So, the race is tightening then…?
Sunday TIMES: “Exposed: the secret Labour files of shame” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/0lpenKeZ8K
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 7, 2019
"This election is on a knife-edge, and, if enough Remainers hold their nose and vote for the candidate with the best chance of stopping the Tories, we’re heading for a hung Parliament and a final-say referendum." https://t.co/im33vyKy6q
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) December 7, 2019
Fresh polling shows that the Conservative Party's majority has halved in just two weeks – meaning fewer than 41,000 tactical votes in 36 marginal seats can stop Boris Johnson.https://t.co/A8J3WH3dlM
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) December 7, 2019
Russian spy Sergey Nalobin described Johnson as a good friend. He seems to have had good relations with Vote Leave chief and Brexit Central editor Matthew Elliott. The blocking of the #RussiaReport stinks of a cover-up of top Tory collusion with Russia. https://t.co/GJK0MD8nmK
— Nick Reeves – Vote Tactical #FBPE (@nickreeves9876) December 7, 2019
🚨 BREAKING + HUGE: @MichelBarnier confirms to MEPs "The EU/UK future relationship cannot be settled in 11 months.” This means, with @BorisJohnson not wanting to extend transition, a vote for Johnson on 12/12 will be a vote for a "no deal" #brexit + all its negative consequences https://t.co/nbpDHiQmqr
— Thomas Cole (@ThomasHCole) December 7, 2019
Meanwhile…
On Oct 31st Year 2031
Boris Johnson, “Let’s get Brexit Done”. pic.twitter.com/k154U0ZNFi
— VOTE LABOUR 🌹 (@KetanPubbi) December 7, 2019
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TRUMPWORLD
Nancy Pelosi on impeachment: “This isn’t about Ukraine… It’s about Russia.” https://t.co/CkiV4H6wfI
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 8, 2019
"The President doesn’t give a shit about what’s good for our country, what’s good for Ukraine. It’s all about what’s in it for him personally and for his reëlection campaign,” Adam Schiff said.
https://t.co/VN9mIzSMw9— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 8, 2019
LA Times editorial board calls for Trump's impeachment https://t.co/5dumNVBBGV pic.twitter.com/aLa5dT3OaA
— The Hill (@thehill) December 7, 2019
The misleading ads, which started running on the social media site Thursday, ask for donations and float the word "treason" in two different ways. https://t.co/cVP6FthJst
— ABC News (@ABC) December 7, 2019
"It is a terrible thing to watch a nation and a people fall apart," the historian Jill Lepore writes. https://t.co/x9N9YO80EM
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) December 8, 2019
Read This: "While You’re Watching Impeachment, Mitch McConnell is Packing the Courts With Wingnuts" https://t.co/eAmassefJb
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 7, 2019
Meanwhile..
Since when is USG response to what sure is looking awfully lot like incident of intl terrorism agnst US service members abt what the home country leader of perpetrator *feels* or will compensate?! Paging @FBI /Dir Wray & DOJ! This is serious event requiring serious public comment https://t.co/QHDLI6OqUW
— Carrie Cordero (@carriecordero) December 7, 2019
The old adage applies: follow the money. https://t.co/yO4EfGFRRs
— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) December 8, 2019
And it’s just in plain sight, everywhere..
Politico: Medicare chief asked taxpayers to cover stolen jewelry https://t.co/UW2noLYBct
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 8, 2019
Phone records released this week revealed extensive communications between Giuliani, and the White House, with no indication that those calls were encrypted or otherwise shielded from foreign surveillance.
That's…massively concerning. https://t.co/4s1tis8vDa
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 8, 2019
But hey, hold up a minute….
This is significant. It appears Pence classified a call he had with Zelensky Sep 18th, Schiff knows what’s in the call, and is now telling Pence he has to declassify it because you’re not allowed to classify stuff just to hide crimes or embarrassing shit. https://t.co/3WyHsGswa1
— Mueller, She Wrote Podcast (@MuellerSheWrote) December 7, 2019
‘The committee, still investigating the impeachment scandal, in this letter, is warning Vice President Pence explicitly tonight: By the way, remember you can’t declare something to be classified just to keep it from being exposed as a crime. pic.twitter.com/SoYqJjgUDW
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 7, 2019
Pence's meeting with Zelensky, which according to the new GOP story helped persuade Trump, was 9/1.
But in this letter, Ron Johnson said that on 8/31, Trump told him, "You’ll probably like my final decision.” https://t.co/8gF79NFJtT
These guys can't even retrofit a cover story. https://t.co/hQhcggf3Gx
— Will Saletan (@saletan) December 8, 2019
I spoke with @NPR about the use of expert testimony in the #ImpeachmentInquiry :
Author Says Hostility Toward Expert Witnesses Rooted In Narcissism, Lack Of Trust https://t.co/UcPmT23lj1
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 8, 2019
That's a lot of free speech! https://t.co/76mBHUFgNp
— David Roberts (@drvox) December 8, 2019
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WORLD
Because for everything else to make sense, this has to make sense too…
Banana artwork that fetched $120,000 is eaten by 'hungry' artist https://t.co/P6npygdM1w
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 8, 2019
Winston Churchill’s booze pass during Prohibition – Now that’s what I call a sick note: “The quantity is naturally indefinite” pic.twitter.com/Gt1yH6LoB0
— Martin Doyle (@MartinDoyleIT) December 7, 2019
The Overnight Note 