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Pro-Trump Conspiracy-Laden Epoch Times is Now Fourth Most Subscribed Newspaper in America

Pro-Trump Conspiracy-Laden Epoch Times is Now Fourth Most Subscribed Newspaper in America

The pro-Trump, conspiracy-laden Epoch Times is now the 4th-most subscribed to newspaper in America according to a new NBC report.…

7 months ago

Roger Stone Goes Nuts After Being Banned By Pro-Trump Social Media Site GETTR

Social media was very important to Donald Trump's rise to political prominence. In 2016, Facebook did little to remove false…

3 years ago

Two Tech Groups Are Suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Over Florida’s New Social Media Bill

For a number of years, Conservatives have accused major tech companies of discrimination. Republican lawmakers frequently called the heads of…

3 years ago

Report: Claims of Anti-Conservative Bias Are a Form of “Disinformation”

A report released today from the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights concluded that anti-conservative bias claims are…

3 years ago

Trump Says Part of TikTok Sale Should Go to U.S. Government

Donald Trump thinks the U.S. government should benefit from the sale of video sharing app TikTok. The President previously said…

4 years ago

Republican Matt Gaetz Wants Criminal Investigation of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Matt Gaetz is calling for a criminal investigation of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly lying to Congress about social media…

4 years ago

Trump Calls Coronavirus “A Very Bad Gift from China” as Deaths Pass 100,000

Donald Trump addressed the Coronavirus death toll on Thursday by gently criticizing China for the disease. The President's seemed more…

4 years ago

Rick Wilson Calls Trump’s Social Media Executive Order “Vomit” and Slams Its “Ludicrously Wrong” Supporters

Conservative Rick Wilson has preemptively attacked Donald Trump's impending executive order on social media. He also warned Republicans it could…

4 years ago

Opinion: We Can Be Better Than Sending Sick People to Certain Death

We can do better than sending sick people to certain death, forcing them to literally beg Emperor Trump for their…

5 years ago

Trump Claims That His Supporters Are A Protected Class That Is Being Discriminated Against

Trump thinks that his supporters (white Republicans) are a protected class who are being discriminated against on social media.

6 years ago

Democrats Now Have Their Own Social Media Army to Fight the Russians

Russia has been using social media for several years to sow discord among the American electorate, and now Democrats have…

6 years ago

In 2016 Facebook Executive Admitted They Could Get People Killed

On June 18, 2016, one of Facebook’s most senior executives sent out a shocking memo telling employees that there could…

6 years ago

M.I.T. Study Says Fake News Is 70 percent More Likely to Spread on Twitter Than Real News

An alarming new study from researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology seems to prove that false stories on Twitter are…

6 years ago

The Internet Can’t Stop Laughing At Self-Obsessed Trump’s Time Magazine Claim

Trump's dangerous presidency has been no laughing matter. But every so often, he says something so ludicrous that it's impossible…

6 years ago

Twitter’s Animal Farm TOS Enforcement Greenlights Misogyny, Trump, his Followers and Russian Bots

Last week, Twitter suspended Rose McGowan’s account because, according to Twitter, she violated TOS.

7 years ago

Mentally Unstable Trump Whines And Blames Democrats For Failed GOP Health Care Plan

This is a President of the United States who is unwilling or unable to accept criticism or responsibility for his…

7 years ago

Why It Will Take A Lot More Than A Protest To Stop Gun Violence

If the slaughter of 20 school children didn’t sway Republicans to support sane gun safety laws, why would a protest…

8 years ago

Progressive Hero Elizabeth Warren Under Attack For Supporting Hillary Clinton

In politics it is different than just disappearing when there is hardship; the fair weather supporter becomes an enemy; something…

8 years ago

New York Times Editorial Board Slams Netanyahu For Using Racism To Win Israeli Election

Shortly after it became apparent that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party had survived a close election…

9 years ago

Yoga Pants Wearers Rejoice As Proposed Montana Ban Is Stymied In Committee

Representative David Moore's (R-Missoula) proposed yoga pants ban, failed to pass through the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

9 years ago

Another GOP Staffer Loses His Job Over Racist Comments

Republican Congressman Aaron Shock accepted the resignation of staffer Benjamin Cole, over racist comments Cole made on social media.

9 years ago

Open Carry Texas Activist Arrested For Shooting And Killing Husband And Stepdaughter

Veronica Dunnachie, an Open Carry Texas activist is facing capital murder charges in the slaying of her husband and his…

9 years ago

Republican Staffer Elizabeth Lauten Loses Her Job After Attacking Obama’s Daughters

GOP staffer and former RNC media director Elizabeth Lauten lost her job after an ugly rant against the Obama daughters.

9 years ago

Hundreds Of Ferguson Protesters Shut Down St. Louis Shopping Malls On Black Friday

In a powerful display of true civil disobedience, hundreds of protesters stormed a St. Louis area shopping mall Friday afternoon,…

9 years ago

The Rest Of The World Tries To Explain To Republicans How Good They Have It Under Obama

It is a damn wretched commentary on this nation's voting public that people around the world are better-informed about America's…

9 years ago

Prominent Tea Partier Says Michael Brown’s Parents Received ‘Taxpayer-Funded Abortion’

Former executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party Todd Kincannon sent out a tweet Wednesday evening saying Michael Brown's…

10 years ago

The Democratic Party Is Not Your Abusive Partner, Progressives, It’s Your Problem Child

Calls for the Progressives to "break up" with the Democratic Party as an abusive partner miss the mark. The problems…

10 years ago

The Right Wing’s Unhinged Reaction to the Idea that Janay Rice Is a Victim

This is a world in which women have no right to complain about gender inequality if they don't want to…

10 years ago

In Case You Missed It… Assorted Oddities from Around the Web

Weird stories that hit the web this past week involved robot cars, fruit flies, a flying rhinoceros and corporate tweets.

10 years ago

RNC Tries to Cover Tracks Over Tweet Saying Racism has Ended

People took to Twitter and other social media lambasting the RNC for suggesting that racism ended in 1955. The RNC…

10 years ago

No Longer a Frontier: Free Speech vs. Online Ugliness

This week Jillian York of the Electronic Frontier Foundation denounced tech companies and employers who censor or punish online ugliness.…

11 years ago

Anonymous Cowards Try To Silence Female Journalists With Violent Sexual Threats

Women who are involved in journalism are increasingly the targets of violent sexual threats by anonymous cowards in hopes of…

11 years ago

After Steubenville, A Community Under Fire Takes Aim at the Rape Culture

Many officials in Torrington are facing the rape culture head-on, including attempting to deal with the cyberbullying of the 13-year-old…

11 years ago

#UniteBlue: Liberals Fight Back Against Conservative Attacks on Twitter

More dirty tricks by a desperate minority: Conservatives have been trying to silence speech they don't agree with by spam…

11 years ago

Steubenville Rape Crew Are Outraged That Their Character is Being Questioned

Rape apologists, the rape crew, lawyers for the rape crew and morons (excuse the redundancy) are very upset about their…

11 years ago

The Protesters of the Steubenville Rape Case Inspire Real Change

Because of the attention the Steubenville case has gotten, San Luis Obispo has launched a campaign to encourage the reporting…

11 years ago

Ten Things Politicians and the Rest of Us Should Know About the Law and Social Media

Don't let poor judgment go viral. Oversharing on social media can be harmful, and it can have dire social, financial…

12 years ago

A Panicked and Desperate ALEC Admits that They Are Being Defeated

ALEC’s assault on democracy, though successful up until now, is over and it is entirely due to activist organizations and…

12 years ago