NEW: With the country on edge over a widening pipe-bomb scare, talk of national unity quickly gave way to finger-pointing.

Trump cast blame on the media for fomenting anger in society, while candidates across the country traded partisan broadsides https://t.co/x81QdURKoO

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 26, 2018

It's a moment that's given some pause to consider what the hell we're doing to ourselves for political gain…but the President seems to see it as a time to double down on divisiveness, refuse to own any responsibility and blame the media, which was just targeted by a bomb. pic.twitter.com/RuKw7fi0E0

— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) October 26, 2018

You say there are good people on both sides of a neo-Nazi rally.

Suggest that immigrants are all murders, rapists and gang members.

Praise a politician who assaulted a reporter.

And it’s CNN’s fault someone sent them a bomb?

We know you have no decency, but have you no shame? https://t.co/GVMiB9OIGI

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 25, 2018

Time Warner center now cleared by NYPD after another evacuation tonight. https://t.co/fwTyZP1Npd

— Willie Geist (@WillieGeist) October 26, 2018

NBC News: Law enforcement sources say that at this point in the review of the bombs it is clear that some were incapable of exploding. Whether that was a design flaw or intentional is not yet known. Analysis is ongoing

They say to treat any suspicious package as if it were real.

— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) October 25, 2018

Weird how someone thought the targets of daddy’s attacks – including those he called to be jailed – deserved to be assassinated.

Just a coincidence, I’m sure. https://t.co/DGV8cF7Ljp

— Windhorse 🌻🌻🌻 (@Windhorse_1) October 25, 2018

Kansas election officials are reviewing text messages claiming to be from President Trump and telling residents that their early votes hadn't been recorded. https://t.co/NuU5ZUSSx2

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 26, 2018

Why one GOP congressman may not be able to join Trump for his upcoming visit to Illinois, via Chicago Tribune –> pic.twitter.com/dsmgAJszim

— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) October 25, 2018

Republicans are doing better than Democrats in early voting—and better than 2016.

Will the Democratic Party wake up in time? If not now, when?? https://t.co/tCSfXzD6Ls

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) October 26, 2018

If Dems take control of the House and subpoena Trump's tax returns, Gingrich told @ktumulty that the legal fight would go to the Supreme Court "AND WE WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE KAVANAUGH FIGHT WAS WORTH IT." Audible gasps in audience as he spoke: https://t.co/LkE6CbkUA1

— Mary Jordan (@marycjordan) October 25, 2018

GOP Senate Judiciary Chair Grassley made a criminal referral over Julie Swetnick's allegations against Brett Kavanaugh her legal counsel @MichaelAvenatti.

Now, the FBI will HAVE to interview Kavanaugh.

Law of Unintended Consequences.#ThursdayThoughts https://t.co/MEVKxJWumE

— Grant Stern  (@grantstern) October 25, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Mueller investigated a series of meetings between the Saudi general blamed for Jamal Khashoggi's murder and Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn. https://t.co/LGwRj0A7BA

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 25, 2018

Good Lord. How stupid do you think we’ve become?

Migrants are over 1,000 miles away from the US border and could be over a month away from safely reaching America.

Wasting US troops on the border is dumb enough. Having DHS ignore bomb threats for a campaign stunt is horrific. https://t.co/gAsUmqoj1D

— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) October 26, 2018

‘Just get rid of her’: Megyn Kelly is again in trouble, but NBC colleagues rejected her long before — Good look inside the network by @sarahlellison https://t.co/qKe3nQSwlK

— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) October 25, 2018

Russia blocks UK post Brexit WTO tariff carve up plan…

This was exactly one of the pre referendum Cameron Government Brexit warnings https://t.co/mLjJKC116D

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) October 25, 2018

A very very good reason to extend the franchise of a #PeoplesVote to 16 & 17 year olds.

👇👇👇 https://t.co/40uu60YoKH

— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@fascinatorfun) October 25, 2018

Tories abstain as European parliament overwhelmingly backs EU-wide arms embargo on Saudi Arabia https://t.co/Z6bulMHIuK

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) October 25, 2018

Another Saudi deception exposed, as CIA chief tells Trump murder was pre-meditated, and Saudi's change their story, yet again: https://t.co/zcPBJYsjpU

— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) October 26, 2018

Mohammed bin Salman's hold on power may be in jeopardy. Whatever happens to him will have long-lasting repercussions for the kingdom. https://t.co/RfqI9wvx7e

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 26, 2018

Former Sen. Bob Graham, co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, says the U.S. has "ignored" and played an "assertive role" in covering up Saudi bad behavior.https://t.co/fMUFA3STse

— On Point (@OnPointRadio) October 25, 2018

New — something that will be a big story in the world of big money over the next few years:

Paul Allen’s sister has been tasked to do a surprisingly hard thing: Give away billions of dollars https://t.co/UeBU5WLv5D pic.twitter.com/ErswpYXXAk

— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) October 25, 2018

Explosive devices were sent to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as to CNN’s offices in New York https://t.co/hVOoAAg4uW

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 24, 2018

TIMELINE: Bomb threats targeting Dems, news outlets jolt nation https://t.co/71g9Wjp9O7 pic.twitter.com/a3PfGNi3b3

— The Hill (@thehill) October 24, 2018

Update on bomb scares today – FBI has confirmed five targets: George Soros, Pres. Obama, Sec. Clinton, former CIA head John Brennan (via CNN), & Eric Holder. His package went to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. She was listed as return address on all five. https://t.co/Q6WNgEbLQu pic.twitter.com/rk0j6dUoUh

— WIRED (@WIRED) October 24, 2018

Neither President Trump nor the White House reached out to former President Obama, the Clintons or any of the other Democratic officials who received pipe bombs, two officials familiar with the matter tell @CNN.

— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) October 24, 2018

Melania Trump just made a statement about the bombs sent to Democrats and CNN.

President Trump is standing next to her. pic.twitter.com/7HGj4nF8pr

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) October 24, 2018

Yes. Why does this even need to be said Mr President? @realdonaldtrump https://t.co/k2XxkXqKrl

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) October 24, 2018

it’s a typo for the ages pic.twitter.com/Fl80yxuXFE

— chelsea adelaine hassler (@chelseaadelaine) October 24, 2018

Fox host blames Democrats for bombs sent to Democrats, speculates the bomber may have wanted to “garner sympathy for Democrats” https://t.co/F1haH26VXi

— Media Matters (@mmfa) October 24, 2018

Not yet – but he plans on attending one soon https://t.co/5t9oxzEHOd

— John Cusack (@johncusack) October 24, 2018

JUST NOW: @realDonaldTrump has nothing to say as several reporters (myself included) ask him if he’ll tone down his rhetoric and stop attacking journalists and political opponents.

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 24, 2018

CNN President Jeff Zucker after pipe bomb delivered to CNN in New York:

"There is a total and complete lack of understanding at the White House about the seriousness of their continued attacks on the media." https://t.co/gzUu4HQApd

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 24, 2018

How CNN stayed on the air. Really incredible to see how this unfolded in real time and read about it behind the scenes. Most importantly, kudos to the bomb squads who kept everyone safe and alive everywhere these packages were sent. https://t.co/GPQOJbDlI7

— Vicky Nguyen (@VickyNguyenTV) October 24, 2018

On the vexing problem Trump, his cell phones, and the Russian and Chinese ears on his conversations @AllMattNYT and me https://t.co/e5HI5dbYi7

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 24, 2018

NYT scoop: Trump’s aides have repeatedly warned him that his cellphone calls are not secure, and they have told him that Russian and Chinese spies are routinely eavesdropping.
But the president still refuses to give up his iPhones. https://t.co/eYlKjkDDka pic.twitter.com/EzSsZQA58Y

— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) October 24, 2018

I was willing to disqualify Hillary Clinton from the presidency for a lot less than this. https://t.co/U3cN3xiXPf

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 24, 2018

Trump promises to stop migrant caravan, his administration struggles with how to do it https://t.co/isCZ1SYOEc

— Post Politics (@postpolitics) October 24, 2018

BREAKING: Justice Department asks Supreme Court to rule businesses can discriminate against workers based on their sexual orientation, gender identity without violating federal law. https://t.co/5DGvkfuBRd

— Bloomberg Law (@BLaw) October 24, 2018

The Trump administration just approved a company's plan to drill for oil in federal waters off Alaska. It's a major first. https://t.co/AE2gxmNqbO #Arctic #oilandgas #drilling

— Darryl Fears (@bydarrylfears) October 24, 2018

The root problem is that what happens at the corporate level stays at the corporate level (Saudi joint ventures, Russian loans, whatever). It is not disclosed even if he owns the entire company. And without the tax returns we have no idea what is going on.https://t.co/47sO9dHEU5

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) October 24, 2018

Progress on the #Brexit negotiations can be 90%, 95% or even 99%, but as long as there is no solution for the Irish border, as long as the Good Friday agreement is not fully secured, for us in our Parliament progress is 0%.

— Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) October 24, 2018

The people who sold us Brexit. They insult the civil service. They insult our neighbours. They insult those of us who argued against it.

They do everything *except* deliver what they promised.

Enough is enough. Ordinary people deserve a say @peoplesvote_uk

My speech today: pic.twitter.com/wQOiRcvRzT

— Seb Dance (@SebDance) October 24, 2018

What ‘other routes’ for urgent medical supplies? Carrier pigeons? Pirate dinghies across the channel? Catapult a full wooden rabbit load from deep within France? https://t.co/k8VvQPTNGx

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) October 24, 2018

We were told getting #Brexit deals would be easy
We were told to quit scaremongering about #Brexit
We were told to stop running down #Brexit
Today I along with @ManufacturingNI @MichaelAodhan @NIfoodanddrink were told its our fault if #Brexit is a disaster for NI… https://t.co/8C4tujosz0

— Seamus Leheny (@SeamusLeheny) October 24, 2018

House of Commons votes 207 to 117 to approve NC7 of the #NIExecutiveBill. This new clause would require the Secretary of State and senior officers of NI departments to address incompatibilities between legislation applied in NI and human rights obligations. pic.twitter.com/8Iiu8vFJTy

— UK House of Commons (@HouseofCommons) October 24, 2018

Called on the UK Government to uphold its commitment to introduce an Irish Language Act if power-sharing institutions are not restored within six months.

I understand this is the first time the Irish language has been spoken in the @HouseofCommons chamber.#NorthernIrelandBill pic.twitter.com/dlcEnaCR8Q

— Liz Saville Roberts (@LSRPlaid) October 24, 2018

SCOOP: CIA Director Gina Haspel listened to the audio of Khashoggi’s alleged murder during her secret trip to Turkey, upping the pressure on the Trump administration to hold Saudi accountable. https://t.co/eBiGtbzXKZ

— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) October 24, 2018

Mohammed bin Salman says Khashoggi’s death was a “heinous crime that cannot be justified” and “really painful to all Saudis and every human in the world,” adding Saudi Arabia is working with the Turkish government in the investigation pic.twitter.com/rrm1OtcEfD

— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) October 24, 2018

Brilliant journalism by the @BBC, adding to the evidence that the "mass re-education programme" in China is basically the internment of thousands of Uighur Muslims with no access to any legal process at all.https://t.co/kbvFQcXZcO

— Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) October 24, 2018

Why India needs to worry about climate change https://t.co/UYu7zGbgav

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 24, 2018

The prime minister will address the 1922 committee of Conservative MPs, amid speculation she could be about to face a vote of no confidence in her leadership https://t.co/1fdfWfnUSG

— Sky News (@SkyNews) October 23, 2018

Further creativity from EU. Mitigating risks of Brexit UK-wide preferable & easier. But absolutely crucial that NI backstop remains as the ultimate protection until or unless a different solution is found that ensures open border in Ireland & protects GFAhttps://t.co/xG2rLuQqz0

— Stephen Farry MP (@StephenFarryMP) October 23, 2018

"other cabinet ministers… hit back… They said the EU will never agree to a time limit on the Irish border backstop and the government should not be imposing unrealistic red lines on the negotiations that will destroy the chances of getting a deal"

https://t.co/DW8NvX4h4n

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) October 23, 2018

A shocked cabinet was today told no-deal Brexit may force government to own or operate lorry ferries, because freight through Dover and Channel Tunnel could fall 85% and we’d run out of vital goods, food and medicine https://t.co/gbFn5wsDxH

— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 23, 2018

National interest? Brexit means:

🔹Fewer NHS doctors
🔹Fewer NHS nurses
🔹More NHS rota gaps
🔹Longer NHS trolley waits
🔹Threatened NHS drug supplies
🔹Endangered NHS patients

And that, Theresa May, is a complete and utter national disgrace. https://t.co/qQE0lrPPGH

— Dr Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) October 23, 2018

Brexiteer James Dyson has opted to build his new electric car in Singapore

— Adam Boulton (@adamboultonTABB) October 23, 2018

Never seen so many UKIP members attend a meeting in Strasbourg before…the subject? ….Members entitlements after Brexit!!! pic.twitter.com/9c1nn43t7b

— Julie Girling #FBPE (@juliegirling) October 23, 2018

World's largest trading bloc makes trade deal with world's 3rd largest economy but UK will ensure they don't have access because it thinks (or 60 MPs do) that it can do better. https://t.co/6kzf8WD65g

— alt – DUP (@dup_online) October 23, 2018

The Guardian view on the Daily Mail and Brexit: a very public shift | Editorial https://t.co/fWfsqxH58V

— The Guardian (@guardian) October 23, 2018

They murdered his Dad, dismembered his body, orchestrated a cover-up, lied about the murder, then lied about the cover-up…and now are forcing Khashoggi's son, who is a captive in his own country, to participate in a photo-op shaking hands with the prince who murdered his Dad. https://t.co/LfEym9CxAR

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) October 23, 2018

Trump: Saudis "had a very bad original concept, carried out poorly, and the cover up was the worst in the history of cover ups. The worst cover up ever.”

“Whoever thought of that idea is in big trouble, and they should be," Trump says of Khashoggi's murderers. pic.twitter.com/IyU2wkD6Sb

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) October 23, 2018

Oh. My. Word. What a quote to sum up where we are…. https://t.co/GXMbCP5YH7

— Jon Sopel (@jonsopel) October 23, 2018

Crisis management?
Right now the administration does not have Ambassadors in Mexico, Saudi Arabia or Turkey, and no nominees for those posts

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) October 23, 2018

Opinion: In Erdogan’s quest for answers over Khashoggi’s murder, there’s a broader agenda https://t.co/IJXcn0pYJq

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 23, 2018

There are approximately 15,000 nuclear weapons that exist in the world, and the U.S. maintains roughly half of them. Deterrence is intact, a larger arsenal will only be destabilizing. https://t.co/Dk3gpx26Dt

— William J. Perry (@SecDef19) October 23, 2018

All of the evening news broadcasts are leading with what Republicans want as the top story.

Meanwhile, they did not air a single health care segment for all of 2018. https://t.co/zZVhEOHZtJ

— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) October 22, 2018

Trump admits he has no evidence to back up his claim that "unknown Middle Easterners" are in the caravan: "There’s no proof of anything. There’s no proof of anything, but there could very well be.”

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) October 23, 2018

VP Mike Pence says he's been told by the Honduran president that the caravan was organized "by leftist organization and financed by Venezuela."

"And the Democrats, maybe?" Pres. Trump suggests. Asked for proof, the president says, "You're going to find out." pic.twitter.com/YIxAQeTPBd

— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) October 23, 2018

A photo of bloodied law enforcement officers from 2012 was used to make false claims about the migrant caravan. Here’s Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, helping spread it: https://t.co/03omMOnwPS pic.twitter.com/2bqji6TwwH

— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) October 23, 2018

On the #Caravan story. First, this is NOT illegal migration. Everyone know they are coming, they will reach the border and they will (potentially) ask for asylum. That's not illegal. Asking for asylum is a right they have. 1/5

— Dany Bahar 🌎 (@dany_bahar) October 23, 2018

GOP heads into midterms with zero policy goals other than targeting Pelosi, refugees, and media https://t.co/6iWRLuQfiC

— Daily Kos (@dailykos) October 23, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mob rule. A socialist takeover. Terrorists marching on the U.S. border.
As President Trump embraces the role of electoral boogeyman, he’s making closing arguments to midterm voters that increasingly resemble a Halloween horror story.
https://t.co/pNMuZW9CEw

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 23, 2018

A Florida man who was arrested for groping a woman on a Southwest flight bound for New Mexico told federal agents that President Trump said it's permissible to grab women by their "private parts." https://t.co/UEcUIrVmdX

— NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (@NBCNightlyNews) October 23, 2018

I have a number of questions. https://t.co/OP5rQEtDok

— Joe McNally 🕯 (@GaspardWinckler) October 23, 2018

'Khaled al-Faisal, governor of Mecca, returned after seeing Erdoğan & was really worried, one senior member of royal family revealed. “He wasn’t budging, he didn’t want to listen to anything we said. Al-Faisal came back and told the King we have a crisis.” https://t.co/LkIuegJsnU

— Borzou Daragahi 🖊🗒 (@borzou) October 22, 2018

Erdoğan to reveal 'naked truth' about #Khashoggi's death | World news | The Guardian https://t.co/ImIyiBnTxA

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) October 22, 2018

CIA director Haspel travels to Turkey for Khashoggi case: source https://t.co/927C4KlF49

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 22, 2018

Is she making this trip to try and silence Erdogan from exposing MSB? Again, what the hell explains the Saudi hold on US leaders? https://t.co/zL9Prz2n3H

— Michael Smerconish (@smerconish) October 22, 2018

Turkey has been masterfully driving the Khashoggi crisis https://t.co/pnRxJkVyRo pic.twitter.com/1bCq0TvExI

— Slate (@Slate) October 22, 2018

Turkey reportedly imprisons more of its journalists than any country in the world. It is rich as in Kafka-esque that we are depending on its president to provide the accurate accounting of the Saudi government’s murder of a journalist

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) October 22, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Surveillance footage shows Saudi operative in Jamal Khashoggi's clothes in Istanbul after the journalist was killed, Turkish source says https://t.co/3m9MpSup8m

— CNN (@CNN) October 22, 2018

The U.K., France, and Germany — without the U.S. — urge Saudi Arabia to clarify what happened to Jamal Khashoggi https://t.co/snE61DBSOd

— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) October 22, 2018

BREAKING — Turkish TV @tvahaber broadcasts images showing Saudi Consulate staff in Istanbul are burning documents one day after #Khashoggi murder pic.twitter.com/eeoDiCsn12

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) October 22, 2018

Turkish media have published photographs of Jamal Khashoggi and his fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, in the last hours and days of Khashoggi's life https://t.co/fzJxSLPFOW

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 22, 2018

Merkel: No German arms exports to Saudi until killing cleared up https://t.co/oxvKENwSCV

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 22, 2018

The lies about Saudi arms sales mark a new stage in the debasement of America https://t.co/tBrtM5UG3l

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 22, 2018

Mnuchin meets with Saudi crown prince amid Khashoggi crisis https://t.co/ExNEigLx8s pic.twitter.com/XZMq0HfiGj

— The Hill (@thehill) October 22, 2018

Mnuchin being used for Saudi state propaganda in the wake of Khashoggi's murder https://t.co/XKzxcdKciU

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) October 22, 2018

Our new Washpost editorial says the first step for realigning US-Saudi relations is straightforward:ending all support for MBS’s disastrous war in Yemen. https://t.co/IGv0MnyOc5

— Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) October 23, 2018

i do wonder the strategy here. and Republicans ive talked to today here on the hill don’t get it either. https://t.co/wJUh8ZvInZ

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 22, 2018

President Trump appeared to seize on reports in right-wing media that erroneously connected the migrant caravan marching toward the southern US border with the terrorist group ISIS https://t.co/QPByeZx3fb pic.twitter.com/Zxd2ojdHay

— CNN (@CNN) October 22, 2018

A senior counterterrorism official tells me, when I asked about this tweet from @POTUS, “we do not see any evidence that ISIS or other Sunni terrorist groups are trying to infiltrate the southern U.S. border.” https://t.co/OrNW9u5Qyt

— Jessica Schneider (@SchneiderCNN) October 22, 2018

As long as you follow where Trump leads you, you lose control of narrative. Trump leads CNN to a caravan & you take the bait. By giving caravans front page coverage, CNN’s validating Trump’s hysteria that this is an emergency. Fact checking’s moot once you grant Trump’s premise. pic.twitter.com/GNSAKtUJLr

— Happy ‘Nuke The Filibuster’ Warrior,MD (@marietoto) October 22, 2018

Watch Fox News destroy Trump's racist caravan lies https://t.co/DmlGQVJGi3 pic.twitter.com/B1gfr8aEj8

— Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@tommyxtopher) October 22, 2018

Media: @realDonaldTrump "needs a dependable enemy, as he proves constantly in his harsh rhetoric against the news media. But once again, that despised enemy manages to help him at every turn." @Sulliview on the overplay of the caravan. https://t.co/FlHUFgldJA @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/ffUZQEOp0d

— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) October 22, 2018

And Republicans, who once exploded with rage at every mendacious Democratic utterance, shrug and say: "But two judges." As though you can sell your soul and get it back via a judicial refund. https://t.co/2Oi4Zqev1r

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 22, 2018

Definitely not a cult or anything.

pic.twitter.com/QQSGRQvy5p

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 22, 2018

Trump is doing a rally with Ted Cruz in Houston. Tweets in this thread.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 22, 2018

I am watching Ted Cruz sell the last splinter of a smidgen of a shard of a microscopic thumbnail of his soul.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 22, 2018

Donald Trump just said there were 50,000 people waiting outside his Houston rally waiting to get in. Here's Houston's police chief stating there are 3,000 people outside. https://t.co/0NnRJGYuYh

— Jason Le Miere (@JasonLeMiere) October 23, 2018

Theresa May snubs Brussels over Irish border. | #TheTimes #Brexit pic.twitter.com/JUlkMm4quN

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 22, 2018

The Guardian view on Brexit delusions: diminishing Britain’s standing https://t.co/OeW6gmhfmK

— pongodhall (@pongodhall) October 22, 2018

Theresa May says Brexit deal is 95pc done but 'impasse' remains over Irish border issue
https://t.co/N40fbEOFnf pic.twitter.com/TU2Ww5hnja

— Irish Independent (@Independent_ie) October 22, 2018

A sharp quip from Labour's Peter Dowd on Theresa May's Brexit "95% done" boast: "May I remind the House that 95 per cent of the Titanic's journey was completed successfully."

— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) October 22, 2018

Convincing argument for a referendum on the terms of Brexit from @RSylvesterTimes https://t.co/vo83S4SGzU pic.twitter.com/RBhq9xDrU4

— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) October 22, 2018

The President of Exeter Conservatives calls for a United Ireland, in order to save Brexit.

I wonder if she's run this past the DUP…?! pic.twitter.com/XIU1bXWhaT

— Lon Won (@LonWon) October 22, 2018

BBC News – Nobel scientists make Brexit plea for free movement and funding https://t.co/Z5k5p4TOv8

— Nathan Harvey (@babylon1977) October 22, 2018

Breaking News: Saudi Arabia said that the dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in their consulate during a fight. 18 people are being held. https://t.co/3lf6RDZSTf

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 19, 2018

Saudi Arabia fires 5 top officials, arrests 18 Saudis after saying Khashoggi was killed in a fight at consulate in Istanbul. Previously asserted that he left consulate alive and that they had no information about his whereabouts. https://t.co/BLAzpothMi

— Marty Baron (@PostBaron) October 19, 2018

Wait, I thought he had left the embassy? https://t.co/IZS12YO476

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 19, 2018

Saudi Arabia previously denied any involvement in Khashoggi's disappearance and claimed he left the consulate on the same afternoon of his visit. https://t.co/LN5Vd1cEYB

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 19, 2018

Keep in mind this big news is coming out of Saudi Arabia in the middle of the night there, where it’s 1 a.m.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 19, 2018

Also MBS advisor Kahtani is fired. The committee blames Jamal's death on a fight that broke out with people who met him in the consulate. So he decided to fight 15 people? One of whom allegedly had a bone saw? Really? https://t.co/CbioiMS80Y

— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) October 19, 2018

Treachery wrapped in duplicity inside a clusterfuck… https://t.co/3TMQf0r9na

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) October 19, 2018

So the story is that Khashoggi got into a "physical altercation" with 18 goons dispatched on two chartered planes to kidnap him and then they were forced to kill him?

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 19, 2018

Addendum: If you have no fingers to make a fist due to violent traumatic amputation can you be said to participate in a “fist fight?” #AskingForAFriend https://t.co/poIKNZFtUR

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) October 19, 2018

I don't mean to brag, but to me, the bonesaw was a dead giveaway.

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) October 19, 2018

The FT View from earlier this week: There have been moments in history when great leaders found it necessary to overlook abhorrent crimes to protect alliances and greater interests — but the case of Jamal Khashoggi is not one of those moments. https://t.co/I1xG4wj4SM

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 19, 2018

“Every day that goes by they don’t try to explain what happened is another day their credibility starts to evaporate in Congress": The Saudis face a reckoning in Trump's Washington. ⁦@sbg1⁩ https://t.co/XPwlQwTOkr

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) October 19, 2018

NEW: We found that 3 weeks before Jamal Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi general consul in Istanbul, the Trump Org’s business partner in Indonesia inked an agreement with a construction firm in which the Saudi government owns a large stake. https://t.co/48PXIgDfE8

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 19, 2018

According to Wadah Khanfar, former head of Al Jazeera News, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdoğan have spoken in the last few minutes about the “the necessity of reaching a conclusion on the issue of Jamal Khashoggi.”@khanfarw | #newsnight pic.twitter.com/m2JiqqUWKo

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) October 19, 2018

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly once said that he had Jared Kushner “in his pocket.”https://t.co/IRGDbQCElq

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 19, 2018

Kushner and Saudi prince communicated informally on WhatsApp: report https://t.co/q5b4IusXUP pic.twitter.com/ETg4ZyBYqZ

— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2018

This is reprehensible https://t.co/TvPEvJvaH5

— Jeff Flake (@JeffFlake) October 19, 2018

Our new Washpost editorial points out there is no Saudi "investigation" of the Khashoggi case, only a coverup operation in which the Trump administration has been an active participant. https://t.co/m2k65TEE30

— Jackson Diehl (@JacksonDiehl) October 19, 2018

We don't often share articles by our colleagues at @PostOpinions, but we think it is important that as many people as possible read (and share) this. https://t.co/kEBxD6gqgy

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) October 18, 2018

Saudi lobbying in the U.S. has tripled since Trump took office, according to data compiled by the Center for International Policy. https://t.co/25u4CRMY4B

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 19, 2018

Trump claimed in March that the Saudi deals would bring 40,000 American jobs. This month, has made it 450,000, then 500,000, and today, per @JDiamond1, 600,000. https://t.co/Jva0CWWluc

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 19, 2018

You may recall that many Republicans said their tax cuts would "pay for themselves" through increased growth/revenues. In the first nine months, they are not — by any measure. https://t.co/N8H8Gjr3a5

— Jim Tankersley (@jimtankersley) October 15, 2018

The U.S. is going to tell Russia that it is leaving a landmark nuclear treaty https://t.co/mvgq483Sv3

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 19, 2018

NEW: Elena Khusyaynova, a Russian woman who works for an oligarch close to Putin has been charged with attempting to meddle in the 2018 midterm election. 2018, not 2016. Be woke people! https://t.co/Efc8Es84hp

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) October 19, 2018

BREAKING: Trump political appointee just announced as Interior Dept. inspector general resigns amid swirl of questions over her hiring w/ @JDawsey1 @eilperin https://t.co/rfBecRzWgU

— Lisa Rein (@Reinlwapo) October 19, 2018

The @nytimes struggles so freaking hard with the word ‘lie’. https://t.co/i6TntUK3ED

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) October 19, 2018

That is, Adnan Khashoggi. https://t.co/Jjnp7VtlKe

— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) October 19, 2018

More than 100,000 protesters expected in London to lead largest anti-Brexit demonstration to date #finalsay https://t.co/qOQpz6PdaM pic.twitter.com/mwQciK9R2w

— The Independent (@Independent) October 19, 2018

The Conversation | @DPhinnemore | Extending the #Brexit transition period: what does it mean for a deal? https://t.co/CtwFv1WVXQ @ConversationUK

— Erhan İçener (@erhanicener) October 19, 2018

There isn’t any. Brexit is a scam shrouded in fraud wrapped in a lie https://t.co/uQDDaQUrfN

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) October 19, 2018

A ‘precious union’? The Brexiters don’t care about Northern Ireland | @fotoole #brexit https://t.co/IOYV0qQyHj pic.twitter.com/QHYYOk1k1g

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 19, 2018

‘Tomorrow’s people’s vote march in London is the beginning of the end of Brexit’ https://t.co/5YTZSMHHnU

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) October 19, 2018

Pretty sure we won’t be blocking streets & strangling business for weeks on end or smashing windows – because that would be criminal & moronic wouldn’t it? Do you think a no deal Brexit & reducing the number of days a flag flies (to match GB) are pretty much the same thing?

— Claire Hanna (@ClaireHanna) October 19, 2018

Sammy’s lost the plot. Again.
It’s getting hot in the Brexit kitchen…… https://t.co/RFaNHavarQ

— Chris Donnelly (@chrisadonnelly) October 19, 2018

Soft Brexit. Extending Article 50 and sorting our shit out. Whatever. But it's not enough to say: this option is shit. They're all shit. It's a turd maze.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) October 19, 2018

The 3,000-strong migrant caravan tore through a border crossing gate on the Guatemala side of the Mexico-Guatemala border Friday and rushed through toward Mexico. They were halted by Mexican police. https://t.co/Pc4HfNwhgQ pic.twitter.com/E86nKCQbU9

— ABC News (@ABC) October 19, 2018

The migrant caravan of 3,000 breaks through fence barrier, crosses from Guatemala into Mexico.

Big question: what will Mexico do now? Most migrants have told me they don’t want to stay in Mexico. Their goal is US.

Our latest https://t.co/QXRAteTzJS via @JuliaEAinsley @NBCNews

— Mariana Atencio (@marianaatencio) October 19, 2018

Migrant caravan in Guatemala breaks through border fence into Mexico – video https://t.co/0WxlzS032M

— The Guardian (@guardian) October 19, 2018

Once again, President #Moreno breaks with the political alignments of former #President #Correa by expelling the #Venezuelan #Ambassador from #Ecuador. @MyFairObserver @GermanPeinadoD https://t.co/rR51Yoh7zH

— Glenn Ojeda Vega (@GOjedaVega) October 19, 2018

This is an absolutely excellent article by @TobiasBuckFT on the decline of the German Social Democrats with ramifications for SD parties throughout Western Europe. Some quick thought. #thread https://t.co/rXmyvRn9Pb

— Cas Mudde (@CasMudde) October 19, 2018

Not sure why the comments aren't open beneath this piece. Because I'm sure some people have a few.. https://t.co/WxzjfkVqj5

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 19, 2018

Kushner has reportedly argued that, like the time the Saudis killed a busload of schoolchildren, this too will blow over https://t.co/txCYdHW9E0

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) October 18, 2018

What Trump & Kushner are doing is laying bare the ugliness at the heart of decades of bipartisan US policy towards #Saudi Arabia that has brought us to this. Trump didn’t invent this. US administrations have enabled #Saudi tyrants for decades https://t.co/SFcj3jm2Rj #Khashoggi pic.twitter.com/dkT5rjKo7G

— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) October 18, 2018

"Jared Kushner has been urging the president to stand by Prince Mohammed, according to a person close to the White House and a former official with knowledge of the discussions." https://t.co/N9M1tedQ0V

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 18, 2018

1. Jared Kushner’s father met with the Qatari minister of finance to solicit an investment in the family business
2. The Qataris shot him down
3. Weeks later, Jared backed Saudi Arabia when it blockaded Qatarhttps://t.co/DMqlVIzLa6

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 18, 2018

Trump + Kushner backing of Saudi Crown Prince is hailed in Woodward’s FEAR as a triumph of US policy. That sent me back to consider: what else did Woodward miss? https://t.co/0LhgauxrOG

— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 16, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: Turkish officials played Sec. of State Pompeo an alleged audio recording of Jamal Khashoggi's murder inside Saudi consulate in Istanbul, senior Turkish official tells @ABC. Pompeo was also given a transcript of the recording, the official says. https://t.co/RYKU0fZ0nK pic.twitter.com/aCgihzyUvr

— ABC News (@ABC) October 18, 2018

State Department spokesman Heather Nauert: “Secretary Pompeo has neither heard a tape nor has he seen a transcript related to Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance.”

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 19, 2018

U.S. intel officials: Inconceivable Saudi prince had no link to Khashoggi death https://t.co/uy0LXFUqrd

— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) October 18, 2018

INTERESTING TIMING: A member of the Saudi Royal Air Force who was one of the 15 Saudis allegedly involved in the killing of JAMAL KHASHOGGI has died in a car accident in Riyadh, according to a Turkish media report. https://t.co/xjjvcbuBJt

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) October 18, 2018

There is something so chilling and authoritarian about Pompeo continuing to refer to Khashoggi’s “disappearance.” We know he was murdered. Pompeo knows he was murdered. The Saudis know he was murdered (because they murdered him.) “Disappearance” sounds Stalinist in this context.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 18, 2018

Guardian front page, Friday 19 October 2018: EU push to help May avoid no-deal Brexit pic.twitter.com/T12gmoF8ww

— The Guardian (@guardian) October 18, 2018

Why is Britain now a less desirable place to do business?
• Leaving the single market
• Resurrecting tariffs with trade partners
• Booting foreign workers https://t.co/7MZlBjDfZY

— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) October 18, 2018

Remarkable, and frankly terrifying, stuff from @Peston: " It is a Customs Union Brexit, or leave the EU without a deal." 😱https://t.co/mE7Qcph7Vg

— Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) October 18, 2018

'I voted Leave and now I want a Final Say on the Brexit deal' https://t.co/uUt7tFSkyQ pic.twitter.com/YL4Dk3U1Mr

— The Independent (@Independent) October 18, 2018

The Tory party is now ungovernable – irretrievably, poisonously divided. Its inability to cohere around any kind of Brexit compromise or understand the nature of the EU as a system of laws reveals it to be useless to both conservative thought and the country. Its could now break.

— Will Hutton (@williamnhutton) October 18, 2018

"The leaders of Brexit have fled the scene… We are trapped in hell. For the love of god get me out of here now"@MrNishKumar does not believe the Brexit process is going well.#bbcqt pic.twitter.com/sUjlNWEDzi

— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) October 18, 2018

[BLOG] Trident Juncture will demonstrate the extent to which the Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian air forces are already integrated, by @carlbildt.https://t.co/ryKIPofT2W

— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) October 19, 2018

My inside information from #EUCO #EuropeanCouncil tonight on #Brexit is that Theresa May said exactly what she did in Salzburg (“but more nicely”) – and deadlocked reigns. November summit likely to be cancelled. Can kicked down road to December. And then…?

— Richard Corbett (@RichardGCorbett) October 17, 2018

Senior EU source says unlikely a date will be set for a November Brexit summit. "There won’t be any date set, it will depend on how progress [in the negotiations] is going."

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) October 17, 2018

We’ll see about that … https://t.co/3FkG9rH7jG

— Keir Starmer (@Keir_Starmer) October 17, 2018

As far as holding grudges go, this from Moldova is a belter https://t.co/93CMWj1len

— Sean Pollock (@SeanPollock44) October 17, 2018

A measured & powerful reflection on concerns for human rights in NI thru #Brexit.

"The scale of anxiety in NI flows from the belief that another pillar of the peace process is being torn down & that a supranational framework of guarantees & relative security will disappear." https://t.co/xdZMK2aPC0

— Katy Hayward (@hayward_katy) October 17, 2018

‘There’s no plan B’: academics race to safeguard research against Brexit https://t.co/TmEgmCNPqe

— Prof Jo Ingold (@joingold) October 17, 2018

No matter HOW you voted, it’s OBJECTIVE truth that Digital Interference took place in #Brexit.

How do I know this? It’s my job to research digital interference in domestic affairs. This act broke Art 42 of the Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations.

This is not #FakeNews. pic.twitter.com/39YQLksAqU

— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) October 17, 2018

Read the Trumps’ false statements — and what the actual facts were: https://t.co/YdRqxMtPrx

— ProPublica (@propublica) October 17, 2018

NEW via @fahrenthold: Another Trump-branded building has decided to take down the president’s name https://t.co/gU4g5bJIii

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 17, 2018

every forecaster predicted it

now Treasury data shows it:

Trump/GOP promises about tax-cuts and deficits were BS https://t.co/Z2Sto6Z4O8

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 17, 2018

#BREAKING: Rod Rosenstein hits back at Trump’s repeated claim that Mueller’s probe is a ‘scam witch hunt’https://t.co/TcQYXGN76I

— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 17, 2018

#BREAKING: Mueller's team asking Manafort about Roger Stone: report https://t.co/lqeymQlePK pic.twitter.com/2YPIGyrKIN

— The Hill (@thehill) October 17, 2018

With "Horseface," Trump chose his base over women who could swing the midterms https://t.co/Hmis5c8gjf

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 17, 2018

It seems all @RandyRainbow can be is #BeBest. This man (who should have had his own TV show yesterday) does it ALL HIMSELF. Writes, sings, directs, edits, does wardrobe, hair, make-up & savages gleefully, with no help from anyone whatsoever! #CriminallyTalented https://t.co/jDrSlVEowG

— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) October 15, 2018

JUST IN: Eleven Senate Democrats, led by Tom Udall, ask Trump, as well as Don Jr. and Eric at the Trump Org, to turn over information about business ties to Saudi Arabia — specifically referencing a possible Magnitsky Act determination and consequences. https://t.co/HHs3diWgkz pic.twitter.com/NItDy691Bh

— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 17, 2018

President Trump on Jamal Khashoggi: "I want to find out what happened, where is the fault, and we will probably know that by the end of the week." https://t.co/yXrwBaM1tC pic.twitter.com/f0BGZMKo8F

— The Hill (@thehill) October 17, 2018

With Jamal Khashoggi's fate not officially confirmed, some critics have raised concerns that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may have manipulated President Trump's senior White House adviser, Jared Kushner. https://t.co/QA4bktq8Ju

— NPR (@NPR) October 17, 2018

In Riyadh, Pompeo’s Grin Contrasts With Image as Tough-Talking Diplomat https://t.co/TGfcPsurFw if anything criticism of Pompeo has been too mild. He humiliated himself and sent EXACTLY the wrong signal to the Saudis

— Jennifer "A man is not a plan" Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) October 17, 2018

The United States received a payment of $100 million from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the same day Mike Pompeo arrived in Riyadh to discuss the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a State Department official confirmed to WaPo. https://t.co/Vjka4xWROH

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 17, 2018

Chris Coons: "I am concerned that President Trump seems willing to take the word of the King of Saudi Arabia." https://t.co/I6wmgh5TVS pic.twitter.com/OuKrkVAwbV

— The Hill (@thehill) October 17, 2018

WaPo will publish an Opinions page dedicated to contributor #JamalKhashoggi. The special page will feature a never before published column by Khashoggi, filed just before he disappeared, in which he discusses the need for a free press in the Mideast https://t.co/BoOyAOXeQD

— Evan Rosenfeld (@Evan_Rosenfeld) October 17, 2018

It's Legal. In #Canada, Recreational #Marijuana Gets Green Light! via @NPR https://t.co/klprDkyHBv

— NORML (@NORML) October 17, 2018

'I've been waiting my whole life for this': How Canada is celebrating marijuana legalization https://t.co/9zEYmJd4Xx

— TIME (@TIME) October 17, 2018

The Canadian government is confident there will be enough marijuana to meet demand https://t.co/Q8RsF9yhRJ

— Bloomberg (@business) October 17, 2018

EU leaders prepare hardball Brexit summit choice for May.

They will give the Prime Minister a tough reception in Brussels on Wednesday, warning her to rally support at home for the #Brexit deal on offer or be cut loose without one in March.

https://t.co/1Ug7N1aCzz

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 16, 2018

Here's the "breaking news" – Barnier has said he is open to possibility of extension on transition in exchange for backstop solution. Dan Boffey and Heather Stewart reported it on Saturday and again today. https://t.co/WqGir38TfG

— Lisa O'Carroll (@lisaocarroll) October 16, 2018

Germany has demanded Theresa May “take responsibility” in a sign the economic superpower is losing patience over Brexit https://t.co/LNa8K8jLb0

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) October 16, 2018

Brexit remains what it has always been: a long and expensive means of teaching the UK that it already had the best model: EU membership. https://t.co/AYBDilEYW9

— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) October 15, 2018

🔹Hammond warns of £36 billion ‘no-deal’ bill.

🔹Britain will face huge payout even if deal is not reached, says chancellor. #brexit pic.twitter.com/YjfJnPfmzm

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 16, 2018

Wednesday's Express: "Respect the 17.4 million who voted Brexit" #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday (via @hendopolis) pic.twitter.com/S74CwzU9cw

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 16, 2018

False promises helped fuel the Brexit vote. Now they’re obscuring new dangers (via @bopinion) https://t.co/LqKidJI8NB

— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) October 16, 2018

Sir John Major says people will not forget or forgive Brexiteers like Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. https://t.co/3XGoaR2NOE

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) October 16, 2018

John Major this evening. Wow pic.twitter.com/rAFwTQCuIJ

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) October 16, 2018

Trevor Lockhart, CBI NI Chief Executive: latest version of backstop could be “potentially transformational” for NI economy. “The backstop as articulated by the EU last week is one which the business community in Northern Ireland would support"https://t.co/lSEnE7GSpe

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) October 16, 2018

Good to see Arlene Foster taking a break from the stress of the #RHIenquiry, the mounting investigation about the #DUPdarkmoney and driving the UK towards a #BadBrexit that will devastate the NI economy and threaten the Union to encourage people to vote for the DUP ! https://t.co/PNMFcGyfdE

— Danny Donnelly MLA (@DannyDonnelly1) October 16, 2018

BREAKING NEWS: John Bercow to stand down as Commons Speaker in wake of bullying inquiry https://t.co/7hraRYcjbZ

— The Guardian (@guardian) October 16, 2018

Trump did not back down from derisively nicknaming Stormy Daniels 'Horseface' this morning. Asked by the AP if it was appropriate to insult a woman's appearance, Trump responded, "You can take it any way you want." https://t.co/PHOKCzBHZf

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 16, 2018

"It's all out in public, Republican politicians insisting they would address this deficit problem if they got power"@AriMelber on budget deficit exploding to $779 billion in 2018 under Trump. pic.twitter.com/IpssXaSQa5

— The Beat with Ari Melber 📺 (@TheBeatWithAri) October 16, 2018

Trump supporters "prepared to forgive all of his sins," says former Boston Globe editor https://t.co/xdVqBnT0W8 pic.twitter.com/G3ThFOjT0r

— The Hill (@thehill) October 16, 2018

JUST IN: Trump: Cohen lied when testifying that I directed him to break the law https://t.co/eetFPbeklC pic.twitter.com/HKKfaerBnh

— The Hill (@thehill) October 16, 2018

Why the Elizabeth Warren DNA story has united the right in anger and mockery: https://t.co/n2vF7PNtKd pic.twitter.com/XCAvm4bymB

— Slate (@Slate) October 16, 2018

We all remember Donald Trump, on the day he announced he was running for president in the lobby of Trump Tower, in June 2015, talking about Mexican rapists. But he also talked about the Saudis who he "loved" and "many who are in this building" – watch:pic.twitter.com/3B2iHazk4P

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 16, 2018

Some enterprising journalist should start a list naming every person and every firm that is on the Saudi payroll in Washington. The Saudi Lobby is a poster child for the corruption that runs rampant in Washington DC. It’s all in the open. We just don’t talk about it

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) October 16, 2018

Was this all the way back in May? Feels like it was yesterday.https://t.co/yPlqJkEoWx

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 16, 2018

BREAKING: Trump tells AP that Saudi Arabia being blamed for missing journalist is another case of "guilty until proven innocent."

— The Associated Press (@AP) October 16, 2018

Trump seems to accept Saudi denials at face value https://t.co/r7yT66JCs7 @barbarastarrcnn reports @TheLeadCNN

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 16, 2018

Huge congratulations to Anna Burns. #Booker https://t.co/KPCVyd4d2u

— Andrea Catherwood (@acatherwoodnews) October 16, 2018

Brexit talks are mired in stalemate. It doesn't look good for this week's summit – We could be looking at a different UK Govt by next Sundayhttps://t.co/HtNN62nODU via @bpolitics

— Richard Calhoun UK (@richardcalhoun) October 14, 2018

"Raab was over not to give a final political impulse to a deal that was close to signing, but to say that it would not happen. That London could not stomach the compromises necessary for the Irish backstop agreement"https://t.co/2JAwXnXmxa

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) October 14, 2018

We met today @DominicRaab and UK negotiating team. Despite intense efforts, some key issues are still open, including the backstop for IE/NI to avoid a hard border. I will debrief the EU27 and @Europarl_EN on the #Brexit negotiations.

— Michel Barnier (@MichelBarnier) October 14, 2018

A pattern is emerging in the Brexit negotiations…the professional negotiators get close to a Brexit deal, and then along come the ego fuelled politicians (with zero expertise in negotiation skills) and mess it all up. https://t.co/EGKWwZdFZE

— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) October 14, 2018

Probably stating the obvious, but what’s clear tonight is that the biggest obstacle to a Brexit deal, as things stand, is Theresa May’s inability to get her cabinet, party, and the DUP behind whatever is agreed with the EU in Brussels

— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) October 14, 2018

Tomorrow's front page: Brexit talks break up amid
impasse over Irish border #tomorrowspapertoday pic.twitter.com/j4uPwWctHE

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) October 14, 2018

The greatest Brexit fallacy is notion there will be a deal because everyone wants one/that’s how the EU rolls. Brexit is not a bailout which is simply question of finding money; it’s a fundamental rupture of European order whose costs are strategic and may be beyond negotiation.

— Simon Nixon (@Simon_Nixon) October 14, 2018

Guardian front page, Monday 15 October 2018: Setback for May as Irish border issue derails Brexit deal talks pic.twitter.com/YtVrSu1tSG

— The Guardian (@guardian) October 14, 2018

Let’s be clear: less than 10 per cent of Westminster MPs are standing in the way of a deal that could break Brexit impasse and secure the least worst outcome for UK. They are out of step with a good majority of British opinion and prepared to wreck the Good Friday Agreement. pic.twitter.com/EQsRtAW4zy

— John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) October 14, 2018

The immediate cause of today’s Brexit breakdown was the partition of Ireland in 1920/22, but you could argue it was the rejection of Home Rule in 1886, the Irish famine of the 1840s, the Act of Union of 1800, or the activities of William of Orange, Cromwell & Henry VIII

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) October 14, 2018

Sinn Fein leadership is due to meet the PM in Downing St tomorrow afternoon.

Ahead of the meeting , party leader @MaryLouMcDonald said the toxic deal between the DUP & Tories has deepened the #Brexit crisis and stalled progress in re-establishing the Stormont institutions pic.twitter.com/OtPveu9EJ1

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) October 14, 2018

If Brexiters are now openly admitting Brexit means the country will go down then why on earth do it?

This jingoistic tripe won't pay people's bills, keep businesses afloat, protect the health service, give young people opportunities.

We can stop this madness. #PeoplesVote https://t.co/NdKS1fwE2e

— Naomi Long MLA (@naomi_long) October 14, 2018

So they’ll resign not to ensure that Scotland gets as good a deal as Northern Ireland. But in order to ensure that Northern Ireland gets as bad a deal as Scotland. Woeful. https://t.co/sH4unNJ2qh

— JOHN NICOLSON M.P. (@MrJohnNicolson) October 14, 2018

In a “60 Minutes” interview, President Trump grouped Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in with the political party he describes as “an angry, left-wing mob” https://t.co/Ks1MKxpIsQ pic.twitter.com/DuP1sPEfzV

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 14, 2018

NEW: Pres. Trump called for unprecedented plan to remove all U.S. diplomats from Turkey in frustration over detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson, senior administration and State Department officials tell @ABC News. https://t.co/mafCSoDEWW pic.twitter.com/iLToOArgmc

— ABC News (@ABC) October 14, 2018

MSNBC media analyst explains why Fox News wants nothing more to do with Trump’s monotonous MAGA rallieshttps://t.co/apUqrCASKQ

— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 14, 2018

Since Fox News stopped covering Trump’s rallies live due to falling ratings, he has made a 47-minute appearance on “Fox & Friends” in which they basically had to push him off, and tonight he will appear on “60 Minutes.”

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) October 14, 2018

Oh. Oh my. This is not a good look for Kevin McCarthy. https://t.co/AR9fgeFx2u

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) October 14, 2018

Why does Joe Klein have to lapse into false equivalence at end of otherwise useful review ? Michael Lewis Wonders Who’s Really Running the Government https://t.co/7w7rqOoJqc

— Katrina vandenHeuvel (@KatrinaNation) October 14, 2018

WATCH: Alec Baldwin returns to SNL to mock Trump meeting with Kanye West https://t.co/2OPYqhOziM pic.twitter.com/XVcFjA0eAA

— The Hill (@thehill) October 14, 2018

Saudi Arabia is running out of time to explain to Trump admin what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi within its consulate in Turkey.

Pompeo and Bolton told Saudi ambassador to return to U.S. with answers—by Tuesday.

Story by me, @jeneps, @nwadhamshttps://t.co/jkNQYDlu0G

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) October 14, 2018

“Is Trump getting paid by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a.k.a. MBS, and the Saudis? Is his son-in-law, Jared Kushner?”https://t.co/gs4LEg9YQc

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) October 14, 2018

“MBS has an elevator pitch,” this official said, that Kushner has bought into."

https://t.co/BClyvuNRe0

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) October 14, 2018

Saudi trolls, bots, and supporters have been tweeting all day using this hashtag: #كلنا_ثقه_في_محمد_بن_سلمان

Which is why this hashtag has been trending worldwide at #1 for most of the day.

The KSA is implementing a plan to protect its Crown Prince. https://t.co/5eBDpZsMvC

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 14, 2018

[BLOG] The Iranian government needs to make major economic reforms which go beyond prosecuting a few corrupt individuals, by @hdagres.https://t.co/bSuA3OqD1L

— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) October 14, 2018

The idea that climate policies would "destroy our economy" is disinformation spread by fossil-fuel interests and right-wingers. No serious analyses suggest that a carbon tax or equivalent would wreak havoc 1/ https://t.co/Qcw345LR5v

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) October 14, 2018

Whether it’s eating less meat or cutting back on air travel, individual solutions to address climate change are possible, but they're not enough https://t.co/rDtnQ6VObJ

— The Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) October 14, 2018

Donald Trump’s response to the U.N.’s dire climate report, released last week, indicated a level of cluelessness that, while hardly a surprise, was nevertheless dismaying: https://t.co/48QM9jP5Wh pic.twitter.com/JgwgjYjkFn

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 14, 2018

WATCH: Drone footage shows scale of destruction in Mexico Beach, Florida, where Hurricane Michael made landfall. https://t.co/6NRiBztunD pic.twitter.com/xNV1K1Y1C1

— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 11, 2018

Michael updates: At least 6 killed by storm in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina https://t.co/Kpi6jQFnDd

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael has moved on from Florida and is now a tropical storm soaking Georgia and the Carolinas. But it's left unrecognizable destruction in its wake https://t.co/lWA0fiir4c via @ReutersTV pic.twitter.com/Sgo3ZgBHdx

— Reuters (@Reuters) October 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael leaves 'unimaginable destruction' https://t.co/36uxN3wFrt

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 11, 2018

Florida’s largest psychiatric hospital was ‘entirely cut off’ by Hurricane Michael.

Nearly 40 percent of all state mental health patients live at the facility in rural Chattahoochee. None were evacuated.

From @samanthajgrosshttps://t.co/mIh8aJTtHj

— Steve Contorno (@scontorno) October 11, 2018

Hurricane Michael just slammed Florida congressman Matt Gaetz's district. Maybe he will finally talk about climate change… https://t.co/GvgerxhpLm pic.twitter.com/gwvbz0QkMt

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 11, 2018

Climate change is already affecting hurricanes, and it will get worse https://t.co/ufT4Ypj70G

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 11, 2018

"When I put this hat on, you made me Superman … a Superman cape I can wear." Kanye West went on a wild, rambling Oval Office tirade in praise of President Trump earlier today. https://t.co/QAontfTqZQ pic.twitter.com/eEC2XuLtpK

— CNBC (@CNBC) October 11, 2018

The historic #TrumpKanyeSummit is over. Leaders agreed to:
✔️Empower the pharmaceuticals
✔️Create Yeezy ideation centers
✔️Back hydrogen-powered planes
✔️Outlaw buildings with 13 floors#TrumpKanye #TrumpClown pic.twitter.com/37mgIJppY1

— Graham Lovelace (@glovelace) October 11, 2018

'A minstrel show!’: CNN’s Don Lemon goes off on Kanye West’s Oval Office performancehttps://t.co/H8HbNgxFSD

— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 11, 2018

Donna Brazile: "Kanye West has set us back 155 years" https://t.co/nmvmT7ueW4 pic.twitter.com/P30cIu7y15

— The Hill (@thehill) October 11, 2018

But let’s focus on Kanye!!!! https://t.co/EJqJnwKiz6

— Paul Begala (@PaulBegala) October 11, 2018

And you thought kicking Alex Jones off Twitter was really going to stop him#Infowars #alexjones #woke pic.twitter.com/6rusMcotwS

— Real Deal (@realdealpeele13) October 10, 2018

In other death penalty news today —> Washington State's Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional, The State's Supreme Court Rules https://t.co/ND1OKL8FAP

— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) October 12, 2018

NEW: Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to #SCOTUS, but the ethics complaints filed against him haven't gone away — per letter just made public, Chief Justice John Roberts is transferring them to the 10th Circuit https://t.co/rdrb7Cg9fB pic.twitter.com/udnFnNuQVT

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 10, 2018

ALERT: The Trump administration has a plan to drastically curtail protests in DC, shutting down space in front of White House, charging massive fees, & banning stages & sound systems for rapid-response demonstrations. Deadline for comments? Monday, Oct 15: https://t.co/kCxYhMu8Rd

— Ben Wikler (@benwikler) October 11, 2018

NEW: DUP MP Sammy Wilson tells me in Larne current impasse “may lead to a different leader” for the Conservatives to “heal the wounds” if they want the Confidence & Supply agreement to “stay in place” by going “in a different direction” on Brexit https://t.co/HXYFK6joJF

— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) October 11, 2018

You have to admit the DUP are political geniuses. They are about to cause an election where they will lose their £1 bn bribe, their leverage and maybe get Corbyn, a ILA, Abortion Act, an equal marriage Act or even a border poll. Outstanding!!! Ineptitude like that is truly rare

— Sam Thompson (@JarrieSam) October 11, 2018

"DUP won't be bribed, bullied or browbeaten" Sammy Wilson

Nope, definitely not, no siree… pic.twitter.com/p6lYlFYZ8u

— Sarah (@Sal_feeko) October 11, 2018

At least three Eurosceptic Cabinet ministers are said to be considering quitting over Theresa May's plan for an indefinite customs union backstop https://t.co/CJeKXsRqWz

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 11, 2018

This is all so fucking dumb. Thick and pointless and so so dumb. #sovereignty https://t.co/XkMBfYsVTO

— Neil Gibbons (@neilgibbons) October 11, 2018

The head of HM Revenue and Customs, Jon Thompson, received two death threats after disclosing that a post-Brexit customs option preferred by Brexiters would cost up to £20bn, it has emerged.

What the hell has happened to our country? https://t.co/blYzqDlLfy

— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@fascinatorfun) October 11, 2018

Brexit is already hurting UK economy and no-deal risks recession, Office for Budget Responsibility warns https://t.co/HPvgCkydtH pic.twitter.com/8uEbUQWfs3

— The Independent (@Independent) October 11, 2018

Even Theresa May's closest allies know any U.S. deal will be lopsided and American interests will take priority, a senior British official says https://t.co/yJ0c6RDjlN

— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) October 11, 2018

James O'Brien's full, epic monologue on the state of British politics right now is a must-watch.@mrjamesob | #Brexit pic.twitter.com/NhseQULDog

— LBC (@LBC) October 11, 2018

Turks seem very excited by the idea of a US-Saudi break… https://t.co/3jwhvaIjlY

— Robert Farley (@drfarls) October 12, 2018

This was a spectacular display — weighing the potential murder of an US resident and journalist against the profits from arms sales. https://t.co/gW3TXrZpSO

— Cody Fenwick (@codytfenwick) October 11, 2018

Thank you @nedprice https://t.co/t3GPxyhZcF

— Nicolle Wallace (@NicolleDWallace) October 11, 2018

Khashoggi case shows importance of ethical reporting on hostages https://t.co/A9wmsw9QAY via @cjr

— Jen Peters (@EditrixJen) October 11, 2018

Trump and Xi agree to meet. But will that bring an end to the tariffs? Or the trade war? I doubt it…
https://t.co/UMXTMgl6j1

— Shawn Donnan (@sdonnan) October 11, 2018

What. A. Day… tomorrow’s @irishexaminer front page pic.twitter.com/DLSWPBJJ4z

— Elaine Loughlin (@Elaine_Loughlin) October 11, 2018

The Banksy painting that self-destructed after selling for $1.4 million? The winning bidder is keeping it, shreds and all. https://t.co/8FKYLWsSfW

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 12, 2018

Justin Gallegos, a runner at Oregon with cerebral palsy, thought he was just finishing another cross country race. Little did he know, Nike was waiting at the finish line to offer him a pro contract (via @kabdullah360 / Elevation 0m) pic.twitter.com/FIXFoHQYI3

— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 10, 2018

Let’s send all the standing armies in the world out to plant trees and gather plastic from the oceans. They are already on the payroll, why not have them save the planet while that opportunity still exists.

— Colin Broderick 🎥 (@colin_broderick) October 12, 2018