Here are a bunch of stories you might miss because (let's face it) the entire country is on information overload:
Operatives from the Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube used false identities to track & dig up dirt—even sexual blackmail material—on Obama officials behind the Iran deal. Pages of docs & sources close to the effort show how, in my latest for @newyorker: https://t.co/ICE5jKwCmm
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) May 7, 2018
So Yeah, It Looks Like Trumpers Hired Black Ops Firm Used By Harvey Weinstein to Surveil and Run Dirty Tricks Agst Obama Admin Iran Deal Supporters..... https://t.co/NqvMBpqlqP via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) May 6, 2018
Connecticut votes to give electoral votes to presidential candidate who wins popular vote https://t.co/ADg87L6itL pic.twitter.com/jYS7plbCEC
— The Hill (@thehill) May 6, 2018
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Mesmerizing. Disturbing. Violent. Beautiful. Tragic. Materialistic. Melodic. Chaotic.pic.twitter.com/jET1KfgRvx— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 6, 2018
Trump quietly signed an Executive Order allowing gov't to fund religious groups https://t.co/5CYDXSh8aR via @BeingLiberal
— Susan Gross (@pricklyeater) May 7, 2018
Parkland students celebrate prom, honor classmates killed in shooting https://t.co/2eFOoSnaEK pic.twitter.com/NQGXosqhBb
— The Hill (@thehill) May 7, 2018
Hawaii volcano latest as Kilauea roars back in full force:
- 31 structures destroyed.
- 10 fissures.
- No injuries reported so far.@KaynaWhitworth has more. https://t.co/VS9lowI70o pic.twitter.com/EtH22zU8n4— ABC News (@ABC) May 7, 2018
The hearings for Trump’s CIA pick should prompt a reckoning with torture https://t.co/RHeeTBW6HZ via @voxdotcom
— Warren Getchell (@WarrenGetchell) May 7, 2018
In conversations with several top GOP strategists, nearly all conceded that the overwhelming Democratic enthusiasm they're facing this November is incredibly worrisome. https://t.co/wL8ufuEYiB
— NPR (@NPR) May 7, 2018
Every company sooner or later forges signatures & email addresses to open fake accounts & give the appearance of sales growth to investors in a decade-long mass securities fraud, says Warren Buffett, leading shareholder in the main company that did this https://t.co/qag4tH4KET
— David Dayen (@ddayen) May 6, 2018
Conway: Trump didn’t know about Daniels payment when it was made https://t.co/wNiSqcBxh4 pic.twitter.com/gBuUOVBQy3
— POLITICO (@politico) May 7, 2018
Top aides to Scott Pruitt at the EPA are screening public records requests related to Pruitt, slowing the flow of information released under the Freedom of Information Act — at times beyond what the law allows. https://t.co/7FT0NQyagv
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 7, 2018
The Koch family’s Nazi ties are more entrenched than you think: A long association with Holocaust deniers is even uglier than their Third Reich connections by @meaganmday https://t.co/JgiC8idO5f
— Progressive Push (@progressivepush) May 7, 2018
Iowa’s Governor Just Signed The Most Restrictive Abortion Law In The Country. Planned Parenthood Says They’ll Sue. https://t.co/o0m061ONtv via @o_ema
— @AdamsFlaFan (@AdamsFlaFan) May 7, 2018
Stupid Watergate: John Oliver Tees Off On Giuliani - https://t.co/3Ny3chj7x3 pic.twitter.com/qg9ZCdl1aQ
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 7, 2018
Legal experts are divided over whether a new bipartisan proposal would curtail the president's warmaking powers or extend them, writes @profepps https://t.co/E9UIUVqj14
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 7, 2018