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“Outright Lies”: Voting Misinformation Flourishes on Facebook
While the social media giant says it opposes voter suppression, the data shows a stark picture: Nearly half of all top-performing posts that mentioned voting by mail were false or misleading.
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Nation Apparently Believed in Science at Some Point
Historians studying archival photographs from four decades ago have reached a shocking conclusion.
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Why Third Parties Struggle in the US: Democratic and Republican Dominance in America - TLDR News
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Twitter disables video retweeted by Donald Trump over copyright complaint
Twitter has disabled a campaign-style video retweeted by Donald Trump, citing a copyright complaint. The video, which included music from the group Linkin Park, disappeared from the president’s Twitter feed late Saturday with the notification: “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner.”
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Trump refuses to commit to accepting November election results
US president attacked Democratic challenger Joe Biden who has built up a substantial lead according to polls.
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The 23 Most Surreal Moments From Trump’s Chris Wallace Interview, Ranked
Calling his cognitive impairment test “very hard” was only No. 5.
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American Death Cult
Why has the Republican response to the pandemic been so mind-bogglingly disastrous?
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Surprising Link Established Between Thinking Masks Are Fascism But Shooting Protestors Isn't
The BHRC study has revealed that the average right-wing conspiracist on Facebook is is unable to see the pure, unfiltered irony between them calling for the execution or life incarceration of black rights protestors – and their own sense of victimhood and oppression after being asked to wear masks in public.
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Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L Trump review – a scathing takedown of Uncle Donald
Like America, Trump claims to be unique, exceptional, a shining self-creation. This book by his estranged niece demolishes that myth. Mary Trump’s ruthless memoir blames their family for creating him: she sees it as her patriotic mission to “take Donald down”, and she does so by showing how derivative and dependent the ultimate self-made man has always been. Trump was bankrolled at first by an indulgent father, who paid him to be an idle show-off and proudly collected grubby tabloid reports on his antics...
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Trump to send 'surge' of federal agents to cities
Mr Trump says he intends to help cities fight crime but critics say it is part of his re-election bid.
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Money alone won’t close America’s racial and wealth gaps, we first need to wipe out the value gap — ‘the belief that white people matter more than others’
There’s a ride at Disney World called the Carousel of Progress in which a cast of animatronic Americans on a revolving stage tell of all the technological upgrades to our lives since 1900: indoor plumbing, flight, television. It’s one of Walt’s original attractions, dating back to the 1964 New York World’s Fair — and the name could not be more apt. Carousels, for all their dizzying motion and calliope music, mostly just spin in place. “Progress” is like that, too.
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Mary Trump's tell-all memoir sells 1.35 million copies in blockbuster first week
A tell-all memoir by President Trump's niece, who accuses him of being a narcissist, has sold 1.35 million copies in its first week, according to Simon & Schuster.
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States sue Trump over order to exclude undocumented immigrants from U.S. House seat counts
A coalition of 35 U.S. states, cities and counties sued President Donald Trump on Friday over his directive not to count undocumented immigrants when apportioning seats for the House of Representatives, a move that critics have said is designed to help Republicans.
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Upcoming Netflix Documentary Immigration Nation Reportedly Almost Blocked By ICE
A new documentary that gives Netflix NFLX +0.6% viewers an in-depth look at the machinations of immigration enforcement was allegedly - according to filmmakers Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz - pressured by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to remove a number of scenes.
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Tom Cotton calls slavery 'necessary evil' in attack on New York Times' 1619 Project
Republican senator who wants to ‘save’ US history from New York Times gives interview to Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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Trump blasts 'trending' section on Twitter: 'Really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!'
President Trump blasted Twitter's "trending" section in a Monday tweet, calling it "really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, very unfair!"
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Why Andrew Yang's push for a universal basic income is making a comeback
As coronavirus cases continue to reach new heights in the United States, the push for a universal basic income is more tangible than ever before. Andrew Yang discusses the need for a UBI to combat the effects of the pandemic and gives insight into his work to influence American politics.
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The White House reportedly scrapped a national testing plan because the virus was mostly hitting blue states
Lives likely could've been saved if the White House had focused on people rather than politics when the pandemic began, Vanity Fair reports.
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Donald Trump claims he will ban TikTok in the US
The president told reporters on Air Force One that he will ban TikTok in the US.
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The Rank Hypocrisy of a TikTok Ban
The fate of the platform remains uncertain, but one thing is clear: banning it would upturn fundamental principles of democracy.
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