Source: “The Temptation of Christ” (Public Domain, Artist Unknown), meme created by Megha Arora . Politics often seems like cheerleading. The metaphor is apt, for cheerleading is about signaling and ...

Speed and novelty are two essential elements when it comes to out-memeing a political opponent. By Joseph Bernstein Most memes age like milk. Ephemeral and ironic, the viral jokes are usually created ...

In one week, American voters will “Pokemon Go to the polls.” From coconut trees accompanied by “Von Dutch” to Donald Trump’s recent stint as a McDonald’s worker, in the past decade, political memes ...

When the clock struck midnight on Oct. 1, a battle began to unfold in Washington, D.C. It was not, as some may have hoped, about how to reopen the government. No, for better or — more likely — for ...

Imagine a country with deep political divisions, where different groups don't trust each other and violence seems likely. Now, imagine a flood of political images, hateful memes and mocking videos ...

Memes are so intertwined with social media that it is hard to imagine the platforms existing without the simple visual cues. Yet, memes predate social media by decades at least, and perhaps ...

The previous week, claims that Haitian immigrants were stealing and eating pet cats in Springfield, Ohio, had begun circulating on social media. None of the reports had been substantiated, and local ...

Several decades ago, a TV political commentator whose name is lost to memory said something memorable: “The American people like their solutions simple and stupid.” Whoever said it couldn’t have known ...

From the attempted assassination of former President Trump, to President Biden dropping out of the election, and VP Kamala Harris stepping up... The news these past few weeks has been buck wild. And ...

As campaigns increasingly communicate via meme, cat videos are outranking reality. By Charles Homans Follow along with live updates on the Trump and Harris campaigns. By the time the Arizona ...

In recent months, the world of cryptocurrency has seen an unexpected player emerge: political meme coins. What Happened: The most prominent among them, including MAGA (CRYPTO: TRUMP), MAGA Hat (CRYPTO ...