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What if the Playboy Mansion was filled with OnlyFans content creators? Thats the pitch for the Bop House, a TikTok page that has gained nearly three million followers since its launch in December. Founded by Sophie Rain, 20, and Aishah Sofey, 22, the house is home to eight creators aged 19 to 24, who collectively boast over 33 million followers. Their TikTok presence leans into viral, algorithm-friendly content like flying private to the Super Bowl and reviewing popular cookie brand Crumbl. But their real revenue stream comes from OnlyFans. The Bop House claims to have generated $10 million in revenue in its first month. Its just like a little girl group that were all doing and we just want to uplift each other and help each other grow on TikTok, Rain told the Daily Mail. The house has its own website, with a profile of each girl directing to their various social media platforms. The name itself is a reference to Gen Z slang which stands for baddie on point, a term used to describe a person who uses their body to make money. The group has sparked controversy over the blurred line between their PG-rated TikTok presence and their adult content careers. Many members, including Rain, are 21 and under (one even wears braces). Although Rain is an OnlyFans creator, she says shes also a devout Christian and wears a promise ring. The issue is the content looks very very very young, TikTok user Amber Horsburgh posted in a video. The deliberate marketing of youthful personas for adult content is creating a demand for barely-legal performers. With their mostly PG Instagram and TikTok videos, the Bop House has built a following on social media to funnel viewers toward their OnlyFans content. Given the platforms young user base, about 25% of TikTok’s global users are between the ages of 10 and 19, this raises clear concerns. Whether that responsibility falls on the Bop House is less clear. @amberhorsburgh_ I did a marketing degree once and learned about supply and demand. The demand for this makes me feel all sorts of things. Meanwhile the Bop House has 2.5M followers in 60 days…. #bophouse #sophierain #bop Credits Footage: TikTok: @sophieraiin TikTok: @aishah TikTok: @bophouse original sound – Amber | Cultural Commentary – Amber | Cultural Commentary Either way the Bop House has no plans to slow down. In a recent interview, Rain added, We can afford a new mansion every single month with the money the Bop House is making us.
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Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative with little intelligence experience, was confirmed as the top U.S. spy on Wednesday, as Republicans lined up behind a nominee once seen as among President Donald Trump‘s most controversial picks. The Senate voted 52 to 48, mostly along party lines, to confirm Gabbard to the position overseeing the 18-agency intelligence community and acting as Trump’s top adviser on intelligence issues. The only Republican to vote against Gabbard was Senator Mitch McConnell, the party’s former leader in the chamber. No Democrats or independents voted in favor of the nominee. The vote was another victory for Trump as he pushes to secure quick Senate approval for all of his nominees for administration positions. The Senate’s Republican majority leader, John Thune, held a procedural vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who also faced fierce opposition to his nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services, immediately after the Gabbard confirmation vote. Gabbard, a 43-year-old former Democrat, had faced bipartisan questions about past statements seen as supporting U.S. adversaries, and lack of experience that would have prepared her to manage a $100 billion budget. Gabbard neither worked at a spy agency nor served on an intelligence committee during her four House of Representatives terms. She will now oversee an agency created by Congress in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to coordinate the country’s sprawling intelligence apparatus, one of the most important national security positions in U.S. government. “The selection of a DNI is a very big deal,” said Emily Harding, director of the Intelligence, National Security and Technology Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, noting the DNI’s broad access to classified material and role as the president’s main intelligence adviser. Russia, Syria, Snowden Trump’s announcement of Gabbard in November sent shockwaves through the national security establishment, adding to concerns that intelligence-gathering would be politicized, and weakened, during a second Trump administration. Skeptics questioned Gabbard’s past statements seen as sympathetic toward Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and defense of the government of former Syria leader Bashar al-Assad, whom she visited in Syria in 2017 while he was under U.S. sanction. At her hearing, Gabbard faced particularly pointed questioning from senators from both parties about her past defense of former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked thousands of highly classified documents and then sought asylum in Russia. Some were noticeably frustrated at her refusal to call Snowden a traitor. Republicans who expressed concerns faced an intense political pressure campaign, from Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk, who threatened to support primary opponents of any Republican who obstructed nominees. Senator Todd Young, an intelligence committee member who did not immediately back Gabbard, issued a statement supporting her before the panel’s party-line 9-8 vote to recommend the nominee to the full Senate. A former Marine Corps intelligence officer criticized by Musk before he endorsed Gabbard, Young said Gabbard had reassured him that she would support intelligence professionals and provide unbiased information. Gabbard’s supporters also praised her pledges to pare back the DNI’s office, at a time when Trump’s administration is slashing and even seeking to close government agencies. Past DNI nominees have been intelligence veterans confirmed with broad bipartisan support. Daniel Coats, a former ambassador and Republican senator who served on the intelligence committee, was confirmed by 85-12 in 2017, as Trump began his first term. The DNI under former President Joe Biden, Avril Haines, had held a series of major national security positions, including deputy director of the CIA. She was confirmed by 84-10. Harding said Gabbard will need to reassure allies that they can trust Washington as Trump pursues an aggressive foreign policy, and be cautious about making cuts amid myriad global challenges. “The person that is going to be doing it needs to be someone that he (Trump) trusts and somebody that he’ll listen to,” Harding said. Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022 to become an independent. She backed Trump and joined the Republican Party in 2024. Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
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A new bill introduced in Congress last month aims to require proof of citizenship to register to votewhich could make an already-complicated registration process harder for millions of Americans. On January 3, Republican representative Chip Roy reintroduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act to Congress to ensure that our elections and our sovereignty cannot be hijacked and influenced by foreign nationals who have no business voting in this country. The SAVE Act would require voters to present physical documentary proof of citizenship to register or reregister to vote. This means passports, birth certificates, or special drivers licenses that include proof of citizenshipeither REAL ID or an Enhanced Driver License that includes an American flag to show its holders citizenship. But by introducing additional barriers to vote, this legislation could incidentally disenfranchise millions of young voters, voters of color and married women, according to an analysis published by the nonprofit Brennan Center for Justice. Why do people oppose the SAVE Act? After the 2016 election, President Trump stoked fears about noncitizen voting by falsely claiming that 3 million-to-5 million noncitizens voted in the election, but instances of this occurring are vanishingly rare, according to the Brennan Center. Noncitizen voting is already illegal in all 50 states. While the new requirements could ultimately bar noncitizen registrationwhich experts say only happens to an infinitesimal degreethey could also complicate or even block registration for millions of Americans who may not possess the required documents. Last year, the Brennan Center found that 21 million Americans dont have proof of citizenship readily available. The Enhanced Driver Licenseswhich show proof of citizenship on the cardare only available in five states. And almost half of Americans dont even own a passport. Younger voters and voters of color are less likely to have access to these required documents than others, according to the Brennan Centers analysis. The nonprofit also wrote that the SAVE Act would functionally eliminate mail-in voting registration because it requires voters to produce documentation in person to an election official. This bill may also disproportionately block married women from voting: As many as 69 million married women dont possess a birth certificate that matches their legal name, according to the Center for American Progress. The bill passed the House once in July, and with its reintroduction, it will likely see the floor again soon. But to be passed into law, the bill would need to overcome a potential Senate filibusterwhich would require unlikely support from seven Democrats.
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