by Jim Heath | Jun 9, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Former one-term President Trump backs the Nigerian government’s decision to block access to Twitter in the West African country — and called on more nations to follow suit. “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their...
by Jim Heath | Jun 7, 2021 | cryptocurrency, Headlines, Trump
Former President Donald Trump launched a harsh round of attacks against Bitcoin today, calling it a “scam against the dollar” that U.S. regulators should take action to monitor. “Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam,” Trump said. “I don’t like it because it’s another...
by Jim Heath | Jun 4, 2021 | Headlines, Social Media, Trump
Facebook said today that Donald Trump’s suspension from the service would last at least two years, keeping the former president off mainstream social media for the 2022 midterm elections, as the company also said it would end a policy of treating posts from...
by Jim Heath | Jun 2, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump has permanently shut down the website he used to get around his social media ban and where he posted his statements after just 29 days. ‘From the Desk of Donald J. Trump’ has been scrubbed from the former president’s website and instead...
by Jim Heath | May 26, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump allegedly attempted to stop a congressional probe of the Spygate case involving the New England Patriots by offering a bribe to then-Sen. Arlen Specter. An ESPN report detailed how Trump, nearly a decade before he became president, allegedly acted on...
by Jim Heath | May 21, 2021 | Headlines, Trump
The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent, the latest instance where federal prosecutors have taken aggressive steps targeting journalists in leak investigations. The Justice Department informed CNN...
