Alana Mastrangelo

Alana Mastrangelo

Articles by Alana Mastrangelo

Supporters Gather for Trump’s Inauguration Eve ‘Victory Rally’

WASHINGTON, DC — Supporters of President-elect Donald Trump gathered from across the country on Sunday to attend the 45th and soon-to-be 47th president’s Inauguration Eve “victory rally” at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, braving cold weather and long lines.

Americans Get First Taste of Chinese Censorship After Fleeing TikTok for RedNote

Chinese app RedNote — known in China as “Xiaohongshu” and often described as the Chinese version of Instagram — is blocking posts about the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre and Uyghurs as U.S. TikTok users migrate to the platform ahead of a likely ban in the United States this Sunday. Startled westerners are also learning that China’s platforms don’t take kindly to woke LGBT content.

Chinese military recruits

ChatGPT Mystery: Mother of OpenAI Whistleblower Tells Tucker Carlson He Was Murdered

Poornima Ramarao, the mother of OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji — who was found dead in his apartment in November, after being courted to testify against Sam Altman’s AI powerhouse in copyright trials — says that while California authorities claim her son died from suicide, crime scene photos show it was a murder.

Boss of ChatGPT developer OpenAI Sam Altman

‘The Sandman’ Author Neil Gaiman Accused of Sexual Assault by Multiple Women

“The Sandman” author Neil Gaiman has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, who claim he sexually assaulted them, forced them to call him “Master,” and in one instance, ordered a woman to “lick [her] own sh*t.” A representative for the author said such acts were merely BDSM between consenting adults.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 23: Neil Gaiman speaks onstage at the Full Bloom: The 2023 Moth B

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Nukes DEI Programs in Latest Olive Branch to MAGA

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is terminating its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs effective immediately, and will instead build initiatives “that focus on how to apply fair and consistent practices that mitigate bias for all, no matter your background.” This step continues Zuckerberg’s attempt to extend an olive branch to Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. 

Mark Zuckerberg shows off his pendant

Silicon Valley Sickos: Airbnb Tells Customer Los Angeles Wildfires Don’t Count as ‘Major Disruptive Event’

An Airbnb customer claims the company refused to rebook her Los Angeles stay amid raging wildfires that spread due to extreme winds, causing historic destruction of homes and displacing tens of thousands of people. According to the Silicon Valley giant, the wildfires raging throughout Los Angeles are not a “major disruptive event.” The post prompted many to share their own Airbnb horror stories.

apartments burning in the Eaton Fire

6 Acts of Despicable Facebook Censorship that Mark Zuckerberg Must Never Let Happen Again

Mark Zuckerberg stunned the world when he announced this week that Meta would embrace free speech on its platforms including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. But to hold the billionaire to his promises of removing bias and censorship from these platforms, we must first acknowledge the terrible levels of censorship faced by conservatives on Zuckerberg’s platforms since 2016. Here are six particularly egregious examples from Zuckerberg’s inglorious reign as the internet’s arbiter of truth.

Mark Zuckerberg points at his audience