Twitter may get the last laugh and ban Donald Trump permanently if he loses
Posted by Robert Leonard / November 6, 2020Twitter’s longtime feud with Donald Trump may be nearly over. If Trump loses the election, then he will no longer be protected from a permanent ban. That means if he continues to violate Twitter’s policies, he could be permanently banned. Before the election, Twitter locked the New York Post’s account after the publication posted totally unverified and …
Read MoreWhoever wins, we have to grapple with our divided country
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / November 5, 2020Although we still don’t know who won the 2020 election, one thing is clear: it’s a close call, and our country is more divided than ever. Trump inspired almost unbelievable dedication in his supporters and zeal among his enemies. The sheer effort anti-Trumpers put into this election shows their intensity. A Harvard poll indicates that …
Read MoreFederal judge promises to see USPS head DeJoy in court about mail-in ballot reporting
Posted by Robert Leonard / November 5, 2020A federal judge has promised to depose Postmaster General DeJoy, if necessary, in order to get some answers about how the Post Office handled mail -in ballots. The judges comments were in response to a lawsuit against the Post Office dragging its feet in following federal orders. Despite multiple court orders, the Post Office did …
Read MoreFacebook hinders traffic to liberal pages just before election
Posted by Jimmy Cooper / November 4, 2020In the weeks preceding the 2020 election, the operators of some of the largest liberal pages on Facebook reported dramatic drop in their activity. This is further evidence that the platform has a liberal bias. In August, Facebook fired the senior engineer who collected data showing that the company gave preferential treatment to rightwing accounts.The …
Read MoreHarvard poll suggests record-breaking young voter turnout
Posted by Catherine Reed / November 4, 2020A Harvard poll indicates that young voters’ turnout broke records this year. These younger people are largely pro-Biden, and their large numbers point to their zeal. The pro-Biden Texas Democrats are pushing the vote, trying desperately to turn the state Blue for the first time in 44 years. One of the biggest demographic hitting the polls …
Read MoreTexas voter turnout through the roof as Dems try to win the state
Posted by Robert Leonard / November 3, 2020Texas Democrats are pushing the vote, trying desperately to turn the state Blue for the first time in 44 years. One of the biggest demographic hitting the polls this year are young voters, who might just bring a Biden win. According to a poll by the Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas at …
Read MoreRussian Twitter accounts helped nurture early QAnon movement
Posted by Robert Leonard / November 3, 2020If you think QAnon conspiracy theory seems so toxic that it must have been intentionally created or amplified as a kind of Web 2.0 warfare against the United States, but didn’t have the evidence to back that up, well here you go. A recent Reuters article reveals that Russian-linked Twitter accounts helped the movement grow. …
Read MoreFinal NBC/WSJ poll says Biden up 10 points on Trump
Posted by Ivan Vaquero / November 2, 2020The final NBC/Wall Street Journal poll of the election season has Joe Biden up 10% on Trump nationwide. Six out of ten voters say that the country is headed in the wrong direction after Trump’s presidency. The Presidential Predictor, a measure of how well the market performs in the three months before an election, suggests …
Read MoreThe majority of Americans don’t want Don Jr. or Ivanka running for office
Posted by Annie May / November 2, 2020A new poll for the Independent says that 61% of voters do not want Donald Trump Jr. or Ivanka Trump to run for office. Only 16% of Americans think Don Jr. should go into politics at all. It’s not surprising no one wants the Trumps, as polling reveals that 51% of Americans think Trump has harmed the …
Read More87% accurate stock market indicator predicts Biden will win the election
Posted by Annie May / November 1, 2020The Presidential Predictor, a measure of how well the market performs in the three months before an election, suggests that Donald Trump will lose this election to Joe Biden. The measure has correctly predicted every winner since 1984 and has correctly predicted 20 out of the last 23 elections. New polls show Biden’s lead in …
Read MoreMajority of Americans think Trump has harmed the nation’s standing in the world
Posted by Thomas Bush / November 1, 2020Polling reveals that 51% of Americans think Trump has harmed the country’s reputation on the world stage, while 36% think he improved it. The numbers are similar for his “Make America Great Again”––only about a third of Americans think he did so. According to a recent poll, two-thirds of Americans think that we are in …
Read MoreThe GOP is terrified of losing the Senate
Posted by Robert Leonard / October 31, 2020The GOP is terrified of losing the Senate, and it appears they should be. It started when the Georgia Senator up for reelection this term will skip the final debate after his rival’s recent attack during a forum went viral. Now, news has broken that a host of other GOP senators in other states are …
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