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Facebook announced plans to resume political, electoral and social issue ads in the U.S. tomorrow, March 4, ending a temporary ban it put in place after the November 2020 — to avoid confusion and abuse amid claims by former President Donald Trump and his supporters that the election had been stolen. The ad ban was a…

UPDATE: Twitter chief financial officer Ned Segal said Donald Trump's permanent ban from the service would remain permanent even if the former president ran for office and again and even if he won. Appearing on CNBC Wednesday, Segal said in response to a question along those lines that, "The way our policies work…

UPDATED with ViacomCBS statement: Nearly two weeks after the Capitol siege prompted a host of companies to suspend political contributions to those opposing the certifying of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, ViacomCBS has joined the list. "ViacomCBS supports peaceful civic engagement and the orderly transition of…

Donald Trump released a new video condemning political violence, but the short speech from the Oval Office made no mention of the House’s vote to impeach him for the second time. “I want to make it very clear: I unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week,” Trump said in the video that was posted to the…

Amazon has called a lawsuit by Parler "meritless" and the facts "unequivocal" in a case that pits the conservative social media platform against the giant web services provider that declined to support it due to incitement to violence. In a court filing that echoes and expands a statement by Amazon on Monday…

UPDATED, 1:36 PM PT: Donald Trump became the first president to be impeached twice, as the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed an article citing him for inciting the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol last week. The 232-197 vote came after just two hours of debate, reflecting the urgency of House Democrats…

The Walt Disney Co. and the Motion Picture Association are joining Comcast and AT&T in halting political contributions to House and Senate lawmakers who voted to reject the certification of electoral votes for Joe Biden. A Disney spokesperson said, "The insurrection at our nation's Capitol was a direct assault on one…

Vice President Mike Pence said that he will not invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Donald Trump from office, saying that he did not think it was “in the best interest of our nation or consistent with our Constitution.” Pence’s office made public a letter he sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, just as the House…

Coming off its most watched day ever with the tragedy and murderous chaos of the Donald Trump inspired attack on Congress on January 6, CNN has now posted one of its best weeks ever overall too. Thrashing usual leader Fox News Channel, the AT&T-owned cabler newser ranked No. #1 in total day, dayside and Monday to…

A top official from the Justice Department said that they are pursuing “significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy” in the attack last week on the U.S. Capitol. Michael Sherwin, the acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said that they also have assigned specific prosecutors to handle cases…

Donald Trump, making his first public appearance since the siege on the Capitol, told reporters that his speech beforehand was “totally appropriate.” “If you read my speech — many people have done it, and I have seen it in the papers and the media, on television. It has been analyzed, and people thought that what I…

UPDATED with Amazon comment, 4:11 PM. Amazon has responded to a lawsuit filed by Parler earlier today after the tech giant’s web services arm let the upstart social network go dark after it disseminated false election fraud claims and played a role in last Wednesday’s siege on the U.S. Capitol. "There is no merit to…