Tag Archives: trolling

HUD Collars Prankster Behind Musk/Trump Video

The Daily Mail reports: An individual believed to be behind an extremely strange government TV hack that went viral on Monday has been found and will likely be fired. The TVs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) started suddenly streaming a video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet. “Yesterday an individual was escorted off the property,” …

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HUD Monitors Hacked To Show AI Trump/Musk Clip

The Meidas Touch reports: A hack at the Department of Housing and Urban Development this morning has now trolled Donald Trump and Elon Musk by playing a short, AI-generated video of Donald Trump kissing Elon Musk’s feet with the title “Long Live The Real King” over the video. The “long live the real king” message on the video likely refers …

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DNC To Fly Project 2025 Banners Over Football Games

CBS News report: Spectators at the University of Michigan football game against Texas on Saturday will be reminded of a different rival before the game: Ohio State. At the Big House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, an aerial banner paid for by the Democratic National Committee will read: “JD Vance <3 Ohio State + Project 2025.” Fans at four separate college …

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All Of MAGA World Falls For “Professional Shitposter”

The Daily Beast reports: Judge Juan Merchan on Friday notified both the prosecution and defense in Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial about a bizarre comment posted to the New York Courts Facebook page claiming to have insight from a “juror” prior to Trump’s conviction. In a brief letter addressed to both defense attorney Todd Blanche and Manhattan ADA Joshua Steinglass, …

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Trolling 101: Some Iowa Dems Will Caucus For Haley

Axios reports: Some Iowa Democrats and independents are planning to crash the state’s Republican caucuses Monday night and become “Republicans for a day” to vote for Nikki Haley — but mostly, against former President Trump. It’s unclear how many will show up, but “crossover” voting is a low-key tradition in Iowa’s caucuses — and it’s one of the big unknowns …

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DeSantis Trolled, Poses With “Fascist Snowflake” Gift

Newsweek reports: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may have thought he was mocking those he has railed against when posing with a handmade snowflake. However, its hidden message showed that he was the subject of the joke. In an image that has gone viral, the Republican seemed unaware of the word “fascist” that appeared in the framed gift handed to him …

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UMass Schedules Pride Day For Game Against Liberty U

Hemant Mehta reports at Only Sky: On Saturday, October 8, the University of Massachusetts football team will host Liberty University. The game would likely have flown under the radar of most college football fans… if not for the fact that UMass announced over the weekend that the Liberty game will coincide with “Pride Day.” UMass doesn’t have a particularly good …

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YouTube Begins Hiding “Dislike” Counts From View

The Verge reports: YouTube has announced that it’ll be hiding public dislike counts on videos across its site, starting today. The company says the change is to keep smaller creators from being targeted by dislike attacks or harassment, and to promote “respectful interactions between viewers and creators.” The dislike button will still be there, but it’ll be for private feedback, …

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Russian Trolls Still Planting Disinfo On Pro-Trump Sites

Reuters reports: A group suspected of being Russian has remained active on internet services favored by far-right Americans, showing that efforts to interfere in US politics continue after the election, according to the research firm’s reports. social media Graphika and the non-profit association Advance Democracy Inc. The group, which Graphika also believes to be linked to the Russian government, maintains …

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Student Trolls Cruz And Cawthorn On Cancun And Hitler

Mediaite reports: Washington D.C. student Noah Mitchell ambushed Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) at the Capitol, asking if they enjoyed their most controversial trips. Mitchell, a political science student living in D.C., pretended to take a selfie with Cruz on Thursday, quickly asking him, “How was Cancún, Senator? It was good?” Realizing that this was not …

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Brewery Petitions Scotland Airport To Change Name

The Scotsman reports: With reports that Donald Trump may fly to Scotland after he leaves office, BrewDog have started a petition to rename Prestwick Airport ‘Joe Biden International’. The Scottish brewers BrewDog are known for their tongue in cheek antics, and have previously trolled Donald Trump by asking fans to name a beer inspired by him. But now, co-founder of …

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K-Pop Fans Make #MillionMAGAMarch Hashtag Useless

The Wrap reports: The #MillionMAGAMarch hashtag was flooded with pictures of pancakes on Friday in what is the latest brilliant troll driven by K-pop stans on social media. The idea to use pictures of pancakes appears to have come from actress Shea Depmore, who posted a video on her TikTok and Twitter accounts on Wednesday instructing people to fill the …

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Huge Crowd Outside WH Trolls Trump With “YMCA”

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump played “YMCA” at a lot of his 2020 campaign rallies, to the point where the president’s dancing to the song became a meme among his supporters online. After news of his election loss broke, massive crowds of people took to the streets in a number of cities in celebration. Outside the White House, they played …

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Cultists Tricked Into Joining “Gay Communists” Group

The Guardian reports: Thousands of Donald Trump supporters have unwittingly found themselves in a Facebook group called “Gay Communists for Socialism”, after being tricked by its creators into joining what they thought was a pro-Trump election group. On Thursday, a Facebook group called “Stop the Steal”, a reference to the president’s false claims that Joe Biden is “stealing” the US …

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Rep. Ted Lieu: Vote For Me, I Can Also Drink Water

The Week reports: Rep. Ted Lieu, standing in front of a campaign sign and wearing a bright red tie, is shown using one hand to drink from a glass of water. He looks around, nods, brings the glass back up for round two, then tosses the remaining water. It’s a reenactment of Trump drinking a glass of water during his …

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Pope To Catholics: Try Giving Up Trolling For Lent

Reuters reports: During Lent, Catholics are called on to give up something, like sweets. On Wednesday, Pope Francis added a modern twist to the list of things to quit during the season and beyond: insulting people on social media. The pope made his appeal to tone things down while speaking to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square …

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NYT: Why Can’t Bernie Rein In His Abusive Supporters?

The New York Times today published a lengthy piece on the allegedly abusive tactics employed by some of Bernie Sanders’ most ardent supporters. An excerpt: When Mr. Sanders’s supporters swarm someone online, they often find multiple access points to that person’s life, compiling what can amount to investigative dossiers. They will attack all public social media accounts, posting personal insults …

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Twitter Rolls Out Anti-Troll “Hide Replies” Function

TechCrunch reports: Twitter’s radical “Hide Replies” feature, one of the biggest changes to how Twitter works since the invention of the Retweet, is now available to Twitter’s global user base. The company says the feature will roll out to all Twitter users across platforms by today, with only one slight tweak since earlier tests. Designed to balance the conversation on …

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Trump 2020 Website Trolls With Hillary Error Message

Just endless trolling and owning the libs. President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign website mocks 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton by showing her as commander in chief when users reach an error page. The background of the campaign website’s 404 error page shows Clinton speaking into a microphone in front of the Capitol while standing at a lectern with the …

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Creator Of Fake Seal Celebrates The “Best Troll Ever”

The Washington Post reports: Charles Leazott hadn’t thought about the seal in months. The 46-year-old graphic designer threw it together after the 2016 presidential election — it was one part joke, one part catharsis. He used to be a proud Republican. He voted for George W. Bush. Twice. But Donald J. Trump’s GOP was no longer his party. So he …

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