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Facebook has banned all QAnon accounts from its platforms. The social networking giant announced the move on Tuesday, following mounting pressure to effectively crack down on the far-right conspiracy movement. “Starting today, we will remove Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts for representing QAnon,” Facebook wrote in a press release. “We’re starting to enforce this updated policy today and are […]
Two former Oklahoma County jail guards and their supervisor were hit with cruelty to prisoner charges for torturing inmates by allegedly forcing them to listen to “Baby Shark,” BuzzFeed reports. Christian Miles and Greg Butler, Jr. reportedly forced four inmates to stand alone in rooms handcuffed to a wall at the Oklahoma County Detention Center while they listened to […]
This wasn’t a good week for Melania Trump even before it was revealed she had contracted coronavirus. The First Family’s diagnosis managed to overshadow cladestine recordings where she railed against the criticism of Donald Trump’s immigration policies, but new revelations from the same tapes have her back in the headlines. In the latest round of […]
Amid his publicity stunt-laden COVID-19 experience, Donald Trump—the constant coverage of whom surely benefits no one—is once again pushing false narratives about the virus that’s taken the lives of more than 209,000 Americans. In messages shared to his Twitter and Facebook pages on Tuesday, the frequent pandemic downplayer recklessly compared the coronavirus to the seasonal flu. “Many […]
2020 has seen a number of high-profile acts of protest in response to acts of violence by police. Players from both the NBA and the WNBA have been at the forefront of such protests, with many deciding to not take the court—or to walk away from entire seasons—in protest of recent police killings of George […]
After responding to a question about the future of musicians and artists in the UK, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has suggested people “in all walks of life” should look to find new opportunities. After unveiling an emergency job scheme last month, Sunak has now declined to provide assurances about people in creative industries keeping their jobs. Speaking to […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its COVID-19 guidance to include acknowledgement of the possibility of airborne spread of coronavirus. On Monday, the CDC shared a message to its official site stating they had chose to include information about the “potential for airborne spread” while noting that current science still states that […]
In an interview for a GRAZIA Magazine cover story, Kim Kardashian talked about what it was like to tend to Kanye West when the latter half of the power couple is said to have been stricken with COVID-19 earlier this year. For those thinking they missed something, West believes he contracted the coronavirus back in February. “Kanye had it […]
Donald Trump irresponsibly removed his mask and tucked it into his jacket pocket in front of the White House to pose for photographers upon his return from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center following a three-day stay. Judging from his labored breathing, Trump is still dealing with symptoms related to COVID-19. Here’s a longer video. […]
Though Dr. Michael Ryan of the World Health Organization (WHO) declined during a recent special session to directly agree with the assessment that Donald J. Trump‘s reported COVID-19 diagnosis was “inevitable” given his general disregard for pandemic-appropriate behavior, one would be hard-pressed to approach anything nearing shock regarding the failed steak salesman’s current situation. Instead, […]
