X rivals Bluesky, Threads see influx of users after Trump election

After the former president's victory last week, left-leaning social media users reportedly flocked to startups Bluesky and Threads, a rival app to SiteX, owned by Donald Trump-supporting billionaire Elon Musk. . Bluesky, the decentralized platform founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has added 700,000 users since last Tuesday, increasing its total account base to […]
Failed NY Assembly candidate surrenders to cops after snatching rival’s flyer from mailbox

An unsuccessful upstate New York congressional candidate has turned himself in to police after being caught on camera stealing a rival's campaign flyer from a resident's mailbox and replacing it with his own. Republican Joseph Mastroianni was charged with misdemeanor theft after surrendering to the Socita Village Police Department on Thursday. Mastroianni, a member of […]
Fox News crushes rivals in ratings race on election night — CNN falls behind MSNBC

Fox News easily won the ratings battle for election night coverage, surpassing rivals CNN and MSNBC in viewership of presidential election results for the second year in a row. Fox News drew 10.3 million viewers Tuesday from 8 to 11 p.m. ET, according to Nielsen data. Its viewership was more than double that of CNN, […]
Thief! Assembly candidate seen removing rival’s flyer from mailbox

A candidate running for Congress in upstate New York was apparently caught on camera stealing his rival's campaign fliers from prospective voters' mailboxes. Footage from a Scotia homeowner's Ring camera showed Joseph Mastroianni removing political mail from his mailbox, putting it in his pocket and stuffing his own flyers into the box. “Bad, bad, bad,” […]
The week in TV: Rivals; Mr Loverman; Life and Death in Gaza; So Long, Marianne – review | Drama

rival (disney plus)Mr. Rubberman (BBC One) | i playerlife and death in Gaza (BBC Two) | i playerLong time no see, Marianne (ITVX) | itv.com It may be hard to imagine a “hot Tory” now, given that the Conservative Party has all its electoral glamor in gray underwear. Nevertheless, rival What you get on (Disney+) […]
Exuberant bums abound on the new Rivals. What a relief | Rachel Cooke

HYou've seen the trailer for the new TV version of Jilly Cooper's 1988 novel rival(released October 18th on Disney+), all I can say is that it was a huge relief for me. Thankfully, the makers of this film, not even famous actor Rupert Campbell-Black, felt the need to re-educate the lecherous denizens of the Ratshire […]
Rivals fight for right to sell weight loss drugs

Click here for more news from The Hill {beacon} health care health care Full text Iowa leads 20 states in lawsuit over Biden's nursing home staffing rules A coalition of 20 states is suing the Biden administration over a policy requiring minimum staffing levels in nursing homes, alleging it will lead to mass closures […]
U.S. Official Accuses China of Oversupplying Lithium to Eliminate Rivals

Jose Fernandez, the U.S. undersecretary for economic growth, energy and the environment, on Monday accused China of overproducing lithium in a predatory scheme that drives down market prices and drives competing suppliers out of business. “This is a deliberate response by the People's Republic of China to what we are trying to do,” Fernandez said. […]
Google must open up lucrative app store to rivals after historic ‘Fortnite’ verdict, judge rules

Google needs to open its Android app store to competition from smaller rivals like Fortnite maker Epic Games, a federal judge said Monday, potentially upending the company's dominance in the app market. said in a bombshell verdict. The sweeping remedies outlined by U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco federal court come months after […]
Tory leadership rivals turn on Jenrick over claims SAS ‘killing, not capturing, terrorists’ – UK politics live | Politics

Opening summary: rival attacks Jenrick good morning. In leadership contests, the balance of power can shift as one candidate has a moment of positive breakthrough (as was the case with David Cameron in 2005, with no glowing notes at the Conservative Party conference). speech that made him the favorite almost overnight). But often the odds […]