Month: January 2021

Mere hours after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., forcing Congress to evacuate and giving every impression of staging an attempted coup, the right-wing propaganda machine whirred to life. Republican mouthpiece Sarah Palin, Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood (who has since been banned from Twitter for inciting violence), far-right Florida
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Over the weekend, federal and local authorities continued to make arrests related to the riot at the Capitol last Wednesday. According to an Associated Press analysis published Monday, January 11th, about 90 people are currently facing charges that range from misdemeanor curfew violations to felonies related to assaulting police officers or making death threats. Among
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On Saturday, after Apple and Google withdrew Parler from their app stores, Amazon provided the final blow when it announced it would be shutting off the servers for the “free speech” social-media app popular among conservatives and far-right influencers. The app shut down temporarily on Sunday night. Conservative influencers also scrambled in reaction to the
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Kevin Hart has reached a long-term deal with Netflix. The actor-comedian will star in and produce four feature films for the streaming platform, followed by a first-look arrangement with his company HartBeat Productions. Hart, in a statement obtained by the Hollywood Reporter, called the partnership “an amazing opportunity.” “I am excited to act in and
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As the investigation into the SolarWinds supply-chain attack continues, cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a third malware strain that was deployed into the build environment to inject the backdoor into the company’s Orion network monitoring platform. Called “Sunspot,” the backdoor adds to a growing list of previously disclosed malicious software such as Sunburst and Teardrop. “This
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All in the Family is roundly considered a touchstone for television achievement now, but when it debuted 50 years ago, even the network carrying it hoped it would fizzle quickly and unnoticed. CBS put an army of operators at phone lines expecting a barrage of complaints from offended middle Americans demanding its cancellation. Those calls
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