April 21st 2017 what she’d be doing in a year’s time, I imagine watching this didn’t spring to mind! #Queensbirthdayparty pic.twitter.com/N19iDFsmt8
— Louise Hosie (@STVLouise) April 21, 2018
Saying that the Windrush scandal "isn't about immigration" is like saying "wrongful convictions have nothing to do with the justice system". Astonishing intelligent people can say something so obviously nonsensical. https://t.co/YsiTJnraTT
— Jonathan Portes (@jdportes) April 21, 2018
UK premier @theresa_may “May surrender over Customs Union” in #Brexit talks https://t.co/S5BNT6Z7vA pic.twitter.com/H2K5xiLqdQ
— Ed McMillan-Scott (@emcmillanscott) April 21, 2018
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) April 21, 2018
"If they seriously think the hard right forces now pushing hardest for hard Brexit will protect and nourish the BBC once their work is done, they are naive in the extreme." https://t.co/mHeS0lw5gH
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) April 21, 2018
#Leave voters think #Brexit isn't turning out as well as they hoped, poll finds https://t.co/jwC28qeDGi
— Richard Corbett (@RCorbettMEP) April 21, 2018
For anyone that’s getting agitated by the talk of a United Ireland. This wouldn’t be even on the agenda yet if it hadn’t been for the Brexit vote. So if you are a unionist, or DUP voter& voted for Brexit, this is genuinely your fault. Misplaced patriotism & ignorance caused this.
— Elaine Young (@ElaineYoung94) April 21, 2018
The lack of attention to the impact of #Brexit on #Ireland during ref was indicative of a deep disregard for #UK’s neighbours. @KateHoeyMP is a doctrinaire Europhobe who cares more about exiting #EU than the place of her birth or those who will lose their jobs https://t.co/zwg15HrPsA
— Brigid Laffan (@BrigidLaffan) April 21, 2018
