One month before Charlie Kirk‘s death, Tucker Carlson released an interview with the right-wing activist where the two spoke about how economic anxiety and debt has become a major issue for young and millennial adults in America, comparing Donald Trump‘s 2016 appeal with economically disenfranchised young voters to Zohran Mamdani‘s …
Read More »Neuralink, Elon Musk, and the Race to Put Chips Into Our Brains
T here’s a 3D hand on a black screen. J. Galen Buckwalter concentrates on the image, trying to move one of the virtual hand’s fingers — with his mind. For more than 50 years, Buckwalter hasn’t felt his fingers after breaking his neck in an accident as a teenager. But …
Read More »Fox Host Says to 'Just Kill 'Em' While Discussing Homeless People Who Decline Help
Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade endorsed euthanizing unhoused people suffering from mental health issues who decline getting help. He made the remark during a recent episode where his co-hosts Ainsley Earhardt and Lawrence Jones were discussing the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. The co-hosts posited that the suspect, …
Read More »People Are Losing Their Jobs for Criticizing Slain 'Free Speech' Advocate Charlie Kirk
The conversation around the assassination of right-wing activist and Donald Trump ally Charlie Kirk on Wednesday during a campus event at Utah Valley University has been fiery, to say the least. Graphic footage of 31-year-old Kirk, a husband and father of two young children, being fatally shot in the neck …
Read More »Trump Admin Said $9.7 Million in Contraceptives Destroyed, Belgian Authorities Said Still in Limbo
A stockpile of $9.7 million worth of contraceptives that was stuck in limbo at a Belgium warehouse for months following the dismantling of the the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) earlier this year was said to have been destroyed on orders from the Trump administration. However, Belgian authorities told …
Read More »Suspect in Charlie Kirk's Killing Has Been Apprehended and ID'd
Authorities have apprehended a suspect in the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Donald Trump announced this morning during an appearance on Fox News that “they have the person they wanted,” and that he just heard about it “five minutes before I walked in.” NBC News and CNN also reported …
Read More »'Bin Laden's Going to Attack the Towers Again': A Retired Colonel's Alert Before 9/11
On the morning of Sept. 12, 2001, I trudged into my office in Midtown Manhattan, still shellshocked from having watched the Twin Towers collapse to the ground the day before from the roof of my apartment building in the West Village. I was an editor at Maxim, at the time …
Read More »America Circles the Abyss
Political violence in America is nothing new. The assassinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy changed the course of the nation. Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan were both targeted by deranged gunmen who heard voices in their heads. More recently, the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the targeted killing …
Read More »Comedy Central Pulls 'South Park' Episode Parodying Charlie Kirk
The recent South Park episode “Got a Nut” has been temporarily removed from Comedy Central’s rotation in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death. The episode, which originally aired on Aug. 6, included scenes in which the character Clyde Donovan draws on the right-wing political influencer’s controversial ideologies and mannerisms. In …
Read More »'Crush the Communist Left': How Charlie Kirk's Murder Ignited a Firestorm on the Right
The assassination of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk at a college campus in Utah has ignited a firestorm of anger on the right, with many politicians and influencers excoriating “the left” and others appearing to call for retribution and even warning of “civil war.” Shortly after Kirk’s death was confirmed Wednesday, …
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