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During an appearance on Rush Limbaugh’s show on Friday, Donald Trump said antibody treatment Regeneron had been crucial for his recovery from Covid-19.
“I was in not great shape and we have a medicine that that healed me, that fixed me,” Trump said. “It’s a great medicine. I mean I feel better now than I did two weeks ago. It’s crazy. And I recovered immediately, almost immediately. I might not have recovered at all from Covid.”
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In a year of escalating political violence in the United States, Facebook has served as a key organizing tool for violent extremists.
An alleged plot to kidnap the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, was planned in part on Facebook, with one leader of the scheme broadcasting a video of his frustrations with Whitmer to a private Facebook group, and participants later sharing footage of their paramilitary exercises and bomb-making training, according to an FBI affidavit.
Related: Michigan terror plot: why rightwing extremists are thriving on Facebook
Continue reading…‘A surreal reality show’: Trump’s terrible week after Covid diagnosisEx-member of Amy Coney Barrett’s faith group speaks outDebate schedule in disarray after Trump refuses virtual eventSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 4.12pm BSTDuring an appearance on Rush Limbaugh’s show on Friday, Donald Trump said antibody treatment Regeneron had been crucial for his recovery from Covid-19.“I was in not great shape and we have a medicine that that healed me, that fixed me,” Trump said. “It’s a great medicine. I mean I feel better now than I did two weeks ago. It’s crazy. And I recovered immediately, almost immediately. I might not have recovered at all from Covid.” 3.48pm BSTIn a year of escalating political violence in the United States, Facebook has served as a key organizing tool for violent extremists.An alleged plot to kidnap the Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, was planned in part on Facebook, with one leader of the scheme broadcasting a video of his frustrations with Whitmer to a private Facebook group, and participants later sharing footage of their paramilitary exercises and bomb-making training, according to an FBI affidavit. Related: Michigan terror plot: why rightwing extremists are thriving on Facebook Continue reading…