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White House condemns Trump’s call to ‘TERMINATE’ Constitution after Elon Musk’s ‘Twitter exposé’
Donald Trump’s ex-VP Mike Pence blasts former President for hosting white nationalist
Human error to blame for Donald Trump’s name being inserted into Elton John lyrics in livestream subtitles
Musk lifts Donald Trump’s Twitter ban
Elon Musk ends Trump’s Twitter ban
Former President Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reinstated following a permanent ban in January 2021. On Friday, new Twitter owner Elon Musk posted a poll asking if Trump should be allowed back on the platform. Just over 15 million people voted, with 51.8% voting in favor of reinstating Trump on Twitter. As of July […]
Elon Musk ends Trump’s Twitter ban by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch
Who is Tiffany Trump’s mom Marla Maples?
AFTER welcoming three children with his first wife Ivana, Donald Trump went on to have a daughter with Marla Maples.
Tiffany Trump is the product of Donald’s marriage to his second ex-wife Marla.
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Tiffany Trump’s mother Marla Maples is her father’s second ex-wife[/caption]
Who is Tiffany Trump’s mom Marla Maples?
Born on October 27, 1963, Marla Maples is an American socialite, actress, and media personality from Cohutta, Georgia.
She was also a beauty pageant queen and was the Miss Georgia USA runner-up in 1984.
Marla also appeared as a celebrity guest at WWF WrestleMania VII and several movies like Richie Rich: White Christmas and Loving Annabelle.
She even made a cameo appearance in the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alongside her then-husband Donald Trump.
Maples is now a wellness, spirituality, and motivational speaker and is often invited to various summits as a keynote speaker.
When did Tiffany’s parents Marla and Donald meet?
In 1989, Marla met Donald while strolling on Madison Avenue in New York City.
When they met, the latter was still married to Ivana when he decided to go on a date with Marla.
Regarding her relationship with Donald, Marla told Vanity Fair at the time: “I believe I have a purpose and that there is a reason we’re together.
“It’s a good love, it’s not a harmful love. It’s a really good, trusting love.
“I would be happier living out on a farm away from everyone and not being in this concrete world, and here he is representing everything that some people think is very materialistic.
“Sometimes you need something from someone who is completely the opposite and you find a place where you can meet and learn.”
Meanwhile, Ivana Trump recalled in her book Raising Trump: “This young blonde woman approached me out of the blue and said ‘I’m Marla and I love your husband. Do you?‘
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Tiffany was born a month before Donald and Marla tied the knot at the Plaza Hotel in NYC[/caption]
“I said ‘Get lost. I love my husband.’ It was unladylike but I was in shock.”
How long were Marla and Donald together?
Between Tiffany’s birth and Donald’s divorce from Ivana, the 45th President and Marla dated on and off for some time.
On October 13, 1993, the pair welcomed Tiffany in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Although she is Donald’s fourth child and second daughter, the socialite is Marla’s only child.
On December 20, 1993, the couple tied the knot and held their wedding ceremony at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Years later, Tiffany’s parents separated in May 1997 and officially divorced on June 8, 1999.
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Google lets Donald Trump’s Truth Social into Play Store
The Donald Trump-backed Truth Social is live in Google’s Play Store following a months-long delay due to concerns over its content moderation policies. The two sides had been going back and forth about the app’s approval since late August, according toAxios.
Truth Social launched in Apple’s App Store back in February, but up until now Android users either had to use the web version of the service or sideload the app. Google had reportedly flagged content moderation issues on the app, including physical threats and content that incited violence.
Google requires that apps with user generated content have policies to prevent abusive behavior, like violent threats, as well as mechanisms for enforcing those rules. Truth Social’s service apparently didn’t meet those standards when it first tried to launch on Android in August. But the company has apparently now resolved those concerns.
“Apps may be distributed on Google Play provided they comply with our developer guidelines, including the requirement to effectively moderate user-generated content and remove objectionable posts such as those that incite violence,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement.
Truth Social isn’t the only app that’s received extra scrutiny over this policy. Google cited the same conditions when it took Parler out of its app store last January. The app was reinstated last month.
Trump’s Truth Social posts are proof Facebook shouldn’t lift his ban, says new report
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Donald Trump’s social media megaphone may have gotten smaller but, according to a new report, his extremist rhetoric has arguably gotten louder than ever.
Facing bans from both Twitter and Facebook, the former president has resorted to posting solely on Truth Social, his own personal conservative social media platform. And in January 2023, Meta will decide whether or not the former president should be allowed to post again on Facebook, the world’s largest social network. A recent analysis by Media Matters, a non-profit progressive organization that tracks right-wing extremism, could factor into that decision.
“If [Trump] was doing these things on Facebook, he would be sanctioned,” said Angelo Carusone, president and CEO of Media Matters For America.
The behavior Carusone is referring to is detailed in the media watchdog’s latest report on Trump’s activity on Truth Social. In just a few months, social media giant Meta says it will decide whether to end Trump’s suspension and the company has specifically said it would look at Trump’s activity elsewhere — such as on Truth Social — when determining whether letting him back onto Facebook would continue to spread harm.
In an email response, a Meta spokesperson referred Mashable to Facebook’s original statement from June 2021 when it decided Trump would be suspended for a two-year period and would only be reinstated if “conditions permit.”
Using data based on Trump’s own Facebook policy-breaking rhetoric, Media Matters makes the case in its report that he should not be allowed back on the platform.
Trump’s Truth Social posts relating to QAnon, the far-right conspiracy theory, are perhaps the former president’s most egregious. Facebook explicitly banned QAnon from its platform in 2020. QAnon followers believe that Donald Trump is still the President of the United States and that he is secretly waging a war against a global cabal of child trafficking, Satanic cannibals made up of Trump’s political enemies such as the Democratic Party and Hollywood elites. QAnon rhetoric has consistently become more extreme since Trump’s 2020 election loss and its beliefs have resulted in fatal consequences.
“When Trump was pushing QAnon on Facebook, it was incidental,” said Carusone. “In 2020, he sort of dabbled in it. It was a couple of degrees removed from QAnon. It was QAnon-adjacent. Now he’s fully embraced it.”
It isn’t only Media Matters saying this. Other extremism researchers, such as Jared Holt of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, have also noticed a recent embrace of QAnon from the former president. And there’s no denying the data either. Trump has increasingly posted or shared content from influencers or followers within the QAnon community on Truth Social. According to Media Matters’ report, Trump has “amplified at least 61 QAnon accounts more than 130 times” including a flurry of 22 QAnon posts on just two consecutive days in September.
Trump has only been active on Truth Social since May.
The report also found that Trump has repeatedly continued to spread falsehoods about the 2020 Presidential election. Media Matters says that Trump has mentioned the “rigged” election at least least 58 times on Truth Social.
“The Election was Rigged and Stolen,” wrote Trump in one post.
Carusone pointed to Trump’s recent post about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — a member of his own party — as an example of Trump’s increasingly violent rhetoric.
“He has a DEATH WISH,” posted Trump on Truth Social, accusing McConnell of working with Democrats. Carusone believes these posts should factor into Meta’s decision, based on the company’s own words.
“They’re saying, ‘Look, if there’s a possibility that this stuff…could lead to something in the real world, that’s what we’re going to factor into our analysis as to whether or not the threat has receded,'” he said. “And nobody thinks the threat has receded.”
Trump has been suspended on Facebook since 2021 as a result of his social media posts regarding the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, where pro-Trump supporters attempted to force the overturn of the 2020 presidential election results.
In May 2021, Meta’s independent Oversight Board upheld Trump’s suspension but told the company that it must either ban him outright or provide a timeframe for the suspension. Meta decided to leave open the possibility that Trump could be back on the platform as soon as January 2023.
In a previous Media Matters report from Feb. 2021, right after Trump was suspended from Facebook, the organization found that “roughly a quarter” of Trump’s posts from 2020 to 2021 broke various platform policies regarding misinformation about COVID-19 and the election, or “extreme rhetoric” targeting his political enemies.
If Meta does decide to reinstate Trump’s account early next year, allowing the former president and his team to once again post to his 34 million Facebook followers, Carusone plans to escalate the issue with Meta directly.
“If they do restore his account, we’re going to appeal to the Oversight Board because they made it so clear in their own enforcement policy,” he said. “I don’t see any other way. If they don’t look at the totality of circumstances, then the only recourse at that point is to go right back to the Board and say, ‘Look, they set this policy and they didn’t even apply it.'”