No news is not always good news. EU27 still waiting for concrete, realistic proposals from London on how to break #Brexit impasse. pic.twitter.com/8vcDlAJeAn
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) February 13, 2019
Brexit is national crisis, former diplomats tell Theresa May https://t.co/PHhw6aewJJ
— Guardian politics (@GdnPolitics) February 13, 2019
The Dutch prime minister has said Britain is a “diminished” country after its vote for Brexit and warned that a no-deal exit from the bloc risked “insurmountable” consequences for the UK economyhttps://t.co/F4r3COzjLL
— Best For Britain (@BestForBritain) February 13, 2019
Slow clap for arriving at reality: https://t.co/QV912ZQNKF
— James Patrick 🐐 (@J_amesp) February 13, 2019
UK exports in 2017: (£bn)
EU 🇪🇺 £274.00bn
USA 🇺🇸 £46.50bn
China 🇨🇳 £16.91bn
Japan 🇯🇵 £5.79bn
Canada 🇨🇦 £4.90bn
Australia 🇦🇺 £4.59bn
Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 £4.26bn
India 🇮🇳 £4.13bn
South Africa 🇿🇦 £2.15bn
Brazil 🇧🇷 £1.83bnSpot the problem. #Brexit
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) February 13, 2019
Just six bilateral trade deals are on track to meet Britain's Brexit-day deadline on March 29th https://t.co/b4FnpdaSmu
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 13, 2019
“Dublin is our Headquarters for our European bank now, full stop. There isn’t a return. That bridge has lifted.” – @BankofAmerica VP @AnneFinucane tells FT.
BoA is creating a 500 person trading business in Ireland & moving $50 billion of assets. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/gJrYeDh7LC
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) February 13, 2019
sorry for the image sorry for the image sorry for the image sorr https://t.co/6emjxn41NK
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 13, 2019
2016:
“I see no downside to Brexit, only a considerable upside”
“Sunlit uplands”
“£350m a week for the NHS!”— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 13, 2019
Hold on folks. The leader of the ten MPs holding Parliament to a billion pound ransom and walking Britain off a cliff edge Brexit wants to rant about minority parties and preconditions.https://t.co/N7oZIN7CBO
— LAD (@LADFLEG) February 13, 2019
I see tomorrow is shaping up to be a day dominated by a national debate about whether Winston Churchill is problematic.
1,056 hours till Brexit.
— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) February 13, 2019
We're a month from Brexit. Declan Rice must be the only person in the UK trying to get rid of his Irish passport.
— Patrick Maguire (@patrickkmaguire) February 13, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
JUST IN: Judge finds that MANAFORT intentionally made false statements to MUELLER after agreeing to cooperate & that "the Office of Special Counsel is no longer bound by its obligations under the plea agreement, including its promise to support a reduction of the offense level…" pic.twitter.com/UAZsPd6x0C
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) February 13, 2019
Collusion. https://t.co/nyxrXzbhPv
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 13, 2019
Trump Says He Does Not Want a Government Shutdown as He Moves Toward Embracing Border Deal https://t.co/xnameE1mLC
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) February 13, 2019
The notion that Trump and Republicans in Congress care about the debt is one of the biggest lies in American politics. As long as the wealthy and corporations get their tax cuts, the deficit be damned. pic.twitter.com/DGpKE7VYlt
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 13, 2019
“There is nothing that this White House finds more offensive than a politician feeding into stereotypes about Jews.”
– Jake Tapper, before showing a series of clips and posts of Trump and top Republicans feeding into stereotypes about Jews https://t.co/ejhtunTJhS
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 13, 2019
Hi @realDonaldTrump–
You have trafficked in hate your whole life—against Jews, Muslims, Indigenous, immigrants, black people and more. I learned from people impacted by my words. When will you? https://t.co/EqqTyjkiNE
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 13, 2019
How Team Trump keeps changing its story in the Russia investigation: A great in-depth interactive from @MarshallCohen @FossumSamuel @emsteck @talyellin @McKennaEwen https://t.co/XBoSKEE7Cs
— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) February 13, 2019
Just in: GOP sources tell @WMUR9 fmr Mass @GovBillWeld will announce a substantial move toward a presidential candidacy, challenging @realDonaldTrump for GOP nomination, at Politics & Eggs Friday, @BVI_INN – Earlier story here. #fitn #nhpolitics #WMUR https://t.co/tKdpcVIBMP
— John DiStaso (@jdistaso) February 13, 2019
I thought people already knew about the golf simulator. What did you think “Executive Time” was? https://t.co/ELHhcVkYrh
— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) February 13, 2019
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WORLD
House votes to end military aid for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, a rare move to curb presidential war powers that underscored anger with Trump’s support for Saudi Arabia even after the Khashoggi killing. @CatieEdmondson @charlie_savage https://t.co/psxUniykIi
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) February 13, 2019
Our government cuts up dissidents with bone saws? https://t.co/TQyxYMg69r
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) February 13, 2019
This is remarkable. The EU blacklists Saudi Arabia for money laundering, but NOT Russia. This is after the $234 billion Russian money laundering scandal at Danske Bank. Some serious and disgusting Putin appeasement going on in Brussels. https://t.co/1NQxwC4RQe
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) February 13, 2019
The Trump administration is strongly considering sending millions of dollars in additional humanitarian aid to Venezuela, as the country grapples with a mounting political crisis and its citizens face widespread food shortages https://t.co/wMC6nok28Z
— POLITICO (@politico) February 13, 2019
Reminder that in the present instance Rep Omar is de facto defending the Maduro regime, which is a notorious human-rights violator and despoiler of democracy, while Elliott Abrams is attempting to restore democracy in Venezuela. https://t.co/wMqvDJe8Wv
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) February 13, 2019
We pointed this out at the time. Then came Sochi, and World Cups in Russia and Qatar, because they are right, Western leaders and companies don't care. The myth of liberalization through engagement was just cover for making blood money. https://t.co/TFlgJdKeA4
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) February 13, 2019
Finally…
A homeless person on a #London street told me he listened to our reports from #Yemen & asked if it was hard to be in the midst of such misery . Such #kindness #empathy
— lyse doucet (@bbclysedoucet) February 13, 2019
Finally, finally… OUT OF THIS WORLD
NASA is giving silent Mars rover one last opportunity to respond before declaring it dead after 15 years. https://t.co/5PonHKjZi2
— AP Health & Science (@APHealthScience) February 12, 2019
“My battery is low and it’s getting dark.”
The farewell message of Opportunity Rover on its historic mission. #ThanksOppy pic.twitter.com/2ZWxj3rzhr
— John Paul Farmer (@johnpaulfarmer) February 13, 2019
The Overnight Note 