The UK should not give the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to under 30s where possible, Britain's vaccine advisory committee said, due to a very rare side effect of blood clots in the brain https://t.co/HpYOssRCwF pic.twitter.com/aF0n8pVkev
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 7, 2021
EU drug regulator finds link between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots https://t.co/3xZ9ZNmq1u pic.twitter.com/v3B37I5Kbo
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 7, 2021
AstraZeneca jab ‘course correction’ could dent confidence far beyond UK https://t.co/Y0rPK85sGU
— The Guardian (@guardian) April 7, 2021
A timeline of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus jab https://t.co/0oCvwQ2JAo
— The Independent (@Independent) April 7, 2021
Possibly the first time in the history of print* you could call the newsdesk with an incredibly nuanced medical story and get the splash, p3 analysis and explainer. (*Excludes certain blue tops unless it either cures/causes cancer or Prince Phillip/MI6 used it to kill Lady Di).
— David Firn (@davidfirn) April 7, 2021
So, when EU countries restrict AstraZeneca by age group they are being irresponsible and over cautious, and causing deaths.
— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) April 7, 2021
But when the UK does it they’re being prudent and it’s no big deal.
Was curious how the UK tabloids would spin this. Not at all surprised. Laughable. pic.twitter.com/2Cw0x3NUvE
Meanwhile…
Stones were thrown at police and a press photographer was attacked by masked men https://t.co/9WWPFYRA3S
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) April 7, 2021
For over an hour now petrol bombs, fireworks and rocks have been thrown over this peacewall. Crowds goading each other through the gaps. Police landrover appeared to try and ram the gates closed but two-and-fro attacks have continued. pic.twitter.com/3qBXYm6jgY
— Emma Vardy (@EmmaVardyTV) April 7, 2021
Those with any influence in communities need to try and calm these young people down and deescalate before someone gets killed. Nothing justifies this type of violence in communities or against our @PoliceServiceNI colleagues. @NIPolicingBoard @Translink_NI pic.twitter.com/ov4EhNq7Px
— Police Federation for Northern Ireland (@PoliceFedforNI) April 7, 2021
The First Minister of Northern Ireland. That's the tweet. https://t.co/7cRRhKkqSG
— David McCann (@dmcbfs) April 7, 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is "deeply concerned" about scenes of violence in Northern Ireland. https://t.co/1QSqUwt6j9
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) April 7, 2021
What's so worrying right now is the poverty of leadership both in loyalism and in the British government.
— Peter Geoghegan (@PeterKGeoghegan) April 7, 2021
This is a man who would do "anything to save the Union" and "to protect peace" – so long as it doesn't involve doing something he doesn't want to do. https://t.co/73fYVkAKXI
First official ministerial statement condemning Belfast violence tonight and appealing for calm. This from @NicholaMallon following the petrol bombing and burning out of a Translink bus this evening pic.twitter.com/p6cpj4juoT
— John Mulgrew (@newsmulg) April 7, 2021
Particularly since the rioters share their reverence for said flag.
— Davidnicholl💙 (@Davidnicholl19) April 7, 2021
These are scenes I was familiar with growing up. Yet every time I warned during the referendum campaign that Brexit could lead to violence English Brexit supporters accused me of Project Fear. This behaviour is totally unjustified but Johnson & DUP must accept some responsibility https://t.co/Y5k1cQUGaT
— Martin McKee (@martinmckee) April 7, 2021
is that what she meant when she said the NIP was a 'sensible, stable and serious way forward' @DUPleader pic.twitter.com/jiE3JlG6xW
— míchєllє mccαвє 😷 #BLM #RepealTheSeal (@Shellmccabe) April 7, 2021
Rioting may become the excuse to invoke Article 16 (even though in the Protocol this could only be temporary) pic.twitter.com/eALAuaC6LO
— Mike Tomlinson (@MikeTQUB) April 7, 2021
It is a shocking indication of the suppression of real news about Brexit in Great Britain that anybody has to be told this. But you will hardly find anyone in Northern Ireland (or Ireland) who does not take this as a starting assumption.👇https://t.co/F9O6NFU3aW
— Duncan Morrow (@duncan_morrow) April 7, 2021
At least on the radio they told us about Thandie Newton using her real name . C'mon priorities
— Steve Denton (@SteveDe37918651) April 7, 2021
***
POLITICS IS JUST ONE BIG GRIFT
Sen: McConnell: "My warning, if you will, to corporate America is to stay out of politics. It's not what you`re designed for. I'm not talking about political contributions. … I support that. I'm talking about taking a position."https://t.co/Q14ptTmKyh
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 7, 2021
#BREAKING: McConnell backs away from warning businesses to stay out of politics https://t.co/aA0uMWYDLI pic.twitter.com/J3QlcIIWTy
— The Hill (@thehill) April 7, 2021
The GOP strongly was pro
— Limericking (@Limericking) April 5, 2021
The Money-Is-Speech status quo
Till Coke said, Ideally
We all could vote freely?
& then they were all like, Wait no
The secret to Donald Trump’s successful small dollar fundraising is out: tricking donors into giving much more money than they understood they were giving. But his GOP allies are still employing the same strategies. https://t.co/F8VLY8doaX
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 7, 2021
UPDATE: The @NRCC has an even worse alternate prechecked recurring donation box that says they will "tell Trump you are a DEFECTOR" if unchecked. h/t @iankoski cc @ShaneGoldmacher https://t.co/TH8sURaZ9P https://t.co/et4wN88OiW pic.twitter.com/FhDphhmNkY
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) April 7, 2021
"The corporate tax cut didn't improve business investments, didn't fuel private-sector hiring, didn't improve wages, and didn't pay for itself."https://t.co/iIcdkOWcD8
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) April 7, 2021
The new GOP:
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 7, 2021
Activist (and authoritarian) tendencies.
Governing by grievance.
Telling businesses what they can and can't do.
Embracing government to legislate their form of morality.
Stripping away authority from election officials who did their jobs.https://t.co/b4S8wEZN4a
"What's left after the GOP cancels itself?" My latest column for @thedailybeast. Please read and share. https://t.co/PosdReVyHI
— Wajahat "Butter King" Ali (@WajahatAli) April 7, 2021
Opinion | The GOP can’t be saved. Center-right voters need to become Biden Republicans. <– feel exactly the same https://t.co/nir0KLdZWM
— Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 7, 2021
Brainstorming titles for Mike Pence's books:
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) April 7, 2021
Plenty of Mayo
I Was Treason Adjacent
The Mob Tried to Lynch Me but I Still Want Their Vote
That Fly on My Head was a Tiny Chinese Spyhttps://t.co/lvu2PEeS5C
John Boehner is now whining that Trump turned the GOP into a party of "whack jobs." Well, Boehner should put down the wine glass & look in the mirror. Please read and RT my latest.https://t.co/Vsi097Pjob
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) April 7, 2021
Trump did say he loves the poorly educated https://t.co/fUIbwrIDPn
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) April 7, 2021
Finally…
Can this wait till 2022
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) April 7, 2021
i find it so soothing that we're all on this ridiculous website getting in petty arguments over things and meanwhile https://t.co/Vch76z97yJ
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) April 7, 2021
The Overnight Note 