The US and Russia have announced that Blinken and Lavrov will be convening in a side session during a ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council, scheduled for May 20, 2021. While any meeting between the individuals responsible for the foreign relations of their respective governments is always noteworthy, especially when tensions are at …
Read More »‘Just a mention please!’ Trump demands credit for US vaccination plan as media report 100% of House Dems got the jab, unlike GOP
In a Friday statement, Trump once again took credit for the quick development and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines that his administration spearheaded and ripped the celebratory announcement this week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that fully vaccinated people can refrain from wearing masks indoors and outdoors. …
Read More »Liz Cheney ousted from GOP leadership role, Trump blasts her as ‘bitter, horrible human being’
Cheney, the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney and a staunch neoconservative, repeatedly found herself at odds with her party colleagues over Trump and his administration’s policies. A majority of House Republicans voted to oust Cheney from her position – which she had held since January 2019 – on …
Read More »Ted Cruz blasted after saying on video he ‘led the fight’ for Donald Trump on January 6
At a Thursday event in Virginia, Cruz was confronted by a woman who said she believed Trump was the true winner of the presidential election. “Wondering why you didn’t do more to fight for President [Donald] Trump on January 6th?” she asked Cruz, to which the Senator said he led …
Read More »But they’re not a publisher? Twitter walks back ‘explainer’ of Donald Trump Jr’s reference to Jimmy Carter after mockery
“Biden isn’t the next FDR he’s the next Jimmy Carter,” Donald Trump Junior tweeted on Friday afternoon. Angry Democrats quickly swarmed to defend Carter and denounce Trump’s father, pushing the Georgia Democrat’s name to trend. It was at this point that Twitter chose to explain the trend by saying “people …
Read More »Twitter BANS ‘Trump Desk’ account after Democrats demand censorship
The hashtag, aimed at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, had over 20,000 tweets on Wednesday, hours after the account @DJTDesk appeared on the platform. The account explicitly said it was “Not Trump Tweeting” but posting content generated by the 45th US president on his own website, called “From the Desk of …
Read More »Trump rips Facebook, Twitter, Google for taking ‘free speech’ away from him to appease ‘radical left lunatics’
“What Facebook, Twitter, Google have done is a total disgrace and embarrassment to our country,” Trump wrote. “Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth.” Trump went on to call for “corrupt social media companies” …
Read More »Facebook Oversight Board upholds Trump ban, but says it was ‘inappropriate’ for site to make suspension indefinite
In a statement on Wednesday, the board announced that it “upholds Facebook’s decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-president Donald Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account.” “However, it was not appropriate for Facebook to impose the indeterminate and standardless penalty of indefinite suspension,” …
Read More »Trump-baiting fail: Ex-House speaker Paul Ryan joins Republican pariah Liz Cheney to ramp up division within GOP
Helping Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney along the path from censured Republican back to fresh-faced presidential possibility was Paul Ryan, the former Speaker who held a “virtual event” fundraiser in March charging $2,900 a plate — and $5,800 for the chance to co-host the event. The Republican congresswoman took a blistering blow …
Read More »Trump makes online comeback with virtual ‘desk’ that mimics his wiped Twitter feed
“From the desk of Donald J. Trump,” revealed Tuesday, is a page that looks very much like the 45th president’s Twitter account – from which he was banned in January. A promotional video pinned to the top of the feed declares it a “beacon of freedom” and a “place to …
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