Trump is returning to social media in a few months with his own platform, spokesman says

New York (CNN Business)Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media -- but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on Sunday.

Jason Miller, a long-time adviser and spokesperson for Trump's 2020 campaign told Howard Kurtz on Fox's "MediaBuzz" that Trump will be "returning to social media in probably about two or three months." He added Trump's return will be with "his own platform" that will attract "tens of millions" of new users and "completely redefine the game."

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Simpson: So, moms and dads, is Spring Break breaking you, too?

The sun is not yet up but I don’t have a lot of time. The children will wake any minute now and once that happens I’m at their mercy. It’s Spring Break.

We’ve already had Happy Meal picnics. We’ve played Minecraft online with the cousins and rode bikes and scooters with the neighbours. We’ve walked to the store and tried to select and purchase a cool toy with a $5 budget from Grammy. 

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The man behind Huron City Radio, ‘Fake radio station. Real funny’ has more projects coming

In some ways, fictional radio host Tom Bobbajobski is like all of us. Broadcasting from a boat in the middle of nowhere, shouting into the void, hoping someone’s listening.

But not really, not if you don’t want to take it that seriously, said fake radio station "Huron City Radio" creator Daniel Williams.

For the past two months Williams, a St. Clair resident, has been consumed by the show, which is “broadcast” by Bobbajobski on a boat in the middle of Lake Huron by the "kitten state."

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Son of Atlanta Shooting Victim Hyun Jung Grant Raises $2.3 Million in One Day

Randy Park, the young son of Atlanta shooting victim Hyun Jung Grant, has received over $2.3 million in just 24 hours, exceeding his original GoFundMe goal of $20,000. The money raised will be used to support Park and his brother for paying for bills, food, and other necessities. Park shared memories of his mother with The Daily Beast on Thursday, saying she loved dancing and was his “best friend.” “She was a single mother who dedicated her whole life to providing for my brother and I,” he said.

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Q&A: Winnipeg Jets prospect Cole Perfetti on Ville Heinola, AHL adjustments, his ’90s interests

Cole Perfetti was born on New Year’s Day, 2002. And yet somehow, he’s still quite thoroughly a ’90s kid. He’s seen every episode of “Friends” multiple times. He played extensively with Lego Star Wars as a kid. He can solve a Rubik’s Cube in less than a minute. And he’s so well versed in the “Jurassic Park” franchise that he’s visited the theme park at Universal Studios with his sister Abby, his dad Angelo, and his mom Sandra.

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Phoebe Bridger, Run The Jewels Top The 2021 Liberia Independent Music Awards Nominations

CelebrityAccess) — The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) announced the nominees for the 2021 Libera Awards Presented by Merlin.

Nominations for Record of the Year went to Phoebe Bridger (Punisher), Run The Jewels (RTJ4), Perfume Genius (Set My Heart On Fire), Yves Tumor (Heaven To A Tortured Mind), Thundercat (It Is What It Is), and Waxahatchee (Saint Cloud.)

Picks for this year’s Best Livestream/Live act went to Run The Jewels, Phoebe Bridger, Fontaines D.C., Perfume Genius, and Arca.

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Madison Conley: Play with heart, let failures drive you to excel, and be prepared to give back

HIGHGATE — MVU senior, Madison Conley, has tended the Thunderbirds' net for four years in soccer and hockey. She's also caught and played the outfield for the varsity team.

This winter, Conley's hockey season was cut short due to covid, but before it came to an end, she and the Thunderbirds won their game against the D1 Kingdom Blades.

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U.S. men's 2000 Olympic medal-round run: An improbable adventure, told by those who lived it

When the United States U23 men's national team kicked off in the Olympic qualifying tournament, it did so understanding that the only meaningful way to measure success would be simple: qualify. Anything short of securing a trip to the delayed Tokyo Games will be viewed as a failure, especially in the wake of the senior team's collapse in 2018 World Cup qualifying and with the emergence of young Americans such as Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and Sergino Dest playing at high levels in Europe.

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