Russian police arrest hundreds at Moscow election protest https://t.co/bflOS1iAYy
— Ken_D (@skyco_g) July 27, 2019
This is happening in Moscow because a few independent candidates wanted to run for the city council and the Kremlin wouldn't even allow them on the ballot. Putin never gives even an inch. https://t.co/HajAFgMIw0
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) July 27, 2019
Petrovka, one of Moscow’s most upscale streets has been blocked now with protesters chanting “Putin is a thief” pic.twitter.com/GePZypIUrr
— Ivan Nechepurenko (@INechepurenko) July 27, 2019
Riot police pushing protesters on Stoleshnikov lane https://t.co/hOdXPO4kUe pic.twitter.com/qYeypTxOsv via @Kirilenko_a #Russia
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) July 27, 2019
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WORLD
VIDEO: 🇭🇰 Hong Kong police fired tear gas Saturday at protesters holding a banned rally against suspected triad gangs who beat up pro-democracy demonstrators near the Chinese border last weekend, tipping the finance hub further into chaos. #YuenLong pic.twitter.com/GZkKWBI45o
— AFP news agency (@AFP) July 27, 2019
Stunning series of images by @LamYikFei @NYTimes #HongKong pic.twitter.com/xCSI1Ks9BQ
— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) July 27, 2019
Clashes have broken out between police and protesters in Yuen Long:https://t.co/KUbxSNvAkC #HongKong #NoToChinaExtradition #china #antiELAB @SiuSinGallery pic.twitter.com/R7Tjr2xT15
— Hong Kong Free Press (@HongKongFP) July 27, 2019
Will power be shared in Sudan? https://t.co/M1o9qug5gk pic.twitter.com/RoxqVqzWnb
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) July 25, 2019
A Times investigation of Boeing's 737 Max found the FAA’s flawed oversight seriously compromised the safety of the plane https://t.co/Q5qrba94Rd
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 27, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
Pres. Trump lashed out at Rep. Elijah Cummings and described Baltimore — part of which the congressman represents – as a "a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" in which "no human being would want to live." https://t.co/ZhBeQgNhdm
— ABC News (@ABC) July 27, 2019
Cummings chairs the Oversight Committee. Trump’s attack is both racist demagoguery and a call to investigate the investigator. Anyone okay with that has chosen white supremacy over democracy. pic.twitter.com/jISbJJEqs3
— Ed Overbeek (@EdOverbeek) July 27, 2019
Watch to the end…
Listen to @VictorBlackwell tell @realDonaldTrump that even though he is black and from Baltimore he is a human. Then call your representative and demand impeachment of this racist buffoon.
This is it. We’ve had it.
The hearings must begin NOW. https://t.co/uxRt2GOxXJ— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) July 27, 2019
If it wasn’t so depressing, I’d laugh at the fact that so many on the left have tried to defend Trump’s white working class base from charges of racism and bigotry when Trump’s own team recognizes that’s what motivates so many of the base.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 27, 2019
Favorite part of this: stupidly asking David Simon of all people, “Have you watched The Wire, sir?” pic.twitter.com/GFRPvthOJ5
— ChuckyT3 (@ChuckyT3) July 27, 2019
This is an Arby’s, sir.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 27, 2019
#Trump considering labeling antifa a terrorist organization #TheHill pic.twitter.com/y64mTQLvhB
— Adam Roosevelt (@rooseveltFellow) July 27, 2019
The Epstein Case Puts New Focus on Old Names—Including Clinton https://t.co/aPgjWHg5HS via @VanityFair
— Fiona Mitchell (@mitchefi) July 27, 2019
Watch the voting machine used in US swing states get hacked to rig an election. @Jhalderm, @UMich, and @nytimes demonstrate why every voting district needs an auditable paper ballot. Voting machines are *known* to be insecure. https://t.co/juvU7K3Qdl pic.twitter.com/prsrOGK17z
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) July 27, 2019
Mitch McConnell reportedly received donations from voting machine lobbyists before blocking the election security bills this week. https://t.co/AGnz5cSp9W
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 27, 2019
Donald Trump just crossed 50% in betting markets to win the 2020 presidential election.
👉🏻 https://t.co/oFiV3Y2N2u pic.twitter.com/hQ62dnYxUE
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) July 27, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
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We all know Trump has the NHS in his sights, a price Johnson is only too willing to pay.
This is how their US/UK trade deal would cause our NHS to crumble:https://t.co/s0IPso6ZQs
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) July 27, 2019
😂😭🏴 uhhhmazzzing pic.twitter.com/cmqg4yH97X
— chris stein (@chrissteinplays) July 26, 2019
Latest Westminster voting intention poll from YouGov – post Boris Johnson becoming PM. Looks like there’s a ‘Boris bounce’! Mind you this still indicates it would be a hung parliament.
CON: 31% (+6)
LAB: 21% (+2)
LDEM: 20% (-3)
BREX: 13% (-4)
via @YouGov – Chgs. w/ 24 Jul— LucidTalk (@LucidTalk) July 27, 2019
NEW:
Britain’s biggest charitable funder of science, Wellcome Trust, writes to new PM, praise his promise of thriving science sector, says No Deal is “a threat to that”. Chair, ex MI5 chief Eliza Manningham Buller letter to PM said Brexit already damaging scientist recruitment… pic.twitter.com/6A779CGvo6— Faisal Islam (@faisalislam) July 27, 2019
Jacob Rees-Mogg esq., Secretary of State for dragging Britain back to the 18th century. Happy to wreck the economy and push millions into poverty, as long as we get to use Imperial measurements. https://t.co/Py97cNWNwW
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) July 26, 2019
The front page of tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph: 'Sajid Javid's Brexit blitz to prepare for no deal' #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/GzXnCn4PAs
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 27, 2019
I note that in Boris Johnson's speech in Manchester this morning, he said it was not and had never been "a city for negativity or navel-gazing" – a comment that suggests he has no idea where the Smiths started.
— Robert Wright (@RKWinvisibleman) July 27, 2019
ALL THE NORMAL WORKING CLASS LADS DOWN THE PUBLIC HOUSE WITH THEIR SUITS ON AND WEARING TIES AS THEY HAVE JUST ARRIVED FROM THE WORKING CLASS LADS WORKPLACE DOING THEIR WORK. https://t.co/zlqZ0bsAkf
— Gavin Curnow (@GavinCurnow) July 27, 2019
The lads seem a bit rattled. Finally dawning on them that we’re 96 days away from a disastrous #Brexit for the all-island economy and they’re totally out of sync with farmers, business and the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland?? pic.twitter.com/PHTWPy5CYP
— Sen. Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) July 27, 2019
Opinion: Climate change is boiling Britain – so let’s make all public transport free like Luxembourg https://t.co/1LEZdjFXGw
— The Independent (@Independent) July 27, 2019