This is unprecedented from the BBC and @afneil , good that it happened but unprecedented. That’s because Johnson is an unprecedented kind of politician, who, if elected PM with a working majority, will treat all of us in a frighteningly unprecedented way. https://t.co/QRAThHA6bY
— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) December 5, 2019
Prof. Leighton Andrews – It's deeply depressing that lying became the norm in #GE2019… & the biggest lie of all was #GetBrexitDone.. you can't get #brexit done by voting Tory on the 12th Dec.#BBCR4today #page48 #ThisMorning #PoliticsLive pic.twitter.com/ngDz4IlEZJ
— Haggis_UK #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) December 5, 2019
Now that is fcuking rich. Man who colluded in rigged referendum worries next referendum might be rigged.
— Pete Timmins 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 (@petertimmins3) December 5, 2019
American free marketeers have *literally* written government policy on Brexit. Multiple British politicians have been…I want to say 'bought'. And there's $$$$$ all over Brexit. Thank you @lawrencefelic & @guardian team for diligent digging away at thishttps://t.co/BAUkpmChCE
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) December 6, 2019
On 🔥: “There is some suggestion that voters will find Corbyn’s viewing habits weird, as though sitting down en famille to watch the Queen not mention Paedophile Island is the behaviour of a normal nation living its best life” @MarinaHyde https://t.co/05jBEAffkL
— Kevin J Doyle (@doyle_kevin) December 5, 2019
Not gonna lie, I have a MASSIVE problem with this photo. Anyone else? #GE2019 pic.twitter.com/YRRUd7MUId
— Sarah #VoteLabour 🌹 (@ScouseGirlMedia) December 5, 2019
I'm not giving up on facts and the truth and neither should you. Me for https://t.co/1CnGyayPcS https://t.co/T29asPU1qq
— stefanstern (@stefanstern) December 5, 2019
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A field guild to Trump’s awkward adventures with alleged allies. My final dispatch from London — I hope! — w @PhilipRucker + @michaelbirnbaum. https://t.co/dVn0Rir7Ng
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) December 5, 2019
Trump speaks routinely with Giuliani on unsecured phone lines; has given his private cell number to Boris Johnson, Erdogan, Macron, others. https://t.co/HxaRin7ia4
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) December 6, 2019
in our @cnbc Speakeasy interview today, I asked Joe Biden if he agreed with Nancy Pelosi that with President Trump, “all roads lead to Putin”
“I do,” Biden replied. “Absolutely,
positively.”here’s his full answer: https://t.co/zAFoZLReoo
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 6, 2019
"[Trump] is increasingly isolated on the world stage… The ad… makes the point that Vice President Biden is well qualified, experienced, confident on the world stage to reverse that isolation – @RonaldKlain w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/YiZgu8mBTA
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) December 5, 2019
Growing up evangelical, I also wasn’t allowed to say I “hated” anyone. You could dislike or disagree.
Exceptions, however, were made for Alabama and Florida football. The “h word” was acceptable on those Saturdays. It’s somewhere in Two Corinthians. https://t.co/DovI7G9the
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) December 6, 2019
Trump lashes out over "Radical Left Democrats" move to draft impeachment articles https://t.co/2AT0km5olu pic.twitter.com/9kUUmxfQDM
— The Hill (@thehill) December 6, 2019
My op-ed in today’s @washingtonpost on a dangerously false choice in framing the Articles of Impeachment against President Trump:https://t.co/5h0vbgoDak
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 5, 2019
Napolitano: Trump will testify at his impeachment trial and it’ll be the most dramatic political event of our lifetimes https://t.co/vpBmMmzd6A pic.twitter.com/eYJ0N7O5xQ
— Allahpundit (@allahpundit) December 5, 2019
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“Insurers are already dropping customers because of wildfire risk. In parts of the state where no insurance company will even return your call, I don’t see how the situation can get worse for residents.” https://t.co/jPpFspRkL2
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) December 6, 2019
Bug busters: The tech behind new vaccines https://t.co/c7HbnUOr7K
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 6, 2019
If Jeff Bezos were a country, he would have been the 56th richest one https://t.co/02T8JD8nzb
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) December 6, 2019
Birds are getting smaller. Scientists see the echo of climate change. https://t.co/Mkp54D6xbI
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 6, 2019
The Overnight Note 