White House says Trump likely to veto Democrats' bill to aid struggling USPS https://t.co/5BRoNNtfUE pic.twitter.com/Thfbs1KZqW
— The Hill (@thehill) August 22, 2020
Trump’s suggestion of deploying law enforcement officials to monitor polls raises specter of voting intimidation https://t.co/9EkDKMmqf4
— Post Politics (@postpolitics) August 22, 2020
President Trump, who's repeatedly railed against mail-in voting, says he has concerns about in-person voting as well, and wants to use law-enforcement as poll watchers on Election Day. https://t.co/y8jbU2QENf
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 21, 2020
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said the Postal Service is working "feverishly" to increase the efficiency of deliveries and said he feels "bad about the dip in our service" — but said sorting machines that have been removed won't be replaced. https://t.co/W6EBw2YZV7
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) August 21, 2020
These assurances would be more convincing if it weren’t for the fact that the President of the United States confessed, in broad daylight, to his political motivations for undermining the Postal Service. https://t.co/EXG8e6ldMR
— Pete Buttigieg (@PeteButtigieg) August 21, 2020
This is either a good reversal by Postmaster General DeJoy, or it’s a lie. We need to ensure it’s the former and not the latter. I look forward to DeJoy sending a written document to @USPS employees confirming his reversal. https://t.co/aWqNkScw4q
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 21, 2020
In the weeks before Louis DeJoy was installed as postmaster general, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin held a series of one-on-one meetings with members of the Postal Service Board of Governors, multiple people familiar with the encounters told NBC News.https://t.co/1Zz3Jm7oUI
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 21, 2020
Meanwhile…
“That unprecedented crisis loomed over everything this week. It was unforgettable in every moment, precisely because of the remote format,” says @chrislhayes of the DNC. “And in the words of Joe Biden last night…‘It did not have to be this bad.’” pic.twitter.com/Tf06LG5PsK
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) August 22, 2020
Presidential. pic.twitter.com/GzKhlmfvyW
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 21, 2020
Here's a list. Like a souvenir. For reference. pic.twitter.com/ICJFkDkYwg
— KarinKB (@KarinKB) August 21, 2020
BREAKING: The #BlueWave2020 Trailer pic.twitter.com/US80XevFwN
— Eleven Films (@Eleven_Films) August 21, 2020
Opinion: If Joe Biden wins, there will be a far-right reaction.
This deranged cult is already finding a place in the GOP. https://t.co/mhzVkVVzXp
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 14, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
Opinion: Trump’s strange silence on Belarus https://t.co/3A6e8AY5Fs
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 21, 2020
“The embattled president, Alexander Lukashenko, now has a reason why so many people are out on the streets trying to push him out of power,” @RichardEngel reports of protests in Belarus. “He says it’s America’s fault. It is a foreign plot."https://t.co/j0qOBz7JIZ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 21, 2020
Belarus opposition summoned; Kremlin seen standing by weakened Lukashenko https://t.co/sCfzWNAQew pic.twitter.com/EYxYq0nrQC
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 22, 2020
Update on Navalny!
An ambulance to transport Navalny has arrived at the hospital. The German plane on standby for the past 18+ hours is supposed to depart 6am Omsk time. Less than an hour— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) August 21, 2020
BREAKING: Doctors at the Siberian hospital where Alexei Navalny, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest critics, lies in a coma after suspected poisoning have allowed his family to transport him to a top German medical facility. https://t.co/vKSTGbpGwh
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 21, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
“The families of low-paid frontline NHS and social care workers who die from coronavirus will be stripped of eligibility for welfare benefits if they receive a payout under the government’s Covid-19 compensation scheme”https://t.co/EnoxzkBQV9
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) August 21, 2020
“I was hired at the end of May… In 12 weeks I have not made a single call despite working 42 hours a week for £10.12 an hour."
The sheer, eye-watering, reprehensible ineptitude of Serco's £120 million outsourced gig, courtesy of @BorisJohnson 😔https://t.co/aWT3cSqLKB
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) August 21, 2020
So Boris Johnson illegally pitched a tent in a farmer's field and lit a campfire before pissing off home leaving his staff and the angry farmer to clean up his mess…. https://t.co/JJuItdTPY5
— Otto English (@Otto_English) August 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/Ian_Fraser/status/1296957617139585025
In April, at the very height of the pandemic, Boris Johnson’s Government increased Child Benefit by 35p a week https://t.co/DaPsfNVEfe
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) August 21, 2020
Real terms change in the cost of transport since 1980 (source: DfT):
– Rail fares +63%
– Motoring -20%
If there was ever a time to address the rising cost of rail travel and cut fares, this is it.https://t.co/753q2Xey0D
— Jonathan Bartley (@jon_bartley) August 19, 2020
Boris Johnson's ‘oven-ready’ Brexit deal has gone off, and it’s the oven’s fault | The Independent https://t.co/AAyWI9UodA
— John Ashton (@Johnrashton47) August 21, 2020
Those shifty Continental bastards. Forcing on us the thing we always said we wanted, that we’re not frightened of and definitely could live with because they need us more than we need them. Shouldn’t we be celebrating?
— Stephen Kinsella (@Kinsellas) August 21, 2020
Our legal action is a last resort to try to force Boris Johnson to order an independent investigation into Russian interference in elections.
His abject failure to act breaches the right to free elections & is a massive dereliction of duty #RussiaReport https://t.co/vSZ46Ow9Np— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) August 21, 2020
“The prime minister’s refusal to even ask our intelligence services what the Russians did to influence the referendum is a total dereliction of his duty to protect us all.” https://t.co/rPTq8U3rpl
— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) August 21, 2020