The social media giant announced the news on Thursday, stating over a series of tweets that verification would be immediately opened to the public, via a button on its app. Users who prove their identity, and whose accounts are deemed “authentic,” “notable” and “active” will be able to add the iconic …
Read More »Cryptocurrency market has lost nearly $1 TRILLION in value since April peak
At its lowest point, the price of the world’s most popular digital asset tumbled $12,000, or nearly 30%, to trade just above $30,000. Ether, the second-biggest cryptocurrency, shed around 40% of its value, while joke token dogecoin lost as much as 50%. As of 13:58 GMT, bitcoin was down more …
Read More »‘Didn’t feel out of my league’: Saunders vows to return in first statement since Canelo loss as he details ugly extent of injuries
Saunders lost his WBO super-middleweight title to his Mexican rival when he failed to come out for the ninth round, suffering serious swelling to his right eye resulting from a crunching uppercut from Alvarez. The Brit, 31, was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery on Sunday and has …
Read More »Breaking the Red Wall: Tory candidate wins in Labour stronghold Hartlepool for 1st time since 1974
Tory candidate Jill Mortimer came in first with 51.88%, beating her Labour opponent, Paul Williams, by almost 7,000 votes. She will be the first Conservative MP from the area since 1974. Hartlepool has been long considered part of Labour’s ‘Red Wall’ – a set of loyal strongholds in northern England. …
Read More »The internet once offered a promise of free speech for everyone; Big Tech has since turned it into a prison
Wednesday’s decision by Facebook’s “oversight board” – a transparent attempt to outsource responsibility for censorship to an international committee – to extend the ban on 45th US President Donald Trump is just the latest example, but by no means the most egregious. Earlier this week, the banhammer descended on RT’s …
Read More »Biden addresses joint session of Congress for 1st time since taking office
China’s right. The long, grim death toll from America’s 201 military conflicts since 1945 reveals the world’s real bad guy
A Chinese organization has published a report slamming the United States as responsible for a “History of Humanitarian Disasters” citing what it described as “American aggression” and highlighting the destructive consequences of US-led wars, most often under the guise of “humanitarian interventions” or “human rights.” The document by the China …
Read More »Tara Reade: Since when are we a police state? Officers visit activist after a tweet critical of AOC. Her office denies involvement
As the tech companies collude with the Democratic National Committee to deplatform and censor in the name of safety and stability, more voices of dissent are silenced. Niccolo Machiavelli said, “It is much safer to be feared than loved.” ‘The Prince’ is the OG of playbooks for the leaders who …
Read More »EU ambassadors approve first China sanctions since Tiananmen Square crackdown, diplomats say
On Wednesday, EU envoys approved travel bans and asset freezes on four Chinese individuals and one entity, however the names will remain unpublished until formal approval is given by EU foreign ministers who will vote on the matter next week. “Restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses adopted,” …
Read More »200,000 Russians have died of Covid-19 since start of pandemic, state agency confirms, as caseload falls & restrictions dropped
Rosstat, the country’s statistical authority, announced on Friday that 37,107 people had died while infected with the coronavirus in January, putting the overall official number of dead at 200,432 and potentially giving the country the third-highest total death toll in the world after the US and Brazil. However, when measured …
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