April 21, 2023 Twitter torches male lawmakers for wearing pink heels to raise awareness for violence against women Twitter users blasted male Canadian lawmakers who paraded around a room wearing pink high heels in order to encourage men and boys to help combat violence against women.
April 21, 2023 Twitter drops 'government-funded media' label from NPR, Russia's RT account Twitter dropped its "government-funded media" label from NPR and the Canadian Broadcasting Company's Twitter accounts after the media companies quit in protest.
April 21, 2023 Jean-Pierre faces blowback for 'disprovable lies' about Florida education law: 'Red herrings all the way down' White House press secretary Karine-Jean Pierre called out Florida’s expansion of its Parental Rights in Education law as “dystopian" during Thursday's press conference.
April 21, 2023 Critics blast Dem Rep. Stacey Plaskett for threatening journalist Matt Taibbi with jail time: 'Party of norms' Rep. Stacey Plaskett, V.I., was blasted by critics for threatening prison time for journalist Matt Taibbi, who she alleged committed perjury at last month's Twitter Files hearing.
April 21, 2023 Bette Midler whines after losing coveted Twitter verification: 'Elon took my blue check away!' Midler declared that she is now unverified on Twitter the same day that the platform removed blue check status from other celebrities who refuse to pay for the service.
April 20, 2023 Twitter removes legacy blue checks causing Trump, Clinton, The Rock, and others to lose their verification Twitter removed its legacy verification badges from users' accounts Thursday. Now, only government accounts will receive free verification, while organizations and individuals will have to pay a fee.
April 20, 2023 AI researchers claim Google, '60 Minutes' spread ‘disinformation’ in recent interview: ‘Still bulls---' AI researchers on Twitter have claimed that both Google and CBS' "60 Minutes" peddled "disinformation" about the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
April 20, 2023 Amazon seeks $153M in state incentive funds from Virginia for HQ2 project Amazon submitted an application asking Virginia for about $153 million in state incentive payments. This will be the first set of funds paid out since the company agreed to build its second headquarters there.
April 20, 2023 Journalist Matt Taibbi threatened with prison time for perjury by top Democrat over Twitter Files testimony Rep. Stacey Plaskett, D-V.I., is accusing independent journalist Matt Taibbi of perjury over an apparent error he made during last month's House Judiciary hearing on the Twitter Files.
April 20, 2023 Patti LuPone branded 'too old' to be in musical show: 'It's so sad' Patti LuPone, 73, is saying that she was rejected by the producers of "Schmigadoon!" for being "too old," despite Martin Short, also 73, being in the musical comedy.