by Heather Hastie | Jan 13, 2018 | Economics, Tweets, US Politics
On 8 January Donald Trump sent out three tweets about his latest speech to his base. That day, he spoke at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Most of those in attendance support him strongly, but why? What exactly is Trump...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 10, 2018 | Tweets, US Politics
The more I do these tweets posts, the more I find the USA is dominating them. When I began this website, I didn’t expect to be writing so much about the US. My plan was to focus on international politics in general, especially how that’s effected by...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 7, 2018 | Tweets
Of course, the big news on Twitter is the new Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury. There are tweets about every aspect of the book, the release of which was brought forward to 5 January when President Trump’s lawyers sent a “cease and desist” letter to...
by Heather Hastie | Jan 3, 2018 | Tweets, US Politics, Women
Once again, most of today’s tweets are from yesterday. I put them in the post, then fell asleep watching the tennis (NZ Open). I’m not sure where I saw the joke recently, but it certainly applies to me right now. I don’t know what day it is, and I...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 27, 2017 | Asia, Russia, Tweets
I prepared the tweets for this post yesterday, but then the efforts of the previous few days overcame me. Translation: I spent the remaining three hours of the afternoon asleep! I haven’t looked at Twitter yet today, so some of the tweets may be out of date....
