“A lot them aren’t even pretending to be in charge.” Without naming names, former President Obama criticizes some officials overseeing the coronavirus response. He offered his comments in a live, online commencement address for historically black colleges. https://t.co/YdQQs71DpN

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 16, 2020

Congratulations to the HBCU Class of 2020! Michelle and I are so proud of you. As you set out to change the world, we’ll be the wind at your back. Can’t wait to see what you achieve. https://t.co/PCsjkJJTXi

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 16, 2020

Fmr. AG Holder says President Trump's coronavirus response shows he "is not up for the job."

“Can you imagine Ronald Reagan…can you imagine Bill Clinton… either of the Bushs…Barack Obama saying that this is something for the states to work out?”https://t.co/1FgLOWKwdE

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 16, 2020

Obamagate isn’t a gate at all — it’s Trump stoking his base. And an incumbent president worried about his base in the spring of an election year is an incumbent who’s in deep shit … and knows it. https://t.co/AU7dnuDgtq

— John Heilemann (@jheil) May 16, 2020

Trump has fired four inspectors general in less than six weeks because he believes in transparency and is the most ethical and law-abiding president of the modern era. pic.twitter.com/YPAfc9nq5U

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 16, 2020

Trump fires State Department watchdog.
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Eliot L. Engel said the inspector general had been looking into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: @NBCNews.https://t.co/CmATGdGwzy

— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) May 16, 2020

Trump Regime gets rid of anyone who may provide any oversight of their corruption, cruelty, incompetence, disloyalty to US. https://t.co/1u3eEFvuQc

— David Rothschild 🌻 (@DavMicRot) May 16, 2020

Trump campaign attorneys hinted that stations that air a critical ad might face licensing trouble from the FCC. https://t.co/XTLLZT3kAR via @HuffPostPol

— Robert holgate (@415holgate) May 16, 2020

We refuse to believe the truth doesn't matter. That's why we keep chasing down Trump's claims about the Secret Service. https://t.co/G2pX36uxC0

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 16, 2020

Criminal hacker group claims to have Trump documents, asks for $42 million in ransom https://t.co/4arLgyOOIF pic.twitter.com/ziW08Mrilo

— The Hill (@thehill) May 16, 2020

I hope this is sarcasm. If Obama "unmasked" Trump family, that means they were taped speaking with a foreign agent, engaged in talks raising national security concerns & – with no one knowing who it was – unmasked so they could assess problem. So, Hannity thinks Trumps are spies?

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 16, 2020

oh, this is fun. @TheRickWilson @itsJeffTiedrich pic.twitter.com/4pEQnu4XrI

— Amanda Satanovsky (@pannaparty) May 16, 2020

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2020

'I don't trust what Boris Johnson is saying.'

Teacher Ellie Sharp says she doesn't believe the government has teachers' "best interests at heart", and says data should be shared so educators can make an informed decision on returning to school.

More: https://t.co/FeBv8Rwxly pic.twitter.com/3xGpPqRGpL

— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 16, 2020

It’s a toughie.

On one hand, you have the BMA, National Union of Teachers & your instincts telling you not to send your children to school.

Then on the other you have Boris Johnson, Britain First & a few gobshite right-wing ‘journalists’ telling you it’s OK.

Who to trust?

— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) May 16, 2020

🦠Exclusive: Review contradicts Boris Johnson on claims he ordered early lockdown at UK care homes – Reuters https://t.co/sOix8kwgfc

— John Ashton ( you, us, I) (@Johnrashton47) May 16, 2020

Boris Johnson faces calls for independent inquiry into BAME Covid-19 deaths https://t.co/FzV1XMBXVC

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 16, 2020

Boris Johnson’s physician calls Covid-19 'this generation’s polio’ as new evidence emerges of long-term effects https://t.co/OkSBN3JsnB

— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) May 16, 2020

Another blinder Boris. We trust the common sense of the British public?
The MET Police Cant even wear masks.
Stop telling people Shite on a daily basis. Give them the truth. None would be seen out side for months. Your lying is directly killing people. Fool. PM my Arse. pic.twitter.com/FyFLccehvA

— Derek McGillivray 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😎 (@pamcgoo) May 16, 2020

Not quite what Number 6 was trying to say. #theprisoner pic.twitter.com/FjcCRaqXuf

— Michael Allen 🇾🇪 (@michaelallen75) May 16, 2020

Hard Brexit dude pretending to care about the economy – great satire https://t.co/bFhalE4pLH

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) May 16, 2020

Quite possibly this is an obvious point. But can an FTA negotiation really work in this atmosphere of complete mistrust?

— Holger Hestermeyer (@hhesterm) May 16, 2020

Remember Richard Cook, man behind DUP's £435,000 Brexit cash? He's caught up in a scandal involving convicted American fraudster, Texan oil wells, Scottish international footballers and investors millions out of pocket.

Latest @openDemocracy investigation https://t.co/C25k1zs4s6 pic.twitter.com/8hvfDvcdIF

— Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack (@PeterKGeoghegan) May 16, 2020

Fucking hell this is desperate stuff. They should look into ANY Tory MP if they want to do more of these hard hitting scoops. https://t.co/RArsOH2f0Y

— John Rain 🥇 (@ItsJohnRain) May 16, 2020

A month ago, unlocking #Italy seemed almost impossible. But it’s happening, with shops, restaurants and hairdressers opening on Monday, gyms, swimming pools and sports centres a week later and travel restrictions easing. And suddenly life is returning… https://t.co/CBYTjDJ52X

— Mark Lowen (@marklowen) May 16, 2020

The US now accounts for 28% of #COVID19 deaths in the world, and about a third of all cases
Its proportion of total deaths is increasing over recent weeks.https://t.co/yAfZeUSH8r pic.twitter.com/8QVDvwCnbt

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 16, 2020

⚡️ A single mother. Four kids with disabilities. No support amid COVID-19. Many say COVID-19 is 'the great equalizer' because it can indiscriminately infect anyone, but for vulnerable families, it's far from equal. #ViralInequalityhttps://t.co/wsRfuXh4bT

— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) May 16, 2020

1/ The disgusting truth about the idiotic American food system. "Imagine how different the story would be if there were still tens of thousands of chicken and pig farmers bringing their animals to hundreds of regional slaughterhouses. An outbreak at any one of them would barely

— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) May 16, 2020

How can we break out of the pandemic crisis? @FredKempe on an @ACGeoTech plan for tech companies to prepare for future low probability, high consequence 🦠 🌎 pandemics like #COVID – and how it could help turn tragedy into historic opportunity. https://t.co/KGceWFjO09

— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) May 16, 2020

German Bundesliga returns: What did football's new reality look like? https://t.co/JAz2nYHunW

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 16, 2020

Today should have been the day that this certified banger won the Eurovision Song Contest. https://t.co/rhDn31vAIO

— Grant Tucker (@GrantTucker) May 16, 2020

"Suddenly you're like a pirate, you're 65 years old and you've got an earring." — actor #FredWillard (1939-2020) R.I.P. Man… pic.twitter.com/CeYLvXw1Ru

— Dr. Paul (@DrPnygard) May 16, 2020

Fred Willard, much-loved star of Best in Show and This is Spinal Tap, dies aged 86 https://t.co/3Dlfui9U8U

— Guardian news (@guardiannews) May 16, 2020

fred willard had one of the most underrated moments in anchorman that still keels me over laughing to this day. godspeed. pic.twitter.com/DwGQgbKWyN

— Mike Barwin (@MikeBarwin) May 16, 2020

I am sad to say goodbye to Fred Willard, who was still the funniest of men at age 86. Here's what turned out to be our last moment on-air together… pic.twitter.com/inDZVtls6v

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 16, 2020

Trump: "Vaccine or no vaccine, we're back … You fight through it."

The president and his staff get tested every day. You don't. pic.twitter.com/YXhkSwD7yV

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) May 15, 2020

President Trump on Friday expressed confidence in the rapid coronavirus test used to screen White House staff and visitors — despite the results of a new study suggesting it may miss up to half of infections detected by other tests on the market https://t.co/4nDMHSdr5j

— POLITICO (@politico) May 15, 2020

Who’s saying this? The secretary of defense? Ok … https://t.co/Sii6sPUX9x

— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) May 15, 2020

U.S. to stockpile vaccine candidates as trials continue: health secretary https://t.co/2R10ZNLU1v pic.twitter.com/mjIVaUQ3Rf

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2020

WATCH: Pres. Trump proclaims “we’re back” as states ease restrictions and the country’s death toll surpasses 87,000. #mtpdaily@chucktodd: “This caps off a week where the president has pushed for states to reopen … and inaccurately claimed we have ‘prevailed’ on testing.” pic.twitter.com/sfmCXBMwAF

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 15, 2020

President Trump says his administration is exploring whether a coronavirus vaccine should be free but declined to offer his personal opinion.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 15, 2020

Then why are we reopening!!!! https://t.co/LydlkGEnbt

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 15, 2020

Warning from @UIowa researchers is a devastating indictment of @IAGovernor's claim to have made latest #COVID19 policy choices based on data. Read the white paper here (it's only 3 pages): https://t.co/gVc4SjM59U https://t.co/FaiqPi3S5B

— Bleeding Heartland (@LauraRBelin) May 15, 2020

El Paso health director announces "dramatic spike in positive cases"https://t.co/K1ALVrCs0D

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) May 15, 2020

Democrat says national park reopening measures "wholly insufficient to protect public health" https://t.co/fEBDMYuuAb pic.twitter.com/nfIgGjf7Bi

— The Hill (@thehill) May 15, 2020

Truckers protesting, the universal sign of love pic.twitter.com/XjRZAi6WI4

— The Recount (@therecount) May 15, 2020

Everyday is like VEEP…. except in this version there are nearly 90,000 dead people. https://t.co/Ued0MSh1iT

— Doug Gordon (@dgordon52) May 15, 2020

I think "we are committed to secure the election" means something different to them than it does to me https://t.co/koJzVGVIgC

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 15, 2020

Eat your heart out, Asia. pic.twitter.com/CYNKwoLqPS

— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) May 15, 2020

BREAKING:UK Coronavirus infection rate ALREADY rising again.
This is a massacre. https://t.co/hFW0zZDSsg

— Dr Louise Raw (@LouiseRawAuthor) May 15, 2020

Nine unions, including National Education Union, Nasuwt & National Association of Head Teachers & thousands of professionals who spend their lives teaching & caring for our children say otherwise. Who do we believe, them or a minister who has presided over a national catastrophe? https://t.co/49S4pDhqSa

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 15, 2020

The Telegraph hasn’t sussed yet that they’re now not only against the unions, but also the parents. https://t.co/6ntPKILO0g

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 15, 2020

This is extremely important. https://t.co/TDge3mAevH

— Dr Mary Bousted (@MaryWBousted) May 15, 2020

Every person prosecuted under Coronavirus Act was 'wrongly charged', CPS admitshttps://t.co/tNA8uTeyYN

— ITV News (@itvnews) May 15, 2020

So we should 100% expect a public sector pay freeze and further austerity by the end of the summer https://t.co/TXp9v5lAxL

— Declan Cashin (@Tweet_Dec) May 15, 2020

Boris Johnson’s newfound policy concern about obesity is a mark of his solipsism. It’s only a problem if it’s a problem for him

— robert shrimsley (@robertshrimsley) May 15, 2020

"We are not going to bargain away our European values for the benefit of the British economy."

EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says a third round of talks on a new partnership with the UK was "disappointing". He warned negotiations could fail without a 'level playing field'. pic.twitter.com/wBi8en7al4

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 15, 2020

DUP votes were vital in supporting Tory Brexit, against the will of NI voters. Now, too late, they say they oppose border controls. NI voters are paying the price for electing idiots.https://t.co/D2LL9OtBHs via @rte

— John Fitzgerald #FBPE #GTTO @j_g_fitzgerald@c.im (@j_g_fitzgerald) May 15, 2020

China acknowledges destroying early coronavirus samples, confirming U.S. accusation https://t.co/UWFwctUVOp

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 15, 2020

More real news about fake news from @NiemanLab: Unvetted scientific research about COVID-19 is becoming a partisan weapon https://t.co/e95GT2K3Yb

— Nieman Reports (@NiemanReports) May 15, 2020

"Catholics" who don't like the Pope, who denounce interfaith prayer and who read a publication called "Church Militant"?
Only on @FoxNews.
We really don't need a Christian Taliban right now.https://t.co/sLPKa1zUmS #FoxNews

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) May 15, 2020

Exclsuive: Abu Dhabi in talks with Dubai for support through state fund Mubadala – sources https://t.co/thL9Nqgi11 pic.twitter.com/NHeaZOs48B

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2020

#Australia has become a loyal attack dog of the #US against #China. With bilateral ties in a downward spiral, it would be delusional to think trade won't be affected. Here is a GT probe into what's at stake for Canberra: https://t.co/RB2HMJNcsQ pic.twitter.com/ImBu43yefY

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) May 15, 2020

Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich has resigned after less than a month on the job over what an official said was "incompatibility" with President Jair Bolsonaro's approach to fighting the country's spiraling Covid-19 crisis.https://t.co/G25d1YzlkC

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 15, 2020

Breaking News: J.C. Penney filed for bankruptcy. The 118-year-old department store is by far the biggest retail casualty of the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/tCXlLsVozu

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 15, 2020

25 of the funniest things we’ve seen on Twitter this week.https://t.co/PAGC5OuK4i pic.twitter.com/DDmKTCJ4h4

— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 15, 2020

Not now, 4-foot-long invasive lizards that eat anything you want. https://t.co/VHeJN3wLD8

— Dli O’Doir (@dli_odoir) May 15, 2020

"If we fail to develop a national coordinated response based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities," ousted HHS official Dr. Rick Bright says in prepared remarks to House cmte.https://t.co/kQt05vtNPi

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 14, 2020

Dr. Rick Bright says he will never forget receiving an email from an N95 manufacturer warning: "We're in deep shit. The world is, and we need to act."

Bright told Congress that he forwarded the message, which fell on deaf ears.

He also wrote that in his complaint. pic.twitter.com/khvL9flQBq

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 14, 2020

"We're in deep shit": Whistleblower Rick Bright details the failure to act on mask shortages https://t.co/BReGckU1Ln

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) May 14, 2020

The Office of the Special Counsel has preliminarily found a "substantial likelihood of wrongdoing” in the removal of Dr. Rick Bright from BARDA, a federal agency overseeing coronavirus response efforts. https://t.co/t5tppqqvjy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 14, 2020

About an hour and 15 minutes before Dr Rick Bright is set to testify before Congress that he was removed his job as a top vaccine official because he refused to put politics over science, President Trump says Bright is a “disgruntled employee” who is “not liked or respected.” https://t.co/lzX5RZsZEL

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 14, 2020

As Trump says it’s time to reopen schools, the CDC is preparing to send a warning for doctors nationwide to be on the lookout for signs of a rare but deadly illness attacking children across the country believed to be related to the coronavirus. https://t.co/CbDif6Jz4t

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 14, 2020

Just so we’re clear: Sec HHS Alex Azar was unwilling to testify before Congress today on the pandemic response, but he found time to fly to Allentown, PA to do a campaign event with Trump.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 14, 2020

TRUMP: "When you test, you have a case. When you test, you find something is wrong with people. If we didn't do any testing we would have very few cases." pic.twitter.com/tEX1uXQbmp

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 14, 2020

“Jared [Kushner] had been arguing that testing too many people, or ordering too many ventilators, would spook the markets and so we just shouldn’t do it… That advice worked far more powerfully on [Trump] than what the scientists were saying.” https://t.co/yeLMnHQzjS

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) May 14, 2020

"No one knows what 'Obamagate' is, and that includes President Trump. It's a hashtag in search of a scandal," said Ned Price, NSC spokesman under Obama. "The only people it will galvanize are those already 1,000 percent behind" Trump. https://t.co/vZ5ohOHpQi

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 14, 2020

If you think armed right-wing terrorists won't shut down polling places in November based on conspiracy theories amplified by the president … you need to work on your tragic imagination.

— David Roberts (@drvolts) May 14, 2020

Incremental progress doesn't make for good headlines, especially when it's slower than it should be, but a lot of the things suggested in this article are happening to some degree or another.https://t.co/Shbos1xxK5

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 14, 2020

Just flooding the zone with this stuff https://t.co/G3VMIKx16e

— jim manley (@jamespmanley) May 14, 2020

NEW: The U.S. government has paid at least $970,000 to @realdonaldtrump's businesses since Trump took office.

That includes at least **1,600** nightly room rentals at Trump properties. https://t.co/lJbUeMU2My

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 14, 2020

Trump's hotel profits are back in the spotlight with a court's reversal in an emoluments case https://t.co/nXt00yuETl

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) May 14, 2020

Shit shit shit shit shit I did not mean to say this out loud on national television pic.twitter.com/vh07Pccs5I

— DevinNunesTHEPARODYDragQueen (@NunesDrag) May 14, 2020

This is pure Westminster bubble piffle. The government spent the past decade dismantling the NHS, the Civil Service and pandemic planning. “The system” is them. They are the ones who are not fit for purpose. https://t.co/4GYl8bRINS

— Mark O'Neill (@marxculture) May 14, 2020

“We are going to see cases go up. The virus is going to continue spreading.”

Professor @devisridhar says lifting the coronavirus lockdown is “pointless” if we do not have the proper infrastructure to detect and trace. #bbcqt pic.twitter.com/cycMG5q5gG

— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) May 14, 2020

Last year Boris Johnson told supporters there would be ‘no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind’ on goods crossing the Irish sea after Brexit https://t.co/v7oRv2prTb

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) May 14, 2020

Global death toll climbs above 300,000 as U.S. cases top 1.4 million.

Tracking the virus: https://t.co/OQ9t5rhXvC pic.twitter.com/EkkNanFHEV

— ABC News (@ABC) May 14, 2020

Everywhere we see wealthy democracies reporting higher death rates than authoritarian regimes. Belgium, 55 k cases, reports 8 k deaths; Turkey, 144 k, says 4 k. Switzerland & Ecuador both 30 k cases; Ecuador acknowledges 500 more dead, despite overall death toll at 500% normal.

— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) May 14, 2020

More than 50 days after India locked down, the pandemic’s human and economic toll is worsening, with new cases surging at a record pace https://t.co/xpS0kxAHez

— Bloomberg (@business) May 14, 2020

The people of this place owe Emma & Jake DeSouza a huge debt of gratitude.

I can't begin to imagine the stress & pressure of this, but I know it was real.

We are British, Irish, both & it's thanks to their efforts that UKG climbed down from their antagonistic & wrong position https://t.co/2Y6MNFzVJW

— Sorcha Eastwood MLA (@SorchaEastwood) May 14, 2020

No one belonged to the marshes of coastal GA more than Ahmaud Arbery. His family’s roots there run more than 200 years deep. Glynn county native, Jim Barger, Jr., writes about who Ahmaud was & what his community must reckon with in the wake of his murder. https://t.co/2N41Da1xD1 pic.twitter.com/nHqEJOaUPK

— Bitter Southerner (@BitterSouth) May 14, 2020

In his testimony tomorrow, Rick Bright is expected to warn that the U.S. will face "unprecedented illness and fatalities" without additional preparations. "Without clear planning…2020 will be darkest winter in modern history." W/ @JDiamond1 https://t.co/iVEzwpdHzQ

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 13, 2020

BREAKING: Former vaccine chief Rick Bright files a 63-page whistleblower report blasting the Trump administration's "cronyism" and chloroquine pressure campaign. https://t.co/GchrCrb0KP

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 5, 2020

60 MINUTES: Dr. Rick Bright, ousted as head of BARDA, says he was removed from his job for putting “science over politics.”

He tells @NorahODonnell that he believes he was retaliated against for raising concerns about hydroxychloroquine.

Watch on May 17 https://t.co/PtTwS3iHOu pic.twitter.com/46BTKyVAag

— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) May 8, 2020

This isn't complicated.

Dr. Fauci is a highly decorated scientist and doctor, a respected medical expert who spent his life leading American efforts to fight infectious diseases.

Trump is a compulsive liar who suggested we could fight COVID-19 by injecting people with bleach. https://t.co/8KnzEWR6LN

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) May 13, 2020

Trump on his call to reopen colleges: Young people are in great shape. "Now, will you have an incident, one out of a million, one out of 500,000, will something happen? Perhaps. But you know, you can be driving to school and some bad things can happen too."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 13, 2020

What the hell is he talking about? pic.twitter.com/MqDAxv5s6D

— Ian Sams (@IanSams) May 13, 2020

Emails obtained by the @AP shows Trump nominee involved in shelving CDC virus guide https://t.co/dKXkfWFg94

— nixonron (@nixonron) May 13, 2020

That will make that bloody virus think twice before attacking that shop https://t.co/F8yXBaElDo

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) May 13, 2020

People Are Dying, the Economy Is Collapsing and Trump Wants You to Look at This Squirrel

By latest for ⁦@thedailybeast⁩ https://t.co/gVPr5QGksc

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 13, 2020

So Trump’s big Obamagate scandal is that when Trump illegally enlisted the help of a foreign power to rig a US election, he got BUSTED.

That’s it. The scandal is he was caught by the federal government doing something illegal.

This shit is so stupid.

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) May 13, 2020

The flood tide of new bots with accounts from April 2020 who are totes experts on FISA, the NSA, unmasking, and NatSec law is a gift. Really.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 13, 2020

New: Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan is asking why Michael Flynn should not be held in contempt of court for perjury, and has appointed a retired judge to look into it and argue against the DOJ's request to dismiss the Flynn case. @kpolantz reporting

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 13, 2020

The ⁦⁦@ProjectLincoln⁩ effect. For some seniors, COVID-19 is shifting their views of Trump – https://t.co/TOhFA035ru https://t.co/E9cADJPxmr

— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) May 13, 2020

National @Reuters/@Ipsos Poll

Biden 46% (+3 Since last week)
Trump 38% (-3)https://t.co/4RAs3w6UNL

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) May 13, 2020

The Lincoln Project – the prominent group of disaffected anti-trump Repubs – has launched “Republicans and Independents for Biden” – a group that intends to organize in key battleground states.

— Asma Khalid (@asmamk) May 13, 2020

I know I wrote this week about newspaper editorial boards not calling for Trump to resign, but this is much much better. Thank you Howard for doing what America's newspapers won't do. https://t.co/GhEC3ICQWe https://t.co/I1a5e7Qx6B

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 13, 2020

A lot more people are going to die than previously expected.

and

The economy‘s going to do a lot worse than previously expected.

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 13, 2020

Today the UK passed 60,000 #COVID19 deaths (FT). We're at 891 deaths per million pop. Compared with Germany 93, Denmark 92, Finland 51, Norway 42, Greece 15, S Korea 5, Japan 5, Australia/NZ 4, China 3, HK 0.5. https://t.co/yvxJNgEbLL pic.twitter.com/qYP5kUd4Iw

— Anthony Costello (@globalhlthtwit) May 13, 2020

this chart might help you visualise the gargantuan scale of the likely deficit for this year compared to previous yearshttps://t.co/yKz4OYizjN pic.twitter.com/Y6xhwkzgUI

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) May 13, 2020

‘On easily the most important issue of our time, Johnson is effectively the prime minister of England, not the UK.’ https://t.co/v0ZTirAzqs

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 13, 2020

Brexit will mean checks on goods crossing Irish Sea, government admits https://t.co/OTxWS7FzNN

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 13, 2020

UK "kick starting" trade talks with Japan, yet as always failing to consider standpoint of their counterparts. I heard from a Japanese ex-government official recently that NOONE in Japan is talking about Brexit and trade with UK any more. Other priorities. https://t.co/qa22Cc9HGk

— Pernille Rudlin/Rudlin Consulting (@pernilleru) May 13, 2020

The new coronavirus may never go away and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization warned https://t.co/XihfvYrl7k

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 13, 2020

Lebanon, South Korea are reimposing lockdowns amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections. Germany is warning it may do this too. This is what epidemiologists have been warning about – a wave followed by a quite period followed by a wave… https://t.co/lV7wRdEWwN

— Ariana Eunjung Cha (@arianaeunjung) May 13, 2020

S Africa plans localised lockdowns as pressure mounts to reopen https://t.co/eJEwPePVIh

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 13, 2020

Italian doctors find link between Covid-19 and inflammatory disorder https://t.co/t9xLUBOMrG

— Guardian Science (@guardianscience) May 13, 2020

Despite 20,000+ COVID19 deaths, we find only ~5% of France infected. The lockdown, eased on Monday, reduced transmission by 80%, however R still close to 1 (~0.7) with 3-6k daily infections, leaving little room for post-lockdown increases @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/nuBpJ2iXxb pic.twitter.com/IaeVeHYiDn

— Henrik Salje (@hsalje) May 13, 2020

In Germany, the anti-lockdown protesters include anti-vaxxers, hardcore vegans, neo-Nazis, members of the Reichburger sovereign citizen movement, and politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germanyhttps://t.co/qDIwjBHGoL

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 13, 2020

In a First, Renewable Energy Is Poised to Eclipse Coal in U.S. – via @bradplumer https://t.co/pVaQxhpaMM

— Lisa Friedman (@LFFriedman) May 13, 2020

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— Archillect (@archillect) May 13, 2020

Premature end to U.S. state lockdowns could cause needless death, Fauci tells senators https://t.co/w4P24ITAsw

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) May 12, 2020

"There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak": Fauci warns states against reopening too soon https://t.co/8SECrqNbdr via @MotherJones

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 12, 2020

Dr. Fauci’s Senate testimony debunked a number of Trump’s favorite coronavirus lies https://t.co/CylVuCeDDU

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2020

Statements that shouldn't be controversial, but for some reason are: https://t.co/16xC2Bw2ap

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 13, 2020

‘I don't think you're the end-all,’ Senator Paul said to Dr. Fauci.

‘I have never made myself out to be the end-all, or the only voice in this. I'm a scientist, a physician and a public health official,’ Dr. Fauci replied https://t.co/pBPiFzzrno pic.twitter.com/9v1mkMUMxg

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 12, 2020

The truth of the matter is that the only person with even a passing association with the Trump administration who has any credibility AT ALL is Dr Anthony Fauci, and what we heard from him today on the covid pandemic progress was not promising.

— Mkay (@JoyAnnReid) May 12, 2020

Fauci says:
– at least 8 virus vaccines in development
-U.S. is now in phase 1 clinical trial of one vaccine
-Gilead’s remdesivir a ‘modest success,’
-US aims for 12.9M virus tests in 4 weeks

“Even at the top speed we’re going… We don’t see a vaccine” by the fall, Fauci says.

— Carol Massar (@carolmassar) May 12, 2020

"I find our testing record nothing to celebrate whatsoever," Sen. Mitt Romney says, pointing out that other nations will have testing rates go down because they don't have the kind of outbreak seen in the U.S. https://t.co/OxeN3yh9Q7 pic.twitter.com/2rgNN08wTk

— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 12, 2020

Unfortunately after today’s senate hearing it wont matter what Fauci says. Trump & Pence have completely undermined any recommendations he has made from not wearing masks to encouraging riots. We are now in a world where “individual liberty” is more important than the common good

— Dr. Lisa Welch (@Welch_tx) May 12, 2020

"The day before yesterday, 21 people died of COVID-19 in Japan. In the United States, 2,129 died. Total U.S. deaths now at a staggering 76,032 and Japan’s fatalities at 577. Even adjusting for population, the Japanese death rate is a mere 2% of America’s." https://t.co/WOqpch2qe2

— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) May 12, 2020

I did not have the emergence of a COVID fan club on my 2020 Apocalypse Bingo Card but reading some MAGA Twitter feeds shows me I was wrong. Anyone on the “Fire Fauci” hashtag is a blistering idiot.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 12, 2020

As President Trump urges to reopen the U.S. economy, thousands of new coronavirus infections are reported daily. Figures show a surge of virus cases in meat-packing and poultry-processing plants. Even the White House has become a vulnerable workplace. https://t.co/XkTt3XgKEz

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 12, 2020

California State University, the largest 4-year public university system in the U.S., said it would conduct most classes online this fall https://t.co/03Zni2qq9T pic.twitter.com/94EH2LCbaO

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 12, 2020

New York City's coronavirus death toll passed 20,000 Monday, and a new study by the city's Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene indicates the true total could be many thousands higher. https://t.co/pvyJrhyvpH

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 12, 2020

I can’t even count how many times Trump has tweeted & re-tweeted this morning. He’s really worried about the Supreme Court argument & the possibility his taxes may finally be released. Anyone with this much to hide doesn’t belong in the office.

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 12, 2020

Early read on Supreme Court argument:

— Liberal four (RBG, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan) entirely dug in against President's position;

— Conservative four (Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh) not thrilled with Trump's absolute positions;

— Roberts searching for middle ground.

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) May 12, 2020

"We’re asking for temporary presidential immunity.”
– Trump attorney Jay Sekulow.
I'm asking for temporary presidential rationality.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 12, 2020

"A majority of the Court seemed concerned that the House has too much power to investigate POTUS. The Supreme Court appears likely to create a special rule for Trump — or, at least, for sitting presidents — that it wouldn’t apply to any other person." https://t.co/zWKXuh6G4a

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 12, 2020

I'm old enough to remember when they said that Supreme Court vacancies shouldn't be filled in a presidential election year… https://t.co/tEAi5JDzgM

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) May 12, 2020

Absolutely ridiculous, @senatemajldr.

There were several meticulous briefings on pandemic response during the transition, and a playbook created by the best minds in government and public health was left for the administration.

They wouldn’t use it because it was “Obama’s.” https://t.co/hfbKmjHcMw

— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) May 12, 2020

NEW: Senate Republicans: House Democrats' $3 trillion coronavirus bill "dead on arrival" https://t.co/eNElHm0eX6 pic.twitter.com/YrlKwzluDO

— The Hill (@thehill) May 12, 2020

1/ This means folks like the 2000 former DOJ employees, including appointees of both political parties, who demanded Barr's resignation over his unwarranted dismissal of the Flynn case can make arguments to the court. This is a fascinating judge for this situation because https://t.co/Fpc0T2V6m6

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) May 12, 2020

its incredible to me they are as good as they are

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) May 12, 2020

While Trump and his gang of sycophants spin conspiracy theories and endless nonsense, let's remember the families and friends who have lost loved ones, including mine. Because our president sure doesn't give a damn.

Today's total: pic.twitter.com/cdhWh1hG1k

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 12, 2020

The UK's COVID-19 death toll now exceeds 40,000, by far the worst yet reported in Europe, raising more questions about Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the coronavirus crisis https://t.co/aapIn4dPiS pic.twitter.com/dlXCs5uTpe

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 12, 2020

NEW: we’ve updated our excess mortality tracker, the gold-standard measure for Covid deaths, allowing like-for-like comparisons btwn countries

UK had 50,000 more deaths than usual in March & April vs 27,000 reported Covid deaths at the time

Free to read: https://t.co/VcSZISFxzF pic.twitter.com/4N5O8yKy6J

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) May 12, 2020

No 10 shamelessly abandoning publication of a daily global death comparisons is because dangerous incompetent Boris Johnson's presided over Europe's highest death count and the world's second behind the USA. The ONS today put the UK toll at 40,496.

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) May 12, 2020

Hugging new friends won’t be possible until a vaccine or treatment for coronavirus has been found, Matt Hancock has said https://t.co/kOAD03sDw7

— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) May 12, 2020

UK takes a pasting from world's press over #coronavirus crisis.
Across Europe to the US, foreign newspaper verdict is UK has performed badly. @10DowningStreet@Number10press@CCHQPress@Conservatives@MattHancock@DHSCgovuk#COVID_19ukhttps://t.co/klMdqTOcV5

— Ed Larrissy (@ELarrissy) May 12, 2020

This is absolutely correct. There isn't any serious economic theory *or* evidence to suggest we will need to pay off this debt over any fixed timescale. https://t.co/LITlHFFbwE

— Jonathan Portes (@jdportes) May 12, 2020

Housing market in England to reopen for 'socially distanced' property viewings https://t.co/t3h7ovPaZq

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 12, 2020

This is a new virus & there's still a lot we don't understand about COVID in kids. Given scientific uncertainty, the decision to open schools is a political one, depending on how leaders weigh the benefits & costs. Scientists can only feed in what we know & what we don't know. https://t.co/TU4yvT1ToU

— Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) May 12, 2020

Projection from St Thomas’ Hospital onto the Houses of Parliament in honour of Florence Nightingale’s bicentenary pic.twitter.com/qbHsHB7mVF

— London SE1 Community Website (@se1) May 12, 2020

BREAKING: Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, told state-run media that he has been hospitalized with Covid-19. It comes after Russia passed Spain as the country with the second-most confirmed coronavirus cases in the world https://t.co/GDibiVbV3O

— CNN International (@cnni) May 12, 2020

Russia’s government has boasted of a low coronavirus mortality rate, but figures from an obscure city agency cast doubt on those claims https://t.co/xWfGg1lEYC

— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 12, 2020

How will the coronavirus pandemic change the world going forward? "I think there are going to be a lot of changes in society and I don't even think we can predict yet," philanthropist Melinda Gates said. https://t.co/JRrEN5hwXT pic.twitter.com/HHIX966PZp

— CNBC (@CNBC) May 12, 2020

WHO: Some coronavirus treatments show signs of limiting disease's severity, length https://t.co/5gGpQvtpU5 pic.twitter.com/PWAIHWrh0J

— The Hill (@thehill) May 12, 2020

China working to fulfil pledge on U.S. purchases despite import slowdown: sources https://t.co/b7zIpWfjej pic.twitter.com/xl6fmpVSUP

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 12, 2020

Five years ago, the $1.1 billion Rockefeller family fund ditched all its investments in oil & gas. Since then, the fund "has outpaced financial benchmarks, defying predictions of money managers." Oil & gas are an anchor. https://t.co/nO3N2LPkRC

— David Roberts (@drvolts) May 12, 2020

Trump declares success in battle with the coronavirus as the U.S. death toll passes 80,000: "We have met the moment and we have prevailed."

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 11, 2020

With 80,000 American lives and one in five American jobs lost and no end in sight to this pandemic which is hitting the United States harder than any other country, the President boasts: "we have prevailed." https://t.co/Lw9jUqnmAZ

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) May 11, 2020

The United States currently ranks 32nd in Covid-19 tests per capita, one spot ahead of Belarus. https://t.co/Imrl1vnGWn

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 11, 2020

Our distempered, incompetent and imbecilic Commander in Chief demonstrated yet again how overmatched he is for this moment. His claims are dishonest and delusional, his racism as apparent as his nastiness. America is in crisis and it will get worse

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 11, 2020

" Very, very ugly ending to that one hour appearance by the President in the Rose Garden" pic.twitter.com/yiBtbIWkpF

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) May 11, 2020

Asked about the death toll from COVID 19 @realDonaldTrump said “Don’t ask me ask China” as strategy emerges to blame China for pandemic (and downplay criticism of the White House response)

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) May 11, 2020

Asked why testing is some kind of global competition by a young Asian reporter he yells at her that she should ask CHINA.
And then Kaitlyn Collins asked the same question when Trump tired to bulldoze past it, so he ended it and huffed off stage like the angry teenage girl he is.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 11, 2020

Trump says it was surprising that someone at the White House tested positive because the previous day they had tested negative.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 11, 2020

People at WH are trying to maintain a face of calm, but a number are freaked out by the cases of COVID discovered in two aides working in two different places. Privately, some acknowledge this could complicate the push to reopen @shearm and me https://t.co/hdvMaFmwFA

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 11, 2020

Looks to me like they don't actually need to go inside the gym. Problem solved. https://t.co/6MLbxCZEwi

— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) May 11, 2020

Today the sitting president of the United States accused a former president of committing crimes and folks just seem to yawn. Shows how numb Americans have become to the shattering of norms and our descent into…something lesser

— West Wing Report (@WestWingReport) May 11, 2020

Reporter: "What is the crime exactly that you're accusing [President Obama] of?"

President Trump: "You know what the crime. The crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is read the newspapers, except yours." pic.twitter.com/vpvy2VlKqc

— The Hill (@thehill) May 11, 2020

Remember when everyone acknowledged that Trump, aka Individual-1, orchestrated a felony criminal conspiracy for which his personal lawyer was convicted & sent to prison? It’s a sign of the depths of corruption that literally nobody now talks about that—like it’s a minor footnote.

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 11, 2020

This shouldn't be confused with our tracking of President Trump's conflicts of interest — of which there are thousands, and the list keeps growing, even amid the crisis https://t.co/toIW0EJOyK pic.twitter.com/1PbPtdA03J

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) May 11, 2020

NEW: When the expired parts of the PATRIOT Act come back for a vote in the Senate this week, they’re going to include a push to expand surveillance authorities into warrantless collection of your search and browsing history. For starters.https://t.co/5XHtmXJUM0

— @attackerman.bsky.social (@attackerman) May 11, 2020

Proud to join fellow DOJ alumni in calling for AG Barr’s resignation. Barr is not protecting justice, but prioritizing political patronage over the rule of law. Unacceptable—he must go. https://t.co/TuR4SPFaDn

— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) May 11, 2020

Boris Johnson has admitted the new "stay alert" #coronavirus message is "more complicated", after his plan to ease lockdown was criticised for being confusing https://t.co/FlLt5CQd0s

— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 11, 2020

Look, it’s perfectly clear. You can see one friend on a remote beach in Norway as long as you are two different sides of a dimensional rift and occupying different universes. pic.twitter.com/5kc8wiCMJJ

— Tom Easton (@TomEaston) May 11, 2020

“stay at home if you can, but go to work now if you have no alternative”

If anyone was hoping for clarity from Boris (shambles) Johnson today they will be very disappointed pic.twitter.com/LIKWX9opPu

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 11, 2020

tonight’s @ft splash https://t.co/01LgxMRmuf pic.twitter.com/Of0ziBkwP5

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) May 11, 2020

Translation: “You’re on your fucking own from here on in.” pic.twitter.com/O87JME0uNh

— Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast (@OhGodWhatNowPod) May 11, 2020

Might employ my parents as cleaners so they can come into the house.

— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) May 11, 2020

Teacher asks Boris Johnson: 'How is it logical that I can mix with returning school children, but not my relatives?' https://t.co/Vp0rDUTU8x

— The Independent (@Independent) May 11, 2020

You get the impression this is a man who has never given any consideration to childcare arrangements before he went to work.

— Andrea Catherwood (@acatherwoodnews) May 11, 2020

It's taken less than 24 hours for 'Key Workers' and 'Heroes' to go back to being 'Low skilled workers' Cheers BBC. Cheers Fiona Bruce. Daddy Boris has spoken, eh?

Back to work peasants….Oh, hang on, we have been right through this!

— Christopher Farrelly (@ChrisFarrelly) May 11, 2020

What is so revealing & detached about this is the way Boris Johnson doesn't see that the relationship between employer & employee is a power relationship.

For millions, deciding on returning to work via friendly chats with the boss is just not a possibility they would recognise. https://t.co/q6dnFAKrmD

— Stewart Wood (@StewartWood) May 11, 2020

The reason we're in deep trouble now: Boris was never up to the job of crisis leader. His role was figurehead. But his Cabinet can't fill the gap because they were chosen for Brexit loyalty, not competence. We're being led by bunch of inadequates. My colhttps://t.co/gNdOSIRlcP

— Jenni Russell (@jennirsl) May 11, 2020

If @BorisJohnson sold you 'double glazing' you'd get home and find it was a single pane of glass. You'd phone him to complain and he'd tell you it IS double glazing as the glass has two sides.

He's a snake oil salesman selling a potion that doesn't even include snake oil https://t.co/qIdXAboG7G

— Will Black 🐦🍓 (@WillBlackWriter) May 11, 2020

Tim – We are facing the biggest health care crisis of our lives followed by the biggest economic contraction in 300 years and we have Boris Big Ben Bong For Brexit in Downing Street- you surely can’t expect anything but ridicule. https://t.co/Ye6DcAXRs7

— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) May 11, 2020

32,000+ dead.

And the heir to the throne is worrying about cheese. https://t.co/oaJsSdgicK

— Dr Malcolm Harvey (@MalcH) May 11, 2020

“Boris Johnson's roadmap for exiting lockdown couldn't have left people feeling more lost if it had been written in a foreign language. So he decided to explain it again in French” https://t.co/byPSTDSBN6

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 11, 2020

Excl: Boris Johnson and Emmanuel Macron drawing up a ‘safe corridor’ of travel without quarantine between UK, France and Ireland to save summer holidayshttps://t.co/tHwAGDdrbd

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 11, 2020

A couple of weeks ago Belgians were urged to eat more fries to prevent potato spoilage. Now France urges French people to eat more cheese as act of patriotism. What would be the equivalent patriotic act here in the US? https://t.co/i9HVl7Hkaj

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) May 11, 2020

South Korean officials scrambled to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, searching for thousands of people who may have been infected in a cluster of cases linked to nightclubs and bars in the densely populated capital city of Seoul https://t.co/XuYV5ArbdH

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 11, 2020

Shanghai Disneyland reopens with fewer visitors & social distancing measures @David_Culver reports pic.twitter.com/ruHe3SYSeK

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 11, 2020

Chinese investment in the U.S. drops to lowest level since global financial crisis https://t.co/LhkDRdswyQ pic.twitter.com/49tcDRXUoN

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 11, 2020

Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 11, 2020

Huge if true pic.twitter.com/GCTcwHri1T

— Black Plaques (@BlackPlaques) May 11, 2020

Thanks so much for the incredible outpouring of love and appreciation for Jerry. I know how much it would mean to him. And he would have loved this beautifully written obit in the ⁦@nytimes⁩. https://t.co/s1PwUkX0qh

— Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) May 11, 2020

"He was perhaps the kindest man I ever had the honor to work beside," Jason Alexander said of his Seinfeld dad. "A great actor, a great man, a lovely friend" https://t.co/5ua9dCALKG

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 11, 2020

‘I have consulted across the political spectrum, across all four nations of the UK…’ was perhaps his most outrageous and flagrant lie. https://t.co/HBmydkRqGO

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 10, 2020

That was by a country mile, the worst major statement I have ever seen a British Prime Minster give. Boris Johnson is so far out of his depth that he needs a deep sea trawler to come and rescue him.#COVID19

— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) May 10, 2020

This sums it up. #Borisjohnson and this government have no idea what they're doing. He's just making it up as he goes, no leadership whatsoever.
The worst pandemic in years & UK & USA have Bojo and T*rump leading us.
It was bound to be a massive disaster, doomed from the start. pic.twitter.com/AOByIjLmp1

— Prossy Kakooza (She/Her) (@Pkakooza) May 10, 2020

Is this garbled mathematical formula a response to comments about Angela Merkel being more on top of the subject than other leaders, as she brings "R" into her briefings?

The number of UK infections today is 219,183

So R has to be ‒219,179 to get the alert level down to 4 https://t.co/aJSm6sGqtI

— Peter Ungphakorn (also on Bluesky and Mastodon) (@CoppetainPU) May 10, 2020

I made you a Government COVID Slogan generator pic.twitter.com/qfCDRrLfzu

— Olaf Falafel (@OFalafel) May 10, 2020

I’ve been trying to write and rewrite a response to the Telegraph ripping off the title of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography to cover that incoherent Johnson speech and I just… can’t. pic.twitter.com/rskvp0ZoQ7

— Dr Charlotte Lydia Riley (@lottelydia) May 10, 2020

Either:
(i) Johnson and his government don’t know what “=“ means,
or
(ii) they don’t know what “+” means, or
(iii) they think we’re all idiots,
or
(iv) they’re cynical bastards who don’t care whether we live or die,
or
(v) most or all of the above. pic.twitter.com/BH8MNnl6Nc

— Martin O'Neill (@martin_oneill) May 10, 2020

Boris Johnson has set out a clear plan for the way ahead. The downside is that it makes no sense | The Independent https://t.co/Tktddh1mil

— John Ashton ( you, us, I) (@Johnrashton47) May 10, 2020

The reason Johnson can spew out gibberish about going to work but not using transport, or not going unless of course you're supposed to, is because he has no idea what ordinary life is like.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) May 10, 2020

The worst thing about Brexit may not turn out to be Brexit – rather the fact that it gave a cadre of incompetent politicians the idea that they are geniuses

— Sathnam Sanghera (@Sathnam) May 10, 2020

Don't want to be too negative but I am much more worried about the next few months now than I was at 6.59pm this evening. Of course it's difficult. But I don't think they know what they're doing.

— stefanstern (@stefanstern) May 10, 2020

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Sunday that Britain would soon impose a mandatory quarantine on travelers arriving in the country by air to try to avert a new wave of coronavirus infections https://t.co/0BnoDJ8B0d

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 10, 2020

Exciting that we’re moving overnight from full lockdown to Bring Your Child To Work Day.

— Tom Hamilton (@thhamilton) May 10, 2020

If the real priority was saving lives then this is what a clear message from a leader should look like👇🏽 @NicolaSturgeon not the ambiguous one from @BorisJohnson that will kill 1000s more #StayHomeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/odKjj8gozv

— Aamer Anwar✊🏾🏳️‍🌈#BlackLivesMatter (@AamerAnwar) May 10, 2020

The vice president is self-isolating after his spokesperson, Katie Miller, tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/8MAVBvwzEZ

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) May 10, 2020

Some White House staff on AF2 weren’t informed VP had just been notified his aide had tested positive until plane had reached cruising altitude. Not given option to deplane. One staffer privately said perplexed trip wasn’t canceled. In Iowa, Pence got an earful of virus concerns.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 10, 2020

NEWS: Iowa's Kim Reynolds may self isolate after her White House visit Wednesday. WH officials have been in contact with Iowa officials about situation. Iowa state medical director, Dr. Caitlin Pedati, who was also in coronavirus task force mtg Weds with VP staff, self isolating.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) May 10, 2020

Trump's aides plan to hold several events this week to try to persuade the public that they're ready for a likely second wave of the virus this fall, with a specific focus on testing capacity and access to PPE. https://t.co/Rh3rZpreAn

— Axios (@axios) May 10, 2020

Trump has spent all morning rage-tweeting about Michael Flynn, Obama and attacking the FBI (btw, again, imagine if any other president did this?)

No tweets about dead Americans, or condolences, or news on a vaccine, or health guidelines, or inspiring words, etc. #sociopath

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 10, 2020

Trump tweets 100 times in one day as coronavirus death toll passes 80,000 https://t.co/lcV8s9T5L7

— The Independent (@Independent) May 10, 2020

Translation: “This is an advertisement for one of my businesses.” https://t.co/vAhdfZ94xY

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 10, 2020

President Trump is reportedly using the coronavirus crisis not just to distract from his attacks on accountability, but also to get a dock installed at Mar-a-Lagohttps://t.co/7CdXlVcctJ

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 10, 2020

#BREAKING Russia accuses US of downplaying Soviet role in World War II pic.twitter.com/2SOysL82mD

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 10, 2020

The Trump administration has cited success stories in South Korea and Austria as it calls for Americans to return to work — but those countries moved faster than the U.S. to combat the pandemic and have been more cautious in reopening their economies https://t.co/9QgpIA3VvK

— Bloomberg (@business) May 10, 2020

Turkey unveils plan to revive tourism with health and hygiene certificates https://t.co/h2mZz9wsud

— The Independent (@Independent) May 10, 2020

A 130-member choir sang Bach’s St John Passion at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on March 8: 102 became ill and 4 have now died https://t.co/QWOn8Cut25

— Matthew Anderson (@MattAndersonNYT) May 10, 2020

Opinion is divided as to what would happen to one of these in an Irish park, but the consensus is "nothing good", and the timeline only varies inside ten minutes. https://t.co/U53V2qQI9O

— Jonathan Mills (@Muinchille) May 10, 2020

"It appears to be a moment when there is a widening and very likely unsustainable gulf between Trumpian truth and what is actually happening. That's because the numbers are the numbers and, for Trump and for America, they look terrible." https://t.co/btIRjX9IXM

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 9, 2020

COVID Update May 8: The political strategy of Trump turning “public health official” into the equivalent of “climate scientist” is underway. 1/

— Andy Slavitt 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 (@ASlavitt) May 9, 2020

This piece is reported factually and non-judgmentally. But if you can read it without anger and outrage, you're a better person than I. We are in a real crisis, and Trump's White House is, to put it simply, avoiding the hard work of dealing with it.https://t.co/K1hJXYzrFp

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 9, 2020

After two aides test positive for coronavirus, White House aides encouraged to work from home in memo obtained by Post. Many officials say their bosses want, or they want, to come in. Lots of tension around Oval & who sees POTUS. ⁦w/@seungminkim⁩: https://t.co/W66JGhCEp3

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 9, 2020

11 Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19: report https://t.co/DElv0ftIbP pic.twitter.com/bT4fuGYFe7

— The Hill (@thehill) May 9, 2020

He is the President of the United States of America. He is a disaster for the ages. His Presidency has ignited a steep and precipitous national decline. His defeat will be America’s one and only chance to pull out of a national death spiral. https://t.co/mFWxUoLYOW

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 9, 2020

The White House has let politics get in the way of public health experts’ advice over and over again during this crisis. Enough is enough. President Trump, stop standing in @CDCgov’s way. https://t.co/yXez7hXtwM

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) May 9, 2020

Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, blames workers' 'home and social' conditions for meatpacking outbreakshttps://t.co/I4UTnkyGd9

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 9, 2020

Texas Sees Highest Single Day Jump in Coronavirus Cases Since Outbreak Began Within Two Days of Reopening https://t.co/z4r1h8WI6K

— Dylan Russell (@TxAppellateAtty) May 9, 2020

More than 2,500 new cases in Florida since Ron DeSantis re-opened the state. He has blood all over his hands. https://t.co/C6yDmr8brE

— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) May 9, 2020

Crowds of mostly white protesters have defied Ohio’s stay-at-home order without arrest, while in several of the state’s biggest jurisdictions, police departments have primarily arrested black people for violating the order. https://t.co/SSldbt94w8

— ProPublica (@propublica) May 9, 2020

A group of about 11 mostly-armed demonstrators protesting the stay at home order marched around downtown Raleigh and ordered sandwiches at a Subway. #Covid_19 #ncpol #MealTeamSix pic.twitter.com/XA1BIU7JHH

— Travis Long (@vizjourno) May 9, 2020

.@GovMikeHuckabee: "I think the president has handled this [reopening] exactly right." pic.twitter.com/Ii5YkEM4Wb

— The Hill (@thehill) May 9, 2020

Georgia attorney general vows investigation into handling of Ahmaud Arbery's death https://t.co/QfRXozDfm2 pic.twitter.com/3OcRJurfbk

— The Hill (@thehill) May 9, 2020

#AhmaudAubrey pic.twitter.com/ULiO9qq8dx

— Karine Jean-Pierre (@K_JeanPierre) May 8, 2020

Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are from a know-nothing, loudmouth culture hopelessly unfit to deal with a public health crisis. Me in @ObserverUK on how Anglo-Saxon conservatism kills https://t.co/fKmcoq3H01

— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) May 9, 2020

This is pathetic messaging from Boris Johnson’s Government. Utterly meaningless.

“Control the Virus” is as meaningless as “Brexit means Brexit”. pic.twitter.com/fNQzcSKQU2

— Dave Jones (@WelshGasDoc) May 9, 2020

Judging by my one outing of the day (being a good boy) the country has already decided to get ahead of @BorisJohnson statement tomorrow by making their own minds up. So when he expects hallelujahs for relaxing the lockdown I look foreword to another episode of gogglebox

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) May 9, 2020

UK commuters face cycling or walking to work once lockdown is eased https://t.co/oR5YMB3sKb pic.twitter.com/GHgrZtPNB5

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 9, 2020

Two-week quarantine will cripple us, aviation industry warns Boris Johnson https://t.co/BdNZbNeNqD

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 9, 2020

the room next door – Matt Hancock's Daily Briefing

for #TheMashReport pic.twitter.com/vapCzB2Z8n

— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) May 9, 2020

A three day break in fucking MOTHERWELL. https://t.co/hB0RM2CocN

— The Daily Gael (@DailyGael) May 8, 2020

This is footage from the UK yesterday.

Actually heartbreaking to watch when at least 200 NHS and care staff have died.

We just need to keep it together for a little while longer – why is that so hard to understand?pic.twitter.com/Mhd1UT2FDl

— NHS Million (@NHSMillion) May 9, 2020

First nation on earth to Vera Lynn ourselves to death pic.twitter.com/e5qaTnnYYa

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 9, 2020

it’s a mystery pic.twitter.com/ezPFIO4gSU

— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) May 9, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in a ceremony shorn of its usual military parade and pomp by the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/uUoOnFuohh

— ABC News (@ABC) May 9, 2020

Canada raising wages for essential workers amid pandemic https://t.co/phCg9OTLMQ pic.twitter.com/fl2Z5jMoej

— The Hill (@thehill) May 9, 2020

More than 1,000 people lined up on Saturday to receive free food parcels in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the working poor and undocumented immigrants even in wealthy Switzerland https://t.co/R9SUPDhvNA pic.twitter.com/xaTaDAk7ga

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 9, 2020

Bundesliga restart blow after entire Dynamo Dresden team quarantined https://t.co/wbnjcNHeiu

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 9, 2020

Mayor @PeteButtigieg: "We come together today to celebrate #EuropeDay, and to show how important the transatlantic relationship is, now more than ever. So much depends on global cooperation and on partnerships between nations." #StrongerTogether #HomeWithEU @EUAmbUS pic.twitter.com/1luctIzZA4

— European Union in the U.S. (@EUintheUS) May 9, 2020

Elon Musk predicts human language will be obsolete in as few as five years https://t.co/0ZUmjbuR1D

— The Independent (@Independent) May 9, 2020

That voice. That soulful & exciting voice. It jumped out of any radio or record player and it sounded like it was right next to you.
Thank You & Rest Easy Mr. Penniman. https://t.co/AEKy9ANcby

— George Marinelli (@GeorgeMarinelli) May 9, 2020

Bill Barr Tests Negative for Integrity | The New Yorker https://t.co/iFbvd7KgLS

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) May 8, 2020

“Barr…is creating a space where Trump can get foreign election assistance; the FBI can’t investigate him…and DOJ can’t charge anyone; people who witness it and try to blow the whistle get buried; Congress (and therefore voters) remain in the dark…” https://t.co/BfUXYxVp4t

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 8, 2020

How Judge Emmet Sullivan can — and should — mitigate the damage AG Barr is doing to justice in America and the rule of law:https://t.co/OsxXJ1t6Fs

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) May 8, 2020

Barr saying "history is written by the winners" is the best argument for beating Trump in November. It's a promise to normalize these abuses & dismiss all accountability.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 8, 2020

Opinion: Barr’s corrupt decision points to Trump’s moral rot of our institutions https://t.co/VpjgbtLMIH

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 8, 2020

The freeing of Mike Flynn was a blatant piece of corruption that was meant as a clear signal to the American people that Trump and his cronies are above the law.

This is what criminal regimes do. They win by crushing our will and destroying hope.https://t.co/y9l6EZsE3Z

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 8, 2020

#BREAKING: Roberts rejects request for inquiry into appellate judge's retirement https://t.co/SoyQFav6yU pic.twitter.com/z3HtroWuUd

— The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2020

The US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says — by far the most sudden and largest decline since the government began tracking the data in 1939. https://t.co/L6nkdIZKxo pic.twitter.com/4KzWVQt0Q7

— CNN (@CNN) May 8, 2020

14.7% unemployment. The new Herbert Hoover is Trump. https://t.co/zWMGj5r43G

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) May 8, 2020

The U.S. economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the novel coronavirus pandemic is battering the world’s biggest economy https://t.co/1dBelbShCk pic.twitter.com/hzP04XSpiu

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 8, 2020

For anyone who believes that @realDonaldTrump is not responsible for the new Great Depression, just look at how the economies of the country's that prepared and took action against the virus do as opposed to ours. This is on Trump

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 8, 2020

Worst jobs report in history, but the Dow pops 500. The fat cats are doing fine, ‘cos that’s life under Trump.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) May 8, 2020

A helluva scoop: https://t.co/JPthRoP1Ig

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 8, 2020

Oh look, @PressSec broke her promise not to lie… pic.twitter.com/egchddbfGm

— Justin Satzman (@jsatz23) May 8, 2020

Reporter: "Mr. President, you were with 7 American heroes earlier today, these World War II veterans, all in their nineties. Did you consider wearing a mask when you were with them?"

President Trump: "No because I was very far away." pic.twitter.com/puNmk4AHra

— The Hill (@thehill) May 8, 2020

Katie Miller, a spokesperson for Pence and wife of Stephen Miller, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to two people with knowledge of Miller's diagnosis. Trump also said today that"Katie" has tested positive. https://t.co/uQb4pv8QdB

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 8, 2020

Trump confirms Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, tested positive for Covid-19. Her husband is senior Trump adviser Stephen Miller. https://t.co/yd6vBGc1gI

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 8, 2020

This story in Politico got me thinking about a lot of things, including how much I miss being a citizen of an actual representative democracy. https://t.co/Gs6QWifz4W

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) May 8, 2020

BREAKING: Gov. @GavinNewsom signs executive order to send every Californian a mail-in ballot for November election. CA is the first state in the country to do so, he says. https://t.co/KlvNwBXs2I

— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) May 8, 2020

Boris Johnson idolises himself on Winston Churchill, but he becomes the latest in a string of politicians to lead the country away from the wartime leader’s vision for Europe. https://t.co/EIsVRFhbn4

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) May 8, 2020

New: Boris Johnson to announce on garden centres can reopen next Wednesday to lift spirits in the coronavirus lockdown.https://t.co/34toYgeauw

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 8, 2020

👀YouGov / Sky News lockdown poll

Would it be right for the government to start loosening lockdown?

*Now?*
Right 15%
Wrong 75%
Don't know 10%

*In 3 weeks*
Right 46%
Wrong 20%
Don't know 34%

May 7-8 1,644 GB adults

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) May 8, 2020

Many countries are already doing this in some form – Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, Canada & more. Govt still hasn’t explained (or published science on) why they weren’t doing this for the past 2 months https://t.co/HbkUQIm0nR

— Yvette Cooper (@YvetteCooperMP) May 8, 2020

'If you want to understand why older people had to “take it on the chin”, look to Boris Johnson’s government.’ https://t.co/oQt8Kv0Dzu

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 8, 2020

'Never give up': the Queen addresses the UK VE day celebrated at home – video https://t.co/tFWVol0ud6

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 8, 2020

not sure the general public has woken up yet to the economic devastation coming down the tracks pic.twitter.com/L9Qd957aGS

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) May 8, 2020

I … um, come again? https://t.co/vouHvi9J7N

— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) May 8, 2020

Another extraordinary salvo from the Swedes. https://t.co/bV3PBfcA4o

— Tony Yates (@t0nyyates) May 8, 2020

One of the creepiest and most dystopian things I've seen since the pandemic began: a terrifying camera-equipped remote-controlled robot patrols Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park in Singapore to — for now — warn about social distancing. Look at the fear. Story: https://t.co/12QfT1mcyZ pic.twitter.com/hBGUhmC7N7

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 8, 2020

In On Tech, @ShiraOvide speaks with @edmundlee about how our pandemic-driven habits might reshape television, sports and movies https://t.co/ZOZZz2VU8u

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 8, 2020

William Barr and his partisan lackey Jeff Jensen have perverted justice and Justice and should be impeached, removed from office and disbarred. This is despicable. https://t.co/UozQPS6oYT

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) May 7, 2020

GOOD WORK, AG BARR! It has become clear that James Comey (who President Trump fired on my recommendation) was masterminding a perjury trap for General Flynn before I was AG, despite NO valid predicate for targeting him. https://t.co/bRdiPsvWaU

— Jeff Sessions (@jeffsessions) May 7, 2020

Remember what Flynn lied about: his conversations with Russian officials weeks after it interfered in the US presidential election and Russia knew he was lying, giving it a means of exercising influence over him. The lies mattered. https://t.co/IpshpMqdUS

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 7, 2020

NEW: Trump said he discussed the Russia investigation in a phone call with Vladimir Putin on Thursday, calling the probe a “hoax.”

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you see a lot of things happen over the next number of weeks,” Trump told Putin.https://t.co/TIoDOqneIu

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) May 7, 2020

Donald Trump is once again putting another wealthy donor into a position that demands real experience and leadership—and at a time when survival of the USPS couldn’t be more critical. This is corruption at its worst. https://t.co/PxLCdraxOm

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) May 7, 2020

America is dying because of its myths. The illusion of exceptionalism, of rugged individualism, of a functioning meritocracy and a boundless future devoid of consequence or change.

These things have never existed and we’re still desperately clinging to them in a flood.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 7, 2020

One of the studies that the Trump administration is relying on as it begins to reopen the U.S. economy warns that even if states take the necessary steps to ease social distancing restrictions, there will be a significant spread of the coronavirus https://t.co/mADzpNxcPy

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 7, 2020

More than half the states that are reopening don’t meet White House guidelines. Many of them have outbreaks at risk of worsening, experts say. https://t.co/bD6A6M2CZi

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) May 7, 2020

Sure, the Velociraptors Are Still On the Loose, But That’s No Reason Not to Reopen Jurassic Park https://t.co/DkKiv1mw7K

— april glaser (@aprilaser) May 7, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery can’t get “justice.” He should be alive. We need a system of laws that honors black humanity, one that doesn’t inherently endanger our safety. Convict Arbery’s murderers—but also fix the America that killed him. My latest for @RollingStone. https://t.co/Iq0EC7BgGC

— Jamil Smith جميل كريم (@JamilSmith) May 7, 2020

A black man just got murdered for jogging and yet a Trump official who literally confessed to crimes is walking free, in case you were wondering what justice looks like in America these days.

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) May 7, 2020

Update: following the latest official figures from hospitals, a cautious estimate od excess deaths linked to coronavirus up to 7 May is

55,000

Of these 42,700 have happened and are in official data while 12,300 are estimates

1/

— Chris Giles (@ChrisGiles_) May 7, 2020

The statement from Boris Johnson on the route out of lockdown will be at 7pm on Sunday

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) May 7, 2020

Er, seems not pic.twitter.com/il3VMwg6jn

— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) May 7, 2020

Here’s some publicity for the PM, who couldn’t care less about how many people die under his watch, courtesy of the CofE. https://t.co/5Biy27RkPq

— Gerard Loughlin  (@gerardpatrick) May 7, 2020

I see the very same people who are worried we'll all become 'addicted' to furlough are still addicted to giving off-the-record briefings to their favourite newspapers, regardless of the consequences. pic.twitter.com/NTKXFkvXzy

— Tim Bale (@ProfTimBale) May 7, 2020

Exclusive: Channel 4 News has seen the inventory of the UK government pandemic PPE stockpile – and can reveal almost 80% of respirators were out of date when coronavirus hit.

Watch the full investigation at 7pm tonight, on Channel 4 News. pic.twitter.com/GHbT9Ad3gw

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 7, 2020

The Johnson government which sent an RAF plane to Turkey to pick up PPE – without checking if it was fit for purpose – is being ridiculed from Australia to Europe. What a cavalcade of incompetents. https://t.co/sCqB07VItY

— George Strait (@AlvarezCryig) May 7, 2020

Who happens to also be married to a conservative MP as well as having to leave her job in disgrace after a huge data leak at Talk Talk. https://t.co/382b7k7oND

— Bec (@RebeccaCait04) May 7, 2020

Bank of England warns of deepest recession on record https://t.co/8NxMO2wN9F

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 7, 2020

Coveney: "We need to work to convince the UK that more time is needed to get a good deal for everybody, including the UK" https://t.co/i8icczJH5m

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) May 7, 2020

Its not like he's take free luxury holidays from despots, or botched a multi-million heating subsidy.https://t.co/UHh9ZkxpPY

— Kevin Meagher (@KevinPMeagher) May 7, 2020

Coronavirus may have been spreading in the US and Europe as early as December https://t.co/rBi9erqL9F pic.twitter.com/bD86PRQzbp

— The Hill (@thehill) May 7, 2020

"Epidemiologists will study the past five months for decades; historians even longer." Unless there’s a vaccine, we need to create a new normal. The key question is: how do we adapt? https://t.co/MOJcqXqsqd

— Dr. Tom Frieden (@DrTomFrieden) May 7, 2020

BREAKING: US reportedly Scaling back Military Presence in #Saudi Arabia, removing Patriot Missiles.

2 Jet Fighters Squadrons already left. WSJ: https://t.co/aysufOkJGf

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) May 7, 2020

The dominant strain of the coronavirus that has swept through the United States is a mutant form of the original virus that emerged in China last year, according to a preprint from researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory https://t.co/NgI4X0cM5D

— New York Magazine (@NYMag) May 7, 2020

China is playing a big trump card: opening up its $13trn bond market, which accounts for 51% of all bonds issued by emerging economies https://t.co/c39NM6DAp9

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 7, 2020

Hard to overstate how much Germany has surpassed just about everyone. It has a quarter of the deaths of other major European countries despite having the largest population by far; its schools are now reopening; and 80 percent of its factories stayed open. https://t.co/XIf82djDCy pic.twitter.com/lwuuCZJpbg

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) May 7, 2020

On Tuesday Bolsonaro said he thought Covid-19 was going away. Today another 9,888 confirmed cases and 610 deaths were added to the grim count. Brazil now has 135,106 confirmed cases and 9,146 deaths.

— Dom Phillips (@domphillips) May 7, 2020

Brazil is surreal part 666: No COVID-19 fears in Brasilia today.

The 2nd rate TV comedian & crowd chant: “Bolsonaro is what matters, everything else can wait!!”

The original TV punchline was: “Health is what matters….” The irony 🤦🏻‍♂️#ForaBol卐onaro

https://t.co/TrkEUjgedU

— Richard Dawkins ❄️ (@DawkinsDicky) May 3, 2020