Senate Democrats are proposing a weekslong Senate impeachment trial seeking testimony from four new witnesses including John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney over President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine, according to a detailed outlined released Sunday. https://t.co/4unke3816L
— Lisa Mascaro (@LisaMascaro) December 16, 2019
Leading Democrats on Sunday took Republican senators to task for signaling how they'll vote as the impeachment proceedings facing President Trump near an all-but-certain Senate trial. https://t.co/qrWmw4mw0w
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 15, 2019
Here's the NYT piece on the Gallup poll on Nixon, which came out as the HJC voted on articles of impeachment:https://t.co/X8VCU5RFuv
And here's the Fox News poll on Trump: https://t.co/NmqsCv4pn3
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 15, 2019
In a Fox News poll today, 54% say they want to see Trump impeached with 41% opposed.
In a Gallup Poll in late July 1974, 51% said they wanted to see Nixon impeached, with 30% opposed.
The "smoking gun" tape came out a week after this article ran. Nixon resigned days later. pic.twitter.com/HxZRcsTrlR
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) December 15, 2019
Supreme Court timeline on Trump's taxes gives time for Manhattan prosecutors to file charges: Former US Attorneyhttps://t.co/4T92pCGoAJ
— Raw Story (@RawStory) December 15, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
American corporate lobbyists start setting their terms for any trade deal with the UK https://t.co/Xy0MpkOSQv
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) December 15, 2019
BBC is due to celebrate its centenary in 2022. Quite easily – still – one of the most trusted institutions in Britain, if not the world. But apparently Dominic Cummings doesn’t like it, so, whatever 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/QrNaJpWiZK
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) December 15, 2019
And to all those saying "no-one trusts the BBC" the evidence is not with you. This is a 2017 snapshot, but pretty consistent over the years, and, imho, won't have changed much… pic.twitter.com/TC5JuSfEsr
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) December 15, 2019
'In an age of information chaos, you can get away with almost any amount of misleading,' writes former Guardian editor @arusbridger in this wise post-election analysis. https://t.co/TfBhSYDu2m
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) December 15, 2019
As we go into 2020, the local vulnerability of journalism is acute . The problem is policy makers have little interest in mending a system which suits them to be broken https://t.co/9ogGPWk2dP
— emily bell (@emilybell) December 15, 2019
Michael Gove – This government will "absolutely" not grant permission for #indyref2.#Ridge #marr pic.twitter.com/BNB15kv2CO
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) December 15, 2019
Meanwhile…
Stormont talks: NI health leaders urge parties to break deadlockhttps://t.co/zWSSNCgYFv pic.twitter.com/cIuenbr55y
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) December 15, 2019
My not-terribly-understated take on what the #election results mean for NI.
👇In sum:
– UK is changed utterly
– more turbulence ahead
– Stormont is key
– Time for compromise
– Hamilton the musical is class. #GeneralElection2019
(via @thejournal_ie) https://t.co/9RGh7djiyf— Katy Hayward (@hayward_katy) December 14, 2019
Two-and-a-half years after leading unionism into an Assembly election where it lost its Stormont majority for the first time since Northern Ireland’s creation, Arlene Foster has led unionism to losing its majority of NI Westminster seats for the first timehttps://t.co/xOiwFP3xWg
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) December 14, 2019
Well fuck me – fair play.
Ireland secures €530m EU funding for electricity line from Ireland to France and the EU Internal Energy Market…
…to bypass Brexit Britain, power 450,000 homes and hit 70% renewables target. https://t.co/mJRU3TOnhB
— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) December 15, 2019
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WORLD
The UN climate talks in Madrid were the longest session ever, but they demonstrated the vast gaps between what scientists say the world needs to combat the climate crisis and what the world’s most powerful leaders are prepared to even discuss, let alone do https://t.co/ij6UWFkQ4K
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 15, 2019
The U.N. Climate Change Summit ended two days later than planned — with little to show for it.
"This is the biggest disconnect between this process and what's going on in the real world that I've seen," said one scientist. He's been attending since 1991. https://t.co/4yqSDXQJd1
— NPR (@NPR) December 15, 2019
The fires of climate change must be confronted: Scorching hot records: Heatwave could flare fires, as doctors declare toxic smoke ‘emergency’ | The New Daily https://t.co/kIluxGrNnq
— Quentin Dempster (@QuentinDempster) December 15, 2019
Jake Levine, fmr. climate aide to Pres. Obama: "If we had a president who exhibited even half of the leadership that Greta Thunberg has shown, or even half of her intelligence or half of her moral clarity on this issue, we'd be in a much different place."https://t.co/PwDVBYAoQd
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 15, 2019