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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 5d

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 1d

Chaya Raichik, better known as Libs of TikTok, was dutifully bemoaning the fact that the city of Houston repainted a Montrose neighborhood crosswalk decked on in LGBTQ+ rainbow colors. Raichik wrote that the crosswalk “must be removed immediately.”

And our governor dutifully complied.

Cool! It Really Looks Like Greg Abbott is Taking Orders From Libs of TikTok

Acting on the orders of notorious cesspool Libs Of TikTok, the governor bravely stands up to the menace of decorative asphalt.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 14h

Who up, cut, and on the spectrum

A screenshot of a post from The Bulwark on X that says:

RFK: "There's two studies which show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It's highly likely because they were given Tylenol."

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Blake Montgomery @montgomery.bsky.social · 14h

Stanford professor Adrian Daub critiques Peter Thiel's lectures on the antichrist:

"The picture of Thiel that emerges is someone desperate to disidentify from their own power."

"More often than not, Thiel ends up with something that reads like Dan Brown."

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Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 14h

During his speech in Lubbock this week, Ken Paxton told the audience he didn't have any money when he faced impeachment. But he became a multimillionaire on a $150K salary, and @wsj.com got Paxton's tax returns and other financial documents that show how.

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Exclusive | How Ken Paxton, a Rising MAGA Star, Got Rich as a Texas Politician

The state’s attorney general, who is vying to be the GOP nominee for a U.S. Senate seat, became a multimillionaire as a public official.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 14h

Hours after announcing 'undercover operations' into leftist groups, Texas' attorney general Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

Learn more at the link in bio and at

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

Roads are too gay, gotta get rid of them

www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2...

Abbott orders Dallas and other Texas cities to remove rainbow crosswalks or lose funding

Dallas is among the Texas cities that risk losing money if it does not remove a rainbow crosswalk.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d

*nondenominational guitar riff*

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Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech.

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Texas’ attorney general compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

My latest for @thebarbedwire.com

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Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 2d

Ken Paxton’s showing at a Turning Point USA event hours after announcing “undercover operations” into “leftist terror cells” made one thing clear: Kirk’s death is being used by Republican leaders to justify power grabs.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

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tyler @walletcheck.bsky.social · 5d

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Protean Magazine @proteanmag.com · 5d

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: We sent @stevanzetti.bsky.social to a Turning Point USA event, where Attorney General Ken Paxton was the keynote speaker — just hours after he announced his “undercover operations to infiltrate and uproot leftist terror cells in Texas.” It went how you expect.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2d

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech.

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Texas’ attorney general compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

My latest for @thebarbedwire.com

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Texas Republicans Are Using Charlie Kirk’s ‘Martyrdom’ to Crush Free Speech

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

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The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 2d

“He was also young himself. God has forgiven him,” Rirhandzu Manganyi wrote.

“AND HIS MINISTRY WILL BE BIGGER THAN EVER,” user Shannon Liddle wrote.

“I still will listen to him!” Pam Ullo wrote.

Meanwhile, Morris must register as a sex offender.

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Supporters Say ‘God Has Forgiven’ Ex-Megachurch Pastor Robert Morris, Who Admitted to Sexual Abuse of a 12-Year-Old

Comments have rolled in expressing forgiveness for the convicted child sex offender and megachurch founder.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 2d

Ya’Kub Ira is a Filipino American artist, educator, and photojournalist. He is a well known Eskrima Filipino martial art expert and is known for his work and activism in Baybayin script scholarship and revival.

steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 2d

The Dallas area Palestinian Youth Movement reported yesterday that Ya'Kub Ira, an activist and martial arts instructor, was abducted by ICE despite Ira's legal status under DACA.

"This is the second unexpected arrest of someone with proximity to the Palestine movement in the past two weeks."

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Is deportation okay in your mind as long as it happens to people whose politics who don't like?

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The Dallas area Palestinian Youth Movement reported yesterday that Ya'Kub Ira, an activist and martial arts instructor, was abducted by ICE despite Ira's legal status under DACA.

"This is the second unexpected arrest of someone with proximity to the Palestine movement in the past two weeks."

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3d

Those are my assassination coordinates

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

Happening right now. To us. In America.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone who grew up in Texas has at least one person in the high school friends group chat who seems a little too concerned about Gender

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3d

Mr. Paxton please contact me, I have crucial information regarding a deadly leftist terror group called BOFA

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 3d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3d

We are thrilled to publicly launch COINTELPRO 2.0

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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 3d

Law enforcement historically loves announcing their undercover operations ahead of time

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Under- cover Operations to Infil- trate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence

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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 7d

Corporate outlets aren’t resisting fascism. They’re enabling it. All the president’s men aren’t breaking into the Watergate; they’re buying up the media and firing anyone who won’t toe the line.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/03/b...

Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to Read This

Bari Weiss’s reported hiring at CBS News is the latest example of corporate media capitulating to Trump.

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