Cruz used Facebook’s recent reversal on a rule to flag posts suggesting Covid-19 was man-made as proof that the company is on “behalf of the government” in a Sunday interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. “These latest breakthroughs have real consequences because it now is clear that Facebook was operating …
Read More »David Dushman, Soviet Army veteran & last surviving Auschwitz liberator who rammed death camp’s fence with his tank, dies aged 98
Dushman died in Munich, Germany, where he had lived for the last two decades, on Saturday. While he was celebrated internationally as one of the soldiers who liberated the notorious death camp, the veteran himself downplayed his role in the operation. In one of his interviews Dushman said that he …
Read More »‘Their’ Union? Palace mulls sending Prince William & Kate to Scotland to ‘save UK’, amid fears of new indie referendum – reports
“They think of it as their Union,” a source close to the royal household told the Sunday Times. The strategy allegedly drawn up by the royal aides includes William and Kate building on the success of their recent visit to Scotland by spending more time there, and becoming a “symbol” …
Read More »Glove gate: Wilder embarrassingly claims Fury’s hands were loaded again as he accuses boxing champ of ‘cheating and abusing drugs’
Not content to accept the comprehensive beating Fury gave him in good grace in February 2020, Wilder went on to make a procession of fanciful suggestions that sounded dangerously like excuses for his defeat, including blaming his ringwalk costume for sapping his energy by being too heavy. One of the …
Read More »Buffett and Gates are building nuclear plant in coal country
The natrium power plant, with an anticipated cost of $1 billion, will repurpose a coal plant for its operations in Wyoming, with the exact location to be announced by the end of 2021. The partners hope this will help the U.S. on its way to a carbon-zero future. The development …
Read More »Russia’s current supply of gold deposits should last for next 40 years, minister says
“Russia is first in the world in terms of gold reserves (13%) while, in terms of production, third, after China and Australia. The country’s supply at the current level of output is about 40 years,” he told Izvestia newspaper. The minister pointed out that the Russian government is constantly replenishing its …
Read More »Trump critics respond to fiery GOP speech by obsessing on… his pants
Footage from Trump’s North Carolina speech quickly spread across social media over the weekend, but much of this content did not include a whole lot of the former president talking. Instead, most posts on Twitter seemingly focused on the front of his pants, which appeared to not have a zipper, …
Read More »‘Have I been a bad boy?’ CNN’s Stelter roundly mocked for interview with Psaki asking what press gets ‘wrong’ in Biden coverage
In his interview on Sunday with the press secretary, Stelter opened the proceedings by mentioning the numerous issues the current administration is facing – among them, infrastructure and election reform – but soon jumped to asking. “What do we get wrong?” Psaki answered that the press didn’t always make clear …
Read More »‘He’s not an ally’: Democrat Manchin faces ire of liberals after ‘effectively dooming’ election reform bill in new op-ed
In an op-ed published on Sunday in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Manchin slammed the For the People Act as “partisan legislation.” “The truth, I would argue, is that voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will all but ensure partisan divisions continue to deepen,” the senator wrote. …
Read More »Israeli PM Netanyahu condemns ‘incitement from any side’ amid backlash against coalition set to remove him from power
“I condemn all kinds of incitement and violence from any side,” Netanyahu said at a meeting of his party, Likud, as quoted by Haaretz newspaper. The PM added that incitement should be distinguished from free speech. Netanyahu’s comment came a day after the head of Israel’s domestic security service Shin …
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