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A New York Times journalist appeared to take a Twitter user's satirical message about flight attendants yelling "MAGA" seriously after the lifting of mask mandates on Monday. "I boarded a plane today with my son and mid flight, the pilot announces that the mask mandate is over. Flight attendants pulled off their masks and sneezed directly into their hands while screaming ‘this is MAGA airspace.’ My son turned to me in tears. I don’t know what to do," Jared Rabel's tweet read, which he said was "satire." According to Rabel, New York Times reporter Victoria Kim sent him a direct...

"Roseanne: Kicked Out of Hollywood" explores the controversy that led to Roseanne Barr's fall from grace. The 69-year-old comedian spent the documentary explaining her reasoning behind the tweet that led to the swift cancellation of her revived sitcom "Roseanne." Barr called her firing a "witch-burning" and claimed that she had been having issues with ABC regarding everything she tweeted. "Any tweet that was not ‘I love Hillary Clinton,' I got a call for," Barr claimed during the Reelz documentary, which is set to air on April 24. The documentary touched on the time Barr tweeted about a conspiracy theory that...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Liberals at Twitter were outraged this morning upon finding out almost 10% of their company is now owned by an African-American. Several have threatened walk-outs to protest the news. "Elon's foreigner ways aren't welcome here," said Twitter Programming Director Xerxie Vamoosixx, (xe/xir.) "I watched a TikTok video about a Salon article about a tweet from a journalist that said Elon is 'based,' which is another word for transphobic. I have literally not stopped shaking and throwing up on my desk since I found out." Several unnamed sources from within the company expressed worry that the African immigrant will...

A social media account for Vice President Kamala Harris stated Tuesday in a now-deleted tweet that the United States is supporting Ukraine "in defense of the NATO alliance," which the Ukraine is not part of. "When I was in Poland, I met with U.S. and Polish service members, thanking them for standing with our NATO allies for freedom, peace, and security," a tweet from the @KamalaHarris account stated. "The United States stands firmly with the Ukrainian people in defense of the NATO alliance." The remarks made in the tweet, which featured a photo of Harris greeting American and Polish service...

In response to an unconfirmed (and probably totally bogus) report that Russia is laying explosives around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine in order to “blackmail the whole of Europe,” actress Patricia Arquette demanded that we “kick Russia out of NATO”:

NeverTrump Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) fell victim to internet pranksters over the weekend, retweeting the viral hoax that the “Ghost of Kyiv,” an alleged Ukrainian fighter ace, was a man called “Samuyil Hyde.” Tricksters are quick to spread memes naming American comedian Sam Hyde as the culprit in media events such as mass shootings. In this case, Rep. Kinzinger fell for a poor photoshop of Hyde into a cockpit along with an ethnic spin on his name.

MSNBC raised eyebrows on Saturday by appearing to tweet a political attack against conservatives from their official account. Conservatives don’t mind affirmative action hires so long as the people hired fit their preferred demographic," their account tweeted.

Former Democratic Labor Secretary Robert Reich became the latest figure on the left to viciously attack Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., over her filibuster stance, suggesting Senate Democrats should assault her for it. Tonight, Republican senators lined up to shake Kyrsten Sinema's hand," he wrote in a now-deleted tweet on Thursday. "Democratic senators should have given her the backs of their hands."

White House press secretary Jen Psaki and her communications team awkwardly played reporters for a day Thursday as part of a holiday greeting from Psaki to the media and her colleagues. “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!” Psaki tweeted Thursday afternoon. “To the White House press– thank you for challenging us, for questioning and for holding us accountable as we all work to keep the American people informed. And to the press team–you are simply the best. Grateful every day to work with you.”

Rachel Bitecofer, a political analyst and senior adviser to the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, faced online criticism Sunday for mocking a Trump supporter's clunker. Bitecofer responded to a photo in an earlier post that showed a modest one-story home in Los Angeles with three flags on the garage: an American flag, a pro-Trump flag, and an "Impeach Biden" flag. Sitting outside the garage is an older cream-colored car. The original poster captioned the photo: "Spotted in Los Angeles, the fun neighbor." Bitecofer posted, "Republican voter who can’t even afford a car from this century."

Fox News anchor John Roberts deleted a tweet on Monday that suggested former Secretary of State Colin Powell's death from COVID-19 complications raises "new concerns" about the long-term efficacy of inoculation. Powell's family announced his death in a statement that also said the 84-year-old had been fully vaccinated. He also reportedly had been diagnosed from multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer that weakens the body’s ability to protect against infections. Roberts's deleted tweet said "the fact that Colin Powell died from a breakthrough COVID infection raises new concerns about how effective vaccines are long-term." It was met with an...

Disgraced ex-CBS anchor Dan Rather was crushed by critics over a tweet attacking pro-life Americans who've also criticized the Biden administration for abandoning vulnerable women in Afghanistan amid its takeover by the Taliban. "It’s worth noting that many of the same people attacking the Biden Administration for leaving women’s rights behind in Afghanistan are eager to control women’s bodies and choices in the United States," Rather tweeted Tuesday, in a clear comparison of pro-life Americans to the radical Taliban.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fired off a series of tweets Thursday reminding everyone it’s Women’s Equality Day – her first posts on the platform after explosions outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, left four U.S. Marines dead. "Today, and every day, let us summon the suffragists’ spirit of hope and strive to lift up the voices of women across the nation – because we know this truth: when women succeed, America succeeds," Pelosi, D-Calif., tweeted about noon Thursday. "Despite progress, women across the nation still face barriers to full equality: from shameful pay disparities to the unfair economic impacts of...

The leader of the New York State Assembly's impeachment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning of "severe repercussions" after a senior aide to the governor tweeted alleged "attempts to demean the Attorney General." A tweet from senior Cuomo aide Richard Azzopardi discussing Attorney General Letitia James's potential political ambitions served "to undermine [her] investigation [into Cuomo] and send profoundly negative signals to witnesses," according to a Wednesday letter from Charles Lavine, the chairman of the Assembly's Judiciary Committee, which was addressed to top Cuomo aide Melissa DeRosa. Lavine's letter said he warned Cuomo's office in a March 15 written...

New Delhi -- The Government on Wednesday asserted that microblogging platform Twitter has lost its legal protection in India because it deliberately chose non-compliance despite multiple opportunities to it. Losing legal protection means Twitter’s top executives, including the nation’s managing director, face police questioning and criminal liability under the Indian Penal Code over “unlawful and inflammatory” content posted by users on Twitter. Accusing Twitter of deliberately refusing to comply with Indian laws, in identical posts on Twitter as well as its Indian rival Koo, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Twitter was given “multiple opportunities to comply” but it...

Vice President Kamala Harris came under fire Saturday for tweeting about Memorial Day, but without mentioning the significance of the weekend. "Enjoy the long weekend," Harris wrote, above a candid photo of herself smiling. Social media users condemned Harris’ lack of tact reminding the vice president of the sacrifices the "long weekend" is meant to honor. [snip] "It is Memorial Day weekend - [not] for enjoying - but for memorializing our fallen," wrote another. "Our brothers and sisters, who 'gave the last full measure of devotion. Please try to respect that." The tweet was shared with an image of a...

Conservatives fired back on Friday after Twitter highlighted a tweet in which Donald Trump Jr. compared President Biden to former President Jimmy Carter, who served one term from 1977 to 1981, claiming it caused confusion. On Friday, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted, "Biden isn’t the next FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] he’s the next Jimmy Carter."

LeBron James is getting significant backlash after being accusing of inciting violence towards the Columbus Police Officer who shot Ma’Khia Bryant as she attempted to stab another person. His “YOU’RE NEXT” tweet that included a photo of the officer was so alarming the Fraternal Order of Police weighed in on the NBA star’s now-deleted tweet. The Los Angeles Laker is using his platform as one of the most recognizable athletes for social justice. Unfortunately, the baller doesn’t always know what he is talking about.

A police officer in Columbus, OH shot and killed a 16-year-old girl who, according to bodycam footage swung at two other people with a knife yesterday and appeared ready to stab another teenage girl when she was shot. The incident took place just minutes before the guilty verdict in former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial for murder and manslaughter was read. A picture has been circulating on Twitter that purports to show the officer that the shot the girl, and thereby potentially saved the others. NBA superstar LeBron James, who has been outspoken on social justice in recent years, tweeted...