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YouTube Richard Spencer told followers on Friday that he and fellow white supremacists might need their own protection force, after the ‘alt-right’ founder got punched in the face during an anti-Trump protest. If law enforcement can’t protect us from antifa assaults we will begin protecting ourselves.— Richard 🐸 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) January 21, 2017 Spencer did…
On September 22, 2016, this site was forced offline for nearly four days after it was hit with “Mirai,” a malware strain that enslaves poorly secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices like wireless routers and security cameras into a botnet for use in large cyberattacks. Roughly a week after that assault, the individual(s) who launched…
On Jan. 20, 2017, President Trump took the oath of office, pledging in his inaugural address to embark on a strategy of “America first.” Here are key moments from that speech. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington Post) President Trump has officially declared the day of his inauguration a national day of patriotism. Trump’s inaugural address on Friday frequently…
President Donald Trump gestures after getting out of his car in front of the White House on Friday.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Well, that didn’t take long. Less than a day after it was posted online, the petition calling on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns has garnered more than 158,700 signatures—more than enough…
Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who’s been opposed to pretty much every big action the commission has taken in recent years, from establishing net neutrality to protecting consumer privacy to restricting major cable mergers. Pai has been a…
Trump Press Secretary Sean Spicer began his second briefing from the White House by referring to it as the “first briefing,” an attempt to downplay a statement he gave Saturday that contained a number of falsehoods in reference to Donald Trump’s inaugural crowd size. Spicer began the press conference at 1:45 p.m., almost 15 minutes…
Image via Getty. The Women’s March was, by most reported measures, a success. Though it remains to be seen what the organization’s subsequent “10 Actions/ 100 Days” campaign will yield, it succeeded most at what I’m guessing the vast majority of participants assumed the march was about: making it clear to Donald Trump that he…
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You know the world, including this great nation, is screwed when a nationalist like Donald Trump and a socialist like Bernie Sanders agree on something. That Gage Skidmore via Foterhappens to be the case with the TPP – or the Trans Pacific Partnership — the 12-nation free trade agreement that Barack Obama, in a rare…
No alternative facts about it: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer really loves tweeting about his food fixations. The headstrong spokesman — who criticized and stonewalled the press in his White House briefing on Saturday — has seen some viral attention for his five-year Twitter feud against Dippin’ Dots. Turns out that was merely one…