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Bloomberg
a day ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Meme Stock Roar Fades on Wall Street
Open Interest Bob Sloan, S3 Partners Founder, joins Open Interest to discuss meme and battle-ground stocks. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Independent
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Trump posts meme of himself and JD Vance chasing Obama in OJ's white Bronco
Donald Trump's latest meme post sees him and JD Vance chasing former president Barack Obama, who is driving a white Ford Bronco, down a Los Angeles freeway in police cars. The image is a recreation of a famous shot of OJ Simpson's evasion of police in 1994. Obama's face is superimposed over that of the retired NFL star, who was accused of killing his ex-wife and her friend. Simpson was later controversially acquitted of the alleged murders following the 'trial of the century.' The faces of the president and his deputy are seen in cop cars trailing the vehicle, though while the image of Trump is normal, Vance is depicted as bloated and scraggly — recalling a recent infamous meme of the vice president. Vance appeared unfazed by the meme, reposting the image on X with a crying laughing emoji. Exactly what parallel Trump was trying to draw with the meme is unclear, but the post appears to be his latest attack against the former president as part of a wider attempt to shift the focus of the media narrative and fallout over the so-called 'Epstein files' back to his Democratic predecessors. In recent weeks, the president and other members of his administration have returned to the 'Russiagate' investigation as an apparent diversion for ongoing interest in financier Jeffrey Epstein and demands from Republicans and Democrats alike to release materials associated with investigations into the convicted sex offender, who died in his jail cell after he was charged with trafficking minors. On Wednesday, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard called investigations into Trump's 2016 campaign a years-long 'coup' orchestrated by Obama, something that the former president dismissively rejected in a rare statement this week. 'There is irrefutable evidence that detailed how President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false,' Gabbard claimed. Trump also doubled down on the claims on Friday, angrily instructing that 'people should really focus on how well the country is doing, or they should focus on the fact that Barack Hussein Obama led a coup.' The president previously posted an AI video of Obama being arrested in the Oval Office and later put in jail. The president has vehemently denied that he was told his name is in the files following a report in The Wall Street Journal alleging Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump he was in them in May, weeks after she told Fox News the files were 'sitting on my desk to review.' Trump has also claimed the Epstein case was 'made up' by former FBI director James Comey, Obama, and former president Joe Biden, despite Epstein being federally charged and imprisoned during Trump's first administration.
Wall Street Journal
6 days ago
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The Meme-Stock Craze Comes to Kohl's
Shares of department-store chain Kohl's and real-estate platform Opendoor Technologies have rocketed higher recently. So have other oddball stocks, including Quantamscape, a maker of batteries for electric vehicles, and Rigetti Computing, a quantum-computing firm. Their recent rise—and the cult followings they have inspired on social media—are reminiscent of GameStop, AMC Entertainment and the original meme stocks that caught fire in the aftermath of the pandemic.
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bizarre Trisha Paytas Baby Theory Goes Viral After Ozzy Osbourne's Death
The internet is a weird, wild place. The latest example: A strange and illogical meme that correlates the births of YouTube creator and podcaster Trisha Paytas' children with the deaths of prominent figures — and that Paytas' kids are the reincarnation of the recently departed — went viral after news that legendary heavy-metal icon Ozzy Osbourne had died. The 'Trisha Paytas baby theory' first cropped up in 2022 following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8 of that year, with Paytas' daughter Malibu Barbie born less than a week later (Sept. 14). The 2024 birth of Paytas' second daughter, Elvis, didn't actually line up with any famous death — but, showing how resilient conspiracy theories can be, users have somehow tied the second baby to Pope Francis, who died April 21, 2025. More from Variety Black Sabbath Members Pay Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne Following His Death: We've 'Lost Our Brother' How Ozzy Osbourne Changed Reality TV: Former MTV Boss Van Toffler on the Unprecedented Success of 'The Osbournes' Ozzy Osbourne's 15 Most Essential Songs, From 'Black Sabbath' to 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' Most recently, Paytas announced the arrival of their third child, Aquaman Moses, in an Instagram post Tuesday (July 22); the baby was born on July 12, 2025. News of the death of Osbourne hit around the same time. The magic number of three — however coincidental and inaccurate — was too much for the internet to resist. 'Ozzy, is that you?' says the top comment on Paytas' announcement of Aquaman's birth. 'Trisha paytas is 3 for 3 omg,' an X user said Tuesday in a post, which has over 9 million views. As of Wednesday morning, 'Trisha' was the No. 5 trending topic on X and 'Trisha Paytas baby theory' was the No. 8 trending search term on Google. Grok, the AI chatbot integrated with X, said in explaining the meme, the deaths and Paytas' childbirths are 'pure coincidence, but internet lore loves it.' Variety has reached out to Paytas' team for comment. Paytas has previously addressed the theory on their podcast, saying, 'I just don't get it,' per Newsweek. 'Is it just any influential person that dies get to come reincarnated as my baby? … I don't understand why my womb is carrying all of these souls.' Social media, of course, was flooded with memes about the wacky Osbourne-Aquaman Moses connection: Ozzy Osbourne waking up from his afternoon nap and seeing Trisha Paytas cradling him — Scott Chegg (@buckfastbadlad) July 22, 2025 ozzy osborne's soul on its way to reincarnate as trisha paytas' baby — JB 🐻✨🍉 (@JBfromDC89) July 22, 2025 Everyone rushing quote retweet Trisha Paytas's baby name announcement with "welcome back Ozzy Osbourne" — 𝑆𝐼𝐴𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝑌𝑀𝐸𝑆 🫧 (@SianThymes) July 22, 2025 Trisha paytas is 3 for 3 omg… — welp. (@YSLONIKA) July 22, 2025 Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? Final Emmy Predictions: Talk Series and Scripted Variety - New Blood Looks to Tackle Late Night Staples
Yahoo
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jim Harbaugh's quirky Chargers training camp move became an instant meme
Jim Harbaugh is a social media superstar, not because he's online all the time -- that'd be wild given that he's an NFL coach -- but because fans love to focus on the quirky guy at the helm of the Los Angeles Chargers (I don't know, maybe it's because of the khakis). The latest piece of Jim Harbaugh weirdness? There's a clip of him at Chargers training camp looking through a curtain like he's peeping at practice. Why? Why ask why? It's just Jim Harbaugh, right? This isn't out of line for him. But of course, the clip became our first meme of 2025 NFL training camps, with folks putting funny captions under the shot of him looking through the curtain. Here's a sampling of what we saw as Chargers training camp kicks off this week: This article originally appeared on For The Win: Jim Harbaugh meme pops up from quirky move at Chargers training camp
