Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel Out!

ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel as his season premiere week begins.

Civil war is a coming.....

The far right is really rooting for a violence to break out between Americans.

You see the economy in decline. Our country is definitely polarized by these agitators, our president, our vice president and these members of Congress.

Had former president Joe Biden and former vice president Kamala Harris listened to the progressives warning them that backing Israel will lose the voters, we wouldn't have President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

The left didn't pull the trigger on Charlie Kirk. Black people did not call for violence against conservatives. Transgender Americans did not call for violence against conservatives. Immigrants did not call for violence against conservatives.

The left has been fighting for fair wages. Fighting for equality. Fighting for healthcare. Fighting for ending gun violence. Fighting for ending apartheid, wars and genocide. Fighting for civility in a stressful world.

Oh, the left is about violence.

Maybe the left should be what the right claims they are.....

Because the noise will drown out truth. Unfortunately, the truth is just liberal talking points and wokeism. I am so frustrated with the noise.

If we have to go after one another, guess who profits off it?

Unemployment is increasing.

Gasoline prices are increasing.

Wages are stagnant.

Jobs are not satisfying.

Where does the outrage go to?

Random people who don't agree with these folks politics.

What Golden Age?

The whole getting people fired for mocking the tragic attack shows how the Republicans are willing to sabotage the country. That means more people out of work which leads to more economic uncertainty.  More folks will resort to lawsuits against the instigators, violence towards the instigators, violence towards their employers, violence towards the workers who got them fired and violence towards the agitators who called for their firing.

When a person's death in a high profile incident like a shooting is lionized in the junk food media, the sides get to blaming.

All of this noise from the right has now made it possible for potential retaliation from those who were affected by losing their jobs. 

We cannot blame gun violence. It deflates the right's argument about violence coming from the "left." 

Make it make sense. The left is coming for your guns. The left is also violent. 

The left are a bunch of hippies. The left is the most violent.

It can't be both.

President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Congress, capitalism and Israel are the most unpopular things in the United States.

Examples of democratic backsliding include:

  • Free and fair elections are degraded;
  • Liberal rights of freedom of speech, press and association decline, impairing the ability of the political opposition to challenge the government, hold it to account, and propose alternatives to the current regime;
  • The rule of law (i.e., judicial and bureaucratic restraints on the government) is weakened, such as when the independence of the judiciary is threatened, or when civil service tenure protections are weakened or eliminated.
  • An over-emphasis on national security as response to acts of terrorism or perceived antagonists.
For the two political parties that claims to be about freedom, we are sure as hell loosing it by the day. The Democratic Party is moving towards conservatism while the Republican Party is moving towards fascism. Regardless of the political affiliation, both parties are quietly rolling back long established norms to a functioning democracy.

The continuation of policies that keep billionaires richer, Israel committing international chaos, interfering with the working class and poor will signal a potential for the two things:

World War III.

A civil war in the United States.

Things that keep conservatives up at night.

  • People mocking President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, First Lady Melania Trump, Second Lady Usha Vance, the late Charlie Kirk, his wife Erika, their family members, ICE and notable conservative agitators. 
  • Calling Trump supporters enablers of violence, fascism, racism, extremism and stupidity.
  • Woke (which they don't even know the definition of).
  • Socialism.
  • Communism.
  • Progressive activism.
  • Vaccines.
  • People using food stamps to buy soda and cookies.
  • People speaking Spanish or Arabic in public.
  • People who are Mexican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran, Colombian, Chinese, Palestinian, Senagelese, Haitian, Iraqi, Indian, Pakistani, Pamanian, Nigerian, Yemeni, Turkish, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, Bolivian, Iranian, Syrian, Indian, Pakistani, Somalian, Sudanese, Nigerian, Congolese and Liberian.
  • People who practice in Islam, Satanism, Scientology and Wiccan.
  • DEI, which is the building block of a democracy.
  • Transgender actors, athletes, politicians, religious leaders and activists.
  • Two men walking down the street holding hands.
  • Men (not identified as transgender) wearing heels, a dress or mini skirt in public.
  • A sex worker (not a prostitute or entertainer) dressed inappropriately.
  • Homeless Americans.
  • Panhandlers.
  • Independent women.
  • People in the streets openly using drugs.
  • Black teens.
  • Black men and women posing with money and firearms.
  • Black Lives Matter.
  • Removing Confederate memorials or renaming streets based on Blacks.
  • George Floyd.
  • Calling for the destruction of Israel.
  • Mocking President Donald J. Trump for being a felon, sexual predator and fraudster.
  • Comedians or television programs mocking Trump, Republicans or activists.
  • New social media platforms that ban misinformation, racism and junk science.
  • The New York Times.
  • CNN.
  • MSNBC.
  • Democrats.
  • Nancy Pelosi.
  • Ilhan Omar.
  • Jasmine Crockett.
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  • Barack and Michelle Obama.
  • Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff.
  • George W. and Laura Bush.
  • Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  • Joe and Jill Biden.
  • Bernie Sanders.
  • Jimmy Carter.
  • Adam Schiff.
  • Beyoncé. 
  • Taylor Swift.
  • Duchess Meghan of Sussex.
  • Pornography.
  • Hunter Biden.
  • Critical race theory.
  • Pride flags.
  • France.
  • Films of the past where white actors had leading roles now being recasted with people of color, those in the LGBTQ community or non Christian religions.
  • Saying Jews control the media and government.
  • Climate change.
  • Calling for gun control in the wake of mass shootings.
  • Black mayors.
  • Male cheerleaders.
  • Women who are men's sport coaches, referees, umpires and announcers.
People, please do not resort to the levels of those who profit off the anger. The anger of right wing Americans in the wake of white nationalist Charlie Kirk's death has sparked a censorship and harassment campaign.

The right ain't got the smoke for the shooter, his family and the Utah state government allowing open carry on school campuses. They ain't got the smoke for the people who advocate violence against people perceived as threats to society.

Maybe comedians should run for president. Cause we are stuck with old white men who are stuck on stupid. Jimmy Kimmel backed Stephen Colbert throughout the CBS fiasco. Now Kimmel is pulled because of Trump and his acoylites trying to chill speech.

They want to go after the vulnerable. Typical of these folks.

All the while, the rich are getting richer. Israel is still committing a genocide and war crimes from every angle. Russia is pushing further in Ukraine with Lithuania and Poland next on the country'stagnant. China is becoming the superpower as they are moving on from exporting goods to the United States for other nations.

The Trump Administration threatened to pull the FCC license for ABC Studios, a Disney affiliate because comedian Jimmy Kimmel refused to pander to the noise.

ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show

Kimmel, the veteran late-night comic, made several comments about the reaction to Kirk’s assassination on his show Monday and Tuesday nights. He said that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”
Trevor Noah and Dave Chappelle were pulled because of criticism of Israel.

ABC, which has aired Kimmel’s late-night show since 2003, moved swiftly after Nextstar Communications Group said it would pull the show starting Wednesday. Kimmel’s comments about Kirk’s death “are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse,” said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division. Nexstar operates 23 ABC affiliates.

There was no immediate comment from Kimmel.

On Twitter Wednesday night, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich posted: “Welcome to Consequence Culture. Normal, common sense Americans are no longer taking the b———- and companies like ABC are finally willing to do the right and reasonable thing.”

In his monologue on Monday, Kimmel said that “we hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

Kimmel said that Trump’s response to Kirk’s death “is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish, OK?” He also said that FBI chief Kash Patel has handled the investigation into the murder “like a kid who didn’t read the book, BS’ing his way through an oral report.

He returned to the topic on Tuesday night, mocking Vice President JD Vance’s performance as guest host for Kirk’s podcast.

He said Trump was “fanning the flames” by attacking people on the left. “Which is it, are they a bunch of sissy pickleball players because they’re too scared to be hit by tennis balls, or a well-organized deadly team of commandos, because they can’t be both of those things.”

Kimmel, like CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, has consistently been critical Trump and many of his policies on his ABC show. CBS said this past summer that it was canceling Colbert’s show at the end of this season for financial reasons, although some critics have wondered if his stance on Trump played a role.

The comedians are not safe from the far right. Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Samantha Bee, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon, Dave Chappelle, Dean Obeidallah, John Fugelsang, Kathy Griffin, Rosie O'Donnell, Marlon Wayans, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Ken Jeong, Lewis Black, Bassem Youssef, Yvette Nicole Brown, David Letterman, Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic and so many others who are critical of the president will face his wrath.

The comedians are supposed to make light of stress. 

It appears the far right can only take jokes from folks like Bill Maher, Tim Allen, Greg Gutfeld, Tony Hinchcliffe, Rob Schneider, Terrence K. Williams, Joe Rogan, Roseanne Barr, Scott Adams, Victoria Jackson, Larry The Cable Guy, Kelsey Grammer and other bigoted comedians.

The government is trying to censor speech, the truth and tearing up democracy.

Y'all voted for this.

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When Democracy Dies: Criminalizing The Words Not The Actions!

This orange imbecile wants it both ways.

A second Trump term is more chaotic than the first.

And y'all voted for this.

We are eight months into first year and he has a job approval of 42%.

The free speech debate is the latest culture war distraction. A week ago, white nationalist Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a white man in Utah. Somehow, the far right along with the 45th/47th President of the United States made the issue about the "left" and not the endless gun violence in the country.

Congress had blocked the release of the Jeffrey Epstein list once again.

Israel is continuing its genocide on Gaza. It has invaded Qatar, Tunisia, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank. World leaders labeled it a rouge state. Israel is pushing for a global war.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee denounce the United Nations report confirming the Israeli regime has conducted a pattern of violence, instability and aggressive manipulation. They want to punish world leaders and people traveling to the United States. Rubio plans on revoking American passports if they criticize Israel or Kirk.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warns active military to not share posts on social media regarding Kirk. He also is targeting Black military officials because of the remarks of several members reacting to the white nationalist being killed.

All of this noise from the right has now made it possible for potential retaliation from those who were affected by losing their jobs. 

We cannot blame gun violence. It deflates the right's argument about violence coming from the "left." 

Make it make sense. The left is coming for your guns. The left is also violent. 

The left are a bunch of hippies. The left is the most violent.

It can't be both.

President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Congress, capitalism and Israel are the most unpopular things in the United States.

Examples of democratic backsliding include:

  • Free and fair elections are degraded;
  • Liberal rights of freedom of speech, press and association decline, impairing the ability of the political opposition to challenge the government, hold it to account, and propose alternatives to the current regime;
  • The rule of law (i.e., judicial and bureaucratic restraints on the government) is weakened, such as when the independence of the judiciary is threatened, or when civil service tenure protections are weakened or eliminated.
  • An over-emphasis on national security as response to acts of terrorism or perceived antagonists.
For the two political parties that claims to be about freedom, we are sure as hell loosing it by the day. The Democratic Party is moving towards conservatism while the Republican Party is moving towards fascism. Regardless of the political affiliation, both parties are quietly rolling back long established norms to a functioning democracy.

The continuation of policies that keep billionaires richer, Israel committing international chaos, interfering with the working class and poor will signal a potential for the two things:

World War III.

A civil war in the United States.

Things that keep conservatives up at night.

  • People mocking President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, First Lady Melania Trump, Second Lady Usha Vance, the late Charlie Kirk, his wife Erika, their family members, ICE and notable conservative agitators. 
  • Calling Trump supporters enablers of violence, fascism, racism, extremism and stupidity.
  • Woke (which they don't even know the definition of).
  • Socialism.
  • Communism.
  • Progressive activism.
  • People using food stamps to buy soda and cookies.
  • People speaking Spanish or Arabic in public.
  • People who are Mexican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran, Colombian, Chinese, Palestinian, Senagelese, Haitian, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, Bolivian, Iranian, Syrian, Indian, Pakistani, Somalian, Sudanese, Nigerian, Congolese and Liberian.
  • People who practice in Islam, Satanism, Scientology and Wiccan.
  • DEI, which is the building block of a democracy.
  • Transgender actors, athletes, politicians, religious leaders and activists.
  • Two men walking down the street holding hands.
  • Men (not identified as transgender) wearing heels, a dress or mini skirt in public.
  • A sex worker (not a prostitute or entertainer) dressed inappropriately.
  • Homeless Americans.
  • Panhandlers.
  • Independent women.
  • People in the streets openly using drugs.
  • Black teens.
  • Black men and women posing with money and firearms.
  • Black Lives Matter.
  • Removing Confederate memorials or renaming streets based on Blacks.
  • George Floyd.
  • Calling for the destruction of Israel.
  • Mocking President Donald J. Trump for being a felon, sexual predator and fraudster.
  • Comedians or television programs mocking Trump, Republicans or activists.
  • New social media platforms that ban misinformation, racism and junk science.
  • The New York Times.
  • CNN.
  • MSNBC.
  • Democrats.
  • Nancy Pelosi.
  • Ilhan Omar.
  • Jasmine Crockett.
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  • Barack and Michelle Obama.
  • Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  • Joe and Jill Biden.
  • Bernie Sanders.
  • Jimmy Carter.
  • Adam Schiff.
  • Beyoncé. 
  • Taylor Swift.
  • Duchess Meghan of Sussex.
  • Pornography.
  • Hunter Biden.
  • Critical race theory.
  • Pride flags.
  • France.
  • Films of the past where white actors had leading roles now being recasted with people of color, those in the LGBTQ community or non Christian religions.
  • Saying Jews control the media and government.
  • Climate change.
  • Calling for gun control in the wake of mass shootings.
  • Black mayors.
  • Male cheerleaders.
  • Women who are men's sport coaches, referees, umpires and announcers.
People, please do not resort to the levels of those who profit off the anger. The anger of right wing Americans in the wake of white nationalist Charlie Kirk's death has sparked a censorship and harassment campaign.

The right wing ain't got the smoke for the shooter, his family and the Utah state government allowing open carry on school campuses. They ain't got the smoke for the people who advocate violence against people perceived as threats to society.

They want to go after the vulnerable. Typical of these folks.

All the while, the rich are getting richer. Israel is still committing a genocide and war crimes from every angle. Russia is pushing further in Ukraine with Lithuania and Poland next on the country'stagnant. China is becoming the superpower as they are moving on from exporting goods to the United States for other nations.

China is working on solving problems the United States failed at doing. 

Food prices are increasing. 

General merchandise prices are increasing.

The cost of living is increasing.

Inflation has rising this month.

Unemployment is increasing.

Gasoline prices are increasing.

Wages are stagnant.

Jobs are not satisfying.

Where does the outrage go to?

Random people who don't agree with these folks politics.

What Golden Age?

The whole getting people fired for mocking the tragic attack shows how the Republicans are willing to sabotage the country. That means more people out of work which leads to more economic uncertainty.  More folks will resort to lawsuits against the instigators, violence towards the instigators, violence towards their employers, violence towards the workers who got them fired and violence towards the agitators who called for their firing.

When a person's death in a high profile incident like a shooting is lionized in the junk food media, the sides get to blaming.

The shooter was a white man. It wasn't a Black man, a Muslim, an immigrant or a transgender person. Why you got to lump them in this white on white violence?

They never had this energy for every other victim of gun violence. They only show it for a polarizing white nationalist who insults Americans for profit.


These agitators calling for violence, revenge, firings and public shaming are well within their right to do so. But don't get upset when the tables turn. Or when the next shooting involves them. 

These agitators on the far right are not going to risk their lives or freedom. They are counting on the mentally disturbed and emotionally unstable to do their work.

Trump is escalating threats to crack down on what he describes as the “radical left” following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, stirring fears that his administration is trying to harness outrage over the killing to suppress political opposition.

Without establishing any link to last week’s shooting, the Republican president and members of his administration have discussed classifying some groups as domestic terrorists, ordering racketeering investigations and revoking tax-exempt status for progressive nonprofits. The White House pointed to Indivisible, a progressive activist network, and the Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, as potential subjects of scrutiny.

Although administration officials insist that their focus is preventing violence, critics see an extension of Trump’s campaign of retribution against his political enemies and an erosion of free speech rights. Any moves to weaken liberal groups could also shift the political landscape ahead of next year’s midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress and statehouses across the country.

“The radical left has done tremendous damage to the country,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday morning when leaving for a state visit to the United Kingdom. “But we’re fixing it.”

Trump has sometimes made similar threats without following through. But now there’s renewed interest fueled by anger over the killing of Kirk, a conservative activist who was a prominent supporter of Trump and friends with many of his advisers.

Dozens of nonprofit leaders, representing organizations including the Ford Foundation, the Omidyar Network and the MacArthur Foundation, released a joint letter saying “we reject attempts to exploit political violence to mischaracterize our good work or restrict our fundamental freedoms.”

“Attempts to silence speech, criminalize opposing viewpoints, and misrepresent and limit charitable giving undermine our democracy and harm all Americans,” they wrote.

White House blames ‘terrorist networks’

Authorities said they believe the suspect in Kirk’s assassination acted alone, and they charged him with murder on Tuesday.

However, administration officials have repeatedly made sweeping statements about the need for broader investigations and punishments related to Kirk’s death.

Attorney General Pam Bondi blamed “left-wing radicals” for the shooting and said “they will be held accountable.” Stephen Miller, a top policy adviser, said there was an “organized campaign that led to this assassination.”

Miller’s comments came during a conversation with Vice President JD Vance, who was guest-hosting Kirk’s talk show from his ceremonial office in the White House on Monday.

Miller said he was feeling “focused, righteous anger,” and “we are going to channel all of the anger” as they work to “uproot and dismantle these terrorist networks” by using “every resource we have.”

Vance blamed “crazies on the far left” for saying the White House would “go after constitutionally protected speech.” Instead, he said, “We’re going to go after the NGO network that foments, facilitates and engages in violence.”

Asked for examples, the White House pointed to demonstrations where police officers and federal agents have been injured, as well as the distribution of goggles and face masks during protests over immigration enforcement in Los Angeles.

There was also a report that Indivisible offered to reimburse people who gathered at Tesla dealerships to oppose Elon Musk’s leadership of the Department of Government Efficiency. Sometimes cars were later vandalized.

Indivisible’s leadership has said “political violence is a cancer on democracy” and said that their own organization has “been threatened by right-wingers all year.”

Nonprofits brace for impact

Trump’s executive actions have rattled nonprofit groups with attempts to limit their work or freeze federal funding, but more aggressive proposals to revoke tax-exempt status never materialized.

Now the mood has darkened as nonprofits recruit lawyers and bolster the security of their offices and staff.

“It’s a heightened atmosphere in the wake of political violence, and organizations who fear they might be unjustly targeted in its wake are making sure that they are ready,” said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of the government watchdog group Public Citizen.

Trump made retribution against political enemies a cornerstone of his comeback campaign, and he’s mobilized the federal government to reshape law firms, universities and other traditionally independent institutions. He also ordered an investigation into ActBlue, an online liberal fundraising platform.

Some nonprofits expect the administration to focus on prominent funders like Soros, a liberal billionaire who has been a conservative target for years, to send a chill through the donor community.

Trump recently said Soros should face a racketeering investigation, though he didn’t make any specific allegations. The Open Society Foundations condemned violence and Kirk’s assassination in a statement and said “it is disgraceful to use this tragedy for political ends to dangerously divide Americans and attack the First Amendment.”

Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, wrote on social media that “the murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence” but “Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent.”

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said “it is disingenuous and false for Democrats to say administration actions are about political speech.” She said the goal is to “target those committing criminal acts and hold them accountable.”

Republicans back Trump’s calls for investigations

Trump’s concerns about political violence are noticeably partisan. He described people who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as “hostages” and “patriots,” and he pardoned 1,500 of them on his first day back in the Oval Office. He also mocked House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi after an attack on her husband.

When Trump condemned Kirk’s killing in a video message last week, he mentioned several examples of “radical left political violence” but ignored attacks on Democrats.

Asked on Monday about the killing of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman over the summer, Trump said “I’m not familiar” with the case.

“Trump shrugs at right-wing political violence,” said Ezra Levin, the co-executive director of Indivisible, in a newsletter.

Some conservative commentators have cheered on a potential crackdown. Laura Loomer, a conspiracy theorist with a long record of bigoted comments, said “let’s shut the left down.” She also said that she wants Trump “to be the ‘dictator’ the left thinks he is.”

Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller and a former administration spokeswoman, asked Bondi whether there would be “more law enforcement going after these groups” and “putting cuffs on people.”

“We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech,” Bondi said. “And that’s across the aisle.”

Her comments sparked a backlash from across the political spectrum, since even hate speech is generally considered to be protected under the First Amendment. Bondi was more circumspect on social media on Tuesday morning, saying they would focus on “hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence.”

Trump is getting more support from Republicans in Congress. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and others proposed legislation that would enable the Justice Department to use racketeering laws, originally envisioned to combat organized crime, to prosecute violent protesters and the groups that support them.

Rep. Chip Roy of Texas wants the House to create a special committee to investigate the nonprofit groups, saying “we must follow the money to identify the perpetrators of the coordinated anti-American assaults being carried out against us.”

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Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Down In The Delta: Men Hanging On Mississippi Trees!

Was it a suicide or a lynching?

Two men were hanging from a tree. 

People are lynching again. 

Y'all voted for this.

Where is the outrage?

President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, where the fuck ya at?

Demartravion “Trey” Reed and Cory Zukatis were found dead hanging from trees in two separate incidents in Mississippi.

Both deaths were reported on the same day, approximately 150 miles apart, and involved men found suspended from trees. Authorities in both cases have preliminarily ruled out foul play, classifying them as apparent suicides pending full autopsies. However, the circumstances—especially the method and location—have reignited debates about systemic issues, mental health access, and trust in law enforcement investigations, particularly given the state's history of over 650 documented lynchings (mostly of Black men) between 1877 and 1950.

What happened to them?

So Trey Reed was a student at Delta State University. His body was discovered by several people. The Bolivar County coroner says they are conducting a thorough death investigation.

Randolph Seals, Jr. says 21-year old Demartravion "Trey" Reed did not suffer any lacerations, contusions, compound fractures, broken bones or injuries consistent with an assault. "At this time, there is no evidence to suggest the individual was physically attacked before his death," said Seals, Jr.

Authorities say Reed's body was found hanging from a tree by a faculty member near the pickleball courts Monday around 7 a.m.

The discovery led to all classes being canceled.

Word spread quickly throughout the Cleveland campus, leaving students and others concerned and worried.

"Well, because I am a Black student, hearing that happened to another black student, it really makes me feel unsafe," said DSU student Stacie Hoskins.

"I do have to walk to class, and I like to go walk the track, and it just, it would be nice to know what happened," said DSU student Eriana Murphy.

How did he die? Was it a suicide or a lynching?

DSU police Chief Michael Peeler said investigators found no evidence of foul play.

"Pending an investigation, further investigation, and also from the medical examiner's office, we won't have more information until that part has been done," Peeler said.

Members of Reed's family are insisting on a thorough investigation.

"Please, do your own research on this. Do not let them sweep nothing under the rug. Enough is enough," said Reed's cousin.

No schools in the area were put on lockdown, and police say there is no ongoing threat to campus safety at DSU.

The following statement was sent to 16 WAPT on behalf of the family: "Trey was our little quiet light. He was sweet, well mannered, and would give you the world if he could. We ask that you continue to keep our family in your prayers as we continue to navigate through these unforeseen times.”

The incident in Vicksburg surrounding a man who appeared to be homeless.

Warren County Coroner Doug L. Huskey confirmed to 16WAPT that the victim was Corey Zukatis, a 36-year-old homeless man from Brandon. Zukatis was found around 10:30 a.m. Monday near the Ameristar Casino.

Authorities have not released any additional information regarding the death of Zukatis. The victim's family has been notified.

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) at 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or 988, or text the Crisis Text Line (text HELLO to 741741). Both services are free and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The deaf and hard of hearing can contact the Lifeline via TTY at 1-800-799-4889. All calls are confidential. Contact social media outlets directly if you are concerned about a friend’s social media updates or dial 911 in an emergency. Learn more on the Lifeline’s website or the Crisis Text Line’s website.

You can get help if you, a loved one or friend are dealing with drug abuse.

SAMHSA’s National Helpline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.

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Robert Redford Passed Away!

Robert Redford passed away.

The loss of an iconic actor and director. Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89.

President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Hollywood reacts.

Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement. No cause of death was provided.

After rising to stardom in the 1960s, Redford was one of the biggest stars of the ’70s with such films as “The Candidate,” “All the President’s Men” and “The Way We Were,” capping that decade with the best director Oscar for 1980’s “Ordinary People,” which also won best picture in 1980. His wavy blond hair and boyish grin made him the most desired of leading men, but he worked hard to transcend his looks — whether through his political advocacy, his willingness to take on unglamorous roles or his dedication to providing a platform for low-budget movies.

His roles ranged from Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward to a mountain man in “Jeremiah Johnson” to a double agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and his co-stars included Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise. But his most famous screen partner was his old friend and fellow activist and practical joker Paul Newman, their films a variation of their warm, teasing relationship off screen. Redford played the wily outlaw opposite Newman in 1969’s “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” a box-office smash from which Redford’s Sundance Institute and festival got its name. He also teamed with Newman on 1973’s best picture Oscar winner, “The Sting,” which earned Redford a best-actor nomination as a young con artist in 1930s Chicago.

Film roles after the ’70s became more sporadic as Redford concentrated on directing and producing, and his new role as patriarch of the independent-film movement in the 1980s and ’90s through his Sundance Institute. But he starred in 1985’s best picture champion “Out of Africa” and in 2013 received some of the best reviews of his career as a shipwrecked sailor in “All is Lost,” in which he was the film’s only performer. In 2018, he was praised again in what he called his farewell movie, “The Old Man and the Gun.”

“I just figure that I’ve had a long career that I’m very pleased with. It’s been so long, ever since I was 21,” he told The Associated Press shortly before the film came out. “I figure now as I’m getting into my 80s, it’s maybe time to move toward retirement and spend more time with my wife and family.”

Sundance is born

Redford had watched Hollywood grow more cautious and controlling during the 1970s and wanted to recapture the creative spirit of the early part of the decade. Sundance was created to nurture new talent away from the pressures of Hollywood, the institute providing a training ground and the festival, based in Park City, Utah, where Redford had purchased land with the initial hope of opening a ski resort. Instead, Park City became a place of discovery for such previously unknown filmmakers as Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson and Darren Aronofsky.

“For me, the word to be underscored is ‘independence,’” Redford told the AP in 2018. “I’ve always believed in that word. That’s what led to me eventually wanting to create a category that supported independent artists who weren’t given a chance to be heard.

“The industry was pretty well controlled by the mainstream, which I was a part of. But I saw other stories out there that weren’t having a chance to be told and I thought, ‘Well, maybe I can commit my energies to giving those people a chance.’ As I look back on it, I feel very good about that.”

Sundance was even criticized as buyers swarmed in looking for potential hits and celebrities overran the town each winter.

“We have never, ever changed our policies for how we program our festival. It’s always been built on diversity,” Redford told the AP in 2004. “The fact is that the diversity has become commercial. Because independent films have achieved their own success, Hollywood, being just a business, is going to grab them. So when Hollywood grabs your films, they go, ‘Oh, it’s gone Hollywood.’”

By 2025, the festival had become so prominent that organizers decided they had outgrown Park City and approved relocating to Boulder, Colorado, starting in 2027. Redford, who had attended the University of Colorado Boulder, issued a statement saying that “change is inevitable, we must always evolve and grow, which has been at the core of our survival.”

Redford’s affinity for the outdoors was well captured in “A River Runs Through It” and other films and through his decades of advocacy for the environment, inspired in part by witnessing the transformation of Los Angeles into a city of smog and freeways. His activities ranged from lobbying for such legislation as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act to pushing for land conservation in Utah to serving on the board of the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Redford was married twice, most recently to Sibylle Szaggars. He had four children, two of whom have died — Scott Anthony, who died in infancy, in 1959; and James Redford, an activist and filmmaker who died in 2020.

Redford’s early life

Robert Redford was born Charles Robert Redford Jr. on Aug. 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, a California boy whose blond good looks eased his way over an apprenticeship in television and live theater that eventually led to the big screen.

Redford attended college on a baseball scholarship and would later star as a middle-aged slugger in 1984’s “The Natural,” the adaptation of Bernard Malamud’s baseball novel. He had an early interest in drawing and painting, then went on to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, debuting on Broadway in the late 1950s and moving into television on such shows as “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” and “The Untouchables.”

After scoring a Broadway lead in “Sunday in New York,” Redford was cast by director Mike Nichols in a production of Neil Simon’s “Barefoot in the Park,” later starring with Fonda in the film version. Redford did miss out on one of Nichols’ greatest successes, “The Graduate,” released in 1967. Nichols had considered casting Redford in the part eventually played by Dustin Hoffman, but Redford seemed unable to relate to the socially awkward young man who ends up having an affair with one of his parents’ friends.

“I said, ‘You can’t play it. You can never play a loser,’” Nichols said during a 2003 screening of the film in New York. “And Redford said, ‘What do you mean? Of course I can play a loser.’ And I said, ‘OK, have you ever struck out with a girl?’ and he said, ‘What do you mean?’ And he wasn’t joking.”

Indie champion, mainstream star

Even as Redford championed low-budget independent filmmaking, he continued to star in mainstream Hollywood productions himself, scoring the occasional hit such as 2001’s “Spy Game,” which co-starred Brad Pitt, an heir apparent to Redford’s handsome legacy whom he had directed in “A River Runs Through It.”

Ironically, “The Blair Witch Project,” “Garden State,” “Napoleon Dynamite” and other scrappy films that came out of Sundance sometimes made bigger waves — and more money — than some Redford-starring box-office duds like “Havana,” “The Last Castle” and “An Unfinished Life.”

Redford also appeared in several political narratives. He satirized campaigning as an idealist running for U.S. senator in 1972’s “The Candidate” and uttered one of the more memorable closing lines, “What do we do now?” after his character manages to win. He starred as Woodward to Hoffman’s Carl Bernstein in 1976’s “All the President’s Men,” the story of the Washington Post reporters whose Watergate investigation helped bring down President Richard Nixon.

With 2007’s “Lions for Lambs,” Redford returned to directing in a saga of a congressman (Tom Cruise), a journalist (Meryl Streep) and an academic (Redford) whose lives intersect over the war on terrorism in Afghanistan.

His biggest filmmaking triumph came with his directing debut on “Ordinary People,” which beat Martin Scorsese’s classic “Raging Bull” at the Oscars. The film starred Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore as the repressed parents of a troubled young man, played by Timothy Hutton, in his big screen debut. Redford was praised for casting Moore in an unexpectedly serious role and for his even-handed treatment of the characters, a quality that Roger Ebert believed set “the film apart from the sophisticated suburban soap opera it could easily have become.”

Redford’s other directing efforts included “The Horse Whisperer,” “The Milagro Beanfield War” and 1994’s “Quiz Show,” the last of which also earned best picture and director Oscar nominations. In 2002, Redford received an honorary Oscar, with academy organizers citing him as “actor, director, producer, creator of Sundance, inspiration to independent and innovative filmmakers everywhere.”

“The idea of the outlaw has always been very appealing to me. If you look at some of the films, it’s usually having to do with the outlaw sensibility, which I think has probably been my sensibility. I think I was just born with it,” Redford said in 2018. “From the time I was just a kid, I was always trying to break free of the bounds that I was stuck with, and always wanted to go outside.”

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Monday, September 15, 2025

You Don’t Become A Hero In Death When You Are A Weapon Of The Enemy In Life!

Black Americans want nothing to do with Charlie Kirk. Even the memes show that.

President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance might attend the Charlie Kirk funeral in Glendale, Arizona. The funeral will be held at State Farm Stadium.

Okay, again many Black Americans are not offering sympathy for Kirk.

His rhetoric was divisive towards Black people. He said things about Black women which made it nearly impossible for some sympathy. 

Like I said, his children will take the most blow. Having their father gone is heartbreaking. But to see Erika Kirk confirm the movement continues show no foot off the gas when it comes to political violence.

Erika makes it very hard for people to even show remorse towards her. She is a widow and now has to raise her children by herself. She might find love in the future, but the shock of losing Charlie in such a way has traumatized her.

But when she said "You have no idea what you have unleashed" remark doesn't lower the temperature. She said "evil-doers". The shooter and his parents were the evil-doers.

It was a white man with easy access to firearms that killed Kirk. Not a Black man. Not a Muslim. Not an immigrant. Not a transgender American. Not a woman.

It was a straight white man who was raised in a Republican home. Yes, he may have a relationship or friendship with a transwoman. But what the fuck does that have to do with transgender people?

Transgender Americans did vote for Trump. Check notes..... Caitlyn Jenner, Buck Angel and Blaire White are known Trump supporters who are transgender.

Spare us the gaslighting.

The problem is white men and their access to firearms. Not the left but now that will be used as a reason to deflect from gun violence.

The Black Church and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities are facing more bomb threats. 

Since Kirk's death Black institutions have seen a rise in threats despite Black America has nothing to do with this.

Y'all voted for this.

And here's the endgame.

Civil war.

World War III.

They really want to see the left become violent. Because what they are doing will not only spark more politicial violence but also making President Donald J. Trump's proposed "Golden Age" collapse.

So the right wants to do cancel culture. They want to get people fired for mocking the death of white nationalist Charlie Kirk. 

These fools need to put the energy on the shooter, his family, the governor of Utah Spencer Cox, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sen. John Curtis (R-UT), the U.S. House members of the state and the state legislature. They are the ones who advocate for firearms on college campuses. They are the ones who believe the Second Amendment is more important than people dying from gun violence.

Erika Kirk may think her husband's horrible legacy will be remembered. It will be remembered formally how divisive he was in life. His last words when it came to gun violence was gang violence which was coded for Black and Brown men.

His freedom of speech was not violated. His life was violated by the right to bear arms. It was his own kind killing him.

About 85% of Black Americans refuse to honor Kirk. You can lower flags, make tributes and honors toward him. Black America doesn't want nothing to do with it.

Anyone from the progressive side saying that we have to have empathy for this person are not our allies. Selective grievance towards a man who would never honor the victims of Buffalo, Charleston and Sandy Hook is not worth it.

If I or anyone else loses their jobs for expressing opinions, okay. Fine. 

I will not be deterred. It will make me more aggressive and willing to use my platform to get people motivated to vote the noise out and financially break folks like Laura Loomer, Scott Presler and Chaya Raichik. 

They are likely going to face lawsuits and boycotts.

Black people really have to keep our heads down. Because the far right is still trying to find ways to blame us. 

The free speech debate will be another fight to deal with. 

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Brian Killmeade Had To Walk Back The Execution Of Homeless Americans Remarks!

Brian Killmeade walks back a violent remark at the homeless.

A civil war is coming.

The rich want Americans to fight one another with these fucking culture wars.

I am sick and tired of this. We need to really start putting our bets on an economic collapse and more violence.

While Fox continues to keep the noise going, at least one of them is walking back the comments seeing that people are being fired out the cannon.

President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Congress, Israel and capitalism are unpopular.

The economy, inflation, gun violence, Israel, politicial violence, civility and stagnant wages are the biggest issues facing Americans.

Trump is not focused on fixing problems. He and Vance are devoted to endless chaos and twisting the facts to a failure of taking control of reality.

While he wants the National Gaurd in Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and Democratic leaning cities, the white man is gearing up for the next mass shooting.

We are seeing the far right agitators instigate a civil war.

They want people to massacre others over politics. They want people to riot. They want people fighting one another over politics. They want Americans to be fired or jailed for posting their opinions online. We are seeing authoritarianism and fascism in real time.

They want people to feel intimidated by people carrying firearms while attending events in public.

Examples of democratic backsliding include:

  • Free and fair elections are degraded;
  • Liberal rights of freedom of speech, press and association decline, impairing the ability of the political opposition to challenge the government, hold it to account, and propose alternatives to the current regime;
  • The rule of law (i.e., judicial and bureaucratic restraints on the government) is weakened, such as when the independence of the judiciary is threatened, or when civil service tenure protections are weakened or eliminated.
  • An over-emphasis on national security as response to acts of terrorism or perceived antagonists.
For the two political parties that claims to be about freedom, we are sure as hell loosing it by the day. The Democratic Party is moving towards conservatism while the Republican Party is moving towards fascism. Regardless of the political affiliation, both parties are quietly rolling back long established norms to a functioning democracy.

The continuation of policies that keep billionaires richer, Israel committing international chaos, interfering with the working class and poor will signal a potential for the two things.

World War III.

A civil war in the United States.

Things that keep conservatives up at night.

  • People mocking President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, First Lady Melania Trump, Second Lady Usha Vance, the late Charlie Kirk, his wife Erika, their family members, ICE and notable conservative agitators. 
  • Calling Trump supporters enablers of violence, fascism, racism, extremism and stupidity.
  • Woke (which they don't even know the definition of).
  • Socialism.
  • Communism.
  • Progressive activism.
  • People using food stamps to buy soda and cookies.
  • People speaking Spanish or Arabic in public.
  • People who are Mexican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran, Colombian, Chinese, Palestinian, Senagelese, Haitian, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, Bolivian, Iranian, Syrian, Indian, Pakistani, Somalian, Sudanese, Nigerian, Congolese and Liberian.
  • People who practice in Islam, Satanism, Scientology and Wiccan.
  • DEI, which is the building block of a democracy.
  • Transgender actors, athletes, politicians, religious leaders and activists.
  • Two men walking down the street holding hands.
  • Men wearing heels, a dress or mini skirt in public.
  • A sex worker dressed inappropriately.
  • Homeless Americans.
  • Panhandlers.
  • Independent women.
  • People in the streets openly using drugs.
  • Black teens.
  • Black men and women posing with money and firearms.
  • Black Lives Matter.
  • Removing Confederate memorials or renaming streets based on Blacks.
  • George Floyd.
  • Calling for the destruction of Israel.
  • Mocking President Donald J. Trump for being a felon, sexual predator and fraudster.
  • Comedians or television programs mocking Trump, Republicans or activists.
  • New social media platforms that ban misinformation, racism and junk science.
  • The New York Times.
  • CNN.
  • MSNBC.
  • Democrats.
  • Nancy Pelosi.
  • Ilhan Omar.
  • Jasmine Crockett.
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
  • Barack and Michelle Obama.
  • Bill and Hillary Clinton.
  • Joe and Jill Biden.
  • Bernie Sanders.
  • Jimmy Carter.
  • Adam Schiff.
  • Beyoncé. 
  • Taylor Swift.
  • Duchess Meghan of Sussex.
  • Pornography.
  • Hunter Biden.
  • Critical race theory.
  • Pride flags.
  • France.
  • Films of the past where white actors had leading roles now being recasted with people of color, those in the LGBTQ community or non Christian religions.
  • Saying Jews control the media and government.
  • Climate change.
  • Calling for gun control in the wake of mass shootings.
  • Black mayors.
  • Male cheerleaders.
  • Women who are men's sport coaches, referees, umpires and announcers.
Brian Kilmeade, longtime host of Fox & Friends had apologized for remarks he made in regards to an incident in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Trump poses with Fox hosts Lawrence Jones, Ainsley Earhardt and Brian Kilmeade.


Iryna Zarutska, 23, several times. Officials said she was stabbed in the throat at least one time. Zarutska was pronounced dead on the light rail. She was from Ukraine in asylum. 

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Zarutska’s killing. Brown was ordered last week to remain in jail and undergo a competency evaluation.

Trump, Vance, Charlie Kirk and others exploited this attack. Trump even mentioned Zarutska while mourning Kirk.

The president cannot seem to unite America. He too busy looking like an orange blob with acolpecia. 

Kilmeade apologized on Sunday for advocating for the execution of mentally ill homeless people in a discussion on the network last week, saying his remark was “extremely callous.”

Kilmeade’s initial comment came on a “Fox & Friends” episode Wednesday and began getting widespread circulation online over the weekend. Kilmeade, a host of the morning show, was talking with co-hosts Lawrence Jones and Ainsley Earhardt about the Aug. 22 stabbing murder of Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A homeless and mentally ill man, Decarlos Brown Jr., was arrested for murder, and the case received extensive attention on Fox following the release of a security video of the stabbing.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Jones was talking on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday about public money spent on trying to help homeless people and suggested that those who didn’t accept services offered to them should be jailed.

Fox News management did not immediately return messages seeking comment.

An advocate for homeless people said Sunday that Kilmeade’s remark had been “completely devoid of all humanity.” Christine Quinn, president and CEO of Win, a provider of shelter and services for homeless children in New York City, invited Kilmeade to volunteer in one of the organization’s shelters.

Kilmeade’s initial remark came hours before the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. An MSNBC analyst, Matthew Dowd, was fired for saying on the air that afternoon that hateful rhetoric can lead to hateful actions.

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Are You Tired Of The Noise?

The rich love watching Americans fight culture wars.

The civil war is a coming.

We cannot blame gun violence. It deflates the right's argument about violence coming from the "left." 

Make it make sense. The left is coming for your guns. The left is also violent. 

It can't be both.

President Donald J. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Congress, capitalism and Israel are the most unpopular things in the United States.

People, please do not resort to the levels of those who profit off the anger. The anger of right wing Americans in the wake of white nationalist Charlie Kirk's death has sparked a censorship and harassment campaign.

The right wing ain't got the smoke for the shooter, his family and the Utah state government allowing open carry on school campuses. They ain't got the smoke for the people who advocate violence against people perceived as threats to society.

They want to go after the vulnerable. Typical of these folks.

All the while, the rich are getting richer. Israel is still committing a genocide and war crimes from every angle. Russia is pushing further in Ukraine with Lithuania and Poland next on the country's radar. China is becoming the superpower as they are moving on from exporting goods to the United States for other nations.

China is working on solving problems the United States failed at doing. 

Food prices are increasing. 

General merchandise prices are increasing.

The cost of living is increasing.

Inflation has rising this month.

Unemployment is increasing.

Gasoline prices are increasing.

Wages are stagnant.

Jobs are not satisfying.

Where does the outrage go to?

Random people who don't agree with these folks politics.

What Golden Age?

The whole getting people fired for mocking the tragic attack shows how the Republicans are willing to sabotage the country. That means more people out of work which leads to more economic uncertainty.  More folks will resort to lawsuits against the instigators, violence towards the instigators, violence towards their employers, violence towards the workers who got them fired and violence towards the agitators who called for their firing.

When a person's death in a high profile incident like a shooting is lionized in the junk food media, the sides get to blaming.

The shooter was a white man. It wasn't a Black man, a Muslim, an immigrant or a transgender person. Why you got to lump them in this white on white violence?

These agitators calling for violence, revenge, firings and public shaming are well within their right to do so. But don't get upset when the tables turn. Or when the next shooting involves them. 

These agitators on the far right are not going to risk their lives or freedom. They are counting on the mentally disturbed and emotionally unstable to do their work.

Scott Presler, Laura Loomer, Riley Gaines, Blaire White, Derrick Evans, Joey Saladino, Hermes, Eric Daughetry, Paul Szypula, Roseanne Barr, Steve Bannon, James Woods, Catturd, CJ Pearson, Steven Crowder, Tomi Lahren, Jack Poesobic, Jacob Wahl, Nick Fuentes, Terrence K. Williams, Ian Miles Cheong, Lindy Li, Andy Ngo, Olivia Krolcyzk, Brandon Tatum, Candace Owens, Nick Sorter, Gunther Eagleman, Chaya Raichik, Meghan McCain, Tim Pool, Megyn Kelly, Amir Odom, Jesse Watters, Bill O'Reilly, Mark Levin, Steve Bannon, Myron Gaines, Rochelle "Silk" Hardaway-Richardson, Eylon Levy, Ben Shapiro, Alex Jones, Owen Shroyer, Andrew Tate, Tristan Tate, Kevin Hodge, Keith Hodge, Bill Maher, Amber Rose, Greg Gutfeld, David Limbaugh, Gordon Robertson, Ali Alexander, Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, Matt Walsh, Benny Johnson, Laura Ingraham, Matt Drudge, Mike Lindell, Matt Gaetz, Vince Langman, Brian Kilmeade, Glenn Beck, Sean Davis, Ian Jaegar, Christopher Rufo, Joey Mannarino, Sean "Softball" Hannity and every far right agitator are scared of being taken out by a gunman. They are scared that the bullet won't miss. They want you to risk your freedom or your life to protect their right to gas you up to commit unspeakable crimes against one another.

Once again this is white on white violence. Why the fuck does the far right got an issue with the Black community, Muslims, immigrants and transgenders?

If Kamala Harris did this, the far right would go bonkers.

The suspect comes from a prominent Republican family. You can't make this a leftist. Transgender Americans voted for Trump and Republicans. 

Endless chaos.

A decline of power in the United States. 

Let me be clear: I do not condone violence towards to politicians, media personalities, animals and property. I am not condemning things any longer. I am getting tired of putting empathy on antipathy.

Keep the Black community out of it. It was white on white violence.

1 in 5 Americans believe violence is the only way to solve political problems.

So for the first time in modern history the 50th Vice President of the United States was a fill-in host for The Charlie Kirk Show. 

Vance's ass calling for McCarthyism

Vance said Monday while hosting Charlie Kirk’s radio show that he is “desperate” for national unity after the conservative political activist’s killing but that finding common ground with people who celebrated the assassination of his friend is impossible.

The Republican vice president filled in as host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” from his ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House. The livestream of the two-hour program was broadcast in the White House press briefing room and featured a series of appearances by White House and administration officials who knew the 31-year-old Kirk.

Vance, who transported Kirk’s body home from Utah to Arizona aboard Air Force Two last week, opened by saying he was “filling in for somebody who cannot be filled in for, but I’ll do my best.” He recounted his conversations with Kirk’s widow, Erika, and her remembrances of him as a kind, loving husband.

In his closing remarks, Vance criticized what he said were lies about Kirk that he blamed for the killing. He also promised that the Trump administration will act to stop anyone who would kill another person because of their words. Kirk made comments over the years that some Democrats and others said were anti-immigrant, racist, misogynistic or offensive in other ways.

“I’m desperate for our country to be united in condemnation of the actions and the ideas that killed my friend,” Vance said on the program. “I want it so badly that I will tell you a difficult truth. We can only have it with people who acknowledge that political violence is unacceptable.”

Kirk’s influence with Trump and Vance

Vance’s self-described “moonlighting” as substitute radio host, as well as the broadcasting of the program from the White House complex, served as a powerful reminder of Kirk’s close relationship with the Trump-Vance team and the valuable role Kirk’s operation boosting youth voter turnout played on the campaign.

The Republican vice president, 41, was especially close to Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, one of the nation’s largest political organizations with chapters on high school and college campuses. The two began a friendship nearly a decade ago, and Kirk advocated for Vance to be Republican Donald Trump’s choice for vice president last year. Kirk also was someone who had Trump’s ear.

Vance spoke in the show’s opening segment Monday about being at a loss for words as he sat with Erika Kirk last week. But he said she told him something he’ll never forget, which was that the father of their two young children had never raised his voice to her and was never “cross or mean-spirited to her.”

Vance allowed that he could not say the same about himself.

“I took from that moment that I needed to be a better husband and I needed to be a better father,” the vice president said on the program, which airs on Rumble, a streaming platform. “That is the way I’m going to honor my friend.”

White House and administration officials mourn Kirk

Others who joined Vance on Kirk’s program were White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., press secretary Karoline Leavitt and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.

The conversation turned toward fighting what Vance described as “festering violence on the far left” with Miller, the first guest.

“With God as my witness, we’re going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle and destroy these networks,” Miller said. “It will happen, and we will do it in Charlie’s name.”

Law enforcement officials have said they believe the suspect accused of killing Kirk acted alone.

The relationship between Vance and Kirk

Vance, who said, “I owe so much to Charlie,” elaborated on his close friendship with Kirk in a lengthy social media post late on the night of the conservative activist’s killing. Vance said it started randomly around 2017 after he appeared on program by conservative host Tucker Carlson. Kirk sent Vance a private message through social media telling Vance he’d done a “great job.”

“And that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today,” the vice president wrote.

Vance said he and Kirk both initially were “skeptical” of Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign but had come around to support the now-two-time president.

Kirk was among the first people to hear from Vance in early 2021 when the Ohio Republican was “interested but skeptical” about running for a U.S. Senate seat, the vice president said in a testimony to Kirk’s role in his political rise.

“We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well,” Vance said. “He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr., who “took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.”

Vance said Kirk arranged for him to speak to Kirk’s donors at a Turning Point USA event when he had no reason to help someone polling as low as he was at the time, “but he did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.”

Vance and others credit Kirk’s efforts and influence with helping Trump win reelection.

“So much of the success we’ve had in this administration traces directly to Charlie’s ability to organize and convene,” Vance said in the post. “He didn’t just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

He added on the program, “If it weren’t for Charlie Kirk, I would not be the vice president of the United States ... it’s one of the reasons why I feel so indebted to him.”

Vance as radio show host

Jody Baumgartner, a political science professor at East Carolina University in North Carolina, said Vance’s hosting duty likely was possible because vice presidents have more free time than presidents.

“If President Trump had time to do something like this, don’t you think he would?” Baumgartner asked. “It’s an interesting question with respect to resources and time, but a vice president has the time that a president doesn’t.”

After Kirk’s assassination

After Kirk was fatally shot last Wednesday at Utah Valley University, Vance tore up his schedule for the next day — he was scheduled Thursday to attend the 24th annual observance in New York of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — to fly instead to Orem, Utah, with his wife, second lady Usha Vance.

The couple accompanied Erika Kirk and Charlie Kirk’s casket to Arizona aboard Air Force Two.

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Sunday, September 14, 2025

Michael McCaul Out!

Old Mike McCaul bolts. He fears the Trump administration is leading the world to global war.

Another longtime Texas lawmaker is calling it quits. It appears that some Republicans and Democrats are getting the message. Old news is not good news.

The age and longevity of our U.S. House and Senate members is 73 years old.

Most of the legislators were born from 1937 to 1997. The youngest member of the House of Representatives is Maxwell Frost, Democrat from Florida.

Oldest member of the U.S. House of Representatives is Republican Hal Rogers of Kentucky.

The youngest U.S. Senator is Jon Ossoff, Democrat from Georgia.

The oldest U.S. Senator is Chuck Grassley, Republican from Iowa.

Donald J. Trump is the oldest president serving in the White House. Joe Biden was the second oldest president to serve in the White House. Ronald Reagan was the third oldest president to serve in the White House.

Congress is very unpopular. Their job approval is 23%.

Trump is unpopular. His job approval is 43%.

Vice President JD Vance is unpopular. His job approval is 42%.

The country is definitely on the wrong track. The economy, Israel, political violence, inflation, wages and distrust in government are the biggest issues facing Americans.

Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, one of the GOP’s most prominent foreign affairs hawks, announced on Sunday that he’ll retire, while warning that, with Russia’s escalation of its invasion of Ukraine, “we got to be very careful not to be on the precipice of a World War III.”

McCaul made his statements to ABC News as he discussed this past week’s incursion into Polish airspace of Russian drones, which led to NATO scrambling jets to intercept them. Russia said the intrusion was an error, but Poland and other European countries said they had no doubts it was intentional. President Donald Trump said it “could have been a mistake.”

McCaul said the incursion was cause for alarm. “We’ve never seen anything like this in recent times,” the congressman said. “And so, what I’m concerned about is that the escalation here and the temperature rising, we got to be very careful not to be on the precipice of a World War III.”

McCaul has long pushed Trump to take a tougher stance on Russia and its invasion of Ukraine and he said he thinks the president is “waking up” to see that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is not negotiating in good faith.”

Trump has repeatedly praised Putin over the years and moved to cut off military aid to Ukraine, though he’s reversed course and supported a new increase. He invited Putin to Alaska for discussions last month about a ceasefire in Ukraine, but the Russian president has yet to commit to one.

“I think he’s manipulating the president as a KGB officer would,” McCaul said of Putin, who used to work for the Soviet intelligence service. “The more Putin irritates the president, I think the better we are in terms of defending NATO and Ukraine.”

A former anti-terrorism prosecutor and past chairman of the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs committees, McCaul, 63, is part of an older generation of foreign policy hawks who’ve tried to counter a younger crop of Republicans who are more skeptical about U.S. intervention elsewhere in the world.

McCaul becomes one of at least 10 House members leaving the chamber without seeking higher office, a tally that includes fellow GOP hawk Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, who’s been increasingly critical of Trump’s response to Putin.

McCaul said he would finish his term but not seek reelection next year. “I’m looking for a new challenge in the same space that would be national security, foreign policy, but just in a different realm,” he said.

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Bob Vylan Ain't Worried!

My words haven't sparked death and destruction.

Free speech in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and the European Union are on the decline. The pro Israeli lobbies in Europe and North America are working with dull diligence to chill criticism of Israel and far right policies.

The rapper and singer Bob Vylan is not concerned about the feelings of Israel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the supporters of the late white nationalist Charlie Kirk.

To him, fuck the fascists.

He performed in Amsterdam after the U.S. denied entry which led to the group (of the same name) cancel the tour.

With Israel, Trump, unemployment, politicial violence and economic uncertainty being the top concerns with Americans, one would think there is solutions with this president.

No. 

No policies are helping lowering the cost of groceries, rent, energy and gasoline.

No policies to lower inflation. The tariffs have spiked up supplies and placed burdens on shipping companies, suppliers and distributors.

No lowering of the discourse. The right is calling for violence in regards to violence. No talk about curbing gun violence. No policies to stop crime other than make the National Guard intimidate people.

We are collapsing.

Y'all voted for this.

Bob Vylan said it best about Charlie Kirk.

Performing at a venue in the Netherlands, the duo’s frontman — Pascal Robinson-Foster (Bob Vylan) — railed against Kirk, who was assassinated on Wednesday in Utah.

“I want to dedicate this next one to an absolute piece of shit of a human being!” Robinson-Foster said. “The pronouns was/were! Because if you talk shit, you will get banged! Rest in peace Charlie Kirk, you piece of shit!”

Back in late June, Bob Vylan led a chant of “Death to the IDF” at the Glastonbury music festival in England — in footage that went viral and sparked widespread outage. The U.S. State Department subsuequently revoked the duo’s U.S. visas — with deputy secretary of state Christopher Landau saying, “foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country.”

Too soon.

The United States, Israel and Russia are the most violent countries in the world.

According to the De Telegraaf newspaper, the duo went on to shout, while cheered by 1,500 fans: “Fuck the fascists, fuck the Zionists. Go find them in the streets.”

Police are still investigating Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury festival performance, when the BBC broadcast the rapper chanting “death, death, to the IDF”, which was condemned by Starmer.

I am not going to be sympathetic or show empathy. All I can say is that politicial violence will continue because Trump, Elon Musk, Fox and other agitators from the right keeping the stove hot. 

And they'll be the ones burned.

Let me be clear: I do not condone violence towards to politicians, media personalities, animals and property. I am not condemning things any longer. I am getting tired of putting empathy on antipathy.

Keep the Black community out of it. It was white on white violence.

Gun violence is the problem. We keep hearing these idiots often tell us "we're not going to like" their remarks on crime, race and gun violence. Fuck this shit. I don't need to read your bullshit. I don't care about the bullshit you write on social media.

Keep fucking around with promoting the MAGA makeover. You may trigger the wrong one and that divine intervention will come to any MAGAland supporter.

When these folks in the far right media are calling for getting people fired for free speech, revenge through violence, war against people who had nothing to do with this incident and punishment by jailing critics; remember, they are scared they're gonna be the next targets.

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