35 h. ago Do you know about shitposting? It’s cheap humour, rage bait – and now, it seems, US government policy | Robert Topinka

Donald Trump’s White House reveals a new ‘portrait’ of Joe Biden – and in his world, if you don’t laugh, the joke’s on youOn 24 September, a White House communications adviser posted a video on X of a new presidential Walk of Fame, captioned: “Wait for it”, with a pen and eyes emoji. The video pans over a succession of presidential portraits to reveal – in place of Joe Biden’s portrait – a framed photograph of an autopen signing his name. The sight-gag references the Maga conspiracy theory that, unbeknownst to “Sleepy Joe”, unscrupulous aides used the autopen to sign pardons in his name. The post delighted supporters and outraged critics, which only further delighted supporters.And that was precisely the point. This combination of cheap humour and rage bait is the province of the shitpost, a genre of low-effort social media content designed to amuse insiders and annoy outsiders. Like so much of internet culture, shitposting was pioneered on the message board 4chan – but Donald Trump...

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53 h. ago Google AI Overview appears to block results on searches for ‘Trump cognitive decline’ but not for Biden

Google appears to have blocked certain artificial intelligence search results for queries about President Donald Trump’s mental acuity

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53 h. ago PHOTO ESSAY: An influx of immigrants boosted Orlando's economy but many now fear detention

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants came to Florida in recent years as immigration surged under former President Joe Biden.

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55 h. ago Where immigrants went during an unprecedented influx at the US border, by the numbers

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55 h. ago Florida was a top destination for immigrants who came to the US under Biden

Florida has seen a significant increase in immigration, with thousands of migrants arriving under former President Joe Biden

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61 h. ago Eric Trump claims Biden tried to break up his dad and Melania’s marriage in wild Newsmax crashout: ‘They tried to separate our family!’

President’s third-eldest child scoffs at Democrat accusations of abuse of justice system following indictment of James Comey

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3 d. ago Trump compliments Obama’s ability to walk down stairs in rambling speech to military leaders

Watch as Donald Trump raises Barack Obama’s “great” ability to walk down the stairs in a rambling speech to military leaders.

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4 d. ago ‘You think Biden could have done that?’ Trump brags about overcoming broken UN teleprompter

Donald Trump continued his criticism of the United Nations teleprompter as he welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House on Monday, 29 September.

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8 d. ago Petty Donald Trump's latest dig at Joe Biden as he replaces photo in presidential 'walk of fame'

The US president carried out the snub after he waged war on Biden's use of the mechanical device which is used to make repeated copies of signatures during his time in office.

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8 d. ago Trump replaces President Biden portrait with image of an autopen in new presidential gallery

Trump has claimed Biden’s use of the automatic signing device renders many of his actions illegitimate

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8 d. ago White House replace President Biden portrait with photo of autopen

The White House has replaced a portrait of former president Joe Biden with a photo of an autopen.

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8 d. ago Trump hangs autopen photo instead of Biden portrait in new presidential gallery

Latest snub is part of US president’s attempts to delegitimise his predecessor with unproven claimsPresident Donald Trump has added a “Presidential Walk of Fame” to the exterior of the White House, featuring portraits of each of the previous commanders-in-chief – except for one.Instead of a headshot of Joe Biden , the Republican incumbent instead placed a photo of an autopen signing the Democrat’s name – a reference to Trump’s frequent allegation that the former president was addled by the end of his term in office and not really the one making decisions. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump unveils ‘autopen Biden’ portrait hanging on White House facade ‘Wall of Fame’ between his 47 and 45 photos

Trump has claimed Biden’s use of the automatic signing device renders many of his actions illegitimate

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9 d. ago If Trump isn't careful, he will end up no better than Biden! This dirty revenge tour must cease... before everyone loses: DAN MCLAUGHLIN

Trump is on a revenge tour. Anyone in any doubt must not have heard the president's eulogy for Charlie Kirk on Sunday, when he said: 'I hate my opponent, and I don't want the best for them.'

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9 d. ago Trump underwater in four major categories as over half of Americans oppose his actions since January, new polling finds

Trump is dropping to near Biden-level lows — but don’t trust Democrats yet, polling suggests

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1 week ago Trump administration wants to hand out $2.4 billion it took from California's high

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1 week ago Inside the White House through the eyes of Trump family’s makeup artist

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1 week ago Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project

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2 w. ago ‘Angry and disappointed’: Kamala Harris critical of Joe Biden in new book

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