Republican senators are increasingly voicing fears that Trump could lose the election, and some are openly fretting that he'll turn GOP candidates into electoral roadkill.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 20, 2020
"I'm now looking at the possibility of a Republican bloodbath in the Senate."https://t.co/0aXfbitKRK
Some rats only leave the sinking ship after it’s carried them where they wanted to go. https://t.co/t6RNc8fOYd
— Slate (@Slate) October 20, 2020
96% Approval in the Republican Party!*
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 19, 2020
*Except for Sasse, and McSally, and Ernst, and Collins, and…
Sen. Cornyn: Relationship with Trump Was Like ‘Women Who Get Married and Think They’re Going to Change Their Spouse’ https://t.co/5u33plROLp pic.twitter.com/3TEp42h1Dv
— National Review (@NRO) October 20, 2020
Do not celebrate today’s 4-4 Supreme Court order rejecting the Pa GOP’s move to toss out ballots. That 4 justices would overrule the Pa supreme court’s view of state voting law means a Justice Barrett will likely make a 5-4 majority willing to do this sort of dirty partisan work.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 20, 2020
4 GOP #SCOTUS Justices just signaled they will take any step necessary to try to reelect Trump. Mitt Romney & Ben Sasse, who each call Trump a threat to US, are about to confirm a 5th Justice likely to provide them a majority for that goal. https://t.co/AdFxL96b8s
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) October 20, 2020
“None of these people have any credibility. All of these people are exquisite scumbags in this American moment, and none of them should be believed,” Steve Schmidt says, discussing Trump allies attempting to spread disinformation on Joe Biden. https://t.co/2nTGQROL82
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 20, 2020
I reiterate: Imagine what your GOP relatives would be saying if the Justice Dept was defending Obama against a rape accusation. https://t.co/FgCCV1jJfJ
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) October 19, 2020
I never need another reason to love Black people but the way we answered voter suppression by showing all the way up is just beautiful. We know we can't get true justice at the polls, but we also know the GOP pulled out EVERY stop to keep us from them https://t.co/hNCO1TC4EV
— dream hampton (@dreamhampton) October 20, 2020
And…
BREAKING: Justice Dept. announces indictment against six Russian GRU officers charged with engaging in series of hacking and malware deployment operations to attack other countries' infrastructure, elections and other actions to further Russia's interests. https://t.co/8oIybgmEiv
— ABC News (@ABC) October 19, 2020
NEW: DOJ indicts 6 Russian GRU hackers from same unit that led '16 election interference. DOJ official said unit — known as Fancy Bear — is accused of "the most disruptive and destructive series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group." https://t.co/9AUCMAGR9N
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) October 19, 2020
The DOJ also noted several members of the GRU's role in interfering in the 2016 U.S. election, and said the U.S. should ignore a recent offer extended by Russia calling for a cyber "reset" between the two countries – which have been pushed by Trump. https://t.co/xcqziPqYla
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 19, 2020
“This effort by Rudy Giuliani and the New York Post and Steve Bannon to cook up supposed dirt on Joe Biden, looks like a classic Russian playbook disinformation campaign,” fmr. CIA Chief of Staff Jeremy Bash says. “This is collusion in plain sight.”https://t.co/wcV9LfE1wq
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 20, 2020
Rudy Giuliani said he released his Hunter Biden story to the New York Post because he knew other outlets would scrutinize it too much https://t.co/h9D0JcRRtH via @Yahoo
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) October 19, 2020
Mediaite: Fox News passed on the Hunter Biden story over credibility concerns. https://t.co/YInTFidYx6
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 19, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
Wales has become the second nation in the U.K. to lock down large swaths of its economy to combat rising coronavirus infections, even as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is resisting loud calls to do the same throughout England. https://t.co/RkNr2mm2R8
— ABC News (@ABC) October 20, 2020
Boris Johnson's spokesperson said masks were provided in all ministerial cars, and earlier said all ministers would wear them https://t.co/wG2QhaCxds
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) October 20, 2020
Tomorrow’s ‘Metro’ front page:
— Paul Embery (@PaulEmbery) October 19, 2020
Since lockdown, diabetes victims up 86%, prostate cancer up 53%, Parkinson’s up 79%, breast cancer up 47%, bowel cancer up 46%.
These statistics are truly chilling. pic.twitter.com/BkM1qrObG9
In July last year, when campaigning to be PM, Boris Johnson vowed to:
— Marina Purkiss (@MarinaNigrelli) October 20, 2020
“end the social care scandal once and for all'
First the plans were delayed to end of 2020
Now this
‘Two thirds of hospices facing redundancies as government help runs out’ https://t.co/Zojc0jfgt3
Meanwhile…
"Bets are now on… over whether EU-UK talks will resume, come the end of the week, or next week at the latest, or whether we're indeed heading for no-deal.
— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) October 20, 2020
"the EU and UK will end up back around a negotiating table at some point, whatever happens next"https://t.co/jnTrxEVOtc
Fascinating @KuperSimon column based around @UKandEU and focus grouping on attitudes to #brexit four years on. Lot of disillusionment, and scant appreciation of what’s coming. Begs Q of why this Govt thinks this hardest of hard Brexits is smart politics?https://t.co/umgj5AeRmO pic.twitter.com/BtOBSSUToV
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) October 20, 2020
Economic impacts of #Brexit won't be hidden by effects of #covid, but they will compound one another. https://t.co/YvfMhKaiIg
— Flossie MacDoodle 3.5% FBCoalition2024 (@flossymacdoodle) October 20, 2020
If Brexit, then Scottish independence and Irish unification
— david allen green (@davidallengreen) October 19, 2020
Why did the "Conservative and Unionist Party" not see that coming?
The EU was the invisible glue that kept the Union together https://t.co/ZWmcc1piRV
And…
A mark of how badly @BorisJohnson wanted Charles Moore to be BBC chairman is Downing St agreed that the salary for the post could rise from £100,000 to £280,000, to match what Moore is paid by @Telegraph – even though @DCMS pointed out that the government’s official…
— Charlotte Edwardes (@chedwardes) October 19, 2020
Meanwhile in the real world..
‘Young people have never had it easier’ pic.twitter.com/H8OQRsV4Nx
— George Aylett (@GeorgeAylett) October 19, 2020