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February 17, 2021

Tributes pour in for conservative 'legend' Rush Limbaugh: 'A hero for this country'

Tributes are pouring in for conservative radio giant Rush Limbaugh, who passed away on Wednesday at age 70 after a long battle with lung cancer. 

February 17, 2021

New York Times report on Clubhouse app panned for sounding alarm about 'unfettered conversations'

A new report from The New York Times co-authored by tech and internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz is being mocked for sounding the alarm on a rising social media app and the ability of its users to have "unfettered conversations."

February 15, 2021

Axios deletes tweet fact-checking Harris claim Biden admin 'starting from scratch' with vaccine rollout

Axios drew criticism Monday after it deleted a tweet fact-checking Vice President Kamala Harris, who repeated the debunked claim that the Biden administration is "starting from scratch" with its coronavirus vaccine rollout.

February 13, 2021

Political divide forms social media relationships, says MIT

Researchers at MIT Sloan School of Management found that politics is the tie that binds strangers on social media.

February 12, 2021

Impeachment aide says graphic accidentally included fake blue check on tweet shown in trial

A senior impeachment aide said the inclusion of a fake blue check verification mark on tweets that were presented at the Senate trial was an accident.

February 12, 2021

CNN's Jim Acosta accused of 'whataboutism' for invoking Trump in tweet about TJ Ducklo controversy

Left-wing CNN star Jim Acosta appears to not be over his obsession with former President Donald Trump, even amid a controversy plaguing the Biden White House.

February 12, 2021

Meghan McCain torches John Weaver, Steve Schmidt: 'no McCain would spit on them if they were on fire'

"The View" co-host Meghan McCain spoke out against John Weaver and Steve Schmidt, both of who served on her father's presidential campaign and are at the center of a political firestorm amid the turmoil of their anti-Trump organization, The Lincoln Project. 

February 12, 2021

Matthew Dowd deletes tweet using deadly Fort Worth pileup to mock Trump's impeachment defense team

Political analyst Matthew Dowd received backlash Friday by tweeting an image of a deadly pileup on a Texas highway to mock former President Donald Trump's impeachment defense team.

February 12, 2021

Twitter OK with anti-Trump Lincoln Project publishing private messages of ex-member

The Lincoln Project is facing intense backlash and potentially major legal trouble after the embattled anti-Trump group tweeted screenshots of private direct messages belonging to one of its co-founders – but Twitter doesn’t seem to mind.

February 12, 2021

Lincoln Project faces fierce backlash, accused of publishing private messages of ex-member

The Lincoln Project is facing intense backlash and potentially major legal trouble after it was accused of publishing screenshots of private Twitter direct messages belonging to one of its co-founders, Jennifer Horn.