The analogy doesn't work, you might say. Palin's crosshairs symbol was misinterpreted. The left isn't being misinterpreted when it calls Trump's movement fascist. Yes, but it is fascist. That's the point. An inflammatory truth is still the truth, and no one should feel obliged to pretend otherwise following Kirk's atrocious murder just because one side would rather not hear it. (You would think a faction that valorizes political incorrectness might appreciate that.) It's not irresponsible to shout "fire" in a crowded theater when there is a fire. It's irresponsible not to. That's doing politics "the right way."

Holy shit bro

I would not say that Kirk was practicing politics in exactly the right way when he called last month for the "full military occupation" of American cities with high crime rates until the problem is solved. I wouldn't say he was doing things exactly the right way when he urged Mike Pence to ignore the electoral votes cast for Joe Biden by swing states in January 2021. Nor would I say he was a model practitioner of politics when he applauded Trump's pardon of the January 6 thugs earlier this year, describing them as "hostages" and celebrating their release as "bold action to save people from lawfare tyranny." And I guess I wouldn't say that he was setting a fine political example when he called for a "patriot" to bail out the man who broke into Nancy Pelosi's home and beat her elderly husband with a hammer.

Damn. This dude writes for the Dispatch!

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We can't even play basketball 🏀 🤬

Attempting to rig elections on his behalf.

Turning the military on citizens.

Toying with the idea of declaring martial law.

Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out against his regime.

If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

Dear journalists:

The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.

Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.

Here, fixed it.

Texas in 2025.

Headline of the Day:

Noticing a pattern here.

I enjoyed chatting with Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show."

My thoughts on how we save our democracy are the same today as when we last spoke on "The Colbert Report" in 2010.

We must get big money out of politics.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.

Do not.

Once you actually start calling this administration out on its blatant lies and unconstitutional behavior, I may be more inclined to donate.

Your current headlines are bullshit, considering the state of this coup.

Now that your federal funding has been revoked, what do you have to loose?

Forget eggs—the cost of coffee is skyrocketing, and folks are noticing.

I heard it was coming, so I stocked up weeks ago, but my supply won’t last forever. Trump’s Brazil tariffs are to blame.

'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.

The IRS's free Direct File tool is now "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.

This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.

Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

See how this works?

BREAKING: His Magasty doesn’t like the new job numbers, so he just fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, ensuring future job numbers WILL be fake.

Let them eat cake.

A reminder: The perpetrators in the Epstein files are Oligarchs, and so are the ones protecting them.

If you say “I’m fine with immigration as long as it’s legal” or “I came the right way” but you’re not sounding the alarm over this, you’re lying.

A company says an employee was detained by federal agents during an immigration court hearing, despite being here legally with a valid work permit.

A primer for the civically ill-informed.

Undocumented immigrants can’t enroll in Medicaid. They can only ever access it temporarily, when they need lifesaving medical care.

This only makes people afraid to access the medical care they’re legally allowed to receive.

But Trump doesn’t care. His only goal is to sow fear.

We want ICE out of our Hospitals.

This can’t be repeated enough:

Masked soldiers are disappearing people off our city streets and it’s not some post-apocalyptic, dystopian novel.

It’s actual America, 2025.

Advocating for NASA and a good beat? SIGN ME UP! 👏 👏

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Domestic terrorists…

This is Patty Hartman, a 17 year veteran of the Justice Department. She was fired on Monday by Pam Bondi. She is warning of a wave of retribution inside the agency. You must hear her words for yourself.