My generation trashed the planet. So I salute the children striking back | George Monbiot https://t.co/MZSkghXcjd
— sally garland (@florestaqueen) February 15, 2019
Thousands of students in Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland and elsewhere marched as part of a coordinated walkout to demand action on climate change https://t.co/Ia0TemleRh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 15, 2019
‘If climate was a bank it would have been saved by now’ pic.twitter.com/cwdPbmT3DG
— Imandeep Kaur (@ImmyKaur) February 15, 2019
The passion of the younger generation in standing up for what they believe in is incredibly inspiring. We adults all need to listen, and do better. #ClimateStrike https://t.co/MrdLsbLIrx
— Prof Alice Roberts (@theAliceRoberts) February 15, 2019
I was trying, but I can't even find a gag. Am just straightforwardly affronted by rich 50 and 60 somethings longing for the hardest possible Brexit on the basis of 'democracy' while moaning about schoolkids peacefully protesting climate destruction.
— Matthew O'Toole (@MatthewOToole2) February 15, 2019
The Guardian front page, Saturday 16 February 2019: Children take to streets in UK-wide climate strike pic.twitter.com/CRO0yeAENB
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 15, 2019
"Climate change has moved from an issue that was seen as distant and remote, like a polar bear floating on an ice floe, to one that is here, is real and is happening today." https://t.co/NhRGpvlnqJ
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) February 15, 2019
Greta Thunberg: There has been a number of real heroes on school strike, for instance in Scotland and Ireland, for some time now. Such as Holly Gillibrand and the ones in Cork with the epic sign saying ‘the emperor is naked’ https://t.co/UgskvQW269
— Mike Tomlinson (@MikeTQUB) February 15, 2019
Says the prime minister bunking off parliament instead of ending No Deal https://t.co/L6b4z4JoiB
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) February 15, 2019
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ORANGE BUFFOON EMERGENCY
Clearest sign that @realDonaldTrump’s #FakeTrumpEmergency is not legitimate? The President himself says he didn’t need to declare a national emergency – it’s just a faster way to force taxpayers to foot the bill after Congress wouldn’t let him have his way. pic.twitter.com/igvnNk128J
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) February 15, 2019
Trump's Rose Garden fiasco was a commercial for the 25th Amendment: https://t.co/vFyFdOuTAl pic.twitter.com/t2k7lHhZTn
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 15, 2019
Question for the President from US Constitution, Art. I sec. 9:
“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
What part of “No Money” don’t you understand, Mr. Trump?
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) February 15, 2019
The latest from @speechboy71: 'Democracy doesn’t die in darkness; it dies in the bright sunshine of congressional complicity.' https://t.co/IDge6aZUqT
— marjorie pritchard (@marjoriepritch) February 15, 2019
Ann Coulter: “The goal of a national emergency is for Trump to scam the stupidest people in his base for 2 more years.’ https://t.co/uhzauzk8RZ
— Slate (@Slate) February 15, 2019
Dem whose son was killed in shooting tells Trump: Gun violence is the real national emergency, not a wall https://t.co/fA8QUsbTGE pic.twitter.com/EKoWoxNJy4
— The Hill (@thehill) February 15, 2019
Ironically, the headline of my column on the day of Trump’s inauguration: "Welcome to the United States of Emergency” https://t.co/jtoEuCRS8K Holds up pretty well.
— Dan Froomkin (@froomkin) February 15, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
This is lunacy. Theresa May is insisting to the EU that her deal can still pass – as long as the backstop changes. If we are generous and assume this is not incompetency but rather strategic time wasting. Anyone who enables her, in any form, is complicit.https://t.co/a57h0VzYKj
— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) February 15, 2019
A European diplomatic source describes today’s meeting between Brexit secretary Steve Barclay and EU27 ambassadors as “completely useless”
— Alberto Nardelli (@AlbertoNardelli) February 15, 2019
Amsterdam is winning so much Brexit business that its financial regulator needs a budget boost to keep up https://t.co/pbsOYrTHP7
— Bloomberg Brexit (@Brexit) February 15, 2019
Gavin Williamson has just lost a trade agreement with the world’s second largest economy for basically being a dickhead https://t.co/IxsbkQzLSX
— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) February 15, 2019
2016: Britain could slash environmental and safety standards 'a very long way' after Brexit, Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg says https://t.co/emhwOIeIEa
— Deborah Meaden (@DeborahMeaden) February 15, 2019
And so it came to pass.https://t.co/PaAHB085B8
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) February 15, 2019
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WORLD
Although he'd been briefed about the shootings of police officers and civilians in Aurora, Illinois, the President refused to answer questions about the unfolding tragedy shouted at him by reporters as he boarded Air Force One to go golfing in Florida.
Video h/t @atrupar pic.twitter.com/oQBBxzuELC
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 15, 2019
Breaking: Prosecutors say for the first time they have evidence of Roger Stone communicating with Wikileaks, according to a new court filing from special counsel prosecutors.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 15, 2019
CNN Exclusive: WH @PressSec Sanders interviewed by Robert Mueller's office – @PamelaBrownCNN reporting https://t.co/8zNp7uPg9l
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 15, 2019
Washington Post reporting today that FTC is considering imposing record-breaking multi-billion dollar fine on Facebook over privacy abuses exposed by Cambridge Analytica scandal. Meanwhile, BBC quietly buries this.. pic.twitter.com/RxSjWxIH7H
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) February 15, 2019
Finally…
Andrea Levy, chronicler of the Windrush generation, dies aged 62 https://t.co/atOWSV17Xh
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 15, 2019
