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The Era of ‘Stay and Fight’ Twitter Is Here

Now that Elon Musk is welcoming Donald Trump back to Twitter, some liberals feel they can’t leave the platform behind.
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Over the weekend, Elon Musk welcomed Donald Trump back to Twitter. Or rather, he tried to him back after . Trump, who was for encouraging insurrectionists at the U.S. Capitol and violating a content policy against inciting violence, has not actually tweeted anything yet. Musk would like him to, and so began posting some memes, one using an image from the cartoon-for-adults (which Donald Trump Jr. thought was “!” but Musk deleted it for some reason) and depicting—no kidding—a monk (Donald Trump) praying to his heavenly father to , while closing his eyes and trying to ignore a young woman

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