Wednesday, July 2, 2025

CULTURE

Could Instagram’s Teen-Girl Scandal Help Usher Facebook’s Downfall?

Nineteen-year-old Gigi Painter hopes Facebook’s planned “Instagram Kids” never becomes a reality. Growing up in a small Ohio town, Painter said she and most of her friends created Instagram accounts by lying about their ages years before they turned 13. She recalls constant pressure to post good photos that would garner...

Nigerian Pres. Forces Twitter to Agree to Its Terms Before Lifting Ban

(Headline USA) Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says he has directed the lifting of the ban on Twitter’s operations in Nigeria but only if certain conditions are met including Twitter’s “positive” use and registration in the West African nation. Buhari told the country of more than 200 million people in an...

Nat’l School Board Group Asks Biden for Help w/ Angry Parents

(Headline USA) A group representing school board members around the country asked President Joe Biden on Thursday for federal assistance to investigate and stop "threats" made over policies including mask mandates, likening alleged vitriol to a form of domestic terrorism. Parents and community members have been disrupting meetings and threatening board...

Facebook Exec Rebuts Own Researchers’ Findings About Teens on Instagram

(Associated Press) Facing outrage over its handling of internal research on harm to teens from Instagram, a Facebook executive is telling Congress that the company is working to protect young people on its platforms. And she disputes the way a recent newspaper story describes what the research shows. “We have put in...

Breakthrough COVID Cases of ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Cast Shut Down Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’

(Headline USA) The hit Broadway show “Aladdin” was canceled Wednesday night when breakthrough COVID-19 cases were reported within the musical's company, a day after the show reopened following some 18 months of being shuttered due to the pandemic. Important information regarding tonight's performance. pic.twitter.com/zVHzgHuuSi — Aladdin the Musical (@aladdin) September 29, 2021 It...

Five-Time Olympic Medalist Pleads Guilty to Storming Capitol on Jan. 6

(Headline USA) Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony "obstruction" charge for participating in the Jan. 6 pro-Trump revolt at the U.S. Capitol and faces 21 to 27 months in prison. Keller acknowledged in court records that he tried to obstruct Congress’ certification of the...

NYTimes Admits Border Patrol ‘Whip’ Story Was Fake News

The New York Times quietly issued a correction to a story that alleged Border Patrol agents on horseback used their reins as whips against Haitian migrants trying to cross the southern border. "An earlier version... overstated what is known about the behavior of some Border Patrol agents on horseback. While...

Red-Pilled Bill Maher Slams Ohio Univ.’s Campus Segregation Plan

On last Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, liberal host Bill Maher mocked the radical Left's push for segregation in cafeterias, gyms and dorms on several university campuses. Maher warned that America could come apart as the proposal for a 'black' national anthem gains traction on the Left and...

STUDY: Why Californians are Leaving the State in Droves

(Cole Lauterbach, The Center Square) Results from the 2020 census showed California’s population losses led to the state shedding a member of Congress for the first time since inception. The California Department of Finance announced in May that California’s population fell for the first time, dropping by more than 182,000 people in...

Miami Dem. Candidate Falsely Claims Hispanic Heritage

Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, a candidate for the Miami Beach Commission, falsely claimed last week that she was the "most high-profile Hispanic Democrat in the city," the Daily Beast reported. After critics called her out on the claim, Gonzalez apologized, suggesting that it was all a misunderstanding. "It is being reported that...

Facebook Pauses Plans for Instagram Cesspool for Kids

(Associated Press) Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids' version of Instagram, geared toward children under 13, to address concerns that have been raised about the vulnerability of younger users. “I still firmly believe that it’s a good thing to build a version of Instagram that’s designed...

SC Gov. Tells School Resource Officers to Back Off Enforcing Mask Mandates

(Jon Styf, The Center Square) A videotaped encounter between a school resource officer and a parent at James B. Edwards Elementary in Mount Pleasant has led South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster to ask the Charleston County School District to not use officers to enforce the district’s mask mandate. The officer can...
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