Meme wars are a time-honored internet tradition. The latest political memetic battle centers on the Dark Brandon meme, which is liberals' new retort to the phrase "Let's Go Brandon," an anti-President ...

It started as an internet meme, then it was embraced by the White House — and President Biden himself Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He joined the brand in 2022.

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on May 25, 2021. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) In the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Not since Hillary Clinton dabbing on ‘em has a meme been so brutally murdered in ...

If you spend any significant time online — and particularly in the nebulous, insufferable realm of Politics Twitter — you’ve probably met him: 79-years-old, a full head of silver hair, an immaculately ...

The phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” started off as a dig at President Biden that spread quickly online and became a political slogan adopted by the president’s critics on the right, including former ...

The Dark Brandon meme often included red stars in the eyes of the president, another visual signal that started within right-wing meme culture. “Laser eyes” used to be used exclusively by white ...

The "Dark Brandon" meme has been embraced by White House officials and at least one sitting Democratic member of Congress, possibly bringing about the end of the meme's life cycle. "Dark Brandon is ...