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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 1d

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Candace provides text backing up her narrative that Kirk was under financial pressure from donors but of course doesn't support her nutty conspiracy theories about everything from Brigitte Macron to Mossad's role in Kirk's death. This boosts her credibility with MaAGA base?

HOT SPOT on X: "🇮🇱🇺🇸 Candace Owens shared a group chat with Josh Hammer, Rob McCoy, and 6 other TPUSA affiliates where Charlie Kirk explicitly said he had no choice but to "leave the pro-Israel cause" just 48 hours before he was assassinated https://t.co/6vVoc1glah" / X

🇮🇱🇺🇸 Candace Owens shared a group chat with Josh Hammer, Rob McCoy, and 6 other TPUSA affiliates where Charlie Kirk explicitly said he had no choice but to "leave the pro-Israel cause" just 48 hours before he was assassinated https://t.co/6vVoc1glah

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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 6d

James O'Keefe keeps putting out videos suggesting Trump's DOJ is covering up the Jeffrey Epstein files. Why has this former MAGA stalwart turned on the administration?

My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/james-okee...

James O’Keefe, Of All People, Won’t Let Trump Skate on Epstein

Plus: Candace Owens's speculations about the Kirk assassination grow farther fetched.

www.thebulwark.com

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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 5d

MAGA star Jack Posobiec says voter fraud is a serious issue—yet he has voted for years in Pennsylvania, despite clearly living in Maryland. slate.com/news-and-pol...

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe I'm not the first to notice this but California and Texas (the National Guard units called up by Trump) invading the rest of the United States is exactly the plot of "Civil War"

Probably where those dumbasses got the idea

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 2d

Vile bodies. Mel Brooks autobiography and finishing up bone clocks by David Mitchell

Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 2d

It's ICE not the military but it doesn't make much difference on the ground.

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 3d

They're paying $50,000 bonuses for people who don't have to have a college education to work for them and given the leadership of this administration I don't think they're vetting for affiliations with neo-nazis or racists groups or beliefs. Good article for Mother Jones by one of your staff?

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 5d

We don't have to wonder what the military will due if issued an illegal order.

We already know: they will obey. They are kidnapping and handcuffing NAKED CHILDREN.

We MUST do more to force people with their head in the sand to SEE what is already happening NOW.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Federal agents storm Chicago apartment building, detain kids

Federal agents interrogated U.S. citizens and terrified children in an early-morning raid, witnesses said

www.yahoo.com

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 20d

It was good to be on the Jewish Currents podcast this week talking about the fallout from the murder of Charlie Kirk: MAGA’s authoritarian campaigns of repression; the strange & overzealous displays of mourning from Israeli leaders; & more

Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 20d

On the latest episode of On the Nose, Arielle Angel, @davidklion.bsky.social, @benlorber8.bsky.social, and Maya Rosen discuss reactions to Charlie Kirk’s assassination across the political spectrum, as well as the outsized response in Israel.

jewishcurrents.org/charlie-kirk...

Charlie Kirk and American Innocence

Jewish Currents discusses reactions to the right-wing influencer’s assassination across the political spectrum, as well as the outsized response in Israel.

jewishcurrents.org

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 7d

The former late night host shared some hilarious words of advice during his stop by "The Late Show."

Conan O'Brien Offers Sage Advice To Colbert: 'Cowardice Is The Way'

The former late night host shared some hilarious words of advice during his stop by "The Late Show."

www.huffpost.com

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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 7d

One week from tonight - at Zanie's in Chicago; free hardcover copy of Separation of Church and Hate with each ticket. And those are apparently hard to find this month.
www.etix.com/ticket/p/755...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7d

The fiscal year is over.

So how was the NIH appropriation committed?

A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.

a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .

ALT: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .

media.tenor.com

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𝕃𝕦𝕜𝕚𝕦𝕞 @americanmanifesto.news · 7d

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 7d

Could #VA cutbacks and policy changes harm hundreds of thousands of #veterans and lead to preventable deaths? Toughly worded letter by hundreds of current and former clinicians say yes: www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/p...
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Hundreds of VA doctors and caregivers warn that cutbacks, policy changes threaten veterans’ care | CNN Politics

Hundreds of current and former VA doctors, nurses and other caregivers have issued a warning to the Department of Veterans Affairs about the negative impacts of the agency’s recent staffing cuts and o...

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 7d

They're also agreeing on the left among certain influencers that Candace is right about the Kirk assassination. They don't care she's antisemitic. If she was white and used endless racist slurs about blacks would they still be agreeing with her and quoting her?

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 8d

“The world is upside down, I’m agreeing with Candace Owens.”

You don’t agree with Candace Owens.

She talks about the Palestinian cause because she believes in and benefits from conspiracies about Jews.

You talk about the Palestinian cause because you have empathy.

You are not the same.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 9d

OUT NOW — @letsgomathias.bsky.social joined us for a deep dive into a lies, conspiracy theories, and misunderstandings at the heart of the panic surrounding “Antifa”

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7xlC...

040: What the Hell is Antifa? feat. Christopher Mathias

Podcast Episode · Posting Through It · 09/29/2025 · 2h 4m

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 7d

Wild stuff — nuking a portion of your website because MAGA got mad at you for it.

jewishinsider.com/2025/09/adl-...

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 7d

I don't think she's ever done an actual news or investigative scoop but in pursuing her ideological agenda for some of her writings she may have picked up the phone now and then and called up a like-minded member of the "intellectual dark web "to get a quote. She's basically an opinion columnist.

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 7d

FYI @americanmanifesto.news
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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 7d

Reupping

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Will Our Corporate Media Godzillas Have the Guts to Defend Democracy?

Five companies—five—now control 90 percent of the media marketplace. And they are showing no commitment to anything resembling the public interest.

newrepublic.com

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 7d

Reupping

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Will Our Corporate Media Godzillas Have the Guts to Defend Democracy?

Five companies—five—now control 90 percent of the media marketplace. And they are showing no commitment to anything resembling the public interest.

newrepublic.com

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 7d

Link please?

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 9d

Try audiobooks

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Larry Karaszewski @larrythek.bsky.social · 9d

In honor of Silent Movie Day (September 29th) I watched the stunning new restoration of Corinne Griffith’s 1922 “A Virgin’s Sacrifice” available on the National Film Preservation Foundation website. www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-fi...

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Art Levine @artl7.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks I didn't scour the web for news articles previous.
But it did seem that I hadn't seen it in American papers but the guardian clearly addressed the issue before this substack commentator. Thanks for the heads up.

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