US Elections
fromEurasia Review
1 day agoSocial Media Now Decides Who Wins - OpEd
The 2026 Tamil Nadu election is a production focused on shaping perceptions rather than informing voters.
Many of the supposed supporters in the image had deformed and warped faces, including several whose eyes appeared to be missing. Instead of hands, the supporters were pictured with bizarre, deformed sausage fingers, holding Reform UK signs with nonsensical text.
More specifically, Carr mused in a public notice published on Jan. 21 that the long-standing practice of exempting both evening and daytime talk shows from equal-time rules-codified in a 2006 FCC ruling in favor of Jay Leno's Tonight Show-did not necessarily apply in every case, especially when those programs were deemed to be "motivated by partisan purposes." Democratic commissioner Anna M. Gomez pointed out that the law had not actually changed
17 JANUARY 2026 I'm dying for a wee, Zack Polanski says as he gets off the train at Wakefield Westgate. Why didn't you go on the train, I ask? It was very busy and too many people recognised me on the way to the toilet. I knew I'd never get there for all the conversations, so I came back. When did it become hard for him to go to the toilet on a train?
"Gavin Newsom very effectively demonstrated during the Prop. 50 campaign that disliking Donald Trump is the most unifying principle that California Democrats possess. So for Swalwell, tapping into that same anti-Trump sentiment makes good strategic sense," Schnur said. "And given the recent controversy surrounding Kimmel, it's likely to be a fairly welcoming platform for an anti-Trump message."
While there are many reasons for Zohran Mamdani's success, the New York City mayor-elect's meteoric rise was in no small part down to his campaign's blazing social media game. Across TikTok, Instagram and X, his ads have racked up tens of millions of views, turning his charismatic potential into an electoral earthquake that has shaken the foundations of the Democratic party. Many politicians on both sides of the Atlantic will be asking: what is his secret formula? For me, the answer is clear.
Fianna Fáil presidential candidate says he has spoken to his media team after series of gaffes Jim Gavin's campaign has defended the use of Parkrun in his presidential campaign videos, despite the organisers saying the events "should never be used to publicise political campaigns of causes". The Fianna Fáil candidate's social ­media video of him taking part in a Parkrun event last weekend
Michael B. Fernandez recalls receiving a pound of ground beef with a note saying: We know you like dogs, marking an indirect threat against him.
Voters hate rorts, and politicians love to accuse each other of rorting. Election rorts are when the parties distribute taxpayer dollars unfairly to boost their chances of winning votes.