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GOP Summary: Groypers vs. Gropers The Groypers are mad at the Gropers for being Gropers and not Groypy enough to manifest their race war fantasies. The Gropers don’t like the Groypers but need them as pawns to keep stoking the threat of race wars. You’re all caught up.
Hypocrisy 💥
We're at a point now where a Fox News host can just casually suggests killing homeless people with a lethal injection on air and no one bats an eye but a MSNBC contributor gets fired for calling Charlie Kirk "divisive".
Good analogy!
I can understand the anguish from losing someone you looked up to politically. What sits wrong with me now is that we see none of that from some of the same people whenever children are murdered in school. Maybe we all agree it should all end
Minnesota shaken: House Speaker Melissa Hortman is dead, Senator John Hoffman survived nine gunshot wounds. Both were ambushed in their homes by a suspect posing as police. A chilling new chapter in America’s political violence crisis.
As much over-coverage of the incident as there was across all media, it will be interesting to see how quickly it all disappears now that we know it was Maga on Maga violence.
As more info comes in this needs to be said: if it wasn’t some left wing radical that did it, and it appears it wasn’t, there need to be massive pushback because they are STILL pretending it’s some culture war and it is only in their own minds Dangerous times
This can’t be accurate because Trump said we took in like $17 trillion in tariffs.
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In less than a week they managed to overthrow the government and have a new Prime Minister‼️ AND IT’S A WOMAN‼️ BRAVO NEPAL ‼️
If you have a screenshot of a US politician or leader blaming the left, or declaring some war, or anything before we knew who the shooter was, please post in the comments. We will need to keep these
I have only ONE THING to say about this Charlie Kirk debacle: THE EPSTEIN FILES. Carry on.
@msnbc.com Apologize and rehire Matthew Dowd You fired him for being TRUTHFUL. HOW LUDICROUS
It's official. RIP #MSNBC Matthew Dowd Rips MSNBC For Caving To a ‘Right Wing Media Mob’ In Firing Him Over Kirk Commentary
Matthew Dowd only stated what any breathing, able brained person already knew. Charlie Kirk peddled hate, racism, and sexism. @msnbc.com you made a mistake with this one. Your viewership is going to take a hit. As it should. Stand by your people. Defend their right to tell the truth. Do better.
Looser. L. Loomer
Set the record straight, please It must come from the top-down Let your MOCs know the facts and ask them to condemn political violence by all sides and fix the disinformation now, please. 202-224-3121 youtu.be/sCsMW7fWP3k?...
youtube.com/shorts/vqWsR... Cliff's Edge
In summary: The hateful Charlie Kirk was shot by the acolyte of a more hateful version of Charlie Kirk. It wasn’t any of the imaginary bogeymen they were hoping for. Just a case of them slowly drowning in their own hate.
Straight from granny: They’re all MAGA! The conservative crowd can now go FK all the way off. Donald Trump and JD Vance should address the nation and apologize. JK we know that will never happen. www.alternet.org/alleged-shoo...
If they have nothing to hide they have nothing to fear… 📌 California lawmakers just passed SB 627, the “No Secret Police Act,” which would make it illegal for law enforcement to hide their identities while on duty in the state.
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
3,000 of them were from Alex Jones.
I know these “interviews” with Justice Barrett are carefully scripted. But if she’s going to keeping urging Americans to “read the opinions,” and not just commentary, it sure would be nice if someone would ask her what we should do when—as is so often the case these days—there’s no opinion to read…
Why should I give a fuck about a murder victim's kids when said murder victim found it perfectly acceptable for other peoples' kids to be murdered in order to keep our Second Amendment rights
We have failed our children.
Pulte should resign
Good news
Looking like charlie kirk was killed by someone who was radicalized by charlie kirk.
🚨 Fight hate mongering. White supremacism is white insecurity. See something, say something. Ignoring hate promotes supremacism. White people have a job to do: Stand up for those being shoved down. It is sick that this has to be written.
So true!
Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
hey the people that stormed the capitol and erected gallows to murder elected leaders want you to know that political violence is not ok
When you realize the people you fired to avoid any investigation of your crimes are the same people you need to investigate other crimes…
I really couldn’t figure out what was so special about this Kirk dude, so I watched some of his “debates” today to try and understand. These aren’t debates, he’s often wrong, his opinions aren’t supported with law, he never relents, he talks over people and they give him more mic gain.
The Show Me State is showing up for our democracy.
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Jimmy Carter looked better than this before we sadly lost him
If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.
Guys, I know you all still cling to conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland bc ... well, you watch too many TV lawyers who knew fuckall about the investigation. But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got. Who killed it? John Roberts.
ICYMI - You guys know that’s Mar-a-Lago in Epstein’s birthday book, right?
Mainstream media's Charlie Kirk narrative: Sure, he believed LGBTQ people should be stoned to death, black people are inferior and unqualified, women are only meant to serve men, 10 year old girls should be forced to give birth. But he meant well.
He's exhausted from yesterday. Tough day. Big rush to exploit the Charlie Kirk incident threw everyone off. Off to hair and make up, wardrobe. Going over the speech someone wrote for him. Shuttled into the Oval Off ice & propped for the cameras. People have no idea what it takes to produce theater.
Please stop calling it a "political assassination."Charlie Kirk wasn't elected to anything, and calling it that elevates him to something he wasn't. It was not an assassination. It was a murder.
"He reviled, belittled, and demeaned large numbers of my fellow Americans, but he was quite cordial to me" sets my teeth on edge.
I’m past the point of caring if older films and music “hold up” or not. I love it when art is a perfect product of its time.
Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.
BREAKING: A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Court panel has voted to convict ex-President Jair Bolsonaro for plotting to overturn the 2022 election
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
I’m old enough to remember, too.
When I woke up, I had a nice hazy minute before remembering about Charlie Kirk. He died in a vile & uncivil way. He worked tirelessly to make our society more vile & less civil. GOP will use his death to perpetuate his mission. Dems will trip over our politeness. Fascism sucks. He was a wretch.
Thomas Massie now has 217 of the 218 signatures needed for his discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw who was just sworn in after winning a special election in Virginia became the 217 person to sign.
Jules, this is Brian. Listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked. If things don't go well, and it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you. I want you to do good, go have good times. Same to my parents and everybody, and I just totally love you, and I'll see you when ..
You people trying to rewrite the history of who Charlie Kirk was are pathetic. He used his organization to bully, dox and attack people he didn't agree with. Free speech my ass. He was one of the worst aspects of American politics. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Madison Cawthorn got arrested again.
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
I remind you that Kirk was NOT an elected official or official of any kind. The fact that TACO made a statement about his death, while remaining silent about the assassination of Melissa Hortman speaks volumes. I also know of no protocol whatsoever to lower the United States flag for the
Amen baby!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Charlie Kirk: “It’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment.” That didn't age well. If you spew hate constantly, don't be surprised when it comes back to you.
The president went on TV to attack political opponents and blame them for the killing of Charlie Kirk, even though we don’t know who shot him. If there is anything this man can do to worsen the situation, he will do it. Despicable.
The UK fired their ambassador to the US over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile, Epstein’s best friend remains the President of the United States.
Since they ARE endorsing racial profiling, it makes me wonder. 🤔
Charlie Kirk goaded his followers into persecuting and threatening people he didn’t agree with. Nothing about that is virtuous. Some people are making it clear they never listened to a word the guy actually said.
Lisa Murkowski is beyond pathetic.
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
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Charlie Kirk belonged to a political party whose members routinely send Christmas card pics of their entire families, adults and children, bearing rifles and handguns – and who widely wear AR-15 lapel pins. Facts.
Watch for these moves in the coming days: 1.) Instant sanctification by the leader 2.) Rituals that migrate into rallies 3.) Attribution-before-evidence 4.) Policy ratchet tied to grief: calls for emergency powers, campus purges 5.) Merchandising the memory,
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk: "Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
Yes. Yes, they are.
Notice they only get upset about 'political' violence because they could be a victim. Three children were shot at Evergreen High School today, and not a peep.
Omfg! Geebus crap! 🙄🤪🤣🤣💥
This is who the right is so sad about.
Here’s the thing. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I lower my American flag for someone who sent bus loads of insurrectionists to the Capitol.
#LockHerUp!!! 💥🙄
I am not celebrating his death. I am damn well not celebrating his life.
There was a school shooting today, but sure, talk incessantly about a vile talking head.
I'm holding my tongue for now, but if you fuckers in the media don't stop trying to eulogize Charlie Kirk like he was Ted Kennedy or Bob Dole I am going to tell everybody what I think about that hate filled son of a........like I said I am currently holding my tongue, for now.
Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.
Three kids dead in a school shooting. A political leader and her husband assassinated. No flags lowered. No national grief. But one right-wing commentator dies, and suddenly we remember how to mourn. America doesn’t honor lives lost, it markets them.
Charlie Kirk spent his life‘s work and all of his energy and time targeting out-groups while arguing for a world in which gun massacres would be easy to enact, plentiful, and inevitable, and he became famous and wealthy doing it, and we’re now not supposed to mention that because it’s not polite.