“Facebook took down our video of me putting up the Transgender flag outside my office and labeled it as ‘hate speech,’” Newman tweeted on Thursday. She blasted the social media platform for censoring her content – typically a complaint from conservatives – but allowing Taylor-Greene’s own “transphobic” footage of her …
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According to court documents filed last week and reported on Thursday, Richard Michetti of Pennsylvania took part in the pro-Trump rally on Capitol Hill last month. Seen holding a cellphone in surveillance footage, Michetti was identified by his ex-girlfriend, whom he was texting in the middle of the riot. “It’s …
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According to staff at Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles, the chicken heist occurred after a man was told to leave the establishment because he refused to wear a mask in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines. The enraged customer reportedly stormed out, before later returning with a gun… and his food …
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The Trump administration is on its last legs. It’s been deplatformed almost universally across social media, it’s been impeached again, and it’s got a week to go – yet that still has not stopped an endless spree of utterly reckless and bizarre measures against China that serves no purpose other …
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‘Listen to the experts.’ ‘Follow the science.’ Two phrases we’ve heard ad nauseam in 2020. But who qualifies as an ‘expert’ or ‘scientist’ is highly selective. A whole host of medical and scientific professionals who have argued against lockdowns as an anti-coronavirus strategy have been dismissed as ‘cranks’: we saw …
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“It is with great sadness that I must share the news that David Cornwell, known to the world as John le Carré, passed away after a short illness (not COVID-19 related) in Cornwall on Saturday evening, 12th December, 2020,” the author’s literary agent said in a statement. Born David John …
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With the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett, there is now a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court. A transparently partisan and politicized nomination and appointment process, the prospect of appointees having fewer qualms about legislating from the bench and a majority that might endure for decades has enabled the …
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While most tweets reacting to Boseman’s death have focused on his interaction with fans, charity work, and acting career, which spanned from being a central part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to playing historical figures like Jackie Robinson and James Brown, agenda-driven activists have essentially turned his passing into a …
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By definition a ‘slur’ is “an insulting or disparaging remark” and I fail to see how ‘cis’ doesn’t match that description. Spend just a few minutes on social media, and it quickly becomes apparent how the label is weaponized. Cis men are portrayed as the beneficiaries of an uber privileged …
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The crowd, led by the former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, who today was elected a measure of restraint, marched to the Pechersk court. The scenario is a meeting planned, and then waiting for the former President, the campaign needs to move on Bank. “The head of a column, …
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