Elmo, hack and Trump
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Sesame Street shared a statement on Elmo's X condemning the anti-semitic and racist posts made by the hacked account over the weekend.
Jon Stewart hosted Elmo on tonight’s show, which was initially supposed to be about the tariffs. Remember those? Trump added a 17% tax to Mexican tomatoes today. But instead, Stewart did an extended riff about Elmo getting radicalized by the manosphere because he is a victim of the Male Loneliness Epidemic. The truth does, in fact, hurt.
Jon Stewart confronted Elmo during Monday night's "The Daily Show" over the "Sesame Street" puppet's X hack and antisemitic tweets.
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FOX 11 Los Angeles on MSNElmo challenges Trump to 'release the files' on X. Sesame Street confirms he was hackedWas Elmo hacked? The Sesame Street star published – and deleted – a post on X challenging President Donald Trump to "release the files" with an NSFW message.
Republican lawmakers are considering clawing back $9 billion in federal funds, codifying a slice of cuts proposed by DOGE.
Tuesday briefing: Trump and Putin; ICE’s bond order; Education Department cuts; New Jersey flooding; wildfires; Elmo; and more ICE declared millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings. The Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump to slash the Education Department.
It seems Elmo's world recently included vitriolic racist and antisemitic social media posts. Sesame Workshop says it seeks to restore control over the beloved puppet's X page.