BLOOMBERG is filing to run for presidenthttps://t.co/ii6si47Cuo
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) November 7, 2019
Sanders camp on Bloomberg: 'More billionaires' not 'the change America needs' https://t.co/ESjAhpPENJ
— ScubaSuzyQ (@susanmcgraw88) November 8, 2019
Right on Warren!! Elizabeth Warren welcomes Mike Bloomberg to the race — by telling him how much she’ll tax him https://t.co/PO3gdSDLDT
— Demforever (@rath_22) November 8, 2019
David Axelrod: Bloomberg entry 'not exactly a vote of confidence' in Biden https://t.co/w8EOz9UzbE
— Jeanneknowsbest (@Herhealthynews) November 8, 2019
It gets even more interesting. I hear from a good source that Eric Holder has been consulting strategists about possibly jumping into the Dem presidential race. NYT reports Michael Bloomberg is seriously considering a late entry as well.
— Eugene Robinson (@Eugene_Robinson) November 7, 2019
BREAKING: We’ve secured a court order forcing President Trump to pay $2M in damages after admitting to illegally using the Trump Foundation to help him intervene in the 2016 presidential election and further his own political interests.
No one is above the law.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) November 7, 2019
BREAKING: @realdonaldtrump ordered to pay $2M in damages for misusing a charity’s money — using it to buy portraits of himself, pay legal settlements, and help his 2016 campaign. https://t.co/iJIZ5GVA5e
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) November 7, 2019
Let's be honest. The real story is that the first dude is OBSCENELY tall. WTF? https://t.co/zyPElJZGKN
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) November 7, 2019
The words Trump had to hear: Investigations, Biden, Clinton (from @AP) https://t.co/UEdpJRJ7ZQ
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) November 8, 2019
Maybe Trump is a swing state colossus, but new @CookPolitical @KFF poll shows his approval at 41% in MI, 42% in WI & just 39% in PA. His approval on health care is even weaker, but yellow light for Dems: 56% in PA, 58% MI, 59% WI oppose #Medicare4All that ends private insurance
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) November 7, 2019
Hedging his bets, in any case…
According to the Daily Beast, Donald Trump is trying to generate new reality TV ideas with his old collaborator, Mark Burnett.@PetriDishes has some ideas herself: https://t.co/tu7R7UqlDX
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) November 8, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
And they're off…UK election campaign under way… Gaffes, resignations, wild spending pledges… Brexit Republic keeps calm & ponders what it means for Brexit and what the EU makes of it all… @colmomongain @seanwhelanRTE and me in conversation https://t.co/tf9VJcjOHe via @rte
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) November 7, 2019
Boris Johnson seems to contradict Home Office and Brexit Secretary on checks from NI to GB https://t.co/HLJ25QtLlM
— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) November 7, 2019
"It depends what sort of campaign they run, if we really do make ourselves the Brexit Party under our brand, my loyalty is going to be strained, absolutely." https://t.co/gukbvom6Dk
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) November 7, 2019
Poll finds that 60% of Britons want to keep their EU citizenship #Brexithttps://t.co/gRwMPCn2bO
— Dr Mark D'Arcy (@markoftheD) November 7, 2019
What on earth could have caused the UK to be one of the worst performing economies on the planet since 2017?
Hmmm…. what could it be?
Thanks Brexit!https://t.co/FHyu3LqNcS
— Real_JasonJHunter (@JJHTweets) November 7, 2019
Please can we have Rachel Maddows on @BBCNews @Channel4News @SkyNews
?So refreshing to have an TV anchor refer to Brexit as “the Brexit Disaster”.
It’s in no way a Brexit Miracle and it’s not getting better so please, journalists, be braver!https://t.co/L9bui7p2aV
— Hold my bag (@hold_bag) November 7, 2019
Fairly safe to say a pragmatic John Bercow speaks for the true majority of our confused nation, "That's not to say the EU is perfect…it isn't…it's flawed and it has weaknesses, it has drawbacks…but the advantages of EU membership very greatly outweigh the disadvantages…" pic.twitter.com/n4j3Qc3nQQ
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) November 7, 2019
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WORLD
N. Syria is a sideshow in the disaster that is Syria, but Amb Roebuck said, “it is a catastrophic sideshow and it is to a significant degree of our making.” https://t.co/wNs33up55T
— Daniel Benjamin (@Benjamin05055) November 7, 2019
The Israelis rely on this US aid to the PA security forces, to enable Israel-Palestinian cooperation against terrorism targeting Israelis. So for the “Trump’s so pro-Israel” folks in the room, please note: Trump cutting aid that supports Israeli security ain’t “pro-Israel.” https://t.co/pCHlxz0pxL
— Tamara Cofman Wittes (@tcwittes) November 7, 2019
His World Collapsed the Night the Berlin Wall Fell. Then Came the Hard Part. https://t.co/I5QsTm5lcp
— Jeff Jarvis (@jeffjarvis) November 8, 2019
One of the last five known concert posters from the Beatles 1966 Shea Stadium show is hitting the auction block. ‘Succession’ actor Peter Friedman took the poster off a telephone pole near his childhood home in Queens, New York pic.twitter.com/ULVzbdcYip
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 8, 2019
Dog learns to talk by using buttons that have different words, actively building sentences by herself pic.twitter.com/6hPqftufMF
— Maybe: pooldad (@pooldad) November 6, 2019