Bill Clift
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Ph.D. In American History. Higher Ed fundraiser. Nuggets and NBA
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I hadn't actually watched this clip until now but Kilmeade doesn't say "euthanize" or anything like that.
there's no reason to euphemize his language, the man is talking about murder.
there's no reason to euphemize his language, the man is talking about murder.
'Fox & Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing unhoused people with mental health issues who decline help, saying, “Just kill ‘em.” More:
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Fox Host Says to 'Just Kill 'Em' While Discussing Homeless People Who Decline Help
'Fox and Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing unhoused people with mental health issues who decline help, saying, 'Just kill 'em.'
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September 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I hadn't actually watched this clip until now but Kilmeade doesn't say "euthanize" or anything like that.
there's no reason to euphemize his language, the man is talking about murder.
there's no reason to euphemize his language, the man is talking about murder.
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This you? Just two hours later?
September 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This you? Just two hours later?
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I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
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That msnbc guy got fired for saying these words
September 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
That msnbc guy got fired for saying these words
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The people that risk their lives defending our country don’t enjoy freedom of speech.
Cool little Constitution you’ve got there, America.
Cool little Constitution you’ve got there, America.
“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.
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September 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The people that risk their lives defending our country don’t enjoy freedom of speech.
Cool little Constitution you’ve got there, America.
Cool little Constitution you’ve got there, America.
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scrub all you want, lady macbeth, that stain you voted for ain’t coming out
Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on the nation's vaccine-leery health secretary to promote vaccinations. https://www.wbrz.com/news/cassidy-asks-kennedy-to-promote-vaccines-targeting-whooping-cough-after-major-outbreak
Cassidy asks Kennedy to promote vaccines targeting whooping cough after major outbreak
BATON ROUGE — Sen. Bill Cassidy said Friday that Louisiana is undergoing its worst whooping cough outbreak since 1990 and called on the nation's vaccine-leery health secretary to promote vaccinations.
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September 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
scrub all you want, lady macbeth, that stain you voted for ain’t coming out
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How about that.
September 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How about that.
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WSJ owes an explanation, as does the FBI. Who dumped that crap into their bulletins? If not the same person, who leaked it? Why does either person still have a job? Congress should demand answers immediately.
1. In the immediate aftermath of Charlie Kirk's shooting, the WSJ laundered claims that "transgender symbols" were found with the shooter's gun.
Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found.
WSJ owes a full retraction and apology.
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Now, a press conference reveals that NO such symbols were found.
WSJ owes a full retraction and apology.
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Press Conference: No "Transgender" Or "LGBTQ" Symbols Found At Kirk's Shooting
Yesterday, several media outlets claimed or strongly implied that "transgender symbols" were found at the scene of the gun used by Charlie Kirk's shooter. This turned out to be false.
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September 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
WSJ owes an explanation, as does the FBI. Who dumped that crap into their bulletins? If not the same person, who leaked it? Why does either person still have a job? Congress should demand answers immediately.
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Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
September 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Too bad the GOP effectively criminalized studying how information moves online and news orgs laid off and demonized all the reporters who covered the burgeoning online accelerationist performative death cults. All of that work was somehow "censorship" that needed to be stopped. Now we're here.
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The real issue isn’t left vs right.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
September 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The real issue isn’t left vs right.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
It’s not white vs black.
It’s not citizen vs immigrant.
It’s not gay vs straight.
The real issue is that a lot of powerful people have a vested interest — and a lot of money invested — in dividing us, and it’s working.
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the packers have 25 individual QB seasons that would break the record for the most passing yards in a year by a bears quarterback
Very annoying that Green Bay literally has had zero seasons of bad quarterbacking in 35 years. Come on now.
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
the packers have 25 individual QB seasons that would break the record for the most passing yards in a year by a bears quarterback
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My dad first signed up for Twitter to follow live sports and he’s a freak about U of I. One day he said to me “Twitter is abuzz about Illini golf,” and I was like dude you only follow Illini sports accounts. And that’s how every reporter feels Charlie Kirk was the most important person in the world.
September 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
My dad first signed up for Twitter to follow live sports and he’s a freak about U of I. One day he said to me “Twitter is abuzz about Illini golf,” and I was like dude you only follow Illini sports accounts. And that’s how every reporter feels Charlie Kirk was the most important person in the world.
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From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:
It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible
The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...
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September 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
From ‘The Onion’ Editorial Board:
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Pablo has contributed more to NBA reporting in a week than Simmons did for however long he sat on the Countdown desk.
I can't believe Bill Simmons called Pablo Torre a fake journalist and since then he's destroyed the evil NFL union leaders and is currently dropping Steve Ballmer in a volcano
All-timer run happening right now
All-timer run happening right now
September 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Pablo has contributed more to NBA reporting in a week than Simmons did for however long he sat on the Countdown desk.
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It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I remember Uvalde, Sandy Hook, and Annunciation. I remember the photos of their aftermaths and we as a nation did nothing.
If we did nothing for the kids, why should we expect more for someone who believed in making life worse for so many?
If we did nothing for the kids, why should we expect more for someone who believed in making life worse for so many?
September 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s not that I don’t care, it’s that I remember Uvalde, Sandy Hook, and Annunciation. I remember the photos of their aftermaths and we as a nation did nothing.
If we did nothing for the kids, why should we expect more for someone who believed in making life worse for so many?
If we did nothing for the kids, why should we expect more for someone who believed in making life worse for so many?
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I don't know why patriot Charlie Kirk deleted this patriotic tweet about patriotic buses busing patriots to DC on Jan 6th, but the Internet never forgets.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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This happened yesterday as well.
We can all agree, no matter who is in it- #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
We can all agree, no matter who is in it- #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
September 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This happened yesterday as well.
We can all agree, no matter who is in it- #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
We can all agree, no matter who is in it- #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
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I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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New: Fairview High School and the Southern Hills Middle School in South Boulder are on lockdown, and a shelter-in-place order is in effect for the neighborhood. The Boulder Police Department is investigating a report of a man with a gun near the school
Shelter-in-place ordered as Boulder police investigate reports of man with gun near Fairview High
Fairview High School and the Southern Hills Middle School in South Boulder are on lockdown, and a shelter-in-place order is in effect for the neighborhood.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New: Fairview High School and the Southern Hills Middle School in South Boulder are on lockdown, and a shelter-in-place order is in effect for the neighborhood. The Boulder Police Department is investigating a report of a man with a gun near the school
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The policing of "tone" and "civility" and "incitement" is always completely one-sided.
So MSNBC reportedly fired Matthew Dowd tonight just hours after Jesse Watters called for his "immediate" termination over his Charlie Kirk shooting comments.
Meanwhile, Watters said he's going to "avenge" Kirk's death because "they are at war with us" -- and he'll face no repercussions from Fox.
Meanwhile, Watters said he's going to "avenge" Kirk's death because "they are at war with us" -- and he'll face no repercussions from Fox.
September 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The policing of "tone" and "civility" and "incitement" is always completely one-sided.
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As someone who spent many hours listening to Kirk’s show on AM radio, I would say that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Walter Cronkite by comparison, in terms of rhetorical tone and empirical rigor. The subtext of every show was “You don’t hate the left enough.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As someone who spent many hours listening to Kirk’s show on AM radio, I would say that he made Rush Limbaugh seem like Walter Cronkite by comparison, in terms of rhetorical tone and empirical rigor. The subtext of every show was “You don’t hate the left enough.”
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"Putting solar arrays above water can help keep panels cool, in turn improving their efficiency and electricity output. Shade from the panels can also prevent water loss through evaporation in drought-prone regions and can limit algae growth in waterways." Looks good too!
California's first solar-covered canal is now fully online
The 1.6-MW pilot system is among a growing number of initiatives to put solar over waterways. The approach could generate gigawatts of power nationwide.
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September 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Putting solar arrays above water can help keep panels cool, in turn improving their efficiency and electricity output. Shade from the panels can also prevent water loss through evaporation in drought-prone regions and can limit algae growth in waterways." Looks good too!