Biden signs major disaster declaration for 77 Texas counties, plans to visit the state next week https://t.co/F499AGgHMu
— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) February 20, 2021
New York’s progressive voice @AOC is in Houston today announcing more than $3 million raised to assist 10 organizations for Texans in crisis. “That’s the New York spirit, that’s the Texas spirit that’s the American spirit” pic.twitter.com/CfwmqU27qT
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) February 20, 2021
Remind me again of what @SenTedCruz did for Texas when the crisis struck? Or how he voted on the call for emergency aid when Hurricane Sandy hit NYC? https://t.co/naDAop3pSy
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) February 21, 2021
Mutual aid groups across Texas have mobilized to feed, clothe, and house vulnerable residents — stepping up to the plate in the absence of comprehensive government support: https://t.co/nHeMEoSX7i
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 20, 2021
As millions of Texans went without power and water, Gov. Greg Abbott told residents to call 311 and use Google to find resources.
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) February 20, 2021
The only problem: Many people didn’t have internet access or cell service. https://t.co/Oq8VhHhkH8
Everything is a pose with this guy. https://t.co/VVAXQ6yTJI
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) February 20, 2021
In most of the country this kind of price gouging is illegal. But Texas Republicans deregulated the energy market so billionaires like Jerry Jones can profiteer off suffering. https://t.co/MSwcYOKkZL
— Evan Sutton (@3vanSutton) February 20, 2021
"A Democratic senator is calling for federal investigations into possible price gouging of natural gas in the Midwest and other regions following severe winter storms that plunged Texas and other states into a deep freeze that caused power outages…"https://t.co/bNYYN347mE
— Michael Tackett (@tackettdc) February 21, 2021
Former President Donald Trump is expected to address the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28 in Florida, in what would be his first public appearance since leaving the White House https://t.co/MBH0crtN6E
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 20, 2021
Pretty damning. https://t.co/iW5miy1JSz
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) February 21, 2021
Anyone know which of the OathKeepers will deliver remarks? Other than Trump, that is. https://t.co/0xG17nnkJ5
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) February 21, 2021
I cannot emphasize this enough, Virginia State Senator Amanda Chase made a Facebook live video with Oath Keepers leader Steward Rhodes the night before the Capital Seige. pic.twitter.com/XPttlj515T https://t.co/jMI2hXukWs
— Goad Gatsby (@GoadGatsby) February 20, 2021
New Conspiracy Indictment of "Oath Keepers" – Now Add Trump, Rudy and Don Jr. for Inciting the Insurrection. Because #JusticeMatters https://t.co/JM0u1sDkey via @YouTube
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) February 20, 2021
I’ll be really surprised if Erik Prince doesn’t have his traitorous fingerprints all over the insurrection. https://t.co/AWu4cZzPne
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) February 20, 2021
uh oh https://t.co/DtCnzXRwLL via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 20, 2021
Trump to speak at @CPAC next week on the future of the GOP & Biden’s immigration agenda. Several former aides & WH officials will also deliver remarks. The speaker roster does not include Pence, however, who declined an invitation.
— Gabby Orr (@GabbyOrr_) February 20, 2021
Federal investigators are looking into whether Trump allies, Roger Stone and Alex Jones, played any role in organizing violence during the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the inquiry told @NBCNews Saturday. https://t.co/HalxynrtSm
— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 21, 2021
The Justice Department is examining communications between right-wing extremists who breached the Capitol and Roger Stone, a close associate of Donald Trump. https://t.co/WJwyz3VGo0
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 20, 2021
The backlash against the seven Republicans who voted against Donald Trump during his impeachment trial has been vicious https://t.co/UEw3F2sipJ
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 21, 2021
Whoa. 60 Minutes to report that judges identified by Trump on Twitter were then targeted for harassment by Russian intelligence cyber-operatives. 😳 https://t.co/g04eP2hnBX
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) February 20, 2021
At his D.C. hotel restaurant, Trump required Diet Cokes, junk food and hearing Heinz ketchup bottles make "pop" sounds. https://t.co/wB2CQLLov0
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) February 20, 2021
Meanwhile…
United flight returns to airport after engine failure rains debris on Colorado city https://t.co/4s8FpVGZ0x
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 21, 2021
JUST IN: Denver International Airport officials tell us United Airlines Flight 328 bound for Honolulu returned to the airport after an engine problem. Neighbors heard a loud boom, took these photos of what look like Boeing 777 engine nacelle in their yards. pic.twitter.com/mklpz3VG4F
— Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) February 20, 2021
Wow! Here is video of the United Airlines flight that dropped debris all over the Denver Colorado suburbs. pic.twitter.com/S3Qaq4Sv1j
— Anthony Quintano Photography (@AnthonyQuintano) February 20, 2021
Meanwhile 2,400 Americans died from Covid yesterday.
— Joe McGinniss Jr (@joemcginnissjr) February 21, 2021
But you know….airplane parts fell from the sky
and…
This is like a broadcast from the future. https://t.co/srkh94nU7l
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) February 21, 2021
Covid vaccine: All UK adults to be offered jab by 31 July – PM https://t.co/U6FAPP3mU5
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 20, 2021
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MEDIA ON ALERT…
I suppose I’m the only person in the whole world who thought that #forthbridgedown meant that the Forth Bridge was actually down 😂😂
— The Fyfie (@TheFyfie) February 20, 2021
Not to be ghoulish (and this is about the Queen not the Duke) but this is one of the best pieces of long form content I’ve ever read. The traditions of the monarchy are there at life and death. #forthbridgedownhttps://t.co/jak0mcBX7J
— Ellen Gerstein (@elleinthecity) February 20, 2021
If Prince Philip has indeed passed (and I sincerely hope this is not the case), we are in for a unique and somewhat unprecedented period in the days ahead. #ForthBridgeDownhttps://t.co/xOyXYsFj0L
— ᑎIᑕK ᒪ (@Nickhaywardshea) February 20, 2021
All those tweeting about #princephillip. To add to the confusion #ForthBridgeDown is actually happening. https://t.co/r6HYziQetb
— Malcolm Wood #WeAreStarfleet (@woodmally1979) February 20, 2021
I had no idea about these fears of a Royals shortage. Presumably Brexit means we can’t import any new German ones. pic.twitter.com/lGnjVR2qv0
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) February 20, 2021
Get your Brexit news now, since you might not see any for a while…
Yet again it is foreign media leading the way in reporting the truth about how badly Brexit is going ….. Boris Johnson's government is 'gaslighting' Britain about the realities of Brexit, critics say – CNN https://t.co/AN8ZU9poVt
— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) February 20, 2021
Correct me if I am wrong, but did the people of Holyhead not vote for Brexit? It has been obvious that Irish traffic would start going direct to France etc. What did they think was going to happen? https://t.co/GFLaEh19ps
— Tom Hayes (@BEERG) February 20, 2021
Brexit: UK fishermen fear losing their homes as export ban bites https://t.co/8asCy3b4w4
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 20, 2021
When the Bow Group, which includes people such as Tebbit and Lamont in its ranks, calls for an inquiry into the role Symonds is playing inside Number 10, you know there's a problem. https://t.co/hZA7sOFYpY
— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) February 20, 2021
this might look like special pleading from a niche industry but there is a long, growing list of niche industries suffering post-Brexit https://t.co/WnaGW1Rwwc pic.twitter.com/6DkPZafekd
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) February 20, 2021
How it started. How it’s going. pic.twitter.com/S9UOU6zO4z
— Deirdre Heenan (@deirdreheenan) February 20, 2021