Twitter bans Trump campaign until it deletes tweet with COVID-19 misinformation https://t.co/gpoxGzHcxt pic.twitter.com/poQL7qKKRa

— The Hill (@thehill) August 6, 2020

Twitter bans Trump from tweeting until he removes false virus info https://t.co/FKHiGyvPjr

— Ben Estes (@benestes) August 6, 2020

President Trump: "It's going away. It's going away. It's going away. It'll go away. Things go away. Absolutely. No question in my mind, it'll go away." pic.twitter.com/hfQTdgAwye

— The Hill (@thehill) August 5, 2020

One death every 80 seconds: The grim new toll of COVID-19 in America: "It will go away like things go away," President Trump claimed. Joe Biden says Trump is living in a world of delusion. https://t.co/ACXlV90w5U

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) August 5, 2020

I recently asked some public-health experts how the winter might go, and what I heard was pretty bleak:https://t.co/Soc98o92Uz @TheAtlantic

— Joe Pinsker (@jpinsk) August 5, 2020

What if the coronavirus vaccine doesn’t arrive soon?

The Editorial Board weighs in: https://t.co/qGsQwv3JpU

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 5, 2020

President Trump: "We want our schools open all over the country." pic.twitter.com/9xIiV9XaRj

— The Hill (@thehill) August 5, 2020

Doctors said children can in fact catch – and pass on – the coronavirus. https://t.co/GtV7Rrkc5U

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 5, 2020

Trump told Fox and Friends that "children are almost – I would almost say definitely – but almost immune from this disease." They are not. https://t.co/yMNJMjyQzF

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 5, 2020

New York City will set up checkpoints at entry points to the city to find travelers from states with high coronavirus infection rates and order them to quarantine for two weeks https://t.co/fUubxa2Yet

— POLITICO (@politico) August 5, 2020

White House negotiators suggested that Congress has just 48 hours to cut a deal for a massive coronavirus stimulus package — or get nothing.https://t.co/hFF73nwd31

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 5, 2020

Refusing to extend eviction moratoriums while doling out $686,000,000 for F-35 fighter jets is a crime against humanity.

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 5, 2020

Children aren't immune
Virus isn't going away
Testing doesn't cause cases
Germany doesn't owe NATO
Soros doesn't pay Antifa
Trump was left ventilators
Nevada won't let every human vote
Trump didn't do a statues act
Trump didn't do #1 most for Black people https://t.co/XVagiiNS9q

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 5, 2020

President Trump on holding acceptance speech at White House: "There is no Hatch Act because it doesn't pertain to the President." pic.twitter.com/2uGy3YktFd

— The Hill (@thehill) August 5, 2020

"In the months leading up to the 2016 election, I told family and friends that Trump had a good chance of winning. Across American history, racial progress has normally been followed by its opposite."

Read @DrIbram on Trump and American racism:https://t.co/F0JAMXfkTE

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) August 5, 2020

Do we get to see "prestigious Aberdeen virologist" Prof Pennington's 'very surprised' face now? Do we? Oh I do hope so. https://t.co/8zcLYSNvR8

— Suz Jamieson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿== (@SuzJamieson) August 5, 2020

Disturbing to see how well Johnson's blame deflection strategy on Covid-19 is working with his base. pic.twitter.com/o6ts3pMK12

— Slough for Europe 🇪🇺 💙 🇺🇦 (@SloughForEU) August 5, 2020

Imagine if you signed a massive contract in your job, having dismissed all calls from colleagues who wanted to examine it more closely. Then, nine months later, you start whining about having missed crucial stuff in the ‘fine print’.
Your feet wouldn’t touch the ground. https://t.co/lNxah75nJC

— James O'Brien (@mrjamesob) August 5, 2020

BREAKING: Ian Duncan Smith furious at himself for choosing to buy a green anorak, for himself. pic.twitter.com/Jml3hMcPhq

— Can we have a General Election now? (@EdBish18) August 4, 2020

"All but the most selfish among us understands the need sometimes to suppress selfish impulses in favour of duty towards others. Only a few find that concept challenging. By misfortune, Boris Johnson just happens to be one of them." Superb by @rafaelbehr https://t.co/ArjEUkTDPG

— John Harris (@johnharris1969) August 5, 2020

The Aftermath of the Beirut Explosion – 23 images of the widespread damage in Beirut, a day after the devastating blast. https://t.co/HRi3smQgjQ pic.twitter.com/XfasSQP5Jz

— The Atlantic Photo (@TheAtlPhoto) August 5, 2020

Here is a video showing the before and after of Beirut's main port after yesterday’s explosion – from drone imagery.

The crater is submerged to a diameter of 140m…pic.twitter.com/rinxhF02b9

— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 5, 2020

Beirut explosion: video analysis https://t.co/2d9O8c5qBU

— Financial Times (@FT) August 5, 2020

Trump now says “he’s heard it both ways” about what happened in Beirut and then that whatever happened, it ended up essentially being a bomb.

The president should just be ignored on this subject. He’s made clear he’s just saying stuff, not talking about secret intel.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 5, 2020

A massive blaze has consumed a popular market in Ajman, UAE. pic.twitter.com/3AsGzp5erA

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 5, 2020

"OK so you have a UK economic recovery tracker, but what about all the other countries?", I hear you ask.

Well, allow me to introduce our Global Economic Recovery Tracker 🎉

Bookmark away: https://t.co/pSyWJjoPxD

Here’s a thread on the main insights at this stage:

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) August 5, 2020

I was so busy today I almost forgot this very important anniversary. It’s six years since the Supreme Leader toured the Chonji Lube Factory, and a dictator has never been so excited. pic.twitter.com/E5qXcHfYUL

— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) August 5, 2020

John Hume funeral: In pictures – The former leader of the SDLP and Nobel laureate's funeral took place in St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry on Wednesday

https://t.co/8qqfcllPvM

— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) August 5, 2020

Speaking of the love shown to his father in Owen Mor care home, John Hume Jr said: "If he were here, he would urge us to look at those young carers and the incredible and heroic daily work they do as a model for future leadership"https://t.co/YjscpXQzfN

— The Irish News (@irish_news) August 5, 2020

Pete Hamill, a high school dropout who turned a gift for storytelling and a romance with tabloid newspapers into a storied career as a New York journalist and novelist died on Wednesday. He was 85. https://t.co/ZUNlvSjfn7

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 5, 2020

Dramatic video shows a massive explosion near Beirut's port that caused destruction to homes miles away. Dozens have been killed and thousands are believed to be injured, officials say. https://t.co/wOOvmOdkM4 pic.twitter.com/2QxqtTfuQz

— CNN (@CNN) August 4, 2020

At least 50 people were killed and 2,700 injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said https://t.co/zcGuIseZbd

— TIME (@TIME) August 4, 2020

Reuters latest. https://t.co/DIls7L92hD

— Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) August 4, 2020

UPDATE: The Beirut explosion that killed at least 50 and injured thousands on Tuesday, was caused by an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate left without “preventative measures” in a warehouse, Lebanon PM Diab says.https://t.co/cHQB2zNuVM

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 4, 2020

The streets of #Beirut right now.

Total destruction! pic.twitter.com/Gax35oEZkn

— Inside Naija (@Insid3Naija) August 4, 2020

And the NYT is updating a live blog here with reported facts from the ground: https://t.co/tvijppFJwF

— Sheera Frenkel (@sheeraf) August 4, 2020

.@nytimes saying our employees in #Beirut are ok, though some may have sustained injuries. That includes the amazing @VivianHYee, a former #Albany reporter.

— Jesse McKinley (@jessemckinley) August 4, 2020

A family at a hospital is informed of death. This young woman bent over in anguish, spread her arms open to an infant child and said: “Youssef, dad is in heaven."

Lebanon’s heart has been ripped out. https://t.co/kbdqqxXSNR pic.twitter.com/36Go4oupI5

— Timour Azhari (@timourazhari) August 4, 2020

Lebanon facts.

🇱🇧had an economic/banking crisis. Lebanese pound had lost 80% of its value. Debt was 170% of GDP.
🇱🇧had a political crisis
🇱🇧had a refugee crisis (30% of population are Syrian refugees)
🇱🇧had a Covid crisis

All of this was before today even happened.

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) August 4, 2020

"Attack?"

Who is saying this was an attack? https://t.co/nxIAvRfw1e

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) August 4, 2020

Trump refers to the Beirut explosion as "an attack." There were conflicting reports on what caused the blast, but the director of the general security directorate said it was because of "high explosive materials confiscated years ago." https://t.co/ntfmELSGcG

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 4, 2020

Asked if he's confident this was an attack and not an accident, Trump says, "It would seem like it, based on the explosion." He says he met with some "great generals" and they "seem to feel" that it was an attack. He then adds it was a "bomb of some kind." ?

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 4, 2020

If the "generals" really told Trump that, then he just disclosed what would otherwise be highly classified information.

— Spin Doctor (@SpinDr) August 4, 2020

Trump made a point of announcing the loan to Kodak himself.

Now that the SEC is investigating the matter…

"I wasn't involved in the deal."

— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) August 4, 2020

Before it was announced that Kodak would be receiving a big government contract, the company's trading volume spiked. Did those who purchased Kodak stock have access to any secret information? I'm demanding answers——and I'm glad the SEC will investigate. https://t.co/K8wi4EF9iD

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) August 4, 2020

Trump is now saying that a private business needs to pay (beyond normal taxes) for his approval to buy another private business.

— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) August 4, 2020

The Trump administration mismanaged ventilator negotiations with a major medical device manufacturer, overpaying by roughly $500 million for tens of thousands of breathing machines earlier this year, House Democrats said in a new report. https://t.co/OhUJgi6cVt

— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) August 4, 2020

Trump, this morning, introducing his Secretary of the Interior: "He loves the Interior."

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) August 4, 2020

Wonder if on Friday nights “Shabbat Shalom” will give way to “Yo, Semites”? https://t.co/3suPQfuFy5

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) August 4, 2020

Trump fails to understand that denial is not a river in Egypt.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) August 4, 2020

"What? No, that's totally how its pronounced. Yo Semites! It's always been that way. It's an old Jewish Native American name. Not many people know that."
— The National Park Service, soon, probably. https://t.co/SZYd5EvJEk

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) August 4, 2020

Jonathan Swan reveals the magic way to expose Trump’s lies: ask him follow-up questions. https://t.co/K1YcszCQ6p

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 4, 2020

When you totally shit the bed during an actual interview and go crying to someone to give you the love Daddy never did https://t.co/Dmzzy4gQ1e

— 𝙹𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚒𝚎’𝚜 𝙶𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚗 (@FreeGirlNowNYC) August 4, 2020

The tree is the Trump Adminstration. pic.twitter.com/WaNGkkAoa8

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 4, 2020

Special Report: Local governments 'overwhelmed' in race to trace U.S. COVID contacts https://t.co/CMSVRCRXkf pic.twitter.com/csdN4IoZ2c

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 4, 2020

Perspective: The spread of covid-19 in the South shows the risks of anti-intellectualism https://t.co/tuZl4Kmr3v

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

Reporter: Why is mail-in balloting acceptable in Florida but not the rest of the country?

Trump: Florida has a great Republican governor.

Trump is explicitly saying he only trusts election administration by members of his party. The quiet part out loud.

— Miranda Yaver, PhD (@mirandayaver) August 4, 2020

NEW: Trump said Epstein was never a member of Mar-a-Lago. He was. | Miami Herald https://t.co/4VxojMEDCe

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) August 4, 2020

NEW: The pick to be ambassador to Germany has attacked the country for supporting "Muslim invaders" saying Muslims want to turn it into an "Islamic state."

He has called for allowing the shooting of undocumented immigrants trying to cross at the border. https://t.co/r6rqAIYmco

— Andy Kaczynski (@KFILE) August 4, 2020

Neil Young sues Donald Trump campaign for using his music https://t.co/1UJTquHe5S

— Guardian news (@guardiannews) August 4, 2020

High risk workers forced back out. Food parcels withheld if you’ve got “the wrong” disability. Services for disabled children scrapped. Coronavirus has exposed Britain’s shameful treatment of disabled people. >> My col. https://t.co/26tZAF5PsA

— Frances Ryan (@DrFrancesRyan) August 4, 2020

He has to be stopped

Boris Johnson 'planning second peerages list to reward donors in autumn' https://t.co/YA9jeqCMFB

— sue#NHSLove💙💙💙#FBNHS #GeneralElectionNow (@SueSuezep) August 4, 2020

Boris Johnson's decision to make Evgeny Lebedev a Lord has gone down well in #Moscow. Here's a piece from Komsomolskya Pravda. It describes Evgeny's KGB father Alexander as a "former Soviet diplomat" and says Evgeny is "the first Russian" to become a peer https://t.co/gicS5SMa0M

— Luke Harding (@lukeharding1968) August 4, 2020

Companies bailed out with public money have paid shareholders billions of pounds in dividends while cutting tens of thousands of jobs in the UK – VICE #BorisJohnson#RishiSunak https://t.co/rmfEuNb45y

— Bernadette Meaden (@BernaMeaden) August 4, 2020

After telling people to go back to work on Monday, Boris Johnson left Downing Street to spend time in Chequers https://t.co/PhT6Y6NbqF

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) August 4, 2020

Tropical Storm Isaias, tornado warnings batter East Coast https://t.co/mb5dfKiySw pic.twitter.com/oxFWAof2Mj

— The Hill (@thehill) August 4, 2020

#Isaias made landfall along the North Carolina coast as a hurricane on Tuesday, causing flooding and spawning multiple tornadoes that killed at least two people. #NCwx pic.twitter.com/5FZyHzyP2M

— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) August 4, 2020

At least 4 people were killed and others remained missing after Isaias hammered the East Coast, triggering tornadoes, knocking down trees and leaving more than 2.6 million homes without power.https://t.co/gY89zaDVA3

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) August 4, 2020

Canada's top doctor is warning an eventual #Covid19 vaccine will be no "silver bullet," and the public should brace for another two to three years of health precautions https://t.co/cp5c5xWm8P

— POLITICO (@politico) August 4, 2020

My students in my Global Health Governance course study the Haj as a case study of how collective action essential to managing disease risks during global population movements. Here is a fascinating visual of how this global event has adapted further during COVID-19 pandemic. https://t.co/35YP5TrFr4

— Kelley Lee (@profplum8) August 3, 2020

Goodness me. https://t.co/wMiqhLnP1K

— Michael Moran (@TheMichaelMoran) August 4, 2020

Ford's stock has fallen nearly 40% since Jim Hackett took the top job in May 2017. The S&P 500 was up almost 40% over the same period. https://t.co/rpeEE1TqdN via @financialtimes

— Claire Bushey (@Claire_Bushey) August 4, 2020

Onlookers pay respects as John Hume's remains arrive at St Eugene’s Cathedral ahead of funeral tomorrow https://t.co/4cRJ4Af5sC pic.twitter.com/L5JIqrXeNq

— Irish Independent (@Independent_ie) August 4, 2020

Such a touching photograph of John Hume’s remains returning to the place he loved in a wicker coffin pic.twitter.com/JX7Kn0mfGm

— Allison Morris (@AllisonMorris1) August 4, 2020

It was an honour to write this for the Guardian, on John Hume, the everyday Derryman whose steely benevolence bent the moral arc of the universe toward justice.

(You'll also learn that he shouted at me when I was a teenager but I probably deserved it).https://t.co/AShJcmflQ4

— The author, Séamas O'Reilly (@shockproofbeats) August 4, 2020

“The solution will be found not on the basis of victory for either, but on the basis of agreement and a partnership between both. The real division of Ireland is not a line drawn on the map, but in the minds and hearts of its people." https://t.co/ZOJn1GTG0c

— Fergal McFerran (@FergalMcFerran) August 4, 2020

Following a request from John Hume's family, President Higgins and Sabina this evening lit a "candle for peace" at Áras an Uachtaráin. pic.twitter.com/3GPZhkfRkp

— President of Ireland (@PresidentIRL) August 4, 2020

President Trump: "We have done as well as any nation." pic.twitter.com/LD6P9HnvxR

— The Hill (@thehill) August 3, 2020

I lasted one minute watching Trump attempt to answer questions before nearly drowning in his bullshit ramblings.

— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 3, 2020

In his briefing, Trump again claims that other countries are seeing coronavirus flare-ups in addition to the U.S.

Sure, some are — but nowhere near the scale of the U.S.'s recent surge, including when adjusted for population. https://t.co/QK6hr0V7OC

— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 3, 2020

There is something very, very wrong with a system that allows 150,000 people to die without holding a single person responsible. https://t.co/1tFrSXSAss

— The Nation (@thenation) August 3, 2020

It's getting to be pretty Soviet around here, when every day Trump announces "significant progress" against the virus, which never seems to go away. The next five-year plan is definitely going to see record grain harvests in Kazakhstan, I'm reliably told…

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) August 3, 2020

And telehealth x 100

— Patti O'Brien (@OBrieninDC) August 3, 2020

I hate it when they teach him a new word.

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 3, 2020

The President of the United States is an idiot.

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 3, 2020

RT: An extraordinary exercise in clarity: an accurate overview of the pandemic's devastating effect on the U.S. by Ed Yong for The Atlantic.https://t.co/RKRu7HoA01 https://t.co/RRJCOM3C7P pic.twitter.com/U5oJhDCO4U

— Christopher Labos (@drlabos) August 3, 2020

New Jersey governor reimposes restrictions on indoor gatherings due to "actions of a few knuckleheads" https://t.co/r4Kp42ICUs pic.twitter.com/FELs8C45r8

— The Hill (@thehill) August 3, 2020

The pastor of a Catholic church on Capitol Hill who urged people not to 'cower in fear' of the coronavirus has contracted COVID-19, prompting D.C. health officials to tell about 250 staff and parishioners to self-quarantine for two weeks. https://t.co/0iXSERzIHf

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 3, 2020

Former Trump faith adviser holding in-person event for over 2,000 people https://t.co/DsmZoKwBCC pic.twitter.com/IY5vz0KVkW

— The Hill (@thehill) August 3, 2020

Most Presidents value their credibility with the public. But Trump has squandered his & will have difficulty convincing enough Americans of this: “White House officials said that Mr. Trump would not distort the vaccine review process to help his campaign.” https://t.co/MaV6NXeDzx

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 3, 2020

WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING AT HHS?! https://t.co/SvEnneLqlk

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 3, 2020

“In the end, Trump’s long trail of deliberate uses of the government to bolster his deceptions, agitprop and corrupt designs will itself undo any vaccine Hail Mary. Even if Trump manages to rush such an announcement,” who’ll trust him to deliver fairly?https://t.co/B8NjEROwYN

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) August 3, 2020

President Trump criticizes Dr. Deborah Birx for the first time after she issues coronavirus warnings https://t.co/xDQ5ZB2TBI pic.twitter.com/vhERBG4YLk

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 3, 2020

We're beyond masking and social distancing here. The current situation is the direct result of a conscious political decision that it was tolerable to let COVID spread out of control around the country. https://t.co/Eh3eVErdcj

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) August 3, 2020

Cardinals’ coronavirus outbreak grows to 13 positives; another series postponed https://t.co/Ts45wW2L1A

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

Great example of Trump strategy back-firing – by forcing Manhattan DA's office to further detail/justify reasons for their subpoena they also forced disclosure of fact that Trump & his company under a live criminal investigation. Oops.https://t.co/xBcALFBnC3

— Shanlon Wu (@shanlonwu) August 3, 2020

Prosecutor calls Trump’s new bid to shield tax returns an end-run around Supreme Court ruling https://t.co/852kS98qPM

— Shayna Jacobs (@shaynajacobs) August 3, 2020

Trump wants points on the package. https://t.co/xl4vx69UVL

— Max Steele (@maxasteele) August 3, 2020

Microsoft is in talks to acquire Chinese-owned, short-form video app TikTok. The talks come following President Trump's threat to ban the app from the U.S. by executive order. https://t.co/he1JPyQUKA pic.twitter.com/Z0dPqv22Ya

— CNBC (@CNBC) August 3, 2020

Reuters appear to have solved the mystery of where the Russian hacked trade documents came from before the 2019 UK election.

It was……… Liam Fox’s accounthttps://t.co/yoLbwNI9M1

— Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) August 3, 2020

Tory-linked PR firm granted £3m Covid-19 contract without tender https://t.co/uqHzu0n4dE

— The Guardian (@guardian) August 3, 2020

As reports continue of people waiting several days (and sometimes more than a week) for Covid test results in the US, Britain is rolling out widespread testing that gives accurate results in just 90 minutes. (And the UK already does more tests per capita). https://t.co/muI7HLpwxj

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 3, 2020

Boost test and trace before English schools reopen 'or risk second wave' https://t.co/HJOuKqQqe4

— The Guardian (@guardian) August 3, 2020

In December Boris Johnson told voters

“We’ve got an oven-ready deal! Ready to go!”

Today we hear this! Why is this charlatan not being held to account? https://t.co/db8hk9NviI

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) August 3, 2020

Sky News is tracking where jobs are being lost across the UK economy as #COVID19 plunges Britain into what is expected to be the deepest recession on record.

Click below 👇 to see what sectors have been affected.

— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 3, 2020

EXC @theipaper

Britain moves one step closer to immunity passports

Sage has recommended ministers consider a scheme exempting some recovered Covid-19 patients from self-isolation rules

(still some way to go before full-blown immunity certificate though)https://t.co/34AsV52dOZ

— Hugo Gye (@HugoGye) August 3, 2020

More dubious contracts for more dubious tests to more dubious companies https://t.co/sVLycXPRqD

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) August 3, 2020

A nation mourns its Covid-19 dead. But for Boris Johnson it's a time for triumphalism

As Britain tops the table for excess deaths, the prime minister hails a ‘massive success’ and has nothing to say to the bereaved#JohnsonHasFailed #leadership https://t.co/vzr39H1htz

— BremainInSpain (@BremainInSpain) August 3, 2020

*Sung in the manner of ABBA*
"Have you seen the queue for Nandooooooooos…." 🎶 https://t.co/YDt3jY4d0q

— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) August 3, 2020

If they infected each other, it'll have been worth it.

— Clay Harris 🇪🇺💉💉💉💉💉😷 (@mudlarklives) August 3, 2020

More than 16 million people in Britain have less than £100 in savings.

Meanwhile Richard Branson – who sued the NHS and demanded an enormous government bailout – has seen his personal wealth increase by £640,000,000 during the Coronavirus pandemic.

This is why I'm a socialist.

— George Aylett (@GeorgeAylett) August 3, 2020

What you need to know as Tropical Storm Isaias is set to bring dangerous storm surges to the Carolinas and New York City: https://t.co/TYrdQan5vE

— ABC News (@ABC) August 3, 2020

JUST IN: Tropical storm WATCH upgraded to Tropical Storm WARNING for DC and Balt, all areas east of Loudoun & Frederick counties. Though I95 in warning winds may top 40 mph, higher winds to 60 mph forecast near Bay and Delmarva. Heavy rains EVERYWHERE. https://t.co/ScDtJRcSeh

— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) August 3, 2020

FirstEnergy, recently implicated in a $61 million bribery scheme by the FBI, "contributes more to the ongoing climate crisis than ExxonMobil."

Every single member of Ohio's state congress takes PAC $$ from the utility.

Fantastic reporting by @emorwee https://t.co/Y1EeZ8xHwm

— Maddie Stone (@themadstone) August 3, 2020

100,000 oil & gas workers have been laid off this year.

We can fight climate change & create jobs by employing these Americans to clean up gas wells that are leaking methane.@JoeBiden & @SpeakerPelosi support the idea – & Senate Republicans should, too. https://t.co/U2clDk6ug0

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) August 3, 2020

This spring @dan_kammen + I warned that storms + fires worsened by climate breakdown would converge w covid.

We argued that #GreenStimulus could help frontline communities weather the disasters while attacking their causes.

None of this was inevitable.https://t.co/1ABqRxfdZy pic.twitter.com/xpXOfQLs92

— Daniel Aldana Cohen (@aldatweets) August 3, 2020

A Norwegian cruise ship line halted all trips and apologized Monday for procedural errors after an outbreak of coronavirus on one ship infected at least 5 passengers and 36 crew. https://t.co/azwFR9LaOO

— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) August 3, 2020

LIVE UPDATES: John Hume 1937-2020 – Ian Paisley Jnr. recalls joke shared by John Hume and his father during a lunch break | ‘John Hume was a political titan’ – Tony Blair | ‘Ireland’s Martin Luther King’ – US President Bill Clinton. https://t.co/Rmm6OWgV9e

— Derry Journal (@derryjournal) August 3, 2020

John Hume has died – the greatest Irish politician of my lifetime. May he rest in peace https://t.co/a5ZRO3KZij

— Martin Doyle (@MartinDoyleIT) August 3, 2020

John Hume obituary: The leader who helped bring peace to Northern Ireland. https://t.co/nSUNu6RFWA

— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) August 3, 2020

Mary Trump on her uncle's lack of empathy: "Acknowledging the victims of COVID-19 would be to associate himself with their weakness, a trait his father taught him to despise." https://t.co/kYzIzCCfrB

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 2, 2020

Two weeks ago, Trump claimed he would sign a “full and complete health-care plan” within two weeks.

There is no evidence of such a plan.@agearan @goldsteinamy + @seungminkim reporthttps://t.co/MQ1RYfJGdY

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) August 2, 2020

Coronavirus update: Average weekly death count rises in nearly half of U.S. states https://t.co/61hu8Bg9RZ

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) August 2, 2020

Sigh. *Indoor* transmission is driving this epidemic. Harder to get nice pictures (especially safely), but that's what we need people to imagine when they think of COVID risk https://t.co/wC0eUJ09Mj

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) (@BrendanNyhan) August 2, 2020

Dr. Deborah Birx strongly defends her record after criticism from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she doesn't have confidence in the White House coronavirus task force coordinator's handling of the pandemic https://t.co/9MuPNUteWZ

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 2, 2020

And…here we are. A Federal Reserve official is calling for the US economy to fully shut down for 4 to 6 weeks.

https://t.co/fMiDUAkSXJ

— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) August 2, 2020

Facts have never stopped Trump. Having lied for five months about the coronavirus, he’s now filling social media and the airwaves with untruths about the economy so he can dupe his way to election day.https://t.co/EEQWzqPlso

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 2, 2020

Disclosures show that Jared Kushner raked in as much as $3,000,000 from projects benefiting from Trump admin initiatives in 2019, plus up to $1,000,000 more in rent money from firms which received COVID-related small business loans from the government. https://t.co/QsT62TGq0M

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 2, 2020

Trump banning TikTok is a fun story to talk about. But right before he said that, his 2019 financial disclosures got released. Turns out he spends so much time at his golf courses because he made $200 million from them last year. Let's talk about that. https://t.co/fZ8zKsLZrY

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 2, 2020

Trump ridiculed as he plays golf for the 283rd time of his presidency https://t.co/sp9z3X6fgi

— indy100 (@indy100) August 2, 2020

“All of that is leaving it increasingly unclear what purpose Ms. McEnany is filling beyond berating the news media from the briefing room podium.” ⁦@katierogers⁩ me https://t.co/OzEDXA3GwA

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 2, 2020

On The Trail: The first signs of a post-Trump GOP https://t.co/b2kJUDHgEn pic.twitter.com/Zk7ktyRJgm

— The Hill (@thehill) August 2, 2020

A group of anti-Trump Republicans is hoping to amplify the voices of frustrated Republicans ahead of the 2020 election to sway some Trump voters to back Biden, ABC News’ @MaryKBruce reports.
The group is also targeting GOP lawmakers who back the president. https://t.co/p38bhTkQ9Y pic.twitter.com/maoNHjezsh

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 2, 2020

Republicans embrace Trump, tolerate racism and give up on Black voters https://t.co/zBErJKQva8

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 2, 2020

The Republican National Convention in Charlotte will be closed to the press.

Reporters will not be allowed on site as RNC delegates vote to formally nominate Trump.

The restriction is unprecedented in modern American political history.https://t.co/FWlFeJkBJi

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 2, 2020

Pennsylvania’s election count is all over this ⁦@benyt⁩ column and the ending… takes a turn https://t.co/p04fF1XGZD

— Chris Krewson (@ckrewson) August 2, 2020

The U.K. government is reviewing options to fight Covid-19 including a lockdown of London https://t.co/Ajz1e2Xt1q

— Bloomberg (@business) August 2, 2020

This is Cummings’ ‘behaviourist’ work.

Spoiling for a fight to save a tanking gvt, & getting their excuses for cracking skulls in first.

You can’t do long range forecasts for riots, like weather!
Unless you’re trying to provoke them…https://t.co/knB4VZvW94

— Dr Louise Raw (@LouiseRawAuthor) August 2, 2020

London Voted to #Remain how about making it a formal border #RejoinTheEU & maintain passporting rights to protect the "London City State" Financial Markets?

— PaulWoodcraft 🇪🇺 🇺🇦🔶🐟#FBPE #FBPPR #GTTO (@paul_woodcraft) August 2, 2020

people calling the Boris Johnson / no. 10 management of #lockdown a shitshow are being a bit unfair on shitshows

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@mrdavemacleod) July 31, 2020

With @borisjohnson as PM, we are seeing in Britain the normalisation of corruption that for decades we have condemned elsewhere. The Lords list but the latest. My piece for ⁦@TweetTheArticle⁩ https://t.co/ZjoXC6SZ2k

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) August 2, 2020

Boris Johnson on Brexit before he realised there was something in it for him. #Scum pic.twitter.com/HF49Kzl7mZ

— Marie-Ann Detests Tories 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 (@MarieAnnUK) August 2, 2020

More evidence that the UK’s worst enemies couldn’t have come up with a better plan to destroy our country than Brexit. https://t.co/xadc09pIVW

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) August 2, 2020

New study by @uk_tpo suggests limited gains from freeports after Brexit – FT story by @pmdfoster pic.twitter.com/RZS9HgdNCs

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) August 2, 2020

Why we all should be concerned about the Brexit risk to the NHS https://t.co/Hlfqst5bHU

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

Australia's Melbourne braces for closures, losses as it emerges from night-time curfew https://t.co/sy6Stmhth7 pic.twitter.com/0PbCP9wII9

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 2, 2020

The United States had 100x as many new coronavirus cases yesterday as Australia.

Australia launched emergency shutdowns. The United States is reopening schools. pic.twitter.com/XRenPHihtF

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) August 2, 2020

ICYMI, as I did: Interesting piece in @TheEconomist hypothesizing that #SARSCoV2 might not have originated in China, but rather in a neighboring country. Will we ever know where the virus that causes #Covid19 comes from? Me=not so sure.
https://t.co/wBSTlSbZg2

— Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 (@HelenBranswell) August 2, 2020

It’s not just TikTok – but WeChat will be banned in the US too, according to ⁦@SecPompeo⁩.

If so, countless Chinese people who live in the US could be cut off from their friends and families in China, where WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger is banned. https://t.co/JrzWcm6W6b

— Stuart Lau (@StuartKLau) August 2, 2020

Ten Thousand anti-Netanyahu Protesters Rally in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Across Israel

Protesters call on Netanyahu to resign at official residence in Jerusalem, private home in Caesarea; Five detained for harassing protesters, one for throwing a stone https://t.co/dPDbW0t52m

— Karol Cummins (@karolcummins) August 1, 2020

Facing political trouble, Netanyahu turns to his oldest trick — start a war https://t.co/1CFgREKy6d

— HomerB (@HomerB33) August 1, 2020

Mexico arrests 'El Marro,' gang leader at the center of a bloody cartel war https://t.co/ItCFgtbQwe

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) August 2, 2020

Not supposed to be on social media but just found the best debut novel announcement of all time. pic.twitter.com/ivbKK83DmZ

— Anna Mazzola (@Anna_Mazz) August 1, 2020

Wilford Brimley, the actor with the walrus mustache whose down-home geniality seen in such films as 'Cocoon,' 'The Natural' and 'Absence of Malice' endeared him to moviegoers, has died. He was 85.https://t.co/k4SAMTN2h1

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 2, 2020

Roy Hobbs tells Pop Fisher the story of his prized bat "Wonderboy" after his impressive first batting practice with the New York Knights in the classic baseball movie, "The Natural". ~ RIP Wilford Brimley pic.twitter.com/qRsSWNc4JD

— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) August 2, 2020

VP Mike Pence: "We live in the greatest nation on earth." pic.twitter.com/DVdUowjH4Q

— The Hill (@thehill) August 1, 2020

🔥🔥🔥 Ok. This is very very funny. And 100% on point. https://t.co/r4hkcmPZJd

— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) July 31, 2020

Trump’s 1. grossly negligent handling of the Coronavirus crisis was 2. reasonably likely to cause death/serious bodily injury to others & 3. was a substantial factor in bringing about the death of others (which is the legal definition of “causation”). This is not a close call. https://t.co/lkyFG3afKI

— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) August 1, 2020

Putin didn't fight corruption in Russia, he simply legalized it, abusing state power to favor his oligarch cronies & punish those who wouldn't obey. Trump's efforts to do similar in a stronger US system must be resisted.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 1, 2020

Opinion: The CFPB once defended consumers. Thanks to Trump, it now helps companies prey on them instead. https://t.co/dya82IFLKO

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2020

I must confess, Trump hiring a corrupt GOP donor to destroy the US Postal Service so he could steal the 2020 election during a deadly pandemic was not on my Dystopia Bingo card. We always underestimate what this party of traitors is willing to do. pic.twitter.com/16NJoarUTh

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) August 1, 2020

The "war on terror" has been unleashed on Americans: “It’s important to remember that the DHS and ICE were only founded in 2002, and the CBP only reorganized in 2003. These instruments of terror are entirely creations of the War on Terror.” — @indica https://t.co/5JlG17Cnoa

— Sam Haselby (@samhaselby) August 1, 2020

We've seen 151,000 deaths and a 33% decline in our economy—yet, members of the Trump Administration and their donors are continuing to profit off this corrupt response to COVID-19. It is long past time that we pass the CORE Act and #StopCOVIDCorruption.https://t.co/HoXiR5yRRS

— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) July 30, 2020

America is in SO MUCH trouble.
Only 8 States are trending now in a direction to #COVID19 control.
42 States are heading the wrong way — 36 of them have out-of-control epidemics.
As a Nation, we're losing our fight w/ #SARSCoV2 — & it's our own doing.https://t.co/48lRtWAzD4

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) August 1, 2020

On average, coronavirus kills 930 people per day in the United States. A game of golf is 18 holes.

9 Americans die every hole.

39 every hour.

155 Americans will die by the time the president is done playing today. pic.twitter.com/SkaLKhZAME

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 1, 2020

Wrong! We have more cases because we have tested far more than any other country, 60,000,000. If we tested less, there would be less cases. How did Italy, France & Spain do? Now Europe sadly has flare ups. Most of our governors worked hard & smart. We will come back STRONG!

:: https://t.co/hhwYOrnWZn

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 1, 2020

It’s not testing that makes the U.S. “look bad.” It’s anti-science. https://t.co/tiytLlWHzQ

— Let Science Speak (@letscispeak) August 1, 2020

Among the drugs Kodak initially will focus on will be hydroxychloroquine. https://t.co/5uYtiyQ9kt

— David Wessel (@davidmwessel) August 1, 2020

Trump's Vaccine Chief Picks His Own Former Employer—Where He Still Holds Millions Worth of Stock—for $2.1 Billion Deal https://t.co/VjrIlkKcLV via @commondreams

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) August 1, 2020

As many as 1,200 people could have to quarantine after attendees at two more Brevard County, Florida high school graduations tested positive for COVID-19, Brevard Public Schools said late Thursday.

— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) August 1, 2020

Despite those climbing numbers, the State Department announced this week that it has moved ahead to the second phase of its reopening plan — sparking anxiety and anger among a workforce comprising many unable or unwilling to return. https://t.co/Kf7ceqU4Hm

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) August 1, 2020

NO DEAL YET ON #COVID relief: @SenSchumer tells reporters negotiators will meet again on Monday. “We're not close yet. But it was a productive discussion. Now each side knows where, where they're at. And we are going to work very hard to come to an agreement”

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) August 1, 2020

.@SenRonJohnson: "Why do our Democrat colleagues want to propose continuing $600 per week… that is preventing people, incentivizing people not to reengage in the economy so our economy can recover? It makes no sense." pic.twitter.com/VGICbVZnng

— The Hill (@thehill) August 1, 2020

Ho hum, just another day in #Florida… https://t.co/SCj6ya9yJp

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) August 1, 2020

Boris Johnson has asked officials to prepare a suite of possible measures that could help avoid shutting down the economy for a second time, after he said that he wanted to avoid another lockdown https://t.co/sQ8znQR1ro

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 1, 2020

Everything about this is bleak, but it’s a particularly grim irony that both the Tories’ female prime ministers became ‘Lady’ not because they led their country but because their husbands got honours https://t.co/f9rQozHtfP

— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) August 1, 2020

Steve Bannon, who's previously hailed Tommy Robinson as the “backbone” of Britain, defended Viktor Orbán and praised Marine Le Pen, has lavished praise on Dominic Cummings, calling him ”a brilliant guy” who will steer Johnson's Tories further to the right. https://t.co/P6pGhIfoQu

— Ian Fraser (@Ian_Fraser) August 1, 2020

“On a visit to London in October 2018, Mr. Biden, not yet a candidate, cast his opposition to Brexit in geopolitical terms, saying it would make Britain less valuable to the United States as a lever to influence the European Union.” https://t.co/EsABXuPVoR

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) August 1, 2020

British trade minister to meet top U.S. officials next week, FT reports https://t.co/soz7994lVv pic.twitter.com/Yp0utz9pnz

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 1, 2020

This was the scene in Berlin, where an estimated 17,000 people defied social-distancing and mask requirements to join a protest supported by neo-Nazi groups, conspiracy theorists and others who said they were fed up with the restrictions.

Read the latest. https://t.co/QFWyHTTMb0 pic.twitter.com/h9CuxYCERg

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 1, 2020

Russia plans to roll out a Covid-19 vaccine to the general population starting in October, hoping to be the first country to start mass vaccinations against a virus that has killed more than 679,000 people world-wide https://t.co/ICXrZoVn3c

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 1, 2020

Americans across the country are receiving packages of mysterious seeds in the mail, mostly from China. Agricultural officials have advised anyone who receives one of these packages to avoid touching the contents and to not to plant the seeds pic.twitter.com/r59rUx66BX

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) August 1, 2020

China and America are not about to fight each other, but points of friction and misunderstanding which can lead to conflict are rapidly accumulating https://t.co/HwVgSYfRoq

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 1, 2020

1. Americans should be concerned about TikTok's access to our info and its relationship with the PRC;

2. Any action against TikTok should be in compliance with applicable law; and

3. I have confidence Silicon Valley has the talent to fill any "TikTok void" in American lives.

— David French (@DavidAFrench) August 1, 2020

Donald Trump says he wants to ban TikTok because of national security concerns. But is the real reason that he wants to silence ⁦@sarahcpr⁩, who has become an Internet sensation with her mocking videos of his speeches? From ⁦@voguemagazine⁩ https://t.co/HlxLMgqKOI

— stuart emmrich (@StuartEmmrich) August 1, 2020

The TikTok-Trump drama, explained https://t.co/rtbJYBdf7s

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) August 1, 2020

America banning TikTok but not guns is very us

— sam greisman (@SAMGREIS) August 1, 2020

Climate change could set off the next financial meltdown, a group of big investors warned.https://t.co/HJiGrylmUL

— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) August 1, 2020

OK, who had apocalyptic sky sounds on their 2020 Apocalypse Bingo card? Did you, @Frances_Coppola? Because I definitely didn't https://t.co/3we2cSDVa2

— Kate (@katebevan) August 1, 2020

New documents claim Prince Andrew allegedly persuaded authorities to give Epstein a sweetheart deal in his underage prostitution casehttps://t.co/5AFKyDOZYX

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 31, 2020

Dominic Cummings: "What would make the worst year in modern record even more of a tasty treat? I've got it! Let's give peerages to people like Gisela Stewart, Kate Hoey and Claire Fox."

Boris Johnson: "Spiffing wheeze, old bean. Consider it done!"https://t.co/7xfhpLU1Mo

— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) July 31, 2020

Boris Johnson’s list of new peerages, stuffed with his Brexiteer mates, is an illustration of cronyism at its most odious and an affront to our democracy

— Mary Riddell (@MaryRiddell) July 31, 2020

Nepotism:

The practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.

https://t.co/BlGKIZQaHj

— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) July 31, 2020

Nothing to see here, folks.

Except… a week after the publication of the Russia report, Boris Johnson has appointed the son of a former KGB and FSB spy to the House of Lords.

Write up from @Otto_English for @BylineTimes 🔽🔽https://t.co/XIfKQ7T0dR

— Sam Bright (@WritesBright) July 31, 2020

BJ’s brother Jo Johnson, cricketer Ian Botham, billionaire £2m Conservative party donor Michael Spencer, Charles Moore who paid PM to write his weekly Telegraph column, Standard owner Russian Evgeny Lebedev, all made peers https://t.co/afS4IcOQqn

— Paul Lewis (@paullewismoney) July 31, 2020

The list of new peerages is utterly shameless. The People's Government is a total joke

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) July 31, 2020

"'Furious' Boris Johnson threatens Lords reform after peerages for Tory party donors blocked". There are many good reasons for reforming the House of Lords. Its reluctance to be used as a reward for party donors is not one of them. https://t.co/Dt6FfEr70G pic.twitter.com/0Oyz5DIc47

— Robert Saunders (@redhistorian) July 31, 2020

How the hell did Rachel Johnson get her own show on @LBC? Today, she used her airtime to congratulate her brother Jo on being given a peerage by their brother Boris Johnson. Britain is turning rancid.

— David Head (@DavidHeadViews) July 31, 2020

Has to be a Parody Account. “Two new great voices”? Dodds & Hoey?! 😎 https://t.co/BMbuVdRJSJ

— Paul Patrick (@PaulTyredagh81) July 31, 2020

The House of Lords is obviously inherently absurd, but the new list of peers is truly a @Coldwar_Steve montage. And Claire Fox is a carnival act whose gang denied genocides for attention. https://t.co/RN4Z6h4N07

— Matthew O'Toole (@MatthewOToole2) July 31, 2020

'Obey the rules'?
What could we do that Boris Johnson has already said it was fine for Dominic Cummings to do?
Lick doorknobs? Shake hands with #Covid patients? What?#LockdownExtension #BorisJohnson pic.twitter.com/b6W5pX6n3V

— El Christo (@ElRaynerista) July 31, 2020

Get your Tory MP name.
I'm Matilda Cunt pic.twitter.com/yD88aTE8gp

— joe heenan (@joeheenan) July 31, 2020

18 U.S. States have partially controlled or downward-trending #COVID19 outbreaks.

The rest? 32 have "Uncontrolled spread" (dark brown) as of today.https://t.co/48lRtWAzD4 pic.twitter.com/U2UbcXE5jL

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 31, 2020

.@SpeakerPelosi is right:

Trump and Republicans' delays, denials, and distortions have caused Americans to die.https://t.co/RabqaSIiUU

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) July 31, 2020

The House passed a bill 10 weeks ago. https://t.co/FsFgFshFrC

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) July 31, 2020

Dozens of people turned out for Trump’s speech in Florida this afternoon — social distancing not included pic.twitter.com/ioueyVOhK5

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) July 31, 2020

NEWS: Pelosi admonished top counterintel official Evanina during private briefing this a.m., accusing him of withholding info about Russia. Evanina ultimately acknowledged that Russia is trying to boost Trump’s reelection; Dems want him to say it publicly. https://t.co/I11E6f9JD3

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) July 31, 2020

This is the DHS threat assessment for the 2020 election. It relates to foreign actors, but note the disinformation it warns of is *identical* to that coming from President Trump: pic.twitter.com/a2JTZWFuJu

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) July 31, 2020

Question: "Why aren't you spending more energy to get the resources and the funding for the states… to be able to secure this elections for all Americans?"

President Trump: "…You know nothing about my energy." pic.twitter.com/CAgXC2Tv6h

— The Hill (@thehill) July 31, 2020

This is a well-reported look into some of what went wrong. It’s also worth noting that treating the coronavirus as a blue state problem was a fairly widespread approach in the West Wing. https://t.co/wDgk8cazok

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 31, 2020

BREAKING: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made between $36,151,214 – $157,020,085 in 2019, according to an analysis of their financial disclosures by CREW. https://t.co/NaWNfcBX5n

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 31, 2020

Kodak C.E.O. Got Stock Options Day Before News of Loan Sent Stock Soaring – by me and @egabler: https://t.co/Doq7A1ANqp

— Jesse Drucker (@JesseDrucker) July 31, 2020

BREAKING: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told MLBPA executive director Tony Clark on Friday that if the sport doesn’t do a better job of managing the coronavirus, it could shut down for the season, sources tell ESPN.

Story at ESPN: https://t.co/o0OL7JzowN

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) July 31, 2020

BREAKING: Fitch affirms U.S. credit rating at AAA but lowers outlook to 'negative' from 'stable' https://t.co/jn8limDgPx

— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) July 31, 2020

16 cases in the #Florida Keys. https://t.co/WQvOQdvup8

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) July 31, 2020

James Murdoch resigns from board of News Corporation https://t.co/DtGlTzV2mQ

— The Guardian (@guardian) July 31, 2020

James Murdoch's resignation letter:https://t.co/jwKtph60Qt pic.twitter.com/tAV0WT0lrQ

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) July 31, 2020

Apple tops Saudi Aramco as most valuable publicly listed company https://t.co/e2HjAkXxIz pic.twitter.com/935z7E14i6

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 31, 2020

How, you may ask, is this possible given the requirement of tribal permission, which was not granted in this case? Believe it or not, the federal government found a loophole that enabled it to ignore the wishes of the Native people. https://t.co/RO6oPvzZZE

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) July 31, 2020

Man who lost penis to blood infection has new one built on his arm https://t.co/UVGz8DJfq8 pic.twitter.com/sobeLt0aZg

— New York Post (@nypost) July 31, 2020

Thank you for that CNN pic.twitter.com/YijhrHCpJ4

— David Slotnick (@David_Slotnick) July 31, 2020

Sir Alan Parker, the British filmmaker who made Pink Floyd's 'The Wall,' 'The Commitments,' 'Midnight Express and More,' has died at age 76 https://t.co/TyjhF1HgFj pic.twitter.com/RRgXwgXjfa

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 31, 2020

Two days before he died @RepJohnLewis penned an op-ed for the @NYTimes that he asked them to run the day of his funeral. His dying wish and final message to America was for us to "redeem the soul of our nation." Please read! https://t.co/CTIstDcCEI #JohnLewis #JohnLewisMemorial

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) July 30, 2020

"A day of soaring tributes for a giant… Today at the funeral for John Lewis a crowd gathered in his memory. Among them three living presidents… gathered together despite political differences… to celebrate a man whose legacy transcends politics" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/xUlFW49C0h

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) July 30, 2020

Barack Obama politicized John Lewis’ death. Good. https://t.co/82oKZZ5qUu

— Slate (@Slate) July 30, 2020

Donald Trump doesn’t have the authority to do this—but that doesn’t make what he’s doing any less dangerous. It’s clear he will stop at nothing to spread misinformation and sow division to distract from the mess he’s created. This is what we’re up against.https://t.co/VhJzKc3YTb

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) July 30, 2020

Brutal front page of the New York Daily News pic.twitter.com/nMo3HXjvFu

— Nick Bryant (@NickBryantNY) July 30, 2020

Top Republicans, including Senators Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz, rejected President Trump’s suggestion to delay the November election https://t.co/cG4IiqQQe9 pic.twitter.com/2vgNGvHGNR

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 30, 2020

Opinion | Trump’s suggestion to delay the election is the most anti-democratic thing any president ever said. https://t.co/wr0Ufx11cW

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) July 30, 2020

“@NicholsUprising: A scared Trump is a dangerous Trump.

And, right now, Trump is very, very scared.
https://t.co/zIxLLRoS17”

— John Cusack (@johncusack) July 30, 2020

It is better for election results to be accurate than quick. Especially true because results may shift as more people vote by mail (and shift from Trump to Biden as Trump discourages Rs from voting by mail). See our report, Fair Elections During a Crisis: https://t.co/qGlWCxgGRs https://t.co/VQfIbzDgPq

— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) July 30, 2020

"his proposal appeared as impotent as it was predictable — less a stunning assertion of his authority than yet another lament that his political prospects have dimmed amid a global public-health crisis." @alexburnsNYT on Trump's tweet https://t.co/AYsrUmxC9i

— Connor Ennis (@EnnisNYT) July 30, 2020

"we’ve not only lost the public-health war, we’ve lost the war for truth. Misinformation and lies have captured the castle." Scary but true from @Sulliview
Perspective | This was the week America lost the war on misinformation https://t.co/ephQOfyQD1

— Tom Jackman (@TomJackmanWP) July 30, 2020

This is a thread about Trump's "delay" tweet, democratic backsliding, and the importance of believing your own eyes & ears. It begins on Sunday, January 22, 2017, the first weekend of the Trump presidency. (1/14)

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 30, 2020

The news of the worst quarter in recorded history is what Mr. Trump is asking us to overlook today. https://t.co/c43AGPw68w

— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) July 30, 2020

Today's economic news:

The U.S. GDP collapsed and the four Big Tech companies reported blowout earnings.

It's rare that the story tells itself this well.

— Jack Nicas (@jacknicas) July 30, 2020

Economy in reverse: Initial jobless claims soar for second week, GDP falls by record 33 percent: It's the biggest economic contraction on record, dating to 1947. https://t.co/UzHjpIRuA8

— Jeffrey Levin 🇺🇦 (@jilevin) July 30, 2020

Forty lobbyists with ties to Trump helped clients secure a least $10,500,000,000 in federal coronavirus aid.

We cannot trust this corrupt administration to give out relief dollars to the people who truly need it. We must #StopCOVIDCorruption.https://t.co/F8j0pnc5uw

— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 30, 2020

Jaw-dropping and sickening: According to @KatherineEban @VanityFair, the White House DID actually come up with a decent national testing plan — until it was killed for political reasons, among them that the virus was then ravaging blue states https://t.co/8SRBa07HYZ

— Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) (@froomkin) July 30, 2020

This awful revelation is the one I’ve seen most distributed on Twitter. But every paragraph of this piece is equally damning. https://t.co/uiSDQCyLQw pic.twitter.com/9JZhqfyPjQ

— Emily Nussbaum (@emilynussbaum) July 30, 2020

U.S. government to launch 'overwhelming' COVID-19 vaccine campaign by November https://t.co/7aevUy6plJ pic.twitter.com/Cx6dd4mNsj

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020

It's official: every single district from Northern Virginia up I-95 through Maryland to the Pennsylvania state line is now starting the year fully remote. Well over one million schoolchildren. A remarkable shift from just a few weeks ago, when many districts were planning hybrid. https://t.co/4FUHO1W7to

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) July 30, 2020

Trump youth group begins deleting tweets mocking COVID-19 after co-founder dies from the virus https://t.co/McknODooAk

— Daily Kos (@dailykos) July 30, 2020

Herman Cain, a former Republican presidential candidate and supporter of President Trump, who refused to wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic, has died after contracting COVID-19 https://t.co/dZpDj6ePT0 pic.twitter.com/yAUF8uuJCQ

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020

The President says Herman Cain passed away “from a thing called the China virus” pic.twitter.com/hdDkeicNHm

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 30, 2020

BREAKING: Health Secretary Matt Hancock says members of separate households are banned from meeting each other indoors in Manchester, parts of Lancashire and parts of West Yorkshire from midnight tonight.

Read more: https://t.co/5redhm6WN8 pic.twitter.com/FyuTbbVnyL

— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 30, 2020

Confusion and exasperation as people across Greater Manchester react to new lockdown restrictions… there are so many unanswered questions https://t.co/9GtVUedGwz

— Manchester News MEN (@MENnewsdesk) July 30, 2020

You can meet at your family at the Schrodinger's Arms https://t.co/pmC8rpvPlr

— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) July 30, 2020

Mosques – subject to the known restrictions including social distancing – are not affected by the lockdown measures announced. This has been confirmed by the Director of Public Health in Manchester and Number 10.

Eid prayers are therefore still permitted. https://t.co/XOAVWCWcEI

— MCB (@MuslimCouncil) July 30, 2020

The UK's largest independent provider of social care says it no longer has access to regular testing for staff and residents because of an issue with a supplier used by the government https://t.co/oTleJfEeZF

— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 30, 2020

INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: is this really ‘massive success’ ⁦@BorisJohnson⁩ ? #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/xD2Qk04CCM

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 30, 2020

Johnson trying to give peerages to his ultra-rich mates who have poured money into the Tory party+leave organisations,except the Lords wouldn't let him🧐. We now await spiteful revenge of the narcissist who doesn't like people stopping him! 🧐 @telegraph https://t.co/0zJn90czt2

— mike roberts-millar 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 NHS🌈❤️HopeNotHate (@wisheart12) July 30, 2020

125.78 degrees at Kuwait International Airport, a planetary record

this is just 7° F less than the temperature in which the WHO recommends we cook food to destroy the cornonavirus

we are in a #ClimateEmergency https://t.co/gDfNGfrSGe

— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (@DoctorVive) July 30, 2020

A quarter of Bangladesh is now underwater

The average American produces 33x more carbon emissions than the average Bangladeshi.

Climate justice demands we act now https://t.co/iFDar4iPWv

— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) July 30, 2020

The four types of climate denier, and why you should ignore them all

– The shill, the grifter, the egomaniac and the ideological fool are all irrelevant to the serious global debate

Opinion piece by me#climatecrisishttps://t.co/m1R3kYKwtP

— Damian Carrington (@dpcarrington) July 30, 2020

Pentagon task force to release new report on UFO encounters @tomforemancnn reports https://t.co/ba1RhA2vx7 pic.twitter.com/7TTPDxAJTt

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

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States closed the Chinese consulate in Houston because it was a ‘den of spies’ https://t.co/cZ705HmNtm pic.twitter.com/iofdiTB8U0

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 30, 2020

Hong Kong police signaled their intent to enforce new Chinese national security law strictly, arresting four youths on suspicion of inciting secession through social media posts. https://t.co/nMOPtkcodX

— ABC News (@ABC) July 31, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: A tearful Amanda Staveley blames rival clubs and Premier League delays for Newcastle takeover withdrawal. She tells The Times she is "heartbroken". Interview and story with @Lawton_Times https://t.co/9Qu2ELAwK6

— Martyn Ziegler (@martynziegler) July 30, 2020

Sources close to the Saudis say Ashley tried to 'significantly renegotiate' the £300m deal at the last minute.

One of the reasons why they have pulled out today, as well as losing patience with the Premier League. #nufc

— David Coverdale (@dpcoverdale) July 30, 2020

Herd not seen: 15,000 cattle vanishhttps://t.co/b8nunsaP6u pic.twitter.com/cIWIVl7g3t

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) July 30, 2020

No rent assistance.
No food assistance.
No money to help state & local governments keep essential workers on payroll.

But $1.7 billion handout to rebuild the FBI building & help increase the property value of the nearby Trump hotel. https://t.co/0pfSxwl6or

— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) July 28, 2020

“You know what’s in this bill? No medical malpractice suits until 2024, even if they’re not COVID related” Sen. Schumer says of the GOP coronavirus relief plan. “This is a K Street, corporate lawyer wish list. And of course it’s not going to pass.”https://t.co/McnGu9BKmi

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 29, 2020

Rep. Clyburn says Republicans and Democrats remain “very, very far apart” on coronavirus relief package negotiations.

The GOP “put in $2 billion for the FBI building. What’s the emergency about that?”https://t.co/0UJwRrXVlr

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 29, 2020

Unemployment benefits are being slashed, but there is money for a new FBI building in the next COVID relief bill.

WH Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany this morning says $1.75 billion for a new FBI building is a “priority” for the president, but “not a dealbreaker.” pic.twitter.com/vKdXOF2xel

— The Recount (@therecount) July 29, 2020

The GOP coronavirus bill has $1.75b for a new FBI building in its present location so as to block a potential competitor to the Trump Hotel, and 100% deduction for business meals (which would benefit Trump's hotels). But not a cent for safe and secure elections this November.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 27, 2020

Mitch McConnell on @NewsHour says "about 20 of our members think that we've already done enough" and don't want to spend more money on coronavirus aid.

That's 20 hard NOs in the Senate GOP no matter what's in the deal. A difficult place to negotiate from.

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) July 29, 2020

Overall, the Republican coronavirus relief proposal stuffs $8,000,000,000 into Pentagon weapons systems built by defense contractors like Boeing, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics — corporate titans that sit atop the Washington influence industry. https://t.co/PvVy2cIOAH

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 29, 2020

Trump administration wants West Wing remodel money in coronavirus relief bill https://t.co/84eLp4BUqV

— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) July 29, 2020

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his family received between $11 million and $24 million from a federal coronavirus economic relief program. His luxury resort received up to $10 million, but did not promise to retain jobs because of the loan. https://t.co/ob8WDmkAZc

— ProPublica (@propublica) July 26, 2020

The federal debt has jumped *$6.6 trillion* since Trump took office 3 1/2 years ago.

And the GOP's fiscal hawks are suddenly back worried about the debt.https://t.co/tg8iijpPYa

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) July 29, 2020

The CEOS of four Big Tech companies disputed accusations of stifling competition during a House committee hearing. But the heads of Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple sometimes struggled to answer pointed questions about their business practices.https://t.co/8TnzfjG5qe

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2020

The tech hearing devolves into chaos after @RepMGS says, "I would like to redirect your attention to anti-trust law rather than fringe conspiracy theories," prompting Jim Jordan to start shouting about Russiagate conspiracy theories pic.twitter.com/2pZHMeFF49

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 29, 2020

“Mr Bezos you’re on mute”

What a time. pic.twitter.com/INxhGs9OLM

— Mark Di Stefano (@MarkDiStef) July 29, 2020

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing him to abruptly cancel his plan to travel to his home state with President Trump aboard Air Force One, a House Republican aide said. https://t.co/Cs8z4RmS9Y

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 29, 2020

JUST IN: Barr to be tested for coronavirus after interaction with Gohmert https://t.co/GQINKqSfB0 pic.twitter.com/DRFkZ0tewV

— The Hill (@thehill) July 29, 2020

My daughter went to get a test yesterday and they told her 10-14 days. But I get it, she barely ever tries to destroy our democracy, so what does her test matter?

— 𝙹𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚒𝚎’𝚜 𝙶𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝙱𝚞𝚗 (@FreeGirlNowNYC) July 29, 2020

A look at how Barr misled Congress and the public about Roger Stone and other matters. https://t.co/bh1K8o0hDT via @MotherJones

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 29, 2020

Tyranny check! Deploying federal agents in 2020 vs. 2014 pic.twitter.com/2nku27Tq78

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 29, 2020

LOL, I love when he says “Enjoy!” like he’s already working at Applebee’s 😂 https://t.co/vWMCRksO0G

— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) July 29, 2020

Can anyone think of a more honest slogan? Has-been Britain, Broken Britain, Delusional Britain… https://t.co/bpBRjDKCvH

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) July 29, 2020

UK car production falls 42% to lowest level since 1954 https://t.co/n5HhZmveIk

— Financial Times (@FT) July 29, 2020

Me in the Guardian on Ireland's current moment of political adulation, lasagne paired with coleslaw, and the joy of being compared to Britain's insane banana republic of malevolent toffs. https://t.co/wH7cl42UjN

— The author, Séamas O'Reilly (@shockproofbeats) July 29, 2020

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— Cold War Steve (@coldwarsteve) July 29, 2020

New Guardian piece: now is the time to push for a healthier and more resilient Britain.https://t.co/Pe6NqAC1Re

— Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) July 29, 2020

I really hope that someone or some organisation in Cardiff, can help this woman whose letter we are publishing in the paper tomorrow, because it is heartbreaking pic.twitter.com/1Ca46AqCpa

— Rhiannon L Cosslett (@rhiannonlucyc) July 29, 2020

No agreed scientific definition of second wave. WHO: “It’s going to be one big wave. It’s going to go up and down a bit. The best thing is to flatten it and turn it into just something lapping at your feet.” https://t.co/Lkx3BVuTDE

— Brian Groom (@GroomB) July 29, 2020

Trump's decision to withdraw US Forces from Germany shows a broad lack of strategic understanding. It sends the wrong signal to our adversaries and leaves our allies vulnerable in the face of increasing global threats. It's simply unacceptable https://t.co/5J0hyFnoMi

— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) July 29, 2020

A special gift to Putin and a blow to NATO. ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ is not playing on America’s team.

US to withdraw nearly 12,000 troops from Germany in move that will cost billions and take years – CNNPolitics https://t.co/vAcr8IPLgl

— Susan Rice (@AmbassadorRice) July 29, 2020

Has China won the battle for Hong Kong? On “The Economist Asks”, @AnneMcElvoy talks to Regina Ip, a pro-Beijing member of Hong Kong’s Executive Council, and @nathanlawkc, a leading pro-democracy activist https://t.co/ZaUZoAITs7

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 29, 2020

"When people resist law enforcement, they're not peaceful." – Attorney General Barr pic.twitter.com/tD84jURvwz

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) July 28, 2020

Rep. Jayapal to AG Barr: "When protesters carry guns and Confederate flags and swastikas" and call for violence against MI gov., "somehow you didn't know about it, so you didn't send federal agents to do to the president's supporters what you did to the president's protesters." pic.twitter.com/4fnyAuryp0

— ABC News (@ABC) July 28, 2020

Bill Barr refuses to categorically condemn video of a Navy veteran who was protesting in Portland being brutally beaten by federal forces pic.twitter.com/xlgeILLmdV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 28, 2020

Barr seems to be having issues again as he raises his voice to say “the judge agreed with me” pic.twitter.com/lW6hl4ltPW

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 28, 2020

Bill Barr may just have committed perjury in saying the President never asked him to intervene in any case. There are a lot of people who have heard conversations and they will eventually be called in some forum to confirm or deny this.

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) July 28, 2020

This statement seems like it could come back to haunt the AG should it be proven he’s lying pic.twitter.com/FFJLV8eoki

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 28, 2020

More on "things Barr laughably claims not to know" https://t.co/vriF5rXkTd

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 28, 2020

Chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission apparently responding to Barr's hesitant answer when he asked if foreign contributions to US electoral campaigns are illegal. https://t.co/s6o1SEgPHK

— Jonathan Landay (@JonathanLanday) July 28, 2020

The most telling answer Barr gave was on the large donations he’s made to GOPers over the years

'You’re surprised to find out I’m a Republican,' he quipped

The normal (fake) answer would be: "I put politics aside after my confirmation."

But Barr doesn’t care about appearance

— Sam Stein (@samstein) July 28, 2020

"It is so sad to watch what has happened to the Justice Department,” @neal_katyal says following AG Barr's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. "Barr was partisan, he was evasive, and he was selective."https://t.co/j1DBaDiJfs

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 28, 2020

You probably know you’re going to hell when Jim Jordan tells you you’re doing God’s work.

— Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, News Guild (@DanRodricks) July 28, 2020

As @JohnJHarwood just said @CNNSitRoom “Let’s be honest, the president – in the middle of a deadly pandemic – is functioning at the level of a child. And not even a child who is connected to reality.”

He alone can launch a nuclear war whenever he wants. No one can stop him. pic.twitter.com/7oLKkAunn2

— Joe Cirincione (@Cirincione) July 28, 2020

Trump falsely claims that large portions of the country are "corona-free" pic.twitter.com/Fgn6bHIMC0

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 28, 2020

THREAD: On today's VP call with governors, Dr. Deborah Birx sounded the alarm with some dire warnings for states that are in the task force-defined “yellow zone” for cases and test positivity, which, she said, are different from outbreaks across the country earlier this year.

— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) July 28, 2020

Definitely part of an organized effort to shift the blame for Trump’s tragic failure over COVID, which has led to tens of thousands and more of unnecessary lives to Fauci and Dems. I expect more of what will be a massive reckless misinformation and disinformation campaign.

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 28, 2020

So not only does he get to bail out Kodak, but gives them enough free cash to create a whole new company in a whole new industry that they've never been a part of. This sound wrong to anyone else? https://t.co/cFSS5zb59A

— Russell Foster A New Texas (@RussellFosterTX) July 28, 2020

The @SEC_Enforcement should immediately investigate everyone who purchased @Kodak stock in the last few weeks and see who's personally connected to @realDonaldTrump and his family… #Kodak #Trump https://t.co/UDpd2ut7vd

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) July 28, 2020

BREAKING by @kenvogel⁩: House Dems are investigating the role a White House lawyer and former gun lobbyist played in lifting a ban on silencer sales to foreign buyers, which could endanger US troops while generating $250M per year for silencer companies https://t.co/AJ8YeYHfnz

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 28, 2020

The Trump campaign is accused of laundering $170 million https://t.co/yWohNfwBYY

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 28, 2020

NBC News: The United States coronavirus death toll has surpassed 150,000.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 28, 2020

For two months, Americans have watched their loved ones die and get sick. Millions have lost jobs, and now millions face eviction. And for two months McConnell has been laser-focused on making sure you can’t sue your boss for catching the plague at work. https://t.co/XGbEITSyac

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 28, 2020

The Republican coronavirus relief bill includes some $8 billion for the Pentagon, including funds that would go toward programs cut by Trump in order to pay for the border wall. https://t.co/iF5WgWyX4o

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 28, 2020

The Cult of Selfishness Is Killing America https://t.co/GjcGVpQe5Q

— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) July 28, 2020

The Miami Marlins have at least 17 confirmed coronavirus cases and will not play again until Monday at the earliest, throwing MLB’s schedule into turmoil https://t.co/orSiEOg4oa

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

President Trump’s announcement last week that he’d be throwing the opening pitch at a Yankees game on Aug. 15 shocked his own staffers and the New York team—because it hadn’t actually been scheduled https://t.co/MT8EzaTlb5

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 28, 2020

There has not been a Black majority owned pro baseball team in decades. That changed today with Brandon Bellamy's purchase of the Atlantic League's expansion Gastonia franchise. https://t.co/bQxnZ4x98k

— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) July 28, 2020

Brexit will deliver double shock to UK economy.
All made in 10 Downing Street.
Still awaiting the UK government's assessment of the economic/social impact of a NO DEAL with the EU. Madness to have no deal with the biggest trading block in the world.https://t.co/ObWFMaBrf9

— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) July 28, 2020

Frost like his boss seems to be some sort of populist thug. Hope they tell him where to go. https://t.co/TpYs7ozlDG

— Shown (@northernlad18) July 28, 2020

Unfettered pork-barrel politics is on the way. https://t.co/5ZYCFTJIDf

— Ian Lucas (@IanCLucas) July 28, 2020

Full story from Lords: Post-Brexit checks for Northern Ireland may deter British firms such as Tesco, warns Lord Kerr https://t.co/IKip1YIuWq

— Lisa O'Carroll (@lisaocarroll) July 28, 2020

Every time Johnson Government waffles on about NI's integral place in UK Internal Market and guarantee of unfettered trade with Great Britain, this Commission summary of what businesses need to prepare for under Tories' "Great Brexit Deal" acts as a very effective lie detector: pic.twitter.com/Bm5CjHmGjv

— Michael Dougan (@mdouganlpool) July 28, 2020

Hong Kong property tycoon pitches new city idea to Ireland https://t.co/JHAQlwT7Mn

— Clifford Coonan (@cliffordcoonan) July 28, 2020

GOVERNMENT HEALTH WARNING: Keep eating junk food and you could end up looking like Boris Johnson. 🍔🤡🍟

Damn!😳The Govt's latest #Obesity ad is surprisingly effective. pic.twitter.com/HDH9gg16Ha

— El Christo (@ElRaynerista) July 28, 2020

Boris Johnson's Great Spaffometer – Byline Times https://t.co/V13rOHwelf

— Byline Times (@BylineTimes) July 28, 2020

The successful applicant is likely rapidly to become a household name when they start to answer questions at regular press conferences at 9 Downing St from October addressing what are expected to be large TV audiences on news channels, social media and YouTube.

— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) July 28, 2020

226,783 new #covid19 cases globally in @WHO sitrep.
4,153 new #covid19 deaths.

More than 650,000 deaths already reported to WHO in this pandemic. Think back to January and how shocked you would have been. pic.twitter.com/KJM3sHd7ZI

— Kai Kupferschmidt (@kakape) July 28, 2020

The country's president has blamed food and drinks companies for leaving the Mexican population susceptible to the virus https://t.co/klgmPyS7JX

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 28, 2020

Argentina has reported its first cases of Covid-19 at port terminals that ship soy meal and oil to the rest of the world https://t.co/9WnWR9upj1

— Bloomberg (@business) July 28, 2020

Malta says 65 rescued migrants test positive for COVID-19 https://t.co/6RqnWjQdfp pic.twitter.com/6DPXUmPnNH

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 28, 2020

Iran blasts dummy US aircraft carrier with missiles https://t.co/aXh49uy7le

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 28, 2020

Very few American news organizations report from #Afghanistan. Stars and Stripes does. It's a valued news organization. #SaveStarsAndStripes. @RepRubenGallego @JohnBoozman @LindseyGrahamSC @SenShelby @dabeard @robertburnsAP https://t.co/1q3Pa0JVrA

— Bob Reid (@rhreid) July 28, 2020

Scientists revive ancient microbes, that had been in a dormant state for more than 100m years, from the sea https://t.co/bbgwGSIjBX

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 28, 2020

President Trump says he does not plan to pay respects to Rep. John Lewis lying in state in the US Capitol.https://t.co/nDoofhs9hP

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 27, 2020

It used to be an honor for the President to attend one's funeral.

There's a whole lot of prominent people who died in the past 3.5 years who didn't want trump to attend their funeral.

Let's hope he doesn't show up at Rep. John Lewis' funeral either.

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

imagine being such a loathsome piece of shit that you're not welcome at a civil rights legend's funeral

— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 26, 2020

President Trump on Monday mounted his most forceful and detailed legal attack yet on the subpoena for his tax returns by the Manhattan district attorney, arguing the request was “wildly overbroad” and “issued in bad faith,” a new court filing showshttps://t.co/1MXJlX2o9X

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 27, 2020

Trump sure doesn’t want those Deutsche Bank records getting out. They’re coming tho. https://t.co/TfLO0d8fJN

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) July 27, 2020

It's no longer a question of if Trump is hiding something in his tax returns, it's a question of what he's hiding https://t.co/DJ812FShdD

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 27, 2020

Put your hands high if you think #SaudiTrump is part of what we'll find in Trump's taxes. pic.twitter.com/OCuCT8orMq

— Chip Franklin.com (@chipfranklin) July 27, 2020

New polls show his pandemic response is one of the major things dragging the president down. But doing anything about it is antithetical to his personality https://t.co/iMC8evRSsS

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 27, 2020

Seems like what finally got Donald Trump’s attention with #coronavirus was the toll it was taking among “our people” in GOP states. https://t.co/XqCDNGWcoX pic.twitter.com/nRih2psnAy

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 27, 2020

"There is nothing conservative about unconstitutional police activity, and there is nothing conservative about unilateral federal intervention in state affairs. Those are the acts of an authoritarian," @RosenzweigP and @arthurrizer write: https://t.co/JlyoceHcV5

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) July 27, 2020

A few weeks ago @realDonaldTrump⁩ and Bill Barr beat up and pepper sprayed peaceful protestors for a photo op.
The truth comes out.

National Guard major will dispute top administration officials over decision to clear protesters near White House. https://t.co/FqFhNdUq1K

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) July 27, 2020

Throughout his tenure, William Barr has been on a largely unchecked spree of corruption.

Tomorrow, for the first time, he will have to answer questions in the House Judiciary Committee. Here are my five things Barr must be pressed on, for ⁦@CNN⁩: https://t.co/9Lf4yJT8Xv

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) July 27, 2020

Oh yeah, they have 2+ years to spend the money on these new fighter jets. Nothing says responding to the urgency of this current crisis like buying a fighter jet in 2022, amiright?!

— Stephen Miles (@SPMiles42) July 27, 2020

You see, kids, the FBI has long wanted to build a new HQ campus out in Maryland or Virginia. But the GOP language specifies it must be in DC. Which means they'll most likely stay right across from Trump's only profitable hotel. Preventing the lot from becoming a competing hotel. https://t.co/rQvctokdxq

— zeddy (@Zeddary) July 27, 2020

The Republican Party.

$1000 “business” dinner at Trump golf club? Fully deductible!

$1000 in unemployment benefits per month? Too generous!

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 27, 2020

Here's how the eviction crisis will impact each state. https://t.co/Yl5aDvu2Ar pic.twitter.com/1v2DjrS4sy

— CNBC (@CNBC) July 27, 2020

It will be just more of our money given to corporations and rich people. #mondaythoughts #GOPScams

Trump Friends and Family Cleared for Millions in Small Business Bailout https://t.co/O1ZvCSXH2R

— 🇺🇦Robert M (@rob11563@mastodon.coffee) 🇺🇦 (@rob11563) July 27, 2020

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— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) July 27, 2020

I really can't exaggerate how much, when I signed up for Twitter in 2009, it was viewed by everyone as a silly sideshow, a way for journalists to waste time & procrastinate. The idea that it would ever *matter*, actually play a role in world events, was utterly ludicrous.

— David Roberts (@drvolts) July 27, 2020

Schools need to follow the MLB’s lead and confidently open for 5 days before realizing how fucking stupid this country is.

— Matt Somerstein (@MPSomerstein) July 27, 2020

Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too. -Yogi Berra pic.twitter.com/UGRujNVy8A

— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) July 27, 2020

Boris Johnson says "I was too fat" as he launches anti-obesity campaign https://t.co/NdQDEJ9ezC

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 27, 2020

Boris Johnson the floppy haired frontman is PM only in name. Gove and Cummings run the government. Seventeen years after the Iraq calamity the Neo-Cons are back running Britain. My new column for Middle East Eye:https://t.co/71Odi2rNRs

— Peter Oborne (@OborneTweets) July 27, 2020

23rd March -> all the info was clear on how to respond best. https://t.co/8oo3oZz5Re

— Prof. Devi Sridhar (@devisridhar) July 25, 2020

Pet cat diagnosed with Covid-19, UK government confirms https://t.co/NAbGakEZNk

— The Guardian (@guardian) July 27, 2020

I see we’ve reached the ‘baboons armed with chainsaws’ stage of the pandemic pic.twitter.com/cAHxAcZmhz

— Patrick Smith (@psmith) July 26, 2020

China reports its highest number of local Covid-19 infections since the country brought coronavirus largely under control in Marchhttps://t.co/uofHj4iyHc pic.twitter.com/6w8H60ROVl

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 27, 2020

Highly recommend reading @PeterBeinart + @DavidKlion's new pieces back to back. https://t.co/H0z4MioGqE

— Esfandyar Batmanghelidj (@yarbatman) July 27, 2020

If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention | @carolecadwalla https://t.co/bdufxCDGOC

— Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix) July 26, 2020

BREAKING: Another year. Google will keep its employees home until at least July, 2021 @WSJ

— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) July 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on the world’s youngest, as hunger kills 10,000 children more a month in the virus’ first year, UN analysis finds. https://t.co/4yDj0Mh63D

— The Associated Press (@AP) July 27, 2020