‘I have consulted across the political spectrum, across all four nations of the UK…’ was perhaps his most outrageous and flagrant lie. https://t.co/HBmydkRqGO

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 10, 2020

That was by a country mile, the worst major statement I have ever seen a British Prime Minster give. Boris Johnson is so far out of his depth that he needs a deep sea trawler to come and rescue him.#COVID19

— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) May 10, 2020

This sums it up. #Borisjohnson and this government have no idea what they're doing. He's just making it up as he goes, no leadership whatsoever.
The worst pandemic in years & UK & USA have Bojo and T*rump leading us.
It was bound to be a massive disaster, doomed from the start. pic.twitter.com/AOByIjLmp1

— Prossy Kakooza (She/Her) (@Pkakooza) May 10, 2020

Is this garbled mathematical formula a response to comments about Angela Merkel being more on top of the subject than other leaders, as she brings "R" into her briefings?

The number of UK infections today is 219,183

So R has to be ‒219,179 to get the alert level down to 4 https://t.co/aJSm6sGqtI

— Peter Ungphakorn (also on Bluesky and Mastodon) (@CoppetainPU) May 10, 2020

I made you a Government COVID Slogan generator pic.twitter.com/qfCDRrLfzu

— Olaf Falafel (@OFalafel) May 10, 2020

I’ve been trying to write and rewrite a response to the Telegraph ripping off the title of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography to cover that incoherent Johnson speech and I just… can’t. pic.twitter.com/rskvp0ZoQ7

— Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley (@lottelydia) May 10, 2020

Either:
(i) Johnson and his government don’t know what “=“ means,
or
(ii) they don’t know what “+” means, or
(iii) they think we’re all idiots,
or
(iv) they’re cynical bastards who don’t care whether we live or die,
or
(v) most or all of the above. pic.twitter.com/BH8MNnl6Nc

— Martin O'Neill (@martin_oneill) May 10, 2020

Boris Johnson has set out a clear plan for the way ahead. The downside is that it makes no sense | The Independent https://t.co/Tktddh1mil

— John Ashton ( you, us, I) (@Johnrashton47) May 10, 2020

The reason Johnson can spew out gibberish about going to work but not using transport, or not going unless of course you're supposed to, is because he has no idea what ordinary life is like.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) May 10, 2020

The worst thing about Brexit may not turn out to be Brexit – rather the fact that it gave a cadre of incompetent politicians the idea that they are geniuses

— Sathnam Sanghera (@Sathnam) May 10, 2020

Don't want to be too negative but I am much more worried about the next few months now than I was at 6.59pm this evening. Of course it's difficult. But I don't think they know what they're doing.

— stefanstern (@stefanstern) May 10, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Sunday that Britain would soon impose a mandatory quarantine on travelers arriving in the country by air to try to avert a new wave of coronavirus infections https://t.co/0BnoDJ8B0d

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 10, 2020

Exciting that we’re moving overnight from full lockdown to Bring Your Child To Work Day.

— Tom Hamilton (@thhamilton) May 10, 2020

If the real priority was saving lives then this is what a clear message from a leader should look like👇🏽 @NicolaSturgeon not the ambiguous one from @BorisJohnson that will kill 1000s more #StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/odKjj8gozv

— Aamer Anwar✊🏾🏳️‍🌈#BlackLivesMatter (@AamerAnwar) May 10, 2020

The vice president is self-isolating after his spokesperson, Katie Miller, tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/8MAVBvwzEZ

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) May 10, 2020

Some White House staff on AF2 weren’t informed VP had just been notified his aide had tested positive until plane had reached cruising altitude. Not given option to deplane. One staffer privately said perplexed trip wasn’t canceled. In Iowa, Pence got an earful of virus concerns.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 10, 2020

NEWS: Iowa's Kim Reynolds may self isolate after her White House visit Wednesday. WH officials have been in contact with Iowa officials about situation. Iowa state medical director, Dr. Caitlin Pedati, who was also in coronavirus task force mtg Weds with VP staff, self isolating.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 10, 2020

Trump's aides plan to hold several events this week to try to persuade the public that they're ready for a likely second wave of the virus this fall, with a specific focus on testing capacity and access to PPE. https://t.co/Rh3rZpreAn

— Axios (@axios) May 10, 2020

Trump has spent all morning rage-tweeting about Michael Flynn, Obama and attacking the FBI (btw, again, imagine if any other president did this?)

No tweets about dead Americans, or condolences, or news on a vaccine, or health guidelines, or inspiring words, etc. #sociopath

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 10, 2020

Trump tweets 100 times in one day as coronavirus death toll passes 80,000 https://t.co/lcV8s9T5L7

— The Independent (@Independent) May 10, 2020

Translation: “This is an advertisement for one of my businesses.” https://t.co/vAhdfZ94xY

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 10, 2020

President Trump is reportedly using the coronavirus crisis not just to distract from his attacks on accountability, but also to get a dock installed at Mar-a-Lagohttps://t.co/7CdXlVcctJ

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 10, 2020

#BREAKING Russia accuses US of downplaying Soviet role in World War II pic.twitter.com/2SOysL82mD

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 10, 2020

The Trump administration has cited success stories in South Korea and Austria as it calls for Americans to return to work — but those countries moved faster than the U.S. to combat the pandemic and have been more cautious in reopening their economies https://t.co/9QgpIA3VvK

— Bloomberg (@business) May 10, 2020

Turkey unveils plan to revive tourism with health and hygiene certificates https://t.co/h2mZz9wsud

— The Independent (@Independent) May 10, 2020

A 130-member choir sang Bach’s St John Passion at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on March 8: 102 became ill and 4 have now died https://t.co/QWOn8Cut25

— Matthew Anderson (@MattAndersonNYT) May 10, 2020

Opinion is divided as to what would happen to one of these in an Irish park, but the consensus is "nothing good", and the timeline only varies inside ten minutes. https://t.co/U53V2qQI9O

— Jonathan Mills (@Muinchille) May 10, 2020

"It appears to be a moment when there is a widening and very likely unsustainable gulf between Trumpian truth and what is actually happening. That's because the numbers are the numbers and, for Trump and for America, they look terrible." https://t.co/btIRjX9IXM

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 9, 2020

COVID Update May 8: The political strategy of Trump turning “public health official” into the equivalent of “climate scientist” is underway. 1/

— Andy Slavitt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 (@ASlavitt) May 9, 2020

This piece is reported factually and non-judgmentally. But if you can read it without anger and outrage, you're a better person than I. We are in a real crisis, and Trump's White House is, to put it simply, avoiding the hard work of dealing with it.https://t.co/K1hJXYzrFp

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 9, 2020

After two aides test positive for coronavirus, White House aides encouraged to work from home in memo obtained by Post. Many officials say their bosses want, or they want, to come in. Lots of tension around Oval & who sees POTUS. ⁦w/@seungminkim⁩: https://t.co/W66JGhCEp3

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 9, 2020

11 Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19: report https://t.co/DElv0ftIbP pic.twitter.com/bT4fuGYFe7

— The Hill (@thehill) May 9, 2020

He is the President of the United States of America. He is a disaster for the ages. His Presidency has ignited a steep and precipitous national decline. His defeat will be America’s one and only chance to pull out of a national death spiral. https://t.co/mFWxUoLYOW

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 9, 2020

The White House has let politics get in the way of public health experts’ advice over and over again during this crisis. Enough is enough. President Trump, stop standing in @CDCgov’s way. https://t.co/yXez7hXtwM

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) May 9, 2020

Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, blames workers' 'home and social' conditions for meatpacking outbreakshttps://t.co/I4UTnkyGd9

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 9, 2020

Texas Sees Highest Single Day Jump in Coronavirus Cases Since Outbreak Began Within Two Days of Reopening https://t.co/z4r1h8WI6K

— Dylan Russell (@TxAppellateAtty) May 9, 2020

More than 2,500 new cases in Florida since Ron DeSantis re-opened the state. He has blood all over his hands. https://t.co/C6yDmr8brE

— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) May 9, 2020

Crowds of mostly white protesters have defied Ohio’s stay-at-home order without arrest, while in several of the state’s biggest jurisdictions, police departments have primarily arrested black people for violating the order. https://t.co/SSldbt94w8

— ProPublica (@propublica) May 9, 2020

A group of about 11 mostly-armed demonstrators protesting the stay at home order marched around downtown Raleigh and ordered sandwiches at a Subway. #Covid_19 #ncpol #MealTeamSix pic.twitter.com/XA1BIU7JHH

— Travis Long (@vizjourno) May 9, 2020

.@GovMikeHuckabee: "I think the president has handled this [reopening] exactly right." pic.twitter.com/Ii5YkEM4Wb

— The Hill (@thehill) May 9, 2020

Georgia attorney general vows investigation into handling of Ahmaud Arbery's death https://t.co/QfRXozDfm2 pic.twitter.com/3OcRJurfbk

— The Hill (@thehill) May 9, 2020

#AhmaudAubrey pic.twitter.com/ULiO9qq8dx

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) May 8, 2020

Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are from a know-nothing, loudmouth culture hopelessly unfit to deal with a public health crisis. Me in @ObserverUK on how Anglo-Saxon conservatism kills https://t.co/fKmcoq3H01

— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) May 9, 2020

This is pathetic messaging from Boris Johnson’s Government. Utterly meaningless.

“Control the Virus” is as meaningless as “Brexit means Brexit”. pic.twitter.com/fNQzcSKQU2

— Dave Jones (@WelshGasDoc) May 9, 2020

Judging by my one outing of the day (being a good boy) the country has already decided to get ahead of @BorisJohnson statement tomorrow by making their own minds up. So when he expects hallelujahs for relaxing the lockdown I look foreword to another episode of gogglebox

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) May 9, 2020

UK commuters face cycling or walking to work once lockdown is eased https://t.co/oR5YMB3sKb pic.twitter.com/GHgrZtPNB5

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 9, 2020

Two-week quarantine will cripple us, aviation industry warns Boris Johnson https://t.co/BdNZbNeNqD

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 9, 2020

the room next door – Matt Hancock's Daily Briefing

for #TheMashReport pic.twitter.com/vapCzB2Z8n

— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) May 9, 2020

A three day break in fucking MOTHERWELL. https://t.co/hB0RM2CocN

— The Daily Gael (@DailyGael) May 8, 2020

This is footage from the UK yesterday.

Actually heartbreaking to watch when at least 200 NHS and care staff have died.

We just need to keep it together for a little while longer – why is that so hard to understand?pic.twitter.com/Mhd1UT2FDl

— NHS Million (@NHSMillion) May 9, 2020

First nation on earth to Vera Lynn ourselves to death pic.twitter.com/e5qaTnnYYa

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 9, 2020

it’s a mystery pic.twitter.com/ezPFIO4gSU

— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) May 9, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in a ceremony shorn of its usual military parade and pomp by the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/uUoOnFuohh

— ABC News (@ABC) May 9, 2020

Canada raising wages for essential workers amid pandemic https://t.co/phCg9OTLMQ pic.twitter.com/fl2Z5jMoej

— The Hill (@thehill) May 9, 2020

More than 1,000 people lined up on Saturday to receive free food parcels in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the working poor and undocumented immigrants even in wealthy Switzerland https://t.co/R9SUPDhvNA pic.twitter.com/xaTaDAk7ga

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 9, 2020

Bundesliga restart blow after entire Dynamo Dresden team quarantined https://t.co/wbnjcNHeiu

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 9, 2020

Mayor @PeteButtigieg: "We come together today to celebrate #EuropeDay, and to show how important the transatlantic relationship is, now more than ever. So much depends on global cooperation and on partnerships between nations." #StrongerTogether #HomeWithEU @EUAmbUS pic.twitter.com/1luctIzZA4

— European Union in the U.S. (@EUintheUS) May 9, 2020

Elon Musk predicts human language will be obsolete in as few as five years https://t.co/0ZUmjbuR1D

— The Independent (@Independent) May 9, 2020

That voice. That soulful & exciting voice. It jumped out of any radio or record player and it sounded like it was right next to you.
Thank You & Rest Easy Mr. Penniman. https://t.co/AEKy9ANcby

— George Marinelli (@GeorgeMarinelli) May 9, 2020

Bill Barr Tests Negative for Integrity | The New Yorker https://t.co/iFbvd7KgLS

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) May 8, 2020

“Barr…is creating a space where Trump can get foreign election assistance; the FBI can’t investigate him…and DOJ can’t charge anyone; people who witness it and try to blow the whistle get buried; Congress (and therefore voters) remain in the dark…” https://t.co/BfUXYxVp4t

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 8, 2020

How Judge Emmet Sullivan can — and should — mitigate the damage AG Barr is doing to justice in America and the rule of law:https://t.co/OsxXJ1t6Fs

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) May 8, 2020

Barr saying "history is written by the winners" is the best argument for beating Trump in November. It's a promise to normalize these abuses & dismiss all accountability.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 8, 2020

Opinion: Barr’s corrupt decision points to Trump’s moral rot of our institutions https://t.co/VpjgbtLMIH

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 8, 2020

The freeing of Mike Flynn was a blatant piece of corruption that was meant as a clear signal to the American people that Trump and his cronies are above the law.

This is what criminal regimes do. They win by crushing our will and destroying hope.https://t.co/y9l6EZsE3Z

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 8, 2020

#BREAKING: Roberts rejects request for inquiry into appellate judge's retirement https://t.co/SoyQFav6yU pic.twitter.com/z3HtroWuUd

— The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2020

The US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says — by far the most sudden and largest decline since the government began tracking the data in 1939. https://t.co/L6nkdIZKxo pic.twitter.com/4KzWVQt0Q7

— CNN (@CNN) May 8, 2020

14.7% unemployment. The new Herbert Hoover is Trump. https://t.co/zWMGj5r43G

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 8, 2020

The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the novel coronavirus pandemic is battering the world’s biggest economy https://t.co/1dBelbShCk pic.twitter.com/hzP04XSpiu

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 8, 2020

For anyone who believes that @realDonaldTrump is not responsible for the new Great Depression, just look at how the economies of the country's that prepared and took action against the virus do as opposed to ours. This is on Trump

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 8, 2020

Worst jobs report in history, but the Dow pops 500. The fat cats are doing fine, ‘cos that’s life under Trump.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 8, 2020

A helluva scoop: https://t.co/JPthRoP1Ig

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 8, 2020

Oh look, @PressSec broke her promise not to lie… pic.twitter.com/egchddbfGm

— Justin Satzman (@jsatz23) May 8, 2020

Reporter: "Mr. President, you were with 7 American heroes earlier today, these World War II veterans, all in their nineties. Did you consider wearing a mask when you were with them?"

President Trump: "No because I was very far away." pic.twitter.com/puNmk4AHra

— The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2020

Katie Miller, a spokesperson for Pence and wife of Stephen Miller, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to two people with knowledge of Miller's diagnosis. Trump also said today that"Katie" has tested positive. https://t.co/uQb4pv8QdB

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 8, 2020

Trump confirms Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, tested positive for Covid-19. Her husband is senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller. https://t.co/yd6vBGc1gI

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 8, 2020

This story in Politico got me thinking about a lot of things, including how much I miss being a citizen of an actual representative democracy. https://t.co/Gs6QWifz4W

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 8, 2020

BREAKING: Gov. @GavinNewsom signs executive order to send every Californian a mail-in ballot for November election. CA is the first state in the country to do so, he says. https://t.co/KlvNwBXs2I

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) May 8, 2020

Boris Johnson idolises himself on Winston Churchill, but he becomes the latest in a string of politicians to lead the country away from the wartime leader’s vision for Europe. https://t.co/EIsVRFhbn4

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) May 8, 2020

New: Boris Johnson to announce on garden centres can reopen next Wednesday to lift spirits in the coronavirus lockdown.https://t.co/34toYgeauw

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 8, 2020

👀YouGov / Sky News lockdown poll

Would it be right for the government to start loosening lockdown?

*Now?*
Right 15%
Wrong 75%
Don't know 10%

*In 3 weeks*
Right 46%
Wrong 20%
Don't know 34%

May 7-8 1,644 GB adults

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) May 8, 2020

Many countries are already doing this in some form – Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Canada & more. Govt still hasn’t explained (or published science on) why they weren’t doing this for the past 2 months https://t.co/HbkUQIm0nR

— Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) May 8, 2020

'If you want to understand why older people had to “take it on the chin”, look to Boris Johnson’s government.’ https://t.co/oQt8Kv0Dzu

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 8, 2020

'Never give up': the Queen addresses the UK VE day celebrated at home – video https://t.co/tFWVol0ud6

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 8, 2020

not sure the general public has woken up yet to the economic devastation coming down the tracks pic.twitter.com/L9Qd957aGS

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) May 8, 2020

I … um, come again? https://t.co/vouHvi9J7N

— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) May 8, 2020

Another extraordinary salvo from the Swedes. https://t.co/bV3PBfcA4o

— Tony Yates (@t0nyyates) May 8, 2020

One of the creepiest and most dystopian things I've seen since the pandemic began: a terrifying camera-equipped remote-controlled robot patrols Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore to — for now — warn about social distancing. Look at the fear. Story: https://t.co/12QfT1mcyZ pic.twitter.com/hBGUhmC7N7

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 8, 2020

In On Tech, @ShiraOvide speaks with @edmundlee about how our pandemic-driven habits might reshape television, sports and movies https://t.co/ZOZZz2VU8u

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 8, 2020

William Barr and his partisan lackey Jeff Jensen have perverted justice and Justice and should be impeached, removed from office and disbarred. This is despicable. https://t.co/UozQPS6oYT

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) May 7, 2020

GOOD WORK, AG BARR! It has become clear that James Comey (who President Trump fired on my recommendation) was masterminding a perjury trap for General Flynn before I was AG, despite NO valid predicate for targeting him. https://t.co/bRdiPsvWaU

— Jeff Sessions (@jeffsessions) May 7, 2020

Remember what Flynn lied about: his conversations with Russian officials weeks after it interfered in the US presidential election and Russia knew he was lying, giving it a means of exercising influence over him. The lies mattered. https://t.co/IpshpMqdUS

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 7, 2020

NEW: Trump said he discussed the Russia investigation in a phone call with Vladimir Putin on Thursday, calling the probe a “hoax.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you see a lot of things happen over the next number of weeks,” Trump told Putin.https://t.co/TIoDOqneIu

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) May 7, 2020

Donald Trump is once again putting another wealthy donor into a position that demands real experience and leadership—and at a time when survival of the USPS couldn’t be more critical. This is corruption at its worst. https://t.co/PxLCdraxOm

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 7, 2020

America is dying because of its myths. The illusion of exceptionalism, of rugged individualism, of a functioning meritocracy and a boundless future devoid of consequence or change.

These things have never existed and we’re still desperately clinging to them in a flood.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 7, 2020

One of the studies that the Trump administration is relying on as it begins to reopen the U.S. economy warns that even if states take the necessary steps to ease social distancing restrictions, there will be a significant spread of the coronavirus https://t.co/mADzpNxcPy

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 7, 2020

More than half the states that are reopening don’t meet White House guidelines. Many of them have outbreaks at risk of worsening, experts say. https://t.co/bD6A6M2CZi

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 7, 2020

Sure, the Velociraptors Are Still On the Loose, But That’s No Reason Not to Reopen Jurassic Park https://t.co/DkKiv1mw7K

— april glaser (@aprilaser) May 7, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery can’t get “justice.” He should be alive. We need a system of laws that honors black humanity, one that doesn’t inherently endanger our safety. Convict Arbery’s murderers—but also fix the America that killed him. My latest for @RollingStone. https://t.co/Iq0EC7BgGC

— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) May 7, 2020

A black man just got murdered for jogging and yet a Trump official who literally confessed to crimes is walking free, in case you were wondering what justice looks like in America these days.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 7, 2020

Update: following the latest official figures from hospitals, a cautious estimate od excess deaths linked to coronavirus up to 7 May is

55,000

Of these 42,700 have happened and are in official data while 12,300 are estimates

1/

— Chris Giles (@ChrisGiles_) May 7, 2020

The statement from Boris Johnson on the route out of lockdown will be at 7pm on Sunday

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) May 7, 2020

Er, seems not pic.twitter.com/il3VMwg6jn

— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) May 7, 2020

Here’s some publicity for the PM, who couldn’t care less about how many people die under his watch, courtesy of the CofE. https://t.co/5Biy27RkPq

— Gerard Loughlin  (@gerardpatrick) May 7, 2020

I see the very same people who are worried we'll all become 'addicted' to furlough are still addicted to giving off-the-record briefings to their favourite newspapers, regardless of the consequences. pic.twitter.com/NTKXFkvXzy

— Tim Bale (@ProfTimBale) May 7, 2020

Exclusive: Channel 4 News has seen the inventory of the UK government pandemic PPE stockpile – and can reveal almost 80% of respirators were out of date when coronavirus hit.

Watch the full investigation at 7pm tonight, on Channel 4 News. pic.twitter.com/GHbT9Ad3gw

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 7, 2020

The Johnson government which sent an RAF plane to Turkey to pick up PPE – without checking if it was fit for purpose – is being ridiculed from Australia to Europe. What a cavalcade of incompetents. https://t.co/sCqB07VItY

— Alvarez Crypto (@AlvarezCryig) May 7, 2020

Who happens to also be married to a conservative MP as well as having to leave her job in disgrace after a huge data leak at Talk Talk. https://t.co/382b7k7oND

— Bec (@RebeccaCait04) May 7, 2020

Bank of England warns of deepest recession on record https://t.co/8NxMO2wN9F

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 7, 2020

Coveney: "We need to work to convince the UK that more time is needed to get a good deal for everybody, including the UK" https://t.co/i8icczJH5m

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) May 7, 2020

Its not like he's take free luxury holidays from despots, or botched a multi-million heating subsidy.https://t.co/UHh9ZkxpPY

— Kevin Meagher (@KevinPMeagher) May 7, 2020

Coronavirus may have been spreading in the US and Europe as early as December https://t.co/rBi9erqL9F pic.twitter.com/bD86PRQzbp

— The Hill (@thehill) May 7, 2020

"Epidemiologists will study the past five months for decades; historians even longer." Unless there’s a vaccine, we need to create a new normal. The key question is: how do we adapt? https://t.co/MOJcqXqsqd

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) May 7, 2020

BREAKING: US reportedly Scaling back Military Presence in #Saudi Arabia, removing Patriot Missiles.

2 Jet Fighters Squadrons already left. WSJ: https://t.co/aysufOkJGf

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) May 7, 2020

The dominant strain of the coronavirus that has swept through the United States is a mutant form of the original virus that emerged in China last year, according to a preprint from researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory https://t.co/NgI4X0cM5D

— New York Magazine (@NYMag) May 7, 2020

China is playing a big trump card: opening up its $13trn bond market, which accounts for 51% of all bonds issued by emerging economies https://t.co/c39NM6DAp9

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 7, 2020

Hard to overstate how much Germany has surpassed just about everyone. It has a quarter of the deaths of other major European countries despite having the largest population by far; its schools are now reopening; and 80 percent of its factories stayed open. https://t.co/XIf82djDCy pic.twitter.com/lwuuCZJpbg

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 7, 2020

On Tuesday Bolsonaro said he thought Covid-19 was going away. Today another 9,888 confirmed cases and 610 deaths were added to the grim count. Brazil now has 135,106 confirmed cases and 9,146 deaths.

— Dom Phillips (@domphillips) May 7, 2020

Brazil is surreal part 666: No COVID-19 fears in Brasilia today.

The 2nd rate TV comedian & crowd chant: “Bolsonaro is what matters, everything else can wait!!”

The original TV punchline was: “Health is what matters….” The irony 🤦🏻‍♂️#ForaBol卐onaro

pic.twitter.com/TrkEUjgedU

— Richard Dawkins ❄️ (@DawkinsDicky) May 3, 2020

Trump: You have to be warriors; some may die; get over it. pic.twitter.com/BY9pZkzeDt

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 6, 2020

“People who are dying of this virus are not dying to protect the American way of life. They’re dying because their government has had a completely ineffective response.”

Read ⁦@ChrisMegerian⁩ on Trump’s new rhetorical lionizing of the dead. https://t.co/bkQkWOTgQT

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 6, 2020

Pres Trump said yesterday the WH will phase out its coronavirus task force. He explained by saying, “Well, because we can’t keep our country closed for the next five years.”

Today, a total about-face after backlash.

Trump saying now task force will "continue on indefinitely." https://t.co/hxmXcA3PSz

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 6, 2020

Even for Trump his reasoning on the task force continuing is bizarre. Not because it's needed and will help save lives, no, its because it's popular. You heard that right. The task force will continue because people like it.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 6, 2020

President Donald Trump said his administration will urge the Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare, maintaining its all-out legal assault on the health care law amid a pandemic that will drive millions of more Americans to depend on its coverage https://t.co/32bfaNz8xk pic.twitter.com/PIVu8ZppD6

— POLITICO (@politico) May 6, 2020

Reminder that without the Affordable Care Act, “people who recovered from COVID-19 and tried to purchase an individual health insurance policy could be turned down, charged higher premiums or have follow-up care excluded from coverage.” #ProtectOurCare https://t.co/Fjz2p5PNHh

— Mike Levin (@MikeLevin) May 6, 2020

President Trump on unemployment: "Nobody's blaming me for that." pic.twitter.com/E19KGQkFWf

— The Hill (@thehill) May 6, 2020

“I was just answering the mail.”

How a Trump nominee to oversee $500 billion coronavirus loans explained his refusal, as WH lawyer, to turn over impeachment related documents in December.https://t.co/iaJO0I7u29

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) May 6, 2020

Nation's stockpile proves to be no match for a pandemichttps://t.co/Ct8aJqTZsD

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 6, 2020

New York governor says some states making a mistake by reopening https://t.co/5NdMCGjVP0 pic.twitter.com/r8d57uWlnI

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020

This is wild. Two Utah businesses instructed staff to ignore quarantine guidelines, resulting in 68 cases. At one of the businesses, half of the employees got it. https://t.co/zi4qxgKdHF

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) May 6, 2020

JUST IN: House Intel spokesman confirms receipt of Grenell letter, says Russia transcripts will be released expeditiously:

"After more than a year of unnecessary delay, the ODNI has finally concluded its protracted classification review of the Committee’s transcripts." pic.twitter.com/yBsMBcawHd

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 6, 2020

A *non-firm* proposal is likely coming to the players very soon. https://t.co/5rv1smaI8q

— Brett Taylor (@Brett_A_Taylor) May 6, 2020

Trump lashed out at me on Twitter. It’s because he knows the truth, @gtconway3d writes https://t.co/f3LyZ5MtTK

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) May 6, 2020

“In the darkest days in the last two months, he’s cared about little but his vaunted 'ratings' and his own political prospects,” writes @TheRickWilson. “There’s never been a secret heart of goodness in Trump, never a moment of munificence or compassion.” https://t.co/ELbMSwFrph

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 6, 2020

First look at Boris's draft 5 step plan to lift UK out of lockdown over 6 months https://t.co/ZYgsn5c0Wm pic.twitter.com/munXpZEUWf

— Mirror Breaking News (@MirrorBreaking_) May 6, 2020

I’ll be surprised if they actually announce anything. Experience to date suggests they’ll just keep noisily hinting to their mates that they’re definitely about to do it, in the hope enough of the public will just go back to work that they can shrug and say it’s not their fault. pic.twitter.com/secrgu71St

— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) May 6, 2020

Testing figures down even on Hancock’s contrived & fiddled numbers. Stupid new larger figure promised.
AND YET still no apparent test, trace, isolate policy or any kind of testing strategy to figure in overall plan to tackle COVID. Nothing.
All PR distraction and deflection. https://t.co/NEpyIjzTsf

— Gareth Bouch (@garethbouch) May 6, 2020

‘Complacent’ UK draws global criticism for Covid-19 response https://t.co/bAnMLE9exV

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 6, 2020

New Banksy piece celebrates superhero health care workers https://t.co/oD32T5CApR

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 6, 2020

Boris Johnson under mounting pressure to back an independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak in China. Australian PM writes to No10 to ask for his support for the demand.https://t.co/ojeAGg2J8s

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 6, 2020

US Administration Started Research Into Class-Action Cases Brought By US Private Citizens And Companies Against China – Nikkei Sources https://t.co/sAytp9TVn0 pic.twitter.com/dxnOV4YZc9

— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) May 6, 2020

Venezuela TV shows 'US citizens confessing over failed coup' https://t.co/SmT1Lcarga

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 6, 2020

Germany eases lockdown, with 'emergency brake' on hand if needed https://t.co/ocw0gN4hUw pic.twitter.com/aBZcHQ7Cps

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020

My @NewYorker Postscript for Florian Schneider of @kraftwerk — I’d guess most musicians in America owe some debt to this band. I love thinking about how ballsy & intrepid these dudes were; it takes a particular kind of visionary to leap into the unknown: https://t.co/l4zV7cPPWa

— Amanda Petrusich (@amandapetrusich) May 6, 2020

BBC News – How Florian Schneider and Kraftwerk influenced five decades of musichttps://t.co/Z37M9WpKui

— Gib🎶🎹🎼🎵🔥😎 (@gib1970) May 6, 2020

Pres. Trump tells @ABC News' @DavidMuir "it's possible there will be some" deaths as states ease coronavirus restrictions, acknowledging it was the choice the U.S. faces to reopen the economy. https://t.co/BIjHgtg1Tg pic.twitter.com/PplSfsdglO

— ABC News (@ABC) May 5, 2020

When pressed why he is urging a reopening even as government health experts warn that doing so too soon would be balancing death with the economy, President Trump compared a rising coronavirus death toll to the nation’s suicide and drug overdose rate. https://t.co/uLjOHfhmDR

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 6, 2020

This is what it looks like when a calm, focused journalist just asks direct questions with follow-ups. Trump goes into his sing-song whining little boy act, and pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket and lies about how the president of South Korea needed his advice on testing. https://t.co/fKblJGvq4K

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 5, 2020

Trump said Fauci was blocked from testifying to the U.S. House because it’s controlled by "a bunch of Trump haters" pic.twitter.com/PWnBhu7DzA

— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) May 5, 2020

More rage tweeting from the #DividerInChief as the death toll is now over 70,000.

Vote @realDonaldTrump out in November! https://t.co/9Kl3itOGzn pic.twitter.com/FweZTUe1Xz

— Richard W. (@IceManNYR) May 5, 2020

I can think of no better metaphor for this presidency than Donald Trump not wearing a face mask to a face mask factory while the song “Live and Let Die” blares in the background. pic.twitter.com/mJzU1HW7HA

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 5, 2020

This ad has unnerved and rattled the unsteady hand of @realDonaldTrump. He was played by the Chinese over Covid-19. He failed to protect the country and now 70000 are dead and the American economy is shattered. He has failed the test of history. His legacy will be failure. https://t.co/8aPQVWnmAQ

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 5, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Whistleblower says he was ousted after raising concerns political appointees wanted to 'flood' NY with Trump-pushed drug

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 5, 2020

Ousted vaccine director files whistleblower complaint alleging coronavirus warnings were ignoredhttps://t.co/vlOMjXdMsa

— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) May 5, 2020

A newspaper analysis finds #coronavirus infected as many as 171 people in #Florida as long as two months before officials announced it had come to the state. State officials have pulled the data off the DOH website. https://t.co/NNYYtXrCmb via @ChrisMPersaud

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) May 5, 2020

This is the least surprising thing of the day. All the Republican Govs know reopening is going to lead to a spike in cases. They are tied to the President now whose only chance of winning is getting the economy going. But to be clear, they all know what's going to happen https://t.co/uYov2xccHK

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 5, 2020

In the years to come, Trump reading aloud the stage directions on the Republican script is going to be a very useful contribution to the country because it lays bare the truth of the GOP strategy. https://t.co/cvbfHD7dTp

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) May 5, 2020

UK overtakes Italy with Europe's highest official coronavirus death toll https://t.co/sggJKMLp3D pic.twitter.com/uDYDgj9I01

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 5, 2020

The most obvious misstep by Boris Johnson’s government was its hesitation to implement a national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But Britain’s slow lockdown offers only a partial explanation for what has followed. https://t.co/zMkKAqjvNH

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 5, 2020

The influence of Dominic Cummings & his Vote Leave friends continues to grow at the heart of Govt. Faculty, the AI start up hired by Cummings for Vote Leave, awarded 7 Govt contracts in 18 mths. About time a spotlight was shone on on this cosy relationship https://t.co/W79ZaKj5IA

— Mary Kelly Foy MP (@marykfoy) May 5, 2020

A very good article giving some background on one of the Tech Firms working with Faculty and NHSX on the UK Covid-19 data response. https://t.co/gIFi1peRyR

— WilHunter_Journalism (@WilHunter2) May 5, 2020

Neil Ferguson may or may not have done wrong but he has effectively been "taken out" via a professional hit job. Clean. Cruel. Breathtakingly effective. https://t.co/OJdQkKsbiN

— David Yelland (@davidyelland) May 5, 2020

Called it! And how kind of the Boris Johnson fanzine to help him out here! pic.twitter.com/EoakpQiNf6

— Colette Austin (@Letttie) May 5, 2020

From the newspaper that today defenestrated Neil Ferguson, the "lockdown professor"https://t.co/NTW5WbaPVU

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) May 5, 2020

Cruel Britannia: Coronavirus lays waste to British exceptionalism – POLITICO https://t.co/feiVUaZU0V

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) May 5, 2020

When a deadly pandemic was headed our way the British people packed themselves into Cheltenham to look at the horsies pic.twitter.com/rKm6upUDHD

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 5, 2020

In Germany, they gave 55 billion to hospitals and effectively doubled the number of ICU beds. https://t.co/HP6jremRz7

— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) May 5, 2020

Man Has Coffee. More on this as we get it. https://t.co/IwJmpoHADd

— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) May 5, 2020

"Sophia wanted to make the card for Boris because she was really sad that he'd been rushed into hospital"

The PM has posted a photo of the card made for him by five-year-old Sophiahttps://t.co/Xp8osJxpY6

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) May 5, 2020

Appease In A Pod https://t.co/EV5IvmkWuf

— Jason Sinclair (@jlsinc) May 5, 2020

A mutant coronavirus has emerged, even more contagious than the original, study says https://t.co/v5JVw3qe74

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 5, 2020

Good summary of the Trump-like “invasion” of #Venezuela by ⁦@bellingcat⁩ “The Invasion of Venezuela, Brought To You By Silvercorp USA“ #OperacionGedeon https://t.co/vLuEAHHAY1

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 5, 2020

What a bonkers story — US ex special forces soldier launches seaborne raid with a few dozen men to try and overthrow Nicolas Maduro in #Venezuela. Doesn't work.

Our piece:#Venezuela #SilvercorpUSA #JordanGoudreau pic.twitter.com/pMpusrl7FQ

— John Holman (@johnholman100) May 6, 2020

The U.S. Treasury Secretary recently mentioned that international travel isn't likely to occur again before 2021… yet it barely registered in the media.

“But this is a great time for people to explore America,” he said.https://t.co/gH0kaEeOgP

— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) May 6, 2020

“Companies have no idea what is going to happen whatsoever … There are going to be after-shocks and no V-shaped recovery."

Trump's "tremendous rebound" hopes are in serious trouble. Me and @MyahWard on corporate America getting grim. https://t.co/xOWLXAXAnc

— Ben White (@EconomyBen) May 6, 2020

Australia policy towards China is driven by "fear and greed"- a point underlined by the furious reaction to China's boycott threat: but is Beijing's bark worse than its bite when it comes to the $235bn trade between the nations? https://t.co/8KAvu7mF2a @FT pic.twitter.com/HtmKX78le7

— Jamie Smyth (@JamieSmythF) May 5, 2020

Belgian, U.S. scientists look to llama in search for COVID-19 treatment https://t.co/RXn2HQluim pic.twitter.com/NCIogAKdXR

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020

The world comes together for a virtual vaccine summit. The U.S. is conspicuously absent. https://t.co/EZWWwJRwHl

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2020

Bill Gates: Here's what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/LZdakeBPAa #coronavirus #vaccine pic.twitter.com/qLCe1ZpnV7

— World Economic Forum (@wef) May 4, 2020

World leaders from 40 countries committed $8 billion to start funding global #coronavirus vaccine research.

The U.S. govt didn't take part in the funding effort, raising concerns that uncoordinated competition to develop a treatment could lead to a "vaccine war." pic.twitter.com/IrwzGYZmk5

— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 4, 2020

"It's highly likely that the first vaccine we end up developing may not be the final vaccine that ends up really controlling this pandemic worldwide," says Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at Columbia University.

Watch more Global Hangout: https://t.co/IO0ntw7g3d pic.twitter.com/wJpUvFEDhJ

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 4, 2020

He’s alienated NATO and WHO, and now Trump is isolating America from the vaccine advances being made by other countries.

That may sound good to the ‘America First’ crowd, but what happens if a nation like China restricts U.S. access to a working vaccine?https://t.co/b8Umhu85Gw

— Dr. David A. Lustig (@drdave1999) May 4, 2020

President Donald Trump claimed a vaccine for the coronavirus will be available by the end of 2020 — contradicting his top health officials https://t.co/ciBT1t5PXe

— POLITICO (@politico) May 4, 2020

"I need the vaccine" — this is the most true thing Trump has said tonight pic.twitter.com/VHPAlnrusl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 4, 2020

Investor group aligned with Donald Trump Jr. is buying a major stake in OANN, @gabrielsherman reports https://t.co/RksBlMSuBa

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) May 4, 2020

BREAKING: White House #coronavirus task force members are PROHIBITED from testifying before Congress this month under new guidance issued by the Trump administration TODAY.

Days after SILENCING Dr. Fauci, from testifying. WHAT IS TRUMP HIDING? #COVIDー19 https://t.co/OI2XJ43z74

— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) May 4, 2020

After Robert Kadlec was confirmed as Trump's top official for public health preparedness, he pressed to increase gov't stocks of a smallpox vaccine. His office made a deal to buy up to $2.8 bil of a vaccine from a biz that once paid Kadlec as a consultant. https://t.co/C90ZFWS8oO

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 4, 2020

Trump keeps predicting coronavirus death tolls the U.S. then surpasses pic.twitter.com/EIe47n4Uqi

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2020

As many of us with experience pointed out 3 years ago, Trump's ability to manufacture constant outrage and shamelessly lie and blunder without slowing down is never to be underestimated as a tactic. https://t.co/BTgz1G4TQn

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 4, 2020

If you've never been to this spot in Boston, this is not a huge crowd. It's not tiny, either, but this is not a massive rally.
It's more dumbasses than I thought were in the city, though. https://t.co/jyC8NVg4sp

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 4, 2020

Florida releases questionable data on state’s coronavirus deaths in nursing homes @randikayeCNN reports pic.twitter.com/5EyjgbtxqW

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 4, 2020

It's a marvelous time to buy a local newspaper, particularly one that just won a #Pulitzer for bringing down its city's mayor. And Happy Birthday to lead reporter @lukebroadwater. I'd say this takes the sting out of turning 40! @abellfoundation @MDGBmore https://t.co/Wjz6zb9Ekm

— Rona Kobell (@rkobell) May 4, 2020

Congrats to Barry Blitt for the Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer. There are of course Trump cartoons to post but also here is a beautiful homage to @JohnPrineMusic https://t.co/bTBXTTruoj

— Michael Tisserand (@m_tisserand) May 4, 2020

Last week Boris Johnson claimed the UK had avoided the tragedy that had engulfed other countries

Tonight FT says a cautious estimate of UK excess deaths linked to the outbreak is 50,200

A death toll heading to be one of the worst in the world

Its a national catastrophe https://t.co/dyg0VryZZz

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 4, 2020

‘Britain needs better than this as it faces the most petrifying, unpredictable, multifaceted calamity in three generations.’ https://t.co/vkhB2osHMn

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 4, 2020

CNN being very blunt – characterising UK as one of worst Covid-19 responses in Europe and analysing how the failure happened.pic.twitter.com/z9IiX4vi4K

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) May 4, 2020

The Sydney Morning Herald telling it as it is.

'Biggest failure in a generation': Where did Britain go wrong? https://t.co/3NgWLQo3Sa via @smh

— Rajesh Thind (@RajeshThind) May 4, 2020

8/9 days ago the Army set up a drive through test centre on our local leisure centre car park – presumably to boost capacity by the end of April.
On Friday 1st May they packed up & left.
Cynical? Yes it was & yes I am pic.twitter.com/m6qD4oDRIM

— Julia Dunlop 🔶🇪🇺 (@juliadarwen) May 4, 2020

Not so happy with the Brits making their own laws and regulations now, are you Nigel?

At least you can take it to the European Court of Human Ri…. oh wait https://t.co/cQCEkuLXGb

— Ash Stronge (@ashstronge) May 4, 2020

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— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) May 4, 2020

Donald Trump on Fox News at the Lincoln Memorial. This has to be the opening scene for whoever writes the definitive History of the Decline and Fall of the American Republic.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 3, 2020

Video of President Trump, sitting at the feet of the Lincoln Memorial, saying is he being treated worse than President Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated after freeing enslaved people across America. https://t.co/PHBVFHpCox

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 4, 2020

The Lincoln Memorial is one of the nation’s most hallowed sites. It honors the president who freed slaves and united the country, and was host to civil rights history. Tonight Trump is staging a “big show” inside the memorial and complaining he’s treated worse than Lincoln.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) May 4, 2020

An elementary school teacher who tells him that she really supports him and prays for him asks him to stop being a bully and stop rambling and to let go of his negative behaviors.

Trump replies by saying he’s been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln.

I am not making this up.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 4, 2020

Watching this Trump/Fox interview: I can’t imagine being in a political party that has an entire propaganda network at its disposal.

Do GOP staffers even prepare their bosses for Fox interviews?? No hard questions. No gotchas. No follow-ups. Nothing even remotely challenging.

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 4, 2020

A midget at the feet of a giant. https://t.co/XnmJfAm1lQ

— Robert Shrum (@BobShrum) May 4, 2020

It’s like the GOP found the town drunk in the middle of a bender and put him on camera for a few hours. That summarizes Trump’s town hall tonight.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) May 4, 2020

Basically, Trump told a guy getting hit by tariffs not to worry, because he’s giving the money to farmers. Because he thinks the guy who asked the question believes, as he does, that China is paying the tariffs.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 4, 2020

There’s not a single thing Trump has said that is true or historically correct. He is a bloviating, incompetent buffoon and an embarrassment as a US leader.

His incompetence now has led to 68,000 deaths and counting. He needs to lose in a historic landslide then face trial.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 4, 2020

In 2010, Obama sat for a 20-min interview with Bret Baier. Baier interrupted him 16 times.

"I didn’t want to interrupt him as much as I did,” Baier said. “Trying to nail him down on a number of specifics was tough.”

Thinking about that a lot tonight.https://t.co/b5hrwH0mvV

— Nicole Hemmer (@pastpunditry) May 4, 2020

It is altogether unfitting and improper that we do this https://t.co/3XYthqwvU5

— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosNYT) May 3, 2020

BULLSHIT. The “plague” came & YOU called it a DEMOCRAT HOAX. You mocked it. You said it was just like the flu. You said 15 cases would soon go to zero. You said it’d ‘miraculously be gone by April’. You said everyone could be tested. You LIED. And You FAILED. #Trump #CoronaVirus

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) May 3, 2020

"While his presidency crumbled, the president* tried to confuse and misdirect the people with dangerous advice and false cures, but the more he spoke, the more people realized that the real plague was named Donald Trump." #SundayMorning @jilevin https://t.co/w5FVzUixCq

— Bill Auclair 😷💉🔅🇺🇦 (@bill_auclair) May 3, 2020

This is how Americans now interpret freedom: Not as a political condition in a democratic society, but as a constant chant of "you're not the boss of me." This is not freedom, or at least not freedom in any political sense. It's a child-like understanding of autonomy. /1 https://t.co/lB7Xth6KCP

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2020

70K Americans are dead but Donald Trump is the real victim.

Start the clock whenever you want, Biff. Every step of the way has been a colossal display of incompetence, egoism and not a shred of empathy. https://t.co/5lXbFFchzQ

— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) May 3, 2020

‘We Weren’t Protected’: Low-Quality Masks Infiltrate U.S. Coronavirus Supply – WSJ https://t.co/9wiLMoHaMb

— Crispin Burke (@CrispinBurke) May 3, 2020

It’s coming. By mid-Summer Travel to the USA will be bannned like we are a plague ship … bc we are. #SadSickWorld https://t.co/dolZhINm69

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 3, 2020

Remember what I’ve been saying about immigration and passive eugenics? https://t.co/EW7Y2I5rnp

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) May 3, 2020

Only Donald Trump could make me feel sympathy for George W. Bush. https://t.co/oW0MIniO49

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 3, 2020

Trump’s faith adviser and White House employee Paula White is fundraising during the coronavirus pandemic pic.twitter.com/zxOiJsQwVy 01#Resist

— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) May 3, 2020

Murder Hornets… of course those are a real thing. pic.twitter.com/ertw6xEI6D

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) May 3, 2020

The “murder hornets” probably won’t bother you personally, but the invasive Asian giant hornet is a threat to the already declining bee population in the United States. https://t.co/sKkeQAY1AD

— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 3, 2020

If only the 28,446 people who've died in the UK had had a baby or a will to live pic.twitter.com/wwxPyntcgk

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 3, 2020

'Boris' is now an almost abstract concept, existing exclusively as a kind of linguistic bunting they can bring out on special occasions to make people cheer.

— simon maginn (@simonmaginn) May 3, 2020

I don't think doctors work like this, do you?

I do think Cummings is at work here building a Cult of
Boris, don't you?

I do think the MSM is either extraordinarily gullible or shamefully complicit, don't you? https://t.co/4thULxw7Fx

— Tom London (@TomLondon6) May 3, 2020

Donald Trump speaking on how ill Boris Johnson sounded on the phone, and how he was prying for the PM.

Papers claiming they prepared for his death. #BorisJohnson #COVID19 #coronavirus

Shit… Wrong video… Shit.. Fuck.. Shit.. pic.twitter.com/NoF5lUUtgl

— Borisbot (@BorisParody) May 3, 2020

But it is ok, apparently, for Johnson (not fucking *Boris*) to decide if and when Scotland can have a 'gold standard' S30 permission to exercise its people's sovereignty. #GetIndyDone pic.twitter.com/vbfDAhzbNg

— The Crossgate Centre #SupportsAlexSalmond (@CrossgateCentre) May 3, 2020

”The disease has halted negotiations and infected the lead negotiators. All Whitehall capacity is being spent on the immediate crisis. Boris Johnson has no time for Brexit. If he did, he might want to practise some social distancing from the idea.” https://t.co/aEseayCOc9

— Mom de plume 🇺🇦🕷 #FBPE (@NargisWalker) May 3, 2020

The way we work is going to change in the next year as this ⁦@FT⁩ article shows: surely this is going to both accelerate trends as well as create new conditions? https://t.co/WPvUkL6W43

— Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett) May 3, 2020

We are currently NOT all in this together.
Small business owners will be needed to help drive the economic recovery but without support from @rishisunak we simply won’t be around to help. @BorisJohnson @Keir_Starmer #ForgottenLtd https://t.co/wTRFSe9Tvg

— Ele (@P_S_Eleanor) May 3, 2020

God bless #Gogglebox. Love this. https://t.co/2jeYnu91NC

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) May 3, 2020

The 4 major trouble countries now, #COVID19 pandemic:
Brazil, Russia, India, and United States (BRIUS)
Cases @OurWorldInData and Deaths @FT
(increase in slope or no descent) 1/2 pic.twitter.com/7KsAWGiTUf

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 3, 2020

“The outline of a very different, post-American, post-coronavirus world is already taking shape,” writes @anneapplebaum "It’s a world in which American opinions will count less, while the opinions of America’s rivals will count more.” https://t.co/vHmXa8rudq

— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) May 3, 2020

Pompeo says 'significant' evidence new coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab https://t.co/KzGfGSz3TA pic.twitter.com/GmEAvnOAlY

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 3, 2020

China took painful steps to quell its outbreak of coronavirus. But it also took extreme measures to curate information. This is what happened at the dawn of the pandemic—as seen through the news and social media posts that vanished from China’s internet. https://t.co/HncDTDUqP5

— WIRED (@WIRED) May 3, 2020

Third Russian doctor plunges from coronavirus hospital window after complaining about lack of PPE https://t.co/RtMLDJp06I

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) May 3, 2020

Russia has a huge fund for times of crisis. But Putin is hesitating on a sweeping rescue plan. https://t.co/Pp7FHQE75q

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 3, 2020

India cracks down on Muslims under cover of coronavirus https://t.co/vCeYpk8IXY

— Financial Times (@FT) May 3, 2020

It is 100% predictable: no matter what the numbers say, Trump will reject any loss in November as Democratic cheating. He has multiple networks devoted to propagandizing for him & mobs of armed white people eager to enforce his will. I don't hear anybody planning for this.

— David Roberts (@drvolts) May 3, 2020

Aides have said a key reason the president went to Camp David this weekend was to look presidential. https://t.co/FUynHpL6tU

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 2, 2020

Over 67k Americans are dead from a virus that knows no borders. Where are the tests that would allow us to stem the spread and move toward intelligent opening? Or is that too hard for you to focus on for one damn day? https://t.co/l8FyUx3sts

— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) May 2, 2020

this is not a parody account. https://t.co/BIVpylMGzT

— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) May 2, 2020

Now he's up to 35 tweets and retweets, including five promos for OANN, two promos for Fox News, and two RTs of an account called @SexCounseling https://t.co/gqlQLMIrY3

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 2, 2020

The US just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO
https://t.co/0xU2josV4M

— Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) May 2, 2020

Sunday shows preview: America braces for next month of pandemic https://t.co/I218lElUnT pic.twitter.com/JnBOQfpHqC

— The Hill (@thehill) May 2, 2020

The nation's capital is under a stay-at-home order to slow down the spread of the virus but that didn't stop crowds from gathering between the US Capitol and the Washington Monument.https://t.co/2AQe7PxnQi

— CNN (@CNN) May 2, 2020

Lockdown is breaking down.

This has gotten more obvious by the day here in relatively hard hit Westchester. Target’s parking lot looked fuller yesterday than on a normal pre-Covid Friday.https://t.co/QdbgUFl7u9

— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) May 2, 2020

Atlanta is out of control.

The state “re-opened” and people forgot that coronavirus exists.

It looks like the walking dead.

pic.twitter.com/cq9HzR7uFz

— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) May 2, 2020

The East Village isn’t playing. pic.twitter.com/NoUBmiJ9tq

— paul schwartzman (@paulschwartzman) May 2, 2020

On Wednesday, when I began writing this piece, the UT model predicted with 100% certainty that we had already passed the peak of coronavirus deaths. A new peak was reached that day, with 2,700 deaths. Another came two days later, with 2,909 deaths Friday. https://t.co/KhjTifrzD4

— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) May 2, 2020

Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’: A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America – The New York Times https://t.co/fZ7BlPjzlc

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 2, 2020

"Let us remember empathy and simple kindness are essential, powerful tools of national recovery. Even at an appropriate social distance, we can find the way to be present in the lives of others," former President Bush shared in a new video. https://t.co/X3bOEnOkks

— The Hill (@thehill) May 2, 2020

Who better to ask about the probable course of this pandemic than someone who saw it coming? Here, in my Sunday column, is a conversation with Laurie Garrett, coronavirus Cassandra. https://t.co/sz195sgGXZ

— Frank Bruni (@FrankBruni) May 2, 2020

Obama’s vetting of Biden included nearly 10 lawyers who spent nearly two months digging through records and interviewing dozens of people about Biden. Tara Reade’s name — or any other allegations — never came up.

My latest with @AnnieLinskey @WaPoSean: https://t.co/dNta3IiBLD

— Matt Viser (@mviser) May 2, 2020

New: Biden accuser Tara Reade says she’s “not sure” what exactly she wrote in her sexual harassment complaint in 1993. (She has said it definitely doesn’t mention assault.) https://t.co/6p2T9etQuN

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 2, 2020

Trump privately muses that the Tara Reade allegation against Biden could be “bullshit” and that it doesn’t sound like something Biden would do… even as his campaign staff ramps up the attacks https://t.co/FPMBYxxgqJ

— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) May 2, 2020

Coronavirus kills Boris Johnson's smirking deceits – me in @ObserverUK on the death of the age Brexit populismhttps://t.co/PKpNQAWliJ

— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) May 2, 2020

Not the most comforting mathematical exposition but it’s worth knowing if only for shaking the confidence of those who say this govt has done a good job. More have died than in the blitz. Where’s Marc Francois now with his WW2 rhetoric? https://t.co/nR13hLZZ1L

— Mike Harding AKA Lord Hardinge of Dribblesdale (@HardingMike) May 2, 2020

A hard Brexit during coronavirus ‘unforgivable’ SNP leader tells Boris Johnson https://t.co/MnIahJE7w8

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) May 2, 2020

‘Brinkmanship on the Northern Ireland protocol is undermining confidence in the good faith Britain brings to the negotiations and putting even a rudimentary agreement at risk.’ https://t.co/giwJlvqjh2

— Colin Harvey (@cjhumanrights) May 2, 2020

#Brexit

.@MichaelGove has told the leaders of Stormont’s pro-remain parties that the U.K. Gov does not accept the need for a permanent EU presence in Belfast. pic.twitter.com/5eWhrDpQ0r

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) May 2, 2020

But he was in good spirits the whole way through!? https://t.co/QTW1v0ffh3

— Jonny Bell (@Jonny_Bel) May 2, 2020

I dunno, I think my main reason would be “while at home, I may be required to maintain my property in some unforeseen way as a matter of daily survival, but the same cannot be said for looking at a painting or triceratops skeleton” pic.twitter.com/f3oAp1LhY5

— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) May 2, 2020

Some good news in latest HSE figures on #COVID19ireland: the number of confirmed cases in ICU has fallen below 100 for the first time in a month – it stood at 99 as of 6:30pm last night.

Similar in confirmed hospitalised cases: lowest since first week of April pic.twitter.com/zSIYAr4FNr

— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) May 2, 2020

Hmmmm, do you think “holed up” is the best choice of words here, given the context? https://t.co/25iA0C4hrM

— Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra (@FubsyShabaroon) May 2, 2020

Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it makes you realise what a total oxygen thief Boris Johnson is…https://t.co/aw94YRUKC4

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) May 2, 2020

“This is quite an experiment,” Buffett said. “I remain convinced … that nothing can basically stop America.” https://t.co/MTGWVE8NUt

— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) May 2, 2020

one 7-word Elon Musk tweet cost Tesla’s market valuation $2bn per word https://t.co/vDbw5iz2sI via @financialtimes

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) May 2, 2020

🔅 The Great Realisation by Tom Foolery.

🗣 Powerful spoken word poetry.

🎧 Go and listen now! pic.twitter.com/7o2GSysY3c

— Emily Barber (@MsEmilyBarber) May 2, 2020

Even money that the Trump campaign has spied on Biden and thinks Whitmer is his VP pick. This is the 5th targeted attack on her

— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) April 30, 2020

Hundreds of protesters, some carrying guns in the state Capitol, demonstrated against Michigan's emergency measures.

"Many demonstrators appeared to be supporters of President Donald Trump, donning 'Make American Great Again' campaign hats." https://t.co/hxtMLAPH5c

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 30, 2020

It has come to this. https://t.co/0jeM4UjD1o

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) April 30, 2020

I always wonder what wrong in the lives of these young men that they ended up like this. https://t.co/OOuRChi6iB

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 30, 2020

"The New York Times recently observed that in Michigan, protesters from rural areas are 'nearly all white,' with some 'hoisting Trump signs and Confederate flags,' even as the vast majority of those afflicted and dying are 'concentrated in heavily black and Democratic Detroit.'" https://t.co/vrgaxHh4WH

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) April 30, 2020

Michigan is the epicenter of the Patriot Movement and white supremacist paramilitary groups.

What we're watching with armed men storming the capitol isn't just a bunch of cosplayers. It's an organized terrorist movement.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) April 30, 2020

I find myself returning frequently to @GrahamDavidA's piece on the Second Amendment's second-class citizens. Especially fitting today, when armed white protesters are swarming Michigan's state capitol: https://t.co/3hNiNJ5tMI

— Nicole Hemmer (@pastpunditry) April 30, 2020

The White House won't renew social distancing guidelines expiring today. @kaitlancollins reports pic.twitter.com/YAg1z2MEKU

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 30, 2020

This tweet was posted just over a month ago. During his press conference today Trump came to the brink of accusing China of intentionally inflicting the coronavirus upon the United States. The need for a scapegoat is a hell of a drug. https://t.co/pIsNTgVFyi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2020

You have to love this, Trump says he's going to get China to pay for the pandemic, right after he gets Mexico to pay for the wall https://t.co/p6GuOs06rt

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) April 30, 2020

This is absolutely false. No evidence Republican governors run states better. In fact there is evidence to the contrary. States with urban areas will need help first because of the virus, but every state is going to need help because of falling tax revenues. In other words its BS https://t.co/j1EqNF6SbQ

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 30, 2020

Trump doing what he does best — taking credit for Obama’s work… https://t.co/PzYJmOkALZ

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 30, 2020

Trump: "Our death totals, our numbers, per million people, are really very, very strong. We're very proud of the job we've done."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 30, 2020

Oh my God, Trump is completely unaware that his own ODNI said that the virus was natural. John Roberts asked him about it and Trump asked: “Who said that.“ Roberts told him, and Trump said “who is that?“ Holy crap. Even Roberts was flummoxed.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 30, 2020

.@Reuters exclusive: President Trump says he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden leading in the 2020 race for the White House https://t.co/raEVTPnaQT https://t.co/dpzyaUWXJH

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 30, 2020

the USA has become a banana republic under Trump and the GOP. Shocking and sad. https://t.co/AIbz8ROFJD

— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) April 30, 2020

Tens of thousands expected to partake in rent strikes across the country Friday https://t.co/YqpAggewSx pic.twitter.com/J4wmKTu0vB

— The Hill (@thehill) April 30, 2020

New York City will soon stop subway trains for four hours overnight so workers can disinfect them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said https://t.co/AADLIrj1pG

— CNN (@CNN) April 30, 2020

NASCAR to resume in South Carolina with 7 races in 11 days https://t.co/hWYzUzGMHr pic.twitter.com/IiRvLPPDMx

— The Hill (@thehill) April 30, 2020

Boris Johnson confirmed that Britain is past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, saying it’s as if the country had been going through 'some huge Alpine tunnel' and that 'we can see the sunlight and pasture ahead of us'. https://t.co/fK6dyPJzlo

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 30, 2020

Global death comparison. Look at the UK line. Tracking above France, Spain, Italy. Second only to US

*govt points out different countries have different methods of counting deaths so difficult to compare stats across countries* pic.twitter.com/i3vG7KFQpr

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) April 30, 2020

What is the R number in the UK?

Before any measures came in, the number was well above one and conditions were likely to mean a large outbreak

Successive restrictions brought it down, but it was not until full lockdown that it was driven below onehttps://t.co/nRrKfBLVFf pic.twitter.com/TcxST2T9cr

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 30, 2020

Breathless Boris is left floundering as he faces foe he can't outbluster https://t.co/tntjMDF5AL

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) April 30, 2020

New COVID-19 research: Our ongoing diary study found people trust TV journalists, but want them to scrutinise the government’s handling of the pandemic more robustly: https://t.co/qcFe2FKhNX Thread 1/

— Stephen Cushion (@Stephen_Cushion) April 30, 2020

NEW: @IEA says the world’s CO2 emissions will plunge 8% this year, a reduction 6 times as large as the previous global record set in 2009

But @StevenMufson writes that after previous crises, "the rebounds in emissions were larger than the declines"https://t.co/hb3Zpmab4K

— Dino Grandoni (@dino_grandoni) April 30, 2020

Germany postpones decision on reopening schools. Denmark says reproduction rate for coronavirus has risen significantly since it started reopening schools and kindergartens two weeks ago. https://t.co/0ploBM8fsp

— Brian Groom (@GroomB) April 30, 2020

People lined up to use two vending machines selling face masks, hand sanitizers, gloves and other protective equipment, installed in a square in Jeumont, France.

France is looking towards easing a nearly two-month lockdown on May 11. https://t.co/0PbX8uvj6j pic.twitter.com/kRlaQVXJFP

— ABC News (@ABC) April 30, 2020

If you have wondered what to make of the born-versus-made debate regarding the coronavirus, here is a big, technical look at the subject from The Economist: https://t.co/MaFXQxPVze

— Brendan Hasenstab (@pierrepont) April 30, 2020

The tourism industry has called for a €1.5 billion in grant aid and a State-funded “staycation voucher” for citizens to redeem against a holiday at home later this year https://t.co/p1MpFFz81S

— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) April 30, 2020

Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths https://t.co/fW0uct90qM pic.twitter.com/3jrypOCJOl

— New Scientist (@newscientist) April 30, 2020