Facebook is under fire after one of its execs railed against the Russia coverage in a tweet that Trump cited (FB)

Scott Olson/Getty Facebook came back under fire this weekend after its advertising executive Rob Goldman accused the media of misrepresenting the way Russian trolls used its platform. Goldman, who said most Russian ads were bought after the 2016 presidential election, was retweeted by President Donald Trump as proof that the media is “fake news.” The […]

Property Owner Cited for Turning Blighted Football Stadium into Massive VW TDI Parking Lot

– Volkswagen has been storing some of its more than 100,000 bought-back TDI-equipped cars in various places around the country as the automaker wades through the largest scandal in its 80-year history. One such location appears to have become a bit of a problem. The city of Pontiac has cited the property owners of the blighted […]

A British intelligence agency debunked a story Sean Spicer cited as evidence for Trump’s wiretap claims

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer continued his defense of President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims that the Obama administration spied on Trump Tower during the election. Members of Trump’s inner circle have sparred with lawmakers and intelligence officials over the matter for nearly two weeks. During a White House press briefing on […]

Trump cited a nonexistent incident in Sweden during his rally on Saturday

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump cited a nonexistent incident in Sweden while talking about the relationship between terror attacks and refugees around the world during a rally in Melbourne, Florida, on Saturday. “You look at what’s happening in Germany. You look at what’s happening last night in Sweden … Sweden … who would believe this? Sweden, they […]

Sean Spicer cited a nonexistent Atlanta terror attack on 3 occasions, says he meant to say Orlando

Kevin Lamarque/Reuters White House press secretary Sean Spicer suggested he misspoke when he cited an Atlanta terror attack that never happened. At least three times last month, Spicer mentioned a nonexistent Atlanta, Georgia, terror attack while defending Trump’s controversial travel ban. Spicer named Atlanta alongside the Boston Marathon bombings and the mass shooting in San […]

A top White House adviser cited a nonexistent terror attack to justify Trump’s immigration ban

Screenshot via MSNBC One of President Donald Trump’s top White House advisers referred to a terror attack that never happened in an MSNBC interview that aired on Thursday night. Kellyanne Conway suggested that the so-called “Bowling Green Massacre” in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was one of the catalysts for Trump’s executive order banning nationals from seven […]