Social
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News
Truth Social Has an Edge as Rival Right-Wing Apps Falter
Donald Trump’s social media platform has outdistanced similar conservative sites such as Parler and Gettr, even as it lags far behind X and others.
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Newyork
Stormy Daniels and the Comeuppance of Donald Trump
Sometimes I lie awake at night wondering whether Donald Trump is afraid. Does he think he’ll go to jail? Lose his fortune? Does he sleep easier after ranting in ALL CAPS on Truth Social? Surely I’m not the only one losing sleep over the threat this ...
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US
Trump Shares Video Featuring Image of a Hog-Tied Biden
The social media post reflects the increasingly violent and personal attacks that Donald J. Trump has employed during the presidential campaign.
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US
DeSantis Signs Social Media Bill Barring Accounts for Children Under 14
A new Florida law also requires apps like TikTok and Snapchat to obtain a parent’s consent before giving accounts to 14- and 15-year-olds.
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Newyork
The One Idea That Could Save American Democracy
These days, we often hear that democracy is on the ballot. And there’s a truth to that: Winning elections is critical, especially as liberal and progressive forces try to fend off radical right-wing movements. But the democratic crisis that our ...
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Newyork
The Internet Is a Wasteland, So Give Kids Better Places to Go
In January, I had the odd experience of nodding along with Senator Lindsey Graham, who can usually be relied on to be wrong, as he berated supervillain Mark Zuckerberg, head of Facebook’s parent company, Meta, about the effect its products have on ...
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Newyork
Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Politically Obtuse Plutocrats
All Wall Street wants is a good hypocrite — someone who can convince the Republican base that he or she shares its extremism, but whose real priority is to enrich the 1 percent. Is that too much to ask? Apparently, yes. If you’re not a politics ...
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Newyork
The G.O.P. Goes Full-on Extremist
There are no moderate Republicans in the House of Representatives. Oh, no doubt some members are privately appalled by the views of Mike Johnson, the new speaker. But what they think in the privacy of their own minds isn’t important. What matters is ...
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Science
Same-Sex Behavior Evolved in Many Mammals to Reduce Conflict, Study Suggests
But the researchers cautioned that the work could not shed much light on sexual orientation in humans.
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World
How China Made Its Housing Crisis Worse
Years of inattention to building an adequate safety net for seniors, the jobless and others in financial stress have left Chinese consumers afraid to spend.