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Although the jobs numbers for May, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on June 5, were surprisingly positive given the pandemic shutdown, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman found a way to give it a negative spin. Despite every major news outlet having predicted up to 9 million job losses in May, there were, incredibly, job gains of 2.5 million.
IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER: FREE SPEECH ALLIANCE ISSUES PRINCIPLES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA FAIRNESS
After President Donald Trump issued his “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship” on May 28, the Free Speech Alliance released a letter detailing four principles that social media giants, such as Twitter and Facebook, should adopt to ensure that they treat conservative voices fairly on their platforms.
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Minibits
- The ever-vile Howard Stern whines, “I don’t hate Donald. I hate you for voting for him, for not having intelligence.”
- CNN’s Bill Weir enthuses about the upside of COVID-19, “There seems to be this perception that maybe the virus has helped humanity buy some time when it comes to global warming.”
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