August 21, 2020 Julia Louis-Dreyfus panned as 'tone-deaf' DNC host; compared to Clint Eastwood's 'empty chair' moment Despite her decades-long career in television comedy, it appears that being a Democratic National Convention emcee was not the right role for Julia Louis-Dreyfus.Â
August 20, 2020 Fly steals Bloomberg's thunder by landing on his face during DNC speech A special guest buzzed its way into Mike Bloomberg's speech Thursday night as the former New York City mayor was in the middle of slamming President Trump during the Democratic National Convention.
August 20, 2020 Ari Fleischer calls out New York Times for giving Cohen, Mueller indictments front page treatment, burying Durham guilty plea 91±¬ÁÏ contributor Ari Fleischer took aim at The New York Times on Thursday over what he suggested was a double standard in its coverage of the recent guilty plea from the Durham probe looking into the handling of the Russia investigation.
August 20, 2020 Twitter CEO donates $10M to 'anti-racist' professor who seeks censorship of politicians' 'ideas' Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is donating $10 million to an anti-racism project led by a professor who wants the federal government to monitor public officials' speech, discipline them, and be responsible for "pre-clearing" all local, state, and federal policies based on how they impact racial equity.
August 20, 2020 Trump admin asks Supreme Court to review decision on Twitter blocks The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to review a decision from last year in which the Second Circuit Court of Appeals said it is a violation of the First Amendment for the president to block someone from his personal Twitter account based on what they say.
August 20, 2020 Microsoft is cutting 'critical' support for Internet Explorer, once the world’s most popular Web browser At one time, Microsoft's Internet Explorer owned more than 90% of the web browser market. Now, the company said it will cut off access to a critical piece of support in 2021.
August 19, 2020 DNC emcee Kerry Washington praises 'hugely diverse' Black community following Biden gaffe Actress Kerry Washington, while emceeing the virtual Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, said "the Black community in this country is hugely diverse" -- just weeks after Democratic nominee Joe Biden was forced to walk back comments on the topic.
August 19, 2020 Hillary Clinton mocked for restricting replies to tweet celebrating Bill's birthday Ahead of her appearance at this year's Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton raised eyebrows with her tweet celebrating her husband's birthday.Â
August 19, 2020 Health misinformation on Facebook viewed nearly 3.8B times in last year Health misinformation spread by networks on Facebook has been viewed 3.8 billion times over the last year, a new study reported Wednesday.
August 19, 2020 Bill Gates: Coronavirus crisis continues — but don't forget malaria Bill Gates, who has been vocal about the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic, said "there is not a choice between saving lives from COVID-19 versus saving lives from malaria" and other diseases -- the world must enable countries to do both.Â