The Carbonated Observer

I'd like to acknowledge Utah Governor Cox. He has offered one of the most balanced and measured responses from the Republican party we have seen for a long time.

luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.

The left overwhelmingly has condemned the killing of Kirk and offered condolences to his family in this terrible time. The right has declared “war” and demanded revenge before we even have a suspect in custody.

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to more than 27 years in prison after Supreme Court panel convicts him of attempting coup.

Trump is not really opposed to political violence. He just thinks only he is entitled to wield it.

She was right, yet again.

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.

Phang: Part of the reason the FBI has been showing this level of dysfunction is evidenced by the lawsuit filed yesterday by former FBI officials—what it shows is that the FBI has basically been hollowed out…

This is how you do it. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

We must end the scourge of gun violence in America. We also need to have honest conversations about the ways internet platforms profit from fear, hatred, and division. Both are vital to the future of this country.

Good morning. That day 24 years ago was truly terrible, but I wish we could be as united as a country as we were on 9/12. God bless America.

Decrying violence against political opponents rings a bit hollow when you pull Secret Service protection from your political opponents.

100% true.

Hey @wsj.com : you gonna retract your bullshit, thinly-sourced reporting or nah?

I strongly condemn the tragic, politically charged violence that claimed the life of Charlie Kirk today at Utah Valley University. No cause or ideology can ever justify taking a life. This is a reprehensible attack on free speech and civic dialogue.

Political assassinations have become a sort of twisted moral/ideological Rorschach test. Yesterday’s murder of Charlie Kirk revealed America in all of its compassionate decency — but also its coruscating tribal ghoulishness. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

3:26PM today, Elon Musk tweeted “The Left is the party of murder” in response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. I can't emphasize enough how much the potential for danger was elevated today. Keep your head on a swivel. As counter-intutive as it may sound, cool-headed-awareness is your best friend

For the first time, a new lawsuit provides first-hand accounts of the early days of the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over the FBI and purge the bureau of agents and personnel who worked on criminal investigations into Trump.

Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment. Jared Polis has failed Colorado.

Here’s a story that’s becoming all too common: federal immigration agents using racial and ethnic profiling as a rationale for stopping, questioning and detaining U.S. citizens who they suspect are undocumented.

The murder of Charlie Kirk was criminal, wrong, and should be condemned. And Charlie Kirk was a horrible, hateful man who spent his life radicalizing young people to embrace their worst demons by targeting women, people of color, immigrants, and the marginalized. I refuse to sanitize him.

This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.

Trump wants U.S. flags to fly half mask to honor Charlie Kirk. Remember he wanted to stop flags from flying half mask for President Carter after he died so it wouldn’t interfere with his inaugural?

This a federally-monitored website. The regime is on highest alert. Anyone posting advocacy for violence right now is a fedposter or a fool. This has nothing to do with what is right or wrong or what you have a right to say. It's simply a fact.

So on the chance that the first amendment becomes a thing of the past on ludicrous safety concerns… it’s been nice talking to you all, and the evil of our day is just so overwhelming.

The lying liar said what?

I mean, the idea that one boat posed a “threat” the United States could not deal with except by blowing it up and murdering all aboard is already ludicrous on its face.

Look what the @TheDemocrats have rolling around in DC 🤣

Trump's ugly firing of Lisa Cook from the Fed just got blocked. But it gets better: His own tweet calling for her resignation is cited by the judge in showing how Cook was denied due process. Trump accidentally revealed his own bad faith and corruption. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2002...

This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van. “Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!” What has America become?

The U.S. is shedding manufacturing jobs under Trump. Healthcare is currently strong, but the GOP just took an ax to it, too. Brilliant move.

See? When the man in uniform demands, "Papers, please!" simply pull out your passport or birth certificate that we all must keep on our person at all times as American citizens. This is normal and fine!

The excuses keep morphing.

Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.

Big Tech CEOs took turns lavishing praise on Trump at a White House dinner this week. Fascism backed by Big Money is one of the most dangerous of all political alliances. It happened in 1930s Germany, and it’s happening again today. https://youtu.be/0LEnI9THvLA?feature=shared

Attempting to rig elections on his behalf. Turning the military on citizens. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

I genuinely don’t think it will happen until after Trump’s Presidency and whenever he dies. I have reason to hope that MAGA will fracture without him and principled ones like you and I can return to a time of the rule of law and enforcement of Constitution.

Am I the only person who thinks this is INSANE?

No matter Donald does...the EPSTEIN COVERUP WILL STILL BE THE STORY. We. Will. See. To. It.

Blowing up a boat that allegedly had drugs in it and killing alleged gang members in international waters without any due process is pretty clearly not legal. Vice President of 🇺🇸: “I don’t give a shit” A lawless regime.

Nothing to see here, just the US Vice President admitting he doesn't care about war crimes or due process.

The Trump regime wants to let AI decide which Medicare patients receive care (while giving AI companies a profit-incentive to deny coverage). This cruel ploy comes as Medicare faces an urgent funding crisis thanks to the GOP’s Big Ugly Bill. Your Members of Congress need to hear from you. 👇

Statement from Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin on Google Search Remedies Court Opinion.

Baby F. Kennedy Jr. #RobertFKennedyJr #HHS #CDC #Vaccines #Science

There is no moral justification for today’s extraordinary concentration of wealth. It is distorting politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of our economy and our democracy.

Next they'll be rewriting textbooks to say Japanese American internment camps were delightful summer resorts.