Twitter Is Real Life Now

Twitter is now the center of the country’s political universe, for better or worse, writes River Page. (Photo illustration by The Free Press, images via Getty and X)
Biden staffers found out he was stepping down the same way as the rest of us. This is a point of no return.
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The phrase “Twitter isn’t real life” has never seemed less true. That’s not to say the average Twitter user is the average American—which is us…
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