• Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to crack down on deniers

    Holocaust survivors urge Facebook to crack down on deniers

    Holocaust survivors are demanding Facebook remove posts denying that the genocide they escaped ever happened. The survivors are speaking out in a social-media campaign launched Wednesday by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which argues that Facebook has been too lenient towards Holocaust deniers. The Claims Conference plans to post a new video …
  • Video: Frontline Doctors Hold Capitol Hill Press Conference to Challenge Big Tech

    Video: Frontline Doctors Hold Capitol Hill Press Conference to Challenge Big Tech

    American doctors are holding a Capitol Hill press conference on Tuesday “to address the censorship of [their] press conference” Monday by Facebook, YouTube/Google, and Twitter. The event is being held by the group America’s Frontline Doctors and organized and sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots Foundation. As USA GAG reported Monday night: “Facebook has removed …
  • Nadler Accuses Barr of Using Federal Law Enforcement against Rioters as a Political ‘Prop’

    Nadler Accuses Barr of Using Federal Law Enforcement against Rioters as a Political ‘Prop’

    House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on Tuesday accused Attorney General William Barr of deploying federal agents to cities wracked by violence as a “prop” to further President Trump’s reelection campaign. Barr testified during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, the first time the attorney general has appeared before the committee, and was accused …
  • Tiffany Haddish says racism is making her afraid to have children

    Tiffany Haddish says racism is making her afraid to have children

    Racial injustice around the world has Tiffany Haddish second-guessing motherhood. “I’m a little older now and people are always asking when I’m gonna have some babies,” the 40-year-old comedian told Carmelo Anthony on his viral YouTube series, “What’s in Your Glass.” “There’s a part of me that would like to do that, and I always …
  • Filip Chytil, Tony DeAngelo will force Rangers into tough roster decisions

    Filip Chytil, Tony DeAngelo will force Rangers into tough roster decisions

    The Rangers might play as few as three games in Toronto or they could play as many as 33 in the tournament if they advance to the conference finals and Cup final that are scheduled for Edmonton. Regardless of how long the team’s stay in the bubble lasts, management will be evaluating personnel in advance …
  • Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts 90 agents and execs due to COVID-19

    Hollywood talent agency CAA cuts 90 agents and execs due to COVID-19

    Glitzy Hollywood talent agency, CAA, which reps the likes of Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon and Meryl Streep, announced a significant round of layoffs and furloughs on Tuesday. The Los Angeles-based firm said it plans to layoff approximately 90 agents and executives this week and to furlough roughly 275 assistants and other staff. A CAA spokeswoman …
  • Emmy nominations 2020 snubs: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Reese Witherspoon, more

    Emmy nominations 2020 snubs: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Reese Witherspoon, more

    The 2020 Emmy nominations were announced on Tuesday morning (check out the full list here), and along with them, some surprising snubs. HBO’s “Watchmen” led the pack with a whopping 26 nominations, while “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ racked up an unexpected 15 nods — never underestimate the force of Baby Yoda. But there were also …
  • Emmys 2020 nominations needed more surprises, less same-old

    Emmys 2020 nominations needed more surprises, less same-old

    Instant analysis is a slippery slope, but let’s face it: This year’s Primetime Emmy nominations offered few surprises. This year’s menu of nominees — announced Tuesday morning by a raucous, overly enthusiastic Leslie Jones and presenters Josh Gad, Laverne Cox and Tatiana Maslany — includes an overabundance of “I’ll have the usual” nods. (Note to …
  • National Teachers Union Backs ‘Safety Strikes’ in Cases of Lax Coronavirus Prevention

    National Teachers Union Backs ‘Safety Strikes’ in Cases of Lax Coronavirus Prevention

    America’s second-largest national teachers union announced on Tuesday that it will back members who go on “safety strikes” as a last resort to protest lax coronavirus prevention at their districts. The announcement by the American Federation of Teachers, which boasts roughly 1.7 million members, comes about a month before school districts across the U.S. are …
  • Ex-FBI Agent Strzok to Publish Book about Trump, Russia ahead of November Election

    Ex-FBI Agent Strzok to Publish Book about Trump, Russia ahead of November Election

    Peter Strzok, the former FBI counterintelligence agent who was fired by the agency for sending anti-Trump text messages during the 2016 campaign, is releasing a book detailing his lingering concerns that the president could be compromised. The book, “Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump,” due out two months before the November election, …