When they’ve cleaned out all the academics, librarians, artists, scientists, journalists, public servants, humanitarians, immigrants, doctors and authors… They’ll only have each other

The name of the problem is "CAPITALISM."

They haven't officially changed it via Congress, so I refuse to use it!

US ambiguity is something Europe will have to deal with indefinitely, either because the administration of the day is indifferent to hostile (Trump), or it is overstretched elsewhere (future Dem admins). Russia is going to keep pushing and we need to draw a line sooner rather than later.

How do you deal with Russian fighter jets flying into NATO airspace? “Shoot them down” says Czech President Petr Pavel. Turkey did just that in 2015, and it didn’t happen again. Only now Europe doesn’t want to find itself in confrontation with Russia, without an ambiguous US.

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@markhertling.bsky.social @cedricleighton.bsky.social This is not appropriate.

@realbillmaher.bsky.social @realtimers.bsky.social This is inappropriate AF.

Vance calls the memorial a „revival“, claims that Kirk brought „the light of truth to dark places“ - dark places meaning universities. Praises his anti-abortion stance. Most important truth according to Vance: „that Jesus is the king of kings“

I think Don Jr just compared Kirk to St. Stephen, the first martyr of Christendom.

Tucker Carlson compares Kirk and Jesus. Jesus he said, was killed because „some guys eating hummus“ suggested it to shut him up. Just like with Jesus, killing him only advanced his cause, is Carlson‘s message. (The livestream has now been going on for 6 hours)

Stephen Miller ramps up the spiritual warfare talk & mixes in some dog whistles about „lineage“ and „civilisation“: „We will defeat the forces of darkness and evil…We will achieve victory for our families and our civilisation…God bless our heroes“

Stephen Miller yells (ambiguously addressed to an ominous „you“ in the plural): „our lineage lines back to Athens“ „Erika stands on the shoulders of thousands of years of women“ „we will prevail over the forces of wickedness. They cannot conceive of the army they have arisen“

Now talking: antisemitic White Nationalist Jack Posobiec (who gave a Hitler salute at CPAC) who compares Kirk to Moses and talks about the survival of „Western civilisation“, claims Kirk‘s sacrifice will be the „turning point“- „are you ready to put on the full armour of god“ in „spiritual warfare“

Just the US Secretary of Defense reciting the Lord's Prayer against the backdrop of a Trident II nuclear missile launch (00:06/00:33). Very normal.

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@michael-feinberg.bsky.social Just FYI:

A reminder — proffered for no reason in particular — that Disney also owns Hulu and ESPN+.

@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social @clintwatts.bsky.social FYI:

@cedricleighton.bsky.social @jimsciutto.bsky.social @natashabertrand.bsky.social Just FYI

@admiralstav.bsky.social Just FYI

There’s evidence that N.Korea’s alliance with Moscow brings little economic benefit -researcher Olena Huseynova from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul,in a study for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation,reported by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung⤵️ 📹Pyongyang ahead of Putin's visit last summer

For the first time in history,Prymary of the #Ukrainian Defense Intelligence burned down 2 Russian Be-12 Chayka anti-submarine aircraft on the territory of Russian-occupied Crimea The Chayka are equipped with expensive equipment to identify&combat submarines Russian Mi-8 helicopter was struck too!

Russian strike on #Zaporizhzhia last night. Three people killed. Buildings and infrastructure on fire. Rescue services at work. Daily Russian terrorism.

In a move that suggests behind-the-scenes wrangling with ABC, Sinclair announced late Friday that it would not air the Charlie Kirk documentary it had previously scheduled to run in Jimmy Kimmel Live!’s time slot.

John Oliver used Sunday’s Last Week Tonight to deliver a stinging rebuke to ABC and its parent company Disney over the suspension of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'—urging CEO Bob Iger to stand up to political pressure and reinstate Kimmel.

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Trump’s delusional if he thinks this ends with Bubba from Oklahoma landing a tech job. Tech firms will just move operations overseas to reach top-tier talent. 📌 After Trump slapped a $100K fee on new visas, several passengers bailed minutes before takeoff, afraid they couldn’t get back into the US.

@monerorape.bsky.social “CANCEL ALL LEFTISTS FROM THE MEDIA” -DJT

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ICE detained her father within blocks of a Portland elementary school—putting staff & parents on "high alert." "My dad was ready to take out his REAL ID, but agent yelled at him: 'I don't want to see that!'" "They never identified themselves—they basically kidnapped him."

I can’t wait to metaphorically tell all Nazi’s to go get fucked; metaphorically. Right exactly now

In fairness, there are literally dozens of ways a counterintelligence investigation — including one of a different person than Homan — could have led to this. We very much need to get to the bottom of things, but these suppositions (which may be true!) should perhaps be held in abeyance for now.

If our laws depend on Trump’s voluntary compliance — and Congress won’t lift a finger to defend the laws it has passed — then the president is unleashed. We are left to the whims of a man who cares about only himself, a man who is willing to discard any law or standard to satisfy his lust for power.

Aides and allies present Trump's attack on free speech as an effort to stop misinformation, violence and hate speech. But Trump himself has made clear that it's not about hate speech, it's about speech that he hates, namely speech that is critical of him. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/u...

wth is going on in Chicago geez

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Sounds reasonable to me.

Trump was so moved by Charlie Kirk's memorial that he fell asleep during Stephen Miller's eulogy.