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The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…

I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.

Nexstar is currently awaiting approval from the FCC and FTC on a $6.2 Billion acquisition of TEGNA.

The Pentagon has a long history of working with unaccountable defense contractors, particularly overseas. Now, this could be a situation of “Blackwater on the border,” one expert said, referencing a private military contractor accused of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The $893 billion defense policy bill that passed the House last week would grant unprecedented new authority to deploy private military contractors to the southern border. Shadowy mercenary and private security firms that work with the Pentagon often have very little public transparency.

"Kirk made a career of touring college campuses and engaging in bad-faith debates against ill prepared students on inflammatory topics, striving to elicit emotional responses."

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

This is insane. Once again, Kimmel didn't even say what Carr accused him of saying.

Meanwhile... I had just been putting the finishing touches on an article about Disney/Jimmy Kimmel just *won* the lawsuit George Santos had filed against him... Guess I need to put that aside to write up this nonsense.

PERFECT: 'Go home, pedophile!' Epstein scandal follows Trump to London on state visit www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...

Trump in July: "I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.”

“A democratic society needs people in Ezra Klein’s position to treat Charlie Kirk’s anti-democracy stances as disqualifying, rather than pretend they’re just another policy opinion…” @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social w/an excellent critique of Kirk hagiography www.arcdigital.media/p/ezra-klein...

The federal government is dictating what speech is permitted. *DISNEY SAYS 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE' TO BE PREEMPTED INDEFINITELY

In addition to everything else that's reprehensible about this "joke" about "accidentally" murdering poor fishermen, don't forget that Trump made this same "joke" as well, so JD is also debasing himself by mindlessly mimicking Trump's degeneracy.

Did my Saturday picketing to protect democracy today. We will be out there every Saturday! Stay safe stay strong!

We did our every Saturday protest in the small farming town I live in! We got plenty of honking from the cars supporting US. I'll be there every Saturday I think America is important enough for that!

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/to...

Stuff to do next month

Hurray we got to protest at the Pullman Washington library today at noonish. Really uplifting to see so many nice people already there with signs and getting ready to march.