Understanding Jack Dorsey
On the menu today: understanding Jack Dorsey, Facebook bans #StoptheSteal, the Fed eyes Bitcoin and Tesla, and an anecdote from Twitter’s early days.
Today's Conservative News
Veterans group members in Capitol riot to be purged from organizations
At least two veterans’ groups say they will purge members who are found guilty of participating in last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol that resulted in five deaths, including a Capitol Police officer.
Facebook Removing All ‘Stop The Steal’ Content
‘We’ve been allowing robust conversations’
Facebook Blacklists All Content Mentioning ‘Stop the Steal’
Facebook has announced that it will remove all content that mentions “Stop the Steal,” a phrase in reference to the 2020 U.S. presidential election that is popular among supporters of President Donald Trump.
Trump Can Still Be Impeached After He Leaves Office
The wisdom of impeaching Trump after he has left office may be debatable, but the better originalist reading of the Constitution is that Congress has the power.
Japan Discovers New Strain Of COVID-19
‘Highly problematic’
Business Lobby: Amnesty Is Good for CEOs and Government
An amnesty would generate more taxes for the government and more cheap workers for businesses, according to a pitch from a construction executive and various Koch network activists that sidelines the interests of American employees.
DHS Secretary Chad Wolf Resigns Due to ‘Recent Events’
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigned on Monday, making him the third Cabinet-level official to quit the Trump administration since the violence at the Capitol last week.
Cuomo Says New York Must Reopen Economy
“We simply cannot stay closed until the vaccine hits critical mass. The cost is too high,” Cuomo wrote in a tweet Monday morning.
Despite Third Week As Box Office Hit, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Falls Short Of Expected Profit
There hasn’t been much competition for the film at the box office
Trump Administration Designates Cuba A State Sponsor Of Terrorism
Trump has reversed Obama’s friendlier Cuba policy
Free Speech Is a Value, Not Just a Right
The problems raised by banning Trump from Twitter and undercutting Parler.
After Reportedly Receiving Numerous Customer Complaints About Censorship, Local Internet Provider Offers To Block Twitter And Facebook
The complaints were made after President Trump was blocked from the platforms
Canada Considering Labeling White Supremacist Groups Including The Proud Boys As Terror Organizations
‘We strongly denounce ideologically motivated extremists including groups like the Proud Boys’
Libyan Man Who Stabbed, Killed American And Two Others In UK Sentenced To Life In Prison
Saadallah had been arrested numerous times prior to the attack
Parler Files Lawsuit Against Amazon
‘Equivalent of pulling the plug on a hospital patient on life support’
Report: Facebook To Halt Political Donations After Capitol Riot
‘Pausing all of our PAC contributions’
Twitter Stock Plummets After Banning President Trump, Purging Conservative Accounts
The stock declined more than 10% upon opening Monday
Pelosi Invokes Nixon, Calls on GOP to Impeach Trump
During an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) invoked Watergate and former President Richard Nixon as she discussed her push to impeach President Donald Trump. This comes in the wake of last week’s riots in which a group of Trump’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol.
Gaetz on Trump: ‘Impeachment Would Be Unnecessary — It Would Be Divisive’
Sunday on FNC’s “Fox Report,” Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) reacted to the Democrats’ push to impeach President Donald Trump over his part in the U.S. Capitol riot that left five dead and many more injured.
Joe Biden Doubles Down, Pledges to ‘Defeat the NRA’
In a January 8, 2021, statement recognizing the tenth anniversary of the shooting that wounded Gabby Giffords, President-elect Joe Biden pledged to “defeat the NRA.
Rep. Gaetz: Trump has no intention of resigning after Capitol riot, will ‘not leave the public stage at all’
“President Trump continues to be the most powerful, the most influential Republican on the planet Earth,” Gaetz said.
‘Congress is obligated’ to impeach Trump after Capitol riot: Rep. Cicilline
Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., who is one of the representatives taking the lead on an impeachment resolution targeting President Trump’s alleged efforts to incite the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week, argued on Sunday that Congress is “obligated” to impeach the president.
FBI visited extremists ahead of Capitol riots, urged them not to travel to DC: source
The FBI visited extremists prior to the Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally and the deadly Capitol riot last week, urging them not to travel to Washington D.C., a source familiar told Fox News.