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<p>Hope Talbot is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Daily Express, Euronews, and Bristol24/7, to name a few.</p>


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A X post on a US border wall background that says, "They checked my phone at Customs and Border patrol coming back into the U.S. Lmaoooooooo

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

2 panel image: Pam Bondi speaks on the left, on the right is a sweatshirt of Luigi Mangione as a catholic saint.

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Luigi Mangione fans pledge to make him a martyr in wake of DOJ death penalty announcement

Screenshot of 4Chan's error screen with caption: "This board has been closed by order of the Department of 4chan Efficiency"; An Illustration of a parody Eagle emblem; Screenshot of the 4chan.org homepage

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4chan’s DOGE-inspired April Fools’ prank leaves posters seething

Photo collage, A person explains in front of the Ukrainian flag. Viruses float around.

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New Russian virus revives old Ukrainian biolabs conspiracy

Photo of a Tesla protest in New York City.

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Musk fans accuse #TakedownTesla movement of astroturfing outrage after nationwide protests

Screenshot of a tweet from @WilliamYang120: "I, along with more than 1000 colleagues at @VOANews, were forced to put on leave indefinitely yesterday. While we have been bracing for this to happen, the suddenness of this development was still shocking to all of us." with the reply from @chenweihua: "Good to know many who made a living by badmouthing and smearing China are likely to be jobless.". Background: the header image from @VOAnews's X profile of Washington D.C.

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Trump’s defunding of VOA praised by Chinese state media

collage image of a screengrab of a Trump tweet and a stormy sky background.

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QAnon crowd thinks fabled ‘storm’ is here after Trump claims Biden’s pardons ‘void’

Blurred image of Palestine protest from Columbia University in background with Sidechat logo over it.

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EXCLUSIVE: Columbia anonymous messaging app explodes in fury after Mahmoud Khalil arrest

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Alex Jones revealed an Infowars reporter was killed—critics are calling it ‘staged’

Elon musk over Ukrainian flag that looks like code and two x's

X Users Debunk Elons Ukraine Hackers Claims

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

JD Vance responds to distorted face memes with his own edits

Not even JD Vance enjoying the JD Vance face meme can stop its spread

2 panel image of JD Vance photo collages from X users.

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JD Vance blown-up baby face memes blow up after Oval Office blow-up with Zelensky

Bitcoin Community Accuses Trump of Rigging The Crypto Currency Market

Trump’s announcement of Crypto Strategic Reserve dubbed ‘world-historic’ pump-and-dump

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

Republicans Rage Over Pam Bondis Delayed Release of the Epistein Files

‘Release them immediately’: MAGA rages at Pam Bondi after she boasts Epstein files are on her desk