UK can revoke Brexit Article 50 unilaterally – top EU Court's Advocate General

Published time: 4 Dec, 2018 08:22 Edited time: 4 Dec, 2018 08:35 The UK has the power to unilaterally stop the Brexit process, the EU’s top legal advisers have said, contradicting statements from London that stated Article 50 could only be stopped with agreement of all 27 EU member states. The advocate general, in a […]

Sarah Ferguson ‘disgusted’ by article that claims Princess Eugenie has ‘hunger for glitz’

Sarah Ferguson as shared a letter written by the CEO of a charity of which she a patron. The correspondence, which she as shared on Twitter and Instagram, slammed an article written about her daughter Princess Eugenie, 28. The article written for the Daily Mail by Jan Moir had the headline: “Why is Princess Eugenie […]

‘Time of whores’?! Rabid article shaming Russian girls for romancing World Cup visitors sparks fury

A provocative article in a popular Russian tabloid, shaming women as ‘whores’ for their hospitality and romance with foreign fans during the World Cup, has triggered an avalanche of criticism and heated debate on women’s rights. The controversial piece, entitled “The time of whores: Russian women disgrace their country and themselves during the Mundial,” has […]

Dozens of people who re-tweeted an article with Trump adviser Stephen Miller’s phone number had their accounts suspended

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik Several Twitter accounts were suspended Wednesday for sharing a Splinter News article containing a private phone number belonging to White House aide Stephen Miller. Miller is supposedly the architect of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy. Twitter has since re-instated the suspended accounts after the phone number was shut off. Twitter suspended […]

US extremist monitor retracts article, apologies for linking journalists to Neo-Nazis

A US-based organization that monitors extremist activity has apologized for linking several award-winning journalists to white supremacists and far-right groups in an article and deleted the story from its website. A controversial article published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), was retracted after it received angry reactions from those involved. Prominent journalist Max Blumenthal, […]

Facebook swaps fake article flags for fact-checked links

After getting dragged around the time of the general election, Facebook has spent much of this year taking steps to combat the spread of misinformation on its site. Transparency has been a staple of its mission, and so it’s kept the public up to date with all the features and experiments it’s juggling. One of […]

‘Your DNA is an abomination’: University under fire for publishing anti-white article

A Texas university newspaper is apologizing after a student wrote an opinion piece that condemns white privilege and accuses white people of being an “aberration” that “shouldn’t exist.” Martinez begins his article, entitled: “Your DNA is an abomination,” with a tweaked Robert Oppenheimer quote about the detonation of the first atomic bomb he helped develop. […]

Trump bizarrely responds to article suggesting he criticizes black people for racist reasons

Jae C. Hong/AP President Donald Trump on Thursday bizarrely responded to a tweet suggesting he speaks ill of prominent black people to capitalize on racist sentiment within his base. Trump responded to the tweet with: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.” Minutes later, however, Trump tweeted the same thing on its own. President Donald Trump on Thursday […]

Colin Kaepernick named GQ ‘Citizen Of The Year,’ not quoted in article

Published time: 13 Nov, 2017 17:47 Edited time: 13 Nov, 2017 17:48 Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who instigated the NFL anthem protests, has been named GQ magazine’s ‘Citizen Of The Year’ for 2017. In 2013, Kaepernick appeared in a GQ photoshoot as one of the NFL’s most talented players after leading his […]