Social Issues

Submitted by Shoshana Bryen via The Gatestone Institute,

According to a Stanford-NYU study, so called ‘fake news’ circulated on social media did not change the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election. Releeased last month, the study entitled “Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election,” NYU economics professor Hunt Allcott and Stanford economics professor Matthew Gentzkow conducted a series of tests to determine which ‘fake news’ articles were being circulated, how much they were shared and viewed, and what impact they had, if any, on voters.

The House continued to dismantle Obama's legacy one item at a time, when on Thursday it struck down regulations that blocked gun ownership by some who have been deemed mentally impaired by the Social Security Administration.

Submitted by Duane via Free Market Shooter blog,

I’m on record as stating how unproductive, foolish and dangerous the recent liberal protests have been, and that’s before you even bring the hypocrisy factor into play.  But a liberal protest against Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY)?  That is taking hypocrisy and idiocy to a whole ‘nother level.

Following the liberal backlash of #DeleteUber after left-wing protesters claim that 'scab' Uber drivers broke the anti-Trump-immigration-policy strike at JFK last weekend, it appears Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has fallen on his social justice sword as Recode reports he is leaving President trump's advisory council.