A truly historic & far-reaching announcement by NI Secretary Brandon Lewis in the Commons: He says the government plans to put in place a de facto amnesty (although he doesn't call it that) which will mean no one can be prosecuted for crimes committed during The Troubles in NI. pic.twitter.com/XwORo1IAQc
— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) July 14, 2021
Boris Johnson has said plans to introduce a statute of limitations on Troubles-related murders will allow Northern Ireland to “draw a line” under the conflicthttps://t.co/VCUD48fwxj
— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) July 14, 2021
Johnson's ignorance is rarely better illustrated than when it comes to his lack of knowledge regarding Northern Ireland. https://t.co/bAxyDPXwRw
— Dermot Keyes (@DermotKeyes) July 14, 2021
Boris Johnson and the Tories have done more than anyone thought possible in uniting the people of Northern Ireland in our contempt for Boris Johnson and the Tories https://t.co/ZPTzOUBZu2
— Planet Belfast 💙 Save lives – Wear a mask 😷 🇪🇺 (@Planet_Belfast) July 14, 2021
An amnesty is wrong.
— Louise Haigh (@LouHaigh) July 14, 2021
Ministers should ask themselves whether they are serving society's interests, or their own narrow party interest. pic.twitter.com/mknyey7eA8
Johnson has succeeded in uniting nearly the whole of of Northern Ireland, Nationalist and Unionist, against his proposals for past crimes. https://t.co/CtTShRCxLU
— Jonathan Mills (@Muinchille) July 14, 2021
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Pressure grows on Biden over voting rights
Biden Is Not Meeting the Moment on Voting Rights https://t.co/yCT5ksTWLe
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) July 14, 2021
President Biden, if we truly face the greatest threat to our democracy since the Civil War (as you said yesterday), then you must lead the effort to change the filibuster to allow for voting rights legislation to pass.
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 14, 2021
It is our only hope.https://t.co/fgUizs58FC
President Biden is right and the Senate must act swiftly to pass voting rights and protect our democracy. https://t.co/UaP4oxV1MD
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) July 14, 2021
“Republicans successfully filibustered the For the People Act last month, and it appears no closer to passage now. It was as if Biden had urged lawmakers to meet him on the other side of the Grand Canyon without saying how they should get across.” –@fordm https://t.co/2iq5NgWRPD
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) July 14, 2021
Biden must embrace his own logic on voting rights, @EJDionne writes https://t.co/wyUHC3Co3I
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) July 14, 2021
More than 150 corporate giants, including Target, PepsiCo and Google, urge Congress to strengthen voting rights for minority voters https://t.co/RRErOQBc2W pic.twitter.com/m5hZUyZOYr
— The Hill (@thehill) July 14, 2021
Opinion | @SykesCharlie: Kevin McCarthy has chosen bigotry over truth. And the GOP is following his lead. https://t.co/IdUcGEKqlN
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 14, 2021
House Oversight Dems Request Records From Arizona ‘Auditor’ Cyber Ninjas https://t.co/l4y59mdjKz
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) July 14, 2021
Since beginning the audit work, Cyber Ninjas has been accused of engaging in mismanagement and insecure practices that jeopardized the integrity of ballots and voting machines and could lead to significant errors.
— Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) July 14, 2021
This must be investigated. https://t.co/n6Q5BGErxj
Meanwhile…
Ten years after the Arab Spring, people in Western democracies have become jaded about the web as a liberalizing force. But not everyone has given up. https://t.co/idlOxrvX3B
— Slate (@Slate) July 15, 2021
and, finally…
Oh, good. https://t.co/sfVYosStJI
— Mic (@mic) July 15, 2021