The ‘QAnon Shaman’ is not connected to Nancy Pelosi
Is a prominent QAnon conspiracy theorist really buddies with the Pelosi family? The answer is no. But that hasn’t stopped an image portraying the “QAnon Shaman” with House Speaker Nancy…
Trump’s back on Twitter telling his supporters ‘you do not represent our country’
[embedded content] Donald Trump is tweeting again. A day after Twitter temporarily locked the president’s account, Trump once again has the keys to his social media kingdom. Trump released a…
Twitter locks Donald Trump’s account as Facebook, Instagram ban him for 24 hours
UPDATE: Jan. 6, 2021, 5:43 p.m. PST This post was updated to include Facebook blocking Trump for 24 hours. UPDATE: Jan. 6, 2021, 6:09 p.m. PST This post was updated…
Twitter finally removes Trump video it labeled as a ‘risk of violence’
UPDATE: Jan. 6, 2021, 6:46 p.m. EST: Twitter hid three separate tweets from Donald Trump Wednesday after the initial publication of the below article. In each tweets’ former place is…
Facebook belatedly removes Trump video falsely claiming election ‘was stolen’
Facebook continues to be the digital embodiment of too little, too late. With violent pro-Trump extremists in control of the U.S. Capitol building Wednesday, Donald Trump posted a video to…
Twitter slaps worthless ‘disputed’ label on Trump tweet as rioters storm Capitol
The U.S. Capitol is under siege, and Donald Trump is using his favorite social media platform to stoke the flames. Rioters broke into the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, decrying the…
Stephen Colbert examines Trump and Pence’s election schoolyard stand-off
[embedded content] “To support the Republican candidates last night the President went down to Georgia — as devils often do,” quipped Late Show host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday. Georgia is…
Stephen Colbert unpacks the stinking desperation of Trump’s leaked Georgia call
[embedded content] Sadly but unsurprisingly, the start of 2021 has been much like the end of 2020. The coronavirus pandemic is still ravaging the world, thousands of people in the…
Trump’s leaked recording set to the song from ‘Rent’ is a jam
How do you measure? Measure an election? In tantrums? In fake news? In tears? In threats and tweet storms? No. Everyone knows you measure an election by counting votes, but…
In leaked recording, Trump pushes conspiracy theories that spread on social media
Trump again tried to overturn the election results using conspiracy theories that have spread on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. However, this time it was in a private call caught on…