The rich get richer. There is 10 % unemployment. 180,000+ are dead.

— Jennifer "A man is not a plan" Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) September 2, 2020

Breaking News: The CDC told public health officials in all 50 states to prepare for a possible coronavirus vaccine by early November, raising concerns over politicized timing. https://t.co/Um8kPJGjco

— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 2, 2020

Dr. Fauci says U.S. coronavirus cases are 'unacceptably high' going into Labor Day https://t.co/A0hdxjjSm5

— CNBC (@CNBC) September 2, 2020

A Minnesota man who attended a motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota last month with thousands of other bikers has died of COVID-19. He is the first reported death from that rally. https://t.co/kaROsobMGw

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 2, 2020

Covid-19 has killed more police officers this year than all other causes combined, data show https://t.co/3Qgmmxc8uO

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 2, 2020

This is why strong oversight is important, even in an emergency: following ProPublica’s reporting, a Congressional investigation found that a ventilator contract would result in the government overpaying by as much as $500 million. The deal is now off.https://t.co/1Hp3hSlVh5

— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) September 2, 2020

37% of Americans believe the U.S. has handled the pandemic better than Canada according to a new poll.

Think about what that means — a third of our country is so delusional & ignorant that they think a nation w/ 185k deaths is doing better than one w/ 9k.

That's Trump's base.

— Nate Lerner (@NathanLerner) September 2, 2020

DHS Blocked Intelligence Memo That Warned of Kremlin Plan to Attack Biden’s Mental Health.https://t.co/Rfeu0zmKLP

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 2, 2020

Bill Barr revealing his political bias right off the bat by casually referring to “the Russiagate thing.”

(Contrary to GOP Senate Intel, DOJ IG, and Mueller himself).

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) September 2, 2020

The president encouraged voter fraud while visiting North Carolina today https://t.co/7MDkSM0gjL

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) September 2, 2020

Sometimes, when trump rambles on about bags of soup or mystery people on planes, I WISH a reporter would just say "Hey, WTF is wrong with you bro? Are you f*cking insane?" and just walk out.

They'd have free beers and meals for life.

— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) September 2, 2020

Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth, I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA's activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them.

And yet that day has arrived. https://t.co/FRdG2zUA4U

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) September 2, 2020

This. All this.

“Each and every time he has violated a law or a norm and received no pushback from his party, he has made further violations of law and custom more likely.” ⁦@monacharenEPPC⁩ https://t.co/qNfbATRS0X

— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) September 2, 2020

A big contributing factor to the end of American Exceptionalism is losing the ability to attract the world’s top talent (more like shunning it away). Whether because of visa issues, health, or racism, fewer foreigners are wishing to immigrate to US. https://t.co/QUD8CcTTuP

— Jorge Guajardo (@jorge_guajardo) September 2, 2020

A bizarre cult is about to topple the world's most powerful democracy over into authoritarianism and the mainstream leaders & institutions of that democracy can't even bring themselves to honestly describe what's happening. https://t.co/B13XZc7FTG

— David Roberts (@drvolts) September 2, 2020

You can’t sustain a democracy when at least 20 to 30 percent of the public are basically morons. https://t.co/2vVZmanFYo

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 2, 2020

TOP SECRET DARK SHADOWS MEETING TONIGHT.

Bring soup.

— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) September 2, 2020

As wildfires burn homes across California, the state is also grappling with a different kind of climate predicament: How to stop insurers from abandoning fire-prone areas, leaving countless homeowners at risk. https://t.co/MhrBu5uPvi

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 2, 2020

In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened: Vin Scully has joined Twitter!

Welcome @TheVinScully.

— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) September 2, 2020

Sarah Sanders says that after Kim Jong Un winked at her during the 2018 Singapore summit, Trump told her she would have to “go to North Korea and take one for the team." 😳 https://t.co/8CIXdtiPxY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 2, 2020

Nature is healing https://t.co/REOin7zgFm

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) September 2, 2020

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok nerve agent, German government says https://t.co/au1GfsrADS

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 2, 2020

BREAKING
Merkel on @navalny poisoning:
“Proof beyond doubt”
He “was to be silenced”
“raises questions” which “only Russia can answer”
“Crime against #Navalny was aimed against the fundamental rights and values we stand for”
Unusual step for Merkel.
Unusually clear against #Russia pic.twitter.com/pXpiOjEcVR

— Michaela Kuefner (@MKuefner) September 2, 2020

A former doctor in China tells @emmamurphyitv of participating in at least 500 to 600 operations on the country's minority Uighur women including forced abortions, sterilisations, the removal of wombs and contraception https://t.co/n135XfZWI2 pic.twitter.com/t1lenygWkW

— ITV News (@itvnews) September 2, 2020

The firing of ballistic missiles by China in August raised global tensions, but also coincided with Xi's tightening control over the police.

“I feel uneasy,” an observer said. “It may give us a clue of what lies ahead in Chinese politics.”#ChinaUpClosehttps://t.co/AqxyViGTx4

— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) September 2, 2020

Important aspect.. Russia presence is often overlooked.. but poor timing to do this: US officials say partial lift of Cyprus arms embargo not related to Turkish-Greek tensions https://t.co/eG0iFMBjk6

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) September 2, 2020

Coronavirus: Apple iPhones can contact-trace without Covid app https://t.co/cmaPo3BOjj

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) September 2, 2020

You pretend that you came for the incisive political hot takes, but I know that you're really here for the clips of Hitler & Stalin singing 'Video Killed the Radio Star'

Don't even try to deny it.

…and on that bombshell…#NightyNight pic.twitter.com/jSw8cE28rm

— I Am Incorrigible also on Bluesky, threads & masto (@ImIncorrigible) September 2, 2020

⁦@JohnJCrace⁩: "It was the day for Boris’s carers to try to get him out the Commons before he did any more damage to either the country or the Tory party."#PMQs #Grip
https://t.co/lkb2jdtzQl

— Stryker McGuire (@StrykerMcGuire) September 2, 2020

Why can't Johnson buy trousers that fit

— Otto English (@Otto_English) September 2, 2020

1/6 The future relationship negotiations with the EU appear to be in difficulty. It’s all very well the two sides trading warnings with each other, but that isn’t going to get us a deal.

— Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) September 2, 2020

Cummings recruit sacked after suggesting police use 'live rounds' on BLM protesters https://t.co/6y4qgzOSFz pic.twitter.com/PnMNP7HCDW

— Jessica Simor KC (@JMPSimor) September 2, 2020

Why is this millionaire hedge fund manager so keen for a recession? https://t.co/lCRZiwb5IC

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

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is moving to tighten bonds with Scotland as Brexit disharmony and Britain’s uneven Covid-19 pandemic response fuel the drive for self-rule.

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) September 1, 2020

DUP MPs express their support for the anti-science, climate change denying, misogynistic, race baiting, migrant hating, far right sympathising President Trump ! #OfCourseTheyDo https://t.co/vLKixjZ3V1

— Danny Donnelly MLA (@DannyDonnelly1) September 2, 2020