Trump: You have to be warriors; some may die; get over it. pic.twitter.com/BY9pZkzeDt

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 6, 2020

“People who are dying of this virus are not dying to protect the American way of life. They’re dying because their government has had a completely ineffective response.”

Read ⁦@ChrisMegerian⁩ on Trump’s new rhetorical lionizing of the dead. https://t.co/bkQkWOTgQT

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) May 6, 2020

Pres Trump said yesterday the WH will phase out its coronavirus task force. He explained by saying, “Well, because we can’t keep our country closed for the next five years.”

Today, a total about-face after backlash.

Trump saying now task force will "continue on indefinitely." https://t.co/hxmXcA3PSz

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 6, 2020

Even for Trump his reasoning on the task force continuing is bizarre. Not because it's needed and will help save lives, no, its because it's popular. You heard that right. The task force will continue because people like it.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 6, 2020

President Donald Trump said his administration will urge the Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare, maintaining its all-out legal assault on the health care law amid a pandemic that will drive millions of more Americans to depend on its coverage https://t.co/32bfaNz8xk pic.twitter.com/PIVu8ZppD6

— POLITICO (@politico) May 6, 2020

Reminder that without the Affordable Care Act, “people who recovered from COVID-19 and tried to purchase an individual health insurance policy could be turned down, charged higher premiums or have follow-up care excluded from coverage.” #ProtectOurCare https://t.co/Fjz2p5PNHh

— Mike Levin (@MikeLevin) May 6, 2020

President Trump on unemployment: "Nobody's blaming me for that." pic.twitter.com/E19KGQkFWf

— The Hill (@thehill) May 6, 2020

“I was just answering the mail.”

How a Trump nominee to oversee $500 billion coronavirus loans explained his refusal, as WH lawyer, to turn over impeachment related documents in December.https://t.co/iaJO0I7u29

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) May 6, 2020

Nation's stockpile proves to be no match for a pandemichttps://t.co/Ct8aJqTZsD

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 6, 2020

New York governor says some states making a mistake by reopening https://t.co/5NdMCGjVP0 pic.twitter.com/r8d57uWlnI

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020

This is wild. Two Utah businesses instructed staff to ignore quarantine guidelines, resulting in 68 cases. At one of the businesses, half of the employees got it. https://t.co/zi4qxgKdHF

— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) May 6, 2020

JUST IN: House Intel spokesman confirms receipt of Grenell letter, says Russia transcripts will be released expeditiously:

"After more than a year of unnecessary delay, the ODNI has finally concluded its protracted classification review of the Committee’s transcripts." pic.twitter.com/yBsMBcawHd

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 6, 2020

A *non-firm* proposal is likely coming to the players very soon. https://t.co/5rv1smaI8q

— Brett Taylor (@Brett_A_Taylor) May 6, 2020

Trump lashed out at me on Twitter. It’s because he knows the truth, @gtconway3d writes https://t.co/f3LyZ5MtTK

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) May 6, 2020

“In the darkest days in the last two months, he’s cared about little but his vaunted 'ratings' and his own political prospects,” writes @TheRickWilson. “There’s never been a secret heart of goodness in Trump, never a moment of munificence or compassion.” https://t.co/ELbMSwFrph

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 6, 2020

First look at Boris's draft 5 step plan to lift UK out of lockdown over 6 months https://t.co/ZYgsn5c0Wm pic.twitter.com/munXpZEUWf

— Mirror Breaking News (@MirrorBreaking_) May 6, 2020

I’ll be surprised if they actually announce anything. Experience to date suggests they’ll just keep noisily hinting to their mates that they’re definitely about to do it, in the hope enough of the public will just go back to work that they can shrug and say it’s not their fault. pic.twitter.com/secrgu71St

— Flying_Rodent (@flying_rodent) May 6, 2020

Testing figures down even on Hancock’s contrived & fiddled numbers. Stupid new larger figure promised.
AND YET still no apparent test, trace, isolate policy or any kind of testing strategy to figure in overall plan to tackle COVID. Nothing.
All PR distraction and deflection. https://t.co/NEpyIjzTsf

— Gareth Bouch (@garethbouch) May 6, 2020

‘Complacent’ UK draws global criticism for Covid-19 response https://t.co/bAnMLE9exV

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 6, 2020

New Banksy piece celebrates superhero health care workers https://t.co/oD32T5CApR

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 6, 2020

Boris Johnson under mounting pressure to back an independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak in China. Australian PM writes to No10 to ask for his support for the demand.https://t.co/ojeAGg2J8s

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 6, 2020

US Administration Started Research Into Class-Action Cases Brought By US Private Citizens And Companies Against China – Nikkei Sources https://t.co/sAytp9TVn0 pic.twitter.com/dxnOV4YZc9

— LiveSquawk (@LiveSquawk) May 6, 2020

Venezuela TV shows 'US citizens confessing over failed coup' https://t.co/SmT1Lcarga

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 6, 2020

Germany eases lockdown, with 'emergency brake' on hand if needed https://t.co/ocw0gN4hUw pic.twitter.com/aBZcHQ7Cps

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020

My @NewYorker Postscript for Florian Schneider of @kraftwerk — I’d guess most musicians in America owe some debt to this band. I love thinking about how ballsy & intrepid these dudes were; it takes a particular kind of visionary to leap into the unknown: https://t.co/l4zV7cPPWa

— Amanda Petrusich (@amandapetrusich) May 6, 2020

BBC News – How Florian Schneider and Kraftwerk influenced five decades of musichttps://t.co/Z37M9WpKui

— Gib🎶🎹🎼🎵🔥😎 (@gib1970) May 6, 2020

Pres. Trump tells @ABC News' @DavidMuir "it's possible there will be some" deaths as states ease coronavirus restrictions, acknowledging it was the choice the U.S. faces to reopen the economy. https://t.co/BIjHgtg1Tg pic.twitter.com/PplSfsdglO

— ABC News (@ABC) May 5, 2020

When pressed why he is urging a reopening even as government health experts warn that doing so too soon would be balancing death with the economy, President Trump compared a rising coronavirus death toll to the nation’s suicide and drug overdose rate. https://t.co/uLjOHfhmDR

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 6, 2020

This is what it looks like when a calm, focused journalist just asks direct questions with follow-ups. Trump goes into his sing-song whining little boy act, and pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket and lies about how the president of South Korea needed his advice on testing. https://t.co/fKblJGvq4K

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 5, 2020

Trump said Fauci was blocked from testifying to the U.S. House because it’s controlled by "a bunch of Trump haters" pic.twitter.com/PWnBhu7DzA

— Bloomberg Originals (@bbgoriginals) May 5, 2020

More rage tweeting from the #DividerInChief as the death toll is now over 70,000.

Vote @realDonaldTrump out in November! https://t.co/9Kl3itOGzn pic.twitter.com/FweZTUe1Xz

— Richard W. (@IceManNYR) May 5, 2020

I can think of no better metaphor for this presidency than Donald Trump not wearing a face mask to a face mask factory while the song “Live and Let Die” blares in the background. pic.twitter.com/mJzU1HW7HA

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 5, 2020

This ad has unnerved and rattled the unsteady hand of @realDonaldTrump. He was played by the Chinese over Covid-19. He failed to protect the country and now 70000 are dead and the American economy is shattered. He has failed the test of history. His legacy will be failure. https://t.co/8aPQVWnmAQ

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 5, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Whistleblower says he was ousted after raising concerns political appointees wanted to 'flood' NY with Trump-pushed drug

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) May 5, 2020

Ousted vaccine director files whistleblower complaint alleging coronavirus warnings were ignoredhttps://t.co/vlOMjXdMsa

— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) May 5, 2020

A newspaper analysis finds #coronavirus infected as many as 171 people in #Florida as long as two months before officials announced it had come to the state. State officials have pulled the data off the DOH website. https://t.co/NNYYtXrCmb via @ChrisMPersaud

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) May 5, 2020

This is the least surprising thing of the day. All the Republican Govs know reopening is going to lead to a spike in cases. They are tied to the President now whose only chance of winning is getting the economy going. But to be clear, they all know what's going to happen https://t.co/uYov2xccHK

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 5, 2020

In the years to come, Trump reading aloud the stage directions on the Republican script is going to be a very useful contribution to the country because it lays bare the truth of the GOP strategy. https://t.co/cvbfHD7dTp

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) May 5, 2020

UK overtakes Italy with Europe's highest official coronavirus death toll https://t.co/sggJKMLp3D pic.twitter.com/uDYDgj9I01

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 5, 2020

The most obvious misstep by Boris Johnson’s government was its hesitation to implement a national lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But Britain’s slow lockdown offers only a partial explanation for what has followed. https://t.co/zMkKAqjvNH

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) May 5, 2020

The influence of Dominic Cummings & his Vote Leave friends continues to grow at the heart of Govt. Faculty, the AI start up hired by Cummings for Vote Leave, awarded 7 Govt contracts in 18 mths. About time a spotlight was shone on on this cosy relationship https://t.co/W79ZaKj5IA

— Mary Kelly Foy MP (@marykfoy) May 5, 2020

A very good article giving some background on one of the Tech Firms working with Faculty and NHSX on the UK Covid-19 data response. https://t.co/gIFi1peRyR

— WilHunter_Journalism (@WilHunter2) May 5, 2020

Neil Ferguson may or may not have done wrong but he has effectively been "taken out" via a professional hit job. Clean. Cruel. Breathtakingly effective. https://t.co/OJdQkKsbiN

— David Yelland (@davidyelland) May 5, 2020

Called it! And how kind of the Boris Johnson fanzine to help him out here! pic.twitter.com/EoakpQiNf6

— Colette Austin (@Letttie) May 5, 2020

From the newspaper that today defenestrated Neil Ferguson, the "lockdown professor"https://t.co/NTW5WbaPVU

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) May 5, 2020

Cruel Britannia: Coronavirus lays waste to British exceptionalism – POLITICO https://t.co/feiVUaZU0V

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) May 5, 2020

When a deadly pandemic was headed our way the British people packed themselves into Cheltenham to look at the horsies pic.twitter.com/rKm6upUDHD

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 5, 2020

In Germany, they gave 55 billion to hospitals and effectively doubled the number of ICU beds. https://t.co/HP6jremRz7

— Mike Stuchbery 💀🍷 (@MikeStuchbery_) May 5, 2020

Man Has Coffee. More on this as we get it. https://t.co/IwJmpoHADd

— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) May 5, 2020

"Sophia wanted to make the card for Boris because she was really sad that he'd been rushed into hospital"

The PM has posted a photo of the card made for him by five-year-old Sophiahttps://t.co/Xp8osJxpY6

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) May 5, 2020

Appease In A Pod https://t.co/EV5IvmkWuf

— Jason Sinclair (@jlsinc) May 5, 2020

A mutant coronavirus has emerged, even more contagious than the original, study says https://t.co/v5JVw3qe74

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) May 5, 2020

Good summary of the Trump-like “invasion” of #Venezuela by ⁦@bellingcat⁩ “The Invasion of Venezuela, Brought To You By Silvercorp USA“ #OperacionGedeon https://t.co/vLuEAHHAY1

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 5, 2020

What a bonkers story — US ex special forces soldier launches seaborne raid with a few dozen men to try and overthrow Nicolas Maduro in #Venezuela. Doesn't work.

Our piece:#Venezuela #SilvercorpUSA #JordanGoudreau pic.twitter.com/pMpusrl7FQ

— John Holman (@johnholman100) May 6, 2020

The U.S. Treasury Secretary recently mentioned that international travel isn't likely to occur again before 2021… yet it barely registered in the media.

“But this is a great time for people to explore America,” he said.https://t.co/gH0kaEeOgP

— Michael Socolow (@MichaelSocolow) May 6, 2020

“Companies have no idea what is going to happen whatsoever … There are going to be after-shocks and no V-shaped recovery."

Trump's "tremendous rebound" hopes are in serious trouble. Me and @MyahWard on corporate America getting grim. https://t.co/xOWLXAXAnc

— Ben White (@EconomyBen) May 6, 2020

Australia policy towards China is driven by "fear and greed"- a point underlined by the furious reaction to China's boycott threat: but is Beijing's bark worse than its bite when it comes to the $235bn trade between the nations? https://t.co/8KAvu7mF2a @FT pic.twitter.com/HtmKX78le7

— Jamie Smyth (@JamieSmythF) May 5, 2020

Belgian, U.S. scientists look to llama in search for COVID-19 treatment https://t.co/RXn2HQluim pic.twitter.com/NCIogAKdXR

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 6, 2020

The world comes together for a virtual vaccine summit. The U.S. is conspicuously absent. https://t.co/EZWWwJRwHl

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2020

Bill Gates: Here's what you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/LZdakeBPAa #coronavirus #vaccine pic.twitter.com/qLCe1ZpnV7

— World Economic Forum (@wef) May 4, 2020

World leaders from 40 countries committed $8 billion to start funding global #coronavirus vaccine research.

The U.S. govt didn't take part in the funding effort, raising concerns that uncoordinated competition to develop a treatment could lead to a "vaccine war." pic.twitter.com/IrwzGYZmk5

— AJ+ (@ajplus) May 4, 2020

"It's highly likely that the first vaccine we end up developing may not be the final vaccine that ends up really controlling this pandemic worldwide," says Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at Columbia University.

Watch more Global Hangout: https://t.co/IO0ntw7g3d pic.twitter.com/wJpUvFEDhJ

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 4, 2020

He’s alienated NATO and WHO, and now Trump is isolating America from the vaccine advances being made by other countries.

That may sound good to the ‘America First’ crowd, but what happens if a nation like China restricts U.S. access to a working vaccine?https://t.co/b8Umhu85Gw

— Dr. David A. Lustig (@drdave1999) May 4, 2020

President Donald Trump claimed a vaccine for the coronavirus will be available by the end of 2020 — contradicting his top health officials https://t.co/ciBT1t5PXe

— POLITICO (@politico) May 4, 2020

"I need the vaccine" — this is the most true thing Trump has said tonight pic.twitter.com/VHPAlnrusl

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 4, 2020

Investor group aligned with Donald Trump Jr. is buying a major stake in OANN, @gabrielsherman reports https://t.co/RksBlMSuBa

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) May 4, 2020

BREAKING: White House #coronavirus task force members are PROHIBITED from testifying before Congress this month under new guidance issued by the Trump administration TODAY.

Days after SILENCING Dr. Fauci, from testifying. WHAT IS TRUMP HIDING? #COVIDー19 https://t.co/OI2XJ43z74

— Peter Morley (@morethanmySLE) May 4, 2020

After Robert Kadlec was confirmed as Trump's top official for public health preparedness, he pressed to increase gov't stocks of a smallpox vaccine. His office made a deal to buy up to $2.8 bil of a vaccine from a biz that once paid Kadlec as a consultant. https://t.co/C90ZFWS8oO

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 4, 2020

Trump keeps predicting coronavirus death tolls the U.S. then surpasses pic.twitter.com/EIe47n4Uqi

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 4, 2020

As many of us with experience pointed out 3 years ago, Trump's ability to manufacture constant outrage and shamelessly lie and blunder without slowing down is never to be underestimated as a tactic. https://t.co/BTgz1G4TQn

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) May 4, 2020

If you've never been to this spot in Boston, this is not a huge crowd. It's not tiny, either, but this is not a massive rally.
It's more dumbasses than I thought were in the city, though. https://t.co/jyC8NVg4sp

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 4, 2020

Florida releases questionable data on state’s coronavirus deaths in nursing homes @randikayeCNN reports pic.twitter.com/5EyjgbtxqW

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) May 4, 2020

It's a marvelous time to buy a local newspaper, particularly one that just won a #Pulitzer for bringing down its city's mayor. And Happy Birthday to lead reporter @lukebroadwater. I'd say this takes the sting out of turning 40! @abellfoundation @MDGBmore https://t.co/Wjz6zb9Ekm

— Rona Kobell (@rkobell) May 4, 2020

Congrats to Barry Blitt for the Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer. There are of course Trump cartoons to post but also here is a beautiful homage to @JohnPrineMusic https://t.co/bTBXTTruoj

— Michael Tisserand (@m_tisserand) May 4, 2020

Last week Boris Johnson claimed the UK had avoided the tragedy that had engulfed other countries

Tonight FT says a cautious estimate of UK excess deaths linked to the outbreak is 50,200

A death toll heading to be one of the worst in the world

Its a national catastrophe https://t.co/dyg0VryZZz

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 4, 2020

‘Britain needs better than this as it faces the most petrifying, unpredictable, multifaceted calamity in three generations.’ https://t.co/vkhB2osHMn

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 4, 2020

CNN being very blunt – characterising UK as one of worst Covid-19 responses in Europe and analysing how the failure happened.pic.twitter.com/z9IiX4vi4K

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) May 4, 2020

The Sydney Morning Herald telling it as it is.

'Biggest failure in a generation': Where did Britain go wrong? https://t.co/3NgWLQo3Sa via @smh

— Rajesh Thind (@RajeshThind) May 4, 2020

8/9 days ago the Army set up a drive through test centre on our local leisure centre car park – presumably to boost capacity by the end of April.
On Friday 1st May they packed up & left.
Cynical? Yes it was & yes I am pic.twitter.com/m6qD4oDRIM

— Julia Dunlop 🔶🇪🇺 (@juliadarwen) May 4, 2020

Not so happy with the Brits making their own laws and regulations now, are you Nigel?

At least you can take it to the European Court of Human Ri…. oh wait https://t.co/cQCEkuLXGb

— Ash Stronge (@ashstronge) May 4, 2020

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— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) May 4, 2020

Donald Trump on Fox News at the Lincoln Memorial. This has to be the opening scene for whoever writes the definitive History of the Decline and Fall of the American Republic.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 3, 2020

Video of President Trump, sitting at the feet of the Lincoln Memorial, saying is he being treated worse than President Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated after freeing enslaved people across America. https://t.co/PHBVFHpCox

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 4, 2020

The Lincoln Memorial is one of the nation’s most hallowed sites. It honors the president who freed slaves and united the country, and was host to civil rights history. Tonight Trump is staging a “big show” inside the memorial and complaining he’s treated worse than Lincoln.

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) May 4, 2020

An elementary school teacher who tells him that she really supports him and prays for him asks him to stop being a bully and stop rambling and to let go of his negative behaviors.

Trump replies by saying he’s been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln.

I am not making this up.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 4, 2020

Watching this Trump/Fox interview: I can’t imagine being in a political party that has an entire propaganda network at its disposal.

Do GOP staffers even prepare their bosses for Fox interviews?? No hard questions. No gotchas. No follow-ups. Nothing even remotely challenging.

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 4, 2020

A midget at the feet of a giant. https://t.co/XnmJfAm1lQ

— Robert Shrum (@BobShrum) May 4, 2020

It’s like the GOP found the town drunk in the middle of a bender and put him on camera for a few hours. That summarizes Trump’s town hall tonight.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) May 4, 2020

Basically, Trump told a guy getting hit by tariffs not to worry, because he’s giving the money to farmers. Because he thinks the guy who asked the question believes, as he does, that China is paying the tariffs.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 4, 2020

There’s not a single thing Trump has said that is true or historically correct. He is a bloviating, incompetent buffoon and an embarrassment as a US leader.

His incompetence now has led to 68,000 deaths and counting. He needs to lose in a historic landslide then face trial.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 4, 2020

In 2010, Obama sat for a 20-min interview with Bret Baier. Baier interrupted him 16 times.

"I didn’t want to interrupt him as much as I did,” Baier said. “Trying to nail him down on a number of specifics was tough.”

Thinking about that a lot tonight.https://t.co/b5hrwH0mvV

— Nicole Hemmer (@pastpunditry) May 4, 2020

It is altogether unfitting and improper that we do this https://t.co/3XYthqwvU5

— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosNYT) May 3, 2020

BULLSHIT. The “plague” came & YOU called it a DEMOCRAT HOAX. You mocked it. You said it was just like the flu. You said 15 cases would soon go to zero. You said it’d ‘miraculously be gone by April’. You said everyone could be tested. You LIED. And You FAILED. #Trump #CoronaVirus

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) May 3, 2020

"While his presidency crumbled, the president* tried to confuse and misdirect the people with dangerous advice and false cures, but the more he spoke, the more people realized that the real plague was named Donald Trump." #SundayMorning @jilevin https://t.co/w5FVzUixCq

— Bill Auclair 😷💉🔅🇺🇦 (@bill_auclair) May 3, 2020

This is how Americans now interpret freedom: Not as a political condition in a democratic society, but as a constant chant of "you're not the boss of me." This is not freedom, or at least not freedom in any political sense. It's a child-like understanding of autonomy. /1 https://t.co/lB7Xth6KCP

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2020

70K Americans are dead but Donald Trump is the real victim.

Start the clock whenever you want, Biff. Every step of the way has been a colossal display of incompetence, egoism and not a shred of empathy. https://t.co/5lXbFFchzQ

— Tim Hannan (@TimHannan) May 3, 2020

‘We Weren’t Protected’: Low-Quality Masks Infiltrate U.S. Coronavirus Supply – WSJ https://t.co/9wiLMoHaMb

— Crispin Burke (@CrispinBurke) May 3, 2020

It’s coming. By mid-Summer Travel to the USA will be bannned like we are a plague ship … bc we are. #SadSickWorld https://t.co/dolZhINm69

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) May 3, 2020

Remember what I’ve been saying about immigration and passive eugenics? https://t.co/EW7Y2I5rnp

— Brooke Binkowski (@brooklynmarie) May 3, 2020

Only Donald Trump could make me feel sympathy for George W. Bush. https://t.co/oW0MIniO49

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) May 3, 2020

Trump’s faith adviser and White House employee Paula White is fundraising during the coronavirus pandemic pic.twitter.com/zxOiJsQwVy 01#Resist

— Tomthunkit™ (@TomthunkitsMind) May 3, 2020

Murder Hornets… of course those are a real thing. pic.twitter.com/ertw6xEI6D

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) May 3, 2020

The “murder hornets” probably won’t bother you personally, but the invasive Asian giant hornet is a threat to the already declining bee population in the United States. https://t.co/sKkeQAY1AD

— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 3, 2020

If only the 28,446 people who've died in the UK had had a baby or a will to live pic.twitter.com/wwxPyntcgk

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 3, 2020

'Boris' is now an almost abstract concept, existing exclusively as a kind of linguistic bunting they can bring out on special occasions to make people cheer.

— simon maginn (@simonmaginn) May 3, 2020

I don't think doctors work like this, do you?

I do think Cummings is at work here building a Cult of
Boris, don't you?

I do think the MSM is either extraordinarily gullible or shamefully complicit, don't you? https://t.co/4thULxw7Fx

— Tom London (@TomLondon6) May 3, 2020

Donald Trump speaking on how ill Boris Johnson sounded on the phone, and how he was prying for the PM.

Papers claiming they prepared for his death. #BorisJohnson #COVID19 #coronavirus

Shit… Wrong video… Shit.. Fuck.. Shit.. pic.twitter.com/NoF5lUUtgl

— Borisbot (@BorisParody) May 3, 2020

But it is ok, apparently, for Johnson (not fucking *Boris*) to decide if and when Scotland can have a 'gold standard' S30 permission to exercise its people's sovereignty. #GetIndyDone pic.twitter.com/vbfDAhzbNg

— The Crossgate Centre #SupportsAlexSalmond (@CrossgateCentre) May 3, 2020

”The disease has halted negotiations and infected the lead negotiators. All Whitehall capacity is being spent on the immediate crisis. Boris Johnson has no time for Brexit. If he did, he might want to practise some social distancing from the idea.” https://t.co/aEseayCOc9

— Mom de plume 🇺🇦🕷 #FBPE (@NargisWalker) May 3, 2020

The way we work is going to change in the next year as this ⁦@FT⁩ article shows: surely this is going to both accelerate trends as well as create new conditions? https://t.co/WPvUkL6W43

— Charlie Beckett (@CharlieBeckett) May 3, 2020

We are currently NOT all in this together.
Small business owners will be needed to help drive the economic recovery but without support from @rishisunak we simply won’t be around to help. @BorisJohnson @Keir_Starmer #ForgottenLtd https://t.co/wTRFSe9Tvg

— Ele (@P_S_Eleanor) May 3, 2020

God bless #Gogglebox. Love this. https://t.co/2jeYnu91NC

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) May 3, 2020

The 4 major trouble countries now, #COVID19 pandemic:
Brazil, Russia, India, and United States (BRIUS)
Cases @OurWorldInData and Deaths @FT
(increase in slope or no descent) 1/2 pic.twitter.com/7KsAWGiTUf

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 3, 2020

“The outline of a very different, post-American, post-coronavirus world is already taking shape,” writes @anneapplebaum "It’s a world in which American opinions will count less, while the opinions of America’s rivals will count more.” https://t.co/vHmXa8rudq

— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) May 3, 2020

Pompeo says 'significant' evidence new coronavirus emerged from Chinese lab https://t.co/KzGfGSz3TA pic.twitter.com/GmEAvnOAlY

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 3, 2020

China took painful steps to quell its outbreak of coronavirus. But it also took extreme measures to curate information. This is what happened at the dawn of the pandemic—as seen through the news and social media posts that vanished from China’s internet. https://t.co/HncDTDUqP5

— WIRED (@WIRED) May 3, 2020

Third Russian doctor plunges from coronavirus hospital window after complaining about lack of PPE https://t.co/RtMLDJp06I

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) May 3, 2020

Russia has a huge fund for times of crisis. But Putin is hesitating on a sweeping rescue plan. https://t.co/Pp7FHQE75q

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 3, 2020

India cracks down on Muslims under cover of coronavirus https://t.co/vCeYpk8IXY

— Financial Times (@FT) May 3, 2020

It is 100% predictable: no matter what the numbers say, Trump will reject any loss in November as Democratic cheating. He has multiple networks devoted to propagandizing for him & mobs of armed white people eager to enforce his will. I don't hear anybody planning for this.

— David Roberts (@drvolts) May 3, 2020

Aides have said a key reason the president went to Camp David this weekend was to look presidential. https://t.co/FUynHpL6tU

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 2, 2020

Over 67k Americans are dead from a virus that knows no borders. Where are the tests that would allow us to stem the spread and move toward intelligent opening? Or is that too hard for you to focus on for one damn day? https://t.co/l8FyUx3sts

— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) May 2, 2020

this is not a parody account. https://t.co/BIVpylMGzT

— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) May 2, 2020

Now he's up to 35 tweets and retweets, including five promos for OANN, two promos for Fox News, and two RTs of an account called @SexCounseling https://t.co/gqlQLMIrY3

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 2, 2020

The US just reported its deadliest day for coronavirus patients as states reopen, according to WHO
https://t.co/0xU2josV4M

— Ted Corcoran (RedTRaccoon) (@RedTRaccoon) May 2, 2020

Sunday shows preview: America braces for next month of pandemic https://t.co/I218lElUnT pic.twitter.com/JnBOQfpHqC

— The Hill (@thehill) May 2, 2020

The nation's capital is under a stay-at-home order to slow down the spread of the virus but that didn't stop crowds from gathering between the US Capitol and the Washington Monument.https://t.co/2AQe7PxnQi

— CNN (@CNN) May 2, 2020

Lockdown is breaking down.

This has gotten more obvious by the day here in relatively hard hit Westchester. Target’s parking lot looked fuller yesterday than on a normal pre-Covid Friday.https://t.co/QdbgUFl7u9

— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) May 2, 2020

Atlanta is out of control.

The state “re-opened” and people forgot that coronavirus exists.

It looks like the walking dead.

pic.twitter.com/cq9HzR7uFz

— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) May 2, 2020

The East Village isn’t playing. pic.twitter.com/NoUBmiJ9tq

— paul schwartzman (@paulschwartzman) May 2, 2020

On Wednesday, when I began writing this piece, the UT model predicted with 100% certainty that we had already passed the peak of coronavirus deaths. A new peak was reached that day, with 2,700 deaths. Another came two days later, with 2,909 deaths Friday. https://t.co/KhjTifrzD4

— David Wallace-Wells (@dwallacewells) May 2, 2020

Tracking the ‘Murder Hornet’: A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America – The New York Times https://t.co/fZ7BlPjzlc

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 2, 2020

"Let us remember empathy and simple kindness are essential, powerful tools of national recovery. Even at an appropriate social distance, we can find the way to be present in the lives of others," former President Bush shared in a new video. https://t.co/X3bOEnOkks

— The Hill (@thehill) May 2, 2020

Who better to ask about the probable course of this pandemic than someone who saw it coming? Here, in my Sunday column, is a conversation with Laurie Garrett, coronavirus Cassandra. https://t.co/sz195sgGXZ

— Frank Bruni (@FrankBruni) May 2, 2020

Obama’s vetting of Biden included nearly 10 lawyers who spent nearly two months digging through records and interviewing dozens of people about Biden. Tara Reade’s name — or any other allegations — never came up.

My latest with @AnnieLinskey @WaPoSean: https://t.co/dNta3IiBLD

— Matt Viser (@mviser) May 2, 2020

New: Biden accuser Tara Reade says she’s “not sure” what exactly she wrote in her sexual harassment complaint in 1993. (She has said it definitely doesn’t mention assault.) https://t.co/6p2T9etQuN

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 2, 2020

Trump privately muses that the Tara Reade allegation against Biden could be “bullshit” and that it doesn’t sound like something Biden would do… even as his campaign staff ramps up the attacks https://t.co/FPMBYxxgqJ

— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) May 2, 2020

Coronavirus kills Boris Johnson's smirking deceits – me in @ObserverUK on the death of the age Brexit populismhttps://t.co/PKpNQAWliJ

— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) May 2, 2020

Not the most comforting mathematical exposition but it’s worth knowing if only for shaking the confidence of those who say this govt has done a good job. More have died than in the blitz. Where’s Marc Francois now with his WW2 rhetoric? https://t.co/nR13hLZZ1L

— Mike Harding AKA Lord Hardinge of Dribblesdale (@HardingMike) May 2, 2020

A hard Brexit during coronavirus ‘unforgivable’ SNP leader tells Boris Johnson https://t.co/MnIahJE7w8

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) May 2, 2020

‘Brinkmanship on the Northern Ireland protocol is undermining confidence in the good faith Britain brings to the negotiations and putting even a rudimentary agreement at risk.’ https://t.co/giwJlvqjh2

— Colin Harvey (@cjhumanrights) May 2, 2020

#Brexit

.@MichaelGove has told the leaders of Stormont’s pro-remain parties that the U.K. Gov does not accept the need for a permanent EU presence in Belfast. pic.twitter.com/5eWhrDpQ0r

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) May 2, 2020

But he was in good spirits the whole way through!? https://t.co/QTW1v0ffh3

— Jonny Bell (@Jonny_Bel) May 2, 2020

I dunno, I think my main reason would be “while at home, I may be required to maintain my property in some unforeseen way as a matter of daily survival, but the same cannot be said for looking at a painting or triceratops skeleton” pic.twitter.com/f3oAp1LhY5

— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) May 2, 2020

Some good news in latest HSE figures on #COVID19ireland: the number of confirmed cases in ICU has fallen below 100 for the first time in a month – it stood at 99 as of 6:30pm last night.

Similar in confirmed hospitalised cases: lowest since first week of April pic.twitter.com/zSIYAr4FNr

— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) May 2, 2020

Hmmmm, do you think “holed up” is the best choice of words here, given the context? https://t.co/25iA0C4hrM

— Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra (@FubsyShabaroon) May 2, 2020

Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it makes you realise what a total oxygen thief Boris Johnson is…https://t.co/aw94YRUKC4

— Brexitshambles (@brexit_sham) May 2, 2020

“This is quite an experiment,” Buffett said. “I remain convinced … that nothing can basically stop America.” https://t.co/MTGWVE8NUt

— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) May 2, 2020

one 7-word Elon Musk tweet cost Tesla’s market valuation $2bn per word https://t.co/vDbw5iz2sI via @financialtimes

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) May 2, 2020

🔅 The Great Realisation by Tom Foolery.

🗣 Powerful spoken word poetry.

🎧 Go and listen now! pic.twitter.com/7o2GSysY3c

— Emily Barber (@MsEmilyBarber) May 2, 2020

Even money that the Trump campaign has spied on Biden and thinks Whitmer is his VP pick. This is the 5th targeted attack on her

— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) April 30, 2020

Hundreds of protesters, some carrying guns in the state Capitol, demonstrated against Michigan's emergency measures.

"Many demonstrators appeared to be supporters of President Donald Trump, donning 'Make American Great Again' campaign hats." https://t.co/hxtMLAPH5c

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 30, 2020

It has come to this. https://t.co/0jeM4UjD1o

— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) April 30, 2020

I always wonder what wrong in the lives of these young men that they ended up like this. https://t.co/OOuRChi6iB

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 30, 2020

"The New York Times recently observed that in Michigan, protesters from rural areas are 'nearly all white,' with some 'hoisting Trump signs and Confederate flags,' even as the vast majority of those afflicted and dying are 'concentrated in heavily black and Democratic Detroit.'" https://t.co/vrgaxHh4WH

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) April 30, 2020

Michigan is the epicenter of the Patriot Movement and white supremacist paramilitary groups.

What we're watching with armed men storming the capitol isn't just a bunch of cosplayers. It's an organized terrorist movement.

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) April 30, 2020

I find myself returning frequently to @GrahamDavidA's piece on the Second Amendment's second-class citizens. Especially fitting today, when armed white protesters are swarming Michigan's state capitol: https://t.co/3hNiNJ5tMI

— Nicole Hemmer (@pastpunditry) April 30, 2020

The White House won't renew social distancing guidelines expiring today. @kaitlancollins reports pic.twitter.com/YAg1z2MEKU

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 30, 2020

This tweet was posted just over a month ago. During his press conference today Trump came to the brink of accusing China of intentionally inflicting the coronavirus upon the United States. The need for a scapegoat is a hell of a drug. https://t.co/pIsNTgVFyi

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2020

You have to love this, Trump says he's going to get China to pay for the pandemic, right after he gets Mexico to pay for the wall https://t.co/p6GuOs06rt

— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) April 30, 2020

This is absolutely false. No evidence Republican governors run states better. In fact there is evidence to the contrary. States with urban areas will need help first because of the virus, but every state is going to need help because of falling tax revenues. In other words its BS https://t.co/j1EqNF6SbQ

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 30, 2020

Trump doing what he does best — taking credit for Obama’s work… https://t.co/PzYJmOkALZ

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 30, 2020

Trump: "Our death totals, our numbers, per million people, are really very, very strong. We're very proud of the job we've done."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 30, 2020

Oh my God, Trump is completely unaware that his own ODNI said that the virus was natural. John Roberts asked him about it and Trump asked: “Who said that.“ Roberts told him, and Trump said “who is that?“ Holy crap. Even Roberts was flummoxed.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 30, 2020

.@Reuters exclusive: President Trump says he does not believe opinion polls that show his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden leading in the 2020 race for the White House https://t.co/raEVTPnaQT https://t.co/dpzyaUWXJH

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 30, 2020

the USA has become a banana republic under Trump and the GOP. Shocking and sad. https://t.co/AIbz8ROFJD

— Nick Hanauer (@NickHanauer) April 30, 2020

Tens of thousands expected to partake in rent strikes across the country Friday https://t.co/YqpAggewSx pic.twitter.com/J4wmKTu0vB

— The Hill (@thehill) April 30, 2020

New York City will soon stop subway trains for four hours overnight so workers can disinfect them during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said https://t.co/AADLIrj1pG

— CNN (@CNN) April 30, 2020

NASCAR to resume in South Carolina with 7 races in 11 days https://t.co/hWYzUzGMHr pic.twitter.com/IiRvLPPDMx

— The Hill (@thehill) April 30, 2020

Boris Johnson confirmed that Britain is past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, saying it’s as if the country had been going through 'some huge Alpine tunnel' and that 'we can see the sunlight and pasture ahead of us'. https://t.co/fK6dyPJzlo

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 30, 2020

Global death comparison. Look at the UK line. Tracking above France, Spain, Italy. Second only to US

*govt points out different countries have different methods of counting deaths so difficult to compare stats across countries* pic.twitter.com/i3vG7KFQpr

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) April 30, 2020

What is the R number in the UK?

Before any measures came in, the number was well above one and conditions were likely to mean a large outbreak

Successive restrictions brought it down, but it was not until full lockdown that it was driven below onehttps://t.co/nRrKfBLVFf pic.twitter.com/TcxST2T9cr

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 30, 2020

Breathless Boris is left floundering as he faces foe he can't outbluster https://t.co/tntjMDF5AL

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) April 30, 2020

New COVID-19 research: Our ongoing diary study found people trust TV journalists, but want them to scrutinise the government’s handling of the pandemic more robustly: https://t.co/qcFe2FKhNX Thread 1/

— Stephen Cushion (@Stephen_Cushion) April 30, 2020

NEW: @IEA says the world’s CO2 emissions will plunge 8% this year, a reduction 6 times as large as the previous global record set in 2009

But @StevenMufson writes that after previous crises, "the rebounds in emissions were larger than the declines"https://t.co/hb3Zpmab4K

— Dino Grandoni (@dino_grandoni) April 30, 2020

Germany postpones decision on reopening schools. Denmark says reproduction rate for coronavirus has risen significantly since it started reopening schools and kindergartens two weeks ago. https://t.co/0ploBM8fsp

— Brian Groom (@GroomB) April 30, 2020

People lined up to use two vending machines selling face masks, hand sanitizers, gloves and other protective equipment, installed in a square in Jeumont, France.

France is looking towards easing a nearly two-month lockdown on May 11. https://t.co/0PbX8uvj6j pic.twitter.com/kRlaQVXJFP

— ABC News (@ABC) April 30, 2020

If you have wondered what to make of the born-versus-made debate regarding the coronavirus, here is a big, technical look at the subject from The Economist: https://t.co/MaFXQxPVze

— Brendan Hasenstab (@pierrepont) April 30, 2020

The tourism industry has called for a €1.5 billion in grant aid and a State-funded “staycation voucher” for citizens to redeem against a holiday at home later this year https://t.co/p1MpFFz81S

— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) April 30, 2020

Is the universe conscious? It seems impossible until you do the maths https://t.co/fW0uct90qM pic.twitter.com/3jrypOCJOl

— New Scientist (@newscientist) April 30, 2020

Breaking News: The FDA plans to authorize emergency use of the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir for coronavirus treatment. Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed cautious optimism about early trial results.https://t.co/ERJySqWQIm pic.twitter.com/fQEcNNyjhp

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 29, 2020

Clinical trial of remdesivir may be a turning point in coronavirus fight https://t.co/6tMxdLDM51

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 29, 2020

In response to a question, Pres says he's going to Arizona next week for an industry event. Also plans a stop in Ohio. Plus, he hopes to resume big political rallies before the election. "This is going away," he says of Coronavirus, "and we'll be doing a lot of things." pic.twitter.com/zivPnSq0kE

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) April 29, 2020

61,000 people dead so far. 1850+ today.

All he cares about is spewing delusional nonsense how the virus is magically going away imminently. Not one syllable about the pain and suffering of the families of the dead. An empty shell, a sociopath incapable of even faking empathy. https://t.co/6UwI03QVZo

— Spiro’s Ghost (@AntiToxicPeople) April 29, 2020

Trump seems to be downplaying the need to ramp up testing, even as his administration is trying to increase testing: "I don't know that all of that is even necessary.”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 29, 2020

Health precautions take a back seat as White House pivots to the economy https://t.co/3kZrqxk5zW

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 29, 2020

Trump administration launches "Operation Warp Speed" to accelerate vaccine development https://t.co/gQArR1pr59 pic.twitter.com/sa7OXGILuH

— The Hill (@thehill) April 29, 2020

Trump: "Hopefully in the not too distant future we'll have some massive rallies and people will be sitting next to each other. I can't imagine a rally where you have every 4th seat full, every six seats are empty for every one you have full. That wouldn't look too good."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 29, 2020

Tide goes in. Tide goes out. You can't explain that. https://t.co/fRWaiZKEUZ

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) April 29, 2020

Jared Kushner called 1m infections, 60k dead, a shuttered economy, 25m+ unemployed, and 3-6% drop in GDP for now with much larger likely to come "a great success story."

If our leaders refuse to see where we're failing, they can't help us get better.

— Ian Bassin 🇺🇦 (@ianbassin) April 29, 2020

Covid Scams is going to be a good book. https://t.co/MGyhucbC4g

— John Cassidy (@JohnCassidy) April 29, 2020

The Trump administration's arguments on Tuesday went into some dark and unexpected places. https://t.co/9U4Fgg0CTy

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 29, 2020

Trump was shown internal polls that had him losing to Biden — so dire that he berated campaign manager Brad Parscale and threatened to sue him (though it's not clear how serious the litigious president was). Quite a scoop by @jdawsey1 –> https://t.co/6S36zSBXmN

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) April 29, 2020

Only the best people in that well-oiled machine. https://t.co/Tk4rAMkq6y

— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) April 29, 2020

Donald Trump does not want to be in charge of any of this. He wants to play president on TV. He doesn't want responsibility for governance in a time of crisis, and in every way he can, he's refusing to do that job, and lashing out at those who ask him to do it.

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 29, 2020

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said in her state, it will be considered a “voluntary quit” if an employee refuses to return to work once businesses reopen, thereby losing access to unemployment benefits.

A similar situation will soon play out in Texas. https://t.co/qGmapbLBzi

— scott immordino (@ScottImmordino) April 28, 2020

"He's not dismissing this as something unimportant. He recognizes that it's an important business… But Dr. Fauci, as usual, is saying something very reasonable and credible."

Longtime sportscaster Bob Costas responds to Dr. Fauci saying "we're not ready" for sports to return. pic.twitter.com/jFdkVItly2

— CNN (@CNN) April 29, 2020

If the White House Gift Shop is going to produce $100 COVID-19 coins, Trump can sure as hell utilize the Defense Production Act to manufacture the gloves, gowns, and masks our medical workers desperately need. https://t.co/Wr6Y1uwG0i

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 29, 2020

The White House Gift Shop is not actually affiliated w/ the White House or the government.

It was founded by the USG, but now it’s run by a guy named Anthony Giannini, who is also CEO of Strategic Systems Corporation, which develops “supercomputers for neural network mapping.” https://t.co/vmBAuuNMXe

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) April 29, 2020

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson just welcomed a son. But how many total children he has remains a mystery https://t.co/wMUex5c9Du pic.twitter.com/gyPaIeWOgM

— Forbes (@Forbes) April 29, 2020

give me strength pic.twitter.com/zsA0dw3302

— Hannah Jane Parkinson (@ladyhaja) April 29, 2020

“Good news at last for Britain”

Over 26,000 people are dead pic.twitter.com/S2Afo7lRSu

— Pointless Letters (@pointlesslettrs) April 29, 2020

"When a top QC finds himself up against a rather out-of-his-depth country conveyancing solicitor." PMQs via John Crace https://t.co/dmwkDhTzIB

— Bimpe Archer (@BimpeArcher) April 29, 2020

Schrödinger’s Tories:

“We’re the party of business”
“F*ck business!”

“We’re the party of compromise”
“Remoaners! Saboteurs! Traitors!”

“We’re the party of family values”
“Aww, Boris knocked up another mistress. Super.”

“We’re the party of government”
“Boris is on holiday”

— James J Dart 🇺🇦 (@JamesJDart) April 29, 2020

Wetherspoons says it is planning to reopen its pubs "in or around" June https://t.co/KOGmRntgbQ

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 29, 2020

A very British crime: Pub customers hid in cupboards during raid https://t.co/NnvYUILgA3

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) April 29, 2020

and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear 🎶 pic.twitter.com/ILvgaUFwWO

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) April 29, 2020

Spanish health official Verónica Casado, herself a family doctor, was unable to hold back tears as she read out the names of health care workers who have died from COVID-19. https://t.co/cSH8TggpDb pic.twitter.com/A75PHb6ckP

— ABC News (@ABC) April 27, 2020

Korea now seems to think the so-called "re-infections" it found are actually just false positives. A lot of smart epidemiologists thought this was likely the case all along, so not a huge surprise, but passing this along for people who freaked out earlier.https://t.co/C3iIjxDr7S

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 29, 2020

A wake up call from Germany for those arguing to ease lock down measures https://t.co/m74Mcbzd1L

— Planet Belfast 🇪🇺 (@Planet_Belfast) April 29, 2020

Thread:
There’s been some ‘excitement’ over the data used in my Irish Times article published last Wednesday. The article argued that N Ireland had a higher rate of Covid-19 mortality than the Republic and this was the outcome of different public health policy choices. /1 pic.twitter.com/QU8nXnhK69

— Mike Tomlinson @MikeTQUB@mastadon.ie (@MikeTQUB) April 29, 2020

Managing expectations on Covid exit is the new challenge https://t.co/hZY3OL2weH via @IrishTimesBiz

— Colin Wrafter (@wrafter_colin) April 29, 2020

So sorry to see the news of death of legendary Irrfan Khan.. 53 years old, so much potential.. pic.twitter.com/cXNlXY2dk9

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) April 29, 2020

The U.S. plans to give $500 billion to large companies. It won’t require them to preserve jobs or limit executive pay. https://t.co/m7eXllGvBN

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 28, 2020

The President's Las Vegas hotel is now taking reservations for mid May. We have to wonder if his push to reopen the economy, which may endanger Americans, is influenced by his desire to help his own businesses and his bottom line.https://t.co/FoPczIQgav

— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) April 28, 2020

President Trump suggested that state and local bailout money from the federal government could hinge on whether the immigration policies of the individual governments seeking relief align with Trump administration priorities https://t.co/DBsggpCbQP

— POLITICO (@politico) April 28, 2020

80% of small businesses that applied for PPP coronavirus loans have received ZERO relief from the Trump administration.

Meanwhile, Trump donors and large corporations are raking in money. pic.twitter.com/zycWIZDhQu

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) April 28, 2020

President Trump plans to sign an executive order to keep meat processing plants open. But unions say more needs to be done to protect workers.https://t.co/IwuQBjKhVt

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 28, 2020

Trump and Kushner's obsession with post-impeachment score settling set the WH coronavirus response back 6 weeks. My VF feature is out today:https://t.co/oRSLTi9Vq8

— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) April 28, 2020

"Republicans were making a risky political calculation when they overlooked Trump’s obvious character flaws, supported his presidency, and failed to remove him for clearly impeachable behavior. They won—but it was a Pyrrhic victory." – @mattklewishttps://t.co/28m13jQui0

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 28, 2020

Trump’s blue collar base is going to get shafted by this.

From a family member who has lost only source of income: “Payroll tax cut??? Yeah, that will give people more money in their paycheck. What paychecks?”

“Real America here and we need fucking money, period.” https://t.co/G7cGxgLtwb

— Amber Duke (Athey) (@ambermarieduke) April 28, 2020

Been saying it for weeks, yep. https://t.co/1rvv0CEirD

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 28, 2020

No more excuses. We need to be testing millions of Americans per day to safely scale back social distancing.

Where are the tests? https://t.co/FzIP37Lzyt

— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) April 28, 2020

Project Air Bridge is Jared Kushner’s secretive public-private partnership for COVID-19 supplies – but it’s failing. States can’t get equipment & nobody's explaining how the project works. @SenBlumenthal & I want answers from the participating suppliers. https://t.co/qkfX3MPIa6

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) April 27, 2020

Vice President Mike Pence flouted the Mayo Clinic’s policy that asks all visitors to wear face masks while touring the facility on Tuesday.

He appeared to be the only person not wearing one while meeting staff and patients.https://t.co/hNWfS4p6O7 pic.twitter.com/6q0TqXtsw7

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 28, 2020

Mayo Clinic statement to CNN on Pence visit: "Mayo shared the masking policy with the VP’s office."

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 28, 2020

Precisely.

When a MEDICAL CENTER tells you about their mask policy but you don’t wear a mask:

1. You’re saying rules don’t apply to you.

2. You’re showing that you don’t give a damn about other people.

3. You’re misinforming the public.

3. You’re probably kowtowing to DJT. https://t.co/fw2R9EJNKi

— Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755@mastodon.social) (@jbf1755) April 28, 2020

Agree. Clearly mask wearing is a sign of disloyalty to Trump within the White House. This combined with Trump's various comments.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 28, 2020

Care home deaths set to overtake hospitals#tomorrowspaperstoday@MsHelicat pic.twitter.com/zDdFMzdY93

— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) April 28, 2020

The holy scientists have cast Johnson's horoscope for tomorrow lunchtime. Sadly, the omens aren't looking too good. Fnar fnar. https://t.co/JRc10zhSCl

— Mandoline 🕯️ (@Mandoline_Blue) April 28, 2020

Long read worth reading …. Coronavirus UK: How Boris Johnson's Government Let Virus Get Away – Bloomberg https://t.co/dOL4P8thHj

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) April 28, 2020

To be honest, Matthew, you should be ashamed that this was necessary. https://t.co/6adTb7oQGf

— Dave Jones (@WelshGasDoc) April 28, 2020

On March 19th the Government downgraded the classification of #COVID19 removing its status as a "High Consequence Infectious Disease"

This removed legal requirement for frontline health workers to be supplied with sufficient protective equipment in fight against #coronavirus

— Charlie Rome ❤🇬🇧💙🇪🇺💛 (@charliejrome) April 28, 2020

“We’re not angels, we’re not heroes, we are human beings… who simply want to go and do the job we’re paid to do and be protected to do it”

Chair of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses @credland_nicki says she finds “rhetoric about heroism… unhelpful”. #Newsnight pic.twitter.com/1x6q4c3NLd

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) April 28, 2020

The Guardian view on children in the pandemic: hidden victims | Editorial https://t.co/OpaebeuxxH

— Faith Gordon (@Dr_FaithG) April 28, 2020

Nurses create see-through masks so deaf father can read lips during birth of newborn daughter https://t.co/Os8eK7E8f8

— The Independent (@Independent) April 28, 2020

Read about how our local artist @tomartist32 has done something pretty amazing @oxinaboxnew https://t.co/whQrXQDMjc

— White Hart of Wytham (@WhiteHartWytham) April 28, 2020

Putin extends Russia's lockdown for two weeks, prepares to ease in mid-May https://t.co/wyVzg2Joi0 pic.twitter.com/FCMQrfzDzn

— Reuters (@Reuters) April 28, 2020

Fitch cuts Italy’s credit rating to one notch above junk https://t.co/zHmV4YN7E9

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) April 28, 2020

UK start-ups have raised $825 million during virus lockdown, but less deals are being made https://t.co/S93cuJhLh2

— CNBC (@CNBC) April 28, 2020

The Modi government has given $3B to USA,$16B to Russia, $117M to #Israel & $2.1B given to #Turkey, all for arms. All of this happened after the arrival of #COVID19 in India.

The doctors need PPEs to protect themselves, a virus isnt killed with missiles. https://t.co/87vx4oTpfr

— Md Salim (@salimdotcomrade) April 28, 2020

Iranian scientist in US jail contracts coronavirus after pleading for release https://t.co/BOaI74DFxN

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 28, 2020

Trump and Pompeo are hostile to international cooperation in the best of times — and all the more so now, when they feel the need to scapegoat others (China, the World Health Organization) for the administration’s own failures.

In @PostOpinions: https://t.co/fbDzH9Zk6D

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) April 28, 2020

Investors are betting, in part, that the coronavirus crisis will accelerate the already growing power of America’s corporate giantshttps://t.co/hnYgXakfDf

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 28, 2020

Yet another piece about Sweden and #COVID19 — with pictures and interviews from wealthy central Stockholm — where the authors fail to write a single word about how the virus has disproportionately affected poorer immigrant communities in Stockholm. https://t.co/PyTK1nGTjO

— Christian Christensen (@ChrChristensen) April 28, 2020

Academy makes streamed films eligible for Oscars amid pandemic https://t.co/qdvbS2J1Px pic.twitter.com/eJ3FIvTB9D

— The Hill (@thehill) April 28, 2020

Can’t stop thinking about this correction in today‘s Sun. pic.twitter.com/J9tsRqXYTh

— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) April 28, 2020

Washington Post: Trump received more than a dozen classified briefings that warned about the coronavirus back in January and February, but Trump claimed on Feb. 26 that the number of cases “within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero."https://t.co/OUgidPPG6v

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) April 27, 2020

There is no safer place to hide anything from Donald Trump than in a book. https://t.co/eBcq1YRUjs

— Stuart Stevens (@stuartpstevens) April 27, 2020

The buck stops with "somebody a long time ago" https://t.co/R84nJHO1OQ

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) April 27, 2020

Trump begins his April 27 #TrumpPressConference with some reading difficulties pic.twitter.com/V1AnjAh9NK

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020

It really is such an insult to the public, among his many offenses against the public, that he simply does not bother to even remotely familiarize himself with the text before he heads out there.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 27, 2020

No new information about testing or administration recommendations on easing shelter-in-place orders, as Trump hands over the microphone to business leaders. https://t.co/ESIWE7SahC

— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) April 27, 2020

I Don't care what any of these CEO's say…our public health experts still say our testing is a disaster and an embarrassment. they have goals for June but are reopening the country now…total madness

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 27, 2020

Do not be fooled by the big numbers. They are not, relatively, big enough.

We need maybe 5 million or more tests per day for it to be safe to go back out: https://t.co/QpFLxGlaTw

And per capita, the USA is proudly in 41st place in testing, globally https://t.co/tSRBnzZ3sf

— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) April 27, 2020

Trump: The governors are as "thrilled as they can be" given that there's "so much unnecessary death."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 27, 2020

"We want to re-open and the testing is not going to be a problem at all," Trump says as experts across the country say that's not true.

— Jonathan Allen (@jonallendc) April 27, 2020

I guess it must have been OAN’s day off, because it was Breitbart‘s turn to throw him a “how do we punish China“ question pic.twitter.com/2WZcExuQyT

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 27, 2020

Unjumble this mixed word salad…

"These people who sacrificed for a reason of incompetence or something other than incompetence what happened at a point where they could have protected the whole world…"

Several commas, periods, and words died in there, somewhere. pic.twitter.com/WnUmglsqwp

— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) April 27, 2020

OAN now asking about Flynn and whether he will be back in the administration. Trump: “it was a disgrace, he’s a wonderful man, and also what happened to the president should never be allowed to happen again“

even with Flynn, had to make it about himself right at the last moment

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 27, 2020

When Trump says we had the greatest economy ever (not true, of course) and then says, "I built it," every single businessperson in the U.S. who worked incredibly hard to build their own business, large or small, should be outraged & offended. He's taking credit 4 your hard work

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) April 27, 2020

Trump–I should be reelected unless more than 2 million people die. and we've got such good ventilators.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) April 27, 2020

I think he held this press conference purely because he was pissed about being told to shut up over the weekend, and because his staff told him not to do it, so he went ahead and did it anyway.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 27, 2020

Tennessee Restaurants Reopen As State Sees Biggest 1-Day Jump In COVID-19 Cases https://t.co/7qozZcBwJZ

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) April 27, 2020

JUST IN: Pres. Trump told governors during a Monday phone call that they should "seriously consider" reopening their schools, according to a recording obtained by @ABC News. https://t.co/QCfQhXQPbU

— ABC News (@ABC) April 27, 2020

As Trump puts partisan spin on federal aid for states, Republicans and Democrats warn of coming financial calamity @ToluseO https://t.co/NFp2V7DjY3

— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) April 27, 2020

Trump deletes tweets after ridicule at rant over 'Noble' prize and 'hambergers' https://t.co/87CpA002KH

— The Independent (@Independent) April 27, 2020

when the bleach drip hits pic.twitter.com/FQowQCtIct

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2020

Barr directs prosecutors to look for state and local stay-home orders that go too far @PeteWilliamsNBC https://t.co/l8sQ2kUU1s via @nbcnews

— Susan Kroll (@suekroll) April 27, 2020

McConnell puts down another marker: Next COVID-19 bill MUST have liability protections for business owners who reopen amid the pandemic. https://t.co/heqZBV4n2l

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) April 27, 2020

Americans are receiving letters signed by Pres. Trump explaining stimulus checks—and touting the government's coronavirus response.

Some experts say the move is "clearly connected to his reelection." https://t.co/EhRky9BEAM pic.twitter.com/qMeTy9X5iO

— ABC News (@ABC) April 27, 2020

The Supreme Court appears to be moving toward a new jurisprudence in which questions on which the Court cannot rend a helpful judgement to President are non-justiciable.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 27, 2020

Brutal and not surprising. https://t.co/nbVY4PXJb0

— Caitlin Kelly: career journalist, writing coach (@CaitlinKellyNYC) April 27, 2020

UK failed to stockpile crucial PPE, @BBCPanoroma investigation finds https://t.co/iL9Z54aYgr

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) April 27, 2020

Guardian front page, 28 April 2020: No 10 in talks to allay public fears over end to lockdown pic.twitter.com/SOVkJ3uvqj

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 27, 2020

Has Ireland made a better job of responding to coronavirus than the UK? https://t.co/j00aJb47ND pic.twitter.com/h1bivcSdOj

— ITV News (@itvnews) April 27, 2020

ANALYSIS: PM back to one hell of an in-tray. Managing the disease will be tough, so too will be managing political consensus & public mood. The PM looks towards months of hard choices & potentially unpopular measures. Heavy is the head who wears the crown https://t.co/u0INoLu0CR

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) April 27, 2020

Good article from John Crace as usual, there’s no easy road for the Eton Mess from now on. https://t.co/5cR2WpaMi6

— Ian collins (@Iancoll94354676) April 27, 2020

Ed Balls

— Ed Balls (@edballs) April 28, 2011

.@realDonaldTrump says he knows how #KimJongUn is but won't say what he knows, adding he just wishes him well. Also repeats that if he hadn't been elected the U.S. would have been war with North Korea by now (a claim not supported by facts). Kim has not been seen for 2 weeks

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) April 27, 2020

Trump says he has "a very good idea" of what's going on with Kim Jong Un, but won't disclose it. "I hope he's fine, I do know how he's doing relatively speaking, you'll probably be hearing about it in the not too distant future".

— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) April 27, 2020

WHO director-general says coronavirus pandemic "far from over" https://t.co/Mfqmxu856s pic.twitter.com/9sFU4KX5lE

— The Hill (@thehill) April 27, 2020

This is wonderful news. And a badly needed cause for a bit of optimism — the Oxford vaccine worked on monkeys and thousands of people will be vaccinated to test for efficacy & safety with the hopes of it being ready in September. https://t.co/yoDkACzRLr

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 27, 2020

Coronavirus: Spray that 'protects surfaces from COVID-19 for 90 days' to go on sale in Hong Kong | World News | Sky News https://t.co/tzDWtD5XfX

— Ziya Meral (@Ziya_Meral) April 27, 2020

"I think this is an issue not only for economists or bankers or government officials. This is really an issue for everyone." https://t.co/qWYQ9ZZeDi

— Sam Haselby (@samhaselby) April 27, 2020

“Debates about China are stalking horses for debates about what is wrong with America… American intellectuals have gone from believing in the end of history to believing that history will bury us.” Provocative, smart, sweeping new essay by @dandrezner: https://t.co/W5hlARJC4g

— Cardiff Garcia (@CardiffGarcia) April 27, 2020

This was a lovely piece done in 2015 by @kathysheridanIT about the Herremas, Tiede and Elisabeth, who died within a week of each other. They were married for 72 years. https://t.co/T0WHIWKRJJ

— Ronan McGreevy (@RMcGreevy1301) April 27, 2020

Oh, #Florida! Man puts out welcome mat at his house that says COME BACK WITH A WARRANT so cops do just that. https://t.co/kQJf3BDwiv via @cabridges

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) April 27, 2020

34 years ago, today, Chernobyl’s number 4 reactor exploded. The Soviets worried more about protecting political myths than protecting lives. The pandemic is Trump’s Chernobyl. He still views it as a PR crisis. He cares about saving his image, not lives. https://t.co/6rDLbhBs7i

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 26, 2020

As the US approaches 1,000,000 coronavirus cases:

* more than 5x the number of any other country
* 9th most per capita of any country
* 1 in 3 cases worldwide

Trump has no plan, and refuses to bring in competent experts to help. He sits alone watching cable tv and tweeting.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) April 26, 2020

To be clear about what’s coming —

If state economies open and things don’t take a turn for the worse, Trump will take all the credit.

If things get worse, Trump will blame the governors and “not be accountable for anything.” #Leadership

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 26, 2020

.@AliVelshi: "Protesting restrictions in our cities and states doesn't get us a vaccine, it doesn't get us an antibody test, and it doesn't save any lives of the sick, or the elderly, or the immunocompromised. It is a distraction."https://t.co/cgLZfPZfGx

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 26, 2020

Republican strategy memo advises GOP campaigns to blame China for coronavirus https://t.co/NTuYcDeIeS

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2020

If you're hazy about what the WHO did wrong and why Trump is hyping it up, this interview with @JeremyKonyndyk is a very informative https://t.co/MOCFvv3T4Y

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) April 26, 2020

Bill Gates blasts Trump’s blame game on China as a distraction. pic.twitter.com/fjjcXRGtvq

— Chen Weihua （陈卫华） (@chenweihua) April 26, 2020

Birx: "It bothers me" Trump comments on injecting disinfectant "still in the news cycle" https://t.co/d9PY7AfJL4 pic.twitter.com/nUIfWGyYzF

— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2020

Perspective: The origins of Donald Trump’s search for a covid-19 miracle https://t.co/phjLimhsn2

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2020

As deranged and nuts as Trump was in 2016, I think if most people from 2016 jumped forward and saw today's Trump tweets they'd be like, damn, he lost his mind.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 27, 2020

In a rambling Twitter outburst, Trump complained that he gets no credit for working long hours on the coronavirus crisis.

He called on Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters to be stripped of their “Noble” prizes for critical reporting about him.https://t.co/fIr8d1G0Ko

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 26, 2020

Based on the research I did for this, my hunch is that one of two things set off Trump’s Twitter meltdown this afternoon: 1) Soneone in his administration is about to be engulfed in scandal; or 2) He just got shown some truly crappy poll numbers. https://t.co/YVZNPFshbT

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 26, 2020

Too busy being briefed by Sean Hannity?https://t.co/rAicExbG93

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) April 26, 2020

As Trump rants about reporters who correctly laid out Russian effort – as Senate Intel & Mueller reports made clear -he ignores OTHER (Noble/Nobel/actually Pulitzer) awarded to @Fahrenthold for exposing the Trump family fraud in its "charitable" foundation. Guess he's confessing. pic.twitter.com/s0NgyG9xJQ

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) April 26, 2020

I am here for this civil war. All predicted and predictable. He will turn on everyone. Now he turns on Fox News and will court OANN. It's Orange Julius Caesar. Never forget Trump was enabled by the entire right wing ecosystem. He did all this damage with Republican support. https://t.co/lo4eITb80f

— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) April 26, 2020

Given Trump’s ridiculous/misspelled tweets about Nobel Prizes, worth recalling he himself is so annoyed about not getting a Nobel (Obama got it!) that he even obsessed over a Yezidi genocide victim’s Nobel rather than show any compassion while meeting her: https://t.co/Hhln3HbeUt

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 26, 2020

We now go live to the media covering the return of Boris Johnson. pic.twitter.com/TioUs7uuuY

— Sketchaganda (@sketchaganda) April 26, 2020

the PM is facing one of the most acutely difficult decisions in our lifetimes, it’s lucky he’s returning to such a calm, unfebrile, nonpartisan debate

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) April 26, 2020

A changed man? https://t.co/tLcmF4ErZu

— Andrew Rawnsley (@andrewrawnsley) April 26, 2020

Quit reading that @andrewrawnsley piece at "brush with death" in the headline. Until that (and the @FT's similar "near-death experience") is stood up by reporting, it should be considered hearsay and spin.

— Clay Harris 🇪🇺💉💉💉💉💉😷 (@mudlarklives) April 26, 2020

How democracy dies: a state broadcaster, whose income is secured by the criminal law, utterly dominant, nakedly cheerleading for the Government. https://t.co/Cf263keSAS

— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) April 26, 2020

Editor's Letter: Journalists are being caught in the coronavirus culture wars https://t.co/i0IGph4xue

— The Independent (@Independent) April 27, 2020

I had to be revived after collapsing breathless with laughter. The Spaffing Priapic Lazarus clown has been in the HOC for exactly 20 days since he was elected. Did the job description say "Part-time PM needed."? https://t.co/UbvHIBqogf

— Mike Harding AKA Lord Hardinge of Dribblesdale (@HardingMike) April 26, 2020

The key areas to look at in easing the UK coronavirus lockdown https://t.co/5ybM3lG3ut

— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) April 26, 2020

pic.twitter.com/kOrpBb8yNe

— Will Austin (@WillAustin1964) April 26, 2020

South Korean official says Kim Jong Un is 'alive and well' amid long public absence and rumors that he died or was in grave condition https://t.co/CcblMprMGC

— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) April 26, 2020

.@SueMiTerry: Odds are the N Korean regime will stagger along no matter what happens w/Kim but you never know. Few predicted the collapse of E Germany. Winter could be coming sooner than anyone expected in N Korea’s game of thrones. We had better be ready.https://t.co/3L3P6wrDP8

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) April 26, 2020

'China would like to see North Korea more docile' – Professor Robert Kelly imagines a scenario where North Korea has to find a new leader amid speculation on Kim Jong Un's health.

Read more here: https://t.co/gwRqj3yWcW pic.twitter.com/OeY0wMaFtN

— Sky News (@SkyNews) April 26, 2020

Nobody’s seen Kim Jong Un but nobody’s seen Dennis Rodman either so I have an entirely different theory. I’m sure that was them in Costco the other day.

— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) April 26, 2020

Headline winner for the weekend: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un rumored to be dead, brain dead or just fine https://t.co/9NVNwFGe5H via @nypost

— Vivian Salama (@vmsalama) April 26, 2020

Goodness. Italy’s plan for reducing lockdown includes Serie A teams back at training by May 18 and games beginning by June 2, all being well. @acmilan

— Tony Gallagher (@tgeducation) April 26, 2020

Coronavirus Australia update latest: WA residents wake up to loosened restrictions as 1 million download tracing app – live news https://t.co/0ST11DZZ9e

— The Guardian (@guardian) April 26, 2020

1) Trump pulled out of six-nation nuclear deal with Iran (he said it was the worst deal ever – though he says that about everything)
2) Now he wants back in https://t.co/cGydUjz5Ki

— West Wing Report (@WestWingReport) April 26, 2020

@SteveMcGookin File this one under "how you present yourself on social media and how you'll look in a police mugshot are two different things". https://t.co/7c9FjiaCqZ

— Clay Harris 🇪🇺💉💉💉💉💉😷 (@mudlarklives) April 26, 2020