by Jim Heath | May 10, 2021 | Headlines, Social Media, Trump
Facebook’s Oversight Board co-chair says Donald Trump’s rhetoric and social media posts ‘egged on’ rioters during the Capitol attack on January 6. ‘On January 6, President Trump issued those statements as a mob was rampaging through the...
by Jim Heath | May 5, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
Back in the day, Ronald Reagan led a Republican coalition that built a big political tent so big it resulted in a 49-state sweep in the 1984 election. But that era is long over and, like they have done for nearly a decade, Republicans continue to eat themselves from...
by Jim Heath | May 5, 2021 | Headlines, Social Media, Trump
Facebook’s Oversight Board today upheld the social network’s ban on former president Trump for encouraging violence following the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a decision that holds major implications for how the speech of political leaders should be policed online....
by Jim Heath | May 3, 2021 | 2020, GOP, Headlines, Trump
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) pushed back today against former president Trump’s attempt to commandeer the term “Big Lie,” commonly used to refer to the false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, and accused him and those who perpetrate the falsehoods of...
by Jim Heath | May 3, 2021 | 2020, GOP, Headlines
Cindy McCain slammed fellow Republicans yesterday for being hung up on the 2020 presidential election, claiming continued probes into the outcome are ‘ludicrous’. ‘The election is over,’ McCain said in an interview. ‘Biden won. I know...
