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  • “Regressive and misogynistic”: Charlie Kirk’s outdated views on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce ignite controversy following his death

    09/16/2025 7:30:03 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 51 replies
    Times of India ^ | Sep 17, 2025
    The death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has reignited heated debates after his controversial remarks about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce resurfaced online. Kirk, who founded Turning Point USA, tragically passed away at age 31 on September 10, 2025, after being shot during a speaking event at Utah Valley University. However, it’s his relationship advice to the global pop icon that is now making waves across social media. Charlie Kirk’s remarks drew sharp criticism for being misogynistic During an August 26 episode of The Charlie Kirk Show, Kirk addressed Taylor Swift’s recent engagement to Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce....
  • 'New York Times' Issues Minor Clarification That Charlie Kirk Said 'Hitler Is Bad', Not 'Hitler Is Good'

    09/16/2025 2:06:44 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 21 replies
    X.com ^ | The Babylon Bee✓ @TheBabylonBee
    https://t.co/AMeXCf4rA8 NEW YORK, NY — Responding to public outcry to set the record straight after a terrible act of political violence launched the debate about dangerous rhetoric to the forefront of American consciousness, the New York Times issued a minor clarification that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had said "Hitler is bad" and not "Hitler is good." The correction came several days after Kirk was gunned down at a public event, with the New York Times seeking to clarify that it had gotten one minor detail wrong by telling its readers that Kirk had praised infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler when...
  • Former Gawker Editor Writes in Nation Magazine: Charlie Kirk ‘Racist, Transphobe, Homophobe, Misogynist’

    09/13/2025 5:06:53 PM PDT · by Morgana · 66 replies
    Breitbart ^ | September 13, 2025 | Lowell Cauffiel
    Former Gawker editor Elizabeth Spiers unloaded in the Nation what may be the most caustic postmortem on Charlie Kirk found anywhere in media so far — comparing the slain Turning Point founder to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbles and labeling Kirk “an unrepentant racist, transphobe, homophobe, and misogynist.” The latter name calling appeared in the lead paragraph alone of the 1000-word essay under the headline: “Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning.” Quoting gracious comments by California Gov. Gavin Newsom about the slain father of two, Spiers wrote, “There is no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign, and refusing to...
  • How Frank Rizzo, a high school dropout, became Philadelphia’s toughest cop and a harbinger of MAGA politic

    09/10/2025 9:32:55 AM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 14 replies
    The Conversation ^ | 09/05/2025 | Fritz Holznagel
    In August 2025, the city of Philadelphia agreed to return a statue of Frank Rizzo to the supporters that commissioned the memorial in 1992. The 2,000-pound bronze tribute to the former police commissioner-turned-mayor had stood in front of the city’s Municipal Services Building from 1998 until 2020, when then-mayor Jim Kenney ordered it removed days after protesters attempted to topple it during the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd. ---SNIP--- Like Rizzo, Trump’s appeal is more social and cultural than economic. Critics have argued that Trump’s promotion of traditional Republican economic policies belie the notion that he is...
  • Active Clubs are white supremacy’s new, dangerous frontier

    08/26/2025 4:53:39 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 55 replies
    The Conversation ^ | 08 26 2025 | Kalpana Jain
    Small local organizations called Active Clubs have spread widely across the U.S. and internationally, using fitness as a cover for a much more alarming mission. These groups are a new and harder-to-detect form of white supremacist organizing that merges extremist ideology with fitness and combat sports culture. Active Clubs frame themselves as innocuous workout groups on digital platforms and decentralized networks to recruit, radicalize and prepare members for racist violence. The clubs commonly use encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram, Wire and Matrix to coordinate internally. For broader propaganda and outreach they rely on alternative social media platforms such as...
  • Miranda Devine: Bumbling Obama aides actually admit Russiagate was a smear campaign against Trump

    08/14/2025 1:47:37 AM PDT · by Libloather · 20 replies
    NY Post ^ | 8/13/25 | Miranda Devine
    “That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it.” It’s hard to believe that the Russiagate plotters are so stupid, but the declassified documents tumbling out of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s files show that, while they had a lot of power and managed to hide their nefarious activities for almost a decade, President Barack Obama’s henchmen were none too bright. The latest tranche of declassified emails has Obama’s DNI, James Clapper, telling then-Director of the National Security Agency Mike Rogers essentially to shut up and put his name to the intelligence community assessment (ICA) that Clapper and then-CIA Director...
  • Nazi uniforms, Trump lyrics: Santa Rosa protest blurs satire and shock (Barf alert)

    08/08/2025 1:53:04 PM PDT · by rey · 11 replies
    Press Democrat ^ | 8 Aug 2025 | Anna Armstrong
    Protest has long shaped political discourse in the North Bay, from anti-war marches and Black Lives Matter demonstrations to animal rights actions at local farms and factories. But under Donald Trump’s second term, as political tensions deepen, such actions have become more frequent — and more provocative. On July 17, in Santa Rosa’s Old Courthouse Square, a protest took a sharp turn into political theater. A small group of activists, dressed in brown military-style uniforms and Nazi armbands, staged a performance of “Springtime for Hitler,” a satirical musical number from Mel Brooks’ 1967 film, “The Producers.” Lyrics were rewritten to...
  • ICYMI: Virginia GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Winsome Earle-Sears Campaign Funded By Known Nazi Sympathizer [Fake News]

    07/18/2025 10:02:22 AM PDT · by Steven Scharf · 34 replies
    Democratic National Committee ^ | July 10, 2025 | Democratic National Committee
    ICYMI: Virginia GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Winsome Earle-Sears Campaign Funded By Known Nazi Sympathizer July 10, 2025 In response to reporting detailing Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign receiving donations tied to a known Nazi sympathizer, DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman released the following statement: “MAGA extremist Winsome Earle-Sears gladly took the money of a Nazi sympathizer to fund her losing campaign — despite once condemning that very action. The company you keep matters. Working Virginians have a choice this election — a candidate who associates with Nazis or a candidate who will spend every day fighting for working Virginians.”...
  • As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas

    07/06/2025 12:05:58 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 135 replies
    The New York Times ^ | July 5, 2025Updated July 6, 2025, 12:40 p.m. ET | Christopher Flavelle
    Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.Crucial positions at the local offices of the National Weather Service were unfilled as severe rainfall inundated parts of Central Texas on Friday morning, prompting some experts to question whether staffing shortages made it harder for the forecasting agency to coordinate with local emergency managers as floodwaters rose. Texas officials appeared to blame the Weather Service for issuing forecasts on Wednesday that underestimated how much rain was coming. But former Weather Service officials said the forecasts were as good as could be expected,...
  • 5 ways the Trump administration is implementing Project 2025

    05/09/2025 4:35:04 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 21 replies
    Los Angeles Times ^ | May 9, 2025 3 AM PT | Kevin Rector
    President Trump’s opponents sought to tie him to Project 2025, which he disavowed.During his first months in office, his policy agenda largely aligned with the conservative playbook.Whether Project 2025 was President Trump’s plan for his second presidency was a big point of contention during the presidential campaign.His opponents in the race — first President Biden and then Vice President Kamala Harris — aggressively tried to tie him to the Heritage Foundation’s unpopular conservative playbook, which was unveiled in 2023. Trump vociferously denied it was his plan, and the White House still does.Now, several months into Trump’s second term, what is...
  • Inside the salacious scandal that derailed Jeanine Pirro's political career (BARF ALERT)

    05/09/2025 4:57:38 PM PDT · by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas · 52 replies
    nbc ^ | 5/9/2025 | Rich Schapiro
    Long before she was a Fox News host who pushed pro-Trump election conspiracy theories, Jeanine Pirro was an ambitious New York politician whose career stalled after she was recorded plotting to bug her then-husband’s boat to catch him in an affair. The revelation rocked Pirro’s campaign for New York attorney general nearly 20 years ago, resulting in days of front-page headlines in the city’s tabloids (“BUG THIS LOVE BOAT!” blared the Daily News cover). The conversation took place in 2005 between Pirro and the former commissioner of the New York Police Department, Bernard Kerik, a close ally of Rudy Giuliani’s....
  • BREAKING: Pentagon Inspector General Expands Investigation Into Hegseth’s Second Signal Chat

    05/01/2025 6:08:43 PM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 49 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | May 1, 2025 | Cristina Laila
    The Pentagon Inspector General expanded his investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the double-encrypted app Signal. Steven Stebbins took over as Acting Inspector General after President Trump fired the previous IG and 17 other inspectors general. Stebbins was first appointed to his position in 2015. Pete Hegseth has been under heavy attack since before his confirmation hearing and the leaks keep coming.
  • SecDef @PeteHegseth just went BERSERK on the media's latest smear attempts.

    04/21/2025 7:52:59 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 28 replies
    X.com ^ | 9:04 AM · Apr 21, 2025 | Eric Daugherty✓ @EricLDaugh
    What a big surprise that a few leakers get fired and suddenly a bunch of hit pieces come out! They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees, and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations. NOT going to work with me, because we're changing the Defense Department, putting the Pentagon back in the hands of war fighters and anonymous smears from disgruntled former employees on old news doesn't matter.
  • The manufactured Pete Hegseth crisis is best understood for what it is: a CIA information warfare operation.

    04/21/2025 7:21:30 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 27 replies
    X.com ^ | Last edited 7:57 PM · Apr 21, 2025 | Lara Logan✓ @laralogan
    If you hear a Republican giving this oxygen, change the channel & make a note to never listen to that person again. They are either ignorant or deceived or too stupid to understand - or worse, they are not playing for the right team.
  • FYI, Adam Goldman of the NY Times is getting ready to run another one of their “journalism” exposé pieces about me spending time in our FBI training facility ground

    04/19/2025 6:50:11 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 19 replies
    X ^ | 4/18/25 | Dan Bongino
    Their big news “hook” is that after a solid few rounds of grappling, I injured my shoulder. Because it’s Adam Goldman, you can generally assume he’s wrong, and he is, again. The instructor I was grappling with got the best of me, because he’s incredibly talented. That’s why he’s there. And it was my not an “injury” but a bit of swelling in my right elbow, not shoulder, because I’m 50 years old and I can’t recover like I used to. But I felt it was important to get on the mats any way, because that’s what men do. But...
  • 'ICE Barbie' Kristi Noem and her 'lover' Corey Lewandowski are cozier than ever despite White House concerns

    04/18/2025 2:17:33 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 33 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 18 Apr 2025 | NIKKI SCHWAB
    Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski are cozier than ever, despite White House concerns about their relationship. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday night that Lewandowski is now working as a 'special government employee' under Noem at the Department of Homeland Security. Lewandowski had initially wanted to serve as Noem's chief of staff, but President Donald Trump and his top advisers reportedly felt 'uncomfortable' with the optics of such a placement. The president and Lewandowski settled on him becoming a special government employee to DHS so the pair would be more removed...
  • Desperation: Giffords Claims Trump Working to Protect ‘Gun CEO Profits’

    04/15/2025 7:32:53 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 9 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/15/2025 | AWR Hawkins
    Pro-Second Amendment legislation is flooding the U.S. Capitol under President Donald Trump and Gabby Giffords’ gun control group, Giffords, best response to date is to claim Trump is protecting “gun CEO profits.” Giffords posted to X: What Giffords calls a “special interest task force” is, in actuality, a Second Amendment Task Force announced last week by Attorney General Pam Bondi. Breitbart News noted that task force was created to prevent 2A rights from being treated like second class rights. NBC News published parts of the memo Bondi used to announce the task force, wherein she emphasized, “For too long, the...
  • MAGA Pundit Who Hosted Kash Patel, Other Top Republicans on Show Calls For ‘A Final Solution’ to Deport All Jews From US

    03/31/2025 3:10:58 PM PDT · by Miami Rebel · 23 replies
    Mediaite ^ | Mar 31st, 2025 | Sarah Rumpf
    White nationalist pundit Stew Peters is no stranger to offensive commentary, but on a recent episode of his eponymous podcast, he openly called for the deportation of all Jews from the United States — even going so far as to echo Nazi rhetoric by calling it a “final solution.” Peters’ notable controversies in recent years include getting kicked off Spotify and Apple Podcasts after he peddled Covid-19 conspiracy theories and participated in a white nationalist conference held by Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. He’s embraced the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, claimed the Titan sub disaster was “actually a ploy” to hide...
  • Signalgate: President Trump Stands by Mike Waltz - Attributing Signal App Issue to Waltz Staffer Who Accidentally Added Journalist

    03/25/2025 1:37:20 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 109 replies
    The Last Refuge ^ | 3/25/25 | Sundance
    The rest of the DC setup is transparently clear. (1) Goldberg held the story until the day before a long-scheduled Senate Intelligence Committee hearing. (2) The SSCI then used the hearing to blast the heads of the Trump administration intelligence silos on the issue of “classified” information in the text messages. ♦ The next act in this well-known performance will be for Democrats to demand the release of the Signal App transcript, if it’s not classified, then there’s nothing to hide. ♦ Public pressure via narrative drum-pounding will continue to increase, until the chat messages are released to congress. [Keep...
  • Nancy Pelosi describing the “Wrap Up Smear” tactic! (The tactic being used against Hegseth right now.)

    03/25/2025 11:00:18 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 27 replies
    X.com ^ | 11:03 AM · Sep 1, 2020 | Travis Tritt✓ @TravisTritt