The permanent suspension of President Trump’s Twitter account, carried out unilaterally and devoid of any pretense of due process or appreciation of the First Amendment rights of Donald Trump, represents a low moment in American history. Trump’s ban was followed by a decision by Google to de-platform Parler.com, a social …
Read More »Ayatollah still can tweet? Trump supporters point fingers at Iran’s leader… just as he runs into trouble with platform too
The US president was booted from the social media site for good on Friday, as Twitter embarked on a massive purge in the aftermath of the Capitol Hill debacle. The platform said it decided to lock Trump’s account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” while blocking many …
Read More »Lehigh University RESCINDS honorary degree given to Trump in 1988, citing ‘violent assault on the foundations of our democracy’
The executive committee of Lehigh’s Board of Trustees voted on Thursday to rescind and revoke the honorary degree that was granted to Trump when he spoke at the $70,000-a-year private university’s commencement ceremony in 1988. With explicitly stating reasons for the decision, Lehigh suggested that Trump was at least partly …
Read More »Mozilla says ‘deplatforming’ Trump isn’t enough, wants to shield internet from ‘bad actors’ as users uninstall Firefox in disgust
In a blog post titled ‘We need more than deplatforming’, the open-source software community said that Twitter’s decision to permanently ban Trump from its platform didn’t go far enough in weeding out “hate” on the internet. While blaming Trump for the “siege and take-over” of the US Capitol on January …
Read More »Trump staffer suspended on Twitter after ‘offering’ account to president
Coby received a suspension after apparently offering his account to White House social media director Dan Scavino. In a public message tweeted at Scavino, Coby suggested that he had made changes to his profile that would allow Trump to immediately begin tweeting. “Texting you my Twitter login,” he wrote to …
Read More »Wayne Dupree: There’s great anger among Trump supporters over his speech conceding defeat, but he had no choice
On Thursday night, President Donald Trump for all intent and purposes, conceded to the new administration while telling supporters that the future is bright with what’s coming next in his life. I know many of his supporters do not like that, but logically it makes sense. With Rep. Nancy Pelosi …
Read More »‘It’s gonna be like this wherever you go!’: Trump supporters confront & heckle Lindsey Graham at DC airport (VIDEO)
As Graham walked through Reagan National Airport surrounded by police officers, furious protesters surrounded him and screamed, claiming the election “was rigged” and demanding the senator “audit our vote.” “It’s gonna be like this forever wherever you go for the rest of your life,” one protester says to Graham. Actress …
Read More »Shock and glee: Twitter’s ban of US President Donald Trump evokes shadow of Orwellian corporate dictatorship
Within minutes of Friday evening’s announcement that Trump would be “permanently suspended” because his tweets expressing support for his voters and refusal to attend Joe Biden’s inauguration “could be interpreted” as inciting and glorifying violence, ‘THANK YOU TWITTER’ and #TrumpBanned became the top trending topics in the US. A number …
Read More »House Democrats leak draft of Trump IMPEACHMENT for ‘inciting insurrection’
A four-page draft of the impeachment resolution, published by CNN on Friday afternoon, accuses Trump of “incitement of insurrection” over Wednesday’s events, when a crowd of his supporters broke through the police barriers and entered the Capitol as the joint session of Congress met to certify the election results. In …
Read More »‘We will not be SILENCED!’ Trump tweets from official @POTUS account after ban, posts scrubbed within minutes
The president took to his government Twitter account on Friday, hours after the platform permanently banned his own personal handle @realDonaldTrump, blasting the social media site for curtailing free speech while promoting “Radical Left” ideology. READ MORE: Twitter PERMANENTLY suspends Trump over how his tweets might be ‘received and interpreted’ “As I …
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