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href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpe1McpL1EdNErS546cDbqU3Bz1lwl2bFXWoXIMZtOyT_Tr_V4gZDMmk4bfHr3q38SVJfWgrPi-VKZXD1A_HXYZcXioAGP5YvC3BRr7hq2fyQ3LSlM07K4e3QhPWBLnd690NM8-_-Xw1KhaumNDiS904Siea62chMkFexzFiCAPwcQehmLrPQ8EFuAvZ5zJ3N02y7cK5Ts2NxWNrhpJtaslbEP39CR5FMVpmnNIs9u6FN_D6PpaxL64JUDaDca_7ZtEzazMKp8Y-2mSizLCDShBrVU59w0Vml4HDfyioWDxa--ss3iKc32f3mZHplQMSyXShj0G-8oww1qfEh2mh9Uvz-b1ccKgM0GCAyUhpT-4tliIyexAah7gWXEXQ7KrZLw_gI9BCxKUvkxSS_-zzgOcmq9yuxUHcXyENlYphozreV8ETOqKglUVk6bwn6XYtHa5tVPv9SE47BqhIiah0FJCGwGBs1PWjahM6UmJE9LDKh-z6LDze4g3S0cMTb6afxvwI9WwHf74TogRZu3Iope2IDTF7I_ZPAB7QmrcGQK0_BpiJmX8OCzirHEBKK7EVwrSPlzH88-yb_xGV_e7eUnkPQdzcTO4KBprUpxxPg4ZJnvLNSOIDRxxOcKcrd3oDA-5AFnbDarkA9vG9mSVAcdCH1rEynZDutfi9cb16NT3gKsyLTVRabwON66T9ovlk2wiRkzPeoZqEhunznON8MhrI6nM8GHlTktGA1t1zycLNDswzkWpJPPKRanOosUD_ejA/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h1/h001.FIaxC1dr_k_S3fa7kum1oxc_g5cwxOBT5kvQm0i_o8s"><img alt="" width="630" height="auto" border="0" style="width:100%;height:auto;border:0;display:block;outline:none;text-decoration:none;margin:0 auto;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/d49319be-952a-4f29-b334-884641ab2416/unnamed.jpg?t=1705939867"/></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td align="center" valign="top"><h1 style="text-align:left;font-family:'Trebuchet MS','Lucida Grande',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight:Bold;font-size:32px;color:#2A2A2A;padding:2px 0;line-height:38px;"> Global politics happens on Discord now </h1><p style="text-align:left;font-family:'Helvetica',Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;font-size:20px;color:#3E3E3E;padding:5px 0;line-height:24px;"> Read to the end for some good footage of the DC occupation </p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="dd"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td aling="center" valign="middle" class="mob-stack"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" class="mob-stack" style="width:100%;"><tr><td align="left" valign="middle" style="padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px;"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/user/profile_picture/1446b1d3-a839-42aa-80ea-4bfce65092ad/thumb_Screenshot_2024-01-22_at_1.36.24_PM.png" width="40" alt="" style="display:block;max-width:40px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;border:4px solid rgba(0,0,0,0) !important;left:-4px;box-sizing:content-box;z-index:10;" border="0"/></td><td width="5" style="width:5px;"> </td><td align="left" valign="middle" class="g" style="position:relative;left:8px;width:100%;"><p style="padding:0px;color:#2D2D2D;"> Ryan Broderick </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style="line-height:0;"><div data-open-tracking="true"> <img src="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/o/u001.Wjmgl1pn0khzpYTO2sYlew/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/ho.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/> </div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr id="content-blocks"><td class="email-card-body" align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:15px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"></p></td></tr><tr><td id="the-right-to-stay-logged-on" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">The Right To Stay Logged On</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><i>—by Adam Bumas</i></p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> On Monday, I wrote about how Nepal’s government <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVcOV7sAWeh0IU9ok8MGrbnexrDhsQy9777LrXBHFlBqXsl4eUbsM6S9jH6KA3Z6NUaRIyAhf4ib-HGq1SpEzooYcXgFDHepkgQYoHoJ3ugTecTvA0LIhEQgezj_EHDAKeF-PIVh0BZNfLUPjb85d_axwX2hUt4TS52clmyCtV7ZWmf1gmH4gUYY1nMjNOv2NLmAGEmYUdgaBYxYOfnLf4ZIdPeDh0opw2CgDZrSUXf4i6fiWn3ayVUmzQScVAwxWGCd6ZsQBJ1MLCYVlfU2kGROwP_5K_KTmYn2KJaUi0QfCTGUj_pKNHW9u3n9VsFk-kDuVzEbsiKWPXO8AFS9CxtWhjk4YCmvTpyBgApOdxFw/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h2/h001.xiw2h3wbs5JVFk46BvnQ1SkLtaKxKEHeBUffgO8CAKw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>banned</span></a> virtually all social media in an attempt to shut down widespread protests, only for those protests to become so widespread that the prime minister <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpUyaqvi52Np88HTWKve2ZxIRUyRVs5iT2KwyIGV8LvFPbdXlBBVG0gJJ9dY6oc6AYYg66TfqCROz6GDFB_U-I5t1XkaIZeIngbh8wiH02zuY9LUQ3gzhH3HOJVESwB0PwCxdgG0Lb08FnyahfOXQ2eo5ShmtQWmhBFXZKS6qqfiXsCduaZpdtDQY8DQXKglph2nMp9Qr0H8a3aj2yDquEFlusvHkoLPvxXXCLF3R7HLJYgF4UlJFgtkkiFD1AKy1Pw/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h3/h001.Cg49XDfPHIF6PCPA4g84XEh84lTRiWAZpzdciZuI59w" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>resigned</span></a> and dissolved the country’s Parliament. The largely young leaders of the protest movement, powered initially by VPN services, ended up electing its new prime minister using a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpdFKZIKY5JgtpOxj_NqlfIUQOCISi-c3dOGxga4DauOkGxIgn-tKYVUzXmurbpvKO_hsXGnzY2bC7p0ztIfqvDvpqgvuF67AMiGqRt711H4aePra3m6jm5f5t0RAkR0r4YK_X8uE8uTxitmeUxQcwt3Fw6pP5VfEFTJ-uJE568aGzbaoy1YWCePy4PiDuf6FJracCThDdqiggVdYe3zw-x241aXNnIBWYCDimQEw0skVJnsKwZnncWSo4zzckUWHru8jB1OCNDIov6uIFAMmJkLiCxrrR3rMclUdPczPxfY7QrGdmSMA4Zo03zSuzdVbjZaY2X8HReASWOQnJYlFNPc/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h4/h001.Ld_C4W6M8T5bYh-LxfHLQqiqh_YinXr7iXBGxauohE0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Discord poll</span></a>. (I tried to join the server to find out more, but they’ve understandably closed it to any new invites.) </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> There are, obviously, huge differences between Nepal’s political environment and our own, but it does feel safe to say that, in the 2020s, the political power of a nation-state is nothing in the face of its citizens’ desire to stay logged on. And that should worry President Donald Trump. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> For all the power Trump’s administration has consolidated over the last nine months, they still do have to at least pretend to care about their popularity. Especially if they want Vice President JD Vance to legally win an election in 2028. But they are in the midst of brokering a deeply unpopular TikTok deal right as they are also loudly fantasizing about the total suppression of free speech. To say nothing of the fact that Trump is still very much mired in an investigation of his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. According to polling data published this week, Trump’s second term is <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpcW9hPo5ApMHCOCxo9D5bWiwWHaHJee9vZfSSOMQRsZ6fssDTQGrSH6dhEtkdKIkezl1hcxFj3lzBum31JzU-1VlcT8-yRHkKBGS6SgRG-tOxSye-RFQcQ5KAERvhGAw_KoRIB8T2-uP_ugpyuN7H_0vbQ6J3H-kBks-BnWk8mlAzE9gaDPaarLMMqv8cknNMYijsWL6Z6Bv98x5zpTpDCsJHuuwCf2B5ruWcdQ8-dMR92Lx-XV14z-0JaygOQ7ex51bu7fEpvbhnvhvB1qIWd8/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h5/h001.tHewgFqeMiNi-WGYaDfuvb2SuTFH7aprRUbq5CLh4aA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>the most unpopular</span></a> a sitting president has been in nearly 20 years, even when you compare it to his own first term. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> To once again ask a question we’ve been asking all summer: Exactly how much more can Americans take? And to throw another question on the pile: How will young Americans respond when their favorite video app is taken away from them? </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;padding-top:20px; " class="dd"><table role="none" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0 auto 0 auto;"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:630px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/f6a12af7-711e-4f36-9ea0-b347c36e262f/GettyImages-2234013978.jpg?t=1758133246" alt="" height="auto" width="630" style="display:block;width:100%;" border="0"/></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" class="t" style="width:630px; padding: 4px 0px 4px 0px;"><p>(Photo by Skanda Gautam/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)</p></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> President Trump seems to be wondering this, as well, as evidenced by the fact he <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVcOV7sAWeh0IU9ok8MGrbmGOgyH9nVg7YP_mGJfufaY2f4mnrDJ7sKWXcIyoCrmfXks_-Zsc7os6ffN8kmROlK3ZoeV3GuiZDn3sfvIJ96kLcsubm2hvfTli6dKssz_9sMMYEGViiNa6sVwaYWERKIaAU8pYbJ9mgcQqEj8iChBMBl2--5CKHx-y3ewCHiEdrjmYbGBUywciHyyxc7ryM2JeueJP-yIYkO8I6nHXxhxXq0H7G0rbwIiS4hFkNzl4EzAUhrjgJuQXzxgiwLO9StvX5kcSHbAlCckSXWa7tdAJjTk8vIIJNKrvgF3ZvtfJ0_F-YO8X-2bm9g_xg0hvEjWC5YxB4fhyZpR2LomSRu4/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h6/h001.cdz_5gMGIrfis3SD8fa8TcADF75fdZuCHgu9ICIZFLU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>announced</span></a> this week that he ordered a fourth extension of the federal ban on TikTok. And <i>The</i> <span style=""><i>Wall Street Journal </i></span>reported on Monday that the US and Chinese governments are ironing out a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpXjt7pCFxcZ4prWP2dTnCXX2negcvQB6SpdSlw5to8OA5C67gKntkWNqdcYA5z-aBzFHemlT9r2l1WHXvFgKtxbXNnfLd3UEKLhsFKriARh0RWlECTwsV9ARd3AobNcNomaGwX-LYu4bJQd3zLhImiLsha13pctYVrehcB6xAfRk-fbdf7WhoN_puooFzd-WuiLFFyYEgBrTkFGomimfMLrr7SJXHWokW0bwRyrIUxQPwkxb5nmuvnYAnDaLgenjnFUKtjCiS3_5Fom_k1zKPpqbAnjgC9vOBKkIe_fstixp/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h7/h001.KmGKLnb8zEZrQE8G8OFmVExj5VRuX3vAD_9HXdwrVoQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>deal to sell TikTok</span></a> to a consortium of American buyers, which would put it in compliance with the ban that was passed last year with wide <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NkGKSBzAudxh9G5I4ey75uYbH1udUt74sp-CJm7vzgZmmRP3HxLclULxfXkbEwvJ8pFRaEs8XeOb7Js2rH507KwfXA-8m8u6e7iZN4lBjv-50jA7z5s2KIA0jKoJzyfqK0my5RwRhpi0EJOLe8Gvak7-uHFCjHeTUbErwMNgGCFcLUNLYAc8l7V6txVI6tWyOtglEAelGNwjgg06Gdw-t4HjJotgrl_44Qkc_D8LhGxSP_D7CLZZqOV2BA7Yued41BTMpNsj8a8G3nKFnKD8IQs2GhzwtPxwu5hGxWkFkoVKP51DBopEYwFm28kpNN0zXdjA5_JKO-jgQXOqt4oQzw/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h8/h001.gy7W38aVSUOGi4y1k2_b_4_x354Tt4cRFGsDukVq_-g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>bipartisan support</span></a>. But the newest version of the deal might move American users to a new <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpRIY5rlkLv4jbvKnS1L2YGdsWxGnzBIUMdcJ6rzmZYO2emv_bpLbVqjjIps5iiZOd_jsFZpwgbEdkOHlbKnjo-vOtmpmY-Ik-DjUHsx5epmGDfacWzT73Bvd8sElcL1SBO95dj6mgCzf-8VCGqD2X02LsZWk_IgRbl2fZ5HT--DD8F3ObjY122Ln1R2xaKH_XmHjx273xBaPlll4Ib3O2z2lIvW9ZrydUV5uSzEoADgETTKE_N_or60hkkU7nRcHW4tY4NYRjhxGaNKm0_ba5H8BA-Yf9zWPFPrxnAEdCReg/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h9/h001._Vhd5dJc0nqO7k8r6VNA1Dg4jSGYMl8sq7jow7zviqE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>domestic-only version</span></a> of the app, similar to the Chinese-only version of TikTok, Douyin, that operates inside the country’s Great Firewall. A far cry from the original version of the ban, which was meant to force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpUyaqvi52Np88HTWKve2ZxLt9mcKk18zXiJ9pa7sFgXf5pRdFcPO_BUDu1sD17cRTVNsSUJ4T5sh3KPLF25e7nkgCLPUyWam-Ho_xLsKVKQsNVA6YUSZsSKkUPtmO8a8OfBm33SryCpMdrcHgC-T6oXoPzuAzfhj0U7XJsgIZ8MvObkD8222sTxrz3OVU3d9w9sZ1arzHjBThEWNDj10DDwXDy5a51waqu4XDpx5uW8P-RkAeQ_KET48Nq_VFJZg9g/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h10/h001.ulcPtJjSG5vXYtoEKHToszKOA02jaqEvYPnve19MyBA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>sell the app</span></a> and its algorithm, restoring American cultural supremacy to the web. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> When President Trump initially tried to <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpSgmaNZgQfEkqI1EhBWnPfZVxgh7A46yZFGJrRZibWbXy2W7-n3IUUL61KIJRuxlZAseC2UKSk0cje87jFdjqeRcp96K1DtK9VLZv84IRqd7l4yB3cOwW-IQ7hcT3LMQRR7OCXZVaUUEIMqebMUkMmu2a0BPYH7YZI2R1p53Z0yZMgfBwEgrTSwaSK-cGWLT47fYvu9Jjg3tXLMtdq0RVag5ErZF7-oh-X2aCyui3d8vDnvV2iyUXVdQyJmqSawQ__oJL068zhFQTfs_WIaoyCHq39P5F4co4XLAcet7LofP12mpL36LxGlxOG_v7vj_B17B2qEorVrOA6V63U-YkUKB4MQ09TYM0j41FT2gFJgr/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h11/h001.hV_E3jxOW-i-lPVGPUFlAf3xpBE5WqVtWqlLsWkqewg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>ban the app</span></a> in his first term, his concern was over ByteDance giving user data to the Chinese government. The Biden administration <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpc3gftQejqiW3isjsUWsj4rdVuRlCv_5x_e3iPx1Zoam-se-_O_7gFartV7depcu4G2bHDvGXJZbrOsP9YHohzBsEj6cGP-gG1Ln_MGdoR2IhQdx6gFjb-q1iB6LGO8ykO9SP8URBKnKoPsjK6ophlbHH88AT9mfLCNCOeop1ozbTxKN0D6ybb6twU9juDl3yahAS8hm3BLFbpj0u3h4BcQxZzK3yI1qNlhBqkQCpnp38_KKOX7g2OYntxR9nIt38lf4O9NwJEfdKy3ApXwVH9Hi05tgDgAbbmOd6UDRRQEjsOklvXdH7OKcTyIvjqD_Mjrbe8PHdkcTPm8KFZGaNxz9sU6Q8Uhxk5qTNlOhvBra/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h12/h001.U9M3MDn5Oy7HTJn-51tj2v9UP7PzyrHSljzCKXpEHRY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>reversed Trump’s ban</span></a>, but later banned it from all <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.G4KvRiFC48GGyCyy9QBB69moKY6HxtzKkEC1GEK1fzL9hoNI4rpuOCEGOb5yMnE5y1XMCxeL7MyKroFa9mc4zS9IflIwSmdIMeV9m8mWYs_MGhwNHIhI1YeBE7QWkvLA7pEVuZlGnzXR56OG_nxhqx95m9aJmT-WIFl3fwVbPhuOVn-ni0wa_8HTjwJgA4uxkF-W8Zt9XoTMVvpAODNObVV2WikcI7sNHewb0kw5xL04kQ_B7jPFQHb-y8iEuv9guCzznWJDeE8dNzozIHXMMdmZmHRQbtfbvTP4wm_GreidQS-OOt8BEI3DXIPcNcLO/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h13/h001.kDhLgpy1-V4Oy1O2t4jtwccqxWzXrc0pwBNSWbSTNfY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>government-owned devices</span></a> after it was found that they were using that data to <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpXZy6gXsYGq2mxBII5CJ_5R5NQ-gIMErLREWtSxH6h7s4CdtanOXpAEUYibHixzq8V_kHPheGCDcGmSgKX488k956gjE0BKPXCqdIeTSbT3Nirz9pBOgYP9quW83tY2RLOxqql7TtQk9yylfK0GR_1lfo0yGcm83H1llCWWltCharXERbf6wj0k9emvnYTEKbHvUOpmW6cdvC0K4OmLKDWmsb5yJnAjsJC_OCNHd0LaplW7Qmr0y_d3jlaUKNsAV19vQ3lv9aW6DLQOwGu8WNlnPTdjOiyoDsFJmQdBwhuoWPDb8ul4Da-X0M_KyK8AYaQWnjmYEpUVLnoCAsHliUE8/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h14/h001.A55qacHq9Q7HLRW2lLT_spZFe-2wHQfVB1wKrEL61cw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>spy on US journalists</span></a> who were speaking to TikTok employees. A few months later, a poll by <i>Pew Research Center</i> showed <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQO_vjZJeDOcftC1tP4dJ-Ij7rIEKFw-jfBA0h0O43r9DR307vUPt_9YiuRA6rbkelIq2-dxus64oMrGsx8kEf9F0TxKO_2lSot8owmllyNiztIf06iaMRl8t2LHQIncQjrPQCmQvEiLfVRNBAp0sSTpYP0VyJvBvzMfYQ6uyMYXEF3-vdGsU48vikC0TRukhjBZ2Dhy_DN1Ij8K1mZDhMEqGdt6A4tvxlvSkYXrqZ_MkQejgwJDqacXbnz7C873enysO691aGJ84WkLmHyEmpLTuq20CmOfji60y5pVeKWVDszSga3UhEKh5SE9ktqjL-5VaRMpNWIzUdJ4CUVpVM9fX6XOQu3DmDb2Bhrz1LShZQgsXpWfEmytXNhY1jUuJYWCgqCEAU60HZbOs4nLTgs/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h15/h001.M87pkUSlz9ABROG9Wl6di62VrnUsdu9cNFjVod80r1g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>50% support</span></a> for banning the app, with data security overwhelmingly listed as the most popular reason. Interestingly, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQO_vjZJeDOcftC1tP4dJ-JPauCH1QyAUGmSLp_16Yifs9TEqyWk-muRVrWIXNTSYzkOB8EzD0ITGJNavh8Qh7WGpsbE2S9dQQvPJRxBA1EMsOd3W2lfGgguAsfuM1VT3RtVbsdoinpoP8emP3J-jM1imrZE3mZVYMqzE7N3TzPgh25IUizFoqMKPOLkx2b6iUECYvuRLyg-XQVoBJANxeWxyxbbf-Wjp966gnjkFSRSascWQCtIhy1UYhiIrUzDxhUV1h0MGLDFnsxGsyf4w5Ygxq4A_ETDTjQI-FJKAKCLoVXch2X2Abtk-6N8adktEw/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h16/h001.q_NGY7ipSoLeX8essGQO6LF6sNw9wlQzUPtqjLS4pHM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>another </span></a><i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQO_vjZJeDOcftC1tP4dJ-JPauCH1QyAUGmSLp_16Yifs9TEqyWk-muRVrWIXNTSYzkOB8EzD0ITGJNavh8Qh7WGpsbE2S9dQQvPJRxBA1EMsOd3W2lfGgguAsfuM1VT3RtVbsdoinpoP8emP3J-jM1imrZE3mZVYMqzE7N3TzPgh25IUizFoqMKPOLkx2b6iUECYvuRLyg-XQVoBJANxeWxyxbbf-Wjp966gnjkFSRStHVGtA43zoYbya4aUsfU6hHqYJj7g5NWxYz1c4QnumvLMWvTseUvwb7XgBRhlH7SBY3FtjAwonsa4ihzP0F6AA/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h17/h001.f9JrQLH5P7nAOXKsFRI9wPIFHtalJO_SduIBu2kDE04" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Pew</span></a></i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpQO_vjZJeDOcftC1tP4dJ-JPauCH1QyAUGmSLp_16Yifs9TEqyWk-muRVrWIXNTSYzkOB8EzD0ITGJNavh8Qh7WGpsbE2S9dQQvPJRxBA1EMsOd3W2lfGgguAsfuM1VT3RtVbsdoinpoP8emP3J-jM1imrZE3mZVYMqzE7N3TzPgh25IUizFoqMKPOLkx2b6iUECYvuRLyg-XQVoBJANxeWxyxbbf-Wjp966gnjkFSRSQGSitf1oZZ-Me3HAk5-QhCneXUze2qqxl2olYDODCrcOgOnOA9UuKQr91yEKTnd-fhMSl8W3x_0gjqJT6KNnvA/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h18/h001.WI-jTMh8Lym3npuX9eU2B-RUtwIOq2PHM9Cv6RbzRGA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span> poll</span></a> around the same time showed that more than 70% of respondents didn’t trust the US government with their data either. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Which is part of why the ban effort needed another reason to get off the ground. Rep. Mike Gallagher, who introduced the bill that eventually banned TikTok, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpVRpN54qkWwqO47fHa7y9XqDSQOqbzepwMuD9-sNTS81f6Tm6j9gqHF12awIW7Y8s1iX13xh1DCqBpfcQXy5pkfFrTdWo0ifxdKSTfFJ7CgxYpQng1k41nFE64J92PTb-2vEVQ8f5N0nDVGgNNdDceB7duOaAhjooPF5_3FzkCKGxlehmZVYLAqqIX8zPcDyOQCYNPvUJeo-3bJiFaSo96S2tyGqAdYi8iHGfmzld8kR-71DXNb83UPU1KMR5DfAUzGddpTXQ9P5RpDJekZ5PgjXLrc4KNU1zdFgxezOmquK/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h19/h001.uprAnf5Miz0BPNoBdzntrsgTzL-Mf1oMZoVETW2KsZ0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>wrote</span></a> in <span style=""><i>The Free Press </i></span>at the time that he was motivated by “rampant pro-Hamas propaganda” on the app. Speaking earlier this year, Gallagher, who now works for Palantir, <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpRHqxW7ljRiEffjxEf3ZifpylUiUy-6Y8zzpTCLGRdOx9wHnpsod1OMUhV9E4OuW3-El45u7oX59pXqXKm3q-bUGkzoan4RcoF5PoQuBPS4wGKqoV-ElSg3KMJuUVQy4BSN64DPFgVaCsnAUnSEbnMyelgp4sXXvoGAGqQgK9Adb1-4K8BP6gUouh5TBmrkQmSuqpG7mFSqIGd1-zMC5QQpr3xgTlDUbeFvxNFonbi3gZ3wJ3mA78Meo8nxbFD20edrVVjAFQkvbTXIM_wCvD-QdUUeTDwnwZnRAkATd38Ns/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h20/h001.unTHB-3TXtqt3FGEHNZZnOXCj9VzPAaqcthihzP5W8I" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>said</span></a>, “the bill was still dead until October 7th.” Rather than any data issue, it was the specter of young people turning against Israel over the genocide in Gaza that inevitably led to the app being banned. Which is actually not so totally dissimilar from what happened in Nepal this month. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The country’s social media ban, which was also aimed at quelling protests, was meant to cut off younger users from an international movement. In July, multiple storms led to <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NkGKSBzAudxh9G5I4ey75uYbH1udUt74sp-CJm7vzgbfLpwggH6TfbVP5nBKlAn-FaOaWdFRMpeNo2V3HTWVw57w3V9GRl-LzOQMxOgvUiUZ1nix-mhYG4AHkupafzWnGeENaW9kwfeaiNBe6QK-vQGXpH5KT2Y_7Spi7WajQiZH51ghPIyggjjuVhYskjqx4ayujxuD6Y5UKPqfXf7ZKFMVVfpPKJks6AMhiPNN8v1i1wfv0xF9tOHC4c7p1eaAYlnsYKEVaENEQO-iVAH_9VJyGQ0nmGoc-3BhiS1rj_LoBmqm4EwSF6jLcRqB1djFZ1WmlmegpDHKyx33Pal0Gy34MdfjkuCStCkw9_1xZR0/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h21/h001.mRX4Yh9lRg6wd3ZC6cMLiSGDre8BrxaOvlN8WTJjQi0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>devastating flooding</span></a> in the Philippines, which increased the visibility and scale of the government’s <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.ZE3yp4K2Y6WBUz6JXxBv2_dLkn0EUsMc-FkNxiOjvEivfuOBxMIxcBJ4WngFM2nKRnYt42wmcoCSqX_WJUvslPfMN6394SZnP3oUWTlZSi0KVbqKem_WRVy3OtGB3w0aoVYQpXzxvHRQRamUcSlLLLmt7m2XQM5UlJrOLlmFaU5SKTZd1B3ALh4Y05FwNDA6JibQUw6iEanTA7_M2usEiCdK4HHybyipULGJQGp-SRn76JCK7kQikTCBcQ6u1XOVwQvLh2BOju9Rx_03UG7WgCq22hlc2oTkBqyY5uAIbQe3bV9FxCloEWEZ5evxu_0Y1WysTQsEKdai41KPlJxgWw/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h22/h001.faLxeE0rbALaIfqNwmtQywp43Fe4ofaE7eozw5BkUKM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>rampant corruption</span></a>. Thousands of people have been <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Ykc61-p1cxguuHQfoezo2WRMHFYteTmlrmJcl_90pU4O4qw6YFHVPcfylvq7fZ-2OC15fXLGJDaRv6nrdF18olh4TQXG0ONaW4IyL478Gsw07Je-2p0z-6Vo2HijoV9WvdX76pF4A5EsC2YvRw_sQEogECEPpBP73KzVH7TSm9ahw1Tul8jKZGDSGWY5pPoU2qf8wW0b_1AnLbQvFtl7CCEKVG58Y_D_H-bYT6BWGhRxJA9roOshBlfCv_qPgPr4QRd2bwmyShoT6nl3lI0NwW-Os_rKL2l-X9XmxIo_wLfSCpePjXGbfnCOkmCX_rIxFUtZ-cs45Gq8WzldRylrsyJTJzhT3p_kj0cPTUKobQQ/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h23/h001.M-F7Vs7EKewo6iiRjMfEdSfA8jdWKjV42F0XOdO35a4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>protesting</span></a> since August, calling for independent audits of the government, which President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has voiced <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Ykc61-p1cxguuHQfoezo2WRMHFYteTmlrmJcl_90pU7aU6H5tMz8nK4j5IT-R5ge5F8NFkykWT9PSYW6Yh30PimNOBKFqJsSFwGTvpP0BjODXe0bX5Hr99uz1xJMBCvxmdgsKxXJyMxWQXpugv6-B7deKUxdqX5ZhlHBr5RMZ8uSa95MkpkkZDuEeH1bbq_BWLZZ7thjSpqxu1C1zNDdMSeSUMN0BRWDPCu5ayMLTfKt7zTqnPb7hfd59xyAIQvLHepl88qV-HmN8iz0wUl4VwqeAmJTj-QK3cZSlIKxdQKaHMDK8HRCNJfDHDtO3XXhcnfJ2zXG4bKoWSLF4mposQ/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h24/h001.9ydV0kqk9eSMv-vmXrgkJW6aX09ei0cYpOIZ4WRzjys" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>support</span></a> for. One of the leading voices for the protests is a newly formed coalition of young activist groups called “<a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpf5ftBCRUGc9S4l3yUvSsA-ekC2Bg6NOzNWU37xbZ7Ysw1WPHVVeVE8JTv1d3aPGXCq89yETy9GtOfM7b7KWTKVqZCfiCObEw-GKVmWpAzSWcpb9Hl9hHam16d8eZYxRjsAvDiMdBV_H0PLncrUm9WuOkSMcEg_9krcJxPLrZeR6QhUpvW4kJ1HigYEw1dV1O4KIkMCIqKfb_J87atBfAO9iEE2iBxt-RM9ymgCS3ja_6RR1R2OSApzsjVzgQOOjiQ/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h25/h001.ezXDlzJ-oKtaj-n-NDwWi5O_icHPDthu-m5E8IYdHSY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Youth Against Kurakot</span></a>.” Their logo is a vomiting emoji, because “YAK!,” and “kurakot” is Filipino slang for embezzlement. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> A few days later the formation of YAK!, the protests against similar corruption in Nepal began. Without the environmental devastation faced by the Philippines, there needed to be a different focus for criticizing the Nepali government’s corruption, and it seems to have landed on “nepo baby” influencers. According to<a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NMB18wTvet0Rxnv_cCX8dgnXKeAHvRcCLyXHMhV_SFZM95R-ir5WjWH46eO91GNJKqLj4KKYPurOXMU2wwDLbS3BzQJdUr-HcMSxWQj4t5WVwrwMO2VpNCU-1GV9MF4F8evKpOsOG42LH3VMaBPi6pE_tzxm7xRNN2oYb8cY6vSqvbgEYa7U3EgLqzwdO1q0Q2rQlqfYSMAOlbJEU9rY_llHD55jg8M4ESv2Qhqn2n4gE8IL-Pj1hur6W9bcQ-BT9F-0sW5eec2KVux6pU7j2477Zr-i946iseM3W-j33p0QvyoHLADczfwht4JURBNcfdlLD2_MT4hvzZTNSdljE130ZzYWngnGKarkQjM398g/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h26/h001.LOUeAaa8UhQDD4qqe8QdhmyzLENWRxk4C7UfgJrRm4Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span> </span></a><i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NMB18wTvet0Rxnv_cCX8dgnXKeAHvRcCLyXHMhV_SFZM95R-ir5WjWH46eO91GNJKqLj4KKYPurOXMU2wwDLbS3BzQJdUr-HcMSxWQj4t5WVwrwMO2VpNCU-1GV9MF4F8evKpOsOG42LH3VMaBPi6pE_tzxm7xRNN2oYb8cY6vSqvbgEYa7U3EgLqzwdO1q0Q2rQlqfYSMAOlbJEU9rY_llHD55jg8M4ESv2Qhqn2n4gE8IL-Pj1hur6W9bcQ-BT9F-0sW5eec2KVux6pU7j27DENWztZgnc8Ydx82e9j1GnbAo6mOQXiORDQjeKTbOhUvpqhSm6o68FrVDZVBdxElY1_Nai9K8WZ8Rd9ie8wVY/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h27/h001.jp-ThqwBvTvMaAqzGv2mzYFz93UxZ02phIRIBeeEB_8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Kathmandu Post</span></a></i>, the protest movement began on Reddit and TikTok, where anti-corruption voices were able to break through via viral videos of the lavish lifestyles of Nepali politicians’ children using the “nepo kid” hashtag. The comments on both platforms, in places like <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.RYWiS7qdF7K8Ubz5yTop1VUPA7WYVvxNPFSmdRs5S-lllCtF08E99ILX5EvMuHfm95TaE2seA6Cmyyi4vdPskhlAoG047SgzZuHz5myr5xSLYUNNUPqCtBPARUlnrr-VMLt8I1Jh-MNTgO3BIxf_P5MTl7TiUDDSFJ8-6_Eq6eijzrKizdTFBrW_zBwnFGGM4oChNZvy86iQiw84931CLDl-gTLvnw3c6jucsTbV5oR4J-_fJ3RYXT77ii5Tg_CBHgwAICSsbDcXrUUllnTxhg/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h28/h001.gLhyexBqB6_C-3CwM6mYJJwHrbYXRyAEIRgwTCF6kvQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>r/NepalSocial</span></a> or the account <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpT65xEtS0NjcGEsK1E_s9Hewt6FHAxVZMl5OdM76SBPnFC0sQRwkxu4Ec8JP5tXCbjPmkLx-MGhJDm2EMSaloT704kmL0_6McnNaVRktKbLimgqlOphHkDGi7PnCmWpzkU7Q6dIIG7pwhJFIKkb1U8W-jWOLlS5B01uaAp16I17WCngJKfXMZr7AOpuGjAwRCcSdlXDW71tAwT0SU7kMlyQNxhygMyjJckJYGc7oDpmTD57m4dFzCukcWXHygvBmZA/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h29/h001.vPcdftTXBnaJG7oQCd0DXRXMo9FI39QySVhp9p1ZcNU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>wake_up_nepal_977</span></a>, show that many people were aware the nepo kid trend was an outgrowth of the Filipino movement. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The Discord server where Nepal’s interim prime minister was elected in a simulated “<a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpbz6P3E9vcWv_fwZpkSQ0ydsEjXA8mIbPyxummfLuHo2Yo9Z2l4S9QRQPT-qhDYySL5MdkpdyfOicCcdbc_tnVMEm-E1fo0lk4GKWDjTs0ttcBEdmF_4MES_O0NBYO0lVQWOw_LpWkKcFeZRVIWseavdw-b8f0VYc39T74X0_DOOS6zp_Sud7IV9JPp6ZxwQqwiFPN9npKS8ep1FU07n6-JdeDWITq6G3iynp_OKUlVJG88LkoybU_tUTTnaLHUixob2y27NgEvfd_k07IlFTe6FfPWPvSf0tzlHkGxUW2UH/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h30/h001.r8xoMgfF-pwXzPjLrtBMH5H8KMSgS1PzZA059Mxb3N8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>mini-election</span></a>” (to quote a moderator/Speaker Of The House, I guess) is called “Youths Against Corruption,” a clear sign that these protests wouldn’t look the same without the larger movement in The Philippines. But importantly, they also wouldn’t look the same without the effects of algorithmically-driven social media. In terms of algorithm bait, it’s impressive how many boxes they checked off. Videos of rich influencers flaunting their wealth, which you’re supposed to hatewatch, posted in support of a movement for social change, with a hashtag that’s a tiny variation on a trend from a few years ago (in this case, the great <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NMB18wTvet0Rxnv_cCX8dgWiaAq_ryNWUVb7pmx6eTBXE9UGJwys7jyumAtMA7pkcOUhIHCNs07uDe37ZgvSnM51C5yHYhPqpS9wCCTFwtbXOX7qHx26yzmN3N3iCsqVzbLlLaGlriYVeGnGRtslFtTsmS7g7T7nV13HVA7d0IATa4yfOGafLH8Z0iGE1C1aVLvOcTkuXtDOphdjMV1mvqjlwVeoHpkWlObwjW18QsIxBCWN2rrMo8KtkPmXXapinikylbTzwI_V6EfTeV66tQ/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h31/h001.ZRGG0o6VhI395vzHWAemFM6Eblhvo7c4tFoHCmT3r7o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>nepo baby reckoning</span></a> of 2022). </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Banning TikTok, or even setting up a Douyin-style walled garden version, might not lead to a revolution here in the US the way Nepal’s more comprehensive ban did. 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How we measure trends, surface stories, and track changes on different platforms. Well, I’m excited to announce that if you want to work with our research team, now you can. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> We’ve brought on investigative journalist Ellie Hall and she and our head of research Adam Bumas are expanding our research department into a full consulting operation. We’ve already partnered with the excellent newsletter <i><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.84O7cr0yWBQ0EDAZllrexjqUfgdgE6LivuBczeIdCe6WyXLfWd26hGqgv9qkmZ3E4IExNuIkY3npC-SYpV-ozOR6ZW9U7cgyFUhxjOP7KZsYVRQF43GEwMoOOkIUvfvbEDOMTF_-DnzmVodW6srvFC72_QqkO11Guq0eoRwtDHYWlPDVCGPgLCcYOpxe74jyteM591AAXcf_vwzyLlx3fNs0ZCKGSpiFitwbZzPMoNn2zAWD63mUZwjrXds3wY__qlC6XLRlamM_dxzyhJABfA/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h35/h001.9o09enWvm3IIVWqQODOG21ntMQ6xgwxUP8PIASN0lhE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Your Local Epidemiologist</span></a></i> and are helping them make sense of the MAHA internet ecosystem. And we’d love to talk to you, your company, your nonprofit, about doing the same for your specific patch of the web. You have questions, we can get you the answers. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> If you’re interested in working with Garbage Day’s research team, shoot our managing editor Cates Holderness an email, <a class="link" href="mailto:cates@garbageday.email" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" clicktracking="off"><span>cates@garbageday.email</span></a>. Let’s chat! </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="tyler-robinsons-discord-logs-were-r" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Tyler Robinson’s Discord Logs Were Released</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Discord messages from alleged Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpRxEhp_IsGIzD0tngB9wt_3yiIWQBC5iAeOID3QLqeXousWC9wm4avEbZwVdAPCBv4suQnjS4T4bchOi0VZezCI75AeGw9GkqunzuZfwGK2HWMWcBqNwjoyKCeYFn7XaLzDzXKvuqE0YGTwryyla1EZIT5HOFfC7Xo5y4mEH2HGogG7CCp088N7AoMwDyfK_ON0QzXbW0nRsLOlEicqaCRGvAq-Yad0zceSzfYzHurltt5WTHl1kuKHteUeT5nAI9T2dP6aZGKe5LpcjfT4RIpcw4YYYhhHHs0ZUuaFm1pzd90hvLCIefahNDrMd6MNXc0do0aApusmKbz7KxUR4X789h3Oot2b96DdthbXviQbXmQNn_HH6S5BXL-Idhq5LrQ/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h36/h001.o9X1jZJryQ6Q18exnjhy8utbhsfRLN1zavLSSKlYL-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>were released</span></a> by law enforcement yesterday. Reporter Ken Klippenstein also <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpRHqxW7ljRiEffjxEf3ZifpiHfvW3-e2R4YEkxEo-5CFRMBtpOZCU62L_wjoc8qMHz7-HunM4SR1z9j1YnSK59CGWwOCuD5Oek-UH322bSYGD0oMRXABK-pIEtVHJTaJb0Wvy5UUZZ_frLVn7yPZvY4yDKKIDCNEZOj0ZbISH1NA1dUMRpa80xh3BSpFyECdIDiRijrEaFB3uulX6OpSXNrNl0DFFs_dtrgxt6asChRL2UU_AhwM_XIc7ZurIZktXu2ySUepj_iHM1TDjk-Sm4NZ1aHm-aMjkU3gqV-PHc6n/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h37/h001.XvdsaV-5phG-4-lmHvJgIeHpX03C9_smzLPUs0_uY4k" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>published</span></a> a lengthy interview with Robinson’s friends, which has even more from the Discord server he spent time in. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The chat logs aren’t definitive proof of a motive, but they do give us a clearer picture as to why Robinson allegedly carried out the attack. He told the group chat that he had been planning the attack for over a week and that he decided to do it because he “had enough of [Kirk’s] hate.” He also said that the messages on the bullets were “mostly a big meme, I see ‘notices bulge uwu’ on Fox News I might have a stroke.” The clear-cut nature of the Discord messages has not helped the staggering amount of confusion online — obviously. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Users on X are more <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0nidXAq0QjhI0lDkRhMcRfTSGeopW26LbJl-cnxBKZnx2u0oNdl-7Uqmq0gNvYVsxSCec3E06LXspG0Ho8_1aBNEiSmXdn5VT7naHcYY6HIZggqZGQMe4dmU61NGCp4huWAv8X83c8RJeYNqH6av9ati0qAesD-xm63o0FIgj-1uxoSIxllwQYQue5K-g2bMu-RPeX9aOgtiaKb16WcADhABageTx1JBJN6lzOlgVSaMppKWcs5yuZlEdea7vyn1HG5YbAm-viExlHEBte2sUhk/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h38/h001.4-c1ZLV4GCKMAayjCjjAiegMPYoBV17eOAORspR6Jy8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>convinced</span></a> than ever that Robinson was either <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0kYewvzIv-jCdHnoWHXN4bR5eauo2-gGXB12qAM54mc_UDUFEcv5TIATtq8S_iK-FapMmgMy5lY75ujkTyBFimGGkwC1vZRCkLVoL6lgcRJ6LQrkGakPoHcjwd6x74EInyTHAE4HqI96QvatVyRIU7ycWRpzFH5ojvBirleqAdQrc6dyO7Cr_jOYQ2lid1tSuM3JDODuc3KmXig3xlf4k8c9M3n4Q71GAqYUwPE2RFigs7hWTJ4DN8rxWVP2zfsSOjUHpI8x2A_gqxDkxjFisKQ/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h39/h001.btDHG04Px1RNjKND9mBG7YPzU_suLBK8LUzNcUowy9o" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>framed</span></a> by the FBI or was covering up for his trans partner. Multiple large right-wing accounts <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0jOHEo9qXsZmbO13bfe3Roq9IVPlDRiwPR6NbF0q9swRHeo4n77Iu8lmlis3jKsZxGrh8eZQRj9wUfwhMHXfs24MFI4bpz6R33PWfffBIYk_6JhNXBkPEsJbKIDZBz2sQeyWbMsjdW2pSUb0ilPPWNMmfLAnjAZjOF7msIZbo1jglcTODo48eNWh3w-pa5mZWUdpOGkHnY9UtYGgxh7zqxBHsUAc2DzWtl5Gqvdzzsc5ljoRgw20CaKUqFgx3iefn7FUIAhJA36WxbC_95bfb4c/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h40/h001.fIRG6RbbGxIkmZnaHSzeZXncSzv7se820iQRNf124SY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>are claiming</span></a> that Robinson was <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0gVPR9du0PEyo_5umi0ZYXGK75ajynarS_5C0M6L0iP6dGl3hLIFlWT3zY1VvANJfIH8fyUZVl7APPDLD_R0xln79-Zcabwnf7zA3JLYhQJ6w9Xl0PbnseN-EOg2nM4kx8EqtUPzCxuTYCaiVsN_qciRgWmDUb93VKqOFGLGnc1gQmsaWgrOGZ-nfC3gXDD-TIk-ZBqSUi5Dyfvggg-qRiNqYUKdCIGwQw_jOrwiTbry04z13o0-IkQZ-pn2CKznOGeuAQaprou_AHyvNIFulS0/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h41/h001.r3Ie2cowvkVGbTBI6Qe_pUiJMLzrTbB6JI4TOcycKmE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>acting out</span></a> the finale of <i>Breaking Bad</i>, where Walter White leaves a voicemail exonerating Skyler of any wrongdoing. They’ve also <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0gj8wHWgKamfL4-yHDiind_Puk9zvqQdONOqN81DsZQobHOwSwEjnJJvE2vGihMXVdEaJhZQL2gMrtPT8GkcVUxHxX2DeHePi4-3pj9bMqY_6W_au5ITr027yTvz06QvpsE7j6jDbuRdaPVeFwYfiA0b5L29097FKyiriz-w5BvIoIS2eJwGZC_JX0OxIssaIPuEM4en8FA18-ojxIn6hcLIgDIDORLCDrV_qvrTFiZ8Ve8uFnczEO7MgaD9uE5XvT6-jYSe0gwQ8zLkLrygUZY/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h42/h001._Jib1ZI6s6G_nIS_e3eFZ5QRluZkdpzO88hh-d3Xm6M" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>become fixated</span></a> on George Zinn, the 71-year-old who was detained after the shooting and who has since been arrested for child sexual abuse material found on his phone. Users believe he was somehow working with Robinson. Oh, also, a very unwell guy fed the Discord logs <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001._-qCIiYyp6dD21H99lwa0n4cLMAAhsyJDDCoNkN8U7AmL9bu0DKRje7iYLwDlJSvfpQw7qzlPG-uuNeFcfnOtFzspqxVz-mzPN7Xm-jRW3CLUGv9JHfPh77Jb9R1P1wq4HxVqFzP61WIqo9z60RaP2WMyzlKemPOChbAAfHkFPhQE4Wwn5Vi-uX3-tg3-Z_TXPZe7pApmHnJtcX_PLsEEW9V0f-5I14CdiHkMOvHf50V-mYPRYlAsWMrXTrXkHGgr7n8Oiwmy6NllOPnwjPy1Pwxu4B8oWUVIUuyVErmyXU/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h43/h001.-S1Ltx9sLWpH-_qkpxplbOgMNpml26inP6ZOXaquac0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>into ChatGPT</span></a> and the AI told him it was “most likely fabricated.” </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> Meanwhile, on Bluesky, there are still some users convinced that Robinson was a far-right groyper. It’s, of course, possible, but at this point we can pretty firmly say there is no evidence for that. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> The thing to watch going forward is how the right reacts to the criminal proceedings. There are already calls — <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.lb1dIn65uO3MH7EGkQFpCfewSVK-hM0CUfuqUE1rBJ8ryvmhKxNzM54jbfg5TDXWQVUGa3RUzJqlZ4ymdYvfTfVHIml2sTKc2AteEzOg8ffh_EcVMG9dFcFdqtgudcC15GfIMDsotqJO8djXKo55jT8HjC79i04jhsv175MQL12F_HjxOhNscM8xMSebyqOOuWsbWKda4QeK8VVYckyyh9jyL_grQCIZ2zDJ6QX9g3XpAydn8iGqksaQKy1TD3LoBh9-8s41SzXa__HrkayE2BQLnXHVseVQjhj_E_I9xU56OkjvnuH--Qcu-3Dtp_5T/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h44/h001.YTiIIEhCHekK_io3dee6xrwJ1qlOwbuCVUjE6wfLPeY" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>from conservatives</span></a> — for Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to step down. The former for her disastrous comments on a podcast where she <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpd7x9UyjzUw3NUrOVX1UCcfrrJn3Si6UohulWAhcRUUfGmd_Bw30Ax27UNtxzobbDYHTO_y-BrQjCwtEgvgNB_DbHhkL9MwEuJw6etSQXof_HB3IagXatUZKh3rR4XFi1DoYyAvMejNjthsTxrIvAkfAcN--tAMLJvAzRgrur_5skytjuq9ZV43pOtftp3nPFeR5CIA95bGCxn8-Kd4B02MU55sFJQRreUo5QXIg7-QARLeScYG4tIV4Rz6dUzePZfUgZ2iipHGWDEJouVADxVY-XE5VnOnkojEyUDHRyRUM/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h45/h001.phFYPrg1IFL9Bvzb6V0qAnaIWW6xo6OB9COCBlSbsPE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>threatened to prosecute</span></a> anyone not mourning Kirk hard enough. And the latter for, ahem, freaking the fuck out during a <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpc3gftQejqiW3isjsUWsj4qnFciBoQJpSoHS-0CrWmzJfiP1Ju9K1CzA8jUupu1ZpU41F0X3Br5N93E1V-SdLWzNhTll7d_4XbkVIcpquyDaujXsh5kJEPZn7fvqJ_kwCg_0b3hnbhT8YaYtCPx9g_xwoOzWk8yUjBXIZZAcsmZ-MEZ12zeRPK6FQ9bYBK3q-qkq7P8vb9W-eRtTuqTFCCpdmbLGMLIk41BNaagudhaoSNI-frHSI5XwsErDiixGY6bi2ZZrrBMIRmvJ6lkvD-BGyCSFTDVNSRN59SSvDr7AYTqFtNFr9Js_zo3NXXuroiCjN5EmNJ9NOW5qy56wd1_LxU7W9Ocx-FmKo9mf4I7j/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h46/h001.4NZXjBCt5ANkTeee7C0NfNnHgmMM62KI_io6kJh6scI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>congressional hearing</span></a> yesterday. </p></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="garbage-day-was-on-pbs-news-hour-la" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Garbage Day Was On <i>PBS News Hour</i> Last Night</h2></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:20px;"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deHX_yCo9qK-10rXQotBA6l_3VyMLah7EBSTl1HQZy5eJPITKsQZHaWHQ21eDrsAP1Cq4iRlIocgE0Ik1OaDIBoHmRBXJFAG0ywg-R_VmbfWnnnz_Q0XZ-NLT2KzRXy3qMbYRxb-9hPyS94MVCpFhkuaMqeON6dgDnq3sR-8IXx-twmZhEDz8Gm5RE-_cgSzhupThHUtUeOiW6hIbzaWMQ-OZ1RRmg7ZOxDtVGXk7YNzqA/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h47/h001.glXS5jBUq_sDtGIZwZ0V0Lrzm86V2NIbATYSlVyFi0E" style="text-decoration:none;"><table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none" style="max-width:520px;margin:0 auto;"><tr><td class="p" width="100%" style="padding:2px;border:none;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:100%;"><div style="max-height:0;position:relative;opacity:0.999;width:100%;mso-hide:all;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding-top:25%;"><img width="20%" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style="border:0;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/youtube_play_icon.png"/></div></div><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deHX_yCo9qK-10rXQotBA6l_3VyMLah7EBSTl1HQZy5eJPITKsQZHaWHQ21eDrsAP1Cq4iRlIocgE0Ik1OaDIBoHmRBXJFAG0ywg-R_VmbfWnnnz_Q0XZ-NLT2KzRXy3qMbYRxb-9hPyS94MVCpFhkuaMqeON6dgDnq3sR-8IXx-t4AZduucXv6amPDoyAfvwPyW6SbSZtuN7EDqNolcBHDVrRFgNOXRoLttKognAT3h4w/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h48/h001.apMNzqfULXitf061y-La-z_yI9dnUiYK25fNAupsCG4" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ERzDfsapL1Q/maxresdefault.jpg" width="480" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="YouTube video by PBS NewsHour" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;background-color:#000000;width:100%;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><p style="font-size:12px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, sans-serif;color: #686a6d; padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:6px !important; padding-left:4px !important;"> A look into the online subcultures tied to Charlie Kirk’s accused killer </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></a></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I went on <i>PBS</i> <i>News Hour</i> last night to talk about the rise of accelerationist political violence in America. We recorded before the release of Robinson’s Discord chats, but, towards the end, I talked about the rise of a new form of extremism taking root among young Americans, one that exists beyond the right-left political binary and focused more on sowing division and chaos simply for the glory of it or, more often than not, because they think it’s funny. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> I went further into this on <i>The Bulwark</i>’s podcast yesterday, as well. </p></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="center" valign="top" style="padding:20px;"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deGO0c7Tzw0LzxI-jfnABIRwFBTJwUC5aUjz1wq9Ail-0XejE-6H4zn80jr0-kAB8om_FJDxNslhmOuRViVVNnMbq0SqG8y60J3EiWLXQZcPj-k8kYkeLwmHdKLz8y5NjaXPeVIAWixXkJ4I5nqUyfIASVMyWpftcZoRDdhgYSDXe7RdmOMcPBqc23tTINzXeoEUYZ_UNORjCkgzm-JpAarfFlz582_dVqhM5Wc-Ft4uQg/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h49/h001._8wHmyt4Em6Yd_UKkiygQl1diJKbyqAWOs4S4VrAPo0" style="text-decoration:none;"><table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none" style="max-width:520px;margin:0 auto;"><tr><td class="p" width="100%" style="padding:2px;border:none;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="width:100%;"><div style="max-height:0;position:relative;opacity:0.999;width:100%;mso-hide:all;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding-top:25%;"><img width="20%" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style="border:0;" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/youtube_play_icon.png"/></div></div><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpayqJJO4EEn_ZHoWp5l0deGO0c7Tzw0LzxI-jfnABIRwFBTJwUC5aUjz1wq9Ail-0XejE-6H4zn80jr0-kAB8om_FJDxNslhmOuRViVVNnMbq0SqG8y60J3EiWLXQZcPj-k8kYkeLwmHdKLz8y5NjaXPeVIAWixXkJ4I5nqUyfIASVMyWpftcZoRDdhgYSDXe6SKQ3yem2fmoF-eSgdlNKqrYL4bwbHtl_XloGVSh8_iEEPvh6gcyVh8XG7cJpbGWA/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h50/h001.EGEjssiqD9l9AZ0HsL8vOjU9PQxWV06XZH3pTxvV23s" style="text-decoration:none;"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/POtHda5zlt0/maxresdefault.jpg" width="480" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="YouTube video by The Bulwark" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;outline:none;text-decoration:none;background-color:#000000;width:100%;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><p style="font-size:12px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:Helvetica, Calibri, sans-serif;color: #686a6d; padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:6px !important; padding-left:4px !important;"> When Violence Comes Drenched in Irony (w/ Ryan Broderick) </p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="the-accent-geo-guessr" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"><span style="">The Accent GeoGuessr</span></h2></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="padding:15px 0px;"><table role="none" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="dd" style="padding: 0;" bgcolor="transparent"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="none" style="max-width:378px;margin:0 auto;" align="center"><tr><td class="q" style="padding: 0 0;"><a href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpYppuRTjBHODrHqKHC1rQFjZ_xqox87IT65ioilRLJjkjDlpBbJtnyg9nIVy6KymXBrEG53Z1sMj6_QWtyymMOBFI6odQs2xFkQsIiGHUUwHb5aKmL2U0jZvA3xiSHwInQGjUoZ9r6ZTNSeoOG2XRsgOZcj9fyyUtqM2guIHFsvWUckW5sDptXO381lyJX9wcEL_Y4vhPsWQyTRtU8w27Bkqgf4UdRcOF89zcmGlAbhJHo7KLv2xVlfT5a4LoKSUv5-EeVvJKxeu3aID6WbTqWc/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h51/h001.Q1ozx1Pk1Qv4XuOQjYuRn3e4IrycUaOWaOZgd3y8nN0" style="text-decoration:none;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" role="none"><tr><td valign="top" align="right" valign="top" style="width:100%"><div style="max-height:0;position:relative;opacity:0.999;width:100%;mso-hide:all;"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/logo.png", width="75" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:75px;"/></div><div class="tok-heart" style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding-top:90%;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/heart.png", width="68" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:68px;"/></div><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/comment.png", width="68" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:68px;"/></div><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/share.png", width="68" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:68px;"/></div></div><div align="center" style="max-height:0;position:relative;opacity:0.999;width:100%;mso-hide:all;"><div class="tok-play" style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding-top:300px;"><img src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/static_assets/tiktok_embed/play.png", width="75" height="auto" loading="lazy" alt="" style:="border:0;width:75px;"/></div></div><img width="378" height="" height="672" style="border:0;border-radius:5px 5px 0px 0px;width:100%;height:auto;max-width:378px;max-height:672px;display:block" src="https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/dbaaadd8-7e1f-4664-8a58-ee6788bda66b/ogvpaz6EAuRYAIpE2CFoArCDghSXADdpfaqESe.image?t=1758120882"></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" align="center" style="width:100%;" bgcolor="#ff0050"><p style="color:white;"><strong>Watch now on TikTok</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 18px 20px 0;color:#161823;" valign="top" class="txt_social"><p><strong>@zaydupree</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 10px 20px 15px; color: #000000;" valign="top" class="txt_social"><p>stitch w/@Hallie Odellie analysing more strangers' accents #linguistics #language #accent #learnontiktok #miami </p></td></tr></table></a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td id="some-stray-links" class="dd" align="left" valign="top" style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;"><h2 style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:Bold;mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;">Some Stray Links</h2></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-bottom:12px;padding-left:37px;padding-right:27px;padding-top:12px;" class="ee"><div style="margin-left:0px;" class="edm_outlooklist"><ul style="font-weight:normal;list-style-type:disc;margin-bottom:12px !important;margin-top:12px !important;padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.W3njFjhbjHgbEWpuKUlUezdzvipZGfPckoxBxTgkqUuUQF-ctVAICIcsPryLPEkq7pLkOl2VN3Jp8P2DH3YLyx4PR5G2Oi9EgG7XNMmtsKs4Q21AqrdrghY2OnRQh7F5j7OK11Hm0XkpTUVGFOR_39SF_ody0I5StS3B2qndziCBH4rUhRGe6TnGAD7exNOX5TMAtoAasGHL6PayWu1ZU7kH8dEbDz4jmkZrylbK4dlrCMBWkaiYfO9sbSIn6tzNeFGhdOmfH2T4sm1zkZcOYynZVhedzjX0MWms_JHbe9p0zdQ8UphkMvhsS4FV995X/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h52/h001.a9LahkQG6p4P-Nhlue4DvnXDQWo5s6QNihK6UN0j_Cg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>“What the hell happened at Peter Thiel’s Antichrist talk? We asked the guests”</span></a></p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpbz6P3E9vcWv_fwZpkSQ0ycAdcqGbhHwhaY-DaUiBcehnGsAaoJfWxtzn1o6Np8y3QBiEPPGDMxpzhXTp1BHjKxFKgSLpgpsoE2ZqKnCiqWvd6KSQltJifsR7XQ-NU1qjGVHMk4-ntitwKk3uypSYRs_25PWiXcZRH8E2z9rTQpQzAKEe9SawMBQxNEsCGIMc7SfpLHCOJ4iHKL9CSIh0DNU0tOWjMOEgtCTklxvpfpARikzeg0HyDh71uobG-dG2F70dunyoyZGPCcEteNz9MoX4vE0rx-y20tR_i8czmJkri3IS7TD_mfhT4W-Lyhh9w/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h53/h001.VigpPdElMFK6oxsddcfcysFYGcpAuORh2JTNNAtEtIA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>“A New Democratic Think Tank Wants to Curb the Influence of Liberal Groups”</span></a></p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NMB18wTvet0Rxnv_cCX8dnSQUpjShICapgpQaXcIilDfT3OGKLXsRAgkIzFCWa-hpqr0G2V7O34E3J7ruQxKB0d0JIJgQB6zTf5x2-OnlYt8aVgM9QYYtFlnPGduacjkibFjbF0P52foJAuO3ybQAcpqnvjNUdX29A8-jwvGWTUvN2Aq7p1aobLErZoQM-UDos6_C7mo1BBNlJhK6Q-ala7bAG0I9hkVio1twpmf1la08zfPvk1zOlzq6Myq_RKHjsIQG35SszFas2GX5ejEwmjBwsTmjZVnD5VyjVpKsdCZRV659F_3JbLSmPETwH2YZPrji5Xu4zCRFsIiohkB3g/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h54/h001.eki_Lbv26KcePbz6b5Vi-jSCLjaxsXvc9F_Q0w3GXmI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>“A </span></a><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NMB18wTvet0Rxnv_cCX8dnSQUpjShICapgpQaXcIilDfT3OGKLXsRAgkIzFCWa-hpqr0G2V7O34E3J7ruQxKB0d0JIJgQB6zTf5x2-OnlYt8aVgM9QYYtFlnPGduacjkibFjbF0P52foJAuO3ybQAcpqnvjNUdX29A8-jwvGWTUvN2Aq7p1aobLErZoQM-UDos6_C7mo1BBNlJhK6Q-ala7bAG0I9hkVio1twpmf1la08zfPvk1zOlzq6Myq_RKHEGtZd9tIiKzH1XcaCciEBTrv8x4mvlNytSYa9hrfS9D63bHAvNYQz8v-ppyjuXKrX9eSbWQxzereoKogMhN4pA/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h55/h001.-rpU8jIXXhsJTy3Lzj7c0Sl3LOx7e14Ea07Bq44QSF0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span><i>KPop Demon Hunters</i></span></a><a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.NMB18wTvet0Rxnv_cCX8dnSQUpjShICapgpQaXcIilDfT3OGKLXsRAgkIzFCWa-hpqr0G2V7O34E3J7ruQxKB0d0JIJgQB6zTf5x2-OnlYt8aVgM9QYYtFlnPGduacjkibFjbF0P52foJAuO3ybQAcpqnvjNUdX29A8-jwvGWTUvN2Aq7p1aobLErZoQM-UDos6_C7mo1BBNlJhK6Q-ala7bAG0I9hkVio1twpmf1la08zfPvk1zOlzq6Myq_RKHHoU-2GLf4w0Xo80-h2WkH5SBOBuNsjmlgL3vIzdBgtl8jKBitoU8SIwZtSBIjDBkD2GmZkTjAAqH58QPWEdt_A/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h56/h001.Hr9lTttkbwme-6K4o7xwQPKCtNDpRg4JvYo3s0P0BCE" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span> Writer Reportedly Said That ChatGPT Helped Write A Song, But It’s Not That Simple”</span></a></p></li><li class="listItem ultext"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;padding:0px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><a class="link" 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independent</span></a></p></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="font-size:0px;line-height:0px;padding:30px 0px 30px;" class="dd"><table class="j" role="none" width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td> </td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="dd" align="left" style="padding:0px 15px;text-align:left;word-break:break-word;"><p style="mso-line-height-alt:150.0%;"> P.S. here’s some <a class="link" href="https://link.mail.beehiiv.com/ss/c/u001.Qr6Ovh5taOidqUa5P-dRpTskFTNqjYbKqBND8HqNbC9fD45vh7SiYxcZv8h_8RrWZYRTHnT_z1XgUEbHjkhLAwCBgKw1edCQVvXTvrAPV0oP6dADH5Ik1Z7khAhl6SUgc5sZGIuVtFLdLbzdyltQsJTPPAu974JGJp36bPzIN_mfmPePxu9K8W-qXBnpXn1Q1KjkW21B1JqLyPXelJ1N9X_YJ3RM3kmGiYdWT_SG44_2QoyKZFGpW5za3lRlv9nCe1Rh_dMC57MmCB0htFvmX6tXz_jXGKzQYbwBIiORiEE/4jz/7MKY-LVRQoeinCzW0vrJXw/h59/h001.yW_KTvLVSXF5LpgKKVqSZ668p1gJ14OSTXHEg02kwrA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>good footage of the DC occupation</span></a>. 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