Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not denied reports of a BYOB party in his backyard at 10 Downing Street in May 2020, with as many as 100 invitees, when the British public was being told not to socialize with more than one person outside of their families. https://t.co/pLdAg89cGs

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 11, 2022

MAIL: Is the party over for PM? #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/psMuGyQQBX

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 11, 2022

YouGov / Sky News poll

Do you think Boris Johnson should resign from his role as PM

56% Should resign
27% Should remain in his role
17% Don't know

5,931 GB adults surveyed today, Jan 11

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) January 11, 2022

On 11 May 2020, nine days before Downing St’s bring-your-own-booze party, @BorisJohnson increased the fines for those who broke the lockdown rules pic.twitter.com/XurKagv2tl

— Robert Peston (@Peston) January 11, 2022

Conservative MP Nigel Mills tells @TimesRadio tonight:

“I would say anybody who organised or willingly attended a party at that time can't possibly stay in position.”

Including Boris Johnson.

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) January 11, 2022

My bit on the latest bombshell Downing Street party revelation https://t.co/7gg6kRF83R

— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) January 11, 2022

On the day Boris Johnson hosted an illegal party in Downing Street, @MetPoliceUK posted a tweet laying out the law. Time for a criminal investigation (Location: Scotland Yard) pic.twitter.com/XM94p2Rvvo

— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) January 11, 2022

Prefect representation of performative public lying both as metaphor and action https://t.co/XFbVZ7176q

— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) January 11, 2022

Dear @BorisJohnson and Co, this is what’s meant by ‘leading by example’. pic.twitter.com/akwqeEH8FM

— Rebecca Front (@RebeccaFront) January 11, 2022

We have today written to @10DowningStreet regarding @BorisJohnson response to the news of the events of 20 May 2020.

A full copy of our letter is below. pic.twitter.com/aPPJ2TExFV

— Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK (@CovidJusticeUK) January 11, 2022

📽️ If he won't go, he must be removed. It's as simple as that. The Tory backbenchers need to find a back bone and quickly. @BorisJohnson lacks any moral authority to govern. The longer he stays in office the worse this will get. pic.twitter.com/nvZOtPmC2Y

— Ian Blackford (@Ianblackford_MP) January 11, 2022

This is what made him one of the leading counsel of his generation. Classic court room play out coming.

— Shown (@northernlad18) January 11, 2022

https://t.co/JQE9EKXVxb

— Steve (@SteveMcGookin) January 11, 2022

"I'm tired of being quiet!" President Biden says that he backs changing Senate rules to allow action on Democrats' voting rights legislation. https://t.co/vp3lTSBw6L

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 11, 2022

“Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?”

— President Biden urges lawmakers to support voting rights legislation pic.twitter.com/cIpacwOFyq

— The Recount (@therecount) January 11, 2022

JUST IN: President Biden says the Senate has "no option" but to change filibuster rules if Republicans block voting rights legislation. https://t.co/8pbaeUhnJi

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 11, 2022

Biden points out that 16 *current* Republican Senators voted to approve the last voting rights act and questions why so many of them seem to have lost their voices now.

— Angry Staffer (@Angry_Staffer) January 11, 2022

Activists Boycott Biden Speech, Citing Lack Of Progress On Voting https://t.co/FDMhC695S6

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 11, 2022

Crucial point by Biden: GOP states passing new voter suppression laws by simple majority vote but Senate requires bipartisan supermajority to protect voting rights

"The US Senate should be able to protect voting rights with a simple majority" he says

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 11, 2022

Breaking: As Biden speaks NC state court upholds extreme gerrymandered maps, including US House map giving GOP 71-78% of seats in state Trump won with 49.9% of vote. This is exactly the kind of partisan & racial gerrymandering Freedom to Vote Act would block

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) January 11, 2022

The fight for voting rights takes persistence. As MLK exhorted, “The clock of destiny is ticking out. We must act now before it is too late.” Thank you, @POTUS, for refusing to relent until the work is finished. Welcome back to Georgia where we get good done. #FTVA #JLVRAA

— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) January 10, 2022

If you just watched @POTUS speak in Georgia then you know the future of our democracy is at stake.

Democracy is on the docket.https://t.co/8iFP5fL7em

— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) January 11, 2022

Talk is cheap. Vote for the voting rights bills.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) January 10, 2022

If the 80 million people who voted for Biden said we are going to boycott Fox News sponsors as well as corporate contributors to radical right zealots it would reduce polarization! https://t.co/r4DAlDJDQK

— John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) January 7, 2022

Record turnout in the 2020 election should be viewed as good news for democracy.
Instead, Republicans see it as a threat to their power.
They know they can't win if so many people vote. And so they're assaulting our election system.

— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) January 11, 2022

Email proves Downing Street staff held drinks party at height of lockdown

100 people invited
40 attended

Less than 1 hr before the drinks, Oliver Dowden had reminded the rest of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 at the daily press conference that they must only meet in pairs outdoors https://t.co/iuLSFWCySW

— Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺 (@fascinatorfun) January 10, 2022

Tuesday's Daily Mail: "Boris rocked by new party revelations" #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/mCgSlr4SuD pic.twitter.com/BJSEHb4WQS

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 10, 2022

Tweeted April 2020 pic.twitter.com/LS0yCByy6P

— brendanbelfast 🇪🇺 (@brendanbelfast) January 10, 2022

If he was furious about the one his staff joked about, he'll be livid about the one he was at. pic.twitter.com/PmXIOa9WUQ

— THE SECRET TORY (@secrettory12) January 10, 2022

And given there are cameras on the Downing Street garden it’s a bit weird the police didn’t move in to close down an illegal party

— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) January 10, 2022

Civil servant Sue Gray is having to investigate very senior civil service colleagues and the Prime Minister. Their futures largely sit in her hands. Can she can do that without any regard to her own position and working relationships?

— Krishnan Guru-Murthy (@krishgm) January 10, 2022

Let me put this politely: it is not *entirely clear* why the Prime Minister needs to wait for Sue Gray's report to find out if he went to a party in his own garden

— Gavin Barwell (@GavinBarwell) January 10, 2022

Dominic Cummings could have sat in the Rose Garden & said he was the world hula-hooping champion & Boris Johnson & the rest would have backed him, because they knew what he knew https://t.co/xuXp8A2loi

— Toby Earle (@TobyonTV) January 10, 2022

If only there was an explanation. https://t.co/T5DxmftX0Y

— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) January 10, 2022

Johnson has created a complicity in rule-breaking in those around him.

"No ethical leadership from the top… [increases] the likelihood of these things happening further down the chain from people who say 'well, the boss isn’t concerned about the rules'"pic.twitter.com/FnoD7wAYib

— Hardeep Matharu (@Hardeep_Matharu) December 10, 2021

Now you must simply stand up in HoC and state clearly that #Johnson lied to the House on 8 Dec. No equivocation, no parliamentary courtesies. https://t.co/WUkAY2ER3t

— John Ritchie (@JohnRitchie3) January 10, 2022

If you listen carefully to Oliver Dowden on the same afternoon as the No 10 party telling us we can only meet one person outdoors, you can hear the party already. pic.twitter.com/D6slCI3QdG

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 10, 2022

https://t.co/RyB9qdAszO

— Irish Agreement (@irishagreement) January 10, 2022

Tuesday's Mirror: "No 10 party email bombshell: Invite to do what you like" #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/mCgSlrmtTd pic.twitter.com/lD0BflQqNw

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 10, 2022

“To make matters worse, in Sep I sat in that same garden, looked the PM in the eyes & told him how my dad had died. He told me he had ‘done everything he could’ to protect my dad, knowing he had partied in that same spot the very day that dad’s death certificate was signed.”2/2

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) January 10, 2022

"It is not surprising to me that some people be might having a drink after work, having a party is a completely different thing."

Conservative MP Philip Dunne on the alleged Downing Street garden party#Newsnight https://t.co/vZ0vTR0nlD pic.twitter.com/GMedvtAL0i

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) January 10, 2022

Presumably Boris Johnson's having a desperate phone around this evening to see which Minister fancies a cheeky peerage in exchange for being butchered on the morning news shows tomorrow.

— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) January 10, 2022

Whoever is the Minister doing tomorrow’s early media round must be hoping they’ll spend the whole morning stuck in a lift.

— David Gauke (@DavidGauke) January 10, 2022

I’m told the Brexit Opportunities Unit is to merge with the Unicorn Breeding Programme and come under the direct control of the Boris Johnson Department of Ethics in Government. https://t.co/dNG8kSvom4

— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) January 10, 2022

Tell us: what should the Queen’s platinum pudding be? https://t.co/32ThcdeSNh

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 10, 2022

Inventing puddings and planting trees are just some of the things Britons are invited to do for Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, events to mark her 70th anniversary on the throne https://t.co/lNDlvnGI03 pic.twitter.com/LwKiG7bkzd

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 10, 2022

Buckingham Palace is planning a military parade and neighborhood parties in June to celebrate the queen's platinum jubilee, but many are hoping we can celebrate the imprisonment of Prince Andrew instead x

— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@BBCLauraKT) January 10, 2022

The anti-monarchy group Republic is set to launch a campaign titled 'Not another 70' to coincide with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee https://t.co/2LBdokOW3b

— The National (@ScotNational) January 10, 2022

"Will the minister take steps to encourage public broadcasters to play the national anthem?"

Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell says singing the national anthem creates "unity and pride" and should be played during the year of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. pic.twitter.com/0zlz4AekSB

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 6, 2022

That Tory MP who wants the BBC to play the National Anthem every night 1st raised the idea 5 years ago – Newsnight reaction was brilliant… pic.twitter.com/V0LAPRoQj0

— Josef O'Shea (@josefoshea) January 6, 2022

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

— CNBC (@CNBC) January 8, 2022

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

— Bloomberg (@business) January 8, 2022

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

— caitlin broadway (@caitlinbroadway) January 9, 2022

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

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

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

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

— Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) January 9, 2022

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

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

Reminder that "the unvaccinated" includes kids

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

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

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

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

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

— The Hill (@thehill) January 9, 2022

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

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

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 9, 2022

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

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) January 9, 2022

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

— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 9, 2022

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

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 9, 2022

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

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) January 9, 2022

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

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

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

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 9, 2022

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

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) January 9, 2022

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

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 9, 2022

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

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

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

— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) January 9, 2022

Exclusive

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

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

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

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

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

— Will Thorpe (@withorpe) January 9, 2022

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

— Tim Bale (@ProfTimBale) January 8, 2022

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

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

FFS Brexit commentators.

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

It's not about *actually triggering*

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

Nothing. Else. Matters.

— Jon Worth (@jonworth) January 9, 2022

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

— David Henig (@DavidHenigUK) January 9, 2022

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

— George Parker (@GeorgeWParker) January 9, 2022

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

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

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

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

— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) January 8, 2022

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

— Andrew (@AGJB1958) January 9, 2022

Huge if true. pic.twitter.com/RiieKOnmWy

— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) January 9, 2022

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

— Brian Moore (@brianmoore666) January 9, 2022

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

— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) January 9, 2022

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

— Andrew Winslet (@andrew_winslet) January 9, 2022

UK first country in Europe to pass 150,000 Covid deaths, figures show https://t.co/UOwPd3e5xR

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) January 9, 2022

We’re the first country in Europe to pass through this milestone of 150,000 Covid deaths.

It’s been a story of tragic mismanagement, repeatedly— causing surges at the outset and in winter 2020/21 in particular. Plus failures to get systems fixed when death rates were slow. pic.twitter.com/64JqoumwRt

— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 9, 2022

The shock when you realise the UK is the 7th country to pass 150,000 deaths to Covid and that 5 of the 6 other countries have at least more than double our population….

— Laraine J (@elrington1952) January 8, 2022

🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Free lateral flow tests face the axe under plans for living with Covid which Boris Johnson will announce within weeks https://t.co/8aWjrAgT1l

— The Sunday Times (@thesundaytimes) January 8, 2022

Nothing should surprise us from the Govt of @BorisJohnson but the threat of removing free lateral flow tests is madness. These tests are an important defence to help restrain the growth of cases. This would be highly irresponsible. https://t.co/hRt5RPjVTM

— Ian Blackford (@Ianblackford_MP) January 8, 2022

The bleakest and most brutal of milestones. A monument to pandemic mismanagement 💔 https://t.co/vjMwAHNTCo

— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) January 8, 2022

Cutting self-isolation to five days would be "helpful", former vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi says https://t.co/JQE8CbnDgI

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) January 9, 2022

Embarrassing
Shocking #coviduk #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/tiexSWfgEH

— Liberal15 ⭐⭐ (@Liberal151) January 1, 2022

And yet strangely the bbc prefers this. There is good international data on mask wearing but erg led government wriggle to avoid mitigations. Covid: Evidence on face masks in schools 'inconclusive' https://t.co/Wm441f03SX

— Janet (@JanetSouthCoast) January 8, 2022

Latest government Covid-19 strategy pic.twitter.com/v493fkFZGd

— Tim Barraclough 😷🐑 (@barraclough_tim) January 9, 2022

🔺 NEW: Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie, are accused of attending a “booze-up” in the garden of No 10 that broke Covid rules during the first lockdown https://t.co/5HuGJEEsPh

— The Sunday Times (@thesundaytimes) January 8, 2022

My bit on Lord Geidt’s latest investigation into Boris Johnson’s flat refurb. Truly, a great exhibition https://t.co/98RhOX0LSM

— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) January 8, 2022

Etonocracy: How One Public School Came to Dominate Public Life – Byline Times https://t.co/7W4EnINJHH

— James robertson (@jimmytheplant) January 9, 2022

"All the forces that propelled Boris Johnson are still going to be there, including mainstream media, regardless of whether he leaves."@BylineTimesPod with @GoldbergRadio hears from @Hardeep_Matharu @peterjukes https://t.co/WV3oHz4sGg

— Byline Times Podcast (@BylineTimesPod) January 9, 2022

“The kiss of the vampire” Matthew Parris at his absolute best. Accurate & honest. Speaking truth to power.

“Johnson leaves a scar on all who deal with him” https://t.co/IJQt2pJws5

— Anna Soubry (@Anna_Soubry) January 8, 2022

Do you really think so? I think there are two (loud) extremes but (like Brexit) most people are somewhere in the middle and just trying to muddle through all of this.

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) January 9, 2022

comical without meaning to be

— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) January 9, 2022

ARMANDO IANNUCCI 'I always thought myself as in favour of preserving the union, but I can see exactly why people in Scotland have had enough… I get it… Emotionally why wouldn't Scotland go independent if the alternative was more Boris Johnson & Farage on your television?' pic.twitter.com/m9JOqTmdjH

— Independent Voices (@Celebs4indy) January 8, 2022

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warns she is prepared to unilaterally override parts of the post-Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland if the negotiations she is newly leading failhttps://t.co/LiF3xG2JHf

— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) January 9, 2022

But let me be clear.

Boris Johnson has *already* signed up to this in an international agreement.

And YOU voted for it. pic.twitter.com/glGc37JzUJ

— Deirdre Heenan (@deirdreheenan) January 8, 2022

But the problem here @J_Donaldson_MP is you did not consent to the backstop either and there clearly has to be a demarcation somewhere. The Protocol does not change the constitutional integrity of the UK and NI’s place within it. *Only* a border poll would/could do that https://t.co/C5NkMoxkYv

— Simon Hoare MP (@Simon4NDorset) January 9, 2022

Patrick Murphy: Although Jeffrey Donaldson may not resemble Julius Caesar, either in appearance or leadership style, he too might be well advised to beware the Ides of March #premium https://t.co/SqejWgsuVV

— The Irish News (@irish_news) January 8, 2022

My piece on the DUP and its welcome for a revival of traditional sectarianism: North’s politics take a dark turn as Catholics ‘get way above themselves’ https://t.co/TyY9YPceLG

— Susan McKay (@SusanMcKay15) January 8, 2022

Having now read the written diarrhoea by Hoey. It is so obvious that what those of privilege truly fear, is, the manifestation of an incipient Irish democracy embracing demonstrable equitable equality & enabling an improved quality of life for the majority of Citizens here.

— Glenn Bradley (@BradleyGJ) January 5, 2022

.@MaddowBlog: The economy created nearly as many jobs in President Biden's first as were created in each of former President Trump's first three years combined. https://t.co/mDkTd40hYs

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 7, 2022

12 months ago the unemployment rate was 6.7%

today, 3.9%

we've never seen anything like this in US history.

if Biden were Republican, press would put him on Mt Rushmore

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 7, 2022

Made the mistake of turning on @CNN while driving, and they opened the hour trashing Biden for the economy. Mind you they did the same on gas prices on the way up only (he has almost no control over this). Unemployment is at a half century low and record wage growth. JFC people!

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 7, 2022

Breaking News: U.S. employers added only 199,000 jobs in December as hiring slowed and the economy stumbled, even before Omicron threatened the labor market.https://t.co/Tp0XMQ6FRh

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2022

Which newsrooms are trying to make the economy look bad? https://t.co/wZJVCHwM09 via @froomkin

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) January 8, 2022

I don’t understand the discrepancy this article was Jan 5th 800k jobs added. https://t.co/npwG83gNyK

— peace, love & voter rights (@Bidenwonthnkgod) January 7, 2022

Under President Biden, the economy has created more jobs per month than under any other President – ever. pic.twitter.com/yAQING1tT8

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) January 7, 2022

conclusive proof that a bigger stimulus would have fixed the economy in a year or so after 2008. instead we got a lost decade https://t.co/3FXySQI3Fs

— ryan cooper (@ryanlcooper) January 7, 2022

Perspective: The Supreme Court has strict covid rules. Will it let OSHA protect other workers? https://t.co/uyFuMvBXWu

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 7, 2022

Ahead of this morning's #SCOTUS arguments on OSHA and CMS vaccine rules, @ASlavitt and his counterpart from the Bush admin weigh in:

We both led Medicare and Medicaid. Biden’s vaccine mandate for health-care workers must stand. https://t.co/HbPdFHv5wr

— Josh Dorner (@JoshDorner) January 7, 2022

Always dangerous to try to crystal ball off of oral argument, but there seem to be at least 5 votes for the mandate; or more precisely, against blocking the OSHA vaccine mandate from going into effect, while litigation on the merits continues. https://t.co/UKOos8XMR8

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 7, 2022

This morning Tucker Carlson is picking his teeth with Sen. Ted Cruz’s spine. #RollTheTape pic.twitter.com/sU5huxAC8U

— Brianna Keilar (@brikeilarcnn) January 7, 2022

New: Dissecting the question behind Tucker Carlson's attack on Ted Cruz: was Jan. 6 "terrorism?" https://t.co/6iYho7Eqvm

— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) January 7, 2022

The reason Trump is not in office today is because he didn’t receive enough votes to win the election.

The people said so. The states said so. The courts said so. The facts said so.

The Big Lie is poisoning our democracy. We will act to protect our democracy and voting rights.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 7, 2022

Make no mistake: Trump's coup is still ongoing. The attacks on our democracy have only worsened since last year's attack.

The choice now is between saving our democracy or saving the filibuster. Whichever way it goes will be Joe Biden’s most enduring legacy. pic.twitter.com/fHNrKyyUo1

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 7, 2022

BREAKING: The January 6th select committee will be asking former VP Mike Pence to appear "before the month's out."

LET'S GOOOOO!

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) January 8, 2022

With MAGAs calling for their arrests, Maricopa, AZ issues their final report in response to the fraudit. Chair Bill Gates, a Republican: “We’re done. This is the end of the 2020 election. We have addressed the issues. We have debunked them. If there are lies, we will respond.” pic.twitter.com/gwXSnKUMjx

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 8, 2022

Cyber Ninjas, the firm hired to conduct an election review in Arizona, ordered to pay $50,000 a day in sanctions https://t.co/YtidvbutwF

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 7, 2022

Cyber Ninjas, company that led Arizona GOP election 'audit,' is shutting down https://t.co/vzOIinp4vl

— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) January 7, 2022

I think I’m a pretty good writer, but I am having trouble finding the words for how much I don’t care about Djokovic and how right the Australians are.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 7, 2022

Maybe there's a bigger problem here that's not Djokovic related. pic.twitter.com/NhSDb0tPMq

— Dmitry Grozoubinski (@DmitryOpines) January 7, 2022

Rafael Nadal “sorry” for Novak Djokovic but says Serb knew the risks as world’s top-ranked men’s tennis player finds himself in limbo amid Australian political tussle over COVID vaccination status. https://t.co/jP5BZC7RgI pic.twitter.com/PUKkYPIunf

— ABC News (@ABC) January 7, 2022

Johnson accused of corruption after ‘great exhibition’ text emerges https://t.co/PQOx49ukgE

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 7, 2022

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— Jill Thompson (@JillThompson1) January 6, 2022

Boris Johnson’s spokesman says Lord Brownlow’s ‘Great Exhibition' proposal was "dealt with in the same way” as if a member of the public had pitched it.

How many members of the public can WhatsApp the PM and then get a meeting with the Culture Secretary? https://t.co/TNr1CH6PAX

— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) January 7, 2022

Thrilled to announce I have a new role as Boris Johnson’s Lies Correspondent, which I have been doing on an informal basis since early 2016. Here’s what Boris Johnson was lying about yesterday. Today’s lies will be along as soon as he opens his mouth.https://t.co/zn8kuVgR7J pic.twitter.com/CJTid0Zszd

— Tom Peck (@tompeck) January 7, 2022

Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson & Priti Patel have turned the U.K. into a country that had to be prevented from *criminalising the rescue of drowning children*. Thank you, @nautilusint, @MaritimeUK & @ukshipping. Thank goodness you took up the fight. https://t.co/7OqOavY0pV

— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) January 7, 2022

Sidney Poitier was the first Black performer to win the best actor Oscar. Throughout his career, a heavy weight of racial significance bore down on him. “I felt very much as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made,” he once said.https://t.co/d8qSjGiMm2

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2022

1964: Sidney Poitier’s Oscars acceptance speech after he became the first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor

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— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 7, 2022

Sidney Poitier, who has died at age 94, was modest about his career, despite his role in changing American perceptions of race and opening the door to a new generation of Black actors. https://t.co/NCYi7kj13i pic.twitter.com/BxCkb6QxwQ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 2022

One thing that's always struck me about Sidney Poitier's life is that he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II 35 years before he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

— Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) January 7, 2022

President Biden on Thursday denounced Donald Trump for spreading lies about the 2020 election. "I’ll allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy," Biden said. https://t.co/wu3Cvm3xmL pic.twitter.com/51qicotJp3

— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 6, 2022

Opinion by Paul Waldman: On the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Joe Biden gave what may wind up being the most important speech of his career. https://t.co/JGXer0Dg8j

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 6, 2022

"It's no more true or real than when we think about the events of Jan. 6. We are in a battle for the soul of America," President Biden says.

"I will stand in this breach. I will defend this nation. And I'll allow no one to place a dagger at the throat of democracy." pic.twitter.com/zajSaOTpxg

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 6, 2022

Joe Biden: TFG & his supporters “have never been able to explain how they accept as accurate the other election results that took place on November 3..They challenged none of that. Somehow, those results are accurate..But the presidential race was flawed?” https://t.co/lhFkYtmRTv

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 6, 2022

I mean, did the Senate Watergate Committee ever do a tweetstorm? Huh? https://t.co/cgFtd8xbKk

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) January 6, 2022

In Trump's daily delusional diatribe, he accused Biden of "using his name in his speech to further divide America." Interestingly, Biden didn't use his name even once. He referred to him, quite clearly and succinctly, as the "defeated former president."

— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) January 6, 2022

Whining about President Biden criticizing Donald Trump today is like complaining about FDR criticizing the Japanese government after Pearl Harbor.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 6, 2022

White House press sec. Jen Psaki reacts to former Pres. Trump’s statement on Pres. Biden’s Jan. 6 anniversary speech: "Maybe he learned something about what it looks like to meet the moment in the country." https://t.co/rKy7g9QVPs pic.twitter.com/NZSeKBuPqG

— ABC News (@ABC) January 6, 2022

There are two major parties in the US. And one doesn't believe in democracy. Those that think that doesn't matter are taking quite the leap of faith. https://t.co/gKFGRVfTDl

— David Henig (@DavidHenigUK) January 6, 2022

Trump did not want to tweet "stay peaceful" during January 6 insurrection, a key former aide has told the 1/6 committee: https://t.co/8sYIvDgyNP

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 6, 2022

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham tells CNN that during the attack on the Capitol, Trump was "gleefully" watching the riot from the White House dining room.

She said he kept hitting rewind and saying, "Look at all those people fighting for me."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 6, 2022

As Trump has signaled to some of his current and former staff that he won't cover legal bills related to Jan. 6, some are considering taking legal action to force him to, according to one former senior Trump adviser.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 6, 2022

Trump didn’t just lose the election.

He lost 60-plus legal challenges.

He lost in his efforts to get Republican state legislatures to undo the results

He lost the votes in Congress challenging the results

He lost his effort to get his VP to overturn the results

He lost…

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) January 6, 2022

"It is I think incumbent upon the Department [of Justice] to look at this holistically and make sure that anyone who violated the laws, and particularly anyone who tried to overturn an election is held liable" – @danielsgoldman w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/hKG2x1MHzE

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 7, 2022

Reflecting on January 6, people are justifiably concerned about election subversion. But given the state of Biden’s presidency, the more likely scenario is a popularly elected, and therefore empowered, second Trump administration. https://t.co/ElodhslLPK

— Adam Serwer 🍝 (@AdamSerwer) January 6, 2022

Democracy is in danger and we have about a year to save it. What do we do? “I propose an active effort here for people of all political persuasions … to seek each other out and form a coalition,” @RadioFreeTom writes in Peacefield. https://t.co/1XvISAukvV

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 6, 2022

NPR finds 15 Republicans who've denied or cast doubts on the 2020 election results running to be the chief election officer in 12 states—including six of the seven states with Biden's slimmest victory margin. https://t.co/iSdcqqRxTo pic.twitter.com/XZhC4q1CAm

— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) January 5, 2022

Maybe this is too obvious to even be worth pointing out, but the *minimal* response of a sane country to Jan. 6 would be to bar Donald Trump from ever again holding elected office.

— David Roberts (@drvolts) January 6, 2022

Breaking Politico: Then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was inside Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pipe bomb was discovered outside the building, according to four people familiar with her movements that day. https://t.co/u5rRYi5tTy

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 6, 2022

'That is still a big question, who is that person': A full year after Jan. 6, the FBI still has not identified or caught the person who placed pipe bombs outside the RNC and DNC headquarters. https://t.co/8hUUOsKMZd

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 6, 2022

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone. How did we get here?https://t.co/cHCxmrgprs

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) January 6, 2022

‘Dilyn ate my phone…’ More ‘lost’ messages from Boris Johnson’s refurbishment saga https://t.co/UiOfLZSxUo

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) January 6, 2022

But on they go, taking at face value today’s lies about phones and messages and wallpaper without reference to his many lies of the past. Foundations of democracy undermined and all being done openly and with vast media support 2/2

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) January 6, 2022

On the day @BorisJohnson moaned about his "tip" of a flat, 1,389 people went into hospital and 215 diedhttps://t.co/dREcJ3VDMZ

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) January 6, 2022

Boris Johnson gets funds for flat in exchange for looking at donor’s “great exhibition” idea.

Lord Geidt turns blind eye to Johnson’s wrong-doing.

Tory peer secretly involved in firm given £200m for PPE.

And that’s just today.

It’s not “sleaze” or “cronyism”. It’s corruption.

— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 6, 2022

This is what every front page should read….. https://t.co/GdITPrsUyN

— Shown (@northernlad18) January 6, 2022

Dear Mr Rosindell
If you have what's known as "a wireless" and are capable of tuning it to the excellent BBC Radio 4, you may find that the National Anthem is played at the end of every day. God save the Queen (and the country) from posturing parliamentarians. https://t.co/zM5HPVGPZC

— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) January 6, 2022

Joe Biden will mark the one-year anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by Trump's followers with a speech warning of the threats to democracy, while Trump abandoned plans for a news conference that day https://t.co/J7GfQwXb7E

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 5, 2022

Biden to call out Trump's 'singular responsibility' for Jan. 6 attacks https://t.co/zvI6CVKaMt pic.twitter.com/pFMrnBxRnR

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 5, 2022

Jen Psaki says Biden will address Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 attack tomorrow, including the “singular responsibility President Trump has for the chaos & carnage we saw.” Biden will “forcibly push back on the lie spread by the former president” & attempt to distract from his role.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 5, 2022

Biden's Jan. 6 push for unity may "ring hollow" in deeply divided nation https://t.co/J1q984F2AK pic.twitter.com/PewPsoE1LJ

— The Hill (@thehill) January 5, 2022

Biden needs a knockout Jan. 6 speech denouncing the “big lie” and condemning the GOP’s growing acceptance of violence. He might even point out to reality-based voters how ludicrous and irresponsible the GOP is in making the “big lie” https://t.co/fDXOjFPdo2

— Jennifer 'pro-voting' Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 3, 2022

Garland vows prosecutions "at any level" over Jan. 6 https://t.co/DWvMW1w6j7 pic.twitter.com/BnGyyFoHAl

— The Hill (@thehill) January 5, 2022

Garland: "We will follow the facts wherever they lead."
He says this with emphasis. It's a commitment. He says he'll take as long as it takes to do it right. "We will & we must speak through our work."

This is prosecutor speak for, game on.

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 5, 2022

Garland: In complex cases, initial charges are often less severe than later charged offenses. This is purposeful pic.twitter.com/VilfyFUjZw

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 5, 2022

though I wish he would say more about what other tools he needs from Congress. I'm still left with one big q: absent a nexus to violence, does he believe organizing a coup is illegal under US criminal code? I.E. can Trump & co. possibly be prosecuted for it? Still don't know.

— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) January 5, 2022

"I think that there's a level of cautiousness here that is very hard to bear for a lot of citizens who are looking at this saying, can you please do something or give me an indication that somebody's gonna pay a price here" – @MichaelSteele w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/OWVHmdSPfA

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 5, 2022

AG references “Watergate”. “Same norms for the powerful or the powerless”. DOJ will pursue those “whether present that day or not”. Get it? Merrick Garland pledges pursuit of Jan 6 suspects at 'any level' https://t.co/5zn3m5Lnyp

— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) January 5, 2022

Critical points I heard frm the Garland speech:
1) DOJ is prosecuting the full web of participants involved in Jan 6 & following all leads.

2)No one is off the table for prosecution if they were involved.

3) elaborate prosecutions of this sort take time & begin at the bottom /

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) January 5, 2022

Strong, emphatic, and determined speech by Garland. The key quote is when he referred to perpetrators who may not have been at the Capitol on Jan 6. But open question remains whether investig has or will extend to efforts to overturn the election, separate from Jan 6 culpability.

— Daniel Goldman (@danielsgoldman) January 5, 2022

I’m with @amanpour on this. The clock is ticking. A stately pace, investigating only from the bottom up, just isn’t enough for so grave a threat to democracy’s very survival https://t.co/KjJpSSX0SJ

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) January 5, 2022

So, one thing you should notice about Garland's framing of Jan 6 is that he *starts* at storming of the Capitol, *not* at the rally before.

This goes to his general way of framing this as individual bad actors instead of a wider criminal conspiracy.

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) January 5, 2022

Garland: We continue to seek the public's assistance in identifying those individuals [who attacked the government]
Me: DONALD TRUMP LIVES AT A GOLF CLUB IN FLORIDA

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) January 5, 2022

Here's why Walter may be right -when Garland said "the responsibility to preserve democracy and to maintain faith in the legitimacy of its essential processes lies with every elected official and every American ".

Seems only 2 elected Republican officials are interested in that.

— Truth Matters (@IreneK21) January 5, 2022

.@AP photographer J. Scott Applewhite remembers the moments that stood out to him as he recorded images inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.https://t.co/Bg0IQRT4uj pic.twitter.com/udvBfqwnuK

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 5, 2022

Taken together, the most striking revelation of the Jan 6 Cmte texts is just how many people knew of a plan to reject the votes of swing states and overturn the 2020 election. None of those people have yet been held legally accountable.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 5, 2022

Jan. 6 was a dangerously close call. How Trump's plot nearly succeeded.

My story today on one of the most disturbing questions about Jan 6 — What would have happened if Pence followed Trump's orders?@judgeluttig says it would have been catastrophic

https://t.co/jZ1ni2MI0G

— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) January 5, 2022

What would have happened if Mike Pence had said yes?

In my latest newsletter in @TheAtlantic, I walk down that hypothetical road, and it’s a dark walk indeed. The GOP public was *ready* for Pence to say yes, and that’s a terrible thing to contemplate: https://t.co/7Yqki48GPF

— David French (@DavidAFrench) January 5, 2022

Jan. 6 Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson tells CNN that he wants to speak directly with Mike Pence.

"His life was in danger. I would hope that he would do the right thing and come forward and voluntarily talk to the committee."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 5, 2022

Sen. Brian Schatz on Jan. 6: "If we … realize what's at stake, we'll realize what's required. It will require Republicans to stand up to an autocrat. It will require Democrats to stop arguing amongst ourselves. It will require reporters to write stories that get fewer clicks."

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 5, 2022

I will continue to say what few others in my party have the courage to say. As we near the anniversary of Jan 6 we must reflect on the failures that lead to that day. It’s time for leaders to lead. To prove we can be better. My message: https://t.co/IR27ysZNvq pic.twitter.com/ExtkXjTMVX

— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) January 5, 2022

"Are we just going to indict and jail the people who entered the Capitol? What about the people who incited them to enter the Capitol… I hope that [the Jan. 6 select committee] pursues that as aggressively as possible" – @SykesCharlie w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/j3IQzlUkUt

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 5, 2022

Immediately after Jan. 6, it seemed hard not to see the event for what it was: a violent storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters bent on upending Biden's election. But since then, separate versions — one factual, one false — have taken hold. https://t.co/YohYAZEtq3

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 5, 2022

my latest—pulling back the curtain on insurrection propaganda; https://t.co/ztxP6waeBj

— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) January 5, 2022

The Jan. 6 Capitol attack was just days after Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin's son, Tommy, died by suicide. "I wasn't sure whether I was ever going to be able to do anything again," he told @nprfreshair.https://t.co/6zarBNemmN

— NPR (@NPR) January 5, 2022

Rachel Maddow reads an account of January 6th from @jamie_raskin 's new book, "Unthinkable," in which Congressman Raskin draws strength and courage from his son's memory. pic.twitter.com/CxXUUbO8CB

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) January 5, 2022

"The most threatening aspect of Jan. 6 was that…147 Republican members of Congress voted not to certify Joe Biden…The transformation of the GOP from a political party into an authoritarian personality cult became official that day."https://t.co/3psTzE1r17

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 5, 2022

re-upping as we approach one-year anniversary of deadly Jan 6 insurrection:

the most important political development of 2021 was the Republican Party's decision to turn away from democracy rather than away from Trump and his fearful, desperate base https://t.co/KsJAoQT2MR

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 3, 2022

Our new ProPublica/Wash Post investigation reveals public Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory between Election Day and Jan. 6, with many calling for executions or other political violence. 🧵https://t.co/ZJBcFI0Dm3

— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) January 4, 2022

Absolutely searing piece from @MEPFuller, who was in the chamber on Jan. 6. There are a lot of Capitol riot stories this week—don't miss this one. https://t.co/JqQXU6FNTk

— Tracy Connor (@TracyConnor) January 5, 2022

SCOOP: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell tells me that his phone records have been subpoenaed by the @January6thCmte. He tells me he got a notice from Verizon about the subpoena almost a week ago.
– He filed a legal complaint today to try to block the subpoena.https://t.co/Rau57JXC9t

— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) January 5, 2022

Oh God. Mike Lindell is now saying he has assembled teams of people to lobby County Commissions around the country to replace their voting machines with a new system he has come up with. Don’t think some of them won’t do it either. pic.twitter.com/oC70hBJg3U

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 5, 2022

This. Really. Happened. On. Live. TV.

Peter Navarro is perhaps THE most insane person in Trump’s orbit besides Mike Lindell. https://t.co/459AFGpGZL

— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) January 5, 2022

Parts of NHS may be overwhelmed by Covid wave, admits Boris Johnson https://t.co/Yj8iZAnIfA

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 4, 2022

Boris Johnson just essentially admitted the NHS is going to be battered in the coming weeks but his view is we "just need to get through it".

But not everyone will make it, some will die either from Covid or other mistakes and NHS staff will be broken, some permanently so.

— Shaun Lintern (@ShaunLintern) January 4, 2022

Dear media,

At today’s Covid press conf please bear in mind that an NHS ‘critical incident’ means that trust can no longer care for patients safely. Implication: pressures are such that patients may be harmed/die.

We said this would happen & were ignored.https://t.co/07iNXyMZeM

— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) January 4, 2022

Transmission of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland has reached "extraordinary levels" with one in 10 people in some areas having the virus, the chief scientific officer says https://t.co/uZJzHgmxH4

— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) January 4, 2022

“It’s sad but it’s also a huge opportunity.”

Boris Johnson expresses his frustration at the number of unvaccinated people ending up in hospital with Covid, as England’s chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty addresses the concerns some vaccine hesitant people have. pic.twitter.com/6JeBO2OUiF

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) January 4, 2022

Covid: Workers in key industries to take daily tests, Boris Johnson says

How about sending us FFP2 masks as well? https://t.co/UvyC2xHbD1

— Dr Amir Khan GP (@DrAmirKhanGP) January 4, 2022

Johnson says it’s ‘absolutely crazy’ and ‘sad’ so many people are refusing the covid vaccine… when he can’t even keep his own sad crazies in line. https://t.co/eMLrH3zHnH

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 4, 2022

Ron Johnson escalates attack on vaccines: 'Why do we think that we can create something better than God?'

I see. Will ⁦@RonJohnsonWI⁩ purposefully expose himself to Covid and see what God decides for him? Hmm. https://t.co/Lo770fjZjU

— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) January 4, 2022

U.S. reports nearly 1 million COVID-19 cases in a day, setting record https://t.co/8TtmlqtcLd pic.twitter.com/jK6kVOiEYo

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 4, 2022

Hundreds of motorists have been stuck in the snow for more than 15 hours along I-95 in Virginia after a crash brought traffic to a halt. People have been posting increasingly desperate messages on social media about running out of fuel, food and water. https://t.co/ASdw3KaFi7

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 4, 2022

An aerial view of the drivers who have been stuck on I-95 in Virginia since Monday afternoon, with complaints of little food and water pic.twitter.com/ROHh3oY73o

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 4, 2022

.@JoshNBCNews joins us from his car on I-95, where he has been stuck overnight with his dog as a result of the winter weather. pic.twitter.com/s2nN4uaqp6

— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) January 4, 2022

I guarantee you that if I had been trapped in a car for 27 hours I would not immediately go to work, I would shower and order like 5 servings of Chinese food https://t.co/p1Jo0qRj8B

— Grace Segers (@Grace_Segers) January 4, 2022

Scoop: The Jan. 6 select committee is preparing to ask Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity for his voluntary cooperation with its investigation of the assault on the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/3CCCsPxMNE

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 4, 2022

The Committee is seeking information from Sean Hannity.

Chair @BennieGThompson and Vice Chair @RepLizCheney request Hannity answer questions about matters including communications between Hannity and the former President, Mark Meadows, and others in the days surrounding Jan 6th. pic.twitter.com/wXtOGSsneg

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) January 4, 2022

JUST IN: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is expected to ask Fox News host Sean Hannity to cooperate with its investigation. https://t.co/6AwGIugoWR

— ABC News (@ABC) January 4, 2022

Sean Hannity text to Oval Office go-between, Mark Meadows, reveals Trump had a fully conceived plan to attempt a coup by December 2020 which was known by WH staff and Fox News.

That gun, it looks really smokey. https://t.co/lhbEPZR3w5

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) January 4, 2022

Lofgren says they have dozens of texts from Hannity as his role as a political operative relating to plotting/strategy about the WH Counsel pic.twitter.com/1x3ChWXfRr

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 4, 2022

Between Election Day and January 6th, there were more than 650,000 individual posts in Facebook groups attacking Joe Biden’s election victory.

Further evidence that Facebook is an incubator for disinformation & political violence. #Jan6 https://t.co/ky9YKdJKhb

— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) January 4, 2022

The part that these recent media stories seem to miss is this: THESE MAGAS KNOW JANUARY 6TH WAS WRONG.

They know insurrection and sedition when they see it. They know it was an attempt to overthrow the government.

But they can't admit it was THEM. https://t.co/mCQzXjC92Q

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 4, 2022

Here's the full story with @brandyzadrozny on how January 6th rioters, militias, and extremists are looking to take over local governments by insinuating themselves into vaccine and school curriculum wars — and hiding in plain sight.

I hope you read it.https://t.co/07oB1dkyyU

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 3, 2022

Bannon's show is a like one-stop shop for all your coup-attempt apology and anti-democracy needs. https://t.co/1VoG6jWfGa

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) January 4, 2022

MCCONNELL: "Why would any legislature in America want to overturn the counting of votes? … The notion that some state legislature would be crazy enough to say to their own voters, ‘We’re not going to honor the results of the election,’ is ridiculous on its face." pic.twitter.com/g1NxlxJ7L7

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 4, 2022

Cruz says Republicans are likely to impeach Biden if they retake House, Via @feliciasonmez https://t.co/vbreRu1AFA

— David Weigel (@daveweigel) January 4, 2022

Whatever happens with the Giuffre vs Prince Andrew case today, the position is that a senior member of the royal family is seeking to use a legal loophole, a technicality, to avoid scrutiny over claims of sexual abuse. That is totally unacceptable.

— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) January 4, 2022

Most shocking to me is that Prince Andrew's attorney wanted the judge to say NY's law giving child sexual abuse victims more time to sue is unconstitutional.

This would have blocked access to justice for so many victims.

Does the Queen know what her son is attempting to do?

— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) January 4, 2022

My bit about Prince Andrew’s latest bid to not have his day in court https://t.co/dHoy6tVYuX

— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) January 4, 2022

Can’t get my head around a family that throws Prince Harry to the wolves whilst protecting Prince Andrew with every ounce of its energy, but they’ve always been a psychiatric conference agenda.

No idea why their ongoing untouchable position in our society is deemed sustainable.

— Brendan May (@bmay) January 4, 2022

🩸At first glance, the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes seems merely a tale of technological hubris.

Yet the story of how she bamboozled and bewitched America’s great and good as she propelled the empty promise of Theranos, is so much more

Thread 🧵👇https://t.co/NxFfmP9CC3 pic.twitter.com/DcY3TvT1KW

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 4, 2022

well the important thing is they didn’t tamper with the natural state of their bodies https://t.co/KbeA5hrLud

— kilgore trout, cryptopolice chief (@KT_So_It_Goes) January 4, 2022

NBC News: The U.S. has exceeded 55 million COVID cases since the start of the pandemic.

One million new cases in three days. @NBCNews

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 3, 2022

BREAKING: Covid hospitalizations in NYC surpass 5k for first time since spring, 2020.

Today’s #’s in NYC…
* Total hospitalized: 5,038
* Total ICU: 538
* New hospital admissions in past day: 876
* Newly reported cases: 29,246
* Positivity: 22.7%

— Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) January 3, 2022

Maryland's Covid positivity now a staggering 42.24%

36,646 new positive cases added since last report on Thursday

2550 people in hospitals with Covid related illness.
38 of them kids

— Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) January 2, 2022

New: Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tested positive for COVID-19 last week, according to a Monday news release.

The release did not say what day Patrick received the positive test or why it was not disclosed earlier. https://t.co/KO0XBzAmBO

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) January 3, 2022

He said in 2020 that grandparents should get COVID and sacrifice their lives to save the economy. https://t.co/vp0FuRcK5l

— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) January 3, 2022

Florida #COVID19 update: The number of patients hospitalized in the state with COVID increased to its highest since late September as 85,707 new cases were reported from the weekend. Here are the latest statistics. https://t.co/oWL33xFJV4

— South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) January 3, 2022

The fact that Florida has reported a 1,000% increase in Covid cases over the last two weeks and yet there’s still not a single state sponsored testing facility should really be a much bigger story.

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) December 30, 2021

The fact that DeSantis made a conspiracy theorist and Covid denier the Florida Surgeon General should be a much bigger story. https://t.co/XmlQ7j8yfu

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) January 3, 2022

EXCL: Boris Johnson accused of failing to self-isolate last January despite standing "face to face" with a Downing Street aide who tested positive for Covid. https://t.co/fcKACuuZGK

— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) January 3, 2022

"The sole distributor of Covid lateral flow tests (LFTs) to pharmacies closed for four days over the Christmas period just as it received a delivery of 2.5m devices, it has emerged."

Of course it did. Par for the course in Boris Johnson's Britain. https://t.co/NrWPZFJhIR

— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) January 3, 2022

A night in Carlisle will ensure far greater misery than if they’d just stayed at home and got pished in their jammies.

— Andrea Pavone (@DroooPeacock) December 31, 2021

Donald Trump might say he’s done with New York. But apparently New York isn’t done with Donald Trump.

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) January 3, 2022

JUST IN: Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump refuse to comply with subpoenas issued by the New York State attorney general’s office as it conducts a civil investigation into the way the family real estate business valued its holdings. https://t.co/Qg21eGkQYA

— ABC News (@ABC) January 3, 2022

NEW: A "strategic communications plan" developed by allies of former president Donald Trump called for targeting homes of secretaries of state & election officials in swing states, according to documents provided to the @January6thCmte https://t.co/i3jzFARF3n

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) January 3, 2022

CBS News poll:

62% of the country says Trump shouldn't run for President again.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 3, 2022

engaged in what https://t.co/4ArGHGNXJa

— russbengtson.eesh (@russbengtson) January 3, 2022

“A person with knowledge of the investigation has told me that the committee has information from multiple sources with firsthand knowledge that describe what then President Trump was saying, doing, and not doing…” pic.twitter.com/E4DlVcqkfR

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 3, 2022

NEW: @meridithmcgraw and I contacted eighteen Trump administration officials who stepped down as a result of Jan. 6 or whose resignation seemed timed to it. Only one agreed to speak on the record about their decision that day. https://t.co/PCs0s3OObl

— Daniel Lippman (@dlippman) January 3, 2022

On Wednesday, AG Garland will update DOJ employees on what a dept-wide email characterizes as the effort to hold those responsible for Jan 6 accountable. The AG will “discuss the…duty to uphold the Constitution & follow the facts & the law in all cases” to defend democracy.

— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) January 3, 2022

This is my top recommended read for the new year. The fight to save American democracy is coming. We all need to understand the stakes.https://t.co/q7HXLEz2de

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 3, 2022

NEW — Just days before the first anniversary of his attempt to end America's democracy, Trump announces his endorsement for the guy who is trying to end Hungary's.https://t.co/zF0AY5xsi7

— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) January 3, 2022

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre's 2009 settlement with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been releasedhttps://t.co/ePdJKoa1CL

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 3, 2022

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre's $500k settlement deal with Jeffrey Epstein released https://t.co/kXpwrRhhBo

— i newspaper (@theipaper) January 3, 2022

Virginia Giuffre's settlement agreement with Jeffrey Epstein was released today. Prince Andrew argues that her settlement with Epstein releases him as well, and therefore her case against him should be dismissed.

I've done hundreds of these over 35 years

Here's why he is wrong

— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) January 3, 2022

What we know about Tuesday’s Prince Andrew / Virginia Giuffre court hearing: pic.twitter.com/eqbXnybhIF

— Joe Pike (@joepike) January 3, 2022

Interesting snippet from the 2009 Florida settlement #VirginiaGiuffre had to sign after recieving State ordered compensation from #Epstein.
"from the beginning of the world to the day of this release."

The document was released today in the civil case Giuffre v #PrinceAndrew pic.twitter.com/ZZKX9QzXJ3

— Prince.&.The.Pervert.Podcast (@ohreallytruly) January 3, 2022

With release of “settlement” between Epstein & Prince Andrew’s accuser, we see he is relying on “potential defendants” as his get out clause

Well he never met her, he was in Pizza Express, so it’s difficult for him to argue he was a “potential deft”

You can’t have your cake…. pic.twitter.com/hEq5f7I20w

— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) January 3, 2022

Legal team of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre has demanded proof of Prince Andrew’s claim that Giuffre’s accusation of sexual abuse is false because the prince was medically unable to sweat.

Andrew in 2019: “I have a peculiar medical condition … I didn’t sweat at the time.” pic.twitter.com/0Et2fFmyuS

— The Recount (@therecount) January 3, 2022

Prince Andrew called himself "honourable".

He's using a legal process initiated by his old friend Jeffrey Epstein to defend him rather than addressing the substance of the allegations. https://t.co/cp5b5vFeHo S

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) January 3, 2022

If he pays a settlement to avoid court on this one the number will be very high (if there is one) and this case will open up a credibility trail for other potential victims to follow. I don't see this ending quickly, cheaply or satisfactory for him.

— 💉 alt – DUP (@dup_online) January 3, 2022

Prince Andrew’s effort to immediately block the progression of a lawsuit by a woman who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17 — on the grounds that she no longer lives in the U.S. — was rejected by a federal judge. https://t.co/ClckqQVQEw

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 3, 2022

Here’s my bit in the Sunday Mirror. It seems I’m the only person prepared to stick up for Prince Andrew. pic.twitter.com/XThiGzXUcW

— Mark Steel (@mrmarksteel) January 2, 2022

Covid-19: WHO chief optimistic disease will be beaten in 2022 https://t.co/gidEJI6tf8

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 31, 2021

UK passes record number of daily Covid cases for third day in rowhttps://t.co/fI5waDFQ8r

— ITV News (@itvnews) December 30, 2021

Suddenly the summary covid data is much more up to date, and we get the first hint of the horror spike in hospital admissions… pic.twitter.com/uiInk5LTeQ

— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) December 31, 2021

If anyone says the UK’s 332 reported Covid deaths today are due to the Omicron surge*, that’s a useful sign that you can ignore anything else they say about Covid, ever.

*They’re not, they’re due to a big reporting backlog over Christmas. No rise in deaths by date of death.

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) December 30, 2021

THREAD on England & Omicron and what is going on.

My take on it.

TLDR: things are pretty bad and I'm sad & bewildered at lack of govt action and general levels of hopium. 1/18

— Prof. Christina Pagel (@chrischirp) December 30, 2021

New York City is preparing to revive its annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square. The city has said it will limit the number of in-person spectators to 15,000, fewer than the tens of thousands who typically gather, amid surging COVID-19 cases. https://t.co/jYL4jSP3RO

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 31, 2021

New York broke through its largest single-day Covid record yesterday as NYC prepares for its annual New Year's Eve celebration. Times Square Alliance President Tom Harris joins us to discuss how the party will be scaled back this year. https://t.co/BFmoUwxAHE pic.twitter.com/ilEy2GuPoi

— CNBC (@CNBC) December 31, 2021

The fact that Florida has reported a 1,000% increase in Covid cases over the last two weeks and yet there’s still not a single state sponsored testing facility should really be a much bigger story.

— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) December 30, 2021

Last French Covid Thread of 2021

I spoke last week of a very big Omicron wave about to crash onto France. That wave is upon us. There have been over 200,000 new cases in each of the last two days, bringing the 7-day average to 121,566, up more than 125% in a week. 1/15

— John Lichfield (@john_lichfield) December 31, 2021

Omicron: Third wave looms as India Covid cases spike https://t.co/6LtS6AWnVJ

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) December 31, 2021

South Africa said a wave of Covid-19 caused by Omicron is in retreat, a promising sign for other countries facing their own bursts of infections https://t.co/sSlxlCjtNW

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 31, 2021

Covid: UK 'better placed' this new year and South Africa says Omicron wave may have peaked https://t.co/Kos4yTLqYG

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 31, 2021

This week, we were able to estimate vaccine effectiveness (VE) against hospitalisation for the first time. In short, good news. VE after a booster is close to 90%. The full update from our team is published in this week's technical briefing update:https://t.co/MHSSiPvdqk

1/10

— Freja Kirsebom (@freja_kirsebom) December 31, 2021

Aviation is not in an "incomparably better" position https://t.co/w2F6lsoj38. It's vital the Government recognises this. We’ve coped with rule changes, blows to confidence and have continued vital supply chain work in the fight against COVID. But we're running on empty. 1/2

— BALPA (@BALPApilots) December 31, 2021

Wildfires pushed by high winds in Colorado swept through suburban areas near Denver on Thursday, burning at least 500 homes and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee. Here’s what we know: https://t.co/0DoYbivQpz

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 31, 2021

Airline passenger aboard flight from Denver captures bird’s-eye view of wildfire burning in Boulder County, Colorado.

Gov. Jared Polis has declared a state of emergency. https://t.co/nnhyaX6W4B pic.twitter.com/u05F5URSCG

— ABC News (@ABC) December 31, 2021

"It felt like the apocalypse." Tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes in Colorado as fast-moving wildfires turned the sky into an ashy orange. More than 500 homes were burned. Follow for updates: https://t.co/4mlOP6Bn4V

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 31, 2021

Colorado medical staff in the thick of fighting a pandemic surge watch a December wildfire burn their community to the ground…

Here’s how you can help: https://t.co/bcKZHV5Dm5 pic.twitter.com/dc29rXgepg

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 31, 2021

His lawyers may have told him to come out and condemn it…he recently went pro vaccine, no doubt in an effort to try to minimize his potential legal liabilities

— James King (@KingJamies) December 31, 2021

.@AriMelber: Steve Bannon is indicted and awaiting trial for hiding evidence about Jan. 6. Now, one of his accomplices, Peter Navarro, has leaked information detailing the plan to rally Republicans to interfere with certifying President Biden’s win. https://t.co/8BjoxoEVTg

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 31, 2021

#19 – Sarah Palin said it would be “over my dead body” before she got a covid vaccine. pic.twitter.com/4R9xwMAjT0

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 31, 2021

<GAME THEORY>
So Trump kept *re-recording* his video to domestic terrorists on Jan 6.

Bottom line up front? I believe he was waiting to hear if Pence and/or Pelosi was dead – specifically so he could blame Antifa.

A whistleblower gave us a big clue. https://t.co/8BrkMXX5Gt

— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) December 27, 2021

MSNBC legal contributors @BarbMcQuade and @JoyceWhiteVance join @CapehartJ to discuss why the Jan. 6 committee is within the scope of their investigation to make a criminal referral against Donald Trump. https://t.co/dRFaVpQJGi pic.twitter.com/2Dkqdas3gy

— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) December 31, 2021

Brexit checks start tomorrow as firms fear red tape and 'food rotting at ports' – Imposed by the Tories. It didn’t have to be this way https://t.co/ZUj5r5lezE

— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) December 31, 2021

Brexit promises that have turned to shit: Volume 7, part 463c: pic.twitter.com/vxyl4tIPOo

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) December 30, 2021

UK companies face New Year Brexit import controls https://t.co/YWyw6RZ4CT pic.twitter.com/h43RUkDxDs

— Reuters (@Reuters) December 31, 2021

This is stupid, ludicrous, absurd, ridiculous, hubristic, sad, deluded – everything that goes to make up Brexit, which the Spectator preached, defended and now observes like a cult long after every fact and reality shows it be an error of catastrophic proportions https://t.co/4wVeNoSLgN

— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) December 31, 2021

I'm tired of it all. Lies. Scandals. Incompetence. Dodgy contracts. Dogwhistle politics. One rule for them/us. Contorted justifications for Brexit. Contempt for voters. Insincere paeans to NHS, teachers etc. Tuning out today, wishing all Happy New Year, and for change in 2022.

— alexandra hall hall (@alexhallhall) December 31, 2021

2021 ends with soaring Omicron cases
2022 will in part be marked by soaring energy prices and spiralling cost of living expenses

Time we had each other’s backs. Time we elect better leaders.
Time for change

— Philip McGowan (@pipmcgowan) December 31, 2021

UPDATE: Anger at reports Boris Johnson will be cleared by Lord Geidt of breaching the ministerial code over the donation for the Downing St flat refurbishment.

I explain why this should end Johnson’s premiership and should send the country into uproar pic.twitter.com/ARIEI0qTE2

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) December 31, 2021

Prince Andrew must be hoping establishment crony Lord Geidt is now asked to investigate him https://t.co/Ny94ZKpkI6

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) December 31, 2021

Surely time for Prince Andrew to do another Newsnight interview and clear this whole thing up

— Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle) December 30, 2021

Prince Andrew asked to prove his inability to sweat by Virginia Giuffre’s lawyers | News | The Times https://t.co/XcEfPRF6dF

— Patricia Devlin (@trishdevlin) December 31, 2021

I wrote a sketch for Spitting Image (not used) in which Andrew used a puppet of himself to touch up women and then blamed and admonished Little Andrew. I think this was based on him really having a puppet of himself. https://t.co/IyTQy2Vegn

— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) December 31, 2021

Dead right. They’d both be in the House of Lords by now

— jurek martin (@martin_jurek) December 31, 2021

incredible to think at the start of this year Trump was still president, the Taliban didn’t control Afghanistan, Prince Philip was still alive and the bum flare guy was not yet world famous

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) December 31, 2021

Daleks. It’s going to be fucking Daleks, isn’t it? https://t.co/CWxGWPTfOS

— Fionnbharr Rodgers (@FionnRodgers) December 31, 2021

The Dogs of 2021 pic.twitter.com/aXNh5jD13H

— WeRateDogs® (@dog_rates) December 30, 2021