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Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York was planned as a national moment for the former president’s closing campaign message and — much to the displeasure of some Republicans — it did exactly that.

Trump and his ilk have not been particularly quiet about their views on immigrants. This campaign cycle has seen him refer to migrants as “poisoning the blood of our country,” invent a mythical “migrant crime wave” to demonize undocumented immigrants, and promise “bloody” mass deportations. If the racism is loud at most Trump events,...

As sexually graphic AI-generated images of Taylor Swift flooded X (formerly Twitter) yesterday, causing the phrase “Taylor Swift AI” to trend on the platform, the singer’s fans grew apoplectic. They fumed that the site (whose content moderation team has been all but entirely dissolved by owner Elon Musk) wasn’t acting quickly enough to take down the posts, which violated X’s community guidelines, or ban the accounts responsible. One of the most viral tweets stayed up 17 hours and drew some 45 million views.

In the end, the Swifties were...