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24/7 Propaganda Origin Points Revealed on Twitter

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In a recent update made to Twitter, a new feature was implemented that allowed users to view the location of all profiles on the app. This feature seems like it would be a non-issue, however this quickly proved to be untrue as many prominent accounts that were geared towards American politics were unmasked as bots and scams. Multiple accounts thought to be American turned out to be based in parts of Asia like India, and Africa in Nigeria. Social media has become a breeding ground for echo chambers of political discussions. A constant stream of news geared towards one group of people causes mob mentality and ignorance towards new and different views. Ignorance also may lead to stereotypes being reinforced and lead to discriminatory views and actions taken by people. Often the news and social media push certain stories to the point where people develop subconscious biases or opinions. For example, black men in America are often viewed as dangerous and prone to crime and immigrants from t...
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On the Precipice of the Epstein Files

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Since his death in 2019, Jeffery Epstein has been in the news cycle for all the wrong reasons. His nightmarish acts of child sex trafficking and solicitation of prostitution with a minor are well known. Additionally, his links and friendships with powerful political figures and businessmen like Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew. Now, the United State government after gathering and holding onto the Epstein Files since the mid 2000s, enough public pressure has seemingly forced their hand. After months of current president Trump going back on his campaign promise to release the files, he has now swiftly changed his tune with his voter base urging the files being released. Whether or not the government blanks out crucial information as they so often do is still yet to be seen. But, after years of the news teasing the public with stories of Epstein since his death, we will finally have some answers. However, these answers may lead to possibly unforeseen levels of news coverage a...
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SNAP Back To Reality

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 The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in its current form has been around for more than six decades. It accounts for 70 percent of the USDA assistance spending as of fiscal year 2024. Providing food assistance for over 40 million people per month with benefits averaging just shy of 200 dollars per user. The two leading groups to receive these benefits are adults aged between 18 and 59 (41.6%) and children aged from 5 and 17 years old (27.7%). These numbers tell us how important SNAP benefits are for tens of millions of Americans whether it be children or adults under 60 years old. Yet, the current Trump administration wishes to cut funding from this long-established program that is crucial for low-income households. This has become one of the loudest issues in the 24/7 news cycle amidst the government shutdown and members on capitol hill try their "hardest" to negotiate with one another to reopen the government. However, it should be noted that in recent hours...
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Big Business and the AI Bubble

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In recent years we have seen AI become more and more advanced and pursued by tech companies around the world. After centuries of humans telling tales of artificial intelligence, we are the closest we've ever been to achieving this reality. Companies like Microsoft and Nvidia have seen massive boons in the stock market and are worth trillions of dollars. This bubble has been on a fast and large expansion in only a few years, and it has found its way into our daily lives. Whether it be ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI, or Meta, the AI space has become a part of the everyday on the internet. It has even stretched its reach into our politics. Current Vice President J.D Vance has had his entire career influenced and directly financed by Palantir founder, Peter Thiel. However, like all bubbles, sooner or later they pop and AI could have scary effects when it bursts. Businesses have sunken so much time and R&D and used up so many resources in environments, when the demand for AI ...
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Gun Violence, a 24/7 Story in America

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 Gun violence in the United States of America has been a constant issue for Americans for decades. Since 1966, there has been at least one mass shooting incident in this country and no less than four after 1990. These tragic events have taken the lives of more than 1,500 people with the majority of these events taking place at schools and workplaces. Every time one of these tragedies occur the news is quick to cover the candlelight vigils, police response times, and details on the suspect. Ranging from ethnicity, religion, job, sexual orientation, or level of education. Of course, all these factors are second to the long-held debate of gun control in America and whether or not the 2nd amendment should continue to enable citizens the ability to purchase all types of firearms, if any at all. Just this past weekend, two more mass shootings occurred. One at Lincoln university, Philadelphia, resulting in one death and six injured. At a house party in North Carolina, two are reported dea...
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Anything but the Epstein Files

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We are nine months into President Donald J. Trump's second term and yet his most important campaign promise has not been meant. In fact, it has purposely avoided and prevented from releasing by Trump and ninety-nine percent of republicans on the hill. The most infamous child sex trafficker of the modern era who had business associates all over the world. From politicians, bankers, celebrities, the list goes on and on. Yet, our President and the wider government is afraid to release the Epstein list to the point now where the government has been shut down for the first time since 2019, also under Trump. As with any government shut down, the media will be pointing all cameras and microphones at the hill and our politicians for answers. The longer this shutdown drags on the already high civil unrest in this nation will grow even more. Mass shootings and ICE raids have been constantly swarming around the news cycle in recent times, and a shutdown will only amplify these stories. Media ...
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Podcasters Are Today's News Reporters

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Joe Rogan has over 2,500 episodes of hiss podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, totaling 7,000 hours of content. Another well-known podcaster, Tim Pool, has well over a thousand episodes of his podcast, Timcast, which is more politically focused compared to The Joe Rogan Experience. Both of these podcasts bring in millions of listeners per episode and Joe Rogan in particular attracts all types of people on his show regularly including actors, politicians, scientists, musicians, or comedians. In the age of digital media being so influential and readily available to us, these podcasters are often sources us constant news. Whether driving to work in the morning, making dinner, or wanting something to listen to, podcasters can and will act as news reporters for their listeners. These podcasters are smart enough to even make clips of their hours long episodes to farm engagement on social media platforms to spread awareness of their podcasts. As major news networks like MSNBC and CNN fall in vi...
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