Tag: Social Media

Trump mocked after citing Sweden incident: ‘What has he been smoking?’

Trump mocked after citing Sweden incident: ‘What has he been smoking?’

Caitlin Yilek · February 19, 2017 3:58 pm

Burlington Coat Factory is the latest in a series of retailers to drop Ivanka Trump's products. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Burlington Coat Factory is apparently no longer selling Ivanka Trump products

Anna Giaritelli · February 17, 2017 10:24 pm

President Donald Trump speaks while visiting the Boeing South Carolina facility in North Charleston, S.C., Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, to see the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Trump visited the plant before heading to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. for the weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump tweets ‘fake news media’ is ‘the enemy of the American people’

Anna Giaritelli · February 17, 2017 9:57 pm

It turns out "Lib Hypocrisy" has some pretty extreme views. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Kellyanne Conway tweets, deletes ‘love you back’ to white nationalist

Kyle Feldscher · February 14, 2017 8:20 pm

Last month, Flynn, who found his tweets being scrutinized, deleted his account. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Mike Flynn restores his Twitter account

Alex Pappas · February 14, 2017 7:57 pm

According to Merriam-Webster, "impugn" is a verb that means, "to assail by words or argument." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Impugn’ is trending after Warren gets in trouble in the Senate

Pete Kasperowicz · February 8, 2017 6:24 pm

"Making a call in the White House with my personal assistant Theodore," the caption reads. (Photo courtesy of Ivanka Trump, via Twitter)

Ivanka Trump shares photo of her and baby son in White House

Caitlin Yilek · February 7, 2017 11:00 pm

A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, dismissed a lawsuit accusing Twitter of supporting the Islamic State group. The family of two men shot and killed in Jordan claimed that Twitter had contributed to their deaths by allowing the group to sign up for and use Twitter accounts. The judge agreed with Twitter that the company cannot be held liable because it wasn't the speaker of ISIS's hateful rhetoric. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Shock study: Feds say social media can help with background checks

Pete Kasperowicz · February 2, 2017 7:23 pm

Reddit says communities were banned due to doxxing. ( Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP)

Another social media platform censors alt-right

Daniel Chaitin · February 2, 2017 12:23 am

CNN viewers did not see the prank. (Screengrab/CNN)

McCain photobombs CNN reporter: ‘After all these years … revenge!’

Caitlin Yilek · February 2, 2017 12:07 am

A Hispanic supporter holds up a sign for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally at the Anaheim Convention Center, Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

National Security

White House Spanish account sends out inaugural tweet: ‘Hola’

Anna Giaritelli · January 31, 2017 11:39 pm

Kelly said that DHS is still researching the alternative background check process. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

DHS chief outlines extreme vetting: Phone records, websites, social media

Joel Gehrke · January 31, 2017 10:39 pm