Shelby Talcott A Des Moines Register reporter has been called out for his own tweets after he unearthed two offensive tweets from a viral star who racked up over $1 million in donations for a children’s hospital. Carson King, 24, went viral after he held up a sign in Sept. 14 asking for Venmo donations…
Two days before Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year. The halls have been decked, the stockings have been hung, and Senator Rand Paul’s annual Festivus Airing of Grievances is here. ⚡️ “Senator Rand Paul's 2018 #Festivus Tweetstorm”https://t.co/Qi6KQ4sxWd — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) December 23, 2018 This years airing gave Rand a Twitter Moment garnering…
Evie Fordham The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is testing its Presidential Alert system for the first time ever Wednesday afternoon and expects to send texts to about 225 million smartphones. “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed,” reads the text that will go out at 2:18…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Eric Lieberman Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation President Donald Trump is entertaining the idea of hiring a team of lawyers who will be responsible for monitoring his social media posts, according to a Thursday report from The Wall Street Journal. The addition of the legal experts is allegedly part of a larger possible…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck This is an odd yet humorous story reported by the Los Angeles Times: Vegas Vic hewed close to the strong, silent cowboy types with little regard for a mess of extra words. He’d wave, all friendly-like, to city folk wandering down Fremont Street, and the wink…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Dan Scavino Jr., the director of social media for the Trump white house, has just singled out one of Trump’s dissenters, Justin Amash, in a tweet that has since exploded in the past couple of hours: .@realDonaldTrump is bringing auto plants & jobs back to Michigan….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck The existence of fake accounts and/or bots isn’t surprising to those who have become public figures on social media, as there are many fake fans and retweets and follows that tend to piggyback on growing supporter bases for the purposes of advertising. But a new study…
By Ryan Pickrell South Korea appointed a Twitter officer to monitor President-elect Donald Trump’s tweets. The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ North American Affairs Bureau assigned an officer to keep an eye on Trump’s tweets, particularly those related to Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula, reports the Korea JoongAng Daily. “The Korean government is…
by Micah J. Fleck President-Elect Donald Trump recently sent out a tweet to his followers on Twitter saying that he genuinely enjoyed the meeting with the President, his wife enjoyed a tea date with Michelle Obama, and that overall there was “great chemsitry.” According to The Hill: “A fantastic day in D.C. Met with President…
by Kody Fairfield The highlight coming out of the second presidential debate did not happen to be any substantive policy, or shocking revelation from the candidates. No, it happened to be, Ken Bone, one of the many undecided voters who questioned Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Bone, who was at the debate to help decide…