The Daily Populous

Former Parler CEO John Matze said he was terminated Jan. 29 by the board, which he said is “controlled by Rebekah Mercer,” the GOP donor who is among Parler’s investors.

“I got dead silence as a response, and I took that dead silence as disagreement,” he told the Times.

Parler sued Amazon for breach of contract, but a federal judge denied the company’s request for a preliminary injunction to force AWS to reinstate service. »

A young program that puts troubled nonviolent people in the hands of health care workers instead of police officers has proven successful in its first six months, according to a progress report.

In its first six months, the Support Team Assisted Response program, or STAR, has responded to 748 incidents.

The clerk had called the police — the woman was technically trespassing — but when the police arrived, they called Sailon. »

A doctor who was in charge of treating Alexei Navalny in Russia soon after he was poisoned with novichok has died suddenly aged 55.

Dr Sergei Maksimishin who was in charge of treating Alexei Navalny in Russia soon after he was poisoned with novichok has died suddenly aged 55.

Maksimishin died in the intensive care unit where Navalny was treated and it is not believed he contracted Covid-19. »

Matze claimed to have been within "days" of bringing Parler back online at the time he was ousted.

Parler launched in 2018 as a "free speech" (i.e. largely unmoderated) alternative to Facebook and Twitter.

Conservative talk-show and online personality Dan Bongino, who has invested in Parler and who is on the board, dismissed Matze's claims. »