Biden says ‘no need’ for Trump to get intel briefshttps://t.co/dKYCmGZkjm

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) February 5, 2021

President Joe Biden has come out firmly against former President Donald Trump getting access to intelligence briefings, citing the 45th’s “erratic behavior unrelated to the insurrection” as a sign he might just spill classified info https://t.co/m1s3wlvl4X

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 6, 2021

When ⁦⁦Jimmy Carter was president he sent Richard Nixon so many briefings that Nixon pleaded with him not to send them so often. This in unprecedented & it’s not hard to see why. ⁦⁦@DavidPriess⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁦⁦@KevinMKruse⁩ ⁦ https://t.co/uCPi8UeEcG

— Kate Andersen Brower (@katebrower) February 6, 2021

Reuters: U.S. HOUSE APPROVES BUDGET PACKAGE PAVING WAY FOR PASSAGE OF BIDEN'S COVID-19 AID PLAN IN COMING WEEKS

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 5, 2021

President Biden on GOP push to go smaller on COVID relief: "I can't in good conscience do that. Too many people in the nation have already suffered for too long … and telling them we don't have the money to alleviate their suffering … is neither true nor necessary."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 5, 2021

Q: Do we really need something as big as the American Rescue Plan? Just how bad is the economy?

A:

https://t.co/2CcGj0Xx2m

— Jeff Zients (@WHCOS) February 5, 2021

And that is how ties are broken for the next two years: pic.twitter.com/CJf9zMT5aN

— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) February 5, 2021

I'm starting to grow proud of this guy. It's hard to grow and change. And yet he's doing it. https://t.co/Jru5zi882A

— Rick Perlstein (@rickperlstein) February 6, 2021

remarkable how many reporters accept the premise that 'unity' means the GOP has a veto over President Biden's agenda. I'm not sure that's unity. Or if it is, why it doesn't go the other way. https://t.co/cBG2aExfIi

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 5, 2021

New: WH Press Secretary Jen Psaki announces President Joe Biden, in the tradition of FDR's Fireside Chats and Reagan's weekly radio address, will regularly address the nation directly. Tomorrow, Biden will share a conversation with a woman who lost her job due to Covid. pic.twitter.com/cpZEehnyo4

— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) February 5, 2021

Greene: Republican Party belongs to Trump https://t.co/kXPH0kgr6G pic.twitter.com/1cG20SZie1

— The Hill (@thehill) February 5, 2021

Defiant Marjorie Taylor Greene says she woke up ‘laughing at Democrats’ as they demand full expulsion https://t.co/hLYYKYjSWY

— The Independent (@Independent) February 5, 2021

New: @stuartathompson and i received a trove of smartphone location data from 1/6. The set included about 100,000 location pings, revealing around 130 devices inside the Capitol at the time of the siege. https://t.co/zek9Hm0dlg pic.twitter.com/10zGRhbGsX

— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) February 5, 2021

Weeks before her election, Colorado Rep Lauren Boebert paid off $20,000 in state tax liens on her restaurant. Coincidentally, her campaign just reimbursed her $22,000 for mileage, meaning she drove 38,712 miles despite no advertised events in the spring. https://t.co/O1EV4ToLiE

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 6, 2021

NEW: Trump has spent the last two days livid and fuming to aides and allies about what he views as a betrayal by McCarthy for standing by Cheney and not punishing her for her vote to impeach -CNN https://t.co/Cv9qUOgTfl

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) February 6, 2021

Georgia health workers seize town's COVID-19 vaccines to stop vaccination of teachers https://t.co/1NTJLGcbUg pic.twitter.com/mN6SDbxmfq

— The Hill (@thehill) February 6, 2021

Year ago today. https://t.co/SGrH9q7QS7

— Chris Murphy 🟧 (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 6, 2021

Ah yes cancel culture pic.twitter.com/pSrsYs06f2

— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) February 6, 2021

BREAKING

Fox News Media has canceled Lou Dobbs show.

Dobbs will remain under contract with Fox News Media but it's highly unlikely he will ever appear on the networks again. @SteveBattaglio reports https://t.co/2Zv0vqfkni

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 5, 2021

Lou Dobbs, by far the highest-rated host on Fox Business, has just been canned by the network.

I can't underscore how rare this is. Ratings are normally a shield. Fox Biz viewership is low overall, but Dobbs was the most popular guy. Yet he's cancelled.https://t.co/FDIBk1IkBN

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) February 5, 2021

I can do the skit for you, @nbcsnl . Or I can be Beck Bennett’s understudy. Or I can be in the audience. Not picky. https://t.co/vWL7dJYGFG

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) February 5, 2021

So much for that whole Independence thing then. pic.twitter.com/AjVyUHWAej

— James Doleman (@jamesdoleman) February 6, 2021

EXC: Downing Street considered secret plan to send Prince Edward and Sophie to live in Scotland in bid to save the Union https://t.co/6tq8mJVj2i

— John Stevens (@johnestevens) February 5, 2021

The reality of Brexit for key Scottish industries https://t.co/QQMTOKZjhN

— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) February 5, 2021

The worst thing about this tweet?

For 5 years, the government's own experts have told them that every Brexit scenario will make the British people poorer, and the only time they're willing to admit that, is when it can be used for political advantage to threaten Scotland. https://t.co/G483i62FgM

— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) February 5, 2021

While Brexit has given Scotland's pro-independence movement a boost, divisions within the SNP itself are threatening to derail their ambitions. https://t.co/xFywmg5hcI

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 5, 2021

So. This week's exam question: "Can the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol survive?"

There's an easy answer and a harder one – a short thread after a big week for NI & #Brexit and a potentially bigger one to come. /1https://t.co/mL5xlpxWI6

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) February 5, 2021

Brexit Republic: A Double Dose, in which @colmomongain and I take the temperature of the NI Protocol, following the Article 16 affair, with help from the inestimable @hayward_katy https://t.co/zxd1glWk2y via @rte

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) February 5, 2021

Woman who last week called EU *threat* to trigger Article 16 “an absolutely *incredible* act of hostility” demands that the UK government trigger Article 16. #bbcqt #irishsea #thedup pic.twitter.com/ZpmXm53T7x

— Deirdre Heenan (@deirdreheenan) February 4, 2021

Brandon Lewis tells #SkyNews “unfettered access was always about Northern Ireland businesses into Great Britain”

That’s not what Boris Johnson said. He promised no checks on goods going GB to NI!👇

We can’t allow this Gov’t to rewrite history pic.twitter.com/kR8q38Cfvg

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) February 5, 2021

🔴 EXCLUSIVE: @BylineTimes and @allthecitizens

The Crony Ratio: £800 Million in #COVID Contracts to Donors who have Given £8 Million to the Conservative Party#TheGreatProcurementScandal 🔽https://t.co/Rn0MA6rTTJ

— Byline Times (@BylineTimes) February 5, 2021

The British Medical Journal: “Science is being suppressed for political and financial gain. Covid-19 has unleashed state corruption on a grand scale, and it is harmful to public health”. As the Tories take credit for vaccinations, their corruption endures. https://t.co/jEgbjLy7Um

— Paul Delaney (@coaimpaul) February 3, 2021

“I've been a political reporter for 3 decades. I've never encountered a senior UK politician who lies as regularly, shamelessly & systematically as Boris Johnson.

Britain entered a “nightmare epistemological universe”, the day Johnson entered No. 10."https://t.co/r1j5TpxK6Q

— Mandoline 🕯️ (@Mandoline_Blue) February 5, 2021

Christopher Plummer, 'Sound of Music' star of stage and screen, dead at 91 https://t.co/yvbkFN1AaI pic.twitter.com/CWzmA33W1I

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 5, 2021

The oldest actor ever to win an Academy Award, Christopher Plummer, who died on Friday, only needed a few minutes on screen to leave a lasting impression. Here are 5 of his best roles, all available to stream.https://t.co/SygF8RQOgU

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 5, 2021

Christopher Plummer had so many great roles, but I’ll always remember him this way. pic.twitter.com/Aqq6NHZvzz

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) February 5, 2021

House of Representatives strips Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments as punishment for incendiary remarks, including support for violence against Democrats https://t.co/V9TSAFCH6P pic.twitter.com/5beVmS31pW

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 5, 2021

House votes 230-199 to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments.

11 Republicans vote yes:

Carlos Gimenez
Mark Jacobs
John Katko
Young Kim
Adam Kinzinger
Nicole Malliotakis
Maria Elvira Salazar
Mario Diaz-Balart
Chris Smith
Fred Upton
Brian Fitzpatrick pic.twitter.com/GWb64PTmPh

— The Recount (@therecount) February 4, 2021

WTGCSGN — Where They Go Committees, She Goes None

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) February 5, 2021

All but 11 House Republicans are fine with putting a woman on the education committee who thinks the Sandy Hook and Parkland shootings were faked.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 5, 2021

11 yeses is considerably more than I thought there would be on this Taylor Greene vote.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 4, 2021

House Republicans voting (publicly) to impeach Trump: 10

House Republicans voting (secretly) to save Liz Cheney: 145

House Republicans voting (publicly) to remove Marjorie Greene from Committees: 11

Am detecting a pattern…

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) February 4, 2021

Greene had endorsed violence against Democrats, falsely claimed school shootings were staged and said a laser controlled by Jewish financiers started a wildfire. The top House Republican, Kevin McCarthy, condemned her comments, but didn’t punish her. https://t.co/63nDRZpilr

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) February 4, 2021

Hoyer: "In 2019, during the same election cycle in which she ran, [Greene] showed support for comments online that the quickest way to remove Speaker Pelosi from power would be, and I quote, a bullet to the head. Did any of you hear Steve king say anything like that?" pic.twitter.com/Xn1c2Op7Vg

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 4, 2021

A few things you couldn’t see on TV during Hoyer 🔥 speech:

– Congresswoman @IlhanMN, who is on the poster, was seated just behind Hoyer
– Greene was in the chamber the whole time, listening
– Several Dems stood up and applauded when he closed pic.twitter.com/IikDzny30T

— Haley Talbot (@haleytalbotcnn) February 4, 2021

Republican's use of "cancel culture" for everything is really about their rejection of any norms or social contract for behavior and mutual responsibility.

— JodiJacobson 🇺🇦 🩸🦷 @jljacobson@mastodon.social (@jljacobson) February 4, 2021

My first column in the @thedailybeast on Marjorie Taylor Greene being the present and future of the #GQP. She's the center, not the outlier. Also, a brief word on how Dems should flex and confront this threat moving forward. Hope you dig it.https://t.co/hRvzj7J6Dn pic.twitter.com/MXR8tTqXmT

— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) February 4, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene ovation shows why Biden and Democrats shouldn't deal with GOP

Republican members of Congress have not shown the necessary respect for their oaths of office to be treated as the loyal opposition. https://t.co/GMBDiWJEOx

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) February 4, 2021

"We need women like [Marjorie Taylor-Greene] in there, otherwise these Democrats are gonna keep eating babies and cutting the faces off of them."https://t.co/zCxmLtcLN9 pic.twitter.com/LNAqlLSbV2

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 4, 2021

With the Marjorie Taylor Greene controversy and Trump's impeachment trial, Republicans are facing fundamental questions about the future of their party. This is why. In 5 minutes. Produced @courtbembridge @Henry_Belot & Clare Casey https://t.co/DQxCPEFfJA pic.twitter.com/C6TudtomDc

— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) February 4, 2021

Donald Trump’s lawyers rejected a request to testify at his second impeachment trial in the Senate next week, dismissing Democrats' invitation as a ‘public relations stunt’ https://t.co/6n1zoOsWvP pic.twitter.com/hr5XuuaHWd

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2021

There’s plenty of evidence. https://t.co/S2xvMY0tX4

— Slate (@Slate) February 4, 2021

"I’m very proud of my work on movies such as Home Alone 2, Zoolander … and of course, one of the most successful shows in television history, The Apprentice – to name just a few!"

Trump leaves SAG amid disciplinary chargeshttps://t.co/T7rvYwUZUk

— Matthew Choi (@matthewichoi) February 4, 2021

NEW: Smartmatic, an international elections equipment company, has sued Fox News for more than $2.7 billion over false reports it was part of a conspiracy to steal the 2020 election. https://t.co/nKXu6dLuYg

— NBC News Tech (@NBCNewsTech) February 4, 2021

Here is the 285-page, $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit that election tech company Smartmatic filed today in state court in Manhattan against Fox, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell: https://t.co/VYwrKETtyS

Intro: "The Earth is round." pic.twitter.com/dZzyPBuIvd

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) February 4, 2021

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin orders all units to “stand down” to address extremism in the ranks https://t.co/A5RBjVOYEd pic.twitter.com/16vuIQqupT

— POLITICO (@politico) February 4, 2021

U.S. ending support for Saudi-led war in Yemen as Biden shifts foreign policy priorities – The Washington Post https://t.co/m9mGuT9O56

— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) February 4, 2021

Pres. Joe Biden vows to take new approach with Russia from the Trump Administration while condemning the imprisonment of Putin critic Alexey Navalny: "He's been targeted for exposing corruption. He should be released immediately and without condition." https://t.co/N6KsgBGjX2 pic.twitter.com/MhkjOmFeeU

— ABC News (@ABC) February 4, 2021

I assume the omission was a way to slap at Netanyahu, who turned himself willingly into a whole owned Trump subsidiary.

— Clyde Haberman (@ClydeHaberman) February 4, 2021

After Trump, Biden's Clichés Sound Revolutionary https://t.co/Wr3kdAOPS4

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) February 5, 2021

Friday’s Telegraph: “Ministers to requisition 28,000 quarantine hotel rooms” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/7FuHsAa3Vz pic.twitter.com/urJSUe2BgK

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 4, 2021

UK residents returning from coronavirus hotspots abroad will have to quarantine in hotels from 15 February, sources tell BBChttps://t.co/k1YlN9Mfs8

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) February 4, 2021

UK launches trial aimed testing effectiveness of mixing different COVID vaccineshttps://t.co/iFGGwcEQi7

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) February 4, 2021

The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots https://t.co/hMFWh9ZYBV 1/5 pic.twitter.com/ahzAEjduS2

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 4, 2021

Kilmarnock: hospital under lockdown after 'serious incident' say Police Scotland https://t.co/jltZ2mMQCR

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 4, 2021

Gove's letter to Commission about NI Protocol is deeply insulting – worthy successor to Trump's truth-twisting method of treating international diplomacy with same contempt & dishonesty as domestic politics. But cut through the propaganda & what do we learn? Voila, short thread:

— Michael Dougan (@mdouganlpool) February 4, 2021

🚨BREAKING: EU will not respond to ‘threats’ from London over Northern Ireland border disruption, says Dublin: Foreign minister Simon Coveney tells hard Brexiteers: 'You've got to own the consequences of your own decisions.'…@news247tweets

— MBE (@MBELTD) February 4, 2021

The Guardian view on Northern Ireland and Brexit: stick with the protocol | Editorial https://t.co/uCIOT2hsGs

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 4, 2021

The duty is on @BorisJohnson to act @DUPleader tells @MarkCarruthers7 @SJAMcBride pic.twitter.com/93I9tl0GEy

— BBC The View (@bbctheview) February 4, 2021

When you think back to that £1 billion bribe that Theresa May gave to the DUP, to support a Brexit that splits up the Union, even though that party basically exists to keep the union together…

That means @DUPleader LITERALLY sold out on everything they stand for.

— Femi (@Femi_Sorry) February 4, 2021

Am I fuck! 🇮🇪

— Irish Sea Border (@BorderSeaIrish) February 4, 2021

Good recap of why Article 16 isn't shorthand for 'junk the Irish Protocol' – for which, btw, there isn't an alternative. It needs to be made to work. A16 (as we've just seen!) would inflame not fix the problems. All this made harder by trust deficit UK did lot to help create. https://t.co/KpR1HljwHm

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) February 4, 2021

Here are three stories that offer an alternative view of the recent days of political theatrics in NI/North ⬇️

— Steven McCaffery (@StevieMcCaffery) February 4, 2021

We also hear Invest NI CEO Kevin Holland who says the unique position NI is now in with helps to sell the potential of NI

"In the last 5-10 days I've had companies from New Zealand, the US, Britain+Europe talking to us about how this works+whether this is an opportunity for them

— Clodagh Rice (@ClodaghLRice) February 4, 2021

Let’s never forget this, eh? pic.twitter.com/0CrzgBcHIM

— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) February 4, 2021

🚨Positive news alert: The number of Covid-19 vaccinations globally has surpassed the total number of confirmed cases.

According to our vaccine tracker, over 105m doses have been administered so far, while the number of confirmed cases is just over 103m https://t.co/dMgQ2cIti4 pic.twitter.com/4RSX722WNw

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 3, 2021

Israel Is Now The First Country Where Vaccinations Are Starting To Curb The Pandemic https://t.co/BIQWshw5q6 via @paldhous

— David Mack (@davidmackau) February 3, 2021

Palestinians begin COVID vaccinations in occupied West Bank https://t.co/rg7zHMHpot

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 3, 2021

A mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium is opening on FRIDAY for #Bronx residents.

Vaccinations are by appointment only. You MUST be an eligible resident of the Bronx.

Schedule your appointment today: https://t.co/s1A4nhOB8f#VaccinateNY pic.twitter.com/9KDwiIVpK3

— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) February 3, 2021

NEW: Federal government opening first mass Covid-19 vaccination sites in California https://t.co/7tlTszumA4

— Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) February 3, 2021

At Broadbent Arena, a drive-through vaccination site in Louisville, Kentucky, volunteers and city employees are administering as many as 1,500 coronavirus vaccines every day. Their reward: a chance to earn the coveted shots for themselves. https://t.co/CzMz2iwwUC pic.twitter.com/yU3v9M1Xjc

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 3, 2021

The Navajo Nation has been especially hit hard by the coronavirus.

But now, more than 1 in 5 residents have received at least one dose of a vaccine — a much higher level than most states so far. https://t.co/iIzi5UyLXr

— NPR (@NPR) February 2, 2021

“Suddenly our clinic was full of white people.” The Wealthy Are Getting More Vaccinations, Even in Poorer Neighborhoods https://t.co/ffcZ01GFXR

— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) February 3, 2021

Denmark to launch digital ‘vaccination passport’ to open up travel https://t.co/6lfFAOmVKT

— The Independent (@Independent) February 3, 2021

Great to see that the UK vaccination campaign gets faster and faster.

These are daily vaccinations relative to the size of each country’s population and the UK is now at 0.6 per 100 every day.

→ All our COVID vaccination data https://t.co/7lOyDamxxx pic.twitter.com/wbjj6j5Vvd

— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) February 3, 2021

Roughly 14.8% of the population have been given their first dose of the vaccine as of February 2https://t.co/A70xVcTeTT

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 3, 2021

“A vaccination is not an excuse to mix with everyone.”

Epidemiologist Dr Mike Tildesley says there needs to be “very high levels of vaccination” within the population before it’s safe to return to normal. pic.twitter.com/AZZdgIdGPy

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) February 3, 2021

“One of the most decisive moments for the GOP in recent history gets underway, and it’s not to determine whether the GOP heads down a dangerous path or regains its soul. That ship has sailed… It is clear they all know they are in dangerous territory”- @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/m2qGGxUGzE

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) February 3, 2021

Kevin McCarthy defended Rep. Liz Cheney today and made the case for her to stay in leadership.

During a tense, closed-door meeting, he said Republicans need to be united in order to win back the House in 2022 and pleaded with his party to move onhttps://t.co/nJmzGoqGAl

— POLITICO (@politico) February 3, 2021

Anyone who's worked with @Liz_Cheney knows she's tough and strong. She made the right and courageous vote in impeaching Mr. Trump. The fact that she's under ferocious attack by many in her own caucus tells you much about the state of the modern GOP. https://t.co/yqyTkhcy3C

— Peter Wehner (@Peter_Wehner) February 3, 2021

Kevin McCarthy (Q-CA) is an extension of Donald Trump! I know @GOPLeader! #LevRemembers pic.twitter.com/2SQGt1N2hm

— Lev Parnas (@levparnas) February 3, 2021

let's humor the cancer for a bit more see what happens

— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) February 3, 2021

QAnon Rep Basks In Controversy: All This Uproar Is Awesome For Me! https://t.co/wQQkvnCEQ2 via @TPM

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 4, 2021

Wow, QINO https://t.co/WBuzpmto8I

— Sam Rosenfeld (@sam_rosenfeld) February 3, 2021

It is now the #QpublicanParty Led in the house by @GOPLeader McCarthy (Q-CA) and in the senate by @LeaderMcConnell (Q-KY) Soon, they'll call for a new 9/11 inquiry to figure out why George Bush shot missiles at the Pentagon & Congressional hearings on faked school shootings.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) February 3, 2021

Biden Ousts All 10 of Trump's Union Busters From Powerful Labor Panel https://t.co/sB77WRSnK4

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) February 3, 2021

Impeaching Trump is "like getting the guy who set a house on fire to buy the victims a new hose," writes @ElieNYC. https://t.co/g53KbnHdsA

— The Nation (@thenation) February 3, 2021

.@HayesBrown: Former President Trump's impeachment defense is 14 pages of circuitous logic and rambling paeans to America. It also misspells “United States” on the first page.https://t.co/eespBvAzFh

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 4, 2021

NEW: With under a week remaining until Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, the only thing both sides can agree on is that it's going to be very, very ugly.https://t.co/v7OCbaNKO7

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) February 3, 2021

DC waitress reveals Trump team was tight-fisted with tips and exhausting to serve https://t.co/otdC4XgWdd

— The Independent (@Independent) February 3, 2021

Northern Ireland was a concern during the Brexit negotiations. It’s a concern now Brexit has happened. This is why. In under 5 minutes. Produced @brysonandy pic.twitter.com/KKsegLmndl

— Ros Atkins (@BBCRosAtkins) February 3, 2021

Reported this on Dec 10th when Protocol was signed. Doesn't contain unique insight that many others didn't express. It was clear that tension had potential going to exist permanently as a result of these much changed economic and political structures. https://t.co/0CIoLBxbyd

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) February 3, 2021

"Some people are trying to rewrite history here. The protocol is not primarily the problem, it’s the Brexit that the UK insisted on.” – Simon Coveneyhttps://t.co/LEU722SsFU

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) February 3, 2021

We've moved to the "claiming the EU is interpreting its own laws wrongly" stage of Brexit. Not I suspect a winning move. https://t.co/nzATB5fo6o

— David Henig 🇺🇦 (@DavidHenigUK) February 3, 2021

Michael Gove must be furious with the man who signed off the Northern Ireland Protocol, Michael Gove. https://t.co/WL5sSzEWmc

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) February 3, 2021

2/ The UK cabinet minister has demanded sweeping and swift changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol as the fallout continues from last week’s move by the Commission to trigger Article 16 of the Protocol over the issue of exports of Covid 19 vaccines.

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) February 3, 2021

Even in this political age, there's something rather remarkable about this: Boris Johnson said he'd never agree an Irish Sea border, then agreed it, denied he'd agreed what he'd agreed, then implemented it…& now says there must not be an Irish Sea border.https://t.co/KjUmB9GAoO

— Sam McBride (@SJAMcBride) February 3, 2021

not sure this Boris Johnson promise to Northern Ireland business leaders – that Brexit will not lead to any border bureaucracy – has aged brilliantly pic.twitter.com/mndvsMY5JL

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) February 3, 2021

💥 NEW / @BylineTimes 💥

A vaccines firm told me they were facing major upheaval due to the Brexit trade deal, which they described as "pretty much worst case".

This is literally the last thing we need right now.

Full story 🔽https://t.co/WzZoSNB1UV

— Sam Bright (@WritesBright) February 3, 2021

Can you say metaphor?#Brexit https://t.co/ycfnNeaZas

— Curtis Stigers (@curtisstigers) February 3, 2021

Sadly I suspect Blunder Johnson and his Cabal think they have the British peoples exactly where they want them, weak, divided, sick, taxable, easily exploitable, cheap & ultimately dispensible, and they won't quit while they're ahead. A new politics is needed.

— Dr. Mike Walsh MIC #FBPE @ drmpwalsh.bsky.social (@drmpwalsh) February 3, 2021

Storm brewing as DUP reveals plan to undermine Northern Ireland Protocol https://t.co/M4QVsKiJqY pic.twitter.com/8ktdwKiV0W

— Irish Independent (@Independent_ie) February 2, 2021

The DUP has just issued a statement talking about a united unionist strategy to address the problems of the NI Protocol. Hard to believe it’s not linked to the @BelTel @LucidTalk poll which has the party at just 19% and another figure that 63% of DUP thinks Protocol weakens Union

— Alex.Kane (@AlexKane221b) February 2, 2021

According to those in the know, Arlene Foster's leadership of the DUP is coming to an end, writes @garethvcross https://t.co/RcHzPfvFRx pic.twitter.com/9hxfWECRFB

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) February 2, 2021

“An internal border that separates one part of a country from another is unacceptable” ~ DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson

Where would you get it, eh?! 👀

— Amanda Ferguson (@AmandaFBelfast) February 2, 2021

Since the the late 1960s how many unionist leaders have come under pressure from the right
Arlene herself played no little part in destroying the UUP
She has played the Brexit card for 5 years after propping up the Cons for most of that time
Chickens coming home I think

— Tom O Regan (@rebeldispatch50) February 2, 2021

I’m 44 too Declan. I remain optimistic though that that descent into death and violence will never happen again. Hopefully politicians and the media will wind down the negative narrative quickly and get back to doing the job of making N. Ireland functional.

— Damian McKay (@mckaydoc) February 2, 2021

The NI Protocol has left Northern Ireland in a difficult, uncertain place, we need to make sure that the situation doesn’t get worse, writes @Saraita101https://t.co/eqDAlDCEX1 pic.twitter.com/YFCUsoB5O0

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) February 2, 2021

It seems nobody wants to say that the situation in Great Britain to Northern Ireland is a consequence of the choices made by the UK government – and that is only going to grow as a problem. https://t.co/YzWs5IENO4

— David Henig 🇺🇦 (@DavidHenigUK) February 2, 2021

NI Retail Consortium’s @MichaelAodhan says Gove is “absolutely right – we do need an extension to the grace period to ensure that hard-pressed NI families are not affected by further disruption in the availability of goods”

But “in the longer term, we need a workable solution” pic.twitter.com/bcxcz7ZCqi

— Adam Payne (@adampayne26) February 2, 2021

"The first and utmost priority is the safety of people." We are in touch with the UK authorities – video conference planned for tomorrow involving Maros Sefcovic and Michael Gove, and First Minister of NI

— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) February 2, 2021

One guy with a paintbrush has broken Brexit.

— The Ireland Protocol. (@icgardens) February 2, 2021

A new piece by me on last Friday's Article 16 "accident" and why it is in the EU's interest to work with the UK to ensure the Northern Ireland protocol works for the people of Northern Ireland:https://t.co/ZwH8OxwloM

— Sam Lowe (@SamuelMarcLowe) February 2, 2021

Sorry to bore you with a thread, but we need to address the inaccurate, amped up talk of an 'economic United Ireland'.

Sadly it's a lie. Brexit means that in all areas not in the Protocol – and that includes fundamental areas – the north/south economies will *diverge*..

— Matthew O'Toole (@MatthewOToole2) February 2, 2021

Poor @BorisJohnson Such terrible luck with these Irish Sea border shenanigans. And so unexpected. Not like a border in Ireland versus a border with Britain has ever led to violence in Northern Ireland before. Seems like he’s just done his best. Again.

— Patrick Kielty (@PatricKielty) February 2, 2021

That's at least 20 of these inane, cut-and-paste, identical, professions of undying love for Boris Johnson in the past hour, @TwitterSupport. pic.twitter.com/VB0rFNCfWZ

— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) February 2, 2021

Boris Johnson heading into the exact same crisis as a month ago pic.twitter.com/BdAVkNw4aT

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) February 2, 2021

EXCL: On the eve of a parliamentary vote on whether ministers should go to court to investigate the finances behind Donald Trump's resorts, the Trump Org has accused politicians of pursuing "personal agendas" and neglecting their response to the pandemic. https://t.co/fxWOEe68rU

— Martyn McLaughlin (@MartynMcL) February 2, 2021

President Biden responds to executive order critics: "I'm not making new law, I'm eliminating bad policy."

He announces he's signing an order "to undo the moral and national shame" of Trump's immigration policy that "ripped children from the arms of their families." pic.twitter.com/4BA1WTe0XB

— American Journal News (@AmerIndependent) February 2, 2021

The orders seemingly have more to do with reviewing the Trump administration's immigration policies than actually undoing them. But that could be strategic. https://t.co/1a7lNonGCX

— The Week (@TheWeek) February 2, 2021

President Biden will sign an executive order to create a family separation reunification task force tonight.@jacobsoboroff reports on who the action will cover. pic.twitter.com/kFy4uhDVRh

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) February 2, 2021

Two of the Biden administration’s biggest priorities — addressing racial inequality and fighting climate change — are converging in the lives of Black farmers. https://t.co/rTwNvVpgPD

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 2, 2021

President Biden rallied Senate Democrats to pass a large Covid-19 relief package, arguing during a meeting Tuesday that providing too little aid presents a greater risk to the economy than offering too much, according to people familiar with the call https://t.co/TQy8uopkEh

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) February 2, 2021

More than 100 Democratic lawmakers are urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, to repeal a business tax break as part of the economic aid package that Democrats hope to send to President Biden in the coming weeks https://t.co/UIuCVMcfJF

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) February 2, 2021

The Senate is still operating in a fraught liminal space, in which Democrats have control of the chamber but Republicans retain power over committees. https://t.co/rXNzaCY0hQ

— Roll Call (@rollcall) February 3, 2021

Translated: the minimum wage increase in Biden’s plan can move through the Senate on a budget reconciliation bill, and be passed with a simple majority. https://t.co/vCZmVDnA8P

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 2, 2021

Reuters correspondent @JeffMason1 shares his insights from covering the Trump administration and describes how the White House has changed since President Biden took office https://t.co/RwoBxqPpMg

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 2, 2021

Many of the forces that have made our politics so combative and competitive today seem stronger than ever—which could foreshadow more bitterly close contests in the years ahead.

Read more, via @FiveThirtyEight: https://t.co/NdUY8OgFWG

— ABC News (@ABC) February 2, 2021

Anf so much of conservative thought is just plain wrong these days. Climate change is, in fact, real. Lowering taxes on the wealthy doesn't, in fact, trickle down. Obamacare is, in fact, a vast improvement over what we had before. Yet the media isn't willing to point that out.

— Kit Donnelly (@Kit_Donnelly) February 2, 2021

Trump’s Senate impeachment trial won’t be a waste of time, @ruthmarcus writes https://t.co/IRQXop7Bpc

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) February 2, 2021

New with @nytmike, David Schoen, Trump's new lawyer for the impeachment trial, suggests that some of those involved in the insurrection pre-planned their attack on the Capitol is a line of defense he will use https://t.co/mtGjjFkhSu

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 2, 2021

Trump's new legal team pushes arguments at clear odds with Trump’s past statements @Acosta reports https://t.co/mVUiulfS6E pic.twitter.com/puXolJZOwt

— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) February 2, 2021

Dems are investigating whether the suppression of DHS intelligence about violent white supremacy and right wing extremism — done to bolster Trump's campaign agitprop — may have helped exacerbate the insurrection at the Capitol, @RepAdamSchiff tells me:https://t.co/bvchKU9plK

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) February 2, 2021

As I pointed out earlier, Schoen's 1A defense fails for a really important reason: even pretending his incitement was cool (and he wasn't involved in pre-planning), he gave Pence an unconstitutional order, then sicced the mob on him when Pence refused. https://t.co/6gknxiGaaT

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 2, 2021

"His mob." https://t.co/bY3R8CIF0v

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 2, 2021

Breaking WaPo: The Manhattan District Attorney's Office is considering prosecuting Steve Bannon in state court following his pardon by Trump in a federal fraud case. https://t.co/h0ldDnABHe

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 3, 2021

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin dismissed every member of the Pentagon’s advisory boards, ousting last-minute Trump administration nominees as well as officials appointed by previous administrations. https://t.co/38xb7aLVCu

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) February 2, 2021

By Grabthar’s hammer, Space Force shall attend this briefing!

— GodzillaIsHurtingPeople (@Valentine721) February 3, 2021

Ginni Thomas, a conservative legal activist and the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, apologized to her husband’s Supreme Court clerks for discord she says she caused with her support for Donald Trump and the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the Capitol riot. https://t.co/gOYqEGnO4E

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 2, 2021

Oddly, McConnell filibustering to preserve the filibuster is strengthening the case against the filibuster.

— neil4birds (@Neil4birds) February 2, 2021

Lindsey Graham rejected a request to schedule a confirmation hearing next week for Merrick Garland to be attorney general.

Graham still chairs the Judiciary Committee because the Senate hasn't yet passed an organizing resolution.

This is outrageous! https://t.co/UHDTsJ39DK

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 2, 2021

Oh come on https://t.co/PoPThKlERU

— Sam Stein (@samstein) February 2, 2021

Don’t think the answer is what Thune thinks it is. https://t.co/kwi9YC85rm

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) February 2, 2021

Any potential committee changes, of course, would need to go through the GOP Steering committee.

But unclear if McCarthy has arrived at a decision yet. He is still in the meeting with Greene.

McCarthy could also just keep her where she is.

— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) February 3, 2021

Georgia Republicans worry Marjorie Taylor Greene will taint the entire 2022 ticket with a stamp of conspiracy theory and extremism.

"If you have any common sense, you know she's an anchor on the party. She is weighing us down." https://t.co/URq3BmTsL0

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 3, 2021

The irony of this segment about deplatforming, where they turn the MyPillow guy's mic down and recite a legal statement over him until one of the anchors just leaves to protect himself from further legal jeopardy, shouldn't be lost on anybody. https://t.co/ah89Gs7BkJ

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) February 2, 2021

How close our country came to a genuine military coup is just alarming. This is a must read: https://t.co/mxiyASsi3H

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 2, 2021

We join the United Kingdom and the world in honoring the memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore, who inspired millions through his life and his actions. https://t.co/b2zUsZkHo3

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 2, 2021

In case you thought Captain Sir Tom Moore was known only in the UK, his death is featured on the front page of every European newspaper website I looked at tonight pic.twitter.com/BZqY2Ad4RD

— Tom Hourigan (@TomHourigan) February 2, 2021

Sir Tom Moore obituary https://t.co/9t1zlyMPNH

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 2, 2021

Capt Sir Tom Moore believed passionately in the NHS. I’m not so sure about a lot of people celebrating his life tonight. pic.twitter.com/iEJZY2bLmr

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) February 2, 2021

THE NOTE: Pres. Biden's hope is that progress brings unity, more than unity bringing progress. https://t.co/FMiq449937

— ABC News (@ABC) February 1, 2021

How serious is Biden about bipartisanship? We’re about to find out. Today, 10 Senate Republicans will make a counteroffer to Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan and meet with the president to discuss their idea. https://t.co/ffJLNh4njX

— POLITICO (@politico) February 1, 2021

President Biden joked with Susan Collins he feels like he’s back in the Senate during a very brief media availability before a meeting with GOP senators on Covid relief pic.twitter.com/7bydKmFlPE

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) February 1, 2021

Psaki on Covid relief bill: "The risk is not that it is too big, this package, the risk is that it is too small and that remains [Biden's] view and it is one he will express today." pic.twitter.com/OypLZMdXlY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 1, 2021

Portman is critical of Biden for pursuing a $1.9 trillion economic-relief package without any GOP support.

Yet Portman supported Trump’s most ambitious legislation—a $1.5 trillion tax cut and ObamaCare repeal—even though it won no Democratic support. https://t.co/QP2fUHYxGO

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) February 1, 2021

So Rs want Biden to drastically scale back economic relief in the name of bipartisanship. Their offer is insultingly inadequate, and their claims that using reconciliation would "poison the well" are rich given how they rammed through the 2017 tax cut. But there's more 1/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 31, 2021

Factbox: Biden's COVID-19 relief plan vs. Senate Republicans counter-proposal https://t.co/WRglVIqNcn pic.twitter.com/pbzopPA4ra

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2021

White House plays down prospects for Biden-GOP meeting on relief bill https://t.co/atf0FzpxJH

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 1, 2021

Republicans who passed $2.3 trillion tax cut for super rich under Trump now say we can’t afford COVID relief under Biden after 440,000 Americans dead

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) February 1, 2021

BREAKING: @SpeakerPelosi and I just filed a concurrent budget resolution to instruct Congressional Committees to craft legislation to enact President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

The time for decisive action is now.https://t.co/mChg5qu2X3

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) February 1, 2021

Fed officials say U.S. economy still in depths of recession, more relief needed https://t.co/T8xb3c6l8y pic.twitter.com/0XkXH8PQKV

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2021

Biden reverses Trump's last-minute attempt to freeze $27.4 billion in government programs https://t.co/u2YqxP9M4Z pic.twitter.com/4iEgimaGsi

— The Hill (@thehill) February 1, 2021

"Biden's first days in office were way better than I expected"

I went through the president's 40-plus executive orders on climate, criminal justice, racism, immigration, spending, workers' rights, & foreign policy and found a lot to like for progressives.https://t.co/75LhH57yzv

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 1, 2021

JUST IN: Biden asks Supreme Court to cancel arguments on border wall, asylum cases https://t.co/vRZPUR76eM pic.twitter.com/1UUVzRze0s

— The Hill (@thehill) February 1, 2021

Opinion: The latest attempt to normalize the Republican Party https://t.co/N1JZlxqPVY

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 1, 2021

White supremacists are building international networks to spread their violent ideology. Efforts at transatlantic counterterrorism cooperation hit an obstacle: the politics of the Trump Administration. https://t.co/KIqWvg2a3Q

— ProPublica (@propublica) February 1, 2021

Here are key moments from our examination of Donald Trump’s attempt to upend the transfer of power that for 224 years had been the bedrock of American democracy. https://t.co/eWsPp1ZUId

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 1, 2021

The View From the Republican Rebels https://t.co/XxKkglIhh0 via @RollingStone

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) February 1, 2021

It’s already been decided. And the answer is revocation. Why would you allow a former president who never paid attention to daily presidential briefs access when he’s no longer president? The White House knows Jared Kushner is the one who wants them.

— Max Axel (@TheMaxAxel) February 1, 2021

Robinhood CEO expected to testify before U.S. House committee on February 18: Politico https://t.co/inF7ZB2HdS pic.twitter.com/Xn4zm4HnWf

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 1, 2021

61 years ago today four Black students staged a sit in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. Their good trouble inspired protests across the South & forced lasting change. As we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth , let’s remember the sacrifice of those who paved the way. pic.twitter.com/sTy88FwAIs

— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) February 1, 2021

Exactly the wrong message to be giving out. Why focus on summer holidays abroad instead of getting schools open? Hospitality & the arts back on their feet? NHS managing well? https://t.co/mtT4bQjW6i

— Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) February 1, 2021

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is "confident" that all approved vaccines provide a "high degree of immunity and protection against all variants" of #COVID19.

More here: https://t.co/NUjuHLnMfm pic.twitter.com/4xIZJFf0pT

— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 1, 2021

Will the success of the vaccine rollout save Boris Johnson? https://t.co/pcCRgAsJFI

— The Independent (@Independent) February 1, 2021

Tuesday’s TIMES: “Sage warned No 10 over mutant virus weeks ago”. #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/KaZtzV1w9y

— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) February 1, 2021

The UK’s £35bn fashion and textile industry is facing 'decimation' as a result of red tape and travel restrictions thrown up by the new post-Brexit trade agreement with the EU, Boris Johnson has been warned https://t.co/WvgBdEo7hQ

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 1, 2021

Boris Johnson is poised to appoint Paul Dacre as Ofcom chair and offer him a peerage https://t.co/XJptmWeT7R

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) February 1, 2021

A set of new investors with strong journalism/media business pedigree invest in anti-Brexit paper, The New European. They include former @nytimes CEO and ex @BBC director general Mark Thompson and fmr @FT editor @lionelbarber https://t.co/b3t0yXwbfR via @NiemanLab by @jbenton

— Raju Narisetti (@raju) February 1, 2021

Despite the EU missteps, despite the vaccines, Brexit will still prove a grave error | Polly Toynbee https://t.co/GYI7Msurzg

— The Guardian (@guardian) February 1, 2021

You sort of feel the EU is trying its best to dig itself out of a horrible hole here…but with a pope joke?! Might be best to stop digging at this point. #Brexit https://t.co/979O6g8sPe

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) February 1, 2021

"In just one month of post-Brexit trading, British logistics expert Jon Swallow has seen exports dive, prices rise and customers so desperate that he is practically offering a counselling service." #B4BSMEhttps://t.co/29Nr8MHF7P

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) February 1, 2021

Dear @andreajenkyns I think my depiction of that night was far more symbolic – and prescient. https://t.co/GmgkSQoWjY

— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) February 1, 2021

Here is my @tortoise piece on my worries that the BBC are giving the government far too little proper scrutiny on COVID catastrophe and so playing into hands of enemies on the right https://t.co/0e8X59QYJD

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) January 28, 2021

Dr Lisa Wilson calls for policy to think-through now how we might expect our economy to shift post-lockdown & plan for the transition 'people’s consumption patterns may have changed quite drastically when we come out the other end' https://t.co/Eu1BYEaI1d

— NERI (@NERI_research) February 1, 2021

This rules: farmer saves her business and makes £50,000 by charging £5 for a goat to secretly join your Zoom meeting, I kid you not. She says it’s “better than selling manure.” https://t.co/MIvG5sbD3U

— The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan (@DawnHFoster) February 1, 2021

President Biden and his top economic aides brushed aside criticism from Republicans and vowed to forge ahead with the administration’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package on Friday, saying it was critical for a flagging economic recovery and popular with voters https://t.co/sG3dR9rk1p

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 30, 2021

Democrats are discussing a path to bypass Republicans and approve an aggressive coronavirus relief package on a party-line basis as prospects for bipartisan support for President Biden's top priority diminish. https://t.co/mLZyXPNRlF

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 30, 2021

Biden admin. orders additional 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, a move that could provide enough doses for nearly every American to get fully inoculated by the end of the summer, a senior admin. official says. https://t.co/AJzhLFkoAI

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 30, 2021

Biden’s Covid-19 team spent its first 10 days working through an unsolved mystery: what happened to 20 million vaccine doses, missing somewhere in the distribution pipeline.https://t.co/WTzGNOlsPd via @tylerpager @adamcancryn @JoanneKenen

— Sudeep Reddy (@Reddy) January 30, 2021

President Biden and Senate Democrats are vetting civil rights lawyers and public defenders to nominate as judges, embarking on a mission to shape the courts after Republicans overhauled them in the last four years.

⁦@sahilkapur⁩ reports https://t.co/dbOepU67oU

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 30, 2021

"Trump judges have been put in place specifically to thwart a Democratic agenda. Any talk or hope that the courts will be partners in the restoration of the rule of law is folly." https://t.co/o2pGUuTpz3

— The Nation (@thenation) January 30, 2021

President Joe Biden's moves to fight climate change are aimed at transforming the economy in a way that experts say will eventually change how Americans live. https://t.co/WrHRUPMzlI

— ABC News (@ABC) January 30, 2021

Looking for more? Take a deep dive in our coverage of GameStop, Robinhood and amateur investors’ battle with hedge funds on Wall Street this week: https://t.co/ZdRU0sKm5g

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 30, 2021

.@RudyGiuliani's latest claim is that the insurrection was a false flag operation organized by The Lincoln Project. https://t.co/Sq6V7dvbtc

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 30, 2021

Even Steve Bannon isn’t buying Giuliani’s latest conspiracy that members of the Lincoln Project are to blame for the insurrection. Co-founder of @ProjectLincoln @SteveSchmidtSES says he plans to sue: “it won't be a frivolous lawsuit…what he said was ludicrous & untrue." #velshi pic.twitter.com/DXYndqsez0

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) January 30, 2021

.@RudyGiuliani has relentlessly endangered our democracy in service to a career criminal, traitorous Trump by spreading disinformation & the Big Lie.
Ukraine stayed quiet during Trump-era pressures. Now it’s sharing some Giuliani tales. https://t.co/qrC4QAZN3X

— Richard Signorelli 🌱🇺🇦 🌊 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 (@richsignorelli) January 30, 2021

Marjorie Taylor Greene touts call with Trump amid growing backlash https://t.co/jKCpFiQNBr pic.twitter.com/efGTuLvlRk

— The Hill (@thehill) January 30, 2021

Greene, under fire for her past social media posts, including suggesting the Parkland massacre was a staged event, says she had a supportive phone call with Trump today. pic.twitter.com/OPy5BVmjRN

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 30, 2021

Will take a bit for most to realize it. But with this call Trump has made Greene de facto leader of the House GOP caucus. She speaks for him and he supports her. So she is untouchable. Nominal leaders like McCarthy will fall in line and take her lead because they answer to Trump.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 30, 2021

They are losing moderate voters, and importantly corporate donors. A loss of 20% of either, certainly both, will be catastrophic going into next cycle. Lots of damaging news yet to come out. Econ looking at big rebound 3+4Q.

— Steve Henley (@_Steve_Henley) January 30, 2021

Where @oliverdarcy is I am too. And I would add one thing. Intra-party conflict — including "warfare" among factions — is a familiar story line in political journalism. One party in a two-party system turns anti-democratic is not. There's a tool kit for one, not for the other. pic.twitter.com/gNsOPCfhDe

— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 30, 2021

The question for '22 is the other side of the equation: how motivated will Ds be to turn out without Trump in office anymore?

— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 29, 2021

Just a reminder that Publix refused to donate to the Parkland victims fund but contributed $100K to @GovRonDeSantis right before he gave Publix the sole rights to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. https://t.co/fgMn817lok

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) January 30, 2021

Confidence is high that a slow moving winter storm will impact much of the Eastern US Saturday afternoon-Tuesday night, but considerable uncertainty remains, especially along the I-95 corridor regarding the rain-snow line and precisely where the heaviest snow will fall. pic.twitter.com/mP9fSdMuOI

— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) January 30, 2021

“Watching a car crash in slow motion” – a quote from an EU diplomat. My latest blog on EU problems with its covid vaccine programme and how the Brexit Deal on Northern Ireland got tangled up in it: https://t.co/gWAyk9LhRu

— Katya Adler (@BBCkatyaadler) January 30, 2021

"Trade officials said the blunder was caused by concerns among EU health officials that Northern Ireland could become a hub for illicit shipments of vaccine to the UK from the EU. However… there aren't stocks of vaccine in Ireland to be shipped anywhere"https://t.co/wRWOfUxSwj

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) January 30, 2021

The EU/EC clearly made an error last night, as all political actors sometimes do, and quickly corrected. Suggestions that this adds weight to (n.b. pre-existing) demands to "replace" the NIP (with what?) or for the UK itself to use A16 are entirely bogus. https://t.co/NgJpT2yKN8

— Chris Grey 🇺🇦 (@chrisgreybrexit) January 30, 2021

Just what we needed, a new strain of nationalism – the vaccine kind https://t.co/frcGpYSgvo

— Alan m frost 🇺🇦 (@Alanmfrost1) January 30, 2021

The corrosive Brexit effect that has seeped into the pandemic https://t.co/F4x1eTpGeb

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) January 30, 2021

The kind of story to which most of UK media seems allergic, a news blackout for which government is so grateful …. A Month on From Brexit, U.K. Firms Are Being Slowly Ground Down – Bloomberg https://t.co/aHq5ySqlaH

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) January 30, 2021

UK firms plan to shift across Channel after Brexit chaos https://t.co/aVJtiinA0N

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 30, 2021

UK applies to join trans-Pacific trade group https://t.co/g4ffBmfkNd

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 30, 2021

On the plus side, we’re only 41% stupid and 4.5 years ago we were 52% stupid, so we’re getting better.

— Rob Clark (@rdsclark) January 30, 2021

Five hours is a long time in politics.

— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) January 29, 2021

After outcry, EU reverses plan to restrict vaccine exports through Irish border https://t.co/alUYWXS0Yl pic.twitter.com/BNKvHvDV8a

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 29, 2021

EU risks reopening Brexit wounds with Northern Irish vaccine controls https://t.co/wx3B598gE1 via @IanWishart @AlbertoNardelli @DaraDoy pic.twitter.com/y9e7JFLowk

— Zoe Schneeweiss (@ZSchneeweiss) January 29, 2021

BREAKING: The EU has introduced controls to prevent the export of COVID-19 vaccines from the bloc to Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster has accused the EU of "an incredible act of hostility".

More: https://t.co/lG3aSyp9tT pic.twitter.com/Bjx42aPFP3

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 29, 2021

Irish PM expresses concerns to EU chief over Northern Ireland protocol move https://t.co/lbwG7RSdvV pic.twitter.com/afWrHJfHuw

— Reuters UK (@ReutersUK) January 29, 2021

Come on now – are we expected to fall for that one… 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

And even if that was true – essentially it means the most senior people in the EU Commission don’t understand the political implications – which would be worrying https://t.co/Lh9oL14x4l

— Darren McCaffrey (@darrenmccaffrey) January 29, 2021

NEW: Brussels to withdraw incendiary plan floated hours ago to use new vaccine export curbs to in effect create a hard border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, per EU officials. "It was an error. We are changing it," said one EU official of the abortive plan.

— Michael Peel (@Mikepeeljourno) January 29, 2021

was it, aye? https://t.co/N9VEdztReH

— Sarah Creighton 🍂 (@Saraita101) January 29, 2021

EU Com statement tonight confirming NI Protocol Art 16, safeguard clause, will not be triggered.
Welcome news, but lessons should be learned; the Protocol is not something to be tampered with lightly, it’s an essential, hard won compromise, protecting peace & trade for many. pic.twitter.com/QLKpfhR9Yt

— Simon Coveney (@simoncoveney) January 29, 2021

"In the process of finalisation of this measure, the Commission will ensure that the Ireland / Northern Ireland Protocol is unaffected. The Commission is not triggering the safeguard clause."https://t.co/TIGX5Tw4Pv pic.twitter.com/EPFYCslAxl

— David Phinnemore (@DPhinnemore) January 29, 2021

Or scissors

— MLAs And The Like (@MLAsAndTheLike) January 29, 2021

And this is the central problem.

There’s only so many doses to go around, and it appears AZ can’t meet its commitments to both the UK and the EU in Q1.

If the EU backs down, it means EU citizens won’t get the doses they were promised.

This is only going to get uglier.

— Dave Keating (@DaveKeating) January 29, 2021

Unbelievable if, as John reports, 👇🏼EU took this action without talking to Irish govt – after all the talk of avoiding a hard border and respecting Dublin https://t.co/pXlteXzu9S

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) January 29, 2021

I mean, it’s not an unpopular opinion here. The pragmatic case for EU membership (aside from any financial repercussions from the shock etc) was always “I’d rather be inside the tent pissing out than have the tent pissing on me”

— Godspeed You Black Tamperer (ft Maya) (@twlldun) January 29, 2021

I don't know why leave voters think this is some kind of a gotcha moment? Like 90% of the pro EU case was 'its better to be directing things on the inside than receiving them on the outside'. Fact is, none of this drama would be happening to us if we were a member state 🤷‍♂️

— Dr. Alex Powell (@APowellLaw) January 29, 2021

As a 110% remainer – I’m gritting my teeth at the wild antics of @EU_Commission tonight. pic.twitter.com/1e9qASjrcA

— Rosmer (@DrRosmer) January 29, 2021

The 2nd Johnson was the brains behind the operation.

— Gerry McK (@GMcK2012) January 29, 2021

In amongst all of the vaccine news and the EU/UK/NI discord it’s been easy to miss the news yet another appalling day of deaths. 1,245 added to the official tally. 104,371 now.

The 7 day average only just beginning to edge down.

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) January 29, 2021

🚨 WOW 🚨
Northern Ireland administered 20,847 first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, smashing the previous daily record of 11,866. That's 1.11% of the population *in a single day*

— Peter Donaghy (@peterdonaghy) January 29, 2021

JUST IN: Judge orders tax lawyers to hand over Trump organization docs to NY AG https://t.co/J4PQUCa4bx pic.twitter.com/yymEeLfrOo

— The Hill (@thehill) January 29, 2021

“The legal terms” — treason, insurrection, sedition — “may seem archaic, and sometimes have been misused or abused, but that should not blunt their precise relevance to our unfortunate contemporary situation.” @JeannieSGersen has rightly invoked them here.https://t.co/GxNpy1Pwz0

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) January 29, 2021

Palm Beach is conducting a legal review of Donald Trump's residency at Mar-a-Lago https://t.co/nT90iX36di pic.twitter.com/CdEeq35jpS

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 29, 2021

Legal experts believe Steve Bannon might now be called as a government witness to testify against the three men who were indicted with Bannon.

Assuming Bannon accepted his pardon, he could not invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.https://t.co/oGorg6Vc7u

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 29, 2021

January 6th: Let’s have trial by combat!

January 29th: It was the Lincoln Project’s fault. pic.twitter.com/S2fWZ3P9vD

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 29, 2021

Attorneys for the Lincoln Project must be chomping at the bit to go after Rudy Giuliani. Trump’s personal lawyer has accused the anti-Trump group of helping to plan the insurrection at the Capitol. https://t.co/Xpexzfl2j5

— NewsandGuts (@NewsandGuts) January 30, 2021

"Trump may have jetted off to Florida urging those he left behind to 'Have a nice life,' but the stigma of his political brand will not be so easy for his former aides to escape" https://t.co/RFsijqTHuT

— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) January 29, 2021

Dems: Stop handwringing about Trump's trial. The process is manageable. It won't take up too much time or attention. You have a duty to provide a *complete* accounting of Trump's appalling misconduct and make Republicans confront it. @paulwaldman1 and me:https://t.co/NMDSwLn4Rc

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 29, 2021

Trump reportedly fixated on taking down Liz Cheney after she voted to impeach him https://t.co/Tx58dtoolL via @Yahoo

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 29, 2021

GOP group launches billboards demanding Cruz and Hawley resign https://t.co/hIF9sH0VZJ

— The Independent (@Independent) January 29, 2021

The GOP struck a bad bargain. That’s how it got stuck with Marjorie Taylor Greene. https://t.co/Ssd00ufnbC

— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) January 29, 2021

"I said she has real problems and does not represent, at least what I think of as, someone who would be allowed even in a big-tented party."

"I mean, at some point, you have to say, 'No shoes, no shirt, no service.'" https://t.co/hthV0kiF1j

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) January 29, 2021

SCOOP. We have video of a Stop the Steal organizer calling for the "execution" of Trump's foes.

This Trumper, Alan Hostetter, helped organize & finance one of the rallies leading up to the Jan. 6 march that turned into the murderous raid on the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/ICpVwbo5xC

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 29, 2021

House Republicans who voted to impeach face backlash at home in test of Trump's staying power https://t.co/QPrZ52hfDb pic.twitter.com/MKYd4uwT17

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 29, 2021

The Republican Party is no longer salvageable—at least a sane center-right version the country needs as an alternative. I resisted accepting this for a long time. But Trump, Jan 6, Greene et al made me face it. Not sure what’s next & best, or how to get there. #RepublicanParty

— Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) January 29, 2021

The Pentagon is suspending the processing of dozens of last-minute appointments made by President Trump to advisory boards. Given Trump's habit of promoting loyalists at the expense of expertise, a careful review of those appointments seems in order. https://t.co/Gl9jRZA8Fb

— Noah Bookbinder (@NoahBookbinder) January 29, 2021

JOB ONE: Biden tackles Covid. Preview of this week's @Sho_TheCircus Sunday at 8PM! pic.twitter.com/DlHs7TdaCb

— alexwagner (@alexwagner) January 29, 2021

About 1.2 million vaccine doses are being administered every day in the U.S., with Alaska, West Virginia and Connecticut inoculating people at the highest rates. https://t.co/3p2T7XRuHd pic.twitter.com/OuR0tYJ38t

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 29, 2021

Putin has signed a law ratifying the extension of a key arms control treaty with the US, the last major pact of its kind after America pulled out of a separate nuclear arms control agreement under the Trump administration https://t.co/VxOlMU9zRE

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 29, 2021

BREAKING: Most Americans blame the former president – and white supremacy – for the Capitol insurrection. Via new @PRRIpoll.https://t.co/Wn5EZ7xGqu

— Robert P. Jones – Hidden Roots of White Supremacy (@robertpjones) January 28, 2021

The insurrection happened not because they thought the election was stolen, but because they thought they had the right to enforce their view through violence. They rejected the idea of living w/ an outcome they didn’t like.

When Trump calls them, they will come.

— Pam Keith, Esq. (@PamKeithFL) January 28, 2021

True. Ditto Matt Gaetz or Kevin McCarthy, or Madison Cawthorn, or Jim Jordan or a majority of GOP members of Congress. The minimum accountability necessary is admitting they lied.

Charlie Sykes: Brian Sicknick Would Be Alive If Trump Hadn't Lied https://t.co/TUKvHummZj

— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) January 28, 2021

Again and again the GOP has decision points. They’re all the same. They couldn’t draw a line at the insurrection. With that decision they’re now on to mocking reps who feared they’d be murdered, defending reps who applauded the violence, making pilgrimages to seek the support …

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 28, 2021

.@NicolleDWallace on some members of the GOP and fmr. Pres. Trump: “I think they are now covering up for a president who is today a clear and present domestic security threat to every American.”https://t.co/HqXr6jJdev

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 28, 2021

Amazingly, GOP leaders think holding Trump accountable for insurrection would cost them new voters he's brought in.

McConnell is backing off separating GOP from Trump due to this calculation.

And @tripgabriel reports GOP leaders in PA think this too:https://t.co/DTlzGomy5h pic.twitter.com/ah8GjFg342

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 28, 2021

Meanwhile in Palm Beach pic.twitter.com/OVRP9QnaoW

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) January 28, 2021

FLASHBACK: Republican House majority leader to his GOP colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump https://t.co/3ND4YeL9jW

— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) January 28, 2021

If Trump runs for president in 2024 he will be running against democracy and his campaign will be an existential threat to America as we know it. Today's love-fest with McCarthy suggests it's not off the table, especially if GOP does well in midterms.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 28, 2021

As some Republicans continue to defend fmr. Pres. Trump, @chucktodd says that the GOP is running the risk of "becoming known as the party that is actively embracing political violence." https://t.co/M3G5EFUh9i

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 28, 2021

I have questions about Rep. Greene's theory that the California wildfires were started by the Rothschilds using a space laser in order to clear land for high-speed rail https://t.co/mZ2nL5luwz

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) January 28, 2021

House speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized Republicans for their support of Marjorie Taylor Greene. On the security of members in Congress, she said ‘we will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the House of Representatives’ pic.twitter.com/z1SFcTO78Y

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 28, 2021

As if we all didn't have motive enough already to loathe Congressman Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, here's the latest reason: he's making Liz Cheney into a victim. https://t.co/NyiyBkRaKw

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 28, 2021

This is not "pandering to the base." They love this! They're into it. This is what they believe in and stand for. https://t.co/DyNvfmpHt5

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 28, 2021

The biggest question Dems face may be whether they're ready to accept the implications of the GOP's worsening radicalization. If they aren't ready to nuke the filibuster if need be to unwind GOP countermajoritarian advantages, it could be disastrous:https://t.co/9egemSj1we

— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 28, 2021

Sen. Portman is utterly disingenuous. Work with us on a rescue package he says! OK, they are and all they get is no. Where is the GOP counteroffer?https://t.co/EeupzFZU6Y

— Jennifer "A man is not a plan" Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) January 28, 2021

Elizabeth Warren is correct here. It goes deeper than Robinhood in all likelihood, but yes, Robinhood can steal all your money and then hold a trial in front of arbitrator it hires. All corporations can do this, because of the GOP and the Supreme Court. https://t.co/attvPqNWQt

— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) January 28, 2021

U.S. panel to hold hearing on GameStop, other social-media driven stock trading https://t.co/lZZDe0cecd pic.twitter.com/A7yqcR3i5N

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 28, 2021

Alexis Ohanian says GameStop stock market war is ‘seminal moment’ for finance https://t.co/yKuMIU1iCE

— The Independent (@Independent) January 28, 2021

Lovely to have all these new followers .. can we just check that you know that you’re following The World Wide Robin Hood Society in Nottingham and not the Robin Hood App .. if so .. a big welcome from Sherwood 🙌

— Robin Hood (@robinhood) January 28, 2021

Boris Johnson's Scotland trip proves essential to nobody | John Crace https://t.co/enYEsGhZD6

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 28, 2021

Is Boris Johnson an asset or a liability for the union of the UK?https://t.co/3ULroZA9c3

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 28, 2021

Boris Johnson reported to Scottish police for day trip https://t.co/iDU3j9tngK

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) January 28, 2021

Guardian front page, Friday 29 January 2021: EU could block millions of Covid vaccine doses from entering UK pic.twitter.com/r25UQyWUtc

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 28, 2021

‘Brexit has made a united Ireland more likely, the Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has stated.’ https://t.co/hbai3pvSJn

— Colin Harvey (@cjhumanrights) January 28, 2021

Why Brexit will cause the collapse of the United Kingdom – writes Mary Dejevsky https://t.co/vswQiSn6Qm

— The Independent (@Independent) January 28, 2021

The EU’s Covid-19 vaccination plan is nearing crisis point after several regions suspended inoculations over the shortage of jabs and Brussels moved to restrict exports of vaccines to conserve stocks https://t.co/cyzHi7ffpq

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 28, 2021

“Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he doesn’t want border ‘restrictions’ for medicines, but that’s what his government is doing.”

Johnson’s government placed export restrictions on about 100 medicines that can be used for covid. https://t.co/ZKiDfdwIiW

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 28, 2021

New: in the third full week of January 65% of the lorries travelling from the UK to the EU via France were empty. Trade across the English Channel – a vital freight route – is depressed and Brexit is in part to blame. Full story here: https://t.co/Mh4sl8Kqv1

— Joel Hills (@ITVJoel) January 28, 2021

"The process unleashed by a man barely able to comb his own hair is now underway and completely out of control. We are essentially in free fall. Businesses are doing whatever is needed to survive and nobody knows what the end state will be." https://t.co/lDL0pdE2xj

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) January 28, 2021

Samantha Cameron complains of impact of Brexit on her fashion business https://t.co/mTaodceorA

— The Independent (@Independent) January 28, 2021

First inaugural EU-UK meeting since Brexit 'postponed' after bloc's diplomatic status is downgraded https://t.co/4TdMYcP5Cc

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) January 28, 2021

Right-Wing Extremists Could Be Planning More Attacks, According To A National Terror Alert

“Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists…could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence,” according to DHS. https://t.co/aFZFz5uT9d

— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) January 27, 2021

NOTE: This @wsj article “DHS Issues National Terrorism Alert…” shows Intel analysts finally reoriented to domestic terror threats. I warned on ⁦⁦@RealTimers⁩ in Nov. the threat of a #TrumpInsurgency is real. Heed that a warning. Trouble is ahead https://t.co/Py54tMgPhF

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) January 27, 2021

2/
– belief in a false reality
– deep feeling of humiliation and victimization

What’s different and more dangerous about the domestic terror threat is that a former US president willfully echoes their rhetoric & feeds their anger.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 27, 2021

Cotton calls for removal of National Guard from DC https://t.co/ukoNsbPbOt pic.twitter.com/6p9kIoHSbn

— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2021

Fmr. DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff on Sen. Hawley's attempt to block Mayorkas' consideration: "It's bitterly ironic that the senator who lodged this effort to delay the new DHS secretary was the one who was gave kind of a fist encouragement to the insurrectionists on Jan. 6th." pic.twitter.com/R0SbOn8zC2

— Nicole Sganga (@NicoleSganga) January 27, 2021

Trump engaged in a two month long effort to overturn the election results–an attempted usurpation that culminated in a violent insurrection. Much of the GOP supported his effort. Maybe this is worth more than a few hurried days of the Senate's time?https://t.co/rfiVvr0XCC

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 27, 2021

Opinion | Fred Wertheimer: Trump's Capitol mob gives Senate Democrats the momentum to enact historic reforms. https://t.co/W2boZu2WHU – @NBCNewsTHINK

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 27, 2021

Republican National Committee head declines to encourage former President Trump to run again in 2024, saying the GOP would stay neutral in the presidential primary. RNC Chairman Ronna McDaniel also describes the QAnon conspiracy theory as “dangerous.”https://t.co/Xa9EF9pgGK

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 27, 2021

“This time, there is no excuse. Trump is no longer president: there are no judges; no tax cuts to be signed; no regulations to be slashed. Mexico is never going to pay for the f*cking wall. There aren’t even tweets.”
— @SykesCharliehttps://t.co/0or6wCTZQY

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 27, 2021

McConnell himself has reportedly said in private that this was an impeachable offense, but he voted with Paul to prevent conviction for Trump’s actions. That’s the sort of hypocrisy and intellectual contortion for which McConnell is infamous.https://t.co/kTwVzKsU9y

— Jennifer "A man is not a plan" Rubin 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@JRubinBlogger) January 27, 2021

In case you wondered what would become of the Republican Party after Trump tried to overturn the will of the voters by agitating for a bloody coup attempt: Kevin McCarthy is heading to Mar-a-Lago.

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 27, 2021

The House minority leader plans to meet with former President Trump as part of an effort to get back into Trump's good graces, a source says https://t.co/nLZRWmrfGd

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 27, 2021

We'll be able to figure out pretty quickly now how much of their business was because people really loved the hotel and how much was because lobbyists and GOP candidates wanted Trump to know just how much they were putting directly into his pocket. https://t.co/CLkUgHPBIA

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) January 27, 2021

1. In retrospect the failed putsch of Jan. 6 was likely the last chance the GOP party elite had of severing ties with Trump. They could have coalesced around a quick removal (either through 25 Amendment or impeachment). Instead the party is becoming more Trumpified than ever.

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) January 27, 2021

106 bills introduced in 28 states already this year to restrict voting access, finds @BrennanCenter

That's 3x as high as last year

GOP weaponizing Trump's lies to make it harder to votehttps://t.co/0WwCkuDEmy pic.twitter.com/tpr9fZeOhP

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 27, 2021

Tens of thousands of voters drop Republican affiliation after Capitol riot https://t.co/WuHG3ytcxO pic.twitter.com/ekbQTgBg3E

— The Hill (@thehill) January 27, 2021

The FT View: Boris Johnson’s government was slow to recognise the seriousness of Covid-19, slow to mobilise resources and slow to impose border restrictions.

It is not too early to learn the lessons from Britain's 100,000 death toll https://t.co/amQnaFath3

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 27, 2021

Boris Johnson reserves right to carry on without learning anything | John Crace https://t.co/KSCldOkliR

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) January 27, 2021

These dangerous cultists need to be arrested, charged and prosecuted. If convicted, they should face long terms of imprisonment for public protection. https://t.co/0EEWVSOOC9

— Brexit Buster (@BrexitBuster) January 27, 2021

Britain and the EU are fighting over scarce coronavirus vaccines, opening a nationalist competition that could poison relations.https://t.co/ZsLtXvDC0i

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 27, 2021

Thursday’s Star: “Squeaky bum time” #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/7FuHsAa3Vz pic.twitter.com/uInqlRpOOG

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 27, 2021

‘They only had four years to prepare for #Brexit and it’s a total embarrassment. It will cause job losses and have a detrimental effect on our ability to export.’ https://t.co/2ZGKfvpMph

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 27, 2021

Here's your Brexit bonus: "If customs duty is due, the rate will vary depending on the exact nature of the product. To find out, you have to consult https://t.co/9jFQcU9rHO. Allow several hours and a stiff drink."https://t.co/1RddQrfaYm

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) January 27, 2021

Get Brexit Done was the lie of the century.

Watch: Brexit negotiations could continue for 50 years
“I think we’re going to be in non-stop negotiations for at least 50 years the Swiss started in the mid-seventies & have never stopped negotiating with EU"https://t.co/9EP7pVGIy0

— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) January 27, 2021

The wild ride of The Telegraph colliding with the consequences of the Brexit it campaigned so hard to get. pic.twitter.com/VLuHwxuoVy

— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) January 27, 2021

"This UK government still does not understand the positive contribution EU citizens can make to Britain!" https://t.co/5B7kSMwUUk

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) January 27, 2021

More than 100,000 Britons have died from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed, a grim new milestone. The country has lost more people to the virus than the number of civilians who were killed in World War Two https://t.co/NPyvhyevsw pic.twitter.com/gJtXblgAGJ

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 26, 2021

'We truly did everything that we could, and continue to do everything that we can, to minimise loss of life and to minimise suffering' says @BorisJohnson as the UK reaches 100,000 reported Covid deaths https://t.co/2xH2nToWce pic.twitter.com/CzvmL9DiqH

— ITV News (@itvnews) January 26, 2021

UK's 'tsunami' of grief as coronavirus deaths pass 100,000 https://t.co/bUlpedgzPq

— The Independent (@Independent) January 26, 2021

Last April, much-maligned, Neil Ferguson warned of 100,000 coronavirus deaths if UK lockdown lifted early https://t.co/SOzZVEh5pC via @MailOnline

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) January 26, 2021

The truly sobering statistic is that half of the 100,000 deaths have happened since November. The virus was not “unprecedented” then; we’d had the precedent of the preceding nine months.

— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) January 26, 2021

100,000 dead, and I keep thinking about those gobshite grifters pushing their anti-vaxx / Covid hoax snake oil – thereby mocking the relentless graft of the NHS frontline. They should be ashamed of themselves.

— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) January 26, 2021

No weddings and 100,000 funerals. What a year 😢#DowningStreetBriefing #ToryCovidCatastrophe pic.twitter.com/4G71eSHSOY

— Paul Burgon (@burgon_paul) January 26, 2021

From nurses to shopkeepers, doctors to bus drivers – more than 100,000 people have died during the coronavirus pandemic.

Thank you to those families who have told us about their loved ones.

We invite you to share your tributes and stories too. https://t.co/Mrpx3ttbsI

— BBC_HaveYourSay (@BBC_HaveYourSay) January 26, 2021

It’s not just Boris Johnson who bears responsibility for the UK’s catastrophic performance. Rishi Sunak recklessly encouraged workers back to offices, diners to eat out and lobbied against strict restrictions. https://t.co/9tBCa6nbFJ

— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) January 26, 2021

Thousands sign petition to cancel the £120m ‘Festival of Brexit’ planned by the Tories https://t.co/EibIJq4NKY

— The Independent (@Independent) January 26, 2021

The Senate has voted 55-45 to reject a Republican effort to stop Trump's impeachment trial https://t.co/AXNkJI28p8 pic.twitter.com/aJHsnIAlbl

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 26, 2021

McConnell votes with Rand Paul that an impeachment trial of an ex-president is unconstitutional

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) January 26, 2021

On impeachment (with a handful of exceptions), the GOP has basically gone from pretending nothing leading up to January 6th happened, to pretending January 6th didn't happen either.

— John A. Daly (@JohnDalyBooks) January 26, 2021

The Senate vote on whether to convict Trump should be a secret ballot.

If Republican senators had integrity and if Trump supporters were peaceful, this wouldn’t be necessary. But they don't and they’re not — so here we are. pic.twitter.com/eqw8PhHbo0

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 26, 2021

Senate Rules Are Carved In Stone — Until They’re Not: The Filibuster Fight Is Just Beginning https://t.co/uXrjN9eBKt pic.twitter.com/PeokLBQdt8

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 26, 2021

NEW: Senators Tim Kaine & Susan Collins are privately pitching their colleagues on a bipartisan resolution censuring former President Trump, three sources familiar with the discussions tell @axioshttps://t.co/uLfbvv9OIV

— Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) January 26, 2021

Ron Johnson says he shares Rob Portman’s concerns about the divisive and rancorous atmosphere of national politics, for which he disavows responsibility: “No, I don’t believe I’ve contributed to this at all.”

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) January 26, 2021

"In one post, from January 2019, Greene liked a comment that said 'a bullet to the head would be quicker' to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. In other posts, Greene liked comments about executing FBI agents who, in her eyes, were part of the 'deep state' working against Trump." https://t.co/7nXBCnwfP2

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 26, 2021

Earlier Tuesday, @SenatorLeahy was sworn in to preside over the impeachment trial. https://t.co/KJfofzXriV https://t.co/BPPAxkXfcW

— Staci D Kramer (@sdkstl) January 26, 2021