On Thursday, Mr. Trump announced a surprise news conference where he had nothing to announce.https://t.co/SVKfqLiRku
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) September 10, 2020
President Trump is denying he lied and deflecting blame — despite recordings in which he admitted intentionally downplaying coronavirus dangers and misleading the public. My report tonight for @NBCNightlyNews: pic.twitter.com/nvLVZ4SIRc
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) September 10, 2020
Look at the precipitous drop in Americans (especially Republicans) who trust the CDC and Dr. Fauci
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) September 10, 2020
As @HelenBranswell notes:
"The price of politicizing the #Covid19 pandemic. This will have consequences for years to come."
(hat tip: @Laurie_Garrett) https://t.co/ugw4p8RCsa pic.twitter.com/Cuv5Vav60X
Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, took issue with President Trump’s suggestion that a coronavirus vaccine would be available by Election Day https://t.co/tWUTgswWw7
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) September 10, 2020
Trump’s rally in Michigan: no masks, no social distancing. He apparently is happy to endanger his supporters and Michigan healthcare workers. pic.twitter.com/OpRKOixJzO
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) September 10, 2020
Former Michigan GOP Executive Director @jefftimmer has a @MichiganAdvance column as President Trump heads back to Michigan, writing, "Your legacy will never be anything but death, destitution, demise and corruption."https://t.co/s7ykl0DJIq
— Susan J. Demas 🏔 (@sjdemas) September 10, 2020
On the tarmac ahead of Trump's trip to Michigan:
— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) September 10, 2020
Reporter: What did you mean when you said you saved MBS's ass?
Trump: Uh… who are you talking about?
Reporter: MBS.
Trump: You'll have to figure that out yourself. https://t.co/iYGzSkDBrz
NEW: Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and intelligence experts are now concerned it may be too late to arm Americans with a clear and consistent assessment of the scale and nature of foreign election interference. https://t.co/9NRixa93br
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 10, 2020
A federal court is rebuking and blocking President Donald Trump's directive to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census count that's used to allocate seats in Congress https://t.co/r8lipyFFph
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 10, 2020
This kind of got lost today, with everything….
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) September 10, 2020
But the Biden-Ukraine conspiracy theory? The one Trump got impeached over?
One of the lead conspiracy theorists got unmasked as a Russian agent today and sanctioned. By the US government.https://t.co/ICrvdTxuDX
Curious for comment by @SenRonJohnson whose Senate committee conducted an investigation of Biden based on information from a Russian asset, who has now been blacklisted. Senator you acted as a Putin puppet! https://t.co/QGVXwM6D0I
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) September 10, 2020
"The first job of the press is to act like the Emergency Broadcast System, sounding the alarm when we really need to pay attention. That function has been smashed in the bombshell era, and it’s hard to see how we’ll ever get it back, Trump or no Trump."https://t.co/4FJWmKgs8c
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) September 10, 2020
And he stopped being a Democrat in 2006. But hey, minor detail, Joe…
— Miranda Yaver (@mirandayaver) September 10, 2020
and, sadly today of all days…
The Trump administration has secretly siphoned nearly $4 million away from a program that tracks and treats FDNY firefighters and medics suffering from 9/11 related illnesses.https://t.co/1Eo4CsSxSa
— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) September 10, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
More than 3.1 million acres have burned in California and at least 12 people have died as a result of the wildfires ravaging the state, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection https://t.co/ETPkT8vXPN
— CNN (@CNN) September 10, 2020
Scientists believe the pyrocumulonimbus that took shape over the Creek Fire could be the biggest ever produced above U.S. soil.
— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) September 10, 2020
📷: @SweetBrown_Shug https://t.co/PoqFVkKYSy pic.twitter.com/CmMDxh6yU6
Horrifying images coming out of the Bay Area due to ongoing wildfires. Climate change is not some distant future. There’s no denying that it’s here, and it’s banging on our doorstep. pic.twitter.com/lGYUSZy2sC
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) September 10, 2020
Welcome to the cascade effect, in which a series of disasters overlap, triggering or amplifying each other.
— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) September 10, 2020
“You’re toppling dominoes in ways that Americans haven’t imagined,” said Roy Wright, a former FEMA official. “It’s apocalyptic.”https://t.co/KX9doLxKFu
Meanwhile…
Thousands of asylum seekers in Greece are sleeping on the streets, after fires destroyed most of the Moria refugee camp.
— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 10, 2020
"We have lost everything … We don't know where we are going to sleep." pic.twitter.com/yK3cFAeIw8
Berlin and Paris announced on Thursday that they will welcome unaccompanied minors following a devastating fire at the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. They urged other member states to follow suit. https://t.co/goFvKyJAJH
— euronews (@euronews) September 10, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
In one day, Boris Johnson has contrived to alienate the Right, the Left, his own back-benchers, lawyers, scientists, the House of Lords, the EU and the US. Operation Moonshine (sorry, shot) and the unlawful Brexit Bill have further diminished a PM at rock bottom
— Mary Riddell (@MaryRiddell) September 10, 2020
BREAKING: Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove says the UK government has rejected EU demands to scrap draft legislation that Brussels deems a "clear breach" of the Brexit withdrawal deal.
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) September 10, 2020
Read more: https://t.co/q3bvFg2KkD pic.twitter.com/FUJSJyP9CX
It's out! My weekly @ft #Brexit Briefing… tl;dr
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) September 10, 2020
It is very hard to see a way back from here for @BorisJohnson because his legal move confirms Brexiters' view that UK cannot be 'free' with the Irish Protocol. Any forseeable deal is now toxic to PM https://t.co/3Nn0Ccn0RP pic.twitter.com/t5CZ2ELfDU
“It was not just that Brexit would not be “done” when withdrawal agreement was passed, it was that Cummings & Johnson intended all along to undo it. “Oven-ready” had addendum “but we’ll go back & edit cookbook to change the ingredients”
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) September 10, 2020
Bloody brilliant👇 https://t.co/L9WSFSbg26
Some argue that a no deal Brexit will hurt the EU more than it will hurt the UK. The currency markets appear to disagree. https://t.co/hepBzCffQM
— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) September 10, 2020
Are you going to keep blaming Remainers and Labour for the chaos Brexit has put this country through for 4 years…
— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) September 10, 2020
Or are you finally going to take some f*****g responsibility?#IsBrexitDoneYethttps://t.co/OKR7T291Rw
well well…
Boris couldn’t lead a dog to piss up a lamp post. He’s a puppet. By the time we find out who is pulling the strings it will be to late to do anything about it.
— Gerard Batten (@GerardBattenUK) September 10, 2020
We are living amidst a struggle between good & evil. The only ray of hope is Trump. God help us https://t.co/CCpLA7uoqD