50 states reopen in some form, as only two states meet WH guidelineshttps://t.co/5s7huG8eMw pic.twitter.com/PufJeSaznc

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 20, 2020

Opening up? via @cnn “In the last 24 hours, there have been 106,000 cases reported to WHO – the most in a single day since the outbreak began. Almost two-thirds of these cases were reported in just four countries: the United States, Russia, Brazil and India."

— Lulu Garcia-Navarro (@lourdesgnavarro) May 20, 2020

CDC official says Trump actions caused more people to diehttps://t.co/Fxn4ijA4e3

— Frida Ghitis (@FridaGhitis) May 20, 2020

Fauci suggests calling it "Operation Warp Speed" creates misconceptions:

"People don’t understand that, because when they hear ‘Operation Warp Speed,’ they think, ‘Oh, my God, they’re jumping over all these steps and they’re going to put as at risk.'"https://t.co/J8BPAijYF8

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) May 20, 2020

"Other officers have already tested positive and they are in hospitals, fighting for their lives as we speak," one guard said. "I am afraid to take COVID home, I do not want to take it to my family." https://t.co/cdBKJbH808

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 20, 2020

No masks, no physical distancing — nothing. That’s a hell of a message to send in the middle of a pandemic. https://t.co/jJPFiYho5K

— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) May 20, 2020

Trump’s task force data show Southern counties will see explosion of COVID-19 cases: reporthttps://t.co/AvpPGv7wmo

— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 20, 2020

The supposed culture war over masks is largely being waged by a tiny faction of conservative commentators, a self-selecting group of the very most selfish, insecure, pathetic human beings in the country. https://t.co/RZdgzuSloc

— David Roberts (@drvox) May 20, 2020

More NEWS: Minnesota's Lutheran churches say they will let services restart May 31, defying Gov. Tim Walz's restrictions.

"In the absence of a timeline or any other assurances that churches will soon be able to reopen, we find that we must move forward."https://t.co/cUwU2jqsfg

— Theo Keith (@TheoKeith) May 20, 2020

"It tells you all you need to know that, by early May, more than 30 evangelical pastors had died of Covid-19 across the Bible Belt." https://t.co/wx7LR4B7qW

— The Nation (@thenation) May 20, 2020

"Churches in states at the forefront of reopening efforts are closing for a second time.

The churches, in Ringgold, Ga., and Houston TX, have indefinitely suspended services after members tested positive for coronavirus shortly after reopening."https://t.co/c3xPn7c4LJ

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) May 20, 2020

Congress could extend the recession if it doesn’t bail out the states. https://t.co/u4VoeehozK

— ABC News (@ABC) May 20, 2020

Trump is itching to get back out on the campaign stage—and he’s told his team to find a way to make it happen https://t.co/XLR2dMhY70

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 21, 2020

Trump Is Brazenly Interfering With the 2020 Election | By David A Grahamhttps://t.co/PLefvO9L9F

— SafetyPin-Daily (@SafetyPinDaily) May 20, 2020

Attendees of Pompeo's lavish, taxpayer-funded dinners included:

—The Chick-fil-A CEO

—Fox News hosts Brian Kilmeade & Laura Ingraham

—Country singer Reba McEntire

Just 14% were diplomats or foreign officials.

It's beginning to look like Pompeo is just as corrupt as his boss. https://t.co/YSGe5cLviE

— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 20, 2020

When is Ron Johnson going to subpoena Ron Johnson? @SenRonJohnson: “The whole world felt that this that Shokin wasn’t doing a [good] enough job. So we were saying, ‘Hey, you’ve … got to rid yourself of corruption.'” https://t.co/Krip6SkS49

— Andrew Bates (@AndrewBatesNC) May 20, 2020

I am 44 years old & I have been laughing my head off for 8 minutes over this. https://t.co/HkDZPnhmxQ

— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) May 19, 2020

New: No10 delayed track and trace’s roll out this week, fearing it has one shot to gain the public’s trust for it. Ministers blame “shoddy handling” of last week’s roadmap for its shift back to June 1. “It’s clear the public’s tolerance has diminished”.https://t.co/zYI22X3rgp

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) May 20, 2020

With Boris Johnson tweeting about “the common sense of the British” & Matt Hancock telling us tonight how “proud” he is I’m really starting to worry now pic.twitter.com/srlwQeTTqW

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 20, 2020

So front line foreign nurses will have to pay £624 each to use the NHS. That includes the two nurses that saved his life.
So it’s:
“Thank you er… SO MUCH for er… saving my er… LIFE! Now… if you don’t mind, pay up or… er… fuck off.”https://t.co/QdTbx1w50j

— Omid Djalili (@omid9) May 20, 2020

“I am proudly working as a cleaner in a hospital.” @hassan_akkad, a Syrian refugee on the front lines of the UK's fight against #coronavirus, has a message for PM Boris Johnson. pic.twitter.com/7VMMH1A8UM

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) May 20, 2020

Rolls-Royce to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide due to coronavirus slowdown https://t.co/4FOuoVWkic

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 20, 2020

BBC calmly announces that UK government has confirmed that there will after all be some new checks on goods coming into Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK as part of the Brexit deal.”
Don’t they mean
“What the ****!
He lied through his teeth again.” pic.twitter.com/RBroHuwafQ

— Barry Gardiner (@BarryGardiner) May 20, 2020

I left my old job in frustration at the irresponsibility of this govt's approach to NI. Art 4 of today's protocol paper is I'm afraid another example. Gleefully tees up the 2022 assembly election as a referendum on the protocol. Total disregard for the effect on a fragile society pic.twitter.com/ZLXKVPlM7G

— Matthew O'Toole (@MatthewOToole2) May 20, 2020

Michael Gove in HOC stressing the need to secure CONSENT of Northern Ireland for proposed Protocol Arrangements.

Strange that’s he perfectly happy to ignore the fact that Northern Ireland didn’t consent to #brexit in the first place.

— Deirdre Heenan (@deirdreheenan) May 20, 2020

"This was the post-American world on display: China assertive and confident. Europe trying to save what can be saved… And the Trump administration mostly outside firing its heavy artillery in all directions, but with limited actual results" https://t.co/577GTNSYTe @carlbildt

— Robbie Gramer (@RobbieGramer) May 20, 2020

Donald Trump has doubled down on his calls for the US to accelerate the reopening of its economy, as he suggested that next month’s G7 summit could take place in person. https://t.co/6gG2ehIX0c

— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) May 21, 2020

"China's Communist party’s image has been helped immeasurably by the disastrous virus response from other big countries, especially the US and UK – and Trump's shrill rhetoric." My colleague @JamilAnderlini on how Trump is the CCP's best friend. https://t.co/HMUAPEeWuC

— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) May 20, 2020

Canada didn’t just put *real* conditions on their emergency lending program for large employers (protect collective bargaining, protect pensions, no dividends, do climate disclosures, govt gets warrants)

They also named it LEEFF. 🍁🇨🇦https://t.co/wcca7FBKrm pic.twitter.com/2VfN43CS03

— Alexis Goldstein (@alexisgoldstein) May 20, 2020

#UPDATE Bolivia's health minister has been arrested on suspicion of corruption related to the over-priced purchase of ventilators to fight COVID-19, the police chief said https://t.co/jFKhvyhWRM

— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 20, 2020

A trial could take years. “A week after being sworn into office for a fifth term, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will go on trial on May 24, charged with corruption.”

https://t.co/JY48CBdb6R

— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) May 20, 2020

Is there any safe way to socialize during the coronavirus pandemic? https://t.co/XYT7Zvu4v4

— TIME (@TIME) May 20, 2020

Trump says it’s “a badge to honor” that the U.S. has more than 1.5 million cases of coronavirus https://t.co/LZm0leblfR

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) May 19, 2020

Our high-level of cases is “a badge of honor” because it reflects the great job we’re doing testing. That line is so stupid that it will actually work on his base.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 19, 2020

News from the GOP lunch: Trump opposes unemployment insurance extension, he doesn't like the election provisions in the Dem bill, he tells Senate Rs to take it slow on the next virus bill: https://t.co/gxEfr0Es1P

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 19, 2020

Republican senators put brakes on additional coronavirus aid https://t.co/FkXg25nM5i

— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) May 19, 2020

NEW: I obtained a recording of a recent call with top Trump admin officials discussing a June 24 "hard stop" for the 40k+ National Guard members who are the backbone of coronavirus testing/contact tracing/food delivery in many states https://t.co/xK3VRLXx0v

— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) May 19, 2020

Analysis: Trump describes medical researchers as "Trump enemies" because he doesn’t like their results https://t.co/LH3cvZZrbW

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 19, 2020

So now doctors and scientists must be "friends of the administration" for their work to count https://t.co/jJ1bH81ucH

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 19, 2020

you are suing to kill Obamacare and have no plan of your own. But otherwise you're very strong on healthcare. As long as it doesn't have anything to do with being insured or staying healthy https://t.co/qi4AOgCpiT

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 19, 2020

Playbook: By saying he's taking hydroxychloroquine and by refusing to use a mask, "Trump has unleashed the wail of a siren to his base that he is in charge — not the medical experts in his administration — and will do as he pleases." https://t.co/fG1VYNWDP2

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 19, 2020

He'll wipe out his base… 'Trump plans to resume ‘massive rallies’ without social distancing' https://t.co/PE7UZrIZZ8 #SundayMorning

— John Lundin 🌊 (@johnlundin) May 17, 2020

"In both appearance and metabolism, OAN is a nostalgia machine," writes Devin Gordon. "It’s built for the members of an aging #MAGA army who want to be comforted by news the way they remember it." https://t.co/QrOssvipyq

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 19, 2020

Here is the President bizarrely claiming he's going after Virginia because "you'll have nobody guarding your potatoes". 🤔 pic.twitter.com/J8USxckS5D

— Matt Rogers 🎙️ (@Politidope) May 19, 2020

2020 continues to be astonishing https://t.co/IzzsL3WaLb

— lukemcgee (@lukemcgee) May 19, 2020

Is @sebgorka the most pranked major talk radio host? A prankster called into his show this afternoon and asked if it was true that Gorka tried to join the KKK, but couldn't join because they couldn't find a hood big enough for his head. Gorka quickly cut him off.

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) May 19, 2020

If you missed Ben Sasse's insane virtual commencement speech where he insults high school students, psychologists and people named Jeremy, don't worry.

I remixed it. pic.twitter.com/TcTD48OVmY

— Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann) May 19, 2020

At least 23 nationalities among NHS staff killed by covid https://t.co/0nhVXdgFiB

— HealthServiceJournal (@HSJnews) May 19, 2020

totally disagree extremely sensible on part of teachers. Let those who want to open like you go and teach the kids

— Danny Blanchflower (@D_Blanchflower) May 19, 2020

Just fuck off..I’m a Headteacher I’m not going to let the government kill your children..they will & couldn’t give a shit..angry & I don’t apologise for my choice words https://t.co/krJOi58eZ6

— Matt remains (@mattremains) May 19, 2020

Iain Duncan Smith calls for an end to two metre social distancing rule to ‘get economy moving’ https://t.co/L33D9hpogY

— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) May 19, 2020

When Prince Charles is recruited to stand in front of a camera and order the peasants (that's us, btw) back into the fields, you know that food shortages are now a very definite possibility. https://t.co/vjsrubctM3

— Elinor Elliot (@ElliotElinor) May 19, 2020

No one’s explained how they expect workers to get to the farms, where they’re going to stay, what the living facilities will be, what the wages are. Ludicrous to expect an urban population to move to the country for a few weeks.

— B Fitzgerald (@Bazza315) May 19, 2020

Off we go then ~ cough…cough …. can't let the side down.

#pickforbritain pic.twitter.com/GV6x99kyxQ

— 🐟carol hedges (@carolJhedges) May 19, 2020

Rupert Murdochs weapon against working people – The Sun – asks you to feel sorry for the queen.

Prince Charles asks you to do Hard Graft in the fields.

Just fuck right off with this feudal bullshit. The only person we want to see doing hard labour is your paedophile brother. pic.twitter.com/rT83LuxI4g

— Revolting-Subject (@UnRoyalReporter) May 19, 2020

“Whereas the UK expects all the advantages of the club while spurning membership or its rules” https://t.co/sLBKjBDBdX

— Sarah Ludford 🔶pro-European (@SarahLudford) May 19, 2020

The Tories used to warn that if we voted for Labour we’d end up like Greece. What a pity we didn’t do both https://t.co/sEENRAEkhK

— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) May 19, 2020

Atlantic Magazine takes a look at how leaders globally are handling the coronavirus pandemic and compares it to how Pres. Trump has handled it.https://t.co/4TIJEkefCl

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 19, 2020

Trump demands that @WHO “demonstrate independence from China.” Yet if he pulls U.S. funding, that will make the W.H.O. far more dependent on China. China is already rushing to fill the vacuum that America leaves behind.

In @PostOpinions: https://t.co/1VJddeNC9X

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) May 19, 2020

How Russia’s Coronavirus Crisis Got So Bad (@MicheleBerdy – @politico) https://t.co/icB6IszgF9

— MediaREDEF (@MediaREDEF) May 19, 2020

A study measures the efficiency of the German #coronaviurs lockdown measures: banning large gatherings had the biggest effect, but shutting schools and kindergartens also reduced the spread. Via @ScienceMagazine https://t.co/yshwob3US0

— Bojan Pancevski (@bopanc) May 19, 2020

Cambridge University to move all lectures online until 2021 https://t.co/sUcLQPKpbM

— The Independent (@Independent) May 19, 2020

Absolutely bonkers https://t.co/UetFTPyUsN

— Niall Carson (@niallcarsonpa) May 19, 2020

Pitbull‘s signature call sign, “Eyo!” is now officially protected by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as it has helped build him grow as a global brand. pic.twitter.com/fjypbivS71

— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) May 19, 2020

NBC confirms: Steve Linick was investigating Pompeo's decision to greenlight arms sales to Saudi Arabia against the will of Congress when he was removed.

The probe is the second known investigation into Pompeo that Linick is known to have been pursuing. https://t.co/oHR9XpBGfn

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 18, 2020

WaPo: Pompeo says he didn’t know fired inspector general was investigating himhttps://t.co/wBglP7VbCU

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 18, 2020

Remember the $8 billion in arms sales, mostly to Saudi, that Trump declared a “national emergency” to push through despite Congress? https://t.co/DAFUbpfBJP

— Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) May 18, 2020

Secretary Pompeo declined to sit for an interview with the inspector general for his probe into his decision to expedite an $8 billion Saudi arms sale last year, per @ZcohenCNN.https://t.co/fXck8cQfZW

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 18, 2020

.@jeffmason1: You said you don't know the IG you just fired. What was he doing that was treating you unfairly?

TRUMP: "I don't know. I don't anything about him. I don't know." pic.twitter.com/0YNmZNUWGX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2020

Two of President Donald Trump's top officials are now pointing the finger at the administration's own scientists and Americans' pre-existing health conditions to explain the country's Covid-19 death toll | Analysis by @stcollinson https://t.co/eL5TRj2QYE

— CNN (@CNN) May 18, 2020

Is the CDC a foreign entity now? They are a part of @realDonaldTrump’s government. If they failed us, he failed us. https://t.co/lA5IXj8IxO

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) May 18, 2020

This is neither ironic or funny. Science is not a quack conspiracy theory. Stay at home orders, social distancing, and mask-wearing are measures to keep you healthy. Petulantly shrieking about government tyranny won't make the virus go away.https://t.co/EgLiqYTjAU

— Bill Pascrell, Jr. (@BillPascrell) May 18, 2020

A reminder of how little we still know about this virus: 13 sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive a second time. https://t.co/fCF9dxjwbm

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 18, 2020

Attorney General Barr has installed a new top deputy over the federal prosecutor's office for Washington, raising concerns that a key U.S. attorney's office handling multiple investigations of interest to Trump is becoming further politicized. https://t.co/lhRyYK75HJ

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 18, 2020

AG Barr: "We saw two different standards of justice emerge — one that applied to President Trump and his associates and the other that applied to everybody else." pic.twitter.com/0UjeXeR1jR

— The Hill (@thehill) May 18, 2020

Listening to America's most corrupt & political Attorney General @TheJusticeDept in history, let's explore what he's done and then the reason why I think he is doing it:

1. As a conflicted prosecutor, overruled findings & cases of independent counsel, sbaotaging the IC law…/1

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 18, 2020

Former GHW Bush Deputy Attorney General Don Ayer lights up Bill Barr’s handling of the Flynn case via ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩ https://t.co/w8wabMpVkV

— Carrie Cordero (@carriecordero) May 17, 2020

GOP Sen. Marco Rubio will become the acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee after GOP Sen. Richard Burr stepped down from the position last week amid an FBI investigation into his stock trades, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced https://t.co/CFnXx0ok5Z

— CNN (@CNN) May 18, 2020

Trump says he consulted with the White House physician before deciding to take hydroxychloroquine. "A lot of good things have come out about the hydroxy. A lot of good things have come out. You'd be surprised at how many people are taking it." https://t.co/XCnlzx9AGi

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 18, 2020

The excitement about the reveal: “I was just waiting to see your eyes light up when I said this. When I announced this. Yeah, I've taken it for 1 and a half weeks now. And I'm still here. I'm still here,” Trump said.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 18, 2020

https://t.co/cOZH2CKe9P

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 18, 2020

"I'm not gonna get hurt by it," says Pres Trump about taking Hydroxychloroquine. He says "frontline" medical workers take it. Says he got a letter from a Dr in Westchester, NY who prescribes Hydroxy to his patients and "I haven't lost one. Urges Trump to "keep pressing that."

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 18, 2020

He needs a run on purchases of the drug to use up the stockpile he purchased from India. https://t.co/MEyHNXQIKt

— grumpy grandmom (@clutter_bug49) May 18, 2020

The President of the United States of America, lone holder of the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons, told the world he's taking a drug that has among its side-effects a "feeling that other people are controlling your thoughts and actions."

— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) May 18, 2020

How The Daily Beast is playing the hydroxychloroquine news… https://t.co/vzmDOz5I7C pic.twitter.com/docR3R9iZV

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) May 18, 2020

Fox News's Neil Cavuto is stunned by Trump's announcement that he's taking hydroxychloroquine: "If you are in a risky population here, and you are taking this as a preventative treatment … it will kill you. I cannot stress enough. This will kill you." pic.twitter.com/e6D5alfAgc

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 18, 2020

Of course there is a 99.8% chance the Secret Service are giving Trump a chewable vitamin C gummy shaped like an orange wedge and telling him it's hydroxycholorquine, so like with everything else in his life, this stunningly stupid decision will cause him zero harm.

— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) May 18, 2020

Every time I read one of these I think, "And this is the stuff we know, the stuff that got out." https://t.co/nfnUuSM3jj

— Quentin Hardy (@qhardy) May 18, 2020

Points-based UK immigration bill passed by parliament https://t.co/yqQyhLxzpq

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 18, 2020

What you’ve also done, @pritipatel , is to end freedom of movement for UK passport holders across our continent. The citizens of 27 other countries, the great majority of Europeans, still retain it. That’s not something to fly our flag over in my book. https://t.co/lCp8FTCQKi

— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) May 18, 2020

This is a game. Cummings has him as his special man for the big moments. He then comes out and lies to us and then his minions follow suit. A man for no seasons.

— Shown 🕷🇪🇺 (@northernlad18) May 18, 2020

Sky's @BethRigby: Will the track and trace app be ready for when kids return to school?@DominicRaab says his intention is to roll out the app in the "weeks ahead" but avoids clarifying whether it will be ready for June 1st.

Live #COVID19 updates 👉 https://t.co/V61Z9ktDnW pic.twitter.com/QILZ22tVmr

— SkyNews (@SkyNews) May 18, 2020

Suddenly the Daily Mail finds the EU a source of inspiration when it comes to reopening schools

But none of those countries have the UK’s death rate or lack of control of COVID19 – because they don’t have the mendacious populist leader the Mail have promoted

Go figure pic.twitter.com/eWA72RJXC2

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) May 18, 2020

A senior Tory MP has joined calls for Boris Johnson to “immediately” release documents he was given by scientists https://t.co/qEm7WoJRoX

— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) May 18, 2020

Ready and preparing to be ready, Matt Hancock pleads for a last chance | John Crace https://t.co/lnAExZl24t

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 18, 2020

https://t.co/eV3KifAdBl Sparkling piece from @BobbyMcDonagh1 who knows more than most about these things, about cul-de-sac (oops, sorry, foreign phrase!) into which English Tories have charged. They can still back away, as they did from lies they put out about Irish Protocol.

— Piaras Mac Éinrí (@pmaceinri) May 18, 2020

*Policeman stops English family entirely unaware of devolution*

“So even though Boris says you can go where you want…”

“Yeah, that’s England.”

“Don’t we control Wales as well?”

🤬 pic.twitter.com/NSCwQ7Ds8N

— Owen Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 (@OwsWills) May 18, 2020

First hints vaccine can train people's immune system to fight coronavirus reported by US company https://t.co/L69z7zuJsQ

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 18, 2020

Scientists warn worse pandemics are on the way if we don’t protect nature https://t.co/tQPh6NWtAJ #Coronavirus #Environment pic.twitter.com/FUbz7lVVu7

— World Economic Forum (@wef) May 18, 2020

Merkel and Macron propose €500bn EU rescue fund https://t.co/dblYRW4T3R

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping: "China will provide $2bn USD over two years to help with COVID-19 responses and with economic and social development in affected countries especially developing countries." https://t.co/PgW926ApgB pic.twitter.com/2YFK4tQN8R

— The Hill (@thehill) May 18, 2020

Mexico begins lifting Covid-19 lockdown despite fears worst is still to come https://t.co/22qRSnHmaD

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 18, 2020

A key factor in readiness to exit lockdown is how well systems can detect, manage & prevent new #COVID19 cases. Local leaders are often best placed to evaluate conditions and impose measures that maximize economic recovery while protecting public health. https://t.co/dulkRDUCr5 pic.twitter.com/YYpTNp1QJc

— McKinsey on Government (@McKonGov) May 1, 2020

What’s Behind Nine Years of Turmoil in Libya https://t.co/9oHQ051Fi1 via @bpolitics

— Samer Al-Atrush (@SameralAtrush) May 18, 2020

For the first time, a new study provides statistically significant evidence that the odds of major hurricanes are significantly increasing due to human-caused #climate change. https://t.co/ID8el9qoWV via @afreedma

— Craig Pittman (@craigtimes) May 18, 2020

Coronavirus football: FC Seoul apologises for 'sex dolls' in stands https://t.co/scY9Dl1Uzt

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 18, 2020

I just discovered the greatest house listing of all time. It starts out very unassuming and modest. pic.twitter.com/cCubUFd1k4

— Middle-Aged Rust Belt Voter (@frazierapproves) May 18, 2020

Donald Trump dismissed his predecessor as “grossly incompetent,” a day after Barack Obama said leaders weren’t “even pretending to be in charge” during the pandemichttps://t.co/XofGJ01Uxu

— POLITICO (@politico) May 17, 2020

"Comparing Obama and Trump, though, is unfair on some level. Obama is everything Trump will never be: Compassionate, thoughtful, intellectually curious, honest and highly intelligent." My new CNN article on Obama's commencement address https://t.co/aIeDumYMdb

— (((DeanObeidallah))) (@DeanObeidallah) May 17, 2020

Opinion: Trump is gambling the health of the nation for his reelection https://t.co/1K59mTzL4o

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 17, 2020

“But this is not about government misconduct. It’s about inflaming the base and muddying the waters. It’s about discrediting Obama as he assumes a newly prominent role in the 2020 campaign. It’s about winning, again, at any cost.” https://t.co/WISNsFKNmw

— John Sipher (@john_sipher) May 17, 2020

Trump's current "Obamagate" obsession is a likely preview of his reelection messaging strategy https://t.co/PklwoMhLTV

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) May 17, 2020

"The goal of zone-flooding is simple: introduce bullshit stories into the information bloodstream, sit back while the media feverishly covers them (from all sides), and then exploit the chaos that results from the subsequent fog of disinformation." https://t.co/91XrGk9C5t

— Carrie Brown (@Brizzyc) May 17, 2020

Eric Trump claimed the Democratic Party strategized the pandemic to prevent his father from hosting campaign rallies https://t.co/KJmzL1jOfS pic.twitter.com/X0lKTzYgBA

— The Hill (@thehill) May 17, 2020

It’s funny how Trump is the one who set the reopening guidelines, but all these morons keep protesting the same exact guidelines while wearing MAGAt hats. 🤦🏻‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/bPQrhiF1vK

— Chicano Marine 🇲🇽🇺🇸🧩 (@kingsrush) May 17, 2020

I would not personally advance a demagogic effort to claim *the* reason the US was short of supplies in March is that Trump was too busy giving all our stuff away to China, but I wouldn’t be shocked if that argument arose in the context of a heated campaign season.

— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 17, 2020

Tapper to Senator Johnson: I find it hard to believe that if President Obama had gotten rid of four Inspectors General in six weeks that you would have the same attitude that you seem to have right now pic.twitter.com/7e9sBsVUT1

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) May 17, 2020

Trump has now revealed more with this retweet about his rationale for firing the IG than he did in his statutory required explanation to Congress. pic.twitter.com/xLBuabkLYc

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 17, 2020

The amazing thing isn’t that these guys are so thoroughly corrupt. Or brazen, as they know the details will come out eventually (because they always do). It’s that the Republican party is A-okay with this rampant corruption and 30% of the country is, too. https://t.co/J8gJb9TPFE

— Joshua Zeitz (@JoshuaMZeitz) May 17, 2020

Trump approval in new Gallup poll:

Approve 49%
Disapprove 48%https://t.co/MUP1UTx164

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) May 17, 2020

CloudCommerce, a company whose largest shareholder is Brad Parscale, received nearly $800,000 from the federal #coronavirus relief fund for small businesses — about 6X the average loan size.

Parscale currently owns 35% of the company.https://t.co/GgkzKsFZwV

— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) May 17, 2020

If you're upset that a VC firm that Hunter Biden worked for got money from China, just wait until you hear who funded Kushner's real estate company Cadre.

Answer: Kremlin cut-out Yuri Milner and… $90,000,000 from unknown offshore shell companies https://t.co/b4jINKISnr

— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) May 17, 2020

The conservative majority’s nasty rhetoric and callous indifference toward human life is, increasingly, a hallmark of conservative jurisprudence. https://t.co/ThU4ZALSF8

— Slate (@Slate) May 17, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic will cost states hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue in the upcoming fiscal year, according to an @NBCNews survey of 33 states and Washington, DC. https://t.co/WkaE4l2J1B

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 17, 2020

This should be a sobering data point for anyone talking about how well the US has handled the economic fallout from Covid-19 https://t.co/0abD1SjCOF pic.twitter.com/fIsrt3mc83

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) May 17, 2020

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/r21IeBAOzx

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 17, 2020

Support for the government's handling of #coronavirus has dropped sharply since the prime minister's address to the nation last weekend https://t.co/v6f27CLBzD

— SkyNews (@SkyNews) May 17, 2020

Oh bugger https://t.co/g1b8OTbrY4 pic.twitter.com/v2vUj2aIzP

— Ian Leslie (@mrianleslie) May 17, 2020

Monday's front page: Boris Johnson's Covid-19 safety inspections at work don't actually exist pic.twitter.com/NdlY25VMen

— i newspaper (@theipaper) May 17, 2020

Michael Gove says he can 'guarantee' teachers will be safe on return to school https://t.co/DA0eRvTjUh

— The Independent (@Independent) May 17, 2020

In March they were covering Italy like a disaster zone, focusing on stuff like the army shipping coffins. Now when the death toll is 5x higher here they’re calling teachers militant for not wanting schools to open before there’s a way to do it without killing everyone’s nan. pic.twitter.com/Jn9JPjLIEM

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) May 17, 2020

My unpopular opinion is in line with this: Coronavirus will show us how starkly our society is malfunctioning, and then when we have a vaccine we will say "well THAT happened" and return to perpetuating all of those inequalities

https://t.co/oaMQ3JhaYD

— Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) May 17, 2020

The prime minister has admitted his government's plans for easing the #coronavirus lockdown are causing "frustration", as he faces a growing revolt from doctors, nurses, teachers and regional councils https://t.co/EPmvWKUVSW

— SkyNews (@SkyNews) May 17, 2020

Boris Johnson: Coronavirus vaccine 'might not come to fruition' https://t.co/xtcLH6KwjH pic.twitter.com/rzqaoUHRyG

— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) May 17, 2020

There's still so much doctors don't know about Covid-19. Superb reporting by @camillahodgson on the patients who still aren't better weeks later https://t.co/3GZpm9aYCF

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) May 17, 2020

Australia, India, Japan, China's partner Russia, and 58 other nations will jointly move a resolution at the WHO general assembly tomorrow demanding an early, "impartial, independent and comprehensive" inquiry into the pandemic, including the WHO's actions. https://t.co/wjZoddpn4b

— Brahma Chellaney (@Chellaney) May 17, 2020

Beaches, parks busy as Europe heat wave and U.S. spring test new coronavirus rules https://t.co/Wj5HOFh8Et pic.twitter.com/ejy3XkMQkf

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2020

Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases fall https://t.co/mf2KtURVXM pic.twitter.com/PbQCSldRJx

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2020

Canadian military jet crashes while preparing to take part in flyover honoring those working on coronavirus frontlines https://t.co/HQP5w0vy69 pic.twitter.com/M4lMfksjRC

— The Hill (@thehill) May 17, 2020

The Irish Times view on reopening economy: The first cautious step https://t.co/VXj2mBfMjA via @IrishTimesOpEd

— Irish Times Opinion (@IrishTimesOpEd) May 17, 2020

Contactless check-ins, extra cleaning and wellness checks: Here's what the future of hotel visits could look like. https://t.co/8EAgAcvhVb

— CNBC (@CNBC) May 17, 2020

Surgical masks found to be effective at protecting hamsters from contracting coronavirus, even more effective at preventing transmission to other hamsters https://t.co/2VFQ0yXwoi

— Market Urbanism (@MarketUrbanism) May 17, 2020

Jordan's first Air Jordan sneakers sold for record $560,000 at Sotheby's https://t.co/868XDzOqBj pic.twitter.com/KtelamTyRm

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2020

Preach the Gospel all the time, if necessary use words pic.twitter.com/LkxYPN4yRS

— Rev Grey (@RevGrey) May 17, 2020

BURN THIS THING!
BOW YOUR KNEE!
HEAT!
COVID-19!! https://t.co/MvKW46uLip

— Jonathan Mann (@songadaymann) May 17, 2020

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

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

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

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 16, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump So THIS is Obamagate! Thank you for reminding us. Obamagate is also decent, intelligent, respectful, inspiring, compassionate, highly competent leadership. I look forward to Bidengate!! pic.twitter.com/LiXQ3rIz18

— Eileen #Biden2020 Savage (@PoliticsMom) May 16, 2020

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

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

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 16, 2020

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

— John Heilemann (@jheil) May 16, 2020

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

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

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

— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) May 16, 2020

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

— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) May 16, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

— The Hill (@thehill) May 16, 2020

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

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) May 16, 2020

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

— Amanda Satanovsky (@pannaparty) May 16, 2020

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

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

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

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

— SkyNews (@SkyNews) May 16, 2020

It’s a toughie.

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

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

Who to trust?

— Rachael Swindon (@Rachael_Swindon) May 16, 2020

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

— John Ashton (@Johnrashton47) May 16, 2020

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

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 16, 2020

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

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

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

— Derek McGillivray (@pamcgoo) May 16, 2020

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

— Michael Allen (@michaelallen27) May 16, 2020

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

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) May 16, 2020

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

— Holger Hestermeyer (@hhesterm) May 16, 2020

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

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

— Peter Geoghegan (@PeterKGeoghegan) May 16, 2020

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

— John Rain CBE (@MrKenShabby) May 16, 2020

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

— Mark Lowen (@marklowen) May 16, 2020

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

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 16, 2020

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

— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) May 16, 2020

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

— Todd Gitlin (@toddgitlin) May 16, 2020

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

— Atlantic Council (@AtlanticCouncil) May 16, 2020

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

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

Today should have been the day that this certified banger won the Eurovision Song Contest. pic.twitter.com/rhDn31vAIO

— Grant Tucker (@GrantTucker) May 16, 2020

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

— Dr. Paul (@DrPnygard) May 16, 2020

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

— Guardian news (@guardiannews) May 16, 2020

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

— mike (@SeahawkScout) May 16, 2020

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

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 16, 2020

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

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

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

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

— POLITICO (@politico) May 15, 2020

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

— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) May 15, 2020

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

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2020

This is a total lie. The Global Health and Biodefense Directorate WAS dismantled, it's leader Adm. Tim Ziemer was reassigned, and what remained was subsumed by the WMD directorate – which is exclusively focused on man-made disasters, NOT naturally occurring diseases. https://t.co/Owz63kXnz8

— katrina mulligan (@NatSecMulligan) May 15, 2020

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

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

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

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) May 15, 2020

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

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

People talk about "pandemic time" as a perpetual present, when really we're all living two weeks in the past. @amandamull's latest: https://t.co/FYXrURLYzQ

— Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) May 15, 2020

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

— Bleeding Heartland (@LauraRBelin) May 15, 2020

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

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

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

— The Hill (@thehill) May 15, 2020

So far today, Trump has called the existence of Barack Obama "the greatest political scandal in the history of the United States;" called journalists "Fake News;" directed a schoolboy slur at a cable and internet company; said other people "don't know what to do;" called…

— Dan Murphy (@bungdan) May 15, 2020

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

— The Recount (@therecount) May 15, 2020

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

— dgordon52 (@dgordon52) May 15, 2020

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

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 15, 2020

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

— Simon Marks (@SimonMarksFSN) May 15, 2020

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

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

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

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 15, 2020

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

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 15, 2020

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

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

Sorry did I just hear that free public transport for under 18s is suspended from Monday‽ how are secondary pupils supposed to get to school?

— Giles Booth (@blogmywiki) May 15, 2020

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

— ITV News (@itvnews) May 15, 2020

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

— Declan Cashin (@Tweet_Dec) May 15, 2020

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

— robert shrimsley (@robertshrimsley) May 15, 2020

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

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

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

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

— John Fitzgerald #FBPE (@j_g_fitzgerald) May 15, 2020

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— Annie Bishop #CEP LLB (hons) PhD in making a fuss (@killhopelaw) May 15, 2020

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

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 15, 2020

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

— Nieman Reports (@NiemanReports) May 15, 2020

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

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

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

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 15, 2020

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

— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) May 15, 2020

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

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 15, 2020

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

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

All of you weirdos looking at flowcharts to decide on a Bundesliga team instead of the time honoured tradition pic.twitter.com/WSp0dR77JP

— Eoin (@WesAppreciator) May 15, 2020

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

— The Poke (@ThePoke) May 15, 2020

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

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

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

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 14, 2020

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

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

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

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) May 14, 2020

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

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) May 14, 2020

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

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 14, 2020

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

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) May 14, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 14, 2020

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

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

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

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 14, 2020

This is what my European colleagues think America is and I guess they're right https://t.co/Dr0SDiBVhO

— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) May 14, 2020

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

— David Roberts (@drvox) May 14, 2020

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

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 14, 2020

So now the GOP can put a Trump stooge in charge of intelligence who will try to produce fake reports about Biden and Obama in time for the election. Cool, cool. https://t.co/s0XCR6eatm

— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) May 14, 2020

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

— jim manley (@jamespmanley) May 14, 2020

We’re going to hear more and more of these stories https://t.co/VNIbHM5M4p

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 14, 2020

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

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

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) May 14, 2020

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

— Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) May 14, 2020

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

— DevinNunesTHEDragQueen (@NunesDrag) May 14, 2020

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

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

Fuck me, is this where we are now?

We can just send underpaid public servants into potentially life-threatening situations as long as we refer to them as ‘heroes’?

“Get into that burning building and put that fire out! A hose? You don’t need no stinking hose, you fucking hero.” pic.twitter.com/KiItmBPSrg

— 🏳️‍🌈 Max 🏳️‍🌈 (@SpillerOfTea) May 14, 2020

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

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

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

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

— The New European (@TheNewEuropean) May 14, 2020

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

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

— ABC News (@ABC) May 14, 2020

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

— Jeff Sharlet (@JeffSharlet) May 14, 2020

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

— Bloomberg (@business) May 14, 2020

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

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

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

— Sorcha Eastwood (@SorchaEastwood) May 14, 2020

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

— Bitter Southerner (@BitterSouth) May 14, 2020