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POLITICS 05/02/2018 04:15 pm ET One Twitter user suspects John Bolton's mustache told Ty Cobb's: 'There can be only one.' By David Moye It’s a hair-raising theory, but some people are suggesting that a so-called mustache battle is behind the departure of Donald Trump’s lawyer Ty Cobb. The official word is that Cobb simply wants to retire, but moments after Wednesday’s announcement, Twitter users took to the platform to suggest Cobb’s real reason for leaving was right under his nose. I’m starting a rumor that John Bolton’s mustache pushed out Ty Cobb’s mustache.— JackiSchechner (@JackiSchechner) May 2, 2018 The rumor started to snowball. Some suggested Bolton’s stache pushed out Cobb’s. HOW IT REALLY WENT DOWN...pic.twitter.com/0c89iIDyV3— Dean Ward (@DeanWardVenice) May 2, 2018 John Bolton's mustache to Ty Cobb's mustache: "There can be only one."— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) May 2, 2018 … [Read more...] about Ty Cobb Ditches White House And All Twitter Cares About Is His Mustache

POLITICS 05/09/2018 12:52 am ET McConnell's official campaign account trolls West Virginia GOP primary loser. By Ed Mazza 370 “Cocaine Mitch” had the last laugh.  Team Mitch, the official campaign Twitter feed of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), made it snow after former coal baron Don Blankenship lost the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in West Virginia on Tuesday.  Blankenship’s campaign was marked by repeated attacks on McConnell, and at one point he called the senator “cocaine Mitch” in a campaign ad. The nickname stems from accusations that a ship owned by the company of McConnell’s father-in-law was used to carry 90 pounds of cocaine. No charges appear to have been filed, according to The Washington Post. That led to this blow from McConnell’s campaign account after Blankenship came in third:  Thanks for playing, @DonBlankenship. #WVSen … [Read more...] about Mitch McConnell Mocks Blankenship On Twitter With A Big Cloud Of Cocaine

POLITICS 05/25/2018 03:00 pm ET A videographer made fun of the far-right extremist group online, so they showed up at his house. By Andy Campbell Perhaps it’s inevitable that designated hate groups and internet comedians would go to battle ― but nobody expects a Twitter confrontation to happen on their front doorstep. The Proud Boys is a misogynistic far-right group with members who flirt with and often fully embrace white nationalism.    Vic Berger is a comedy video editor who works for Super Deluxe. He has published a few videos outing Gavin McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys and co-founder of Vice Media, as a racist oaf.  Then someone showed up outside his door. The new thing in right-wing goonery, apparently, is house calls. As Berger tells it, the encounter was brought on by several of his videos of McInnes, one of which is embedded below. In it, McInnes throws up a Nazi salute, says “nigger” over and over and plays with … [Read more...] about A Member Of The Far-Right Proud Boys Menaced A Twitter User On His Doorstep

POLITICS 05/31/2018 07:00 pm ET @AmyMek anonymously spread hate online for years. She can't hide anymore. By Luke O'Brien She was supposed to be a Russian bot. That seemed like the best explanation for @AmyMek. No normal person could be so prolific and prejudiced. For five years, the mysterious Twitter account ― which has more than 200,000 followers, including Sean Hannity, Roseanne Barr and the personal account of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and has earned endorsements from Donald Trump and Michael Flynn ― has tirelessly spewed far-right propaganda and, above all, Islamophobia. Around 25 tweets a day, sometimes more, the majority of them designed to stoke hatred of Muslims. Tweets like this:  And this: And thousands of others. The bigotry was garden-variety Islamophobia: memes about Sharia executions and child rape, genital mutilation and Muslims torturing and butchering various life forms while dusky columns of Saracens, every … [Read more...] about Trump’s Loudest Anti-Muslim Twitter Troll Is A Shady Vegan Married To An (Ousted) WWE Exec

POLITICS 06/12/2018 07:26 pm ET The U.S. congressman retweeted a British racist. King has long signaled support for white nationalists. By Christopher Mathias Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) retweeted a British neo-Nazi on Tuesday, the latest in a series of incidents in which the congressman has parroted or promoted the views of unabashed white supremacists and other bigots.  “Europe is waking up... Will America... in time?” King tweeted, linking to an anti-immigrant tweet from political activist Mark Collett.  Collett is one of Britain’s most high-profile white supremacists. He has expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and has called himself a “Nazi sympathizer.”  King’s office did not respond to multiple requests for comment Tuesday as to whether he condones the views of neo-Nazis, whether he’s concerned his views align with those of neo-Nazis or whether a U.S. congressman should be amplifying a … [Read more...] about Republican Rep. Steve King Promotes Well-Known Neo-Nazi On Twitter