Michael Cohen issues a gripping, sobering warning: But will it change anything? https://t.co/ujKe5zRcli
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) February 27, 2019
Michael Cohen called President Trump a "racist," "conman" and a "cheat" in his opening statement to Congress, saying he is "ashamed of my own failings" and details documents he has provided the committee as evidence. Read his full statement here: https://t.co/DrjTP8g5lA pic.twitter.com/3ZwOu3wLgQ
— CNBC (@CNBC) February 27, 2019
Just now: Chairman Cummings, did Trump commit a crime while in office? "It appears that he did."
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) February 27, 2019
CUMMINGS ends it with this: "When we're dancing w/the angels the question will be asked, 'in 2019 what did we do to make sure we kept our democracy? Did we stand on the sidelines and say nothing?'… we have got to get back to normal. And with that, this meeting is adjourned." pic.twitter.com/TgDQlqgLvG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2019
.@AOC: Would it help for the committee to obtain federal and state tax returns from the president and his company?
Michael Cohen: I believe so.
Ocasio-Cortez is really good at this. pic.twitter.com/75wCOt5xeX
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) February 27, 2019
MSNBC with some graphic shade for Paul Gosar. pic.twitter.com/03qHhEjW0o
— Zach Basu (@zacharybasu) February 27, 2019
Rashida Tlaib did nothing wrong.
Elijah Cummings needs a better friend.
Mark Meadows needs a dictionary.
So do many in the press.
She did not call him a racist.
She called the act racist.
Her statement was not racist.
Using black folks as props is racist.pic.twitter.com/P4uANuzkSe— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) February 27, 2019
A president who talks like a mob boss got protected by his GOP mob-boss wannabes, while Cohen, a former Trump enforcer himself, made them all look ludicrous—and vulnerable. https://t.co/7VHQ9d3lSg
— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) February 28, 2019
With Trump and his senior aides halfway around the world, the White House’s political allies held down the home front against a blistering attack back in Washington https://t.co/xUB3tETYwI
— POLITICO (@politico) February 27, 2019
meanwhile…
President Trump's inaugural committee is facing a new legal threat after the attorney general for Washington, D.C., issued a subpoena for documentshttps://t.co/pE2dVX5zBx pic.twitter.com/pK4Th01xM8
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) February 27, 2019
and, in case you missed it…
The House just passed the most significant gun control measure in more than two decades. https://t.co/FqHPw0vQJm
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric) February 27, 2019
A Guide to the House's First Major Gun Control Vote in Years https://t.co/efUGFIICtl
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) February 27, 2019
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WORLD
Cohen’s testimony on the very day Trump met with Kim was a particularly acute moment of domestic humiliation for a president engaged in foreign diplomacy.
And, with talk of SAT scores and Vietnam deferrals, it appeared designed to get under Trump’s skin https://t.co/cevc22ZW1l
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) February 28, 2019
This is STUNNING
U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks https://t.co/di54YIzgOq via @CKUBENBC AND @CAROLELEE— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) February 27, 2019
.@Reuters @jeffmason1 asked Trump if he had walked back on North Korea denuclearization demands, before the White House barred him and other reporters from covering Trump-Kim dinner. More here: https://t.co/vg0PYQs1DL pic.twitter.com/EDE6sBtuaw
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 27, 2019
Putin's henchman, Lavrov is arriving back in Moscow now after a visit to #Vietnam that was completely unrelated to the #TrumpKimSummit & purely coincidental. 🙄
🇷🇺 Russian Government
IL96 96014 RSD008#KimJongUn #Trump #HanoiSummit #HANOI #TrumpRussia #Russia pic.twitter.com/hTCAkDm4ob— CivMilAir ✈ (@CivMilAir) February 27, 2019
Elsewhere…
As India bombs Pakistan for the first time in almost 50 years, the possibility of another war looms https://t.co/pSkBqhrDDY pic.twitter.com/GjHXLMYggS
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 28, 2019
What’s happening between India and Pakistan right now seems more important than anything happening at the Vietnam summit. https://t.co/erc5JkfBPb
— Ben Pershing (@benpershing) February 27, 2019
India and Pakistan trading air strikes and claims over downed aircraft following suicide bombing of Indian police last week by Kashmir militant group – this will escalate and no sign of serious international attempts to stop it.
— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) February 27, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
Theresa May gains two weeks' Brexit reprieve from British lawmakers https://t.co/RFdcxSVnPG pic.twitter.com/TCwWt2DZX9
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 27, 2019
MPs overwhelmingly back Yvette Cooper's amendment by 502 to 20, formally approving Theresa May's timetable for votes on no-deal and delaying #Brexit – if MPs reject UK PM's own deal https://t.co/pXN05uiNPI
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 27, 2019
Brexit latest: Hundred Tory MPs revolt over Article 50 as Eurosceptics accuse Theresa May of 'buckling' https://t.co/8oKdXbWkjQ pic.twitter.com/BIB81xPWZV
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 27, 2019
Corbyn- “We will back a public vote in order to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit or a disastrous no deal outcome', and push for "other available options to prevent those outcomes, including a close economic relationship based on our credible alternative plan or a general election”
— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) February 27, 2019
Conservative MP Alberto Costa has been sacked as a parliamentary private secretary after he tabled an amendment supporting citizens' rights regardless of the outcome of the Brexit negotiations
— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) February 27, 2019
Let’s ram this home shall we?
May’s OWN lawyer stood up in court last week and said she KNEW the Leave vote was corrupted.
I’m yet to see a single broadcaster ask her about it. https://t.co/mcHB0RfuxK
— Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) February 27, 2019
Excl: ERG splits – hardliners accuse Jacob Rees-Mogg of softening Brexit demands to help pal Boris become PM (with @steve_hawkes)https://t.co/6uQc99zbF8
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) February 27, 2019
France's Macron says Britain would have to justify delaying Brexit https://t.co/uR2K5a1xIG pic.twitter.com/Jco7oH020F
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) February 27, 2019