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29+ min ago (1619+ words) She is a full-time homemaker. With the ability to bake a fresh loaf of sourdough from scratch, a baby in arm, she effortlessly balances the abundance of duties that come with raising her many children, keeping the house in order and tending to the needs of her bread-winning husband. She is the picture of femininity: young, God-fearing, conservative in both thought and dress " and is incredibly proud of her European heritage. This is the "traditional" wife, an identity that has recently reemerged in online popular culture. Social media platforms are flooded with content and imagery of these women, and as you scroll through media under this tag, you might notice some defining features. Traditional culture or "trad" culture refers to the ongoing popular movement surrounding women who embrace traditional gender roles. Online, trad influencers have taken to social media platforms…...

48+ min ago (249+ words) A political commentator believes Donald Trump's ability to "blow up the news cycle" is less intense now as he fails to distract from one topic. "Now sometimes he'll get a story. Tear down the White House East Wing, that lasts three or four days. Sometimes he'll get a story like the last week on Ukraine, three or four days, two or three, but nothing changes the subject forever from Epstein." "The centre of gravity with Trump, he used to blow up the media cycle and then the next centre of gravity was whatever the next media cycle was for him. Whatever he blew up next. But now he blows up the media cycle, and then it's back to Epstein." Trump came under pressure from opposition and former allies last month, with many in office calling on the release of the…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (131+ words) We must act quickly to reverse illiberal trends among young men and women alike. Start a paid subscription to get exclusive access to podcasts, articles, and events. We must act quickly to reverse illiberal trends among young men and women alike. So, is illiberal progressivism notably more common among women than it is among men? The statistics cited at the beginning of this article suggest that it is. However, these data show the largest sex differences. Other studies suggest that the gaps are much smaller. A survey of college students in 2025 conducted by the Buckley Institute asked a range of questions, including: The author is a software engineer. Gideon Scopes is a pseudonym. Given the current climate surrounding political expression in the technology industry, his real name has been withheld....

1+ hour, 39+ min ago (301+ words) Donald Trump used part of his Kennedy Center Honors appearance to call people in the audience "miserable" after unfavorably comparing them to Rocky Balboa. The president said, "Some of them have had legendary setbacks, setbacks that you have to read in the papers because of their level of fame. But in the words of Rocky Balboa, they showed us that you keep moving forward, just keep moving forward." "I know so many of you are persistent. Many of you are miserable, horrible people. You are persistent. You never give up. Sometimes I wish you'd give up, but you don't." Trump would claim he had not prepared very much for the Kennedy Center Honors appearance. He said, "I have a good memory, so I can remember things, which is very fortunate. But just, I wanted to just be myself. You have…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago (368+ words) How are anti-feminist ideas spread online - and how can they be countered? A study at the University of Gothenburg examines how the so-called manosphere - the digital environment where misogynistic and anti-feminist messages circulate - emerges on Iranian social media. The study shows that these online spaces are closely connected to the global alt-right and its modes of communication. By analysing memes and other digital expressions, the thesis maps how conflicts over gender, power and democracy move across national borders and are adapted to local contexts. - I wanted to understand why ideas about gender and hatred spread so quickly online, and how they take root in environments that, on the surface, seem far removed from one another. The Iranian misogynistic online sphere illustrates that global digital conflicts are not merely a Western phenomenon, says Sama Khosravi Ooryad. Memes - short, often humorous images…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago (197+ words) Republicans appeared to undercut President Donald Trump in a key part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, according to a new report. The recently released NDAA, a 3,000-page bill that directs more than $900 billion in spending on various defense programs, reflects "bipartisan concerns" that the Trump administration could significantly reduce the number of American troops in Europe, Politico reported on Sunday. The report adds that the language "stands in stark contrast" to Trump's isolationist national security strategy. In response, Republicans added language to the bill, which Politico described as a "compromise," requiring the Department of Defense to meet specific metrics before troops can be withdrawn. "Republicans, led by Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) and House Armed Services Chair Mike Rogers (R-AL), broke with the Trump administration, arguing that troop reductions " such as a recent decision to remove…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago (886+ words) Trump 2.0 continually impresses everyone for its craziness. The latest venture into the absurd was Trump's preemptive pardon of Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), who had been indicted on charges for accepting bribes from foreign actors. The pardon is not especially surprising, since Donald Trump finds a corrupt politician as irresistible as he might have found an attractive woman in his younger days. The Trumpian absurdity part of the story is that Cuellar immediately turned around and said that he wants the prosecutors investigated. In Donald Trump's America the greatest crime is enforcing the law against a Donald Trump ally. Who knows where Cuellar's request will end up? Most immediately, he apparently went to Jim Jordan, the head of the House Judiciary Committee with his case. This likely means some serious hyperventilation and screaming, but not much else. It's not just…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago (789+ words) Contract talks, which began in February, collapsed in April after delegates of Starbucks Workers United (SWU)organized under Workers United (WU), an affiliate of the SEIUrejected a contract offering a below-inflation 2 percent raise for baristas. This is the second strike in a year called by SWU. Around 5,000 workers struck for five days last Christmas before being sent back to work without any concessions from management. On December 1, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders appeared at a picket line in Brooklyn to declare their solidarity. Their visit coincided with the announcement of a $35 million settlement for 15,000 New York City Starbucks workers, the result of litigation showing the company violated fair scheduling laws more than half a million times in three years. None of this changes the basic reality confronting workers. Even the few workers who will receive…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago (565+ words) Shortly after American-born Robert Prevost was elected Pope, J.D. Vance and his wife stopped in to visit with the new pontiff. In addition to a Chicago Bears shirt, Vance brought the American Pope two books by St. Augustine. This gift represented a bond between the two men: Vance chose St. Augustine as his patron saint when he converted to Catholicism, and the Pope was previously head of the worldwide Augustinian order. Because Vance's vampire boss says the Pope may be the Antichrist. Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is probably best known for three things: Company names stolen from The Lord of the Rings, trying to drain the blood of young people so he can live forever, and foisting J.D. Vance on America. But there's another side to Thiel. In those lectures, Thiel puts his finger on some very suspect people. People like…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago (973+ words) The Labor government announced on Thursday that it is providing the Ukrainian government with $95 million to help it prosecute the war with Russia that has already claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the worst European conflict since World War II. The package is the first by the Labor government since it was reelected in May, and is among the biggest provided by an Australian government to Kiev since the US and NATO deliberately provoked Russia's reactionary invasion in March, 2022 and the war that followed. The latest spend is striking for its militarist thrust. When the war began, Australian governments, first the Liberal-National Coalition and then Labor, downplayed their involvement, presenting assistance as humanitarian or as indirect military support. That pretext has been dispensed with. Of the $95 million, it appears that not a cent is earmarked for humanitarian relief. The vast…...