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A heartwarming TikTok of a woman helping her grandma vote in the 2024 presidential election has transformed into a massi...
07/06/2025

A heartwarming TikTok of a woman helping her grandma vote in the 2024 presidential election has transformed into a massive voter fraud conspiracy theory after making its way to X.

The footage, which has since been deleted from TikTok, shows a grandmother voting for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris after having the ballot explained to her by a woman.

“Ok, grandma. Do you want to vote for the first Black woman president ever?” the woman asks.

“Yea,” the grandma responds.

The woman goes on to help the grandmother mark her ballot before congratulating her on voting for “the first woman president.”

The reception on X was in stark contrast to the video’s feel-good nature. Right-wing provocateur Milo Yianoppolis shared the footage to his more than 308,000 followers while describing it as “Elder abuse.”

It wasn’t long before the video went viral among supporters of former President Donald Trump, who conspiratorially claimed that the footage was evidence of voter fraud.

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"Not one word on my resume is true."
07/06/2025

"Not one word on my resume is true."

The "Big Mac Challenge," in which social media users try to eat a McDonald's Big Mac in under a minute, is growing in po...
07/06/2025

The "Big Mac Challenge," in which social media users try to eat a McDonald's Big Mac in under a minute, is growing in popularity.

Men are spilling their secrets after an Ask Reddit post went viral for courting everything that dudes aren’t telling the...
07/06/2025

Men are spilling their secrets after an Ask Reddit post went viral for courting everything that dudes aren’t telling the ladies. If there’s anything to learn from this thread, it’s that men and women are not so different.

As it turns out, men do have feelings—they’re just under pressure to hide them due to societal messages. Many cultures around the world demand that men act like nothing bothers them, insisting that they put on a brave face whether they’re craving more intimacy or dealing with a spider.

A lot of these “secrets” are super sweet and may put some fears to rest. If only our cultures could allow the guys to open up in person like they can on Reddit, a lot of relationships would likely improve. These dudes worry, long, and love just as deeply as women, and they’re up in their heads all the time, too.

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An owner of a new Lexus was happy for the first year with the car. Then, a problem surfaced that's put him through somet...
07/06/2025

An owner of a new Lexus was happy for the first year with the car. Then, a problem surfaced that's put him through something of an ordeal.

TikTok users are showing off their Whoville lookalike noses and deciding who most resembles Cindy Lou Who. TikTok creato...
07/06/2025

TikTok users are showing off their Whoville lookalike noses and deciding who most resembles Cindy Lou Who.

TikTok creators participating in the are displaying their noses in profile while blowing air into their cheeks.

The videos are set to “Pictures of You” by Clara Smallman and feature captions like “Someone tell me I have a Whoville nose,” and “Whoville trend, but I look like the Grinch.”

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"Run to Aldi."
07/06/2025

"Run to Aldi."

As George Russell in The Gilded Age, actor Morgan Spector is the face of the billionaire class in the 19th century. From...
07/05/2025

As George Russell in The Gilded Age, actor Morgan Spector is the face of the billionaire class in the 19th century. From his time playing the role, which is inspired by IRL railroad tycoon Jay Gould, he knows a thing or two about what makes the super-rich tick.

However, as an outspoken socialist, he has made it clear that his role—and online identity as “train daddy”—is designed as a critique.

Morgan Spector thoughtfully questions the existence of billionaires
In a TikTok interview with TVInsider, Spector shared more about his approach to the role, noting that his critique is “fundamentally systemic.”

“There should not be billionaires,” he said. “Some of them happen to be a**holes. It doesn’t mean that they all are necessarily, right? You could have a very benevolent billionaire. Still, the existence of that billionaire is contradictory to democracy and a sort of fairness, right?”

He went on to argue that generous philanthropy can’t be considered democratic because “if you decide I’m going to give $10 billion or $20 billion to the effort to fight climate change, that means you get to dictate how that fight is done.”

“I think the idea of like looking at billionaires …or millionaires in our era spending time with people who have that kind of wealth and power, and seeing their human qualities; that’s not contradictory to a critique of a system that allows that kind of consultation of concentration of power,” he concluded. “The system is still profoundly flawed, and the system should be fought, whether or not you can see people as human.”

Fans mostly agreed with the comments
In the comments of this TikTok, which has amassed 98,400 views, the majority seemed to agree with Spector’s sentiments.

“There can’t be a benevolent billionaire,” one TikTok user wrote. “Maybe a millionaire, but you genuinely cannot be a good person and make billions of dollars at the same time. To hoard that much wealth is inherently evil.”

Another agreed, noting that “you don’t get a million dollars without exploiting someone.”

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"How can they turn against their people?"
07/05/2025

"How can they turn against their people?"

St-Germain, the legendary elderflower liquor, affectionately nicknamed “bartenders’ ketchup,” has been saving us all fro...
07/05/2025

St-Germain, the legendary elderflower liquor, affectionately nicknamed “bartenders’ ketchup,” has been saving us all from Aperol fatigue for the past half-decade or so.

Now, the liquor is the star ingredient in what TikTokers are calling the official drink of summer—the Hillstone crisp martini.

“St-Germain = summer. I don’t make the rules,” commented .

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We tested mineral sunscreens for UV protection, wearability, and sustainability
07/05/2025

We tested mineral sunscreens for UV protection, wearability, and sustainability

“Have they tried having a kid sing Moana.”
07/05/2025

“Have they tried having a kid sing Moana.”

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