The partial government shutdown prompted the chief judge of Manhattan federal courts to suspend work on civil cases involving U.S. government lawyers, giving President Trump a reprieve from the progress of some litigation he faces. https://t.co/KxrloZzLW1

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 28, 2018

Acting COS Mick Mulvaney doubled down on Trump threat to close southern border, despite @CBSNews estimate that would cost up to $1B a day. Also said last offer to Dems was “below $5B” but “not gonna tell you what it is...” pic.twitter.com/0Rt8Ub6yNo

— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) December 28, 2018

A disturbing piece by Hechinger Report.on how for-profit schools reap money from taxpayers and students. https://t.co/jx5xGXoDsa

— Jane Karr (@JaneKarr_Edlife) December 28, 2018

The New Yorker’s @praddenkeefe discusses new reporting about how TV producer Mark Burnett revived the image of Donald Trump and helped pave his way to the presidency. https://t.co/HkIvetsFG3

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 28, 2018

Mollie Tibbetts’ mom has taken the son of Mexican farmworkers — who fled when their coworker, Mollie’s alleged killer, was arrested — into her home. https://t.co/gDfgSPWqRQ

— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) December 28, 2018

“What kind of country allows its Violence Against Women Act to expire?” Alyssa Milano tweeted. https://t.co/t8e2Rgyruv

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) December 27, 2018

“Washington cannot continue to do business as it now does and have our republic survive,” Sanford said in reference to the national debt https://t.co/RyxiEvRUTP

— Roll Call (@rollcall) December 28, 2018

The head of Department of Homeland Security is traveling to El Paso to see how well children are being jailed by the US government. There isn’t even a thought of outlawing child caging. https://t.co/jC4ciCIpK4

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) December 28, 2018

Trump is set to release thousands of migrant families from detention along the border over the next several days, per @DLind. Good news, right? Well, they’ll likely just be dropped off at bus stops. Yes, literally out in the cold. https://t.co/MT8TFYPvnf

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 28, 2018

Wildfire victims thrust into Northern California housing shortage https://t.co/7T5Yaepayg pic.twitter.com/uWn5VddOwB

— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 28, 2018

(Here’s the link):https://t.co/wVM3DgKp9c

— Charles #GetCovered-ba (@charles_gaba) December 28, 2018

UPDATE
Here's Military Times poll from October 2018. Trump scoring even worse among military personnel in past year than in the previously cited October 2017 poll https://t.co/3DdC35WHhT pic.twitter.com/amiwRBJmkP

— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 28, 2018

A presidential visit to the troops is NOT a campaign rally. Every president has known this until @realdonaldtrump.

Former US Army four-star general blasts Trump's visit to US troops https://t.co/CBbOOIbG7m

— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) December 28, 2018

The school district fired that referee who told a young black wrestler that he had to cut his dreadlocks off or forfeit his match. The referee had no business being there in the first damn place, seeing as he’d once called a black colleague “nigger.” Alas. https://t.co/A1Fjp3GqfR

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) December 28, 2018

I agree with every word of this: Mattis was a poor Secretary of Defense and doesn’t deserve the praise he’s been receiving https://t.co/Kuv5pmhQ8w

— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) December 28, 2018

Trump did what he always does and changed his mind. Why was Congress surprised? https://t.co/kqLsGBclpO

— Jonathan Chevreau (@JonChevreau) December 28, 2018

More proof of how disconnected the @realDonaldTrump family is from U.S. military service, which is apolitical and has longstanding regulations banning political activity on-base, on-duty and in uniform. We don’t have a king. Military oath is to the country and the Constitution. https://t.co/MOkK2e9fie

— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) December 28, 2018

impressive boye

📹: axlthegolden1 pic.twitter.com/LOh4hsUKhI

— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) December 28, 2018