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Hydroxychloroquine study retraction shows the problems of speedy science A recent large study on the controversial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine was just retracted by The Lancet, the scientific journal that published it. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/4/21280738/hydroxychloroquine-retraction-lancet-surgisphere-speed-study

Ban them all Emerging after days of darkness, President Donald Trump threatened Americans on Monday night with a military crackdown involving “thousands of heavily armed soldiers. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/21277579/ban-trump-violence-twitter-facebook

FCC commissioner says Trump’s Section 230 plan ‘does not work’ There’s a growing divide at the Federal Communications Commission over a proposed executive order by the Trump administration to regulate speech on social media platforms. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/28/21273324/fcc-donald-trump-social-media-executive-order-twitter-label-misinformation

Trump threatens to move Republican convention from North Carolina if capacity reduced President Trump threatened in a series of Monday tweets to move this summer's Republican National Convention from Charlotte if North Carolina's Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, doesn't allow the event to be held at full capacity. Continue Reading . . . https://www.axios.com/trump-tweets-move-republican-convention-north-carolina-3db42d62-e303-47f9-88f0-b3f1f6f24af3.html