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Days after the 2024 election, Vice President JD Vance followed @captivedreamer7, an X user who boasted that his viral tweets about Haitians allegedly eating cats in September 2024 put it on Vance’s radar, sparking a weeks-long panic. The specious tale of migrants was a microcosm of both the election and …

A video of a Trump supporter crashing his car while paying tribute to Jan. 6 went viral—because he was live streaming while driving. In the video, the driver is joined by two women in the car. Speaking to a live stream on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, …

Internet users swiftly went to work in the wake of an interview Meta executive Connor Hayes had with the Financial Times, where he said the company hosted entirely AI-generated characters that post on Instagram and other platforms. These profiles “exist on our platforms, kind of in the same way that …

This weekend, a man set fire to a woman inside a subway car in Brooklyn. The suspect was arrested hours later in Manhattan, but the woman, who was sleeping in the subway train at the time of the attack, has yet to be formally identified.Given the suspect’s status as an …

In the wake of the car attack on Friday evening at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany that killed five people and left more than 200 people injured, police in Germany detained Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen. On X, Al-Abdulmohsen posted Islamophobic content, with his account bio warning that “Germany wants to islamize …

With the identity of the alleged United Healthcare shooter now revealed, the internet is turning to one of its favorite forms of discourse: Joking about Italians. The alleged shooter, identified as Luigi Mangione, was arrested in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania earlier today. Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, …

Today, authorities announced they’d arrested a “strong person of interest” after a nearly week-long manhunt in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thomspon. The New York Post confirmed the identity of Luigi Mangione, who was caught by police in Pennslyvania. According to the New York Times, police found …

The Muppet History Account, @HistoryMuppet, issued a public apology Monday after mounting harassment claims against the account’s creators took over the web.Despite the account’s wholesome intended nature, admins of the account have been accused of harassing and bullying other Muppet-themed accounts. The apology, which amassed over two million views, led …

Trump’s pick for FBI Director Kash Patel once insinuated that he knows who really killed JFK. In a video from December 2023, Patel claimed he has “seen it all” referring to the files disclosing the truth of former President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. After host Glenn Beck dismissed the claim …

Following President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to raise tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, TikTokers started plotting how to stockpile supplies before he takes office. This week, Trump said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all goods coming from Mexico and Canada immediately after his …

After backing out of potentially serving in President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet, Matt Gaetz pivoted to Cameo, a website where celebrities are paid to make videos for fans. Gaetz joined the platform on Friday, a day after he withdrew his name from consideration to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. …

This week, President-elect Donald Trump picked Linda McMahon, a former WWE executive, as his Education Secretary. The Department of Education is one of the many cabinet-level government agencies that Project 2025, the ultra-conservative wish list put forth by the Heritage Foundation, wants to eliminate. While the Trump campaign denied links …

A video of Donald Trump Jr. rubbing his gums with his index finger has people online wondering just, exactly, he might have been doing. Yesterday, Trump Jr. joined his father for SpaceX’s Starship rocket launch in Texas alongside Elon Musk.Following the event, the video surfaced online, showing Donald Trump Jr. …

A celebration mimicking a dance by President-elect Donald Trump has spread across the NFL, with players performing it after touchdowns, sacks, and other big plays. It’s led to right-wing proclamations Trump saved sports from “wokeness” after his base ditched the league over the theory it was a psyop to elect …

The internet has been set alight thanks to a press conference yesterday by former President Joe Biden in the Amazon rainforest, with conservatives claiming he is being sent into the jungle so the deep state can begin World War Three. The claim comes as the Biden administration allowed Ukraine to …

Left-wing trolls bombarded a GoFundMe page for Michael Grimm, a former Republican congressman when he experienced a life-altering injury. In September, Grimm was paralyzed from the waist down after he was thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.A former Marine and FBI agent, the 54-year-old previously represented Staten Island …

With Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) expected to be named President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state, CNN’s Scott Jennings suggested an unconventional choice to take his place in the Senate. While on air Tuesday evening, the Republican commentator pitched WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan to replace the Florida senator. Delivering his pitch, …

In the immediate aftermath of the 2024 election, Black Americans received texts telling them it was time to “report” for slavery. The messages said recipients should “board a van” that would transport them to a “plantation” to work as slaves. Black men, women, and children in at least 14 states …

In the run-up to Election Day, X users are reporting that a full-throated ad blitz from former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign is leaking through the site’s filters and opt-out mechanisms. Despite options to remove and mute ads from your feed, users say Trump’s last-minute push is still clearly visible. …

Tina Forte, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) Republican opponent for New York’s 14th District, is being sued for damages after her pit bull attacked her neighbor’s child. Plaintiffs allege that in February 2023, Forte’s dog, named Brownie, jumped the fence separating the properties in Nanuet, New York, and went after a …

Last week, the Department of Justice indicted two Russians for secretly funneling money to American right-wing video personalities. Shortly after, YouTube cracked down on the entity behind the scheme, Tenet Media, deleting its channel and four others run by owner Lauren Chen. The next day, Tayler Hansen, a reporter and …

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When it comes to a TikTok sound, its impact is usually measured by the huge number of people participating in the trend. But this new trend by rootin’ tootin’ trio the Montana Boyz is a little different. The three committed country men, named Kaleb Campbell Winterburn, Kade Wilcox, and Mark …

What came first, the chicken or the egg? For Kamala Harris, the answer is, quite simply, “coconut tree.” Make sense? …No? Good. That’s half the joke. “You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?” a female voice asks. “You exist in the context of all in which you …

Life as we know it can have a lot of ups and downs, but in this new TikTok sound, users are encouraging each other to embrace an existence of peace and tranquility. It’s blowing up on social media. The sound is a dreamy mixture of nature sounds and uplifting, soulful …

The Warped Tour was a rite of passage for many Tumblr-era scene kids back in the day, but its history is disturbing, to say the least. In a new viral video, which has amassed just under 1 million views, user Heaven (@k1dneytheft) emphasized that the founder Kevin Lyman’s claims that …

We’re all guilty of hanging on to things that are just that little bit too old, but there’s a point where enough is enough. As Peer Gynt’s “Morning Mood” plays in the background, a nasally, feeble, and kinda pathetic voice says, “Excuse me, I need your help, you need to …

For New Order, whose iconic ‘80s hit “Blue Monday” has gone viral, I have just one question: How does it feel? Get into your fighting stance, as everyone has started squashing their beefs on TikTok with the power of … dance? This new dance/battle trend is a real blast from …

If you ever needed a dog whistle for a terminally online gamer bro, look no further than “What’s up brother?” It’s the catchphrase of a beloved streamer, but now it’s so much more than a niche trend. Sure, this is a column about TikTok sounds, but participating in the “What’s …

The relationship between a human and their dog is a bond like no other. There’s so many highs and lows that come with being a dog parent, and one of the most important moments is being represented in a new, heartbreaking trend. The soft, folk-like strums of the guitar is …