Breaking…
Boris Johnson to keep job as P.M in Dominic Cummings reshuffle.
— Guy Fawkes (@blunted_james) February 13, 2020
The UK, a summary.
“Let’s take back control from unelected bureaucrats in Brussels and give it all to a single unelected bureaucrat in Downing Street” #reshuffle https://t.co/e6T9Zhf5yM
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 13, 2020
“I’m going to give you an absolutely categorical assurance that I will keep Sajid Javid as my chancellor… I think he's a great guy and I think he's doing a fantastic job and I'm proud to count him as a colleague.” (Boris J at CBI, Nov 2019) #reshuffle @BBCNews pic.twitter.com/RVwFQbF1GD
— Huw Edwards (@huwbbc) February 13, 2020
"Sajid Javid has decided that rather than obey the orders of the prime minister, to sack his advisory team, he has instead turned down the second most important job in government" – @BBCLauraK https://t.co/hLdhYx8QSc #reshuffle pic.twitter.com/q45GEdLETP
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 13, 2020
This is a reshuffle that seeks to neuter the Treasury because they can tell the truth about Brexit’s impact on the economy – and therefore have to be silenced. https://t.co/y3Odxrqrc7
— Spencer Livermore (@SpenceLivermore) February 13, 2020
Replacing Javid, Cox and Smith with Sunak, Braverman and Lewis, while Patel, Raab and Truss keep their jobs, does not look like a #reshuffle focussed on delivery or ability to me. It looks like a pair of insecure narcissists surrounding themselves with sycophantic nonentities.
— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) February 13, 2020
The sacking of the first NI Secretary for years who really seemed to know and care about the place is an act of political vandalism
Northern Secretary Julian Smith sacked in British government reshuffle https://t.co/C7cMdWUmsW via @IrishTimes— Fintan O'Toole (@fotoole) February 13, 2020
So the guy who has been chosen to chair the climate summit is an MP who has "generally voted against measures to prevent climate change”. You can't make this stuff up. https://t.co/QsSb9UJZ4E
— Jason Hickel (@jasonhickel) February 13, 2020
Why does this reshuffle look like it's being brought to us by Sky Sports https://t.co/pDc88ueZrs
— Alan White (@aljwhite) February 13, 2020
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TRUMPWORLD
This is a big deal. By @PeterAtlantic https://t.co/WzubaLQ7Pv
— Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) February 13, 2020
Kelly, Mattis, McMaster. They tell themselves they’re duty bound to bite their tongues about trump.
But the truth is these generals, who commanded thousands of troops in combat, are scared of him.
Scared. https://t.co/kHUadu1yRV
— Philippe Reines (@PhilippeReines) February 13, 2020
I don't care what John Kelly thinks. He disqualified any opinion he'll ever have when, before the separation policy, he said stealing children from their parents would be a good way to "deter" other families. He also likely knows things about Trump's corruption he isn't sharing.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 13, 2020
Ex-U.S. Attorney Under Barr Accuses DOJ and Trump of Engaging in 'Conspiracy in Plain View' https://t.co/lvzIv2ByfO
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) February 14, 2020
'Acquittal turned out to be a green light for him to take a wrecking ball to democracy': My new Letter from Washington is up @newyorker on Bill Barr and why it's much too late to complain about Trump's tweets >>> https://t.co/BsNBFGbvpi via @NewYorker
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) February 14, 2020
Slow your roll if you think Barr is breaking from Trump. This was a carefully staged message to cool down pissed off DOJ attys whom Barr undercut & to avoid any further internal strife. This message does not get sideways with Trump because he’s already done what Trump wanted. https://t.co/jYWYJFovpO
— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) February 14, 2020
Impeach him again.
I mean,how is this not impeachable?
Trump saying the quiet part out loud. Again. No consequences. Zero. https://t.co/qlaxN9eTuo
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 14, 2020
🤔Is it possible that Hope Hicks is returning to the White House as @realDonaldTrump’s home health aid to help him ease through his dementia⁉️ https://t.co/eJId2UQicq
— Venture Capital (@kelly2277) February 14, 2020
With all due respect , Are you absolutely nuts Senator?!? The presidency doesn’t change you- it magnifies who you are. That’s what Obama said. So you want to magnify trump?!? https://t.co/m9WTcb8w4e
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) February 14, 2020
With his sentencing fast approaching, Roger Stone is bolstering his defense team with a veteran criminal defense attorney whose past roster of clients included John Gotti Jr. and other high-profile figures allegedly involved in organized crime. https://t.co/gTyBY2Q1d9
— ABC News (@ABC) February 14, 2020
Trump says he may end practice of officials listening in on calls with foreign leaders https://t.co/KBQvRMjryv pic.twitter.com/KDB13NGjee
— The Hill (@thehill) February 14, 2020
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WORLD
The Hubei health authority has reported that 116 more people died of the coronavirus in Hubei province on Thursday.
This brings the total number of deaths in mainland China to at least 1,483, with a global total of 1,486. https://t.co/m1r7JsuEbR
— CNN (@CNN) February 14, 2020
Coronavirus: Why have two reporters in Wuhan disappeared? https://t.co/hwzWAHEFTI
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 14, 2020
The big three oil agencies expect coronavirus to hit oil demand hard. But just how hard? https://t.co/CkDPcQQED7
— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) February 14, 2020
Iran says it will strike U.S. and Israel if they make the 'slightest error' https://t.co/zSqSA28lZG pic.twitter.com/tusI0Si6AI
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 14, 2020
Dear NASA,
You cannot scare me with news about an asteroid hurtling towards earth.I live in a country ruled by an illiterate, temperamental god king with malignant narcissistic disorder, dementia and a nuclear arsenal.
So bring it.
— Shannon Resists 🌊 (@richones1) February 13, 2020
Finally…
Not sure who was more excited. Glad she remembers me after a year! pic.twitter.com/sScVXHMHJn
— Christina H Koch (@Astro_Christina) February 13, 2020
The Overnight Note 