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Trump Returns to Social Media: 'I'M BACK'

Former president posts to Truth Social, not Twitter

(Newser) - Donald Trump returned to the world of social media on Thursday via a post to his own Truth Social platform. "I’M BACK! #COVFEFE," Trump wrote in the post, which was accompanied by an image of him in front of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, reports Fox News...

A Decade Later, Ed Balls Still Gets the Joke
Ed Balls Day Still
Gets a Laugh
Apr 28, 2021 4:06 PM CDT

Ed Balls Day Still Gets a Laugh

It's been a decade since the British politician sent his celebrated tweet

(Newser) - "If my name was Ed Smith it wouldn't have been the same amusement in there," a British politician says. But he's not Ed Smith, he's Ed Balls, and as of Wednesday, his Blackberry misfire has been a Twitter joke for 10 years running. Balls was...

2017's Banned Word List: 'Covfefe,' 'Fake News'
Bad News for 'Fake News'
Dec 31, 2017 8:59 AM CST

Bad News for 'Fake News'

It made List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse, General Uselessness

(Newser) - Let me ask you this: Would a story that unpacks a list of tiresome words and phrases be impactful or a nothingburger? Worse, could it just be fake news? Northern Michigan's Lake Superior State University on Sunday released its 43rd annual List of Words Banished from the Queen's...

Trump Would Approve of Woman's New License Plate

It reads 'covfefe'

(Newser) - Ohio officials have granted a woman's request to have President Trump's mysterious tweeted typo , "covfefe," on her license plate, reports the AP . Brittany Scott tells the Columbus Dispatch that she saw the Twitter post in May by Trump that read: "Despite the constant negative press...

There's Now a 'COVFEFE' Act
There's Now a
'COVFEFE' Act
Jun 13, 2017 7:39 AM CDT

There's Now a 'COVFEFE' Act

It would preserve Trump's tweets as official statements

(Newser) - First, covfefe made it into the Urban Dictionary . Now it could make it into the Presidential Records Act. Taking inspiration from White House spokesman Sean Spicer—who last week described Trump's tweets as "official statements by the president"—Illinois Democrat Mike Quigley on Monday introduced the Communications...

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