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The Current State of Meme Politics
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Garrison and Robert discuss how memes are being used in the 2024 election, from couch sex to racist bomb threats.
Sources:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jd-vance-couch-sex-rumor-explained-1235068142/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/jd-vance-couch-cushions/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jd-vance-couch-cushion-story-hoax
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tim-walz-horse-semen-story-hoax/
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tampon-tim
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fell-out-of-a-coconut-tree#fn1
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/what-can-be-unburdened-by-what-has-been
https://x.com/herandrews/status/1817979762570375597
https://x.com/RichardHanania/status/1834790387883413592
https://x.com/Esqueer_/status/1835321899116577206
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/19/day-by-day-how-jd-vance-tweeted-misinformation-about-springfield/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/08/09/what-to-know-about-olympics-gender-debate-as-imane-khelif-faces-off-in-womens-boxing-final/
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/8/7/imane-khelif-and-western-delusions-of-white-innocence
https://www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/origins-haitians-eating-pets-claim
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-vance-springfield-ohio-haiti-cats-rcna170934
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