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Only Black first-class traveler says American Airlines "ran out" of meals before she could be served

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"Low GPA Activity" meme turns into school trend of kids setting their Chromebooks on fire

'The American mind can't comprehend this' meme has Americans and Europeans beefing

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Leftist Twitch steamer, U.S citizen, says CBP searched phone at Mexico border

EXCLUSIVE: Former U.S. military members, Patriot Front dropout secretly run Nazi publishing houses

Columbia anonymous messaging app explodes in fury after Mahmoud Khalil arrest

X users aren't buying Musk's claim Ukraine was behind site's massive outage

A Hitler-quoting 'Aryan' has the attention of JD Vance and Elon Musk—who is @captivedreamer7?

Gruesome POV TikToks of horrific tragedies are the latest get-rich-quick AI scheme

DOGE has saved Americans $55 billion. Or $24 billion. Or just $1.5 billion

MAGA fan crashes car on live stream after claiming 'God' cleared the roads for him

Meta's AI Instagram bots spark swift backlash: 'Manufacturing the human experience'

Crypto hucksters push AI image to profit of subway fire victim

German car attack suspect's X account pushed praise of Musk

The internet can't handle the United Healthcare CEO's alleged shooter being Italian

Alleged United Healthcare CEO shooter read numerous books about chronic back pain

Muppets community drama captivates the internet after prominent fan page outed as serial harasser

Kash Patel once claimed he got to see who really killed JFK

TikTok is tariff prepping

'Rock bottom': Matt Gaetz is dishing out career advice on Cameo—after nuking his own

EXCLUSIVE: Non-profit Linda McMahon chaired once steered $1 million to Project 2025 'sister' organization
