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Twitter Changes Retweet Functionality to Add ‘Friction’ Before Election

Social media site Twitter is reportedly altering how retweets work on its platform ahead of the November presidential election in an attempt to prevent the spread of what it considers “misinformation” on the platform. The company hopes that adding “friction,” or extra clicks, will slow down the virality of content like the New York Post Biden bombshells the company clumsily censored last week.

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Report: Facebook Hires Chinese Nationals to Censor Platform

A recent report from the New York Post claims that Facebook has hired Chinese nationals who are “working on censorship,” at the company. China famously employs the “Great Chinese Firewall” to block many websites within the communist country, including Facebook.

China's former internet czar charged with taking bribes

Minnesota Poll: Joe Biden 49%, Donald Trump 44%

Minnesota, which has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate in 48 years, appears in play as Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by single digits, according to a MinnPost poll released Tuesday.

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Scarborough: Trump ‘Would Be a Dictator if He Could’

Wednesday, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough reacted to President Donald Trump urging Attorney General William Barr to investigate his 2020 opponent Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden after alleged email correspondence showed his son Hunter Biden getting help from the elder Biden to obtain a relationship with Ukrainian energy company Burisma.

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There’s a Growing List of Celebs Backing President Trump

Hollywood star Kirstie Alley’s announcement that she is voting for President Donald Trump unleashed a firestorm of vitriol from the left against the Emmy-winning “Cheers” actress. But it also placed her in a growing list of celebrities who have been brave enough to publicly declare their support for the president.

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Ted Cruz: Big Tech Believes It Has Authority over What the Press Is Allowed to Report

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Glenn Beck discussed Big Tech and the corporate media’s handling of the bombshell New York Post bombshell stories about Hunter Biden, describing the social media Masters of the Universe as crossing a threshold “that’s never been crossed before.” Cruz describes the censorship of the Post as “Silicon Valley oligarchs declaring the authority to determine what the press is allowed to report, and who’s allowed to see it.”

Senate Aviation and Space Subcommittee Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) questions witnesses during

WH’s McEnany on Twitter: ‘Big Tech Is Acting Like Big Government’

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday sounded off on her Twitter suspension in response to sharing copies of emails allegedly from a Burisma executive to former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. The emails were initially published by the New York Post in a story alleging the younger Biden used his father’s position to obtain a “lucrative” relationship with Burisma.

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