Trump Faces 3rd Impeachment Threat

Sydney Sweeney has become an unusually frequent subject of culture-war debate, but the criticism directed at her has come from several different places. Some has come from progressive or left-leaning commentators, some from feminist writers and female athletes, and some simply from social-media users whose politics are unclear. It would therefore be misleading to describe every critic as liberal, even though several of the biggest controversies have been framed through debates over race, gender, beauty standards and conservative politics.

One early flashpoint came in 2022, when Sweeney posted photos from her mother’s 60th birthday celebration. Some guests were photographed wearing shirts associated with the “Blue Lives Matter” movement, while others wore red hats reading “Make Sixty Great Again,” a play on Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan. The images quickly generated political speculation online.