Mary Trump on her uncle's lack of empathy: "Acknowledging the victims of COVID-19 would be to associate himself with their weakness, a trait his father taught him to despise." https://t.co/kYzIzCCfrB

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 2, 2020

Two weeks ago, Trump claimed he would sign a “full and complete health-care plan” within two weeks.

There is no evidence of such a plan.@agearan @goldsteinamy + @seungminkim reporthttps://t.co/MQ1RYfJGdY

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 2, 2020

Coronavirus update: Average weekly death count rises in nearly half of U.S. states https://t.co/61hu8Bg9RZ

— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) August 2, 2020

Sigh. *Indoor* transmission is driving this epidemic. Harder to get nice pictures (especially safely), but that's what we need people to imagine when they think of COVID risk https://t.co/wC0eUJ09Mj

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) August 2, 2020

Dr. Deborah Birx strongly defends her record after criticism from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she doesn't have confidence in the White House coronavirus task force coordinator's handling of the pandemic https://t.co/9MuPNUteWZ

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 2, 2020

And…here we are. A Federal Reserve official is calling for the US economy to fully shut down for 4 to 6 weeks.

https://t.co/fMiDUAkSXJ

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) August 2, 2020

Facts have never stopped Trump. Having lied for five months about the coronavirus, he’s now filling social media and the airwaves with untruths about the economy so he can dupe his way to election day.https://t.co/EEQWzqPlso

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 2, 2020

Disclosures show that Jared Kushner raked in as much as $3,000,000 from projects benefiting from Trump admin initiatives in 2019, plus up to $1,000,000 more in rent money from firms which received COVID-related small business loans from the government. https://t.co/QsT62TGq0M

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 2, 2020

Trump banning TikTok is a fun story to talk about. But right before he said that, his 2019 financial disclosures got released. Turns out he spends so much time at his golf courses because he made $200 million from them last year. Let's talk about that. https://t.co/fZ8zKsLZrY

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 2, 2020

Trump ridiculed as he plays golf for the 283rd time of his presidency https://t.co/sp9z3X6fgi

— indy100 (@indy100) August 2, 2020

“All of that is leaving it increasingly unclear what purpose Ms. McEnany is filling beyond berating the news media from the briefing room podium.” ⁦@katierogers⁩ me https://t.co/OzEDXA3GwA

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 2, 2020

On The Trail: The first signs of a post-Trump GOP https://t.co/b2kJUDHgEn pic.twitter.com/Zk7ktyRJgm

— The Hill (@thehill) August 2, 2020

A group of anti-Trump Republicans is hoping to amplify the voices of frustrated Republicans ahead of the 2020 election to sway some Trump voters to back Biden, ABC News’ @MaryKBruce reports.
The group is also targeting GOP lawmakers who back the president. https://t.co/p38bhTkQ9Y pic.twitter.com/maoNHjezsh

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 2, 2020

Republicans embrace Trump, tolerate racism and give up on Black voters https://t.co/zBErJKQva8

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 2, 2020

The Republican National Convention in Charlotte will be closed to the press.

Reporters will not be allowed on site as RNC delegates vote to formally nominate Trump.

The restriction is unprecedented in modern American political history.https://t.co/FWlFeJkBJi

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 2, 2020

Pennsylvania’s election count is all over this ⁦@benyt⁩ column and the ending… takes a turn https://t.co/p04fF1XGZD

— Chris Krewson (@ckrewson) August 2, 2020

Boris Johnson 'sleepwalking' into second wave with chaotic handling of coronavirus crisis.
The PM was criticised for imposing new restrictions in the North while ending support for 2.2million who have been shielding. https://t.co/jZmblhrKAp

— a.l.f 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌹🥀 (@simpson_anton) August 2, 2020

The U.K. government is reviewing options to fight Covid-19 including a lockdown of London https://t.co/Ajz1e2Xt1q

— Bloomberg (@business) August 2, 2020

This is Cummings’ ‘behaviourist’ work.

Spoiling for a fight to save a tanking gvt, & getting their excuses for cracking skulls in first.

You can’t do long range forecasts for riots, like weather!
Unless you’re trying to provoke them…https://t.co/knB4VZvW94

— Dr Louise Raw (@LouiseRawAuthor) August 2, 2020

London Voted to #Remain how about making it a formal border #RejoinTheEU & maintain passporting rights to protect the "London City State" Financial Markets?

— PaulWoodcraft 🇪🇺 🔶🕷️#FBPEGlobal #RejoinEU (@paul_woodcraft) August 2, 2020

people calling the Boris Johnson / no. 10 management of #lockdown a shitshow are being a bit unfair on shitshows

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) July 31, 2020

But they had NO hesitation in withdrawing the whip from Julian Lewis for not being a poodle of @BorisJohnson

Says it all!

— Omz2468 #FBPE (@Omz2468) August 2, 2020

With @borisjohnson as PM, we are seeing in Britain the normalisation of corruption that for decades we have condemned elsewhere. The Lords list but the latest. My piece for ⁦@TweetTheArticle⁩ https://t.co/ZjoXC6SZ2k

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) August 2, 2020

Boris Johnson on Brexit before he realised there was something in it for him. #Scum pic.twitter.com/HF49Kzl7mZ

— Britgirl's Tweets (@MarieAnnUK) August 2, 2020

More evidence that the UK’s worst enemies couldn’t have come up with a better plan to destroy our country than Brexit. https://t.co/xadc09pIVW

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 2, 2020

New study by @uk_tpo suggests limited gains from freeports after Brexit – FT story by @pmdfoster pic.twitter.com/RZS9HgdNCs

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) August 2, 2020

Why we all should be concerned about the Brexit risk to the NHS https://t.co/Hlfqst5bHU

— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) August 2, 2020

Australia's Melbourne braces for closures, losses as it emerges from night-time curfew https://t.co/sy6Stmhth7 pic.twitter.com/0PbCP9wII9

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2020

The United States had 100x as many new coronavirus cases yesterday as Australia.

Australia launched emergency shutdowns. The United States is reopening schools. pic.twitter.com/XRenPHihtF

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) August 2, 2020

ICYMI, as I did: Interesting piece in @TheEconomist hypothesizing that #SARSCoV2 might not have originated in China, but rather in a neighboring country. Will we ever know where the virus that causes #Covid19 comes from? Me=not so sure.
https://t.co/wBSTlSbZg2

— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) August 2, 2020

It’s not just TikTok – but WeChat will be banned in the US too, according to ⁦@SecPompeo⁩.

If so, countless Chinese people who live in the US could be cut off from their friends and families in China, where WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger is banned. https://t.co/JrzWcm6W6b

— Stuart Lau (@stuartlauscmp) August 2, 2020

Ten Thousand anti-Netanyahu Protesters Rally in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Across Israel

Protesters call on Netanyahu to resign at official residence in Jerusalem, private home in Caesarea; Five detained for harassing protesters, one for throwing a stone https://t.co/dPDbW0t52m

— Karol Cummins (@karolcummins) August 1, 2020

Facing political trouble, Netanyahu turns to his oldest trick — start a war https://t.co/1CFgREKy6d

— HomerB (@HomerB33) August 1, 2020

Mexico arrests 'El Marro,' gang leader at the center of a bloody cartel war https://t.co/ItCFgtbQwe

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 2, 2020

Not supposed to be on social media but just found the best debut novel announcement of all time. pic.twitter.com/ivbKK83DmZ

— Anna Mazzola (is mainly away from social media) (@Anna_Mazz) August 1, 2020

Ive become Rust Cohle-level obsessed with deducing the standards of newsworthiness for CNN’s Apple News push notifications. This new datapoint completely scuttles my working theory and sets me back to zero pic.twitter.com/iKCqmgj4yu

— Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein) August 2, 2020

Wilford Brimley, the actor with the walrus mustache whose down-home geniality seen in such films as 'Cocoon,' 'The Natural' and 'Absence of Malice' endeared him to moviegoers, has died. He was 85.https://t.co/k4SAMTN2h1

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 2, 2020

Roy Hobbs tells Pop Fisher the story of his prized bat "Wonderboy" after his impressive first batting practice with the New York Knights in the classic baseball movie, "The Natural". ~ RIP Wilford Brimley pic.twitter.com/qRsSWNc4JD

— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) August 2, 2020