X, formerly Twitter, has been flooded with misinformation and otherwise dangerous content since Hamas attacked Israel last Saturday. But while X helps deliver a tide of bogus content to mainstream audiences, a different app is serving as ground zero for viral misinformation, while giving users the impression that they’re getting …
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Rep. Steve Scalise has withdrawn from the race to become House Speaker a day after Republicans nominated him for the position in a closed-door meeting. The shocking move comes with the GOP in a state of chaos over the effort to replace Kevin McCarthy, who was ousted from the position …
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Reuters journalist Issam Abdullah was killed by an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese village of Alma al Shaab on Friday, the media outlet confirmed in a statement. Two other Reuters journalists were injured when their vehicle was struck and are seeking medical care. “We are deeply saddened to learn that …
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Friday, Oct. 6, was an average day in the chaotic, fractured, and forcibly segregated Israeli-and-Palestinian new normal. The next day, Israeli and Palestinian society transformed in hours as Hamas led a bloody and unprecedented attack from Gaza that has plunged Israel and the occupied territories into new depths of a …
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Donald Trump has used the Israel-Hamas conflict — which has claimed hundreds of lives on both sides — to push his false claims that the 2020 election was rigged against him. While delivering a speech to his supporters at a club event Wednesday in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump claimed …
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Additional charges have been leveled against Sen. Bob Menendez, who was indicted last month on allegations of corruption and bribery. A superseding indictment, unsealed Thursday, further charges the New Jersey Democrat with having “provided sensitive U.S. Government information and took other steps that secretly aided the Government of Egypt.” Menendez …
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Donald Trump has been absolutely furious with Benjamin Netanyahu since the Israeli prime minister declined to publicly back his conspiracy-fueled effort to overturn the 2020 election. The Israel-Hamas war that erupted over the weekend has only stoked the former president’s animus toward Netanyahu, and he’s now trying to use the …
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The GOP’s search for a new House Speaker has led to mayhem and infighting that has crippled the caucus for weeks now. Despite managing to approve a preliminary nomination of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise in a two-thirds majority vote on Wednesday, by Thursday afternoon House Republicans were publicly stating the …
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The trance music festival in southern Israel where Hamas militants killed 260 people on Saturday was supposed to be an escape — a tightknit community’s peaceful celebration of love, nature, and electronic dance music, event staffers who spoke to Rolling Stone say. It turned into hell on Earth. Offering new …
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The city of Franklin, Tennessee, has exploded into a political firestorm in the wake of an alliance between conservative mayoral candidate Gabrielle Hanson and a white supremacist “Active Club.” Last week, Hanson arrived at a candidate forum with members of the Tennessee Active Club acting as her escort. Rolling Stone …
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