News Analysis | Economy & Labor Wendy’s Chairman and Top Owner Is Trump Donor, Fundraiser and Friend The Twitter campaign that scrutinized Wendy’s ties to Trump wasn’t wrong -- it just missed the other big Trump donor. By Derek Seidman , Truthout June 25, 2020 Truthout
News | Racial Justice Trump Calls Protesters “Thugs” and Threatens “Shooting” in Response to “Looting” Trump's use of the word “thug” was widely condemned as being racist in users' social media postings. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 29, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Retweets Speech That Says “the Only Good Democrat Is a Dead Democrat” The comment, spoken by Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin, sparked calls for his resignation. By Andrea Germanos , CommonDreams May 28, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Twitter for Fact-Checking His Bogus Claims The president had errantly suggested mail-in voting was rife with fraud, warranting a fact-check on his statements. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 28, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Politics & Elections As US Death Count Nears 100,000, Trump Indulges His Ego and Deflects Blame Trump’s Tuesday gibberish eruption is a feature, not a bug, of his entire presidency. By William Rivers Pitt , Truthout May 27, 2020 Truthout
News | Culture & Media Trump Threatens to “Close” Twitter for Fact Checking His Tweets on Voting Social media sites regulate their own content, and Trump's claims about free speech violations are inaccurate. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 27, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Nearly Half of All Tweets on Coronavirus Likely Came From a Bot, Study Says The study also suggests that COVID-19 bot activity is meant to create division among Americans. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 21, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Obama Calls Trump’s Coronavirus Response an “Absolute Chaotic Disaster” The former president expressed grave concern in the way Trump governs to thousands of former staffers on Friday. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 11, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Trump “Ragetweets” Over Conservative Group’s Political Ad Against Him Trump's anger at the group's ad was evident, as he called those who created it “losers.” By Chris Walker , Truthout May 5, 2020 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Ex-Twitter Workers Charged for Aiding Saudi Arabia’s Crackdown on Dissent The employees allegedly helped Saudi Arabia spy on thousands of the kingdom's critics. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! November 7, 2019 Truthout