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An emboldened cast of anonymous trolls spewed racist slurs and Nazi memes onto Twitter in the hours after billionaire industrialist Elon Musk took over the social network Thursday, raising fears of how his pledge of unrestricted free speech could fuel a new wave of online hate. Twitter has struggled to enforce its rules against harassment and extremism, and the company has not yet published any broad-scale changes to its content-moderation policies. But Musk, a self-described "free speech absolutist," has fiercely criticized the company's previous leaders as overly rigid and suppressive and said he would work to overturn some of the...

“There’s just a lament for what’s happened to the party and a real sense of disgust at election denialism, the lies, and the extent to which these candidates ape Trump,” Longwell said. “As the party has changed, there’s a group of Republicans who feel alienated despite being Republican voters their whole lives.” Trump plots aggressive midterm strategy seen in GOP as a double-edged sword This group may be relatively small: Surveys show Trump continues to command overwhelming support among Republican voters. But in closely contested elections, even a small number of Republicans who cross over, split tickets or stay home...

Six months ago, the transatlantic alliance was on shaky ground, with President Biden’s promise of a reinvigorated NATO under U.S. leadership severely undermined by the Afghanistan debacle and a foreign policy that seemed unready for prime time. Today, Biden and his team have redeemed themselves in the eyes of many NATO allies, with a tough stance on Ukraine and the successful wrangling of the often-fractious alliance to support it. Ukraine’s fate, and Russia’s future relationship with the West, remain uncertain. Biden has said he is convinced Russian President Vladimir Putin, with more than 150,000 troops and massive weaponry amassed on...

The great 14th century Italian poet Dante Alighieri, in his classic Inferno described and classified the sins that the eternally damned perpetrate. One of the lowest circles in Dante’s Lower Hell – for those who pervert reason – is reserved for the hypocrites, who accuse others of deceit while guilty themselves. He describes the leaden coats they wear in the style of a monk’s habit... The stark image comes to mind with the constant Washington Post “news” reports detailing the supposed thousands of lies told by President Trump in his first three years. So let’s fact-check The Washington Post’s “fact-check”...

In February 2017, the Washington Post’s Miller had the lead byline on a story based on leaks of Trump’s conversations with Australia’s prime minister and Mexico’s president. Six months later, the Post published the entire transcripts of both conversations in another Miller story. It was through such national security correspondents that anti-Trump sources -- intelligence officials -- pushed leaks of classified information and other tidbits intended to damage Trump into the media. There it merged with other anti-Trump currents in nearly every corner of the press, where it blossomed into Russiagate. After a nearly two-year investigation, the special counsel found...

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin has called for Attorney General William Barr to be impeached. "[I]nstead of impeaching Trump why not impeach Barr?", Rubin tweeted minutes after the second day of Barr's hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee concluded Wednesday. Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin has called for Attorney General William Barr to be impeached. "[I]nstead of impeaching Trump why not impeach Barr?", Rubin tweeted minutes after the second day of Barr's hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee concluded Wednesday. If the investigators are right and there turns out to be a whole lot of evidence of wrongdoing, Barr should...

The opener started with a Meet the Press panel featuring Peggy Noonan (as played by Cecily Strong), Donna Brazile (Leslie Jones) and Eugene Robinson (Keenan Thompson). “You’re all highly-respected journalists, so when all is said and done, what do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is gonna look like?” SNL’s Chuck Todd (Kyle Mooney) asked. “I know normally high-minded journalists wouldn’t talk about something like this, but it does involve the richest man in America and the president of the United States.” “As a journalist, this is not something I ever thought I’d have to cover, but as a human, I’m...

Donald Trump may be looking to get litigious with the Washington Post after the newspaper published an article detailing the bankruptcy of the billionaire presidential candidate's Atlantic City casino. When asked to discuss the details of the Taj Mahal's failure in the early '90s, Trump said, "This was not personal. This was a corporate deal. If you write this one, I'm suing you."

According to unconfirmed internet sources, London's Heathrow airport has stopped the refueling of all planes belonging to Iran's national airline IranAir. The report has received no confirmation from any official sources. The report noted that the step was taken as a result of fuel and oil distillates sales sanctions against Iran which were agreed upon by the US Congress and the EU.

After Four Decades as a Columnist, It's Time for Baby Steps So, what's next? I've been wrestling with the question, in one form or another, ever since I decided that the end of this year would be the end of my 39 years as a newspaper columnist. For years I've had two nightmare scenarios. In the first, I'm sitting in a wheelchair on the deck of a luxury cruise ship, wearing a lap robe against the chill -- and wondering where the devil I am. That is to say, I've feared that after reaching the point where I have the...

No Basis for Washington Post Story PRESS RELEASE FROM STATE: Regarding the story in today's Washington Post about Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and Deputy Secretary Richard L. Armitage, there was no conversation between the Deputy Secretary and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice concerning any plans for "stepping down." There is no basis for the story. As Secretary Powell has always said, he and Deputy Secretary Armitage serve at the pleasure of the President, and will continue to do so. ### "This is gossip and rumor," said State Department spokesman Philip Reeker when asked about The Washington Post story....

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any persons shall unlawfully combine or conspire together, with intent to oppose any measure or measures of the government of the United States, which are or shall be directed by proper authority, or to impede the operation of any law of the United States, or to intimidate or prevent any person holding a place or office in or under the government of the United States, from undertaking, performing or executing his trust or duty, and if any...

Five American prisoners of war and at least eight dead GIs - three of whom had apparently been executed - were put on display for Iraqi TV cameras in sickening images broadcast around the world by an Arab news network, reports the New York Post. Iraqi forces ambushed US troops at a key Euphrates River crossing on the march toward Baghdad, killing an estimated 16 Americans and capturing at least five in two clashes that resulted in the largest number of US casualties of the four-day-old campaign to take down President Saddam Hussein's government.Iraqis took their first American prisoners, and...

<p>Several of the nation's highest-profile corporations sued a South St. Paul man in federal court Thursday, alleging that he is a "cyber squatter" exploiting their famous or distinctive trademarks to promote his views against abortion.</p> <p>A second lawsuit, also filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, by the Minneapolis School District makes a similar complaint against a New York man.</p>

Big News reported in The Washington Post today, June 23, 2002: Jeb Bush did NOT 'steal' Election 2000 By summer - a former Dem, now an independent and a FL certified teacher BIG NEWS HERE, folks! Today, June 23, 2002, The Washington Post published a news article titled:"To the White House, by Way of the Everglades." To read the article, click HERE. The theme of today's Washington Post article is this: Jeb Bush did not 'steal' any election - and, Al Gore LOST Florida DUE TO GORE'S REFUSAL TO OPPOSE A PROPOSED NEW [LUCRATIVE] AIRPORT ON FEDERAL LAND LOCATED IN...