Alysa Liu's liberal views enrage MAGA voters who rooted for her at the Olympics
Plus: A streamer printed out his hate tweets to make a wall.
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It only took nearly a month, but Olympian Alysa Liu’s liberal comments are sparking controversy on right-wing platforms like X.
Pixar’s Hoppers is a hit, and Tom Lizard’s collab in Fortnite trended before the movie even premiered.
Kai Cenat’s “hate wall” sure is something…
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MAGA celebrates Olympic gold medalist Alysa Liu—then discovers she’s liberal and anti-ICE
Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu is drawing backlash from the right after recent interviews resurfaced showing the athlete openly identifying as liberal.
Liu said she and her family attended protests for causes like Black Lives Matter, Stop Asian Hate, climate action, and opposition to ICE, comments that surprised some MAGA supporters who had embraced her during the 2026 Winter Olympics.
“Everyone loves this silly lil lizard”: The “Hoppers” collab in Fortnite is so popular, players are calling it an “industry plant”
Pixar’s Hoppers hit theaters this weekend, but thanks to a Fortnite collab, Tom Lizard was already trending online after taking over the gaming community.
To coincide with the release of the movie on March 6th, a Hoppers cosmetics bundle was released in Fortnite. This included a Tom Lizard player skin, which gamers are already obsessed with it. Even people involved in the movie’s production got in on the action.
Kai Cenat shares footage of his “hate wall” filled with printed out comments from trolls
On March 7, Kai Cenat showed just how much those naysayers have been keeping him motivated. The 24-year-old influencer posted a YouTube video where he showed a “hate wall” that he created at his workstation in Italy. Cenat explained that he’s been working out of a “600-year-old villa” in the historic country.
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