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The problem is that he gave Trump a fig leaf of an excuse to go after him, and that's all they needed.
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The hypocrisy of his predecessors doesn't mean that this is not dangerous though.
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This is exactly what Gavin Newsom is doing. It holds a mirror up and forces the right to address the ridiculousness of how trump communicates.
But they generally either do not get it or pretend not to get it. The tactic only works on people who have shame. Politicians used to resign for consensual sex.
Carter's peanut farm feels like it comes from a fantasy novel.
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He didn't say nor implied that. He implied that MAGA is trying to exploit the killing to create the image of the "terrorist left/antifa/BLM/immigrants/arab" conspiracy to their audience. Which they are 100% trying to do, like they did with Trump's shooter, who was a lunatic just like Kirk's murderer (and all the others)
Utah's governor was desperately hoping to pin the blame on an immigrant. "33 hours" of praying is how desperate he was.
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In that case, going by the FCC's complaint against Kimmel, I wonder if my pointing out that Trump furthermore skipped Kirk's vigil to go golfing, is similarly "too offensive to be protected by the first amendment"? https://people.com/donald-trump-misses-charlie-kirk-vigil-11...
I wouldn't go posting about that under your real name unless you want people pressuring your company to fire you on Twitter.. What a time.
The number one rule of fascism is to not comply in advance. Speak out loudly and use your rights; force them to take action to stop you.
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>Joe Rogan school of comedy Joe Rogan, the Fear Factor host turned Right Wing podcaster? Is he know for comedy? I thought his brief failed stint of stand up comedy is why he switched to podcasting.
I've watched Rogan a bit and don't recall him telling jokes. He generally seems quite a neutral interviewer though his guests lean right wing.
Yeah, no. Not neutral at all.
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-rogan-mocked-botching-joe-biden...
One of many examples. Joe is outraged because he thinks Joe Biden talked about airports during the revolutionary war. He goes on to state that someone who makes such comments shouldn't have a job. When it's revealed that it's a Trump statement he pivots to "oh he just made a mistake when speaking". It's so blatantly obvious and happens constantly.
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#817It really is kind of incredible. I just saw the clip and there really is absolutely nothing there. This is not even 10% as poignant of what Jon Stewart would say in his day. He doesn't even say anything about Kirk himself, or even about the murder—he just talks about the reaction to it. I already thought it was very suspicious that Sinclair's official press release just talks about how the remarks were "inappropriate…
Trump and Co. are the biggest "snowflakes". Anything that even hints at not being in line with their thoughts, they put the power of the government to work to punish it. It doesn't even matter what anyone says or thinks, once they're set on it being bad, they're on it and it's always played up to be the worst thing ever. There's no discussion, no indication what really happened, facts are irrelevant, all lies and thr…
It’s always projection with those people.
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#818I’m at a loss of what to watch as far as television goes in the US, between the government threatening to intervene in content, corporations that own television networks with little regard for journalistic integrity, and PBS downsizing. I’m pretty much exclusively watching NHK from Japan through a Roku app.
You don't need dinosaur US mainstream media PBS, CNN or MSNBCNow. There's: Last Week Tonight, Thom Hartmann, Democracy Now, Keith Olbermann, and many more.
Keith Olbermann? The one who said:
"Burn in hell, Sinclair.
Alongside Charlie Kirk."
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I guess he didn't see the info that the police released? https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/us/text-message-tyler-robinso...
Family is staunchly republican, tho the perp himself went indy in the last few elections. Being gay doesn't say anything, Thiel's gay bf killed himself for what seems like political issues too (& might have been Indy like perp-- or, say sama) https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/9/15/charlie-kirk-ki...
You can find interviews online with his neighbors, etc. who all say hated his family for being conservative.
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#820That free speech crowd has been very very quiet the last week
The left wing is the free speech crowd. The right wing has never had a principled belief in free speech. It was always their intention to turn cancel culture back at their enemies when the opportunity arose. I'm still reeling that it was supposed liberals that came up with "freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences" or "hate speech is not free speech" which are now being used against them. And they have lear…
"The left wing is the free speech crowd. " You cannot be serious with the number of times they have actively cancelled just a speaker talking.