Senate Republicans are on the brink of bringing a quick and sudden close to President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. https://t.co/ermz4O55nD

— CNN (@CNN) January 30, 2020

The fix is in.
No witnesses.

The rest of this should be as easy as getting an all white jury to spring a Mississippi Klansman in 1965.https://t.co/2oDVcGZ2ZC

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) January 31, 2020

This statement is weak and incoherent.

It provides a broad license for future abuses of power, condones the WH’s complete rejection of Congressional oversight, and in the end renders the impeachment process a nullity.

The race to the bottom continues. https://t.co/GnX8Xgs4Xd

— Michael R. Bromwich (@mrbromwich) January 31, 2020

The biggest takeaway happened after Thursday's question session ended: Democrats almost certainly aren't going to get their four Senate Republicans to call witnesses. https://t.co/oGxQd1tJ0R

— Amber Phillips (@byamberphillips) January 31, 2020

"This is President Trump's Republican party now, completely," Associated Press White House reporter Jon Lemire says. "It has been handed over to him in every way. He is now the first president who will go through an impeachment without witnesses."https://t.co/1Zg4HN6DgW

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 31, 2020

The Senate is in play pic.twitter.com/jA79mPk2QF

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 31, 2020

"What they really are afraid of is that this president, unfettered without a conviction, means that he's going to be doing a lot more stuff that will subject him to impeachment, because that's what this guy is. He believes he's king now." – Sen. Hirono https://t.co/9b6RrjgFCM

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 31, 2020

There are now 9,709 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus across mainland China, according to data from national and provincial health authorities, as the infection rate continues to climb. https://t.co/DYL4wQPHgQ

— CNN International (@cnni) January 31, 2020

Hong Kong schools are expecting to stay closed until March 2 as concerns over the novel coronavirus deepen https://t.co/7bi2dsdoPu

— Bloomberg (@business) January 31, 2020

Amid #coronavirus panic, doctors remind public that the flu is far more deadly and widespread in the U.S. https://t.co/LDfM1XTfwL

— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 31, 2020

Israeli officials have announced that they plan to annex all West Bank settlements next week.

If they do, this new phase of the process will be dead before it really starts, writes @AmbDennisRoss and @DavidMakovsk https://t.co/niX5zWEEMQ

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 30, 2020

France’s economy unexpectedly contracted in the fourth quarter, hinting at a deeper deterioration in the euro area at the end of 2019 https://t.co/jyrmS4kSRe via @markets

— Geraldine Amiel (@GeraldineAmiel) January 31, 2020

For 2 years polls have shown a consistent majority for remaining in the EU. In the recent Election a majority voted for parties who wanted another Brexit referendum. The Tories only had 43% of the vote. Despite all this we have to suffer Brexit triumphalism. pic.twitter.com/gFvmSTEZAq

— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) January 31, 2020

For the day that's in it. https://t.co/wcqey2wuY9

— Ronan McGreevy (@RMcGreevy1301) January 31, 2020

Half the country is being dragged into Brexit against its will. Nothing Brexiteers have done or said has persuaded anyone who was not already on their side in 2016. And they talk about national unity. Liars. https://t.co/s8VPwwxold

— David Andress (@ProfDaveAndress) January 31, 2020

Easily the biggest news of the day comes from @ChrisGiles_ – the Bank has lowered its estimate of how fast we can grow to a DISMAL 1.1% – https://t.co/vNb5BksuCh

How dismal? pic.twitter.com/BUgVnNbS5X

— Giles Wilkes (@Gilesyb) January 31, 2020

Oof! Bank of England predicts sustainable growth rate so slow it would severely limit any rise in real living standards, leave public finances struggling to meet demand for better public services, and constrain "levelling up" regions https://t.co/n7Y1O5eQ6J via @financialtimes

— Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) January 30, 2020

BBC News – Manufacturers urge clarity on post-Brexit trade.
Business and economy editor @BBCDouglasF #bbcgms 0655 https://t.co/YF75rUZ9mn

— Gary Robertson (@BBCGaryR) January 31, 2020

Something Trumpian about this. First you make the BBC abase itself with Brexit drivel, then you execute them anyway. https://t.co/zPyJpRdiWn

— Paul McNamara (@M_PaulMcNamara) January 30, 2020

🗣 The Prime Minister will address the nation from 10 Downing Street on Friday night.

📲 Tune in from 10pm on @BorisJohnson's Facebook page. pic.twitter.com/fkaGV8hQTt

— Conservatives (@Conservatives) January 30, 2020

whenever Jim Davidson is about to say something racist, Brian May appears on one shoulder advising him against it and Farage appears on the other goading him on pic.twitter.com/1R4MZCY2Ru

— BRYN_BORANGA (@BRYN_BORANGA) January 30, 2020

This one-month free trial of 2020 doesn’t really make me excited for the rest of it…

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 31, 2020

“The global risk assessment is High, the regional level is High, and for China it’s Very High.” @WHO provides an update on the #coronoavirus outbreak. pic.twitter.com/ZAOcrUZ7h0

— UN Geneva (@UNGeneva) January 29, 2020

Coronavirus: Whole world 'must take action', warns WHO https://t.co/Fim7Jan2w2

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 29, 2020

Tibet, previously the last uninfected region of mainland China, announced its first suspected case of Wuhan coronavirus today. This suggests the virus is no longer just in dense urban areas, but has also spread to remote, rural corners of the country https://t.co/W6WiTdrxkV

— CNN International (@cnni) January 29, 2020

Gaps in China's transparency are hampering U.S. efforts to get a grip on the spreading Wuhan coronavirus — even as politicians and scientists alike are praising China for being far more forthcoming compared with previous disease outbreaks like SARS https://t.co/pUoM20TdHU

— POLITICO (@politico) January 29, 2020

— China now has more cases of coronavirus than it had of SARS
—A flight of over 200 Americans who were evacuated from Wuhan landed in Southern California Wednesday morning
—British Airways canceled all flights to and from Chinahttps://t.co/FgzWGl7FGY

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 29, 2020

Coronavirus: Australia plans Chrustmas Island quarantine as foreigners evacuated from Wuhan. BA suspends flight to & from China. https://t.co/37ciC0ej2r

— bill shea (@bill_21c) January 29, 2020

Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz: "If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment." https://t.co/jKErQcS1Iy pic.twitter.com/zo4rL6Zbla

— ABC News (@ABC) January 29, 2020

this is Trump lawyer Dershowitz’ constitutional argument that “abuse of power” is not an impeachable offense: it’s similar to “maladministration,” which the Framers rejected as an impeachable offense

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 29, 2020

Dershowitz argued for a dictatorial presidency today. Horrifically, he made the case a president could commit any crime and cross any line in their own political interest.

This is a scorched earth defense, and it could destroy the rule of law.https://t.co/cTVCQjUObf

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 29, 2020

Alan Dershowitz, one of President Trump's defense lawyers, argued that anything a president does to get re-elected could be considered in the nation's interest and is therefore not impeachable.https://t.co/ptlmibuTni

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 29, 2020

Bolton's lawyer disputes NSC assessment that manuscript contains classified information https://t.co/bey8lwl2XP pic.twitter.com/gj16kH2aNM

— The Hill (@thehill) January 30, 2020

So you’re saying that the reason Parnas is unable to testify about the President committing crimes is that he currently under arrest for helping the President commit crimes. https://t.co/pigcfbKZ9j

— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 29, 2020

Five hours in to the Senate trial today, I have a modest proposal: Adjourn for an hour or two, and watch John Bolton give a press conference?

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 29, 2020

Remember when the GAO concluded that Trump's freeze of Ukraine aid was illegal? That was only two weeks ago.

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) January 29, 2020

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, who is up for reelection this year, told a home-state news outlet that he does not want additional witnesses to be included in the Senate impeachment trial https://t.co/dyyYyDIY9s

— CNN (@CNN) January 29, 2020

ICYMI, cause I sure did.

Allies of Pres Trump have begun holding events in black communities where they praise the president as they hand out *tens of thousands of dollars in cash* to attendees. First giveaway took place last month in Cleveland.

https://t.co/tbU9kwqjbs

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 29, 2020

This stirring case for President Pence, from @ForTheRuleOfLaw, is scheduled to air on @LouDobbs on @FoxBusiness tomorrow night. One assumes President Trump will be watching–and wondering why his vice president permits such an ad to be aired. And do visit https://t.co/lAVuDcYJEg. pic.twitter.com/bLyLO21NsV

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 29, 2020

The way we treat refugees reveals whether we live by our ideals. Just because something is legal does not mean it is right. https://t.co/4fY8vSf6vi

— David Miliband (@DMiliband) January 29, 2020

For all the economic, social and political disaster of the last four years, all the shit that’s hit and shit still to come, the one solitary Brexit dividend is that Farage and his miserable coterie of nationalist non-entities will never humiliate us again pic.twitter.com/u385SnZ7vH

— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) January 29, 2020

Compare the graciousness of this with the gracelessness of Farage. Ours is now a smaller and more small-minded world. https://t.co/JmoChnjcoL

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 29, 2020

UK top trade partners (exports) in 2018:

EU 🇪🇺£291bn
United States 🇺🇸 £50.4bn
China 🇨🇳 £21.4bn
Turkey £10.6bn
Hong Kong 🇭🇰 £7.9bn
UAE 🇦🇪 £7.8bn
Japan 🇯🇵 £6.5bn
South Korea 🇰🇷 £6bn
Canada 🇨🇦 £5.6bn
Singapore 🇸🇬 £5.2bn
India 🇮🇳 £5bn
Australia 🇦🇺 £4.5bn

Spot the problem.

— Peter McGahan (@peter_mcgahan) January 29, 2020

On Friday, the UK will leave the EU. #BorisJohnson will no doubt claim he got #Brexit "done". For our PM though, there's still a lot to do. It will all be downhill from here. He has 11 months to prove he was right. He wasn't! And he will fail. #ToryBrexit https://t.co/PHZo226Bor

— Derek James 🇪🇺#RejoinEU #TheTruthMatters (@derekjames150) January 29, 2020

“Cabinet ministers asked to cut back departments by 5%”

That’ll be the Brexit dividend.

Happy Christmas turkeys!!https://t.co/5rrtE9ZGf6 pic.twitter.com/dQ0E3y6rLd

— Remoaning Myrtle #FBPE (@TheAndyMaturin) January 29, 2020

Rogue Political Ads that Lie Will Never Be Tamed Without Regulation.

Co-founder of Coalition for Reform in Political Advertising welcomes new recommendations on electoral & political advertising, but believes they’ve ignored biggest issue.

Byline Times https://t.co/1nWugcduxQ

— Agnes Clackett (@AgnesClackett) January 30, 2020

So I have been silent in print and on the socials since Xmas. This might explain why. (Working on the principle that you should write what you know). https://t.co/5e8icr2iKc

— Rafael Behr (@rafaelbehr) January 29, 2020

Breaking: German gov't says it is in possession of intelligence that proves that Huawei cooperates with Chinese state security organs https://t.co/5ye4lpT497

— Adrian Zenz (@adrianzenz) January 29, 2020

Today, the president unveiled a Middle East "peace plan" that was nearly three years in the making and overseen by his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has no background in foreign policy: https://t.co/r9SK99LaZC

— American Oversight (@weareoversight) January 28, 2020

Kushner to @camanpour on settlements: "Israel is there and they’re not leaving."
"I’m not looking at the world as it existed in 1967. I’m looking at the world as it exists in 2020."

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 28, 2020

It’s stunning that @realDonaldTrump doesn’t know that this is insulting to Palestinians. It’s not a “state” it’s a “Bantustan.” Palestinians lose more land w/out sovereignty & independence. Israel gets more land & keeps settlements. It’s Trump’s plan to try to legalize illegality https://t.co/RDE6iJ0krf

— James J. Zogby (@jjz1600) January 28, 2020

Trump’s Israel-Palestine “peace plan” is a con https://t.co/Qg8IkQnJwU

— Vox (@voxdotcom) January 28, 2020

BREAKING: US ambassador says Israel free to annex settlements at any time

— Joe (@joedyke) January 28, 2020

If ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ does not step in to prevent this action, it will signal his plan is about influencing US & Israeli politics, not peace. He will also place at risk Jordan’s stability & Israel’s future as a democratic, Jewish state. https://t.co/XmIlFoeQD7 via @NYTimes

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) January 28, 2020

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu was formally indicted in court on corruption charges. He's accused of wrongfully accepting $264,000 worth of gifts from tycoons and dispensing favors in alleged bids for improved coverage by Israel's biggest selling newspaper https://t.co/zbBClla3el pic.twitter.com/tZNJD9BD5P

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 28, 2020

Ah, so then we can expect Trump to withhold aid to Israel until they take care of their corruption problem, right? https://t.co/v2LLSsFtoA

— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 28, 2020

ICYMI, this is the subtext – or just the text – of the entire approach to Trump's "peace plan." https://t.co/CXCq3PFYMR

— Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין (@MairavZ) January 28, 2020

It’s amazing what I’ve done, the most of any President in the first three years (by far), considering that for three years I’ve been under phony political investigations and the Impeachment Hoax! KEEP AMERICA GREAT!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2020

Mitch McConnell tells GOP senators that there aren't enough votes to block impeachment witnesses, people familiar with the matter say https://t.co/xSFJWcXVMI

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 28, 2020

75% of Americans now say they want to hear from witnesses against Trump in this impeachment trial. The other 25% have clearly just given up on life.

— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) January 28, 2020

This is the GOP now: A former national security advisor with impeccable Republican credentials offers to testify on the central fact of an impeachment charge, and the Republicans are doing everything they can to prevent it.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 28, 2020

"Donald Trump's defense wraps up its opening arguments in the Senate Impeachment trial of the president. A defense that has been complicated by a steady drip of revelations from Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton…" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/q42rLDqhbJ

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 28, 2020

So Dershowitz was right? https://t.co/Jfb3HnP25f

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 28, 2020

Reporter: Republicans have raised your name in some of these [impeachment trial witness] conversations. Are you yourself prepared to possibly be dragged into this?

Schiff: Well, I can tell you what my testimony is. He's guilty. And he should be impeached https://t.co/cBNCn0HaJh pic.twitter.com/4Iym0ynflZ

— POLITICO (@politico) January 28, 2020

Takeaways from the Trump team's last day of opening arguments — and what happens next https://t.co/F8RNRp1yYO

— Amber Phillips (@byamberphillips) January 28, 2020

Fifty US military personnel have now been diagnosed with concussions and traumatic brain injuries following the Iranian missile attack on US forces in Iraq earlier this month, the Pentagon says https://t.co/JZUjug1RTS pic.twitter.com/1p1sYsm0eu

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 28, 2020

President Trump is expected to make a state visit to India in February. A visit from the American president could help Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India who faces widespread street protests against him. https://t.co/IgIYq4FEtN

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) January 28, 2020

Fearful their tax cuts are in jeopardy, wealthy Koch donors plan to spend big to hold GOP Senate Majority in 2020 — https://t.co/9bniHAjL34

— Jane Mayer (@JaneMayerNYer) January 28, 2020

Trump loves to hate California, but for all his talk about what he’s done for the nation’s economy, it’s really California that’s driving it. Without us, Trump’s economic record is failing.https://t.co/PGjFYMimLE

— Alex Padilla (@AlexPadilla4CA) January 28, 2020

Our nation is in a clean water crisis and yet Trump is determined to continue catering to polluters. Clean water is a human right, period. https://t.co/NkVCEuR8ok

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) January 28, 2020

In the most drastic measure to limit travel, Hong Kong authorities reduced by half the number of flights and shut down rail service to mainland China, and they also limited visas — moves that could inspire other governments to follow suithttps://t.co/nQHg8Rx1Zp

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 28, 2020

There is now a total of 106 dead and 4,610 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in mainland China, according to national and provincial health authorities | via @CNN

— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) January 28, 2020

Starbucks has said that it closed more than 2,000 stores in China — cautioning that its annual financial results could be hurt as it grapples with the coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/fvRRMguXqU

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 28, 2020

Tim Cook says Apple has shut one store in China, restricts employee travel because of coronavirus https://t.co/YebqdsGGYf

— CNBC (@CNBC) January 28, 2020

False claims and misleading information about the origins and transmission of coronavirus have surged on the main platforms, forcing the tech giants to “scramble” to quell the hoaxes, via @washingtonpost. https://t.co/sxVoPzBm2R

— First Draft (@firstdraftnews) January 29, 2020

A tsunami threat alert for the Caribbean has been lifted after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Jamaica and was felt as far away as Miami https://t.co/k34rDbMDvp pic.twitter.com/iUC1i5YSLd

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 28, 2020

Buildings in downtown Miami shake as impact from Caribbean earthquake is felt here https://t.co/0eFBooJrFx

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) January 28, 2020

#earthquake action over last 2 days including massive 7.7 between #Cuba and #Jamaica. Felt in #Miami. #Tsunami warning issued. pic.twitter.com/t4QoVHq0YG

— Sofa Stream (@sofa_stream) January 28, 2020

La tension monte avenue de la #Republique #greve28janvier #pompiers pic.twitter.com/jTIHFnVed3

— Fabien Rives (@Fabien_Rives) January 28, 2020

In France, the police are now fighting with the firemen. Meanwhile in the UK, Elizabeth from Richmond Park, promises to tut aggressively if the new 50p coin ends up in her change. https://t.co/3M4yr8i271

— The People’s Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) January 28, 2020

Conservative MPs in open revolt after Boris Johnson gives Huawei green lighthttps://t.co/h6QovNRBG7 pic.twitter.com/zakMbHLcKZ

— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) January 28, 2020

#Huawei Isn't about political views/party alignments but our country's security & future prosperity being beholden to one vendor who's in turn beholden to a one party state.
BBC News – Huawei: MPs attack government over decision for 5G networks https://t.co/R9P9e3xwtr

— Gina Miller (@thatginamiller) January 28, 2020

Huawei affair is a taste of life outside the EU. Every big decision will be a fudge, trying to satisfy the tug-of-war between major forces like the EU, US and China.

The UK is too big to ignore, but too small to prevail. This is what "sovereignty" looks like in a global context. https://t.co/5RKYLDL9bQ

— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) January 28, 2020

They promised you freedom, you ended up with a fucking tea towel. https://t.co/Ai5UiXrTYs

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) January 28, 2020

What would you like to have

A. a @BorisJohnson Brexit tea towel

B. a copy of the report into Russian interference in UK politics suppressed by Boris Johnson before the general election?

If “B” RT this👇pic.twitter.com/Yy7CumM5yO

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) January 28, 2020

Jacob Rees-Mogg is deleting tweets referencing a bad Brexit deal https://t.co/Jrb0vVAvMw

— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) January 28, 2020

It's fine…they're going at night, https://t.co/LqwmZW9UMF

— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) January 29, 2020

The likelihood of the Senate voting to call more witnesses in the impeachment trial appeared to mount as some Republican senators said new allegations about Trump’s motivation for freezing aid to Ukraine bolstered the case for further testimony https://t.co/LgxLUifbMK

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 27, 2020

Baby steps in the direction of a fair trial. https://t.co/m3Pd5vRUFq

— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) January 27, 2020

News from @lindsaywise: At a closed-door GOP lunch before today's trial session, Mitt Romney spoke forcefully about the need to have Bolton testify before the Senate. After the lunch, Loeffler took to Twitter to attack Romney by name. https://t.co/Py9RdddFAI

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 27, 2020

Confirming @costareports: Pat Toomey indicated to colleagues at the GOP lunch today that he was open to a one-for-one witness deal of some sort.

Romney also made a strong argument for voting yes on witnesses.https://t.co/dTdbOyOpXm

— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) January 27, 2020

Trump is arguing Hunter Biden’s Burisma work warranted a criminal investigation. Which means all the deals, trademarks & loans Ivanka, the Kushners, Don jr & Eric have received during his presidency should get the same.

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 27, 2020

Hunter Biden is like a lot of unimpressive people in public life, including the Trumps—trading on his name for power. But if Trump believed an illegality occurred, then why didn’t the administration open a proper DoJ investigation instead of pushing Ukraine for an announcement?

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) January 27, 2020

Greg Gutfeld says John Boltons claim that Trump withheld aid to Ukraine solely for political purposes "vindicates Trump" pic.twitter.com/R0UbIUno1P

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) January 27, 2020

President Trump falsely tweeted this morning that House Democrats didn't seek John Bolton's testimony. They did, in October, but Bolton's lawyers said he wouldn't appear voluntarily. https://t.co/41LeuMohNC

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 27, 2020

Bolton’s Chief of Staff at the NSC proposes a novel solution: Bolton should withdraw his manuscript — at least until after the election. Lol.

This perfectly captures just how rattled Trump’s defenders have become in light of the NYT scoop. https://t.co/1jy4bhkYaC

— Ned Price (@nedprice) January 27, 2020

It’s mind blowing the White House had a copy of the Bolton book and nobody thought to call Mitch McConnell about it

— Kasie Hunt (@kasie) January 27, 2020

One video clip illustrates how Trump defenders have dramatically moved the presidential misconduct goalposts https://t.co/DnQStXpD9d

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 27, 2020

The man who writes here that his guess is that, “Trump is a Russian agent,” is not just some layman, but a former CIA Station Chief in Moscow, who also helped nab treasonous CIA officer/KGB double agent, Aldrich Ames.

Take what Rolf Mowatt-Larssen says VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY 😳👇🏼 https://t.co/YRlub1vVW3

— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) January 27, 2020

#HeadsOnAPike https://t.co/OWZ73KOVMC

— Will Bunch 🆘 (@Will_Bunch) January 27, 2020

"Trump views the truth as treason and truth-tellers as traitors. As Edward Gibbon put it in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 'Treason against such a prince might easily be considered as patriotism to the state.'" https://t.co/TG2mxG4CcY

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 27, 2020

Speaking of nepotism, let's recall how Trump overrode career officials to give Jared a security clearance despite concerns about "foreign influence, private business interests and personal conduct." It's another investigation that the WH has stonewalled https://t.co/ETN8zs9xNw

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) January 27, 2020

Wow, the State Department is removing an NPR reporter who was set to travel w/ Pompeo to Europe & Central Asia as part of the pool.
The State Department Correspondents' Association says “we can only conclude that the State Department is retaliating against” NPR. (via @jmhansler)

— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) January 27, 2020

US Conducted Record-Setting Bomb Drops Over Afghanistan in 2019 (Oriana Pawlyk / Military)https://t.co/mr8gZK0FWjhttps://t.co/HvKNSlpfwH

— memeorandum (@memeorandum) January 27, 2020

The State Department is advising Americans to reconsider traveling to China because of the Wuhan coronavirus that has killed dozens of people https://t.co/kONHmeeCTQ pic.twitter.com/pyseUUYExt

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 27, 2020

AI could help send alerts about viral outbreaks sooner, and a sneaky Mac malware continues to spread.

Here's the news to know: https://t.co/y0mZcacWHt

— WIRED (@WIRED) January 27, 2020

This Wuhan hospital is being built in just 6 days. pic.twitter.com/UonDPIvSx0

— Cheddar🧀 (@cheddar) January 27, 2020

Carlos Ghosn tells @Lebeaucarnews that he plans to clear his name. “I’m going to fight for it.” https://t.co/ynviS1mfMo pic.twitter.com/ar8yY6b01n

— CNBC (@CNBC) January 27, 2020

"our societies will buckle under the new conditions created by our experiment with fossil fuels"
https://t.co/3CMh6EmpVW

— Jacob Silverman (@SilvermanJacob) January 27, 2020

LA is beyond parody – just watched a woman get thrown out of a Target for harassing employees while screaming “DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY FOLLOWERS I HAVE?”

— Jeff Kasanoff (@JeffKasanoff) January 27, 2020

Buckingham Place and the Trump administration were silent about explosive new accusations that Britain’s Prince Andrew has provided “zero cooperation” to an ongoing investigation into the late accused sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein. https://t.co/hiHbs71fBI

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) January 27, 2020

The Times: EU demands its judges keep control after Brexit #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/9qtY5S08n2

— Helena Wilkinson (@BBCHelena) January 27, 2020

Boris Johnson's new visa for brains after Brexit branded a 'gimmick'

There’s “no cap”…. but the previous cap was never met anyway

It’s “fast track”…. but part of the previous system was fast track anyway https://t.co/tx2HwS6Lcb

— Dan Bloom (@danbloom1) January 27, 2020

Tonight Michel Barnier at Queen’s University Belfast did not hold back. Stating, post Brexit, citizens in Northern Ireland “who choose to be Irish citizens will still be EU citizens. They cannot be discriminated against on the basis of nationality.” The UK govt must respect this. pic.twitter.com/5PrqfaKkUl

— Dr. Jennifer Cassidy (@OxfordDiplomat) January 27, 2020

UK’s £46m Brexit ad blitz had little impact, says watchdog https://t.co/PAAl6yilOD

— Financial Times (@FT) January 28, 2020

Imagine being this much of a wankerhttps://t.co/m1sI4kaBMo

— Otto English (@Otto_English) January 27, 2020

Brexit in a tweet. pic.twitter.com/gQPO3fVdjo

— Spartacus Mills, Crisis Correspondent 🔶 (@CrisisMills) January 27, 2020

Kobe Bryant was killed Sunday when the helicopter he was traveling in crashed and burst into flames Sunday morning amid foggy conditions in the hills above Calabasas. https://t.co/Y4KZJXrObL

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 26, 2020

Kobe was so much more than an athlete, he was a family man. That was what we had most in common. I would hug his children like they were my own and he would embrace my kids like they were his. His baby girl Gigi was born on the same day as my youngest daughter Me’Arah. pic.twitter.com/BHBPN5Wq8V

— SHAQ (@SHAQ) January 26, 2020

I think at the end of our lives, we’ll be judge by how we treat those closest to us, particularly our children.

There’s no doubt that Kobe loved his children and was a loving father.

This will be a lasting image. pic.twitter.com/edRO92YRKs

— Christopher J. Hale (@chrisjollyhale) January 26, 2020

Kobe was a legend on the court and just getting started in what would have been just as meaningful a second act. To lose Gianna is even more heartbreaking to us as parents. Michelle and I send love and prayers to Vanessa and the entire Bryant family on an unthinkable day.

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 26, 2020

New revelations from John Bolton, former White House national security adviser, could complicate President Trump’s impeachment trial. Here are the key takeawayshttps://t.co/TioAJJN7zi

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 27, 2020

#BoltonBook draft strongly suggests Attorney General #Barr LIED about at least when and how he knew Trump mentioned him on the call with Zelenskyy.👇

Raises again issues of Barr's ethical failure to recuse from whistle blower complaint, criminal referrals to DOJ, and more. pic.twitter.com/6YT1A2hyoD

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 26, 2020

So Pompeo knew the campaign against Yovanovitch was bogus all along and still wouldn't defend her. Maybe that's why the NPR interview the other day struck such a nerve. pic.twitter.com/VDn7OgoWGV

— Nicholas Miller (@Nick_L_Miller) January 27, 2020

Key point. I wonder how senators who take umbrage at being insulted feel about being misled or outright lied to by the White House—on the floor of the Senate? https://t.co/oE2ChxarlI

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 27, 2020

It is easy to imagine that the news about the Bolton book will not turn a substantial number of Senate Republicans, even in favor of hearing witnesses. In fact, they might even double down to bring this impeachment to an end sooner.

— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) January 26, 2020

Seems like other officials would do well to follow Bolton’s lead. If you have important information, you’d better get it out before the Senate votes. Or else, you’ll be known as part of the cover up. Bolton clearly didn’t want to be in that position.

— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) January 26, 2020

GOP Senate leadership meeting in progress pic.twitter.com/XjMa0Q3Pnb

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 27, 2020

The Veterans of Foreign Wars, the oldest major U.S. veterans group, has called for Trump to apologize for "misguided" remarks minimizing the severity of traumatic brain injuries suffered by U.S. forces in an Iranian air attack earlier this month.https://t.co/aa5duEzdBF

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 26, 2020

On CBS, @SenTomCotton defends Trump downplaying traumatic brain injuries suffered by US troops as mere "headaches," saying, "he's not dismissing their injuries, he's describing their injuries."

Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/qx2H8a2KvU

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 26, 2020

This story is the Trump presidency in a nutshell: Trump's inaugural committee wanted to book Trump's hotel, so Trump's hotel jacked up the prices on them https://t.co/n5mZR7wLS5

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 27, 2020

President Donald Trump’s personal pastor, the televangelist Paula White, is facing criticism after praying for the miscarriage of “all Satanic pregnancies” during a sermon earlier this month https://t.co/q4PS32VK5h

— TIME (@TIME) January 26, 2020

President denounces Nobel prizewinner as “lightweight thinker” then puts apostrophe in wrong place in “followers’” https://t.co/s9jkWHaDzZ

— Timothy Noah (@TimothyNoah1) January 26, 2020

Coronavirus: China death toll climbs to 80 with more than 2,700 cases – live updateshttps://t.co/xQhBkfTgZX

— Kate Walton (@waltonkate) January 27, 2020

China's health minister makes a startling statement about the Wuhan coronavirus: He says people can spread it before they become symptomatic https://t.co/l0Y70eiyDO

— CNN Philippines (@cnnphilippines) January 26, 2020

British researcher estimates 100,000 have the virushttps://t.co/3mOCAtagGA

— Steve Lookner (@lookner) January 27, 2020

Saudi energy minister says confident China can contain, eradicate new coronavirus https://t.co/ak9Wb8jDnt pic.twitter.com/UdvGRxhjX0

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 27, 2020

It’s looking increasingly unlikely that the new coronavirus can be contained largely in China, which means governments are going to have to start preparing for the possibility of global transmission, experts say. https://t.co/MBjPy8K2Xy

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) January 26, 2020

Britain unveils 50 pence coin minted to mark Brexit https://t.co/jcJPOPc2Q5 pic.twitter.com/b37pyqzkbn

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 26, 2020

Government reveal selection of honest Brexit 50p's. pic.twitter.com/ZM1YUDijCF

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 26, 2020

Oh look. The maths fetish thing. All of Cummings' hot blog ideas simply cut and pasted, then spouted through a mumbling ventiloquist's dummy. Wouldn't it just be simpler to talk directly with the organ grinder? https://t.co/9RQ6MWrLcr

— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) January 26, 2020

Did Russia interfere in Brexit?: An unpublished report roils U.K. politics before election https://t.co/YEJNJmFI0r #RussiaReportNOW

— #FBPE (@Peterhahahart) January 26, 2020

Now watch Rachel Maddow, on MSNBC in the United States, as she dissects the farce unfolding over the ISC report, "Boris Johnson is only Prime Minister because of the political disaster that is the Brexit vote in the UK"
Full clip here: https://t.co/HaCTLjIAZ5
2/2 pic.twitter.com/qPbr5YVPt6

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) November 6, 2019

Canada identifies first coronavirus case https://t.co/NQWNUzkLh3 pic.twitter.com/N66VGwwmyd

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 25, 2020

Ontario officials say there is a "presumptive positive" test result for the coronavirus in Toronto. A man in his 50s had travelled to Wuhan, China and felt ill on his return to Canada. He is now in stable condition in Sunnybrook hospital. WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/JsppVn4aD4

— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) January 25, 2020

A 62-year-old ear, nose and throat specialist became one of the latest victims of the coronavirus outbreak in China on Saturday. State-owned television said the doctor had been at the “front line” of the outbreak. https://t.co/f2rzLV8Se4

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 26, 2020

Residents fret as China's virus exclusion zone widens https://t.co/19Kucqy15v pic.twitter.com/IeGrtGVYgf

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 26, 2020

Spread of coronavirus ‘accelerating’, warns China president https://t.co/CVwH7fJu2L

— The Independent (@Independent) January 25, 2020

The US government is arranging a charter flight to evacuate American diplomats and citizens from the Chinese city that has become ground zero for a new deadly strain of coronavirus, a US official said https://t.co/xt7nK5qFD3

— CNN (@CNN) January 25, 2020

The impact of the new coronavirus is strongest in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the virus — a city of 11 million now under lockdown.

Other Asian cities, from Manila to Seoul, are also feeling the effect.

Here's what life looks like amid the outbreak: https://t.co/lTnS4kbFhi

— NPR (@NPR) January 26, 2020

If you wonder why the virus spreads so quickly Chinese citizens in Guangzhou "We don't care. What is there to fear? We have the government. With the government, there is nothing to fear" "No masks! We are healthy We trust the government! " 🤔pic.twitter.com/Hp8lwDidO1#coronavirus

— croalxbis (@croalxbis) January 25, 2020

Don’t give the NHS any ideas, please. https://t.co/37U876Mct2

— Dave Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈 (@WelshGasDoc) January 25, 2020

At least 22 people have been killed in earthquake that rattled east Turkey on Friday https://t.co/oUQEhPZtrr

— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) January 25, 2020

Moment when 6.8 magnitude #earthquake that jolts eastern #Turkey, happens in live TV. #deprem #elazig pic.twitter.com/HoLvRXIdKX

— Xhildinho Z (@xhildinho) January 24, 2020

JUST IN: 5.0 magnitude earthquake has hit southern Puerto Rico amid ongoing tremors https://t.co/sNIhgRH6n5 pic.twitter.com/QP36Nnjjoc

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 25, 2020

This has been the Iranian position for many months. I guess it finally made its way into Trump’s Fox News intel briefing. https://t.co/lmSqM92EZj

— Nicholas Miller (@Nick_L_Miller) January 26, 2020

The Senate Republicans will likely vote to acquit President Trump, but they will not be able to erase the record that Adam Schiff and his colleagues laid down clearly, methodically, and meticulously. https://t.co/qUBuku8kzn

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 25, 2020

“I hear from individual Republicans about how troubled they are, that they really are becoming convinced” of Trump’s guilt, Brown said. “Those are private. The question is, how afraid are they of this president?” https://t.co/njcZAdxbgV

— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 25, 2020

"Confronted by a skilled examiner, Trump would melt down in minutes," attorney George Conway wrote. "He’d be humiliated, and he knows it — which is why he’s too terrified to give testimony under oath, and why it won’t happen." https://t.co/m47GuUTjSk

— The Hill (@thehill) January 25, 2020

Republicans can’t wait to give Trump a pass on impeachment so he’ll quit threatening them: @TheRickWilsonhttps://t.co/Tn6lqSixAC

— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) January 25, 2020

Senate GOP leaders are strongly considering a move to quickly end President Trump’s impeachment trial next week https://t.co/gpvIQPaOXY

— POLITICO (@politico) January 25, 2020

WASH POST BOARD: “Those who choose to disregard evidence against Trump will be reduced to watching in the months/years to come as the case against him — and their abdication of constitutional duty — grows steadily stronger.” @SenAlexander #LamarsLegacy 🇺🇸https://t.co/LjqIl0MWxR

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 25, 2020

Trump lackey Lindsey Graham vows to conduct a Biden, Ukraine probe after the impeachment trial https://t.co/9NHB97O7fm

— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) January 25, 2020

"Trump has been in a particularly foul mood as impeachment drags on. Trump recently told some Republicans that he decided to say “fuck it” and kill General Qasem Soleimani."

Sigh. So knew this! He almost started WW3 to change subject. https://t.co/32ryoCNMRm via @VanityFair

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 25, 2020

Without giving evidence, @SecPompeo accused @NPRKelly of lying to him — "twice."

"Let me just say this: we will not be intimidated," NPR President and CEO John Lansing told @npratc. "Mary Louise Kelly won't be intimidated, and NPR won't be intimidated." https://t.co/Ic9wEs4XEr

— NPR (@NPR) January 25, 2020

Is this the Secretary of State

the top U.S. diplomat, 4th in line for the presidency

claiming that Mary Louise Kelly

a Cambridge-educated journalist who’s covered Europe, the Pentagon & the intel community

was asked to identify Ukraine on a map

and pointed to Bangladesh? https://t.co/j9IzKYp6ZJ

— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) January 25, 2020

Rightly so. https://t.co/I91AcHxOFm

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) January 25, 2020

Wow. Who could possibly have predicted that the famously dishonest fridge wanker who wears his rich guy privilege like a fucking badly tailored suit would immediately renege on his promises to protect working class communities?

Still, we got Brexit so 👍🏼https://t.co/aIWaHt77ej

— 🏳️‍🌈 Max 🏳️‍🌈 (@SpillerOfTea) January 25, 2020

As a Brexit Day treat, Trump bitch-slaps Britain – again!
When do we #TakeBackControl again? 🙄#BrexitDay pic.twitter.com/P7zdb7Djrt

— El Christo (@ElCorbynista) January 25, 2020

Me in the Observer on the listlessness that infects Britain. It's as if people believe Johnson has sorted Brexit out when all the suffering is yet to comehttps://t.co/vpxjBlmf6t

— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) January 25, 2020

The Guardian reports Labour’s 2nd Ref/Remain policy led to the collapse of the “Red Wall”. As a source in this article says, “This campaign was lost before it began” 🤦🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/YA35qLPw99

— Caroline Flint (@CarolineFlint) January 22, 2020

I have spoken to plenty of West Yorkshire based lawyers who testify to Burgon’s vision
Almost Unanimously, they are keen for him to progress in politics so they never have to see him in their legal world again
Make of that what you will https://t.co/zDHjGVP7yq

— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) January 24, 2020

“Take Her Out”: Donald Trump’s Role in the Ukraine Scheme Is Reportedly Caught on Tape https://t.co/x55ytNbBVG via @NewYorker

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) January 24, 2020

The story says this recording of Trump & Lev Parnas (who he’s repeatedly said he doesn’t know) talking about taking out Yovanovitch was made by Igor Fruman. Unless it was somehow in Parnas’ cache of materials, this could imply Fruman is also cooperating. https://t.co/S0aBxCyrxx

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 24, 2020

Even setting everything else aside, the idea that a grifting lowlife like Parnas can get this close to the president and use a self-serving lie to get him to take an official action ought to alarm every American. How many other times has this happened? https://t.co/1WmvWekWfg

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) January 24, 2020

NEW: The "Take her out" recording reported today was made by Igor Fruman and shared with Lev Parnas "shortly after it was recorded," according to Parnas's attorney Joseph Bondy.

For @CNN with @eorden and @KaraScannell: https://t.co/4d0N2hRGYX

— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) January 24, 2020

Don't get distracted by Trump's mob-speak about Yovanovich. He's not trying to murder her. Don't miss the actual point: that Parnas has tapes and Trump is caught in the headlights of a *massive* lie on which the pretense of his defense rests. Hammer the GOP Senators with it.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 24, 2020

Well, I’m sure this tape of Trump ordering Parnas to take out the ambassador is going to be the last bombshell to come out in all this.

There’s nothing else out there that’s going to make Republicans regret their votes against new witnesses and new evidence.

Nothing at all.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) January 24, 2020

Lev Parnas turned over an HOUR LONG RECORDING of a conversation with Trump.

1) Senate R’s now need to sweat what’s on it
2) You know there must be more tapes https://t.co/CWOwWLSvhH

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 25, 2020

The President "issued an official order forbidding every single person who works for the Executive Branch of our government from giving testimony to the House as part of an impeachment investigation." – @RepZoeLofgren

Are we prepared to turn a blind eye to his obstruction? pic.twitter.com/AhG3kU6dQM

— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) January 24, 2020

Strong case from @gtconway3d that the real missing witness at the Senate trial is Trump himself. There's no way he'd be able to answer these questions without ripping the lid off his bottomless corruption:https://t.co/OSNbNdP7MF

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 24, 2020

Republican senator tweets video of himself saying Trump never asked Ukraine to investigate Biden, despite video showing Trump doing it https://t.co/EPI37WM7BO

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 24, 2020

.@NPRKelly gave @SecPompeo the chance to stand up for Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch.

Then she gave him another chance.

And another.

Then Pompeo ended the interview.

America’s diplomats still can’t understand why the Secretary won’t support them. https://t.co/fW9aO6tNl7

— House Foreign Affairs Committee (@HouseForeign) January 24, 2020

After the interview, @NPRKelly tells @arishapiro, @SecPompeo "shouted at [her] for about the same amount of time as the interview itself had lasted."

"He asked, 'Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?' He used the F-word in that sentence, and many others." https://t.co/krsUH29kL9 pic.twitter.com/bhNIW4pDNl

— David Gura (@davidgura) January 24, 2020

That @NPRKelly kept Pompeo on the record is an example of why It’s almost always a mistake to allow senior administration officials to go off the record. It lets them avoid accountability. https://t.co/64CM98V904

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) January 24, 2020

Lavrov must read this —SecState is ill-tempered, unconvincing, utterly without narrative — and laugh until he cries.

These are some of best in biz; SecState just insults them b/c there is no defense for his dereliction of duty and pursuit of conspiracy. https://t.co/NG1gdJWZgH

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) January 24, 2020

He's not very good at this. https://t.co/SqFwpBT39I

— Jonathan Groves (@grovesprof) January 24, 2020

President Trump posted an image on Twitter of a new insignia for the US Space Force that seems to boldly go where one logo has gone before https://t.co/HKGVSjqDQY

— CNN (@CNN) January 24, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump said ‘unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House’ as he addressed the anti-abortion 'March for Life' rally in Washington, the first president to do so in the event’s 47-year history https://t.co/EOJMWyZo5w pic.twitter.com/csLauipkB1

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 24, 2020

Breaking News: 15 more people died from a coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, pushing the death toll to 41https://t.co/73gMLRlLQt

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 24, 2020

UK Researcher Predicts Over 250,000 People In China Will Have Coronavirus In Ten Days https://t.co/PKR8RROlqa

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) January 24, 2020

First two coronavirus cases in Europe detected in France, second case of coronavirus confirmed in U.S.

Follow our live updates on the outbreak https://t.co/9t80J5deO8

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 24, 2020

BREAKING: Five people in Australia are being tested for coronavirus

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) January 25, 2020

The Dow and the broader stock market ended deep in the red on Friday as fears over the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus tainted investor sentiment https://t.co/Djrf0pgoAn

— CNN (@CNN) January 24, 2020

China is building a new 1,000-bed hospital in five days to treat victims of the new deadly coronavirus.

Get the latest on the #coronavirus here 👉 https://t.co/j01UaC8ySA pic.twitter.com/Af3YjVciML

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 24, 2020

Brexit: Boris Johnson signs withdrawal agreement in Downing Street https://t.co/1cGVey660g

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 24, 2020

Where's the offer? The government says it's reaching out to Remainers. But where's the evidence?
Every decision goes in the opposite direction. They seek approval of the most hardline Leave opinion and discard even the most moderate of Remain demands. https://t.co/VG15URJ1IN

— Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪 (@SloughForEU) January 24, 2020

Reminder: Barnier not only somehow convinced the United Kingdom to put an EU customs border inside its own territory, but to then celebrate doing so as a triumph of their Prime Minister's negotiating genius.

They are going to teach that shit in schools.https://t.co/P76nrFdNFw

— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@DmitryOpines) January 24, 2020

The UK government is prepared to "trade off" Scotland's fishing industry in #Brexit negotiations to ensure Britain's financial services sector is protected

Well done, Tory voters of North-East Scotland. Well done, indeed.https://t.co/nAvnYbqnJs

— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) January 24, 2020

The Toll of Empty Nationalism – The Brexit Bell Ends – my latest @BylineTimes https://t.co/gniZbONPLo

— Otto English (@Otto_English) January 24, 2020

If you were ever in doubt as to why Captain's Corelli's Mandolin was such a pile of poop, behold that mind that shat it out:https://t.co/CamvQZRsHS

— Simon Ubsdell (@SimonUbsdell) January 24, 2020

Just seen this on a Benidorm FB page
"Brexit……… Does anyone know of any parties, celebrations or anything going on or being planned regarding the UK leaving the EU on 31st January anywhere?"
They are fucking deluded

— Jackie Swearalot 🇪🇸🇪🇺 (@SwearalotFbpe) January 24, 2020

Former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister and civil rights campaigner Seamus Mallon has died aged 83https://t.co/xG0KHlxXN4

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) January 24, 2020

A statement from John and Pat Hume on the death of their dear friend, Seamus Mallon. pic.twitter.com/yy3zGxyTM6

— SDLP (@SDLPlive) January 24, 2020

Just in: Statement from President Bill Clinton on the death of Seamus Mallon. pic.twitter.com/ef6JbFQ0KI

— Niall Stanage (@NiallStanage) January 24, 2020

The Doomsday Clock was reset Thursday to just 100 seconds before midnight — the closest we have ever been to the complete and total annihilation of the earth (well, at least metaphorically). https://t.co/paQF5Ghlza

— CNN (@CNN) January 23, 2020

Former California governor Jerry Brown: "The Australian government is in utter and complete denial.Australia is fostering denial in an incredibly mendacious way.Until Australians throw out their current leaders they will continue this way" https://t.co/ASUrqkuO7A #auspol

— Jim Pike (@JimPike50014283) January 23, 2020

I'm deleting my post on the Doomsday Clock because the last thing I need is a bunch of climate change hysterics making my TL unreadable. Short version: It never made sense, it's a political judgment, not a scientific equation, and adding climate to it makes it just silly.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 24, 2020

BREAKING: As the Doomsday Clock moves to within 100 seconds of midnight, Brexiteers launch campaign for it to bong next Friday.

— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) January 23, 2020

NEW: Democrats hammer abuse of power charge, allege Trump put self over country in impeachment trial https://t.co/aKwoZMVgVF pic.twitter.com/tnIXnliCRk

— The Hill (@thehill) January 24, 2020

New – Growing GOP argument against subpoenas for witnesses and docs: Trump will cite executive privilege – and that will lead to a drawn-out court fight. “We can answer the question that they're asking us right now without having to go through all that.”https://t.co/HMBIElkVcG

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 23, 2020

The House has presented the core factual record of Trump's Ukraine scheme.

None of the facts can be seriously disputed.

"If the President had any exculpatory witnesses – even a single one – he would be demanding their appearance here." –@RepJerryNadler pic.twitter.com/49atRDpN0r

— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntel) January 23, 2020

Judge Andrew Napolitano of Fox News:

"What is required for removal of the president? A demonstration of presidential commission of high crimes and misdemeanors, of which in Trump's case the evidence is ample and uncontradicted."https://t.co/58ZEOvH199

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 24, 2020

Lindsey Graham: “All I can tell you is from the president’s point of view, he did nothing wrong in his mind.” https://t.co/wHiSRowbP0

— EssenViews – Silence Kills Democracy (@essenviews) January 23, 2020

One fascinating subplot of the impeachment saga is that Trump's demand for absolute, unwavering support, no matter how corrupt his abuses of power get, has essentially required Republicans to reveal their own profound corruption for all the world to see. https://t.co/maMvN2jBv4

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 23, 2020

>>> https://t.co/drR22jKu9R

— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) January 24, 2020

If Republicans in the Senate vote to block witnesses from testifying in Trump’s trial, their fate is sealed. They will forever go down in history as covering up the most corrupt American president of all time. But there is STILL TIME to do the right thing https://t.co/ZjxPHXd0D7

— Rio Tazewell (@RioTazewell) January 23, 2020

There is justice in John Roberts being forced to preside silently over the impeachment trial of President Trump, day after day. He is forced to witness the mess he and his colleagues on the Supreme Court have made of the U.S. political system. https://t.co/gGaWwiD63U

— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) January 23, 2020

For weeks, WH officials have told me its Alexander they’re watching, not Gardner. Good look at why > https://t.co/Vui02JsgYH

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 24, 2020

President Trump indicates that he is considering cuts to Social Security and Medicare. https://t.co/2oUj8RTYx2

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 23, 2020

Will working-class Trump supporters ever understand how completely and systematically he is betraying their trust? https://t.co/eMlMFdUtlY

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 23, 2020

If I owned a donut shop near the Navy base where I work, jacked up my prices, and then directed my staff to buy donuts for our meetings there, I would go to prison. https://t.co/WlzE00VxHJ

— David Burbach (@dburbach) January 23, 2020

BREAKING: Coronavirus cases rise to more than 800 worldwide as China confirms death toll has risen to 25. https://t.co/s5LiSOQm8E

— CNBC (@CNBC) January 24, 2020

'The Chinese food market at the centre of the deadly Sars-like virus outbreak has claimed they sold live koalas, snakes, rats and wolf pups to locals to eat.'https://t.co/wpGDdZfgIB

— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) January 23, 2020

Numbers infected by mystery virus emerging in #China are far greater than official figures suggest, scientists have told the BBC. There have been more than 60 confirmed cases of new #coronavirus, but UK experts estimate a figure nearer 1,700. https://t.co/j2NXQu2XjC

— Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (@RSTMH) January 20, 2020

China coronavirus: four tested for virus in UK as first death confirmed outside Hubei province – live news https://t.co/uKchCwi6zM

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 23, 2020

Analysis: Why the Polish president boycotted the Jerusalem event commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz https://t.co/Q8hSgnWdcI

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 23, 2020

"The lessons of the Holocaust are searingly relevant to this day."

Prince Charles says "hatred and intolerance still lurk in the human heart" as he delivers a speech on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

More on #Auschwitz75 👉 https://t.co/oTJEiQCoFz pic.twitter.com/PNU9LJKSE4

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 23, 2020

Prince Charles skips greeting US's Pence, shakes hands with Israel's Netanyahuhttps://t.co/mXvkSNVkDn pic.twitter.com/9RVBwVBkg4

— Yeni Şafak English (@yenisafakEN) January 23, 2020

It comes after governments in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales all voted against it https://t.co/UtwD5vuAnB

— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) January 23, 2020

Tory MPs fought for over two years to get their Brexit. But hardly any of them even bothered showing up for the announcement that it had entered into UK law.#BrexitBill #BorisJohnsonpic.twitter.com/xUgcyNTc2u

— Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪 (@SloughForEU) January 23, 2020

Excl: Boris Johnson planning to strike Britain’s first post-Brexit trade deal with Japan – dubbed an ‘EU++’ – in a bid to create a bandwagon effect https://t.co/KtGuHL2HZp

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) January 23, 2020

Are Brexiters having a competition to see who can be the most idiotic?

‘Tory MP wants fireworks display visible from France and ‘We love the UK’ banner on White Cliffs of Dover for Brexit day’https://t.co/XznQmVMTiY

— Damon Evans (@damocrat) January 23, 2020

Northerners always do it best! Bolton council leader David Greenhalgh confirms Bolton will ring the bells for Brexit, project the red, white and blue on the front of the town hall and fly Union flags from every civic building across the borough! Tremendous! 👏

— Leave.EU (@LeaveEUOfficial) January 23, 2020

Jim is celebrating the new border in the Irish Sea with a fanta

Interesting https://t.co/yg3lFJwl5T

— MorpheusNI (@MorpheusNI) January 23, 2020

How Britain's friends and neighbours see us:
"Brexit is a collective English mental breakdown" https://t.co/MYpJpCxdaZ

— Matthew Hardy (@drmatthewhardy) January 23, 2020

This is shitty of me, I know, yet I can't help but derive pleasure from the travails of Britons newly discovering the exquisite torture of visas, work permits and hostile European migration regimes https://t.co/MPMRISDpqu

— Leo (@lmirani) January 23, 2020

Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the lead House prosecutor, accused the president of a “corrupt scheme” to pressure Ukraine for help “to cheat” in the election https://t.co/EQM7AIUGOE

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 23, 2020

Based on the last 20 minutes or so of Schiff's opening arguments it would appear that the President is not only guilty but guilty to an almost comical degree.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 23, 2020

One thing Trump understands is what makes good TV.

Schiff’s presentation right now – replete with perfectly edited videos and quoteboards — is very good TV.

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) January 23, 2020

Restating what I wrote a few days ago; with managers; less is more. Schiiff should be carrying the lion's share of the case AND they don't need 24 hours. Giving every manger the limelight is a tactical mistake. https://t.co/YVoZOjDgiz

— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) January 23, 2020

Or: Trump was trying to cheat in ‘20 bid. https://t.co/ZSzpCXcR3E

— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) January 23, 2020

Trump, who obstructed Congress by withholding documents and witnesses, just told reporters in Davos that the House doesn’t have the evidence, “we” have all the evidence. Given that one of the charges is obstruction, that’s as brazenly corrupt and cynical as it gets.

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 22, 2020

What’s the name of that movie where the mobster is so convinced that his jury tampering is going to pay off that he starts publicly taunting the cops? #TrumpImpeachmentTrial pic.twitter.com/jWXdVB1uZm

— Richard Hine (@richardhine) January 23, 2020

Tonight, Chief Justice Roberts announced an agreement to allow classified information — supplemental testimony from Pence aide Jennifer Williams — into the record. The document will be available for review by all the senators in a classified setting.

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) January 23, 2020

JUST IN: Dems have transmitted to the Senate a classified letter from Pence aide Jennifer Williams, supplementing her previous testimony re: Pence’s Sept. 17 call with Zelensky.

They have asked Pence to declassify but so far he’s refused. It won’t be made public, per aide >>> pic.twitter.com/BnRie4FKQx

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 23, 2020

The House managers did a masterful job of marshaling the evidence. The only stumble so far was Nadler’s impolitic accusation that GOP senators were guilty of a “treacherous vote” & a “shameful coverup.” Even some Dem senators said he had gone too far.https://t.co/2AZMdVdrU9

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) January 23, 2020

NEW: House Dems hammered senators with everything they had: an all-day deluge of dense info, peppered with screenshots of deposition transcripts, emails, text messages and 50 video clips — 3 times more than House GOP used in 1999 for Clinton.https://t.co/8xLRVvHFDo

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 23, 2020

The GAO found that Trump's withholding of Ukraine aid was unlawful.

In their FOIA suit, the NYT argues that “presidential privilege” is for protecting legitimate internal deliberations, not to obscure wrongdoing or corruption, that it’s not a coconspirator’s privilege. THREAD >> https://t.co/vRzmVAZB51

— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) January 23, 2020

Cult. https://t.co/wKw4YFKdv7

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) January 23, 2020

Based on my experience with Republican colleagues in the House, I suspect that many Senate Republicans are hearing the facts of this case for the first time.

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) January 23, 2020

Fox News has the optics of covering the #ImpeachmentTrial without actually covering it. They've been showing screen-in-screen video of the proceedings without audio. Instead, hosts are providing Trumpian spin. It's propaganda giving the illusion of journalism. Remarkable. pic.twitter.com/NKbN2Sic1o

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 23, 2020

"It's really annoying that we're not hearing anything new in this impeachment trial," they say less than one day after voting to … not hear anything new in this impeachment trial.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 23, 2020

The sheer entitled whininess on display here. We ask every citizen to serve on juries! And this is literally your job, to just show up and listen. I’m so sorry this is so hard for you. Go get another gig. https://t.co/JbKnwnbjbv

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 23, 2020

32% of GOP-leaning voters say President Trump has probably broken the law.

But just 18% disapprove of him.

And just 12% support his removal.https://t.co/q0ObKP3Ev9

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 23, 2020

Lots of GOP senators complaining about how repetitive the Dem arguments have been, including the replaying of certain videos.

This strategy might not work on them, but it could be useful to the public, which isn’t sitting watching every minute

— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) January 23, 2020

But it won't count because of the performance-enhancing drugs https://t.co/XwbBxlG8O5

— Will Bunch 🆘 (@Will_Bunch) January 23, 2020

Breaking News: The Trump administration is set to end key environmental protections for streams and wetlands, in a victory for farmers and developers https://t.co/ehrghuUM23

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 23, 2020

"Ivan Yakovina, a foreign policy columnist for Ukraine's Novoye Vremya newsmagazine, said one reason for Pompeo’s trip could be to make sure that 'no bad surprises would come from Kyiv during the Trump Senate trial.’” https://t.co/4728dZmpWK

— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 23, 2020

In watching Schiff’s excellent lay down of evidence, timeline & actions, I’m distracted.

What else was going on – with Russia, Saudi Arabia, N Korea, Turkey, etc – where descriptive records aren’t available? This can’t be a stand-alone cluster.

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) January 23, 2020

All corruption, all the time in Trump world. Republicans remain co-conspirators. Democrats don't try to keep up with it. And journalists will reliably move onto the next brush fire while failing to notice that the entire forest is ablaze. https://t.co/CJhzQFT3ag

— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) January 23, 2020

Mohammad bin Salman hacked Jeff Bezos' phone over Whatsapp.

MBS also corresponded with Jared Kushner on Whatsapp, and said that Kushner is in his pocket.

We sued over off the records contacts like this back in May, but we've never been more concerned. https://t.co/bkei8FAPwz

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 22, 2020

Latest on #coronavirus in China:
 
– 553 confirmed
– 17 deaths

All public transportation, outward flights and trains to be suspended starting from 10 a.m. Thursday until further notice in #Wuhan, the central China's city battling the virus outbreak pic.twitter.com/8K1JK8vsgV

— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) January 22, 2020

We left Wuhan before dawn… ahead of a quarantine that will cut off roads, airports and trains to the city of 11m. It marks a serious escalation, not just in the # of cases and deaths, but in how Chinese authorities are scrambling to contain it. https://t.co/p2dlXXgnk3 @nbcnews

— Janis Mackey Frayer (@janisfrayer) January 23, 2020

.@ABC News' @BobWoodruff travels to Wuhan, China, the center of the coronavirus outbreak, which has killed 17 people, and gives an inside look on how airports and travelers are trying to prevent the virus from spreading. https://t.co/ofUij4zGu9 pic.twitter.com/r94pSL1qB2

— ABC News (@ABC) January 22, 2020

Tear gas and clashes greet Lebanon's new government https://t.co/ynUMtj8seP

— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) January 23, 2020

"United Ireland in sharp focus as Sinn Féin MP John Finucane woos Irish America." I hope the UK and Irish embassies are well-briefed about him and know this devastating dossier: https://t.co/wVVa913C8D https://t.co/MpMXVYDvrG via @IrishTimesWorld

— Ruth Dudley Edwards (@RuthDE) January 22, 2020

Brexit: UK has 'crossed Brexit finish line', says Boris Johnson https://t.co/kbV3qUqOBW

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 22, 2020

Ian Blackford demands to see the Queen to tell her that Royal Assent should not be given to Boris Johnson's "Withdrawal Agreement Act" without the consent of the devolved legislatures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. pic.twitter.com/SLyaVLLWWZ

— Be Water (@aljola) January 22, 2020

I'm old enough to remember when Vote Leave folks promised that every EU citizen would automatically get indefinite leave to remain https://t.co/tprpisjK7F

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) January 22, 2020

It's very sad. An Australian politician sees the issues far more clearly than our own. https://t.co/Zxy2n3u0h8

— Janine Shelley (@janine_shelley) January 22, 2020

Around the 1 minute mark she says "I think it is of paramount importance that some type of oversight is put in place to ensure that Britain's fishes are not punished for their brexit stance". Britain's fish. Had a brexit stance. https://t.co/63DJnFxqKV

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 22, 2020

It's an honour to finally have my special issue Royal Mail Brexit stamps signed off and ready to go.🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/M77yUCr6lG

— Wefail (@wefail) January 22, 2020

Terry Jones obituary https://t.co/ezTea5ceGg

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 22, 2020

"Thank you for my gloriously misspent youth": Fans and peers mourn Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones https://t.co/SRk5aTE4FJ

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 22, 2020

Comedian, filmmaker and Monty Python star Terry Jones died this week at the age of 77, after suffering from dementia.https://t.co/gSRlDbtiER

— NPR (@NPR) January 22, 2020

Terry Jones on Life of Brian:
"It wasn't about what Christ was saying, but about the people who followed him," he said. "The ones who for the next 2,000 years would torture and kill each other because they couldn't agree on what he was saying about peace and love."

— Ninety-nine 🎈🎈🎈 (@ssolyom) January 22, 2020

In a party-line vote, the Senate blocked Democrats’ bid to subpoena documents for the impeachment trial of President Trump that the White House has refused to release. Follow our live coverage: https://t.co/WqsdLlV63d

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 21, 2020

In his calm and methodical presentation, Schiff scored a victory: Democrats have effectively built the case that the Senate would be guilty of a coverup if it allows Trump to continue to conceal witnesses and documents. https://t.co/lheeauMVOd

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 21, 2020

"Cipollone falsely described the genesis of the president's impeachment on Tuesday, with a confusing timeline that completely omitted the whistleblower complaint that led to the House inquiry and blames it all on Democrats." https://t.co/B3cWV4TMMw

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 21, 2020

Trump’s lawyers couldn’t even get through their opening remarks of the #ImpeachmentTrial without telling a pack of lies https://t.co/LJYA9LejAo

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 21, 2020

From @JonathanTurley, one of the Republican witnesses in the House impeachment hearing: "The White House is arguing that you cannot impeach a president without a crime. It is a view that is at odds with history and the purpose of the Constitution." https://t.co/mP12uND33k

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) January 21, 2020

Now that the Senate GOP has voted for a coverup, reupping this. At some point, vulnerable GOP Senators will have to sell this crap sandwich to voters. And actually arging once and for all that Trump is innocent — and that the charges didn't merit a real trial — will be hard: https://t.co/YxACv9PICe

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 21, 2020

I understand why the President's counsel want to keep saying he "wasn't allowed" to participate in the House impeachment process.

But we all lived through these headlines. We were all here for this part.https://t.co/BGCpzXWVLN pic.twitter.com/wDTpRQKggg

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 21, 2020

Gather up the rest of the Democratic Senators and walk the hell out. Shut the Senate down.

Why waste your time on a sham trial? https://t.co/MBliuD51yP

— Rep. Richard Dangler (@RDangler) January 21, 2020

BREAKING: First confirmed case of the new coronavirus has been reported in Washington state, CDC says. https://t.co/l6yHdMciBY

— ABC News (@ABC) January 21, 2020

NEW: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee gives details about first confirmed case of new coronavirus reported in U.S., praises "rapid response" by health authorities. https://t.co/NeZ6WdfKoe pic.twitter.com/03yIgGIDoh

— ABC News (@ABC) January 21, 2020

Bernie Sanders on Hillary Clinton’s comments that “no one likes” him: "On a good day my wife likes me" https://t.co/hjQG9vuHaE pic.twitter.com/Z7kklUlEKX

— The Hill (@thehill) January 21, 2020

🔥Fire (Australia)
💦Flood (also Australia)
🤢Pestilence (China+)
🦗Plague of Locusts (East Africa)

And it's only Januaryhttps://t.co/z6lIDixLx1

— Raven Books (@ravenbooks) January 21, 2020

Remember: You are alive during an incredibly important time in the 50,000+ years of recorded human history.

We need you to help us change everything.https://t.co/SDrHQcVM3P

— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) January 21, 2020

you say “prophets of doom”, I say “actual scientists” but whatever https://t.co/iw8N3iNeyR

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) January 21, 2020

“All your politics, certainly, are aiming at creating better inclusiveness for the American people” — Klaus Schwab, founder of the @WEF in Davos, to @realDonaldTrump.

This is an appalling, false statement. Does the @wef stand by it?pic.twitter.com/zXjqXSKq2v

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) January 21, 2020

Yeah no shit

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 21, 2020

About that hack. Here's our scoop: Amazon boss Jeff Bezos's phone 'hacked by Saudi crown prince' https://t.co/ksPaSTMpZB

— Stephanie Kirchgaessner (@skirchy) January 21, 2020

We've seen the Jeff Bezos-commissioned report into how his phone was hacked – and the conclusion with "medium to high confidence" was that malware came via a WhatsApp msg from Prince Mohammed bin Salman https://t.co/BJOkYV19Aq pic.twitter.com/qEVEYWwdwe

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) January 22, 2020

How about in the U.S.? https://t.co/9ynTcTrYy1

— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) January 21, 2020

According to this poll Sinn Fein is rocketing forward in Ireland right now, although another recent poll merely has FF taking a huge lead.

The modern Sinn Fein's best election result is 14%, from last election in 2016. Prior to that, they were never above double digits https://t.co/6GPH6y5bSl

— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) January 21, 2020

Irish foreign min Simon Coveney has warned that the EU will not agree to a free trade agreement with the UK unless it signs up to “equivalence” in the way goods are produced in the UK and the EU.

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) January 20, 2020

NEW: EU preparing to give UK worse trade deal terms than Canada or Japan #brexit https://t.co/oI5fwxrRZp

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) January 21, 2020

This wasn’t on BBC front page news.

Or even top item on BBC Wales.

*Why not?*

All of the UK's devolved law-making bodies have now voted against the Brexit withdrawal legislation.

“Brexit: Welsh Assembly joins Holyrood and Stormont in rejecting bill” https://t.co/2C6DNQvlMk

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 21, 2020

Excl: Royal Mail to issue special set of stamps to mark Brexit after Boris Johnson wades in.https://t.co/ZAlAirw0Xj

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) January 21, 2020

Jess Phillips quits Labour leadership race ⁦@KevinPMeagher⁩ Did she ‘feel’ she wasn’t getting anywhere 🙂 https://t.co/YS5Pl5tDRQ

— Michael Hughes (@michaeljhughes) January 21, 2020

Ian Lavery calls on @Keir_Starmer to pull out of the race.
He tells crowd: “We need a female leader of the Labour Party. Stand aside Keir.”

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) January 21, 2020

… “But the Duke of York, who stepped down from royal duties in November following his disastrous Newsnight interview over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has so-far kept his HRH title.” https://t.co/27aRt1NdnO

— 🕷 #RejoinEU #WeAreTheOppositionNow #FBPE #FBR (@Angie_RejoinEU) January 21, 2020