Even if Trump hadn’t been in bed with Putin up to and past his election, this report would demand urgent action. It reveals the shocking depth and breadth of Russia’s attack on our democracy and its effort to suppress votes and foment hatred and division.https://t.co/kaBhqADk80
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 17, 2018
Senate report: Russia still has ‘active’ election interference efforts https://t.co/9gHKxxdhBB @MarquardtA reports @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 17, 2018
Russian efforts to manipulate Americans through social media are sophisticated, cynical, effective and very much ongoing. Russia seeks to divide us among racial, ethnic and political fault lines. Every concerned American should read these new reports:
https://t.co/W0PJa0R6Ir— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) December 17, 2018
Russia used social media for widespread meddling in U.S. politics: reports https://t.co/pvTR1rnB7T pic.twitter.com/InswoxtGwM
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 17, 2018
"Moscow's nefarious online activity did not end on Election Day, but rather continue to target Americans to this day."#fakenews #russianpropaganda #politics https://t.co/2aoYP3Ulvx
— Jorge A Gaspar (@DrGaspar) December 17, 2018
How Russia’s online influence campaign engaged with millions for years https://t.co/7g5wK1Oy0Z
— Lillian Wong (@lillianwong) December 18, 2018
So, so much of the news cycle now is official reports restating things that were known a year or two ago https://t.co/bAnu8nw8IW
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) December 17, 2018
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TRUMPWORLD
Trump supporters are planning a pro-Michael Flynn rally tomorrow ahead of his sentencing in DC. The last time they tried this for a Flynn court date, only two people showed up. pic.twitter.com/59DULUcXIH
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) December 17, 2018
#BREAKING: Special counsel releases FBI memo detailing Flynn's lies to investigators https://t.co/pkEbQPId37 pic.twitter.com/kBGwNL91dP
— The Hill (@thehill) December 18, 2018
While serving as Trump’s closest foreign policy and national security advisor during the campaign, Flynn was getting paid – secretly – by a foreign country to lobby against the stated interests of the United States, and executed a complicated cover up to hide it. Stunning.
— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) December 17, 2018
We know Michael Flynn lied to the FBI. But why? https://t.co/D3yQYrzS2J via @csmonitor
— Paul Rosenzweig (@RosenzweigP) December 17, 2018
We reported pieces of this and yet it's still so shocking to read:
How Michael Flynn was willing to sell out the US govt and lie about his foreign clients — all on his way to a gov job steering U.S. national security policy. w/ @rachelweinerwp @mattzap https://t.co/cED4VWoQKC— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) December 17, 2018
Rudy Giuliani isn't denying anything: hush money, Trump Tower Moscow, even collusion, apparently. He's just arguing the actions were not criminal.https://t.co/FVqXKhbnZf my latest for @TheAtlantic from the Sunday shows
— Andrew Kragie (@AndrewKragie) December 17, 2018
This is from the President of our country, lying about the lawful execution of a search warrant issued by a federal judge. Shame on Republicans who don’t speak up at this moment — for the FBI, the rule of law, and the truth. pic.twitter.com/c5dhQBnmyi
— James Comey (@Comey) December 16, 2018
Justice Department Asks Court to Halt Emoluments Case Against Trump via @SharonLNYT https://t.co/CImU8liRJZ
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) December 17, 2018
What @sulliview said: "It’s high time for media to enter the No Kellyanne Zone — and stay there" https://t.co/saDnQnxzkZ
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) December 17, 2018
Mick Mulvaney once said Trump's past words & actions would disqualify him from becoming president in an "ordinary universe."
Mulvaney made the comments in a previously unreported 2016 radio interview in which he also said Trump has said "atrocious things." https://t.co/D6t7Jlpbbc— erica orden (@eorden) December 17, 2018
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WORLD
Russia, Iran and Turkey seek deal on new Syria constitutional body https://t.co/noUBuXNK73 pic.twitter.com/v9Mts7JeWl
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 17, 2018
The creation of Ukraine’s own Orthodox church separate from Russia is a significant victory for U.S.-backed President Petro Poroshenko https://t.co/ZuKaUxCEdV
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 17, 2018
1/ Some personal news: I've decided to quit Facebook around the end of the year. I am doing this – after being on Facebook for nearly 12 years – because my own values and the policies and actions of Facebook have diverged to the point where I’m no longer comfortable there.
— Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg) December 17, 2018
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BREXIT BRITAIN
Excl: Cabinet will tomorrow order Britain’s six million businesses to start immediate preparations for a No Deal Brexit – significant shift in Govt's position with just 101 days to go.https://t.co/CsvZEHhXAr
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) December 17, 2018
Think of the billions upon billions being thrown down the drain on Brexit by this lot – money that could go to our hospitals, to our schools, to our police, to social care, to our firefighters… What a f***ing waste. pic.twitter.com/i3d2703gBC
— Marcus Chown (@marcuschown) December 17, 2018
Here's just how chaotic today has been. Utter madness:
14.50 Labour announces plan to table confidence vote
15.31 PM announces Brexit vote date
15.45 Labour abandons plans
17.54 Corbyn says vote is ON
20.08 Govt sources say vote is ON
20.57 Govt says vote is OFF
— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) December 17, 2018
It’s easier for Labour to mess around with no confidence motions than, say, to develop a meaningful Brexit position that might benefit the nation.
It’s easier and they still aren’t very good at it.— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) December 17, 2018
Brexit drives May from comical incompetence to mental disintegration | John Crace https://t.co/0kJh4V2WUD
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) December 17, 2018
Why have a second referendum on Brexit? How exactly would it work? Would it really settle matters? Here is a guide to the process. https://t.co/EWjHBX6Q6n
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 17, 2018
'Can Britain ‘come together’ on Brexit? No, it can’t' https://t.co/AVZHmHzjJy
— The Independent (@Independent) December 18, 2018
Brexit always boils down to #FreedomOfMovement. While frequently cast as such, FoM is not a one-way street into the UK: it's a reciprocal right. May, to satisfy her obsession with people like me who built a home in the UK, is robbing 65 million British citizens of their rights. pic.twitter.com/5F8uABbnmV
— Prof Tanja Bueltmann (@cliodiaspora) December 17, 2018
Breaking news @theSNP together with @LSRPlaid @CarolineLucas & #libdems table amendment to convert @jeremycorbyn motion into a proper motion of #NoConfidence #brexit https://t.co/WNyN0C7mOa
— Joanna Cherry QC MP (@joannaccherry) December 17, 2018
My interview this morning with @NPR @hereandnow which deals with the implications of #Brexit for #Ireland. https://t.co/02hcHUiWFA
— Daniel Mulhall (@DanMulhall) December 17, 2018
These 2 clips, just 7 days apart, sum up the rank, self serving hypocrisy of Jacob Rees Mogg and every thing that is rotten in this Government which now puts desperate self preservation before national interest pic.twitter.com/bDGpQHM6xh
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) December 17, 2018
A British government minister is on my telly saying he has enough fridges for medicines after Brexit. And it’s presented as normal
— Peter Geoghegan (@PeterKGeoghegan) December 17, 2018
The Overnight Note 