Former president George W. Bush, former first lady Laura Bush and former governor of Florida Jeb Bush look on as the casket of former president George H.W. Bush arrives to lie in State at the U.S. Capitol
(Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post) https://t.co/AizPoYpZCs pic.twitter.com/PsVT4kILcL
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 3, 2018
The sunset while the carried the Pres George H.W. Bush’s casket up the Capitol steps was a total stunner —> pic.twitter.com/POHneTHxxL
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) December 3, 2018
Thank you @SteveSchmidtSES https://t.co/y8cOykxdDb
— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) December 3, 2018
Looking forward to being with the Bush Family to pay my respects to President George H.W. Bush.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 3, 2018
Trump not speaking at Wednesday’s services https://t.co/HTwNwBbGfN
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 3, 2018
"It would not be like Mr. Bush to want his funeral to be a spectacle, and he evidently chose not to defy protocol by asking Mr. Trump to keep away," but Trump will not speak @peterbakernyt https://t.co/i3ieVQvRnH
— Julie Davis (@juliehdavis) December 3, 2018
‘Honorable, gracious and decent’: In death, Bush becomes a yardstick for President* Trump https://t.co/rHze4RvTxX
— Michael Sexton (@jmsexton_) December 3, 2018
Republicans decided all the good things George Bush did were bad, and all the bad things good. Now they have a party reflecting those beliefs. https://t.co/RHFlXSH1Xf
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) December 3, 2018
I remain amazed at how many Trump defender equate him and his defense with manliness? Yet who was the bigger man? Trump, who ducked his war and stepped on his wives, or George H.W. Bush who was courageous and decent, yet still called a “wimp”? https://t.co/d5tatIXkue
— David French (@DavidAFrench) December 3, 2018
GHW Bush was the first VP to officially serve as temporary president under the 25th amendment. For eight hours in 1985, when President Reagan had colon surgery.
— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) December 3, 2018
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ELSEWHERE IN TRUMPWORLD
Endgame: Mueller's prosecutors are telling defense lawyers they are "tying up loose ends" in the Russia probe as they prepare to file 3 crucial memos this week on their most high profile defendants: Flynn, Manafort and Cohen. https://t.co/dDQhgDJlh3
— Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff) December 3, 2018
Conway's husband suggests Trump is tampering with witnesses https://t.co/2QGiUWk2XL pic.twitter.com/oPAH2PTZpP
— The Hill (@thehill) December 3, 2018
*Narrator’s voice: “he will testify against Trump.” https://t.co/5Y3vWxDl7S
— Dli O'Doir (@dli_odoir) December 3, 2018
When you omit to put a space in a tweet and unwittingly create a link… and then someone buys that URL. https://t.co/njhh6ozzrw
— Andrea Mann (@AndreaMann) December 3, 2018
Weeks after an election loss, Wisconsin Republicans are trying to pass bills that would limit the power of the incoming Democratic governor https://t.co/Zem7IvGDvT
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) December 3, 2018
U.S. Republican state lawmakers scramble to curb incoming Democrats' power https://t.co/uDo41aiTEn
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 3, 2018
HUGE. One of the witnesses I identified earlier today confirms the illegal scheme. (It’s against the law to take possession of a mail-in absentee ballot from a voter.) Also raises Qs about what was done with the ballots after they were delivered to Dowless https://t.co/mRSi48AO5o https://t.co/P1JmgDVv2i
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 3, 2018
This is a stunning admission in the #NC09 election controversy by @wsoctv’s @JoeBrunoWSOC9 on what one of the “harvesters” did with the absentee by mail ballots she picked up: #ncpol pic.twitter.com/NtcmJOVnpE
— Michael Bitzer (@BowTiePolitics) December 3, 2018
Broward SWAT officer wore QAnon patch on purpose & “intended to use his proximity to Pence to promote the QAnon conspiracy theory, which posits that President Trump is in engaged in a secret war with high-ranking Democratic pedophiles.” https://t.co/LR8Cd7PmUy
— Evan Pérez (@evanperez) December 3, 2018
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WORLD
Can you imagine being Xi watching this? https://t.co/pNRYXT82Qk
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) December 3, 2018
The Left: People really are eager to pay more taxes, if it's for a good cause
The French: pic.twitter.com/jd3t6q7YyW
— Robert Colvile (@rcolvile) December 3, 2018
The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, has been switched off https://t.co/etsMAG682P
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 3, 2018
This is so tragic: Soros-founded university says it has been kicked out of Hungary as an autocrat tightens his grip https://t.co/XAghVciNvP
— Victor Pickard (@VWPickard) December 3, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
#Breaking Speaker backs Brexit contempt debate against Government https://t.co/KyAj5fPOcZ
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 3, 2018
Blimey. First order of business in parliament tomorrow?
A motion that the govt is in contempt of parliament for refusing to publish Brexit legal advice.
If passed a minister could be suspended and end up missing the crucial vote on May's Brexit deal.
You couldn't make it up.
— Shehab Khan (@ShehabKhan) December 3, 2018
The Government has failed to publish the Attorney General's full and final legal advice on the Brexit deal, as was ordered by Parliament.
We have been left with no option but to write to the Speaker of the House of Commons to ask him to launch proceedings of contempt. pic.twitter.com/LNfUmHg7Tb
— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) December 3, 2018
Surely I’m not the only one who thinks this Brexit legal advise stooshie is – like the ‘May v Corbyn TV debate – a complete distraction that has almost no significance or real importance, unlike the UK’s impending governmental crisis
— Peter Geoghegan (@PeterKGeoghegan) December 3, 2018
Weren’t Labour an IRA supporting, communist riddled rats nest five minutes ago though? 🤔 https://t.co/7fs9zUnadq
— Barbara Whearty (@BelfastBabs) December 2, 2018
Cox: "Think of what the [EU] is now accepting. It accepts Northern Ireland to have free circulation of its goods not only into the single market but to Great Britain. No other single market trader will have that advantage."https://t.co/rNnMTEmtXh
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) December 3, 2018
The terminology thrown up by #Brexit is complex, confusing and contentious. Here's your brief guide to #Brexit jargon: https://t.co/eau21FeHF0 pic.twitter.com/LffNAolocH
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) December 3, 2018
‘45%’. Or ‘a minority’, as we call it. pic.twitter.com/HEJS4dfbfy
— Huw (@ed_son) December 3, 2018
Perhaps not one to pursue in the UK. https://t.co/v3LLD1s0HZ
— Chris Duncan (@chrisduncania) December 3, 2018