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It all started when conservative YouTuber Ashton Whitty posted a photo of herself wearing a Make America Great Again red cap at Disneyland. Whitty, whose videos include attacks on illegal immigration and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, added that "we need a Disney princess" that supports the Second Amendment, opposes abortion , and is passionate about both free speech and her country.
TV star announces plans to interview herself on YouTube after tweet mocking African-American Obama aide led to cancellation of her hit sitcom Roseanne Barr at 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' in New York, April 30, 2018. On Monday night, Barr said on Twitter that she will film her own interview and post it online, a day after announcing that she would be interviewed on television.
The 65-year-old actress - whose hit sitcom was cancelled by ABC in May after she posted a controversial tweet about about a former adviser to Barack Obama - had initially planned to appear on TV to discuss the cancellation of her show and the subsequent fallout. But now, she will instead record her own thoughts on the issue for her YouTube channel, describing the prospect of a TV interview as "too stressful".
Scott Pruitt, ousted administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , had cozy relationships with right-wing media outlets and combative relationships with the mainstream press. Andrew Wheeler, who's stepped in as acting administrator, has also shown a fondness for right-wing media and signs of disdain toward some mainstream media.
Fans take to Twitter every day to try and get the attention of their idols. Two women from Scranton are getting more attention than they expected from a plea on Twitter.
"I think they're trying to out-trump Trump while trying to out Trump each other," said one Democratic strategist who has worked on presidential campaigns and has noticed the uptick in anti-Trump rhetoric. "It's open season on who can jab the hardest and best."
The White House is using its official Twitter handle to target Democratic lawmakers who have criticized President Donald Trump's immigration policies, drawing complaints that government resources are being used to undercut potential 2020 presidential rivals. The White House Twitter handle, which has more than 17.3 million followers, falsely accused California Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday of "supporting the animals of MS-13," a violent gang that the president has sought to eradicate.
The White House is using its official Twitter handle to target Democratic lawmakers who have criticized President Donald Trump's immigration policies, drawing complaints that government resources are being used to undercut potential 2020 presidential rivals. The White House Twitter handle, which has more than 17.3 million followers, falsely accused California Sen. Kamala Harris on Monday of "supporting the animals of MS-13," a violent gang that the president has sought to eradicate.
Federal prosecutors concluded an 18-month investigation into a former congressional technology staffer on Tuesday by publicly debunking allegations - promoted by conservative media and President Donald Trump - suggesting he was a Pakistani operative who stole government secrets with cover from House Democrats. As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Imran Awan pleaded guilty to a relatively minor offense unrelated to his work on Capitol Hill: making a false statement on a bank loan application.
Rosalyn La Liberte has had her life turned upside down and her business threatened by the tweet and retweet of a falsely captioned photo showing her engaging in a "spirited discussion" with 14-year-old Joseph Luevanos at a Simi Valley City Council meeting on California's sanctuary policies for illegal aliens that falsely accused the woman of calling the boy a "dirty Mexican" and saying he would be among "the first deported". As a result she is getting threatening calls and messages and has lost at least one customer in the few days since she was "put on blast" by a teen activist and MSNBC's Joy Reid.
Children and family have been central to the institution of the concentration camp from its beginnings 120 years ago. Wikipedia has now added the notorious American border detention centers to its list of concentration camps , and the # FamiliesBelongTogether Twitter hashtag has brought up frequent comparisons.
In January 2017, following the inauguration of President Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders was appointed to the position of deputy White House press secretary, working under then-White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer . On May 5th, 2017, Huckabee Sanders held her first White House press briefing.
President Donald Trump pressed his case for cracking down on undocumented immigrants on Sunday, tweeting that "zero tolerance" is fair and gives preference to those who "legally wait their turn." "We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country," Trump said on Twitter.
Former Arkansas Governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was criticized on Twitter Saturday after tweeting a photo of five tatooed Hispanic men using what appears to be MS-13 gang hand signals. MS-13, a gang present in the United States, Mexico, Central America and Canada, mostly has members from Central America, particularly El Salvador.
Former Arkansas Governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee was criticized on Twitter Saturday after tweeting a photo of five tatooed Hispanic men using what appears to be MS-13 gang hand signals. MS-13, a gang present in the United States, Mexico, Central America and Canada, mostly has members from Central America, particularly El Salvador.
Mediaite conducted an extensive review of her social media posts and found that the HHS appointee pushed the baseless Pizzagate conspiracy theory even more than previously reported. Her tweets include smearing former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta as "a pedophile," accusing Democrats of hosting "Pedophile dinners," and claiming liberals abuse children during satanic rituals.
In this Jan. 2, 2018 file photo, Peter Fonda presents the Desert Palm achievement award at the 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, Calif. Fonda has apologized for a late-night Twitter rant that said 12-year-old Barron Trump should be ripped from "his mother's arms and put in a cage with pedophiles."
Walmart says it is disturbed that one of its former stores in Texas has been turned into a shelter for migrant children separated from their parents at the border. The company responded on Twitter on Wednesday to people who were outraged by the Trump administration policy and who mentioned that the children are being kept in a former Walmart superstore.
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