Matthew Boedy
@matthewboedy.bsky.social
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Professor of Rhetoric in Georgia. Gators, Bonhoeffer, Merton, and AAUP
https://www.matthewboedy.com/
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Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new
@wjkbooks.com
book out now:
www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...
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Lmao he has a Charlie Kirk memorial sign in front of his house
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Coming to a campus near you:
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SFSU offers buyouts to all tenure-track and tenured faculty
The Voluntary Separation Incentive Program is a “balancing act,” where there is a stronger incentive for tenured and tenure-track faculty to retire and open up room to hire back lecturer faculty.
https://goldengatexpress.org/114511/campus/sfsu-offers-buyouts-to-all-tenure-track-and-tenured-faculty/
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Trump shares and endorses a post calling for Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp to be arrested
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Ok. Now had a chance to check and, well, at least some docs do appear to be straight up classic redaction fail. And there are some *interesting* bits here.
www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
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One of her students had “expressed fear for his safety due to comments made by members of UK’s Turning Point USA organization.”
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https://fox56news.com/news/local/lexington/university-of-kentuckys-turning-point-usa-chapter-under-investigation-tensions-are-rising/
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Antisemitic booth at Turning Point event told to remove offensive slurs against Ben Shapiro
JNS sought comment from the conservative student organization, cofounded by the late Charlie Kirk, about how the Jew-hatred was allowed a platform to begin with.
https://www.jns.org/antisemitic-booth-at-turning-point-event-told-to-remove-offensive-slurs-against-ben-shapiro/
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How White Christian Nationalism Co-Opted Nicki Minaj
https://www.theroot.com/how-white-christian-nationalism-co-opted-nicki-minaj-2000080943
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This is an excellent explanation of how unbelievably incompetent and full on nonsense the note from Weiss was. My guess: 1. Someone who has very little experience is journalism (and not the stuff that tickles billionaires) is clearly a mile wide and foot deep as an editor and in far over her skis.
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How White Christian Nationalism Co-Opted Nicki Minaj
https://www.theroot.com/how-white-christian-nationalism-co-opted-nicki-minaj-2000080943
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Antisemitic booth at Turning Point event told to remove offensive slurs against Ben Shapiro
JNS sought comment from the conservative student organization, cofounded by the late Charlie Kirk, about how the Jew-hatred was allowed a platform to begin with.
https://www.jns.org/antisemitic-booth-at-turning-point-event-told-to-remove-offensive-slurs-against-ben-shapiro/
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One of her students had “expressed fear for his safety due to comments made by members of UK’s Turning Point USA organization.”
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https://fox56news.com/news/local/lexington/university-of-kentuckys-turning-point-usa-chapter-under-investigation-tensions-are-rising/
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Second big batch of Epstein files includes many mentions of Trump. They include notes from an assistant U.S. attorney in New York about the number of times Trump flew on Epstein’s plane, including one flight that included just Trump, Epstein and a 20-year-old woman, according to the notes.
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And, of course, there was Kirk iconography. AJ Yvette, a member of the Dallas County GOP, wore leggings printed with images of the Kirk couple that she’d had custom made for the weekend.
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“treating a 13 minute news clip like it's moonshine brewed in billy bob's backhouse in 1927”
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The Washington Post
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The U.S. Department of Education said it will investigate whether Brown University had sufficient security and properly notified students after a mass shooting on campus killed two students a little over a week ago.
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Education Dept. to examine safety procedures at Brown after shooting
The government will probe whether Brown complied with the Clery Act, which requires universities to report crime statistics and disclose safety procedures.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/12/22/brown-education-department-clery-act-mcmahon/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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At the end of the day, with a Canadian play, this still wins the internet today.
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The segment seems to contradict Bari’s assertion that the Trump administration didn’t respond to request for comment. Per the report, 60 Minutes reached out to DHS who declined a request for an interview and referred all questions about CECOT to El Salvador.
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Matt Novak
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It looks like the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT was accidentally released in Canada. It'll be really interesting to compare this to whatever version Weiss might eventually release.
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James F. McGrath (ReligionProf)
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DOJ Report Declares Minority-Serving Institutions Unconstitutional!
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DOJ Report Declares MSIs Unconstitutional
The decision comes after the Department of Education asked the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel to review the legality of a number of programs they said used racial “quotas.”
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/institutions/minority-serving-institutions/2025/12/22/doj-report-declares-msis
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Fact: that was the split before he died
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Fact: that was the split before he died
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Politico
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Turning Point USA wants to be Arizona’s political kingmaker. Whether the group can elevate its favored candidates will provide a glimpse into its political staying power following the killing of its founder, Charlie Kirk.
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Inside Turning Point’s effort to take over Arizona’s Republican Party
Whether the group can elevate its favored candidates will provide a glimpse into their political staying power following Charlie Kirk’s killing on a Utah college campus in September.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/turning-point-usa-arizona-republican-party-00702306
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NPR
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Women at last weekend's Turning Point USA "AmericaFest" conference attendees in Phoenix say the organization is back stronger — and resonating with women — following co-founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
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Turning Point AmericaFest: Crowd credits Erika Kirk for drawing in female supporters
Turning Point USA conference attendees in Phoenix say the organization is back stronger — and resonating with women — following co-founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
https://n.pr/4s9bLWd
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W. Kamau Bell
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This is booth from the convention for Charlie Kirk’s organization Turning Point USA.😳 If Charlie Kirk is supposed to be White MLK in what universe does White Coretta Scott King do this? These are not serious people, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t take them seriously.
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RNS
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OPINION: What is the future of the Seven Mountains Mandate, the Christian nationalism strategy of which Charlie Kirk was the millennial face?
religionnews.com/2025/12/19/w...
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Who inherits the Seven Mountains Mandate after Charlie Kirk?
(RNS) — Kirk's Turning Point USA has gone far beyond its student roots and is now indispensable for the evangelical mandate movement.
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/19/who-inherits-the-seven-mountains-mandate-after-charlie-kirk/
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dharmalee3❌👑
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Matthew Boedy explains how alleged prophecies about Donald Trump, the 2020 election, & “spiritual warfare” raised the stakes over time—until political defeat was framed as a battle between good & evil. Religious leaders promised divine intervention, mobilizing believers to act when prophecy failed.
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How Christian 'Prophecy' About Trump Fueled January 6
YouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran
https://youtube.com/shorts/RXvg8wyKVWY?si=7EZQtrBpHAkAluyr
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Cengiz Yar
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at
@propublica.org
we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here:
www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
https://www.propublica.org/series/deported-and-imprisoned
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Jeff Sharlet
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Very good reporting—and storytelling—about the Trump regime’s war on weather.
the1a.org/segments/cyb...
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Cyber Monday: AI and the weather forecast (Rebroadcast)
AI can only learn from what has already happened. Climate change is changing things fast.
https://the1a.org/segments/cyber-monday-ai-and-the-weather-forecast-2/
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Read my dispatch from AmericaFest and maybe I’ll get to go to more weird things.
www.ms.now/news/america...
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Inside AmericaFest: Infighting, lies, and the desperate search for Charlie Kirk's heir
Turning Point USA's flagship event, once a star-spangled show of strength for the right, revealed a MAGA movement in crisis following Kirk's killing.
https://www.ms.now/news/americafest-infighting-conspiracy-theories-charlie-kirk
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Via
@ulaakuzi.bsky.social
: Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high —>
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Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high
(RNS) — Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir is one of four people who died in immigration detention over a four-day period this month, raising alarm among advocates about deteriorating conditions at immigration fa...
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/21/eritrean-imam-dies-in-ice-custody-as-detainee-deaths-hit-20-year-high/
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It’s early but this wins the internet today
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Republicans Hoped Charlie Kirk’s Death Would Spark a Conservative “Revival.” Instead, They Got Candace Owens.
MAGA built a movement based on conspiracy theories. They're now discovering just how damaging that can be.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/12/charlie-kirk-death-candace-owens-israel.html
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Wow: Overt, unapologetic Christian nationalism from the Vice President here. Even Trump has stopped short of saying something this explicit on the topic while President.
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It me, again in coverage of Turning Point’s events this weekend in Arizona by Religion News Service. Vance speaks today
religionnews.com/2025/12/20/a...
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At AmFest, Turning Point USA leaders leverage Kirk's 'martyrdom' to rally young voters
PHOENIX (RNS) — At AmericaFest — where ICE merch is sold beside ‘Jesus Won’ T-shirts — the idea that conservative values are God-ordained may be the biggest unifying factor.
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/20/at-amfest-turning-point-usa-leaders-leverage-kirks-martyrdom-to-rally-young-voters/
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Online mobs, man. “Nebraska sheriff receives threats after being misidentified as dad in Charlie Kirk case”
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Which GOP state is going to claim Kirk as their allowed statue? Who they gonna remove?
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The best metaphor for a Turning Point event rife with dissension over a post-Trump future is a disembodied Trump calling into his son’s speech to praise a man who was killed after getting him elected to his last term (fingers crossed)
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Is this bad? Looks bad
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As many others have pointed out: an incredible paragraph in the NYTimes today. Important note: This is not an editorial — it's an analysis piece from the paper's chief White House correspondent.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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Seth Cotlar
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One hot topic of debate at TPUSA this weekend has been the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967. If you’re like most normal Americans, you’ve probably never heard of this event. If you are or have ever been a neo-Nazi, then this is an event you know A WHOLE LOT about.
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The best metaphor for a Turning Point event rife with dissension over a post-Trump future is a disembodied Trump calling into his son’s speech to praise a man who was killed after getting him elected to his last term (fingers crossed)
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Rolling Stone
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Commentary: The far right's love of deepfakes and distortions came back to haunt them as Charlie Kirk, their assassinated hero, became a brain-rot meme
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Charlie Kirk's Afterlife as AI Slop Is No Accident
The assassination of Charlie Kirk turned him into fodder for AI-generated deepfakes and memes even while conservatives memorialized him as a martyr.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/charlie-kirk-meme-afterlife-1235488011/
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Which GOP state is going to claim Kirk as their allowed statue? Who they gonna remove?
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Online mobs, man. “Nebraska sheriff receives threats after being misidentified as dad in Charlie Kirk case”
omaha.com/news/local/c...
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It me, again in coverage of Turning Point’s events this weekend in Arizona by Religion News Service. Vance speaks today
religionnews.com/2025/12/20/a...
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At AmFest, Turning Point USA leaders leverage Kirk's 'martyrdom' to rally young voters
PHOENIX (RNS) — At AmericaFest — where ICE merch is sold beside ‘Jesus Won’ T-shirts — the idea that conservative values are God-ordained may be the biggest unifying factor.
https://religionnews.com/2025/12/20/at-amfest-turning-point-usa-leaders-leverage-kirks-martyrdom-to-rally-young-voters/
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Mother Jones
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From the White House to the conspiracy media-verse, at what should be their moment of greatest strength, MAGA simply cannot stop both constant covert sniping and the occasional outright brawl.
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MAGA is eating itself alive
From TPUSA to the White House, the feuds are spiraling out of control.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/maga-is-eating-itself-alive-candace-owens-erika-kirk/
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