Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta https://t.co/CXJZPwKnQM

— CNBC (@CNBC) January 8, 2022

Doctor dubs new strain "deltacron" https://t.co/94OALDsmmu

— Bloomberg (@business) January 8, 2022

they be combining forces now? #Deltacron pic.twitter.com/ApQZr55rY2

— caitlin broadway (@caitlinbroadway) January 9, 2022

They literally are saying the Deltacron variant hahahaha I’m deceased pic.twitter.com/m6g3jb48UI

— ELIJAH 🇺🇸🇦🇺 (@ElijahSchaffer) January 9, 2022

Omicron is hitting the US much harder than the UK (or South Africa) in large part because we have significantly fewer double-vaxx'd adults and significantly fewer boosted seniors.

(data via @OurWorldInData and @jburnmurdoch) pic.twitter.com/rpWCsDWCyF

— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) January 9, 2022

Some people in the U.S. with a weakened immune system can get a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine as early as this coming week, according to new recommendations from the CDC. https://t.co/znV7u4qxmn

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 9, 2022

Reminder that "the unvaccinated" includes kids

And indeed, kids are the fastest-growing demographic in New York to be hospitalized. https://t.co/X7kmNztfED

— Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) January 9, 2022

The CDC explains its new Covid guidelines pic.twitter.com/YRG9GuUGDo

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) January 5, 2022

Fox News tops ratings for coverage on Jan. 6 anniversary events https://t.co/kw9Rm0EOig pic.twitter.com/GEP89EUsK8

— The Hill (@thehill) January 9, 2022

Capitol Police officer Briana Kirkland has filed a lawsuit accusing Trump of contributing to injuries she sustained on Jan. 6.

She argues that Trump incited the attack, did little to end it and conspired with far-right extremists to promote election lies. https://t.co/k20sncB2Jq

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 9, 2022

New: Jan. 6 committee is examining whether Trump oversaw a criminal conspiracy connecting the “political elements” of plan to stop Biden’s certification and extremist groups that attacked the Capitol — as I told @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/weN4Np01HZ

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) January 9, 2022

Many were wrong about Trump in 2016 but hard to find anyone more wrong than I was. Thought @GOP would reject him. But Trump gave @GOP permission to embrace what the party wanted to be. It’s not a traditional center-right party. It’s an autocratic movement & threat to democracy. https://t.co/Fiv5or1XGX

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 9, 2022

I will always insist: many of them know. They know, and they will never admit it in public. https://t.co/RyLTtLH0r3

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 9, 2022

Stephanie Grisham has done more interviews trying to rehabilitate herself post Trump than she ever did as the 32nd White House press secretary.

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 9, 2022

An essential read by the brilliant @NormOrnstein. Let's hope Manchin and Sinema are paying attention.#EndTheFilibuster https://t.co/aIbGXwjWGu

— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) January 9, 2022

“In December, he falsely claimed that gargling with mouthwash could help stop transmission of the virus, an assertion that drew a rebuke from the manufacturer of Listerine.” https://t.co/ldiaDXrraB

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 9, 2022

Flashback –> I go way back with Ron Johnson. Back before he went batshit crazy. https://t.co/UitfQ2gH3x via @BulwarkOnline

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) January 9, 2022

Rep. AOC is the latest to test positive for Covid as Congress is set to return. pic.twitter.com/V6g1t13Wxu

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 9, 2022

SCOOP: Alan Dershowitz lobbied Donald Trump to preemptively pardon Ghislaine Maxwell after speaking to her family

Ian Maxwell tells me: “There was one phone call between Dershowitz and a family member”

“The generic issue of pardons was touched on” 1/4https://t.co/YyaetCBgrq

— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) January 9, 2022

Exclusive

Nearly half of Conservative members think Rishi Sunak would make better party leader than Boris Johnson

Huge amount of data in this on Tory member worries, leadership and trust

My full story here:https://t.co/uI2xxzr1MC https://t.co/dwzrrHXpxI pic.twitter.com/aYIEchZHAB

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) January 9, 2022

This is what Rishi Sunak was doing shortly before the 2008 financial crash pic.twitter.com/5Rive7j66o

— Will Thorpe (@withorpe) January 9, 2022

Frankly, I don't know why Labour, instead of continually talking bollocks about the Tories wanting to flog the NHS off to the highest bidder, don't just stick this on posters, leaflets and social media every week and leave voters to draw the obvious conclusion. pic.twitter.com/7KJGWDVVYo

— Tim Bale (@ProfTimBale) January 8, 2022

For a moment, it seemed even one of Brexit’s media champions, the Telegraph, agreed this was all too much: “Time is running out to prove Brexit is not a historic failure” thundered a headline. https://t.co/RjKvUkmYd2

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) January 9, 2022

FFS Brexit commentators.

Stop actually thinking there is any kind of general logical sense to public statements about Article 16 from Liz Truss

It's not about *actually triggering*

It's about positioning in the Tory Party to replace Johnson

Nothing. Else. Matters.

— Jon Worth (@jonworth) January 9, 2022

Constant threats to invoke Article 16 are obviously not good for Northern Ireland, relations with the EU, business confidence etc. Very helpful for candidates to be Conservative leader though, and surely that's what matters to the country right now? https://t.co/cj53pqMI3w

— David Henig (@DavidHenigUK) January 9, 2022

There might be a brief Eurosceptic cheer if @trussliz actually triggers A16, but agree it's a dead end with predictable consequences including 1) trade war with EU 2) row with Washington 3) reminds people that Brexit is a bit of a mess 4) a climbdown a few months later https://t.co/IvbPBe6Izd

— George Parker (@GeorgeWParker) January 9, 2022

Conservative Succession: The Failures of Liz Truss – an excellent overview of why we should be worried about her as the new Tory Leader, by @BylineTimes https://t.co/ywuIFe8VqT

— 😷 💉 Jacqs ✊🏾 🌈 🇪🇺 🇳🇱 🇬🇧 (@jacqs70) January 9, 2022

Peoole are saying hard-right Suella Braverman is dodgy and isn't fit to be Attorney General because she puts the crooked Tory Party above law and the country.

But to be fair to the poor lady, Krishnan Guru-Murthy did break her pic.twitter.com/jf05v1EczT

— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) January 8, 2022

The Tory party seems to have become a loosely aligned collection of gangs each competing with each other to be the most extreme. One of the most recent is, wait for it, The Common Sense Group, an oxymoron if ever I heard one. A better name for them would be Fascism 101 pic.twitter.com/7kzzkv64MX

— Andrew (@AGJB1958) January 9, 2022

Huge if true. pic.twitter.com/RiieKOnmWy

— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) January 9, 2022

Have you told them you endorsed Australian-style border controls?

— Brian Moore (@brianmoore666) January 9, 2022

Please record the awkward moment when you tell them you’ve spent most of your career campaigning to have people from Eastern Europe deported.😉 https://t.co/rfFn1hdXlu

— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) January 9, 2022

So Mr Farage, what was it that got you interested in the plight of multi millionaire Novac Djokovic ? pic.twitter.com/VZANI1snKV

— Andrew Winslet (@andrew_winslet) January 9, 2022