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This is an important thread. It seems weirdly disrespectful to try to turn Kirk into something he clearly despised.
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 3:38 PM
This is an important thread. It seems weirdly disrespectful to try to turn Kirk into something he clearly despised.
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Nazis care more about Charlie Kirk's death than children shot at school.
September 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nazis care more about Charlie Kirk's death than children shot at school.
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Former Fox News host turned Donald Trump government lacky, forces US troops to stand in an empty parking lot to be filmed praying for the former MAGA propagandist Charlie Kirk, in an attempt to boost Trump's image amid growing calls to release the Epstein files.
September 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Former Fox News host turned Donald Trump government lacky, forces US troops to stand in an empty parking lot to be filmed praying for the former MAGA propagandist Charlie Kirk, in an attempt to boost Trump's image amid growing calls to release the Epstein files.
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Buying anything from overseas is about to get more expensive, more logistically complicated, slower, and overall more annoying. Film photography community, retro games community, people into skincare already seeing chaos on eBay. eBay sellers locking US buyers out.
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
Trump Tariffs Cause Chaos on Ebay as Every Hobby Becomes Logistical Minefield
Buying cameras, retro games, board games, skincare, flashlights, sex toys, watches, and anything else from overseas just became far more complicated, slow, and expensive.
www.404media.co
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Buying anything from overseas is about to get more expensive, more logistically complicated, slower, and overall more annoying. Film photography community, retro games community, people into skincare already seeing chaos on eBay. eBay sellers locking US buyers out.
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
www.404media.co/trump-tariff...
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“The most transparent administration in history” refuses to say who’s behind their batshit social media.
“The most transparent administration in history” refuses to say who’s behind their batshit social media
Government trolls spread cruel memes and "textbook propaganda” on behalf of Trump.
www.motherjones.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“The most transparent administration in history” refuses to say who’s behind their batshit social media.
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Wtf.
President Donald Trump's so-called "border czar," Tom Homan, explained that federal agents are wearing masks over their faces because it's what criminals do.
'Criminals have been wearing masks for a long time': Trump border czar defends ICE masks
President Donald Trump's so-called "border czar," Tom Homan, explained that federal agents are wearing masks over their faces because it's what criminals do. Homan, whose official title is the executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), spoke to the press outside the W...
bit.ly
August 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Wtf.
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You can't have vaccines or cancer research but RFK definitely wants you in a wearable that can transfer your health data to unsecure databases or have it shared with third parties, as Charlie McGill writes.
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
RFK Jr. Wants a Wearable on Every American Body
Despite his past criticisms of the data privacy risks associated with ‘smart’ technology, Kennedy’s HHS is now pushing wearables on Americans. Experts say the privacy concerns are jarring.
prospect.org
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
You can't have vaccines or cancer research but RFK definitely wants you in a wearable that can transfer your health data to unsecure databases or have it shared with third parties, as Charlie McGill writes.
prospect.org/health/2025-...
prospect.org/health/2025-...
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This might be the angriest I’ve ever been in print.
Kash Patel tweeting about his pullup workout instead of doing the job of counterterrorism kind of broke me. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
Kash Patel tweeting about his pullup workout instead of doing the job of counterterrorism kind of broke me. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
August 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This might be the angriest I’ve ever been in print.
Kash Patel tweeting about his pullup workout instead of doing the job of counterterrorism kind of broke me. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
Kash Patel tweeting about his pullup workout instead of doing the job of counterterrorism kind of broke me. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-cdc-th...
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At a profound level, MAGA's immigration policies are simply a way to transfer taxpayer dollars to private contractors whose job is to terrorize the American people. Fundamentally, leaders are using our own money to destroy our democracy.
August 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
At a profound level, MAGA's immigration policies are simply a way to transfer taxpayer dollars to private contractors whose job is to terrorize the American people. Fundamentally, leaders are using our own money to destroy our democracy.
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The Florida government has signed contracts with at least $245 million of taxpayers' money for this this short-lived un-American photo-op cruelty.
August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The Florida government has signed contracts with at least $245 million of taxpayers' money for this this short-lived un-American photo-op cruelty.
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Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Dear people who are saying that the CDC directors who quit yesterday should have “stayed and fought”,
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
With all due respect, you do not grasp the magnitude of the problem of RFK Jr.
He is asking them to do unethical and immoral things that will actively harm the people of the United States. 1/3
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"To even remotely understand what Kennedy is talking about requires one’s brain to be thoroughly bathed in corrosive acid."
-From @annamerlan.bsky.social's "The Brain Rot Cabinet"
-From @annamerlan.bsky.social's "The Brain Rot Cabinet"
RFK Jr on the mass shooting in Minnesota: "We're launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence."
August 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"To even remotely understand what Kennedy is talking about requires one’s brain to be thoroughly bathed in corrosive acid."
-From @annamerlan.bsky.social's "The Brain Rot Cabinet"
-From @annamerlan.bsky.social's "The Brain Rot Cabinet"
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One thing that really hits you when you're directly affected by gun violence in schools is that there's nowhere to hide. Public, private, religious, whatever - unless you're going to homeschool your kids, we live in a world where they're at risk of something like this happening.
August 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
One thing that really hits you when you're directly affected by gun violence in schools is that there's nowhere to hide. Public, private, religious, whatever - unless you're going to homeschool your kids, we live in a world where they're at risk of something like this happening.
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They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
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NEW: You have been reading a lot about the DOJ's effort to collect sensitive voter data. Democracy Docket has broken a lot of the news on this story and now offers this explainer. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/exp...
Explainer: Can DOJ Access States’ Voter Data? It's Complicated
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
August 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEW: You have been reading a lot about the DOJ's effort to collect sensitive voter data. Democracy Docket has broken a lot of the news on this story and now offers this explainer. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/exp...
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There are only 3 options here:
1) He’s just making shit up and lying to everyone
2) He is dumb as a stump and doesn’t understand any of this
3) Both
Trump is a Liar and or Stupid, why is anyone supporting him?
1) He’s just making shit up and lying to everyone
2) He is dumb as a stump and doesn’t understand any of this
3) Both
Trump is a Liar and or Stupid, why is anyone supporting him?
Trump: "I think we're gonna be very successful fairly soon. We'll have drug prices coming down by 500, 600, 800, even 1,200 percent."
August 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There are only 3 options here:
1) He’s just making shit up and lying to everyone
2) He is dumb as a stump and doesn’t understand any of this
3) Both
Trump is a Liar and or Stupid, why is anyone supporting him?
1) He’s just making shit up and lying to everyone
2) He is dumb as a stump and doesn’t understand any of this
3) Both
Trump is a Liar and or Stupid, why is anyone supporting him?
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what the fuck is happening
Trump on Karoline Leavitt: "She's become a star. It's that face, it's that brain, it's those lips, the way they move."
August 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
what the fuck is happening
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“They beat us for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
CECOT prisoners say they were forced to drink bath water, denied care, and brutalized daily. Physically, verbally, even medically.
This is torture. And the world is watching.
CECOT prisoners say they were forced to drink bath water, denied care, and brutalized daily. Physically, verbally, even medically.
This is torture. And the world is watching.
July 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“They beat us for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”
CECOT prisoners say they were forced to drink bath water, denied care, and brutalized daily. Physically, verbally, even medically.
This is torture. And the world is watching.
CECOT prisoners say they were forced to drink bath water, denied care, and brutalized daily. Physically, verbally, even medically.
This is torture. And the world is watching.
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"For the first time in more than seven decades, Congress has passed a law that will make higher education drastically less affordable and less accessible for students," writes McKenna Samson, Manager, Educational Policy at PEN America. Read more at: pen.org/the-big-beau...
The Big Beautiful Bill is a Further Ugly Attack on Higher Education - PEN America
For the first time in decades, Congress has passed a law that will make higher education less affordable and less accessible for students.
pen.org
July 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"For the first time in more than seven decades, Congress has passed a law that will make higher education drastically less affordable and less accessible for students," writes McKenna Samson, Manager, Educational Policy at PEN America. Read more at: pen.org/the-big-beau...
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Peter Thiel is back in the game, quietly donating more than $850,000 this year to finance Republican incumbents attempting to retain their party’s control of the House in next year’s midterm elections.
As Palantir cashes in on Trump 2.0, Peter Thiel is bankrolling Republicans again
The quirky Silicon Valley billionaire's priority: retaining GOP control of the House.
www.motherjones.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Peter Thiel is back in the game, quietly donating more than $850,000 this year to finance Republican incumbents attempting to retain their party’s control of the House in next year’s midterm elections.
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This really made me smile. 😈 It's about damn time. Good morning, everyone!
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
French president Macron sues influencer Candace Owens over claim France’s first lady was born male
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit in the U.S. on Wednesday against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, centered on her claim that France’s first lady i...
www.ctvnews.ca
July 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This really made me smile. 😈 It's about damn time. Good morning, everyone!
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
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New photos and videos highlight close ties between Epstein and Trump
New photos and videos highlight close ties between Epstein and Trump
Footage shows the pedophile at Trump’s 1993 wedding and the two attending a Victoria’s Secret fashion event in 1999
Newly uncovered photos and video footage published by CNN show more links between the notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump, including Epstein’s attendance at Trump’s wedding to Marla Maples at the Plaza Hotel in New York in 1993.
The media organization said on Wednesday that Epstein’s attendance at the wedding ceremony was not widely known. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New photos and videos highlight close ties between Epstein and Trump
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CAK Airport has one of the oldest air traffic control towers country, yet Secretary Sean Duffy and the Department of Transportation continue to withhold answers about why it’s not being prioritized for repairs.
July 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
CAK Airport has one of the oldest air traffic control towers country, yet Secretary Sean Duffy and the Department of Transportation continue to withhold answers about why it’s not being prioritized for repairs.
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"At this point, women have been cleared out of all of the military’s top jobs."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Administration Wants Military Women to Know Their Place
Pete Hegseth seems to be on a mission to erase women from the top ranks of the U.S. armed forces.
www.theatlantic.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"At this point, women have been cleared out of all of the military’s top jobs."
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.
Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 aid-seekers in Gaza since May, the U.N. says
More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.
n.pr
July 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.