Today, after a months-long trial, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of two charges: felony sex crime and third-degree rape. Revisit our reporting on Weinstein and the women who have come forward with their stories. https://t.co/tuETTW67P4
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 24, 2020
Today’s outcome in Harvey Weinstein’s New York trial is the result of the decisions of multiple women to come forward to journalists and to prosecutors at great personal cost and risk. Please keep those women in your thoughts today.
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) February 24, 2020
Harvey Weinstein's lawyer Donna Rotunno said she will appeal his conviction: "Harvey is very strong. He took it like a man. He knows this is not over."https://t.co/2ur2CiA1Oi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 24, 2020
Maybe he only remembers the Weinstein edit of his life, which cut huge important chunks out at random in order to get it under two hours https://t.co/WQ8976mTpV
— Brian Collins (@BrianWCollins) February 24, 2020
https://twitter.com/jennirsl/status/1232069694519115781
‘You Take These Cuffs Off Of Me And I’ll Make You A Star,’ Says Harvey Weinstein To Female Bailiff Escorting Him Out Of Courtroom https://t.co/xBSv9Lqnf9 pic.twitter.com/1ezP1lmjIF
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 24, 2020
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WORLD
Dow plunges 1,000+ points on coronavirus fears; 2020 gains now wiped out https://t.co/TBQikBv4LZ @AlisonKosik reports pic.twitter.com/sGStFjS3eA
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) February 24, 2020
Did coronavirus write this tweet? pic.twitter.com/bqdxNVsbW1
— Joe McNally (@GaspardWinckler) February 24, 2020
Meanwhile, Trump’s proposed budget cuts:
— the CDC budget by 16 percent
— the HHS budget by 10 percent
— the U.S.’s contribution to the World Health Organization by 40 percent
— overall global health programs’ funding by 34 percent https://t.co/To573hxHL2
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 24, 2020
"The coronavirus threat couldn't come at a worse time for Americans, as Trump has eliminated the position of Global Health Czar and repeatedly proposed cuts to important global health funding," write Chelsea Clinton and Devi Sridhar for @CNNOpinion. https://t.co/fcldpkrzTJ
— CNN (@CNN) February 24, 2020
Listen. Donald Trump’s malignant narcissism has endangered us so many times over. It’s undermined the sovereignty of our elections. All but shredded the rule of law. Empowered murderous despots. And now it’s literally enabling a possible pandemic that could cost untold lives. https://t.co/Eb4ICYcZS2
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) February 24, 2020
South Korea now has the highest number of coronavirus cases outside mainland China, with a total of 833 cases on Monday https://t.co/twrnHNG3jK
— TIME (@TIME) February 24, 2020
I know this headline sounds panicky in isolation. I hope the overall effect of the story is the opposite. https://t.co/QEtOgf4Jzm
— James Hamblin (@jameshamblin) February 24, 2020
Apple is reopening more than half of its retail stores in China that were closed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/h2TwuKEU8O
— Bloomberg Next China (@next_china) February 24, 2020
Meanwhile in London…
@Telegraph: The Assange case raises questions about the balance of power between America and Britain https://t.co/l4dC9Wwn9j
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 24, 2020
A recording from Don Jr. pal @ArthurSchwartz makes an appearance in the Assange extradition case: "I don't want to go to jail…Please, I'm begging you." https://t.co/NPKynLJHIG
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) February 24, 2020
At the @Assange extradition hearing, the lawyer for the US claimed, without a shred of evidence or irony, that in exposing America's murderous crimes, WikiLeaks risked lives. He confirmed that merely 'obtaining' a document was now illegal and that journalism was indeed on trial.
— John Pilger (@johnpilger) February 24, 2020
I worked closely with Assange when editor of Bureau of Investigative Journalism on the Iraq War Logs. This claim absolutely false when it applies to that. We went to great lengths to redact names, protect identities. This is an assault on whistleblowing.https://t.co/pZjquH8oAA
— Iain Overton (@iainoverton) February 24, 2020
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TRUMPWORLD
Jesus, the sheer gall… all of them
Sen. Mitch McConnell: "Adversaries including Russia are likely continuing efforts aimed at dividing Americans… Fortunately, in stark contrast to the Obama Admin. in 2016, the Trump Admin. once again appears to be doing the right thing." pic.twitter.com/J9vfiLzLBI
— The Hill (@thehill) February 24, 2020
New: Richard Grenell’s past clients could raise concerns about his access to state secrets, according to his own office’s rules. https://t.co/GkRVUE8iyU
— ProPublica (@propublica) February 24, 2020
What Ivanka Trump is doing on any given day remains unclear, but especially so on Monday as she joins President Trump on a state visit to India. https://t.co/e1Cdmc7B8U
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) February 24, 2020
Great nyt piece on Trump’s doctor and the elusive quest for the king to find favor in you for your service https://t.co/RPeJXqn9Vm
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) February 24, 2020
Supreme Court justice's wife leading effort to purge officials 'disloyal' to Trump https://t.co/JcJC9CLbur
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) February 24, 2020
Vandalism aside, Bloomberg opening an office in Flint is quite the bold mf'in stroke from a guy who financially backed the guy who oversaw the city's poisoning. https://t.co/cinayTGjMX pic.twitter.com/9YLs30le0v
— Slade (@Slade) February 24, 2020
oh, and…
Irony 2020, you’ve gotta be kidding me https://t.co/JOhd4USdrk
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 24, 2020
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
Looks like we are back on the no-deal trajectory:
Britain’s main goal in trade talks with the EU will be to “restore economic & political independence from 1 January”, No 10 has said, as the government prepares to publish its negotiating aims on Thursday.https://t.co/33PcRn1wkv— Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪 (@SloughForEU) February 24, 2020
Amazing how now that the political fight is over and consequences are looming, experts have been rehabilitated from their former status as Britain-hating doom-mongers who just don't believe in the Dunkirk Spirit enough. https://t.co/h2piZejZLX
— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@DmitryOpines) February 24, 2020
Immigrants built Britain. Now their Conservative children are disowning them.
The hypocrisies of politicians who deny immigration rights to those who are like their own parents or grandparents are shocking. #BrexitBritain https://t.co/YzWeuJt5mp
— Emmy van Deurzen☀️#FBPE PhD 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️ (@emmyzen) February 24, 2020
I fixed it for everyone “we need more people of colour in our society” #janeygodleyvoiceover catch me on tour https://t.co/eT2ppleupZ pic.twitter.com/791KtqjmMH
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 24, 2020