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[aanews69]

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[smidge-j]

Idk maybe I've just witnessed people close to me fall into right wing conspiracy rabbitholes, but maybe you shouldn't put all your trust into twitter posts about something as major as election fraud

[firstoccupier]

Trump Signs Executive Order Recognizing Only Two Genders: Nation Confused but Compliant

WPS News Staff Reporter, and Senior Fashion CorrespondentBaybay City | January 23, 2025 In a move that has left legal scholars scratching their heads and social media users reaching for their keyboards, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 20, 2025, officially declaring that the United States now recognizes only two genders. In a ceremony attended by a select group of…

[heswrongshesright]

Andrew Gives Expert Army Opinion on the Secret Service Blunders, and Meme Mania! - HWSR Ep 58

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[rongzhi]

actually maybe you know but what is cnets reaction to the us election results? i have weibo but i feel like im getting a pretty limited view

Hmm, the general reaction I've picked up on is: they think it's funny that he got elected. There's a very 吃瓜/watching with popcorn vibe to viewing U.S politics, but I don't think that there's a particular happy or sad feeling about it the way maybe other Western countries' people have reacted? Generally speaking, whether it's Trump or Harris, Republicans or Democrats, they both hate China and don't give a shit about Chinese people, which is the main concern of people in China.

I don't think they give a shit about the platform minutiae of it all; democrat or republican is largely the same to Zhang San and Li Si making 3000 yuan a month. Trump being president is in that sense inconsequential. In the meantime, I sense cnets find Trump very entertaining, so they tend to "like" him. I mean, he's funny to watch from afar, and because the China has developed largely self-sufficient industries, even with Trump's rhetoric on China, there is not a really an economic concern over on that side. Moreover, Trump in his first term, through his brashness, gave China a lot of opportunities to develop international relations with those countries that Trump alienated. He weakened the U.S grip on other nations, especially those developing ones, which found a friend in China instead. He was/is enormously racist and xenophobic toward China but his first presidency was actually considered good for China. For his aggressive talk, he is viewed as an an idiot that is easily influenced, and while yes, he can be unpredictable, at the end of the day, he's a "business president" and you can trust that money will always speak to him the loudest. As long as he's president, he will also embroil the U.S in domestic chaos, preoccupying the country and perhaps preventing us from starting new wars and stuff. (Biden is viewed as a war hawk; Harris would've continued his foreign policies)

Meanwhile, China will keeps doing China and the cnets, I guess I will say, largely have faith that the government will do what's best for China, and therefore best for them.

That's my read.

I will say, the main Chinese social media I use (where I actually get news, anyway) is douyin, which attracts a different user base than Weibo, I think. It's largely a video sharing site, where Weibo is more for posting text (deeper reflections, maybe?). I'd be interested to know what the Weibo reaction is, or at least, the reaction in the circles you or anyone else frequents!

[disneytva]

Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur Pro-Trans Episode Reportely Banned Due Election Results However Disney Says It's Being "Held".

Over the past days there have been reports that an unreleased episode of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur won’t air on Disney Channel over its politically sensitive LGBTQ themes, people who worked on the show say.

Artists who worked on the show took to social media this week to lament that the episode had been “shelved because of which party that won the recent election,” likely referring to Donald Trump winning the presidency and Republicans garnering a majority in the U.S. House and Senate. Conservative politicians have campaigned to ban trans and non-binary student athletes competing in girl’s and women’s athletics in recent years.

The reaction from the industry and LGTBQ+ people was met with blackash mostly as the episode made itself availible trought illegal ways like Youtube and The Web Archive with fans of the show arguing that it was for the best since the show got canceled anyways, several members from the industry such as The Owl House creator Dana Terrace championed the piracy of the episode trought her social media like Blue Sky expressing dissapointment and anger on Disney being "cowardly" arguing that "trans kids need episodes and media like this more than ever."

However today a Disney Branded Television representative came with an statement via Polygon that the episode was not banned, the episode was being held till a future airdate likely till 2025 when the second half of the final season airs.

"The decision to hold the episode of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur was made more than a year ago and was not based the result of recent U.S. elections, in this case, this decision was based on this specific episode, not because of the character being trans, The episode is NOT specifically “banned” from airing, but being “held., Disney is “really proud” of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, noting that its target age range is kids age 6-12 and that the company is “respectful of the role that parents play in the discussions they have with their children.” --- Disney Branded Television Spokeperson

[olderthannetfic]

I am begging people to please read the damn news.

Trump signed an executive order ending birthright citizenship. This is bad. But if you look at literally any news source about this, instead of just reblogging endless social media posts about how that's a bad thing, you will learn that it was challenged within two hours and has since been blocked by a judge.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/20/donald-trump-inauguration-day-news-updates-analysis/challenging-trump-on-citizenship-00199593

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics/birthright-citizenship-lawsuit-hearing-seattle/index.html

Stuff like this is going to be the case for every single scary bad Tumblr post you see. Most of the posts won't be blatant lies, but most will also be some rando's personal emotional reaction to the news (or, more likely, an emotional reaction at the end of a long chain of emotional reactions to the nes) and very few of them will contain full and accurate information.

"Staying informed" doesn't mean having strong feelings while browsing social media, it means obtaining accurate information. And to do that, you have to read the news.

If you want a one stop shop for US news intead of having hunt down various outlets yourself, Rueters is the site to use.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/

(Also a caveat, because this is Tumblr, that you have a right to your own time and mental health and are under no obligation to read the news or feel bad about American politics if you'd rather just get on with your day and not upset yourself. Just if you are going to think about US Politics, please stop using other people's emotional reactions in place of facts)

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[addysadness]

Debunking common Lando Norris hate / misconceptions :) 

Debunking common Lando Norris hate / misconceptions :) 

Lando “bottles” starts / turn 1 - This is so overly misused and has led to so much ridicule, hate and toxic memes and harassment. What most people who use this don’t know or bother to look into is that Lando’s reaction times were actually always consistently in the top few times compared to the other drivers.  For example, throughout the 2024 season, the commentators (helped by the AWS stats) noticed that Lando’s reaction times were on par with his rivals. However, the gears made a strange sound and indicated that, although the MCL38 took time to launch, it was not due to LN’s reaction time or start but rather related to the car. (See Zandvoort) Mclaren realised that the MCL38 had a glitch that had occurred in multiple races and events across the 2024 calendar: ”It wasn’t the smoothest of starts to the race for Lando, though, as he experienced a small glitch finding second gear during his acceleration from pole,” said Mclaren.  Despite Mclaren’s eventual recognition of the mechanical fault they didn’t help dissipate the “bottler” narrative and continued to paint Lando in a negative, blaming light as seen in multiple points and situations throughout the season.

The “its luck not talent” comment from Brazil 2024. THIS WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT BY THE MEDIA, He was not referring to Verstappen. Even if it was, Lando retracted the comment or rather the media twisting it in the FIA gala. And even talking about his win in Miami being lucky because of the safety car

The situation with Tr*mp in Miami, it was a bad situation all around however what do people expect him to do? All of the drivers are trained in PR and have to be careful and measured in response to the media and guests. Tr*mp was having a Republican party conference in the Paddock suite and visited Mclaren due to the location of their hospitality and garage. He also posed with several high ranking F1 officials including Lando’s direct boss Zak Brown and the heads of the FIA and F1. No person would risk speaking out when multiple people with authority over your job and status are interacting - specially in a time of high political divide. Also, Lando has mocked and expressed his hate for Tr*mp multiple times on stream in the past. He has also gotten in trouble for speaking about social issues in the past (along with Lewis and Seb) as the FIA have barred drivers from talking about their political beliefs and stances.

This is a good article by Planet F1 with more information and a good perspective on the way that Lando would have to be: “his comments sounded like a young sportsman desperately trying to stay neutral and not come down anywhere but sitting straight on the fence.” :

The truth behind Donald Trump’s Miami GP visit in a tale of unfortunate events

People calling Lando unsportsmanlike and not a Team player. Lando has always been extremely team centric and has said for years that he is motivated by his team and making his team proud. He has a very close relationship with a lot of his mechanics, often getting them tickets that they struggle to get, taking them out for dinner and keeping an eye on personal life details such as noticing when one of his mechanics got a dog. LN always thanks Oscar when he has the opportunity in both post race debriefs and pre podium interviews (see Singapore 24 and many others). In the 24 season he did multiple things for Oscar in terms of giving him points, wins and helping defend to protect Oscar’s position (In Baku 24, he held Perez off).  In the Qatar Sprint Race, he unprompted and, actually against team direction, gifted Oscar the win as well and ensuring Oscar was in P2 in the first place by slowing down to give him DRS Slipstream the whole race.  I personally don’t think Lando should have done this but it shows his good character - even in Hungary he did give Oscar the win. 

And despite the horrific treatment and emotional manipulation by his team he still congratulated Oscar after the race, praised his talent and DID spray him with champagne despite popular misconception. 

He regularly shows respect for all the drivers, having good rapport with most of them. And doing things like having a meeting with Franco Colapinto and his manager in Brazil and trying to help him with easing into the expectations and spotlight of being a F1 driver. 

Lando isn’t perfect, he has done things that aren't ideal but he tries to learn from them. Most of the times he has acted imperfectly - like the Hungary cooldown room comment - was when he was coming down from an adrenaline high after a race where he was treated horribly by his team.  In fact,  Lewis said later he saw no harm in it. 

Lando has always done a lot of charity work, raising money for causes like Dementia, deaf and blind children, BLM (e.g.  "I’m Happy They Unfollowed Me"- Lando Norris Bashes His Racist Fans - EssentiallySports), NHS, and Mind (mental health awareness), despite receiving a lot of backlash because of this. He has spoken up about women in motorsport and his company Quadrant have multiple female members and recently posted a blog about Women in motorsport on their website:

THE WOMEN SHAPING MOTORSPORT: LOTTE VAN DRUNEN AND RUTH BUSCOMBE – Quadrant

Let’s be as kind as we can as we all love this sport and should be united by this not the opposite. Just because we prefer some drivers doesn’t mean we have to hate the rest.

[bowtieinbellingham]

Sorry everyone but I’ve been absolutely feasting on the Trump conviction today. Here’s my favorite memes about it:

Biden’s reaction

For the Kevin Smith fans

Social media right now:

An

Legal wrinkles

And now that he is felony in Florida, he is barred from voting for himself in Nov buuuuut . . .

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Dan Rather at Steady:

The morning after the election, I was talking with a friend who said something that made me pause: “The American people aren’t buying what the Dems are selling.” At the time I acknowledged the notion but filed it away for closer inspection, once the shock wore off.  Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party were selling hope and freedom, upholding the rule of law, saving democracy. What’s not to buy? With the benefit of lots of discussion, reading, watching, and thinking over the past 17 days, it became apparent that that analysis is incomplete.  It isn’t that the American people didn’t buy what Harris was selling; they didn’t know what she was selling. The increasingly powerful right-wing media championed her opponent’s message while distorting hers. And millions of Americans bought it. 

As The New Republic editor Michael Tomasky wrote, “It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.” The right-wing media now controls the agenda.   For those of us who grew up on a steady diet of truth-telling, it’s gut-wrenching to see this mega misinformation machine grow into a multi-headed monster.   Perhaps it shouldn’t come as a shock. Gallup says trust in the media is at an all-time low. The most trusted news source according to YouGov is … The Weather Channel. Couple that with exit polls showing people who consume a lot of news from traditional sources voted overwhelmingly for Harris. 

If you only read The New York Times or watch CNN or so-called legacy networks such as CBS News, you might be surprised to learn there is a vast right-wing media ecosystem that goes well beyond Fox News. Founded in 1996, Fox is the granddaddy of the far-right media but has since been joined by Newsmax and One America News Network. This media universe also includes Sinclair Broadcasting, which owns hundreds of radio and TV stations — reaching 40% of the viewing public — and newspapers, including the recently purchased Baltimore Sun; iHeartMedia, which dominates right-wing talk radio and podcasting; Trinity and Bott Radio, two massive Christian broadcasting networks; social media platforms like Trump’s own Truth Social and X, owned by Trump bestie Elon Musk; and a multitude of hugely popular far-right podcasts.  Collectively, these various and varied media outlets have been feeding growing audiences a constant diet of disinformation for years. They have been fighting and winning an information war Democrats didn’t seem to know existed. The 2024 election may have been the inflection point when the right-wing media’s influence finally eclipsed the mainstream media. That is a major reason a convicted felon won with just under 50% of the popular vote.

The landscape is changing at light speed. Today, traditional media is not where most people get their news. Not so long ago you had to pick up a morning newspaper or turn on a television at a specific time to get news. Now “news” is available 24-7, from hundreds of sources, in tiny bite-sized portions, often without the benefit of context or even fact-checking. Right-wing outlets peddling half truths have learned how to navigate and thus dominate this new landscape. It is important to note that this battle is being waged between right-leaning media and mainstream media. The combatants are not two ideologues. One group is pushing a hard-right agenda, and the other is striving to report and expose the truth. The social media landscape mirrors this reality. On the right, you have Truth Social and X. On the left, not much. In reaction to the misinformation rampant on its sites during the 2020 election, Meta-owned platforms like Facebook and Instagram removed most political content.

An excellent read from longtime CBS News journalist Dan Rather on how right-wing media propaganda being fed to millions of Americans without any real fact-checking of lies is what led to Donald Trump become a Presidential candidate in the first place, let alone win twice.

[ravenkings]

something i really don't understand tbh is why apparently tim walz came off as ~so~ unlikeable and repulsive to a lot of center and right-leaning white men. like i don't believe rogan one bit when he says that tim walz was the deciding factor in him supporting trump (bc lmfao be for fucking real) but i do know from listening to my right-leaning brother and father that they had a particular dislike of walz that seems to be shared by a number of other right-wing men on social media.

the only real explanations i can come up with are that:

a) they felt artificially pandered to (which they always are by all quarters in like every single aspect of life which they would realize if they chose to pay any attention at all lmao) but since the pandering was possibly more obvious to them bc they aren't the main base of the democratic party, they had a kneejerk negative reaction to it. i.e. basically they were made to feel like a minority group and had a temper tantrum about it.

b) walz wasn't ~~sufficiently alpha~~ for them

[philosophicalconservatism]

Female Post Election Anger (Response)

knavesravenraves

Flirting? Nothing women do can exist outside the realm of sexual for you. Some women already reject transgenderism and some don't/won't. What's your point? Scaremongering for those who support it so that 4B becomes an issue not focused on women and their rejection of men but whether or not trans women are real women? Sowing division so that the movement fizzles out as those it caters to waste time arguing about it?

Philosophicalconservatism

Nothing has done more to sexualize women than the modern cultural Left. No force has done more to replace love with sex. Sex reconceived in crude transactional terms inevitably leads to a greater perception of women as sexual objects. Your side seems to only be angry about it when you suspect that Conservatives are thinking in this way (even if it is just a simple euphemism as it is in this case) .

I know that some women reject transgenderism in the U.S. they are called Conservatives. Women of the Left are not permitted to reject transgenderism; ask J.K. Rowling. Even if you are a Feminist icon who helped to put the modern version of that movement on the map, like Germaine Greer, you will be cancelled if you do not fall in line on this issue. No dissent is permitted.

Sowing division? We aren't doing anything. Once you start by dividing people (which is how the modern Left operates) the dividing never stops. Look at the reaction to the election. It starts out as contempt toward Conservative Americans. But soon it becomes a hostility toward all men (even the Left-wing men that voted with you). Then black women start to turn on all white women (white women voted for Trump by 52 percent, the majority). Then everyone starts to attack all Latino men, whom they once defended (this group supported Trump by 45 percent). We are seeing this bitter division and animosity across demographic lines play out all over social media.

You will get division when you are dealing with a fundamentally divisive cultural ideology.

[mrs-stans]

Sebastian Stan on Why Playing Donald Trump Was the ‘Hardest Thing’ He’s Ever Done and How ‘Thunderbolts*’ Is Like Marvel’s ‘The Breakfast Club’

By Clayton Davis

When Sebastian Stan greets you, there’s an earnest warmth in his voice that makes you forget, even for a moment, the intensity of the roles he’s embodied this past year. The 41-year-old actor is riding high on a wave of critical acclaim for his two vastly different but equally daring performances in “The Apprentice” and “A Different Man,” which earned him double Golden Globe nominations — a feat last achieved by Ryan Gosling in 2016.

This past year, Stan has proven, yet again, why he’s one of the most transformative actors working today. From donning prosthetics and exploring themes of self-acceptance in “A Different Man” to stepping into the psyche of one of the most polarizing figures in modern history for “The Apprentice,” Stan’s ability to disappear into a role is matched only by his determination to tell complicated stories, no matter the fallout.

If “A Different Man” was a personal exploration, “The Apprentice” was a social experiment. Directed by Ali Abbasi, the film is a biographical character study of a young Donald Trump, focusing on his formative years and the traits that would eventually define his presidency. For Stan, stepping into Trump’s skin was not just an artistic challenge but a minefield of public and industry scrutiny.

“This film has been the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Stan tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. “Not just because of the complexities of playing Trump, but because of the reaction it provokes.” Listen below.

From the controversy surrounding its financier to the polarized reception tied to its release during an election year, “The Apprentice’s” journey to the screen was riddled with obstacles.

Stan is refreshingly candid about the hesitance he faced within Hollywood, both during the film’s production and in its aftermath. “I had people telling me not to do it,” he recalls. “They said it might alienate people, that I didn’t look like him, that it was too dangerous. But for me, acting is about going toward the uncomfortable… about trying to understand humanity, even in the darkest places.”

He carefully clarifies that “The Apprentice” isn’t about sympathizing with Trump but understanding him. “I think people interpret understanding as an attempt to sympathize, and that’s not the goal here. The film asks: would you trust this man? Would you put your life in his hands?”

Stan’s deep dive into Trump’s psyche revealed something even darker than he anticipated. “He’s given people permission to lose their humanity — to behave in ways they wouldn’t have before. And that’s what scares me the most,” Stan says. “The opposite of love isn’t hate — it’s indifference. And I worry about the indifference we’re seeing now.”

The backlash surrounding “The Apprentice” extended even to Stan’s professional relationships. When invited to participate in Variety’s Actors on Actors series, organizers struggled to find actors willing to pair with him due to his portrayal of Trump. Stan calls it a disappointing but unsurprising moment, emblematic of the discomfort many in Hollywood feel about engaging with the film publicly.

“It’s been revealing to see how hesitant people are,” Stan says. “I’ve had people come up to me at parties, saying it’s their favorite film of the year, but when it comes to supporting it publicly, there’s silence. That part of it has been tough.”

Still, there have been bright spots. People like Paul Walter Hauser, Stan’s “I, Tonya” co-star and friend, posted publicly on social media offering to partner with him for the Actors on Actors segment. That support did not go unnoticed by Stan. “That was awesome,” Stan says with a laugh. “Paul’s someone I’ve always admired, and moments like that remind me of the camaraderie that still exists in this industry.”

With “A Different Man” and “The Apprentice” firmly establishing Stan as a fearless actor, he’s looking ahead to new challenges. He’s currently developing a film adaptation of Ed Brubaker’s graphic novel “Reckless” and working on a project with celebrated filmmaker Cristian Mungiu.

And then there’s Marvel, of course. Stan is set to reprise his role as Bucky Barnes in the upcoming “Thunderbolts.” Describing the film as a misfit-driven story in the vein of “The Breakfast Club,” Stan hints at the humor and camaraderie fans can expect. “It’s a weird group thrown together, and I think people are going to love it,” he teases.

But for now, Stan is embracing the quieter moments. Speaking before the holidays, he was focused on trying to carve out time for family and last-minute gift shopping. “I’m usually pretty good with presents,” he says with a grin. “But this year, it’s been a little out of mind. I’ll put a day aside and figure it out on the fly.”

Little did he know during this conversation that a surprise win at the Golden Globes for “A Different Man” would be in his future. And it was well deserved.

[batboyblog]

Do you think there is any benefit to the idea that Biden should just not bother with these TV debates anymore? With how the media is so strongly stacked against him, that it might be more beneficial to focus on things where he excels at like town halls and meeting people in person?

I think he agreed to do it, so backing out would look worse and be more damaging than any benefits from sticking to events that play to his strengths. Indeed the media attacked him pretty heavily for being over choreographed in events and interviews (sounds like Hillary being "over prepared") I do think Biden should, and if you look at the last few weeks he has, do more events with the people, and if he can wrangle a televised town hall that'd be great.

but on debate, we shouldn't think Biden is some historically bad debater. In 2012 Obama BOMBED his first debate with Romney, people were writing the death notices for his re-election (much closer to E-Day then July!) and it was Biden who swung into action at the Vice-Presidential debate, laughing in Paul Ryan's face and mocking him easily showing Ryan up as unlikeable and trying to destroy social security. Biden is good at being the every man reacting to "Malarkey!"

I think what went wrong in the first debate is two fold. First of all when you're President and you care to do the job, there's never ever gonna be enough time, there will always be one more call, one more meeting, one more thing that needs your attention. Biden mentioned aids adding things to the schedule. If you're a President like Biden who is good at the job and likes it, I can see how it becomes hard to say "no" because we're talking huge things. So Biden had been working too much, too hard, for too long. That week he went to Europe, did the G7 meetings lots of meetings lots of work, flew back to the US to California to do a fundraiser with Obama and George Clooney, flew back to Atlanta to do the debate. Along the way the guy gets a cold, so what we all saw was a guy who was tired from months of working too hard, jet-lagged, and sick. Trump did nothing that week, he golfed and hung out with friends showed up rested and not having a head cold.

The other thing is the prepped for the wrong debate. One team Biden pushed for rules that ultimately helped Trump. The rule of mics being off when the other is speaking, people hate when Trump interrupts, he's at his worse when he does that, you made sure he couldn't do that. Second no crowd, all politicians feed off crowds, read their energy. crowds cause Trump to lean into his worst instincts always reaching for the next big reaction, but also Biden feeds off people's reactions, in a way that is much better for him than it is for Trump.

outside the rules, clearly Biden and his team gamed out the debate assuming the moderators would do the heavy lifting of fact checking Trump and calling him on his lies and Biden's job was to look like the smart normal politician and spit out facts and figures. As a life long stutterer being able to recall and recite exact numbers and data points in just the way they were written down is not and never been a strength of Biden's, he's NOT dumb, but I can say you carry the baggage of people thinking you're an idiot from when you were a disabled kid your whole life, and I've read a lot of stories that some times in a room full of Harvard and Yale people he can get rattled. And I think that happened they pushed him to try to memorize their talking points their data sets and he got in his head. And when the debate turned out to not at all be what he planned for, when the moderators showed no interest in pushing back on Trump, Biden was caught off guard, a not sick, not jet-lagged, not tired Biden would have turned it around more quickly. We saw later in the debate Biden figure out what debate he was in and how to act and start to ditch trying to remember data sets and just throw out quips and lines "morals of an ally cat!", had he been feeling better, he'd have gotten there much faster.

So I think if Biden takes better care of himself, is strict about not adding more to his work load, takes time off to relax and rest before a debate (work on his tan like JFK did before the Nixon Kennedy debate) and also focuses on being himself, he's not Obama or Bill Clinton who are great masters of explaining complex issues with facts and figures that makes you feel like you're in school with a favorite teacher. That's not Joe, he knows the stuff, he does, but his skill his being everyone's favorite uncle telling it like it is, let him do that and he'll be fine.

[tomorrowusa]

The Trump campaign is puzzled why Puerto Ricans don't like being called "garbage".

Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem — in Pennsylvania. Many Puerto Rican voters in the state are furious about racist and demeaning comments delivered at a Trump rally. Some say their dismay is giving Kamala Harris a new opening to win over the state’s Latino voters, particularly nearly half a million Pennsylvanians of Puerto Rican descent. Evidence of the backlash was immediate on Monday: A nonpartisan Puerto Rican group drafted a letter urging its members to oppose Trump on election day. Other Puerto Rican voters were lighting up WhatsApp chats with reactions to the vulgar display and raising it in morning conversations at their bodegas. Some are planning to protest Trump’s rally Tuesday in Allentown, a majority-Latino city with one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the state. And the arena Trump is speaking at is located in the middle of the city’s Puerto Rican neighborhood. “It’s spreading like wildfire through the community,” said Norberto Dominguez, a precinct captain with the local Democratic party in Allentown, who noted his own family is half Republican and half Democratic voters.

Trump is speaking at a rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania. An appropriate protest would be to leave bags of garbage there with TRUMP written on them.

Schools are being closed in Allentown on Tuesday – but not to honor Trump.

And in a sign of how worried local residents are, a school district in Allentown announced Monday morning that it had canceled classes for Tuesday, when Trump visits.

Did the Trump campaign understand that there are over 400,000 people of Puerto Rican descent in Pennsylvania before its orgy of anti-Latino hatred at MSG on Sunday?

“I’m not a Republican, I’m not a Democrat, I’m independent,” Lugo said. “But at this point, it’s not about political, partisan issues. It is about the respect and honor our Puerto Ricans and Latinos deserved as citizens and legal residents of this country, that’s the issue.” “We held Trump and his campaign responsible for this disgraceful act,” he added. State Rep. Danilo Burgos, co-chair of the “Latinos con Harris” group in Pennsylvania, said residents have spread the comments on social media and within Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican community. “I saw two ladies in particular saying they were considering voting for Trump, but they’re not now,” he said, “because of the comments.”

When a candidate treats you like garbage, it's only fair to respond in kind.

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TikTok Ban and Return: A Political Puppet Show?

In a world where media influence and political strategy go hand in hand, the recent TikTok ban and its sudden reinstatement under the leadership of Donald Trump have left many questioning the motives behind it. Was this truly about national security and economic opportunities, or was it a well-orchestrated move to position Trump as a savior in the eyes of the public?

The pattern is familiar: create a crisis, control the narrative, and then swoop in with a "solution" that reinforces leadership strength. This tactic, often referred to as the "problem-reaction-solution" strategy, has been used by political figures throughout history to manipulate public perception and gain loyalty. In this case, TikTok—a platform with millions of users, particularly among younger demographics—became the perfect tool to achieve this.

The Psychology of Political Manipulation

Psychological manipulation is nothing new in politics. Leaders and influential figures, such as Trump and Elon Musk, understand how to leverage public emotion to their advantage. Whether it's by creating a sense of urgency, offering hope, or distracting from more pressing issues, they shape the world according to their values—not necessarily for the greater good.

Studies from institutions such as Oxford University have highlighted how social media platforms are increasingly used for political manipulation, influencing public opinion through disinformation and strategic messaging. The TikTok ban and its sudden reversal fit this pattern perfectly, reinforcing Trump’s image as a leader who "fixes problems" while ensuring that the public stays focused on immediate gratification rather than deeper questions about power and influence.

The Public Response: Waking Up or Staying Numb?

While skepticism is on the rise, the reality is that many people are just relieved that TikTok is back. They focus on the outcome rather than the process, missing the larger implications of how easily they can be swayed by political maneuvers. This short-term thinking benefits those in power, as it allows them to maintain control without facing significant pushback.

However, history shows that a portion of the population will always question these patterns, seeking deeper truths behind political theater. The question remains—will enough people wake up to see through the manipulation, or will they continue to be swayed by the next grand performance?

Conclusion: A Cycle of Control

The TikTok saga serves as a reminder of how leaders use psychological tactics to maintain their influence. Whether it’s through social media policies, economic promises, or nationalistic rhetoric, the game remains the same. As the world becomes more interconnected, the challenge for individuals is to stay informed, question narratives, and recognize when they are being led into a carefully constructed illusion.

Are we witnessing leadership in action, or are we simply participants in a carefully crafted puppet show?