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In spite of how you feel about Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump or politics in general, what does the data say about the rise in hate crimes & political violence?
We checked.
Who's responsible for the rise in hate, division and political violence? The data is clear.
ICE just released updated detention statistics.
58,766 in ICE detention facilities as of September 7, 2025.
Numerous journalists and writers purged today for posting factually about a slain regime ally, a bomb threat at the DNC HQ, 6 HBCUs closed due to bomb threats, shots fired at the Naval Academy, and that's just today.
Thinking about the times Dems refused to do this. Wouldn't be sporting, or whatever they said at the time.
Once again, whatever the GOP does is seen as the norm and acceptable, and anything Dems do is seen as a transgressive overreach.
NEW: Senate Republicans trigger 'nuclear option,' changing rules to speed up Trump nominees
The vote is 53-45, with all GOP senators voting in alignment.
Details on the new rule, and what it means >> www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable them to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than individually. It's the latest move to erode minority powers.
abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...
At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.
Just looked up out of curiosity and turns out I was on Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist. Am I supposed to mourn the person who spent the last six years trying to end my academic career? He wouldn’t mourn my death: he tried to accelerate my death! www.professorwatchlist.org/professor/st...
Dr. Steven Thrasher is an Assistant Professor of Journalism and the Daniel H. Renberg Chair of Social Justice in Reporting at Northwestern University. His university biography details his role as havi
"Gun violence isn't the cost of freedom, it's the theft of freedom." - Dejon Campbell
the far right is raging because kirk was so effective at forcing white nationalist extremist politics into the mainstream. he built a $92M empire off of forcing schools to host fascists, teaching people debatelord whataboutisms in defense of bigotry & thrashing at anyone who dares to push back.
The problem with being a pundit is you are paid to say something, and saying he was a shithead gets you fired from MSNBC, so praise is the only option left to you.
“awful people don’t deserve to be killed, but they don’t deserve to be praised, either” is apparently a thought too complex for the pundit mind
This Mattie Lubchansky comic seems topical again.
