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Erika Kirk’s early 2028 presidential endorsement lit up feeds, delivering the usual cocktail of celebratory posts, dunks, and quote-tweet pile‑ons. The news alone isn’t transformative; the reaction cycle is. Expect spikes in keyword mentions, polarized comment threads, and opportunistic trendjacking. The key takeaway here: this is less

An anonymous Redditor known as “John” provided the pivotal lead that helped police identify the suspect in the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor days later. According to a Providence police affidavit, John recognized the person from police images, flagged a gray Nissan (potentially a rental)

U.S. media report that a senior appointee to an incoming New York City mayoral transition team resigned within 24 hours after past antisemitic posts came to light. No new policy triggered this; it’s the predictable collision of permanent archives, screenshot culture, and hyper-fast discovery. The key takeaway here:

TikTok has agreed to sell its U.S. operations to an American investor consortium that includes Oracle and Silver Lake, with closing expected on Jan. 22. For a platform long caught in policy crosswinds, this is a concrete step toward resolving the ownership and data-governance questions that have shadowed media

President Trump has reportedly installed new plaques along the White House’s “Presidential Walk of Fame” that cast President Biden as the “worst president” and label President Obama “divisive.” Beyond the headline value, this is a textbook example of politics engineered for the feed: a simple, high-contrast visual staged in

Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) says it will merge in an all-stock deal with nuclear fusion firm TAE Technologies, valuing the combined entity north of $6 billion. DJT shares jumped 37% on the announcement. The deal headlines are big, but the practical read for social teams is straightforward: this

A new speed camera pole in Northam, Torridge, triggered a rapid round of “cash cow” claims across social channels, prompting a swift response from local police and Devon County Council. Officials moved to explain the rationale and safety remit behind the installation, addressing why the location was chosen and how

A Superior Court judge has ruled that jurors in the murder trial of John Mike Muliaga can view two social media videos tied to the 2021 altercation that resulted in the death of Jaron Weilbacher, with at least one clip cleared for presentation under the court’s parameters. Strip away

Kristin Cabot-the HR executive seen embracing her CEO on a stadium “kiss cam” at a July Coldplay show-has given her first detailed account, describing job losses, a divorce filing, public harassment, and threats that affected her family. The clip, which jumped from a jumbotron moment to a viral TikTok, led

A California court has moved to suspend Tesla’s license to sell vehicles in the state for 30 days-if the company doesn’t update its policies within 90 days-over allegedly misleading “Full Self-Driving” marketing. The decision zeroes in on language and claims, not code: it’s about how autonomy features