NEW: Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a policy it announced earlier this month. @AP
- I have bad news for everyone concerned about the prospect of a billionaire being in charge of an influential media company…
- The vlog from @KaiTrumpGolfs shows behind the scenes footage of Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Election Night, including Elon Musk's appearance in the now-viral photo: "We have to get Elon with his boy!"
- The Election of Pope Leo XIV: A fractured Bergoglian-wing, organized resistance by conservatives and a united front of U.S. cardinals allowed Robert Prevost to ascend to the papacy. This thread, based on conversations with Church insiders, details how the conclave transpired.
- NEW: Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% passive stake in Twitter, according to SEC filing.
- Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett clashes with a Sky News anchor: "Are you seriously asking about Palestinian civilians? What's wrong with you? We're fighting Nazis. We're not targeting them ... I'm not going to feed electricity or water to our enemies."
- The Red Scare at the Conclave: The arrival of a vocal China dissident had his fellow cardinals on the edge of their seats as he was expected to challenge the papal front-runner. This thread details how Joseph Zen may have derailed Pietro Parolin's hopes of becoming pope.
- BREAKING: Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is retiring in 2022 to take a job at the Trump Media Organization in the near future.
- This is going to go down as one of the most significant moments in U.S. history.
- NEW: Russia's Defense Ministry says troops on the border with Ukraine are returning to their bases after completing drills. "Feb. 15, 2022 will go into history as the day western war propaganda failed. They have been disgraced and destroyed without a single shot being fired."
