On a recent Wednesday afternoon, content creator, lawyer, and TikTok journalist Aaron Parnas sat with one of his closest friends, Sam Schmir, in Parnas’s living room. Until January, Schmir did digital strategy at the White House, and had texted earlier that it was a “slow news day” — a seemingly …
Read More »Florence Road Are Headed for Stardom and Having Fun While They're At It
In the charming coastal town of Bray in County Wicklow, Ireland, there’s a stretch of pavement called Florence Road. It’s pretty average, as far as roads go, with quaint houses, a library, a vet, a dollar store, and several coffee shops scattered across it. “It’s not that cute,” jokes drummer …
Read More »Trump Delays TikTok Ban Another 90 Days
Donald Trump has long presented himself as a master of dealmaking, but in looking to arrange an acquisition of TikTok‘s parent company, he has now given himself three deadline extensions. On Thursday, the president announced an executive order once again delaying the enforcement of a law that would ban the …
Read More »Karen Read Found Not Guilty of Murder in Retrial
Three years after the death of her then-boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, Karen Read was found not guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday afternoon. The Boston woman faced second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of personal injury and death charges. Jurors in …
Read More »Nezza Says She Sang National Anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium Against Team's Request
Nezza says she sang the national anthem in Spanish on Saturday at Dodger Stadium despite being asked by a Dodgers employee to sing it in English. In a TikTok video the singer posted, an unidentified person off-camera whom Nezza said was a Dodgers employee is heard saying, “We are going …
Read More »Nezza Says She Sang National Anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium Against Team's Request
Nezza says she sang the national anthem in Spanish on Saturday at Dodger Stadium despite being asked by a Dodgers employee to sing it in English. In a TikTok video the singer posted, an unidentified person off-camera whom Nezza said was a Dodgers employee is heard saying, “We are going …
Read More »Livvy Dunne Is Retiring — But Says She'll Always Be a 'Gymnast at Heart'
Livvy Dunne knows that she’s not what people typically think of when they imagine a world-famous athlete. The 22-year-old gymnast, whose legal name is Olivia Paige Dunne, grew a social media platform 8 million followers deep on TikTok — posting videos of her life, routine, and experiences as a gymnast …
Read More »His Song 'Married in a Year' Is a Runaway Meme. He's Just Stoked People Are Singing Along
In today’s fast-paced digital world, posting a video of yourself is tantamount to signing an ironclad agreement that whatever happens next is far, far out of your control. And even if he didn’t know it at the time, Brendan Abernathy quickly learned that lesson last week when his mom sent …
Read More »Mom Influencer Emilie Kiser Sues to Keep Her 3-Year-Old Son's Death Records Private
Arizona-based influencer Emilie Kiser has filed a lawsuit to keep the investigative records of her three-year-old son’s drowning private. On May 18, Trigg Kiser, son of the mega-popular mom influencer, died following a drowning incident. The drowning, which happened on May 12, took place at the Kiser family home in …
Read More »Why Are Health Influencers Drinking Raw Milk and Honey Shots at the White House?
Health influencers flocked to the White House last week for a press event celebrating the release of a report by Donald Trump‘s “Make America Healthy Again”or “MAHA” commission, chaired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The 72-page document, titled “The MAHA Report: Make Our Children Healthy Again,” asserts that …
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