#Venmo finally ditches controversial feature over privacy concerns

#Venmo finally ditches controversial feature over privacy concerns

“#Venmo finally ditches controversial feature over privacy concerns” Venmo is finally ditching a notoriously controversial and unsettling feature — the ability to see strangers’ transactions. The PayPal-owned app — which rocketed to success by combining easy mobile payments with elements of social media — revealed Tuesday that it’s axing its “global feed” that had allowed…

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#Amy Klobuchar slams social media over COVID misinformation

#Amy Klobuchar slams social media over COVID misinformation

“#Amy Klobuchar slams social media over COVID misinformation” Sen. Amy Klobuchar attacked social media platforms over allowing “misinformation” on COVID-19 vaccines to spread at a time when the pandemic is ravaging the unvaccinated. “There is absolutely no reason they shouldn’t be able to monitor this better and take this crap off their platform,” she told…

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#Why cops are quitting in droves and other commentary

#Why cops are quitting in droves and other commentary

“#Why cops are quitting in droves and other commentary” Urban beat: Behind the Cop Shortage “In the past year, city police departments across the country have reported a dramatic drop in manpower, as cops retire, resign or leave for the suburbs,” reports Charles Fain Lehman at City Journal. Why? “Since last year’s explosive protests, they…

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#Patti LaBelle is always ready to cook on the go

#Patti LaBelle is always ready to cook on the go

“#Patti LaBelle is always ready to cook on the go” Always ready to stir it up Patti LaBelle is also a chef who knocks off hotpot meals to hotshot eaters. Like 4 a.m. making Wyclef Jean burgers, fries and onion rings. She’s now reissuing her 20-year-old cookbook “LaBelle Cuisine.” Once her entire hotel floor smelled of liver and…

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#Joe Biden’s troubling TECHnique: Goodwin

#Joe Biden’s troubling TECHnique: Goodwin

“#Joe Biden’s troubling TECHnique: Goodwin” Any assessment of Joe Biden’s performance last week runs into an obstacle. While it was awful from start to finish, the hard part is ­deciding which was the absolute worst moment.  Was it the president’s latest attack on state voting law reforms, which he bizarrely called “the most significant test…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 17, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 17, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 17, 2021” The Issue: Massive demonstrations in Cuba protesting the country’s Communist government. There should be no question about where our two political parties stand on Cuba, nor about which US political party wants to change America into a similarly socialist and undemocratic society (“GOP­­ers put Joe on spot…

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