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Roseanne Barr says losing her television show is nothing compared to being labelled a racist "over one tweet", as the fallout from her social media comments and subsequent sitcom cancellation continued. Hours after saying she was leaving Twitter, Barr returned to the social media platform to share posts both supporting her comments made about former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett and praising American television network ABC's decision to cancel her show Roseanne.
Celebrities have taken to Twitter to celebrate the axing of ABC's Roseanne revival after the star posted a racist remark about Valerie Jarrett, one of former President Barack Obama's closest advisers. In the now-deleted tweet, she called Jarrett the offspring of the "Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes".
Roseanne Barr has delighted in inspiring outrage on social media for years. But her tweet comparing Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape was so blatantly racist, it cost her the comeback of 'Roseanne.'
ABC called Roseanne Barr's tweet about former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett "abhorrent" and "repugnant" when canceling Barr's show on Tuesday, but the network did not use another word: "racist." Danielle Campoamor, a Romper editor and Bustle columnist, captured the sentiments of many Twitter users when she cast avoidance of the term "racist" against the backdrop of other, ongoing debates about word choices in the press.
Since the government acknowledged last month that the Trump administration had lost track of nearly 1,500 immigrant children, the debate over what that means and who is to blame has roiled Twitter. Here's a look at the partisan claims and a reality check behind the latest immigration fight: -"Speechless.
In language that echoed that of his accusers and critics, President Donald Trump alleged on Twitter that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team was "MEDDLING" in the upcoming midterm elections and blamed Democrats for "Collusion." The tweet Tuesday was the latest example of the president co-opting the terminology of his accusers in an effort to tarnish political enemies.
ABC canceled its top-rated "Roseanne" reboot Tuesday after its star Roseanne Barr made a racially charged crack about Valerie Jarrett, a former senior adviser in the Obama White House. "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant, and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC said in statement.
A close friend and colleague of Chelsea Manning said Monday that the convicted leaker of government secrets and longshot candidate for U.S. Senate is safe after a photo on her Twitter account apparently showed the 30-year-old woman standing on the edge of an upper-story window ledge. The photo was posted to her Twitter account late Sunday with the words: "I'm sorry."
A close friend and colleague of Chelsea Manning said Monday that the convicted leaker of government secrets and longshot candidate for U.S. Senate is safe after a photo on her Twitter account apparently showed the 30-year-old woman standing on the edge of an upper-story window ledge. The photo was posted to her Twitter account late Sunday with the words: "I'm sorry."
As the media reverberated with stories about the 1,500 missing immigrant children rounded up by the federal government, Ivanka Trump decided to tweet a photo of herself Sunday cuddling her young son. Twitter users slammed Ivanka over her father's policy enacted this month that separates undocumented immigrant children from their parents.
''Thanks to very brave teacher and hero Jason Seaman of Noblesville, Ind., for his heroic act in saving so many precious young lives,'' Trump said on Twitter. "His quick and automatic action is being talked about all over the world!'' Vice President Mike Pence, the former governor of Indiana, also credited the teacher's ''courageous action'' for saving lives during the shooting.
Illegal border crossings, as President Donald Trump measures them, have gone up since he took office, even as he speaks to audiences about a drop of more than 40 percent. That disconnect was among several that stood out over the past week as Trump opened up on the Russia investigation via Twitter, forsaking accuracy in the process, and made the false claim that he's delivering the first big military pay increase in a decade.
A day after aborting a summit with North Korea's leader, President Donald Trump sounded an optimistic note Friday about future negotiations, saying it is even possible that a meeting could take place on June 12 as originally planned. "We'll see what happens.
President Donald Trump is twisting the words of his predecessor's national intelligence director as part of his stepped-up effort to trash the credibility of the special counsel's Russia investigation. In a tweet Thursday, during a stormy week on Twitter by the president, Trump said James Clapper acknowledged there was "Spying in my campaign," meaning an informant implanted inside the operation.
Twitter says it will require U.S. political advertisers to identify themselves and certify that they are in the U.S. by verifying a mailing address. The company says the new rules announced Thursday will apply to any advertising that seeks to influence the outcome of an election.
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President Trump's blocking of his critics on Twitter is unconstitutional, a judge ruled Wednesday in a decision that addresses a fairly new issue for our time: the relationship between those who govern and the governed on social media. Last July, seven Twitter users filed a lawsuit after being blocked from the @realDonaldTrump account, charging that their speech was being suppressed.
The lawsuit was brought by seven Twitter users - including a Texas police officer, a New York comedy writer and a Nashville surgeon - who claimed that Mr. Trump's Twitter feed was an official government account and that preventing users from following it was unconstitutional. In her ruling, Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald wrote that the plaintiffs who sought to view and engage with Mr. Trump's tweets alongside those who were not restricted were "protected by the First Amendment."
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump is violating the First Amendment when he blocks critics on Twitter because of their political views. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan stopped short in her written decision of ordering Trump or a subordinate to stop the practice of blocking critics from viewing his Twitter account, saying it was enough to point out that it was unconstitutional.