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☆ Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler worried she would 'get booed off the stage' at a rally if Trump didn't retweet a statement announcing her objection to the 2020 election results, texts show
  + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
New texts shed light on former Sen. Kelly Loeffler's thinking during the Georgia runoffs and Jan 6. She told aides to make sure Trump retweeted a statement announcing her objection to the 2020 results. But after the violence, an aide warned her to back off from objecting due to "reputational risk." "I believe you can't afford to not be on it," wrote Loeffler aide Wes Coopersmith in a January 2 text. But the senator appeared concerned that word wouldn't get out before a rally with Trump that evening, according to the texts.
☆ Amazon founder Jeff Bezos warns the US economy may slump into a recession - and says people should brace for a painful downturn
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Jeff Bezos said the US economy faces a significant risk of recession. "In the distribution of outcomes, there's a good chance we could have a recession in the United States," Solomon said. Recession fears have grown in recent months, partly because the Federal Reserve is actively trying to cool the US economy. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who took the company's reins from Bezos last summer, appears to share his predecessor's concerns. Amazon has been cutting costs, slowing spending, and freezing hiring for certain roles in recent months, suggesting it's expecting a tougher economic backdrop.
☆ Facebook said an Indian publication, The Wire, used faked documents in an investigation. Now the publication is taking the stories down. Here's a timeline of the escalating conflict.
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +16 min
Facebook claims a series of reports by an Indian news site, The Wire, were based on faked documents. On Tuesday, an expert The Wire used in a story denied publicly that he commented in any way to the publication. Stone responded on Twitter saying, "as it's been clear from the outset @thewire_in's stories are based on fabrications." Varadarajan wrote on Twitter that the email account The Wire uses, a protonmail.com address, had been "hacked via the hacking of a MacBook." Kumar of The Wire deactivated his Twitter account.
☆ Fact Check-False claims about arrest of U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine originated on website that shares parody news
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink was “arrested” on Oct. 10 are false and stem from an article in a website that describes its content as containing parody and satire news. A U.S. Embassy to Ukraine spokesperson told Reuters the allegation about Brink “is utter nonsense.” Reuters also found no credible evidence to support the claims she’d been arrested. An article entitled “Military Arrests US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink” was published by Real Raw on Oct. 10 (here). Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink was “arrested” on Oct. 10 are false, a spokesperson for the embassy told Reuters. The allegation stems from an article by a website that has a history of publishing fabricated stories and describes its content as including satire and parody.
☆ A foam pit at TwitchCon left streamers injured. Legal experts explain the potential fallout and reason for the company's silence.
  + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
A foam pit at TwitchCon reportedly left two streamers injured, one seriously. Legal experts told Insider the injuries could result in massive lawsuits. The incidents occurred at a Lenovo and Intel booth during a combat game, where contestants play-battled with foam noodles on perches atop a foam pit. The foam pit continued to operate on Sunday morning, NBC reported, but closed at noon. A Twitch spokesperson told Insider Lenovo owned and operated the booth but declined to comment further.
☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Jim Cramer tweet about likelihood of Russia using nuclear weapons
  + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Social media users are sharing an image of a fabricated tweet attributed to U.S. television host Jim Cramer about whether Russia is likely to use nuclear weapons. Examples can be seen (here ) and (here )The image of the purported tweet includes a photograph of Cramer and the text: “It is incredibly unlikely that Russia will use nuclear weapons.”Some versions of the fabricated tweet image (here ) include the Twitter handle “@poordart” alongside the photo of Cramer. Jennifer Dauble, a representative for NBC Universal, parent company of CNBC, where Cramer is an anchor, told Reuters via email: “This is not a real tweet from Jim Cramer.”VERDICTFALSE. There is no evidence that U.S. television host Jim Cramer posted a tweet about the likelihood of Russia using nuclear weapons and remarks accompanying the original fabricated tweet image suggest the post was intended as satire. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.
☆ Trump often candidly criticized women politicians for their looks, saying Nikki Haley has a 'complexion problem' and claiming Nancy Pelosi got 'plastic surgery': book
  + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Trump openly criticized Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi for their appearances, according to an upcoming book. And he said Pelosi is "an example of why women should be careful about plastic surgery," per the book. And he said he "would not pick Nikki Haley, his United Nations ambassador, as a running mate because she had a 'complexion problem.'" In 2020, for example, Trump shared a series of messages aiming insulting and sexist jabs at Hillary Clinton and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams. We're not going to have a socialist president, especially a female socialist president, we're not gonna have it, we're not gonna put up with it," Trump said.
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