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Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

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Viral Politics

“So they want Kings then?”: Walmart heiress funds “No Kings Day” ad. Now MAGA wants to boycott

photo of Donald Trump in front of an American Flag, and a photo of Elon Musk. An X post from Elon Musk states, "I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far."

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“Back to defending someone you said is on the Epstein files?”: The internet slams Elon Musk after he walks back criticisms of Trump

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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“I’m so disappointed”: Calls for Uber boycott answer CEO’s support of Trump’s reconciliation bill

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“Being forced to sleep on the floor, piled on top of one another”: Gavin Newsom calls out Trump for “mistreating” troops that he sent to LA

Left, Donald Trump; Center, Vladimir Putin; Right, Elon Musk

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“This will hurt Trump a lot”: Russia offers Elon Musk an escape amid his rocky relationship with Trump

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Trump experiences buyer’s remorse over Tesla purchase

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Memes

33 of the funniest memes about Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s messy breakup

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Democrats “troll” the RNC with free tacos and Trump balloon, but everyone else is trolling Dems for cringe stunts

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“It is making people buy from companies like Amazon”: Temu loses half of its U.S. daily users amid tariffs

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“TACO Tuesday” takes off as internet mocks Trump’s tariffs strategy with taco memes, chicken suits, and more

Donald Trump speaking at a press conference. And a tweet over that reads: LMAOOO, trump just lost his (expletive) because a reporter told him Wall Street created a new phrase, TACO: trump Always Chickens Out "Don't ever say what you said. That's a nasty question."

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Culture

Wall Street’s “TACO” nickname enrages Trump at press briefing. Now everyone’s making the same joke

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“Even more reason to buy more lower priced brands”: e.l.f. Cosmetics will raise the price of all products by $1, citing tariffs and inflation

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Woman’s unimpressed reaction to Trump during medal ceremony goes viral

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Leslie Jones roasted Elon Musk on “The Daily Show” and conservatives were very normal about it

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