that's... a heck of an ad to run before first pitch of a World Series game

Charlie Kirk's deposition is only 27 pages since he refused to answer even basic questions like how old was he, did he run Turning Point, had he gone to college? He invoked the 5th, valid only out of concern about criminal prosecution. Let's all ask: why would Charlie fear prosecution over Jan 6?

Kirk didn't just duck out of speaking on Jan 6, he stayed away from DC entirely. That meant he had to resign abruptly from Trump's "1776 Commission", whose only meeting was Jan 5. Their goal was to revamp US education, make it 'patriotic' - a key Kirk theme. He must have really wanted out. 6/

Charlie Kirk was one of the first people tapped to speak at the Jan 6 rally: he was asked him on Dec. 21, two days after the permit application. President Trump wanted him! But by Dec. 29, Kirk had refused; he took the 5th when asked why. We can guess: he knew it would be violent, and wanted out. 5/

We know from the Turning Point USA emails that they used Telegram (a Russian app, btw) to coordinate the buses sent to DC, but Charlie turned over no Telegram messages. He took the 5th when asked about them. 4/

Some of Charlie's Jan 6 texts are known from what other people gave the J6C. Fundraiser Caroline Wren turned over a set of texts about the money for the rallies: Kirk met with the donor, accepted the $, wrote the checks. But he took the 5th when asked about it - wouldn't even admit he knew Wren. 3/

Charlie Kirk responded to the J6C's subpoena with thousands of pages of Turning Point USA emails and texts about processing over $1M for the Jan 6 rallies and arranging buses to bring the mob to DC ...but he withheld all his personal text messages. He took the 5th when asked about them. 2/

To honor Charlie Kirk, a thread on his words about Jan 6. Let us cherish and remember them - which is easy since 41 of his sentences are "I'm invoking my Fifth Amendment right not to testify". That is, Kirk thought his words could be used in a criminal prosecution. 1/
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Greetings! A large immigration operation and subsequent protest in Paramount, CA has led to a large amount of gas and “less lethal” munitions. Situation ongoing. Will update as I can.

I guess folks weren't really listening when he said it.... they didn't listen to her warnings either...

after waving around a chainsaw, Elon Musk is doing a talk at CPAC wearing sunglasses and a chain

Tariff-inflated prices pass the pain along to consumers, many of whom voted for Trump.
Good job, asshole.

i love that in addition to everything else, elon musk is the dumbest asshole on the planet

NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Get them out of government. Most not old enough to be elected to anything. One suspects they are part of Musk’s gaming posse.

Questions for the Canadians out there. There seemed to be a pro Trump conservative movement that dragged down Trudeau.

Is that movement getting stronger or weaker ?