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<p>Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.</p>


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Left: Alex Jones holding his right hand up in a peace sign. Right: Abstract gradient background with vibrant orange purple and blue hues. Tweet text overlay reads, "Liberal‼️ ?liberal, liberal, liberal, liberal, Liberal Liberal? ?Happy fun! La la la! ???? ⭐️⭐️Human smuggling, Fentanyl deaths!⭐️⭐️"

Memes

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“Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia”: Olympics bar Ukrainian racer over helmet tribute to athletes killed by war, President Zelenskyy responds

Left: President Donald Trump smiling widely in a navy suit against a background of American flags. Right: Screenshot of a pastor telling McDonald's story.

Viral Politics

Trump shares weird McDonald’s revenge fantasy about honking at old people

Left: U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu holding up her gold medal in one hand, and the lanyard it was attached to before it broke in the other. Right: German biathlete Justus Strelow surrounded by teammates, bent over picking up his broken Olympic medal from the floor.

“Do not jump in them!”: Olympians keep winning medals—and then watching them break. Why?

WHO World Health Organization headquarters glass building. Tweet text overlay reads, "Why is every cancer being cured in the past 2 days, what happened."

Claims that the U.S. leaving the WHO led to cancer cures are going massively viral—here’s what’s actually going on

Left: Man's hand holding dazed iguana in Florida against a background of trees. Right: Blonde man in his kitchen holding up an iguana taco against his palm towards the camera.

“21 souls in one meal is crazy”: Florida man makes iguana tacos as cold-stunned reptiles fall from trees

Businessman sitting in front of his iPad, holding his head in his hands, feeling stressed while working late at night. Text overlay from AskReddit reads, "What do you think is the biggest concern for most Americans right now?"

Americans were asked about their biggest concern right now—these 3 fears stood out

President Donald Trump speaking into a microphone with his arms raised against a background of three large American flags. Tweet text overlay from the Menswear Guy on X reads, "you will own nothing and be happy."

“Political suicide”: Trump says he wants to “drive housing prices up” instead of down

AI-generated image of a Leviathan in the ocean - sort of a mix between a whale and a huge monster. Text overlay reads, ""OMG the Leviathan is waking up near Virginia," reads one such post. "This is why they are creating a FAKE snow storm."

Conspiracy theorists think a “Leviathan” is waking up…and the snow is part of the cover-up

BuzzBallz is auctioning off a $35k engagement ring that looks like one of its canned cocktails

Costco Warehouse store with AI-generated apartments being built above it using cranes.

A Costco with 800 apartments on top is coming to Los Angeles. Here’s what we know

Colorful beach houses on the beach, Muizenberg, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Text overlay reads, "After 20 years of living in capital cities, I moved to a tiny seaside village on the Wild Coast of South Africa, built and ran a small guest house and became a full-time stoner."

10 honest stories from people who left everything behind to start over—and what happened next

“I look like a fridge”: Tana Mongeau says she found the viral shirt Tara Lynn wanted in “under 5 minutes”

Left: Woman with painted fingernails gives herself an injection of weight loss drugs in her arm at home. Right: Delta Airlines aircraft in flight against a blue sky.

Ozempic’s unexpected side effect: saving airlines $580 million a year on fuel