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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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Left: Blonde influencer stands amid a crowd of people at the Super Bowl wearing wired headphones and watching a video on her phone during Bad Bunny's halftime show performance.

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“Insanely embarrassing”: Woman stages Bad Bunny “protest” from the nosebleeds…at the Super Bowl

Left: Fired Turning Point USA PR manager Aubrey Laitsch in a blue sweater, speaking into the camera. Right: Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk wearing a gold sequin suit onstage during an event.

“Not an easy video to post”: Ex-Turning Point USA manager says she was fired for “questioning the narrative” of Kirk’s death

Left: Drag queen "Erika Qwerk," parodying Turning Point USA head Erika Kirk, widow of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk. She is wearing a blonde wig and a red suit, and staring intensely into the camera wearing bright blue contact lenses. Right: Turning Point USA leader Erika Kirk in a black suit and black top, wearing a diamond cross and frowning during an interview.

“The eyes…”: Drag queen’s “Erika Qwerk” parody of Erika Kirk draws cheers, outrage, and discourse

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Erika Kirk memes are taking over social media following her theatrical Turning Point appearances

Left: Rapper Nicki Minaj sitting onstage at AmericaFest, a Turning Point USA event. Right: Tweet reading, "FYI: You can block Nicki Minaj on Spotify," above a screenshot showing Minaj's Spotify profil with the option "Don't play this artist" circled in red.

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“Goodbye and good riddance”: Nicki Minaj fans are blocking and unfollowing her following her Turning Point appearance with Erika Kirk

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Left: Erica Kirk onstage at Turning Point USA event AmericaFest, wearing a shiny gold button-down shirt. Right: Nicki Minaj speaking into a mic at Turning Point USA event AmericaFest.

Nicki Minaj showed up at at Turning Point event, made an “assassin” joke, and turned a surprise cameo into a mess

Left: Turning Point USA event, pop-up tent reads "Prove me wrong." Right: Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk at the Republican National Convention. Tweet text overlay from conservative commentator Candace Owens reads "Recreating the tent Charlie died under for selfies? Seriously?"

“Demented”: Turning Point’s replica of the tent where Charlie Kirk was killed leaves even conservatives uncomfortable

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Erika Kirk shuts down critics of the hug with JD Vance that went viral: “My love language is touch”

Grindr users in Phoenix logged problems the day of Charlie Kirk’s memorial

Left: Jimmy Kimmel giving a monologue about Charlie Kirk on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' on Monday, September 15, 2025. Right: "In America" Yeonmi Park one Joe Rogan Podcast meme, caption reading, "in America the FCC controls what comedians can say about Dear Leader."

Trump cheers, Vance trolls, internet fumes: reactions to Jimmy Kimmel’s show getting yanked off the air

“I’m not even gonna justify”: A college student called out a surprised Charlie Kirk with an insult from his father

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“At the time, I thought that I was saving America”: Former Turning Point USA writer describes how she wrote articles “designed to scare people”

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Riley Gaines reveals pregnancy announcement at Turning Point event. Simon Biles stands in the center holding her Olympic gold medal.

“So rent free or…?”: Riley Gaines makes pregnancy announcement about Simone Biles

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Left-wing critics fume over the Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur attending TP USA event

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