Biden swore to tell us the truth. We need to be able to believe it.
Im his inaugural address, President Joe Biden promised to be honest with the American people. “There is truth and there are lies, lies told for power and for profit,” he…
The new White House website includes a hidden message
Come for a long-overdue acknowledgment of the ongoing “climate emergency,” stay for the job offer. A visit to the fresh official White House website under the Biden administration includes expected…
Trump pardons Anthony Levandowski, who stole trade secrets from Google
Donald Trump is on his way out of the White House, but that didn’t stop him from pardoning 73 people and commuting the sentences of another 70 people on the…
‘Democracy kicked his ass:’ Stephen Colbert looks back at the lowlights of Trump’s presidency
[embedded content] The day after the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Late Show host Stephen Colbert told his studio audience that we had “four very interesting years in front of us.”…
Dr. Rachel Levine, Biden’s nominee for assistant secretary of health, is poised to make history
President-elect Joe Biden announced his nomination of Dr. Rachel Levine for U.S. assistant secretary of health Tuesday morning. Levin would be the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed…
Twitter suspended Marjorie Taylor-Greene. Do you even have to ask why?
Twitter moved to temporarily suspend Marjorie Taylor-Greene on Sunday, locking the recently elected Georgia Congresswoman out of her account for 12 hours. “The account referenced has been temporarily locked out…
GitHub fired a Jewish employee who called out ‘Nazis.’ Now, it’s reversing that decision.
When an employee of GitHub was fired after alluding to the fact that Nazis were out and about in Washington, D.C. on Slack on the day of the assault on…
After Twitter banned Trump, misinfo on the site fell dramatically
In the week following Twitter’s permanent ban of President Donald Trump, media intelligence company Zignal Labs found that the spread of misinformation on the social media platform took a sharp…
Andrew Yang, NYC mayoral candidate, doesn’t know what a bodega is
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang stepped into the national spotlight with his 2020 presidential run. While Yang dropped out of the race early, his policies such as implementing universal basic income earned…
Twitter adds @SecondGentleman to official White House accounts
The first Second Gentleman in U.S. history has Logged On. Well, kinda. Kamala Harris made history in the 2020 election by becoming the first woman vice president-elect, and as a…