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
Elsewhere in Trumpworld…
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
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WORLD
🔥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
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
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
But hey…
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
And in the latest episode of Today in Irrelevance…
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
And of course…
… “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