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Memes are propaganda posing as parody. You get to inject iconography into the bloodstream and then shrug and say you’re just ...
White supremacist tropes and ironic viral jokes illustrate the administration's project of redefining who belongs in the ...
The decision is a win for Douglass Mackey, a self-proclaimed "troll" who used his Twitter handle to spread false information in 2016 — and who is now threatening to sue for his conviction.
And by posting the text-to-vote memes with knowledge of this existing agreement, Mackey "knowingly joined and participated" in the conspiracy.
Shared Fake Memes Not Proof of Conspiracy to Spread Election Disinformation, Appeals Court Says 4 minute read July 09, 2025 ...
WASHINGTON — With the 2024 election looming, the first since the mass popularization of generative artificial intelligence, experts feared the worst: social media flooded with AI-generated ...
The election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, created a plethora of great memes, many based on Robert Prevost's hometown of Chicago.
Chicago, a uniquely meme-able city, was the center of a ton of jokes. Here is some of the internet’s best work.
In the crypto world, meme coins are mostly just jokes with no intrinsic value. But the Trump family is parlaying the president’s meme coin into two valuable commodities: serious cash and ...
Western Australia could play a key role in deciding which party wins the next federal election. Despite a landslide win in the state election in March, sheep farmers are hoping voters from all ...
Memes are the currency of the election campaign online. Here’s a report card on the Labor, Liberal and Greens efforts, from the good to the tone-deaf.