Month: October 2019

Big Tech is now a big punching bag for politicians

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on health care, immigration or taxing the rich. But one subject draws critics from both parties: Big Tech. The list of grievances is long and growing by the week. Companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon are too big and powerful. They’re bad for privacy , public discourse, democracy and small…

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Kamala’s Fake Lover: Jacob Wohl Told Me It Was for a Spike TV Show

Inept conservative operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman held another bizarre press conference in Burkman’s driveway on Wednesday, this time to smear Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) with obviously fake allegations of an extramarital affair.  And like past efforts to manufacture sexual claims against Trump foes—from Robert Mueller, to Pete Buttigieg, to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)—the…

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Kamala Harris to Donald Trump Jr: 'You wouldn’t know a joke if one raised you'

WASHINGTON – A twitter feud between 2020 democratic hopeful Senator Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Jr. got jokey Friday night.  “Why is Kamala Harris the only person that laughs at her jokes… always way to long and way too hard?” the President’s son asked. “The most disingenuous person in politics… after Hillary.” Harris responded: “You wouldn’t know a…

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German suspect admits anti-Semitic attack, far-right motive

Berlin (AFP) – The German suspect in a deadly attack targeting a synagogue has admitted to the shooting rampage, confessing it was motivated by anti-Semitism and right-wing extremism, federal prosecutors said Friday amid government warnings of an “elevated” risk of further attacks. Stephan Balliet, 27, made a “very comprehensive” confession during an interrogation lasting several…

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