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The debate over why Harris lost is in full swing. Here’s a guide.

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Democrats have faced a bitterly disappointing defeat, and the debate is on about why that happened. Amid the opportunistic finger-pointing and evidence-free assertions that Vice President Kamala Harris could have won if only she had done this or that, there is a genuine search for explanations about what happened. The answer Democrats find most persuasive

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Conspiracy theories are spreading about Trump’s win. They’re false.

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In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, online misinformation claiming the election was rigged in his favor has proliferated — including theories about missing votes and voting machine dysfunction. As was the case with election denialism following the 2020 election, these conspiracy theories about election fraud are false. According to the Cybersecurity and

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The global trend that pushed Donald Trump to victory

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President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election was powered by a remarkably consistent nationwide trend of voters turning against the Democratic ticket. Vice President Kamala Harris performed worse than President Joe Biden did in 2020 nearly everywhere: in big cities and rural areas, in blue states and red ones. Most of the conventional explanations

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After Trump’s Victory, the 4B Movement Is Spreading Across TikTok

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Facing the camera, Maria Barbieri had the clippers out. Donald Trump had just been elected US president and the creator, who posts under the handle @girl_dumphim, woke up “feeling spicy.” She tried to shave her head, eventually grabbing scissors and cutting off chunks at a time. “Giving up on America? [I] have,” she says in

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Were Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin really shadow banned by Instagram and X? 

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In the lead-up to the election, allegations are flying that social media platforms have been “shadow banning,” or in some way filtering the political content of, celebrities. After multiple Latine stars spoke out against the racism and misogyny on display at last week’s Madison Square Garden rally, Ricky Martin posted an Instagram Story claiming that

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A Beginner’s Guide to Building a Simple CRUD Application with Laravel – Develop your own CRUD application

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In this approachable lesson, we will learn how to create a straightforward CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) application from scratch and go into the realm [Read More…]