Jim McGovern Destroys Republicans Over Trump's Debt Explosion In A Fiery speech

Representative Jim McGovern launched a fierce attack on Republicans and former President Donald Trump, questioning whether the policies justified claims of an emergency. McGovern criticized soaring national debt, tax cuts benefiting billionaires, and the broader economic priorities of the Republican Party. Watch the full speech as the Democratic lawmaker challenges Trump's record and sparks another heated political showdown on Capitol Hill.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4fJmmFJDSI

White House urges UK not to ban social media for under-16s

Trump administration says restrictions could impose ‘disproportionate’ burden on US tech companies…

 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/09/white-house-urges-uk-not-ban-social-media-under-16s

TN Rep. Ogles faces backlash after deleted post declares 'homosexuality has no place in America

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRjMwS86rFE

Trump deletes post with AI image of himself as Jesus-like figure after outcry

The US president’s conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/13/trump-ai-image-christ-like-figure-backlash

 

Trump DECLARES WAR On MAGA In UNHINGED POST

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wYUS5bWyik

 

Social media trial: Meta and Google ordered to pay $6 million : NPR

"But this verdict is bigger than one case. For years, social media companies have profited from targeting children while concealing their addictive and dangerous design features. Today's verdict is a referendum — from a jury, to an entire industry — that accountability has arrived," he said in a joint statement with the plaintiff's legal team. 

Meta and Google said they disagree with the verdict. Meta said it is weighing its legal options and Google plans to appeal. 

"This case misunderstands YouTube, which is a responsibly built streaming platform, not a social media site," said Google spokesman José Castañeda…

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5746125/meta-youtube-social-media-trial-verdict 

 

Iran social media strategy pivots to information war amid US-Israel attack

"A core part of the Iranian information model is identifying fault lines in American political debate and amplifying them," he said. "For years, that meant platforming fringe movements on the left with demonstrable sympathies toward adversarial regimes. What's significant now is is that Iranian state media has found new and growing supply of content on the right, where rhetoric questioning Israeli influence over American foreign policy is trafficking in overt antisemitism. 

"Iran doesn't need to create that content. It simply presents itself."…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/iran-social-media-strategy-information-war-us-israel-attack

 

Dark money group offers influencers $1,500 for posts attacking Dem candidates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nJTPic1uqo

 

MAGA are so dumb and gullible #duet #onlyfans #AI #maga #notreal #fake #...

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qJQEYVkvttw

Kill line v Chinamaxxing

In China, one social media trend hangs on the idea that a life in the US is always one step from disaster, while another in the US has gen Z revelling in Chinese lifestyle hacks…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/mar/13/chinamaxxing-social-media-trend-gen-z-china-us

 

Tuberville shares social media post suggesting Muslims are ‘the enemy’ - Live Updates - POLITICO

GOP leadership has remained quiet as a growing number of party members post Islamophobic rhetoric on social media...

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/12/congress/tuberville-shares-islamophobic-post-00826189

X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts

Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolific…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/x-suspends-accounts-massive-scale-manipulation-attempts-russia

 

Violent. Anti-Abortion. Anti-Trans. Posts From Trump’s New DHS Pick Preview More of the Same. – Mother Jones

Mullin, a former MMA fighter who has long championed Trump and thinks of him as a "true friend," has repeatedly referred to abortion as "murder." Last month, he shared a clip on Instagram saying he would be arrested for "assault" of a "high school male pretending to be a girl" if a transgender wrestler went up against his daughter in the sport…

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/markwayne-mullin-dhs-noem-tweets/ 

Trump's social media company weighs Truth Social spinoff - POLITICO

The company's pending merger with TAE Technologies, struck in December, brought Trump Media into new territory yet again. Together, Trump Media and TAE Technologies, which counts Google, Chevron Technology Ventures and Goldman Sachs as investors, have stated that they aim to build "the world's first utility-scale fusion power plant."

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/27/trumps-social-media-company-weighs-truth-social-spin-off-00803861

 

Solar power’s newest friends: MAGA influencers - POLITICO

Miller, a former aide to Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, has been relentlessly touting solar power on social media this month, posting "Solar energy is the energy of the future" and noting "Solar is now the dominant source of new U.S. power capacity and is on track to surpass coal in total installed capacity before the end of 2026."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/27/solar-powers-newest-friends-maga-influencers-00802954 

 

Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time and mental health

Chatterjee, who is involved with campaign organisation Close Screens Open Minds over the proliferation of "ed tech" in schools, believes the legal age for using social media should be 18, as with gambling and access to pornography. "As a society, we have safeguards in place to protect children," Chatterjee says. "At the moment, we are in the middle of a widespread experiment that no one consciously signed up to."…

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/16/dr-rangan-chatterjee-interview-screen-time-mental-health-banning-social-media-18-podcaster

 

The US Government Will Not Stop Sharing Nazi Propaganda – Mother Jones

There has been not one, but two posts from our government institutions that reuse a phrase ripped straight from William Gayley Simpson's book Which Way Western Man?. It was published and promoted by the National Alliance—considered one of the "best organized" neo-Nazi groups in the United States. The book is antisemitic, racist, and explicitly states that Adolf Hitler was right...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/nazi-propaganda-trump-white-house-dhs-kristi-noem-social-media/ 

 

Ann Arbor Public Schools to join federal social media lawsuit

Ann Arbor Public Schools will be joining districts across the country in a federal lawsuit alleging that numerous social media companies have prioritized engagement with their platforms over the safety of children and teens…

https://www.michiganpublic.org/education/2026-02-09/ann-arbor-public-schools-to-join-federal-social-media-lawsuit 

 

Donald Trump prompts fury after posting racist video about Barack and Michelle Obama

Donald Trump prompts fury after posting racist video about Barack and Michelle Obama

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/feb/06/trump-barack-obama-michelle-truth-social-epstein-latest-news-updates

 

 

ICE has expanded its mass surveillance efforts. Online activists are fighting back. - POLITICO

Protesters are using social media and encrypted messaging apps to track ICE vehicles and agents, while hackers have targeted ICE's surveillance arsenal…

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/ice-tracking-tools-protesters-00755703