Rex Chapman asks media to cover Ohio, not Trump shooter
Former NBA player Rex Chapman said he would rather the media cover the case of Haitian immigrants in Ohio than cover the second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Chapman, who played 13 seasons in the NBA from 1988 to 2000, is an ardent anti-Trump supporter and has consistently called the former president ” […]
Democratic House candidate Sue Altman flip-flops on police and public safety: resurfaced social media posts
New Jersey Democratic House candidate Sue Altman rejected several anti-law enforcement policies she has supported in past social media posts, including the “defund the police” movement. The former chair of the Garden State's progressive Working Families Party revised his past position, saying: NJ Spotlight News Interview “I am not in favor of defunding the police,” […]
Trump Media stock dips just before lockup period expires
Trump Media shares plummeted to an all-time low on Thursday, the same day former President Donald Trump and other major investors were finally allowed to sell their shares in the parent company of social media platform Truth Social. After Trump Media went public through a merger with blank-check company Digital World Acquisition Corp, the company's […]
Dems must keep calling Trump a ‘threat to democracy’ after assassination attempts, mainstream media says
Some in the mainstream media are urging Democrats to continue calling former President Donald Trump a threat to democracy, even in the aftermath of two assassination attempts, including one in which the suspect repeated similar claims before plotting to kill the Republican candidate. Less than a day after the second assassination attempt on Trump in […]
Social media users lack control over data used by AI: FTC
Social media companies collect, share and process vast amounts of information about their users, with little transparency or control, including over how that information is used by their artificial intelligence-enabled systems. The Federal Trade Commission said in a report It was released on Thursday. The report analysed how companies including Meta Platforms, Bytedance's TikTok and […]
4 US Paralympians barred from closing ceremonies after social media comments questioning teammate’s disability
US Paralympic athletes have been banned from attending the closing ceremony of the Paralympics in Paris after making comments on social media questioning a teammate's disability. Swimmers Gia Pergolini, Giulia Gagni, Jessica Long and Anastasia Pagonis were disciplined for comments they made about fellow swimmer Christy Rowley-Crossley, who has the neurological disorder S9. Their comments […]
Vance Tells Tucker ‘Media’ Should Be ‘Pissed’ Harris Isn’t Pushing For Info About Trump Assassination Attempt
Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance told Daily Caller News Foundation co-founder Tucker Carlson on Wednesday that it was a “scandal” that Vice President Kamala Harris failed to seek more “insight” into the security failures that led to the first assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. On July 13, 20-year-old suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks fired […]
Library media teacher arrested after video recorded him putting 6-year-old in a headlock, police say
Colorado State Police say they have charged a library media teacher with child abuse after obtaining a video of a man choking a 6-year-old student outside the school. Greeley police said they were informed of the incident by administrators at Greeley-Evans School District 6 on Aug. 30. The district placed 40-year-old Joshua David Wainscott on […]
Gavin Newsom chuckles as he signs bills restricting AI use in election ads — but social media users may have last laugh
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom chuckled as he sat at the podium at a convention this week and signed three bills in California that would further restrict “deepfake” or “materially deceptive” election content, but defiant social media users still shared the AI election video that Newsom scorned. On Tuesday, Newsom took the stage with Salesforce CEO […]
Piers Morgan Skewers Legacy Media for ‘Shocking’ Attempt To ‘Downplay’ Second Trump Assassination Attempt
British journalist Piers Morgan blasted the “double standards” of the legacy media in a podcast on Tuesday, slamming its coverage of the multiple assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump. Authorities arrested Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, on Sunday in West Palm Beach, Florida, on suspicion of attempting to assassinate the former president. Appearing on “The […]