A series of incredibly bleak transitions.
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A series of incredibly bleak transitions.
BREAKING via AP A federal prosecutor in Virginia whose monthslong mortgage fraud investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James has not resulted in criminal charges is resigning under pressure from the Trump administration.
Ted Cruz says that FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s statements about Jimmy Kimmel were “dangerous as hell” and compares them to the kind of rhetoric a mafia boss would use. Cruz says he believes Republicans will come to regret using government power in this way.
Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.
Mike Waltz, President Trump’s former National Security Advisor, has been confirmed as the US Ambassador to the United Nations.
NEW Companies donating money towards the construction of the White House ballroom may get their names etched inside the White House. So far Google, R.J. Reynolds, Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin, Palantir and NextEra Energy have donated tens of millions of dollars to the ballroom fund.
BREAKING Three Russian warplanes entered Estonian airspace and remained there for nearly 15 minutes, leaving only when they were forced to by NATO aircraft. Estonia has invoked NATO Article Four in response to this provocative action by the Putin regime.
I like to avoid mentioning or posting about this Neo-Nazi, but good lord is this horrible.
A federal judge has thrown out President Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times — the one that was filed just this week.
I seriously don’t understand why Hunter doesn’t do a podcast. He could make a lot of money. What’s he got to lose at this point.
NEW Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her team are positioning her to run for president or if she ultimately decides against that race, for US Senate. Full Story: bit.ly/4gwZ2r0
NEWS President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James. Full Story: bit.ly/46t35zI
He was making jokes about why he was taking the paycheck despite their abuses
Comedian Tim Dillon on Jimmy Kimmel. (Tim is gay)
NEWS White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been assigned a U.S. Secret Service detail. While White House press secretaries don’t normally receive details, threat assessments sometimes lead the Secret Service to recommend them. Full Story: bit.ly/4n77W0F
In her new book, Kamala Harris writes that Joe Biden called her just minutes before she was going to debate Trump to tell her that his brother had told him that she was bad mouthing him. Harris writes: “I just couldn’t understand why he would call me, right now, and make it all about himself.”
BREAKING Authorities have arrested a Texas man for allegedly making “terroristic”threats to Zohran Mamdani, warning him to “go back to Uganda” before someone shoots him in the head. The man was arraigned on a 22-count grand jury indictment. Full Story: bit.ly/4pAaTIY
Jon Stewart will be hosting a special edition of The Daily Show tonight, Comedy Central says. He usually only hosts on Monday nights.
ABC News: “At least 13 people have been wounded, five critically, in two shootings that erupted over a span of 12 hours at homeless encampments in Minneapolis.”
Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, also needs Trump’s Justice Department for approval on another deal. CNN’s @jaketapper.bsky.social with the details.
Olivia Nuzzi is joining Vanity Fair as West Coast Editor. She’ll be editing stories and writing as well, the magazine announced.
Her husband is a nursing student. I’m not even kidding.
Kevin Clancy of Barstool Sports (Dave Portnoy) backs off his previous position on Jimmy Kimmel once he learns the facts and now he’s against it.
Charming as always.
Imagine what Presidents Clinton and Bush could have done based on this premise.
Conservative radio host Michael Savage to Tucker Carlson: “You’re going to get Jews killed outside of synagogues. Fuck all you antisemitic bastards.”
Conservative radio host Michael Savage goes off on Candace Owens comparing her to Louis Farrakhan and saying her rhetoric/conspiracies are going to get Jews killed. Savage, who is Jewish, says that Candace is attracting “unwashed” losers who are seeking to blame Jews for every problem in their life
CNN has made the editorial decision to keep playing this clip on air for guests making sure they get the full context of what Kimmel said. Good.
BREAKING Turning Point USA says the board of directors has selected Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk’s wife, as the new CEO and chair of the board.
This is how I imagine @yasharali.bsky.social watching Candace Owena for hours each week.
2. It has nothing to do, of course, with the New York Post being super well-sourced within New York City.
1. For those of you who don’t watch Candace Owens for hours every week… Candace believes the New York Post is an agent of Mossad because a New York Post photographer managed to capture a photo of Jeffrey Epstein being wheeled into the hospital shortly before he was declared dead.
Former President Obama, who has been speaking out against President Trump more and more, says that media companies need to stop capitulating to threats from the administration.
Some ABC execs are saying on background that this is just a pause, but I cannot imagine Jimmy wants to come back to this when he has never been excited to renew his deals to begin with. Not making predictions, but if he gets paid out on his deal, I won’t be surprised.
It gets much worse in other posts. Especially on Facebook where it started. So much engagement.
This is false and being spread widely by QAnon aligned accounts. Many of the posts are widely shared. Erika Kirk has not filed any lawsuits against ABC/Disney.
3. It’s strange that he keeps inserting himself in this. He is prime minister of a sovereign nation!
2. I am all about fighting back on Jew hatred — and accusing the state of Israel of directing an assassination on U.S. soil without evidence is Jew hatred, not just anti-Israel — but Netanyahu is only furthering the conspiracy in this case by being the voice of pushback.
1. Invoking the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is in the midst of a war, just posted another video about Charlie Kirk.
I hate to do a who-follows-who thing…that often can feel childish…but I find it strange that Candace Owens did not follow Charlie Kirk on Instagram or Twitter.
2. This is also what Jimmy Kimmel said the day that Charlie Kirk was assassinated:
1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC. If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
Woody Allen says he’s voting for Andrew Cuomo.
Benny Johnson’s wife brags about the role her husband played in getting Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved.
NEW In her new book, former Vice-President Kamala Harris says she wanted to pick Pete Buttigieg as her running mate but she knew she couldn’t do it because she was already asking America to accept a Black woman married to a Jewish man as their President. Full Story: bit.ly/46HJ21Y
2. There is no legal mechanism for a president to declare a domestic organization a terrorist organization. ANTIFA also has no formal organization, leadership, infrastructure, etc.
1. President Trump says he is going to designate ANTIFA as a “major terrorist organization.” He said the same in 2020. But it’s hard to see this as anything other than an attempt to please his supporters in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
President Trump celebrates the Jimmy Kimmel news and pushes NBC to fire Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers.
Benny Johnson, who had FCC Chairman Brandon Carr on his show earlier today, says “we did it for you, Charlie. And we’re just getting started…”
In the aftermath of Jimmy Kimmel’s program getting shelved by ABC/Disney, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr will give his first interview on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program tonight.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr thanks Nexstar Media for their decision on Jimmy Kimmel. (Important to note, ABC has pulled the show indefinitely nationwide.)
ABC as a network is now preempting the show indefinitely. So this is nationwide.
ABC as a network is now preempting the show indefinitely. So this is nationwide.
BREAKING Nexstar Media, which owns around two dozen ABC affiliates, says it will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely tonight due to his commentary on Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Important to note that the FCC has to sign-off on Nexstar’s aquistion of TEGNA media group.
Amanda Seyfried Statement:
So disappointing to see Rumer Willis, Bruce and Demi’s daughter, use her platform of one million to spread dangerous misinformation.
Ok this is funny. There’s no watermark on this so please if you know who did it let me know.
NEWS The United Kingdom will recognize Palestine as a state this weekend after President Trump leaves. Full Story: bit.ly/3VSffxh
President Trump gets a second state visit from the UK. First time in history.
Ziv the watch guy makes me uncomfortable.
It is so disturbing how much I have lost track of time. The debut episode of Gavin Newsom’s podcast with guest Charlie Kirk was in MARCH. Had you asked me I would have said June.
Amanda Seyfried under fire for calling Charlie Kirk ‘hateful’ after his murder
Right now on the Charlie Kirk show, guest host Glenn Beck is interviewing Ryan Mauro, who says he will be releasing a report intended to provide the Trump administration with the basis to pursue charges against George Soros and his affiliated entities under the RICO statute.
Glenn Beck is currently guest hosting Charlie Kirk’s show. He says Charlie Kirk was the next George Washington and that the memorials for Charlie remind him of when Diana, Princess of Wales was killed. The other day he said Charlie was a civil rights leader like MLK.
2. Tucker says that some Pro-Israel donors to Turning Point USA “tormented” Charlie until “the day he died.” The conservative civil war over this is only just beginning.
1. Tucker Carlson says that Charlie Kirk did not like Benjamin Netanyahu. He says that Charlie thought Netanyahu was a “destructive force,” and this was a sentiment Charlie shared with many and there are text messages to back it up.
2. But then he goes on to say that what Pam Bondi suggested regarding hate speech is no different from what has led a “huge and horrifying percentage of young people [to think] it’s okay to shoot people you disagree with.”
1. On his Charlie Kirk special, Tucker Carlson offers a devastating indictment of Attorney General Pam Bondi with respect to her suggestions about hate speech. He starts out charitably by suggesting that maybe she wasn’t thinking clearly and was just responding to the “momentary rage.”
Speakers confirmed so far for Charlie Kirk’s memorial on Sunday in Arizona at State Farm Stadium which has a capacity of 63,400.
If you want people to use alt-text on here you can’t place a character limit on it. Or at least you can’t place a limit on it that wouldn’t match up with as much text as one person can add into a single page with the smallest font Is there any technical reason to have a character limit on alt-text
2. Some conservatives have said they feel this exchange was conducted to give the roommate cover. Some liberals are doubting the authenticity of these texts, saying it doesn’t sound like two members of Gen Z speaking.
1. Prosecutors released this text exchange they say took place between Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, and his roommate, whom they say was also a romantic partner.
Yes - the trial will be on-camera too most likely.
Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin Tyler Robinson is currently appearing before a judge in Utah. He is wearing what appears to be an anti-suicide smock.
Rob McCoy, Charlie Kirk’s pastor, has released this statement in response to Candace Owens’ recent statements on her show and on social media. Friends of Charlie have also pushed back on Candace’s suggestion that Charlie was thinking about converting to Catholicism.
BREAKING President Trump has yet again extended the enforcement deadline on a sale of TikTok. It’s now been extended to December 16, 2025
The legendary Robert Redford has died. He was 89.
BREAKING The President of the United States says he’s going to sue the New York Times for $15 billion.
Jamie Lee Curtis gets emotional over the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
The American right has spent decades arguing that hate speech is protected under the first amendment…(with rare exception, I believe they are right) Now the US Attorney General Pam Bondi says this:
Oliver Darcy has obtained the termination letter sent to Karen Attiah by the Washington Posts’s HR chief. The letter specifically mentions her postings about “white men” violating Washington Post policy. Oliver’s Newsletter: bit.ly/4me42St Karen’s Substack Statement: bit.ly/3VOZTcO
BREAKING A federal appeals court has rejected President Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. This means she will be participating in the meeting tomorrow.
Trump says he would have had flags lowered to half-staff for Melissa and Mark Hortman had Tim Walz asked him to, but in June he told Kaitlan Collins that it would be a waste of time to speak with Tim Walz.
What an insane week my god
This woman was arrested for assault* But Gov Abbott is not mentioning that in his post, instead he’s leaving the impression that she was only arrested for mocking Charlie Kirk. Does he wish for a chilling effect? *I am not speaking to whether those charges are warranted or not, just stating fact.
We do not know that he was murdered by a groyper. I continue to be shocked how people have jumped to this conclusion and stating it as absolute fact. I spend hours every day monitoring Neo-Nazis and I’m not saying it!
I just think it had to be weird to be the employee lowering the pride flag like We sure about this? Okay, boss.
The City of West Hollywood has issued this statement after coming under fire for lowering its flags to half-mast, which the city did in response to President Trump’s proclamation.
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Stop this. This is why Democrats are always in shock over conservative victories.
I know people will want to self-soothe by saying “bots,” but that just underestimates what a major event this has been for conservatives/MAGA. Also keep in mind that plenty of Trump voters were NOT following Charlie/Turning Point prior to Weds, so many of these followers are coming from that pool.
Since Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday, social media accounts associated with him, Turning Point USA, and his wife Erika Kirk have seen an astonishing rise in followers and subscribers. Over the past four days, these accounts have gained at least 23,333,769 followers.
At a Washington DC prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says that Charlie Kirk was the “primary architect for my unification with President Trump.”
New York Governor Kathy Hochul in her endorsement op-ed goes after Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo without naming them:
So this leaves Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, and Kirsten Gillibrand.
NEWS New York Governor Kathy Hochul has endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City Mayor. Full Story: bit.ly/4ptqLgq
If you’re doing this, please understand you’re also really ruining my day.
Omg I can’t imagine how the past few days has been for you. I’ve been losing my mind.
Nick and Candace have been bickering and arguing for a long time. Some of you are forming your understanding of this world based on some posts from resistance liberal types who are just cutting and pasting from each other, people who don’t know anything about the dynamics.
