Republicans aim to confirm Kavanaugh this weekend; protesters arrested https://t.co/pLPTntC4mr
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 4, 2018
smoke signals looking good for Kavanaugh confirmation. https://t.co/ugiKmrx6ev
— Anna Palmer (@apalmerdc) October 4, 2018
McConnell just said Senate will open at 9:30 am Friday, this means that 1 hour later — 10:30 am — the cloture vote happens. https://t.co/3wO4t4eKnl
— Paul Kane (@pkcapitol) October 4, 2018
I thought that a father's love for his daughter could be the deciding factor in the Kavanaugh vote, but did not foresee this twist! https://t.co/Pvn8Zi2aSI
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 4, 2018
Kavanaugh does not belong on Supreme Court, says retired justice Stevens https://t.co/UeWybalM6J
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 4, 2018
Trump campaign declaring “KAVANAUGH CLEARED” in the subject line of an email blast tonight… pic.twitter.com/HkkpM6rwFh
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 4, 2018
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in a new @WSJopinion piece: "I was very emotional last Thursday, more so than I have ever been. I might have been too emotional at times." https://t.co/35IlCWRtDb
— David Gura (@davidgura) October 4, 2018
Trump’s refusal to allow Kavanaugh to talk to the FBI means only one thing: He is guilty of sexual assault and if he talks, he’ll lie. And if he lies, he’ll be committing a federal crime. And if he commits a federal crime, he could go to jail. Just what you want in a SC justice.
— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) October 4, 2018
The game of leverage seems distinctly possible. But equally – as Heitkamp said today – at a certain point, you have to look at yourself in the mirror. https://t.co/33z1u7Gut0
— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) October 4, 2018
FEINSTEIN: "The White House confirmation that it will not allow the FBI to interview Dr. Blasey Ford, Judge Kavanaugh or witnesses identified by Deborah Ramirez raises serious concerns that this is not a credible investigation…" pic.twitter.com/Zu1lRP56em
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) October 3, 2018
“I feel like I’m being silenced." The FBI declined to interview primary witnesses related to the Kavanaugh allegations it was tasked with reviewing. Some of them resorted to sending in unsolicited sworn statements, which @JaneMayerNYer and I obtained: https://t.co/nY1uGCQ2Ki
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) October 4, 2018
TIME’s new cover: How Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony changed America https://t.co/qkorZpK2k1 pic.twitter.com/BzD3GpdZbV
— TIME (@TIME) October 4, 2018
Women will have the last word. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but we will. And we won’t go backwards.
Hart Senatepic.twitter.com/lgoZcNiawt
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 4, 2018
Wow, this letter from law professors against Kavanaugh has gone from 650 to 1000+ signatories in just a few hours. (Wonder how many law profs in America would sign a letter supporting his confirmation now?) https://t.co/7KpCCLZMIR
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) October 4, 2018
Surveys suggest that Americans are straightforwardly divided on Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford on partisan lines https://t.co/umXf4k0SBt
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) October 4, 2018
The reality is: Trump won 46.1% nationally & lost the popular vote by 2.9 million but carried 60/100 Senate seats. Not sure how many Dems fully grasp how huge a problem that is going forward.
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) October 4, 2018
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
Just Posted: Various New York City & State Regulators Examine the Trump Family’s Tax Schemes https://t.co/LBPpoRGk7T
— Susanne Craig (@susannecraig) October 4, 2018
The NYT story on @realDonaldTrump's finances was great for many reasons. But 1 thing that stood out to me: his enterprise required regular cash infusions from his dad to stay afloat. After '04, tho, Fred Trump's money ran out. 2 yrs later, these cash purchases began. https://t.co/n5q3pUwzEx
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 4, 2018
Trump is doing a campaign rally in Rochester, Minnesota, his fourth rally since Saturday. Tweets in this thread.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 4, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
Donald Tusk : Let me make this clear. The EU wants a relationship now with the UK that is as close & special as possible. EU offer is Canada+++ deal. This is a respectful offer. pic.twitter.com/uKR7pAT7QT
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 4, 2018
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, speaking in Brussels
"If we do negotiate a Canada plus, plus, plus, minus, whatever, bracket, asterix – it is going to take the transition period to negotiate that agreement."#Brexit pic.twitter.com/FgCPJ6Ieaz
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 4, 2018
DUP would reject new Brexit proposal says Doddshttps://t.co/N3Ikq6xre8 pic.twitter.com/KUgnaVSHlk
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) October 4, 2018
Of course it is at this stage of the Brexit negotiations that the UK cashes in all of the goodwill we have built up over the last couple of years of patient diplomacy to get the deal we want over the line.
Oh.
— David Henig (@DavidHenigUK) October 4, 2018
A Brexit poll of polls has indicated that neither Leave or Remain has gained momentum since 2016's vote. @IainDale asks: does this undermine calls for a second referendum? pic.twitter.com/d8a4sqvDsy
— LBC (@LBC) October 4, 2018
How my viral tweet became Boris Johnson's flagship policy https://t.co/A0qGM68aFQ
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) October 4, 2018
Fintan O’Toole says Theresa May’s Festival is GB & NI “a panicked reaction to the ultimate realisation of what #brexit has done. It has expressed and made considerably worse the deep deep fracture within the Union itself. There’s something kind of pathetic about it.” pic.twitter.com/yZwDVhQXW0
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 4, 2018
The DUP have tried to silence John Kyle by questioning his 'loyalty'. But it is obvious that he has the interests of Belfast/Northern Irish workers as a priority, realises that a soft border is the best means to ensure the Union in the future. That's a patriotic way of thinking. https://t.co/tRamFPytZL
— Edward Burke (@Edward__Burke) October 4, 2018
Time for a retweet. https://t.co/DI9n493xP4
— Hilary Ely (@janeite) October 4, 2018
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WORLD
305 Car Registrations May Point to Massive GRU Security Breach https://t.co/VOEz31CwQQ
— brianweeden (@brianweeden) October 4, 2018
Incredible details of GRU agents' folly revealed in Hague
– Used WiFi hotspots, so login details easily obtainable
– Travelled straight from GRU barracks to Moscow airport (Dutch have taxi receipts!) then flew direct to NL
– Four GRU agents had consecutive passport numbers…— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) October 4, 2018
@jasonashford89 OUR QUEEN https://t.co/3RKwaPIDzX
— Kris Nixon (@belfastbarman) October 4, 2018
More than 80 percent of the accounts associated with the 2016 disinformation campaign are still posting — even after Twitter announced back in July that it had instituted a purge of fake accounts.https://t.co/DA3WUQoJ7L
— Tim Mak (@timkmak) October 4, 2018
Study: 80% of the Twitter accounts identified before the 2016 election as linked to fake news or conspiracy sites were still active & publishing more than 1 million tweets per day a year later. That includes 90 of the 100 most-active accounts https://t.co/5292HBYUBh @dpfunke
— David Beard (@dabeard) October 4, 2018
Finally…
On the 5th October 1968, a civil rights march carried out by NICRA took place in Derry. Police moved in and used force against the marchers.
This is the @ConnollyAssoc coverage of the march from its November 1968 issue of the Irish Democrat. pic.twitter.com/VqmXwx9VBj
— Leah | Léá Ní Riabhaigh 🐊🌹 (@MissTwice) October 4, 2018
