https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2026\/01\/18\/conservatives-x-twitter-musk-00734196<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“In a recent op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, Ohio gubernatorial hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy announced his plans to log off of X, citing its \u201cwarped projection of reality.\u201d And Ramaswamy isn\u2019t alone in heading for the digital exits. During a recent appearance on Steve Bannon\u2019s War Room podcast, the conservative commentator and former Breitbart editor Raheem Kassam bleakly proclaimed that he was deleting the app from his phone.<\/p>\n
\u201cX is a post-apocalyptic cesspool of bots, pedophilia and political illiteracy,\u201d Kassam wrote in a text message when asked about his decision. \u201cI deleted it from my phone because it was making me dumber.\u201d<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
A new feature rolled out earlier this year displaying the country where an account is based inadvertently revealed that many of the most active pro-Trump and MAGA accounts are based abroad.” <\/p>\n
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