Facebook ban remains, but somehow Trump is still driving the news

This just in…Donald Trump still banned by Facebook!

This was such a monumental move, so crucial to the fate of western civilization, that Politico had no fewer than four advance stories at the top of its home page:

“The Facebook Ban Hurt Trump in Surprising Ways.”

“If Facebook Takes Trump Back Today, Will Twitter?”

“Why Trump’s New Blog Could Lead to More Social Media Takedowns.”

“‘It Really Fs the other 24 Wannabes’–How Facebook Could Give Trump a Huge Boost.”

It’s become a common refrain that the maestro of Mar-a-Lago is fading as a media presence in the Biden era. And what’s happened this week has dramatically demonstrated that’s not true.

Sure, his online interactions are down because he’s barred from social media (and no, the one-way blog he just launched is not his social media comeback).

But he is at the heart of so much coverage. The huge media controversy over whether Liz Cheney will be booted from her House leadership post is of course a Trump story, since they…

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