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The exodus of people began the morning after Trump won the election by a landslide. The leftist stragglers of X (formerly Twitter) have said goodbye and started posting new handles for Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter clone. X helped elect Trump, but who knows what will happen on the platform once Trump takes office. That's why hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing X.This is just one of many ways people are protecting the technology in their lives from the inevitable changes that will come with Trump's second term in office. It's still early days, and it's not clear exactly what…
In the days since Donald Trump’s victory became official, one of the great debates about Trumpism has come roaring back: To what extent can his rise to power be seen as a product of America’s divisions over race?One side, focusing on Trump’s gains with Black and especially Hispanic voters, argues that it makes little sense to believe his victory was primarily a product of racism. The other, noting that both groups still went for Harris in absolute terms, argues that the election results still must be viewed as primarily revolving around the country’s racial divide.A closer look at the data…
President Donald Trump has announced that he intends to nominate Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) to be attorney general. Gaetz, a longtime Trump supporter, will likely be tasked with rebuilding the Justice Department. The department has traditionally adhered to strong norms against presidential interference. Mr. Trump and his allies have been clear that this must change. President Trump has also repeatedly called for legal action against his political opponents, pledging in 2023 to “appoint a real special counsel to go after Joe Biden and the entire Biden crime family, the most corrupt president in the history of the United States.” There…
The warm blue waters of the Solomon Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific, are home to one of the world's largest marine species. It's about the size of two basketball courts, and it's neither a whale nor a giant squid.A piece of coral. On Wednesday, a team of researchers and filmmakers exploring the Solomon Islands revealed they had discovered what they claim is the world's largest individual coral colony. Corals are symbionts made up of millions of animals called polyps, and at 34 meters wide and 32 meters long, they are so large that they can be seen from…
Some 110 years ago, a picturesque new road known as Roosevelt Boulevard began ferrying vehicles across the nascent but burgeoning neighborhoods of North and Northeast Philadelphia. At first, traffic was light, but it rapidly thickened as car ownership rose and the surrounding area developed. By the 1950s, when the boulevard expanded to meet the new Schuylkill Expressway, it was lined with row houses and shops. Today, what was initially a bucolic parkway has become a traffic-snarled, 12-lane thoroughfare snaking its way through neighborhoods that house 1 in 3 Philadelphians.It is, by all accounts, a mess. Dubbed the “corridor of death,”…
This week, many social media users were once again disappointed in the selection of someone for a coveted position. Actor John Krasinski — yes, Jim. office — Named “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine. It's not a terrible choice, just a really baffling one. It's not that Krasinski isn't an objectively handsome guy. His Recent TV Appearances — Prime Video Shows jack ryanwhich ended in 2023 — he played a burly, ass-kicking CIA agent. Furthermore, he has rarely been asked to display any kind of sexual appeal in his career. His most shocking role to date was probably more than…
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that two of his most vocal supporters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, will lead the Department of Government Efficiency. “Together, these two great Americans will lead my administration on a path to dismantling government bureaucracy, cutting overregulation, reducing wasteful spending, and restructuring our federal agencies,” President Trump said. It's going to open up,” he said. “It could potentially become the 'Manhattan Project' of our time.”If you're wondering why you've never heard of this division before, it's because it doesn't exist. Despite the misleading name (the executive branch is created only by Congress), President Trump appears…
With Donald Trump heading back to the White House, it's no surprise that Americans are once again contending with an increase in hate speech. One of the lines of attack this time is “Your body, it's my choice.” Some people believe that the phrase “Your body, my choice. Forever” by white supremacist Nick Fuentes on Election Night It turns “my body, my choice” into an attack on women's autonomy and, in the worst case scenario, a threat of rape.In the days following the election, TikTok creators saw the phrase appear in the comments of their videos, according to a report…
In a 2023 video outlining his education policy, President Trump said, “One of the things I’m going to do very early on in my administration is close down the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., “The idea is to bring all the business back to the state.” the goal. “We want them to run our children’s education because they will do a better job. We can’t do any worse.” It won’t be easy for President Trump to shut down the department, but it’s not impossible. Even if the Department of Energy remains open, there are certainly ways for President Trump…
Political genius to know that so many Americans voted to destroy this system – just look at the amount of very confident post-election rhetoric over the past week. The appearance of rising status is not necessary. Donald Trump, at the very least, embodies the belief that the way America is run is fundamentally broken and needs to be overhauled from top to bottom. That, more than the policy details of taxes, immigration, foreign policy, etc., is what I learned from November 5th. The (very small) majority of Americans want to use a wrecking ball for everything.But these feelings, and the…