Trump is spreading a murder conspiracy to the horror of a widower. Jack Dorsey's stance will cost him https://t.co/R2dj8VeSB9

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) May 26, 2020

The story is Trumps obvious mental deterioration/illnesses and how these tweets are symptoms.

He wants the deflection/wedge to be the story and you guys keep taking the bait.

Write about his obvious lack of mental capacity.

— Rams for Biden (@BidenRams) May 26, 2020

"These tweets are awful but [Trump] knows what they do, he knows what's going on, and beyond just appealing to his base, he's doing it because they're doing nothing about it, and he knows they will" – @karaswisher w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/wmDhpJ06Ie

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 26, 2020

New: Statement from Twitter about adding a fact check to President Trump's mail-in ballot tweets.

"These tweets contain potentially misleading information about voting processes and have been labeled to provide additional context around mail-in ballots." pic.twitter.com/l03AWY0C0B

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) May 26, 2020

Trump campaign manager on Twitter flagging Trump mail in vote tweets: “We always knew that Silicon Valley would pull out all the stops to obstruct and interfere with President Trump getting his message through to voters.” pic.twitter.com/g53gJo4mw2

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 26, 2020

For the first time ever, Twitter has applied a fact-check label to Trump's tweets.

It shouldn't have taken this long, it should be applied more widely, and tbh the tweets shouldn't even still be up, but it's … something. pic.twitter.com/9LlGYoQjvK

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) May 26, 2020

Trump is an ‘insecure coward’ growing ‘more erratic’: Conservative warns ‘he’s not thinking clearly’
https://t.co/3JOtdBhPja

— Raw Story (@RawStory) May 26, 2020

He absolutely can't overrule governors. Even if he wants to. https://t.co/aI2BT73Je2

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 26, 2020

"Can you take the mask off I can’t hear you?” says President Trump to a reporter in the Rose Garden.

“I’ll just speak up,” says the reporter

“Because you want to be politically correct.” the president replies.

An illustration of how mask wearing is being politicized here

— Paul Danahar (@pdanahar) May 26, 2020

She was fired by Trump over a report showing medical workers faced shortages of PPE. https://t.co/SGwXM1Apkg

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

Analysis: Kayleigh McEnany’s latest briefing is a case study in gaslighting, whataboutism and false claims https://t.co/NIxpSExI8f

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

Do you know how to stop the WH shitshow? Stop showing up. Hand in your press passes tell them it's over. Don't cover it! They crave the attention even if it's negative. 100,000 + Americans have died and they are pushing propaganda? WTF?

— Monica Fraker (@FrakerMonica) May 26, 2020

Perspective: Biden wore a mask. Trump did not. Now a single accessory can define the presidency. https://t.co/2Epo9aZMw6

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

Biden just now, when asked why he apologizes when Trump says a ton of offensive things and never apologizes: “If I say something offensive, I should apologize.” I remember when this was the way normal adults thought about life.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 26, 2020

His fate could still go either way – but Tory insiders are worried about a Cummings rebound

– My analysis https://t.co/ZEg96JdZBF pic.twitter.com/ru427Lb6oP

— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) May 26, 2020

The reason Keir Starmer hasn’t called for Dominic Cummings to resign is that he probably doesn’t want him to. With these figures, who can blame him. https://t.co/Hgp2ImHl0x

— David Clark 🇺🇦 (@David_K_Clark) May 26, 2020

Minister resigns as row over Cummings engulfs government’s coronavirus response https://t.co/m4ZeZucYil

— Gary Gibbon (@GaryGibbonC4) May 26, 2020

Did my #Cummings rant, about how focussing on him IS very relevant to the #Coronavirus issue, as a single post, if that's of use to anyone pic.twitter.com/aLi1kZ8rlm

— Dean Burnett (@Garwboy@ohai.social) (@garwboy) May 26, 2020

‘He made those who struggled to keep to the rules feel like fools and has allowed many more to assume they can now flout them. The prime minister knows all this and has chosen to ignore it.’

Savage brilliance from @maitlis #newsnight pic.twitter.com/1tX879ICqZ

— Jonathan Lis (@jonlis1) May 26, 2020

Here's a comparison between Wales and England this bank holiday past, in case anyone was interested in evidence of effective Government messaging. pic.twitter.com/0I0NQAqM94

— Ava-Santina (@AvaSantina) May 26, 2020

Tomorrow's @dailystar #frontpage:

– It’s official, folks! Cops: don’t drive if you’re blind #dominiccunmings

– A dom & dumber excuse

– Hosepipe ban on its way#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/QW0E54fepW

— Daily Star (@dailystar) May 26, 2020

NEW/EXC. Back in real world. The UK is nowhere close to meeting the target for 50,000 customs agents it needs for #Brexit, and the govt. "misleading" about it – haulage, customs chiefs tell me. Stay with me briefly. It's mad. /1Threadhttps://t.co/e7VluYHlAq

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) May 26, 2020

Hundreds of riot police took up posts around Hong Kong’s legislature overnight, with protests expected Wednesday over a bill criminalising disrespect of #China’s national anthem and against plans by Beijing to impose a #NationalSecurityLaw https://t.co/qAiewtyBZ1 #HongKong #HK

— Rosalind Mathieson (@RosMathieson) May 26, 2020

Highly rated companies including ­Disney, Apple and ExxonMobil have borrowed $1 trillion in five months as they seek to boost their balance sheets for dealing with the coronavirus crisis https://t.co/exGCiVow6M

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 26, 2020

Brazil's been added to @realDonaldTrump's administration's travel ban since its death toll passed 100K. Last week, I spoke on Bolsonaro's #COVID19 response in World #In60Seconds: "Pretty much the worst of any major democracy around the world." Chime in. https://t.co/O9x5A2cl9j pic.twitter.com/ZZWnjRD8Vh

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) May 26, 2020

A Canadian court is set to issue a key ruling tomorrow that will decide whether Huawei’s CFO is released or extradited to the US for trial. https://t.co/455namolGu

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 26, 2020

Tomorrow, @AstroBehnken & @Astro_Doug become the 1st humans to launch to the @Space_Station from American soil since the final space shuttle mission in 2011. Don’t miss our live coverage, including video from the @SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft!

Details: https://t.co/McKRZTW8rs pic.twitter.com/4CX64mc18f

— NASA (@NASA) May 26, 2020

NEW: The NHL says it will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams if it is able to resume play. https://t.co/gVIywohJu4

— ABC News (@ABC) May 26, 2020

Amy Cooper, a white woman who called the police on a black man, Christian Cooper, for asking her to leash her dog in Central Park, has been fired by her employer https://t.co/ikbocOFD7j

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 26, 2020

BREAKING: Four Minneapolis police officers were fired following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after an officer kneeled on his neck while he was handcuffed on the ground, shouting that he couldn’t breathe. https://t.co/TOsnyLzm9b

— HuffPost (@HuffPost) May 26, 2020

RIP Sean bell, unarmed innocent black man killed in Nov of 2006 by the NYPD on his wedding night

His daughter graduated 😭🙏🏼❤️ pic.twitter.com/LP0l8gVXSg

— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) May 26, 2020

Dominic Cummings's excuse over his alleged breach of the rules appeared a parody of the shifty political class he once pretended to despise https://t.co/pfk1SgD570

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 25, 2020

Not quite the headlines in the papers No10 were hoping for! 🤔#tomorrowspaperstoday #Cummings pic.twitter.com/NUmyS1pJRm

— Angela Rayner 🌹 (@AngelaRayner) May 25, 2020

Question for whichever Murdoch lickspittle now edits the Sun: how has what Cummings done been ‘right for the country?’ pic.twitter.com/gNARleggD0

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) May 25, 2020

This is why people are angry. Not only was the decision to unilaterally break the guidelines reckless, the decision to defend that choice is callous. Johnson, and everyone who has defended Cummings these past days, has shown a fundamental lack of respect and humanity.

— James Ker-Lindsay (@JamesKerLindsay) May 25, 2020

Reflections on a truly extraordinary day. The PM has made up his mind but what matters now is the court of public opinion. The jury still out on whether Cummings will be able to hang on https://t.co/ddyn0COY5P

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) May 25, 2020

"On the point about eyesight, I'm finding I have to wear spectacles for the first time in years… so I'm inclined to think that's very, very plausible"

PM Boris Johnson on Dominic Cumming's claim that he went for a drive to test his eyesighthttps://t.co/iEfuyWJjDA pic.twitter.com/RNgQoL1Kq8

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 25, 2020

Today is a test of a mode of politics, a mode Cummings made. His remarks were laced with attacks on the media. He didn’t give an inch even when it was clear that what he was saying wasn’t correct. It’s a way of doing politics which has been v successful. Has it reached its limit?

— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) May 25, 2020

🔥 Cummings caught in arrant lie 🔥

In the Rose Garden today, he pretended (twice) he had been some uncanny prophet about coronavirus…

…but he just doctored his old blogs.

[Gawd bless the Wayback Machine which snapshots websites over time]

I am so, so sick of the lying. https://t.co/e8YwEQrN4R

— Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) May 25, 2020

How amazing that in 16th century dialect Barnard Castle was a euphemism for a pathetic excuse! pic.twitter.com/7c5hV4wLs1

— Professor Suzanne Franks (@suzannehfranks) May 25, 2020

if Cummings is unhappy about inaccurate stories in the media just wait til he reads that lockdown Spectator piece by Mary Wakefield

— Friend of Deep State 🐋 (@PickardJE) May 25, 2020

A second bishop received death threats from Cummings fans. Looovely people. https://t.co/XDIvIhuMhF

— Steve Peers (@StevePeers) May 25, 2020

Ten minutes late.

Must be struggling to shed his exoskeleton.

— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) May 25, 2020

"Bowler's name, please….
ffs…BOWLER'S NAME, PLEASE!! Thank you…." pic.twitter.com/m7OjQsMUgn

— Pavilion Opinions (@pavilionopinion) May 25, 2020

Far worse than Cummings taking the country for an idiot is that he, and Boris Johnson, delivered this tragedy for tens, very likely soon to be hundreds, of thousands of his countrymen and women. https://t.co/rJY5chwLi9

— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) May 25, 2020

Who says that POTUS doesn’t know how to celebrate Memorial Day? Nothing like taking some potshots at a veteran before firing up the old White House grill. https://t.co/SOmz5U33LK

— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) May 25, 2020

Every day these days is a memorial to presidential dignity. https://t.co/rVjglDAadj

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 25, 2020

In anticipation, I guess, of @realDonaldTrump’s trademark “Happy Memorial Day” message, his campaign sent out this request to celebrate soldiers’ sacrifices by buying merchandise to help re-elect a man who doesn’t know the meaning of the word “sacrifice.” pic.twitter.com/mbRL87ugi4

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 23, 2020

As Trump's never-ending meltdown continues….

REMINDER: Trump sent security agents to steal his health & mental health records from his doctors office and conceal them in hiding.

— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) May 25, 2020

Think if Trump had been POTUS when the Challenger exploded.

“It was built by Jimmy Carter. I know how to build things that don’t explode. The teacher who died said nasty things about me.” https://t.co/sLlcY8wNWK

— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) May 25, 2020

Hundreds boaters in South Carolina hold parade in support of Trump over Memorial Day weekend https://t.co/yMHXyOnSKj pic.twitter.com/HhCEitHvDE

— The Hill (@thehill) May 25, 2020

Protesters hang effigy of Kentucky governor during Second Amendment rally https://t.co/GPrkGUqc1M pic.twitter.com/LkLKpd459i

— The Hill (@thehill) May 25, 2020

Love always wins over hate. The Kentuckians who stood in front of our home today with signs of encouragement and positivity have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated. ^BB

— First Lady Britainy Beshear (@BritainyBeshear) May 25, 2020

Trump’s threat to pull the convention from Charlotte unless the gov allows for attendees to attend in full (and risk mass infection) raises the tantalizing prospect that this year’s RNC gathering will end up at… Doral.

— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 25, 2020

So this means Trump 100% wants to have the RNC Convention at Trump Doral. Remember when he threw a hissy fit in front of the world when they wouldn’t let him host G7 summit there. This would be a way to recoup lost wages so to speak. P.S. the Doral is a dump. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/57jT9t1mFD

— NoelCaslerComedy🌙 (@caslernoel) May 25, 2020

North Carolina sees highest one-day spike in coronavirus cases.

"We're just testing more, so we are seeing the amount of cases that we have, in a more accurate way," the mayor of Durham says. https://t.co/PkC6IFezo4

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 25, 2020

WHO warns of "immediate second peak" in countries where coronavirus infections are declining. https://t.co/aMCwV6oYjq

— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 25, 2020

No new deaths recorded in Republic of Ireland as chief medical officer says it has "suppressed" #Covid19
https://t.co/yU7o9W1Oo8

— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) May 25, 2020

"All you need to do, actually if you don’t fancy quarantining is to fly to Dublin Airport, put a foot on Irish soil and then fly straight to whichever UK airport you want"https://t.co/xukIQO50eO

— DublinLive (@DublinLive) May 25, 2020

Eid Mubarak all✨

Especially to this Ikea branch in Germany.

Local Muslims asked if they can use the car park for prayers in order to maintain distancing per regulations. And Ikea said yes pic.twitter.com/6EDLmjkY9I

— Abdirahim Saeed (@AbdirahimS) May 24, 2020

Branson’s Long Beach-based Virgin Orbit cuts short its test of rocket launch from 747 https://t.co/GJ2W7IceSU

— O.C. Register (@ocregister) May 25, 2020

No dignity, no future: Boris forsakes leadership to protect Cummings https://t.co/tdIgsKC1iJ

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 24, 2020

"You say he was following instincts. The rest of the country was following rules, not instincts."

Political Editor @GaryGibbonBlog asks the Prime Minister if the public are "now all entitled to follow instincts" after claims chief aide Dominic Cummings broke lockdown rules. pic.twitter.com/tXZugGO6cU

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 24, 2020

Guardian front page, Monday 25 May 2020: No apology, no explanation: PM bets all on Cummings pic.twitter.com/krGodkmTyq

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 24, 2020

Number 10.
Losing The Mail but not The Sun pic.twitter.com/ly2N98aety

— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) May 24, 2020

Frank. Fearless. Forthright. Fucked. pic.twitter.com/tbrCeX7JQJ

— Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast (@OhGodWhatNowPod) May 24, 2020

"And all we wanted to do – and I’m sure the same goes for any grieving family – is gather in my garden and sing the 1975 Abba single ‘Dancing Queen’." https://t.co/CElEo1eoIS

— Neil Gibbons (@neilgibbons) May 24, 2020

I hate to say this, but I’m glad @BorisJohnson has made Dominic Cummings indispensable. His advisor has now become a household name, and more eyes are looking at his time in Russia, his lying campaigns around the NHS, overspending, dark data, and now his whole £1bn ARPA project

— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) May 24, 2020

If you wanted to construct a scenario that utterly retoxified the Conservative brand and played to people's worst fears/prejudices about Tories this would fit. https://t.co/vrJpS2tZua

— stefanstern (@stefanstern) May 24, 2020

Cheers. I believe this was the tweet. Thanks for bringing my attention to it and the truth it contains. https://t.co/aMPyB6Yi9e pic.twitter.com/gdz3zdBEGT

— Jim Deeds (@gymforthesoul) May 24, 2020

PM Johnson says plans on some pupils returning to primary school on June 1 https://t.co/xOvKtLMMqS pic.twitter.com/nkVc3uJTMZ

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2020

And here’s the Bishop of Leeds https://t.co/rKwfSrSP4g https://t.co/siXydf8rww

— Callum May (@callummay) May 24, 2020

My fear about @BorisJohnson ever getting near the position he now holds was that he would do irreparable damage both to our standing in the world and to standards in public life. We are witnessing national decline live on TV and it is painful and stomach churning to watch

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) May 24, 2020

One thing the Cummings row does is distract from this crushing Sunday Times review into @BorisJohnson failure to get on top of #coronavirus in March. And the lives that cost. It’s long and behind paywalls, but some key nuggets../1https://t.co/oWDkhozvUG

— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) May 24, 2020

Obv do not think just about Cummings. Johnson weakened: question is whether the recasting of Conservatives as a Brexit personality cult leaves internal opposition with any strength, or if it even exists. Anyway, quite a feat to go from 'I survived Covid' PM to this, in weeks https://t.co/ubQoJl6MZb

— John Harris (@johnharris1969) May 24, 2020

It’s only shaming if you feel shame https://t.co/HsHYEodgQD

— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) May 24, 2020

I went for a walk today with the late Mo Mowlam after discovering this Desert Island Discs from March 1999. If you need a reminder of what a decent, honest, hardworking and very human politician sounds like then have a listen https://t.co/rPHjiKQ3Le

— Fergal McFerran (@FergalMcFerran) May 24, 2020

On weekend dedicated to war dead, Trump tweets insults, promotes baseless claims and plays golf https://t.co/SYKa2r84qE

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 24, 2020

“If you look at the trends today, I think by Memorial Day Weekend we will largely have this coronavirus epidemic behind us.”
-VP, Task Force Commander Pence
On Fox News 4/23/20
We’ll hit 100K just in time for grilling berders tomorrow…🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/W3gRjipj15

— 🇵🇱Reality Dose🇺🇸 (@LRPow79) May 24, 2020

What's behind Trump's push to reopen churches?

Falling poll numbers among white evangelicals.

That's a dangerous political game to play with people's lives. https://t.co/TozLi1Pk7h

— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) May 23, 2020

Even though @realDonaldTrump called for churches to be opened and deemed an “essential service” despite them being a hot spot for #coronavirus during this pandemic; President Two Corinthians didn’t go to church today – he went golfing! https://t.co/hX8lvuf7lt #COVID19 #church

— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) May 24, 2020

Coronavirus has made a fundamental shift in who it touches and where it reaches in America.

The pandemic is now increasingly shifting to rural areas—counties with acres of farmland, cramped meatpacking plants, out-of-the-way prisons and few hospital beds. https://t.co/duJ4XtDJWU

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 24, 2020

Opinion: Coronavirus casualties in Republicans’ culture war https://t.co/1d7rEtU7bu

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 24, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump preemptively explaining his possible #2020 loss, setting up legal challenge and refusal to accept peaceful transfer of power if the courts don’t back him. No president has done more to openly, ceaselessly and tauntingly undermine our constitutional rule of law. https://t.co/K1qzY8YEwY

— howardfineman (@howardfineman) May 24, 2020

NEW: For the past six months, top Trump campaign officials, reporting to Jared Kushner, have been working on a radical overhaul of the Republican Party platform. https://t.co/dkRCtWlfEw

— Axios (@axios) May 24, 2020

"There are still people who think Target, Walmart and other food stores are magical kingdoms where everything is sterile and nobody has ever gotten sick, and that’s what they want people to keep thinking." https://t.co/4xLbTjyz8n

— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) May 24, 2020

8 of last 9 days the number of new #Covid19 cases has been below 100. Today’s new cases = 57. This progress is thanks to YOU & your family. We now need to maintain it & work to carefully find ways of living alongside the virus by following our plan. Stay safe. We will get there

— Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) May 24, 2020

The director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology says claims promoted by the Trump administration that the global coronavirus pandemic originated at the Chinese laboratory are a “pure fabrication. https://t.co/AHpnarmMqL

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 24, 2020

More than 100 COVID-19 cases in Germany traced back to Frankfurt church services https://t.co/QaVGI1DuiC pic.twitter.com/mLpKOmyoJ7

— The Hill (@thehill) May 24, 2020

Whoa, whoa, we don't want to rush into anything this early https://t.co/BTqMsDnJKt

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 24, 2020

This report. https://t.co/0C3Td5hSKs

— Cahir O’Doherty (@randomirish) May 24, 2020

Jacinda Ardern stays cool as earthquake rattles New Zealand capital https://t.co/iDqN79wFbx pic.twitter.com/dG32kHV6Iv

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2020

South African president says lockdown to ease from June 1 https://t.co/g99T700TvD pic.twitter.com/9DRL3H61Fe

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 24, 2020

As nature’s microscopic zombies, viruses straddle the divide between living and dead. They're packed with DNA, but can’t reproduce without a host. These qualities could be adopted to produce batteries with improved energy density and sustainability. https://t.co/0YCOsH0lvT

— WIRED (@WIRED) May 24, 2020

and in other news … https://t.co/sDYnFUk8cT

— Karine Polwart (@IAMKP) May 24, 2020

Sunday's entire @nytimes front page is a partial list of Covid-19 victims. "The 1,000 people here reflect just 1% of the toll. None were mere numbers." pic.twitter.com/oh86xAUdRL

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 23, 2020

Nearly 100,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. The nation needs a collective mourning process, @meghanor writes. https://t.co/uMOHrp43sG

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 23, 2020

Trump spent 3 1/2 hours golfing today. How many Americans died during his time on the links?

— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 23, 2020

Don’t worry. Donald Trump is hard at work, doing everything he can to protect … oh wait … he’s golfing. Again.#TrumpGolfsYouDie #trumpgolfswhilepeopledie

New from @MeidasTouch: #DemCast pic.twitter.com/HBL7ZOF2ae

— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) May 23, 2020

As @realDonaldTrump golfs this Memorial Day weekend while Americans continue to die due to his failed leadership, here’s a photo of a monument he placed along the Potomac at his VA golf course, which is as fake as his Putin installed presidency.

This battle never happened.

1/4 pic.twitter.com/j1M73DWisy

— Alexandra Chalupa 🇺🇦 (@AlexandraChalup) May 23, 2020

Idiocracy https://t.co/SdhA40EWWR

— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) May 23, 2020

Virus pandemic confronts Memorial Weekend:
• Some houses of worship stay closed, despite President Trump calling them essential, saying they should reopen.
• COVID-19 cases fall in China, but surge in Latin America, India.
• U.S. deaths surpass 96,000.https://t.co/2arrvK7Zcy

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 23, 2020

By mid-afternoon Saturday, the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland, was packed. Groups of ten or more are prohibited by law, and masks are recommended but not required. https://t.co/hD8RRLqD7S

— WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) May 23, 2020

Hairstylist with coronavirus 'potentially exposed 91 people to disease' https://t.co/2O2S3OxDQU

— The Independent (@Independent) May 23, 2020

They will say that it’s no big deal, it’s just temporary, and wait days and weeks beyond what they should. And thousands, or tens of thousands, will die as a consequence.

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) May 23, 2020

“Russia’s goal was never merely to elect Donald Trump. It was to bring down American democracy.” This is a must read article for anyone who cares about foreign interference in our democracy. https://t.co/NMJBcJ5VT9

— Michael Morell (@MichaelJMorell) May 23, 2020

The #DominicCumings scandal is so explosive because it is not abstract. Hundreds of thousands of people sacrificed by not going to funerals or not seeing frightened parents. They will never forget.

— Fintan O'Toole (@fotoole) May 23, 2020

#sackcummings #dominicgoing #BorisHasFailedBritain pic.twitter.com/SrJZuOaJpu

— HappyToast★ (@IamHappyToast) May 23, 2020

Dominic Cummings broke the lockdown not once but twice and Downing Street borrows from the Trump playbook for its response https://t.co/Adw9q0sRBm pic.twitter.com/0odCeZ0cVN

— Matthew Garrahan (@MattGarrahan) May 23, 2020

No Conservative MP or minister spoken out (other than in support) for Cummings. But privately there is anger and incredulity. Senior minister told me tonight Cummings has to go because he’s ‘damaging the team and the policy’. PM using up a lot of political capital

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) May 23, 2020

You keep thinking it can’t get any more putrid. Then up pops the former lover of the current fiancé of a PM who can’t enumerate how many kids he has with a story briefed by said PM (who never appears in public) defending Cummings on the grounds that he wasn’t shagging. 1/2 https://t.co/Oq28FphDHc

— ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) May 23, 2020

The issue is no longer Cummings. The issue is why cabinet ministers took time out this weekend to trash the credibility and integrity of their own government in order to protect an unelected, divisive courtier. https://t.co/AAjJuIIqzF

— Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrell_b) May 23, 2020

This seems symptomatic of what is wrong with our politics. We all know he doesn't believe this and that privately he's probably spitting tacks , but hey the game is the game https://t.co/p0SMVZonmX

— robert shrimsley (@robertshrimsley) May 23, 2020

The absolute dereliction of duty it takes to put party honour in front of national security and public health during a deadly pandemic is incredible. Every single minister who has put out a public statement in support of Cummings should be out of a job.

— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) May 23, 2020

Unfortunately we’ve lost quite a few followers today because we condemned Dominic Cumming’s actions.

But for us, the health of our colleagues and the population they serve is more important than anything else.

So please RT and follow if you remain right behind us.

Thank you x pic.twitter.com/qodivZvDDo

— NHS Million (@NHSMillion) May 23, 2020

MPs in growing revolt over plan for 2 June Commons return https://t.co/5FghJxXoM4

— The Guardian (@guardian) May 23, 2020

These @Reuterspictures show businesses around the world reopening with people practicing social distancing https://t.co/jfhywefJar pic.twitter.com/lfycd0sEic

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 23, 2020

About time. I was wondering when 2020 would finally get interesting. https://t.co/SKq4zdHV1e

— Nicholas Miller (@Nick_L_Miller) May 23, 2020

First coronavirus related death confirmed in besieged Gaza Strip https://t.co/BTYQhmNohc

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 23, 2020

About 12.5% of Moscow's residents are estimated to have the antibody for coronavirus, the city's health authorities say https://t.co/IUnSKs2ZW4 pic.twitter.com/xMJGFrCNO1

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 23, 2020

Rest of World🌍 to America🇺🇸: Terrific, more for us!

New U.S. poll: "50% of respondents said they plan to get vaccinated for the virus, 'if and when a #coronavirus #vaccine becomes available,' 23% said they won't get vaccinated & 27% said not sure."https://t.co/KpGq4uPmNI

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 23, 2020

Pastor Who Claimed To Cure Coronavirus With Faith Dies Of Coronavirus https://t.co/RyiZXYD3HQ

— Richard Marx (@richardmarx) May 23, 2020

A wee house in #brinalack standing strong against the storm with no name. #gweedore #gaothdobhair pic.twitter.com/7y7LKadowW

— WildAtlanticGweedore (@Gweedore_WAWay) May 23, 2020

This afternoon Priti Patel said: ‘We will not allow a small minority, a reckless minority, to endanger us all’ pic.twitter.com/El5MTnwhGR

— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) May 22, 2020

Hey @MattHancock, will you be urging the police to get involved as you did with Neil Ferguson? Or is it one rule for your enemies and another for your friends? https://t.co/SigiOWPX7m

— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) May 22, 2020

The choice facing @BorisJohnson tonight is a simple one

A. Sack Dominic Cummings

B. Express contempt for the British people who have sacrificed so much

Which will it be Prime Minister? https://t.co/ymbBCnyj0j

— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 22, 2020

All I can think of is all those people who kept to the rules & didn’t say farewell or hold the hand of a dearly loved family member before they died nor attend their funeral. Govt has been consistent – do as we say not as we do. Arrogant & elitist #Cummings #Jenrick #COVIDー19 https://t.co/K9F9o1ctvX

— Anna Soubry 🖤🤍🇺🇦 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 (@Anna_Soubry) May 22, 2020

First time for everything – could not agree more with JHB. The greatest fear of Coronavirus – infecting your parents. Painful but necessary to stay apart even when you have no symptoms. But Cummings not only turned up, he apparently used them for childcare. Different universes. https://t.co/zTWVpYteSf

— Jessica Simor KC (@JMPSimor) May 22, 2020

Whatever the source says this story should have led the @BBCNews at Ten. @neil_ferguson was shamed for breaking the lockdown. But when Dominic Cummings broke it – whatever the excuse – it's not a major story. BBC management are The Jellyfish. https://t.co/FwFBqd6UOo

— John Sweeney (@johnsweeneyroar) May 22, 2020

No 10 won’t comment on Cummings but no chance at all this goes away – SNP and Lib Dems calling for him to go, plenty of restive Tory MPs and plenty of ministers who feel excluded by Vote Leave tribe in Downing St

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) May 22, 2020

I'm not usually one to pile on Laura Kuenssberg, but…why is she the one rebutting the story in the reply to tweets about this and not Number 10? https://t.co/kgKjh25ddg

— Chris Stokel-Walker (@stokel) May 22, 2020

The journalists defending Dom Cummings tonight are largely the same ones who get their stories from him. It’s how it works.

— Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧 (@montie) May 22, 2020

This is an account of how Dominic Cummings and his family coped with having the virus. It was written by Mary Wakefield, his wife. On re-reading in the current context it appears … inconsistent and disingenuous to say the least: https://t.co/som1cQGOjq

— Kate McCann (@KateEMcCann) May 22, 2020

i Weekend: "Two weeks in quarantine if you want a foreign holiday" (via @hendopolis) #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/uw26l3P8rR

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 22, 2020

Saturday's Express: "Let’s all go on a British summer holiday" (via @hendopolis) #BBCPapers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/mSW1fkVCdn

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) May 22, 2020

Does it apply to bolted horses returning to their stable? https://t.co/f095DuZidL

— Enough Of That Now (@AndyGilder) May 22, 2020

📽️ OUT NOW – our new short film #ThisIsPoverty. Watch and share this poignant documentary which demonstrates the injustice of poverty in the UK. Together we can change this and #SolveUKPoverty. https://t.co/8Fn1ra8r9L

— Joseph Rowntree Foundation (@jrf_uk) May 22, 2020

The President just gave Putin carte blanche: Trump to Withdraw U.S. From ‘Open Skies’ Treaty https://t.co/S9A7VDNzmU

— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) May 22, 2020

As I kept telling you, Trump has no idea what Open Skies is, or what it does. This is people on the Hill and lower levels in the administration making mischief while they still can. https://t.co/2OPJlMQEAm

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 22, 2020

This is insane. I was the director of CIA.

— Gen Michael Hayden (@GenMhayden) May 21, 2020

Trump drug hydroxychloroquine raises death risk in Covid patients, study says https://t.co/6FAo3QSOyS

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 22, 2020

President Trump has begun questioning the official coronavirus death toll, suggesting the numbers, which have hurt his approval ratings and re-election prospects, are inflated. Experts say the death toll is probably far higher than what is publicly known.https://t.co/iLJQmM6Wkq

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 22, 2020

The Trump Administration's attacks on the press seek to paint journalists as "others." That this now extends to religion is disgusting. Many reporters are religious, but it shouldn't matter. The question that was being asked and that everyone should care about is one of safety. https://t.co/OHAUTmsQav

— Dan Rather (@DanRather) May 22, 2020

"Trump's moves to reopen the country appear increasingly brazen and untethered to the guidance of the nation's leading public health advisers. This afternoon, Trump abruptly ordering states to open houses of worship despite ongoing caution" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/PQhsrgBdmQ

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 22, 2020

What in the holy hell has he turned this Presidency into. https://t.co/pmRch4P2nD

— Meredith Salenger (@MeredthSalenger) May 22, 2020

Thank you @WaffleHouse! President @realDonaldTrump and our Administration will stop at nothing to restore our economy as we continue to safely reopen this Nation. We are on our way back, America! pic.twitter.com/oCKuUuA6vz

— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) May 22, 2020

Joe Biden says he “shouldn’t have been such a wise guy,” hours after he told a popular African American radio host that "if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black" https://t.co/wCYBYV3mfu

— CNN (@CNN) May 22, 2020

In fairness, how many times in a row can the media report, "Today May 22, 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden once again did not urge anybody to inject bleach." https://t.co/OnmPJl6P4g

— David Frum (@davidfrum) May 22, 2020

Think of how many small businesses could have been helped with the $47 million that went to private jet companies owned by wealthy Trump donors. It’s ridiculous.

We need a president who puts hardworking Americans ahead of the wealthy and well-connected. https://t.co/A7Pn17J6id

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 22, 2020

“This is the end of Hong Kong," pro-democracy lawmaker Dennis Kwok says.

"This is the end of ‘One Country Two Systems.’ This is it. Make no mistake about it." https://t.co/HoLRimrKOp

— ABC News (@ABC) May 22, 2020

BREAKING: UK, Australia & Canada voice deep concern at China’s proposed security law for Hong Kong. They warn “such a law on Hong Kong’s behalf without the direct participation of its people, legislature or judiciary would clearly undermine the principle of 1 country 2 systems” pic.twitter.com/xFcx2DgZv0

— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) May 22, 2020

“This is a frightened lot of bullies…we must really learn to stand up to them.”

Former British Governor of Hong Kong, Lord Patten, says China is taking advantage of the pandemic to introduce stricter security laws in Hong Kong. pic.twitter.com/6p9uOvLOyD

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) May 22, 2020

#BREAKING: Just ahead of 2-year anniversary of Europe's #privacy rules, Dublin issues its first (draft) decision against @Twitter for mishandling ppls' data — its 1st ruling against Big Tech. Also: separate @WhatsApp (aka @Facebook) investigation heading to final sate. https://t.co/LI8jwp8tTs

— Mark Scott (@markscott82) May 22, 2020

NYC Adding 12 More Miles Of Open Streets This Weekend To Increase Total to 45 Miles https://t.co/ly7XWShhsr

— Gothamist (@Gothamist) May 22, 2020

Broken supply chains = prices go up = people can't afford food. Combine this with lost incomes & hunger will spike.

My colleague @bauer_jm explains what's happening in Congo, and how the number of people who need @WFP assistance has doubled.

— Cindy McCain (@WFPChief) May 22, 2020

Three months ago this light fitting was the height of chic. Now it's on sale. I wonder why. pic.twitter.com/abYqxeEGG4

— Ronan McGreevy (@RMcGreevy1301) May 22, 2020

In rare move acknowledging death toll from the White House, Trump orders flags to be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds across the country.

— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) May 22, 2020

New study finds if Trump had acted in February, we could have saved over 35,000 lives.

29 Days: America’s Lost Month#VoteForYourLife

pic.twitter.com/RpGwzEMkBI

— Eleven Films (@ElevenFilms) May 22, 2020

If the United States had implemented social distancing policies just a week sooner, it could have prevented more than half the number of coronavirus deaths and infections, according to new research from Columbia University. https://t.co/yk42Ssvhbs

— CNN (@CNN) May 21, 2020

Breaking News: If the U.S. had begun imposing social distancing measures one week earlier than it did in March, about 36,000 fewer people would have died in the coronavirus outbreak, according to new estimates from Columbia University researchers https://t.co/phnyEgZice

— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 21, 2020

Trump calls a Columbia University report that predicted there would have been fewer US deaths with earlier social distancing a "political hit job" https://t.co/wr9nSv0lSt pic.twitter.com/B9FC7o462M

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 21, 2020

Donald Trump Wears Mask at Ford Plant https://t.co/nr4dCMnGBp

— TMZ (@TMZ) May 21, 2020

The last thing you see before you’re force-fed chloroquine pic.twitter.com/fpdQxjGTe0

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 22, 2020

Yup. Especially with a new President and all. https://t.co/cM4bnt47hP

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) May 22, 2020

You can’t make this shit up.

Trump campaign sends text to sell voters his colouring book as US coronavirus deaths pass 90,000 https://t.co/pgRkW5EWFD

— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) May 21, 2020

The Senate has voted 49-to-44 to confirm Rep. John Ratcliffe as the next director of national intelligence. He received more votes in opposition than any DNI in the 15-year history of the office. https://t.co/W2qwkcd6SN

— Shane Harris (@shaneharris) May 21, 2020

Churches should open when it is safe to do so. Churches should open when public health officials, who know more about epidemiology than church leaders do, conclude that it is safe to do so. Otherwise, we risk infecting more people and causing death. Some humility is in order. https://t.co/qO38l7DmAb

— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) May 21, 2020

At least 33 African American bishops, reverends and pastors who led various denominations around the country have died from the coronavirus, according to an @ABC News analysis. https://t.co/i2eVQDyCgP

— ABC News (@ABC) May 22, 2020

Coronavirus cases in Florida jump by 1,200 and now total more than 48,600https://t.co/uD5vVaauWQ

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) May 22, 2020

Remember when President Trump claimed there was widespread election fraud in Florida’s 2018 elections?

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement just wrapped up the investigation and found 0 evidence of it. https://t.co/5UrwR5A366

— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) May 21, 2020

Class of 2020 entering worst job market since Great Depression

Graduates who had their first jobs (and some of them their dream jobs) lined up have had their job offers rescinded. @biannagolodryga reports https://t.co/QrpLupqvg2

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) May 21, 2020

93 percent of the doctors who have died of covid-19 in Britain have been ethnic minorities.https://t.co/1hjucdiHQR

— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) May 22, 2020

.@BorisJohnson wants the #UK to be less reliant on #China for vital medical supplies & other strategic imports so country is less vulnerable to potentially hostile foreign governments https://t.co/sPKRAti71q

— Sophia Yan (@sophia_yan) May 22, 2020

Estimates suggest Britain's debt-to-GDP ratio will soon head back to the 100% mark—a level not seen since the 1950s https://t.co/HpeQLWRuLJ

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 21, 2020

GDP data from ONS tell us the UK economy shrank by -2.0% in the first three months of 2020 (little surprise, given #Covid_19 #lockdown). But what does this translate in to for the GDP of the regions and nations of the UK? We've modelled this – headline results below. A thread: 👇 pic.twitter.com/3jHcJdWz0U

— Stuart McIntyre (@stuartgmcintyre) May 21, 2020

ITV news reports 4,400,000 UK households are relying on charity to feed themselves. How can this be in this day and age?

— Pete Timmins (@petertimmins3) May 21, 2020

“The death toll is going to go up… I think we should be more stricter like Spain and none of us allowed out”

Says man out drinking beer on packed beach front. 🤪 pic.twitter.com/SwpKfzwKjo

— Jay Motty (@JayMotty) May 21, 2020

China's People's Party Congress, originally scheduled for March, delayed by #COVID19 is live now in Beijing. Nearly every one of the 1000s of Communist Party leaders is wearing a mask, but they are seated inches from one another. The mood is sober: economic targets won't be met. https://t.co/dgvzWoWh7l

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 22, 2020

This is likely the end of One Country, Two Systems: China risks new Hong Kong protests by imposing security law @FT https://t.co/WiXBSN1LBc

— Jamie Smyth (@JamieSmythF) May 22, 2020

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 NYT (@lourdesgnavarro) 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 (@drvolts) 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

#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

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

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

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

— 16 years of song a day (@songadaymann) May 19, 2020

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

— Health Service Journal (@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

— Professor Danny Blanchflower economist & fisherman (@D_Blanchflower) 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 – Think Without Borders (@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.

— Baz (@Bazza315) May 19, 2020

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

#pickforbritain pic.twitter.com/GV6x99kyxQ

— ☕Carol Hedges (also at @riotgrandma72) (@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 🇬🇧 🇮🇪🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@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

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

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

— Sky News (@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 – Think Without Borders (@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 Center for 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

— Two-piece Advocate (@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

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

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 (@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

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 Bueno, Ph.D (@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 (indefinite hiatus) (@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

— Sky News (@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

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

— Sky News (@SkyNews) May 17, 2020

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

— Al Jazeera Breaking 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

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

— 16 years of song a day (@songadaymann) May 17, 2020