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On Tuesday’s ABC News Special Report about Utah County officials formally announcing charges against the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder, chief national correspondent Matt Gutman expressed affinity for the suspect and admiration for his love story with a trans person, gushing the text messages released by authorities were “lovingly” stated, “very intimate,” and “very touching.” Gutman was reporting from the site of the press conference when he told World News Tonight anchor David Muir something “that stood out” was “those text messages” between the suspect and his roommate/lover. “I don’t know if we have seen an alleged murder with such...

The European Commission is proposing to reimpose duties on Israeli goods in response to the war in Gaza and ongoing violations in the West Bank, Euronews can exclusively reveal. In an interview with Euronews, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas confirmed the strategy to suspend trade-related provisions within the Israel-EU Association Agreement. Trade between the EU and Israel was €42.6 billion in 2024, and the preferential treatment is around 37% of that, she confirmed. "So it is a significant amount, and when it comes to the preferential treatment, then 37% of that trade really has the preferential treatment," Kallas told...

https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1967970998415667342 Gunther Eagleman™@GuntherEagleman·2hOUTRAGEOUS! Kash Patel just confirmed that it was the Biden era AG and FBI Director Wray who authorized payouts for Lisa Page and Peter Strzok!They should be FORCED to give back our taxpayer money! They are corrupt CROOKS who deserve nothing short of PRISON."The ONLY people who can decide that settlement are the Attorney General in conjunction with the Director and Administration."September 16, 2025

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/1967322423529001131 Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes·Sep 14The Smith-Mundt Act is trending on X, don’t let this momentum dieWe must Restore the Smith Mundt Act and call it The Charlie Kirk Act to end legalized mainstream media propagandaMike Benz talks with Joe Rogan about what Barack Obama really did by repealing the Smith–Mundt Act‌🚨 It’s SO MUCH BIGGER than just allowing use of propaganda on Americans, it allowed for:‌- Infiltrate and co-opt the universities- The unions- The media- The politicians- The judges‌It allowed‌- Foreign policy establishment can fund groups that effectively work with prosecutors domestically or that work at media, dual sort of...

https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1967983048479400253Vigilant Fox 🦊@VigilantFoxSenator Eric Schmitt OBLITERATES the “both sides bullshit” coming from the left in under 2 minutes.The gaslighting about political violence ends right here. This clip says it all.• Congressional baseball practice shooting? Left wing• Burned down cities (Summer of Love)? Left wing• Waukesha Christmas parade massacre? Left wing• Lee Zeldin stabbing attempt? Left wing•Covenant School shooting (Nashville)? Left wing• Butler, Pennsylvania assassination attempt on Trump? Left wing• Trump International West Palm Beach assassination attempt? Left wing• Abundant Life Christian school shooting? Left wing• United Care CEO’s murder? Left wing• Tesla attacks (burned, keyed, firebombed)? Left wing• Murders at...

Exclusive: Whistleblower documents @ChuckGrassley reveal dozens of conservative organizations had their records subpoenaed @FBI as part of its investigation into President Trump. …. including @TPAction_ Turning Point Action and@TPUSA Turning Point USA Extraordinary scope reflects aggressive approach by Biden FBI and DOJ. Critics call it evidence of overreach and weaponization. Codenamed 'Arctic Frost,' the probe formed the basis of Jack Smith's elector case. The legally protected whistleblower disclosures were shared as part of GOP Senator Grassley and @SenRonJohnson ongoing oversight of Arctic Frost. I understand the records will be raised @FBIDirectorKashhearing later today. Arctic Frost Subpoena Tracker September 16,...

It’s no secret that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz prefers to work with that other Polish leader, centrist Prime Minister Donald Tusk. But on Tuesday he’ll be receiving Polish President Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist backed by the opposition populist right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, which demands that Berlin pay reparations for Nazi Germany’s World War II invasion and occupation of Poland. Relations between Poland and Germany have seesawed between close cooperation and open friction in recent years. While the two countries have strong trade relations and increasingly cooperate on defense, Nawrocki and PiS politicians have railed against the EU’s influence...

US President Donald Trump published a post on Truth Social on Monday, in which he once again called on the Hamas terrorist organization to release all the hostages it is holding. "I have just read a News Report that Hamas has moved the hostages above ground to use them as human shields against Israel’s ground offensive," Trump wrote. He added, "I hope the Leaders of Hamas know what they’re getting into if they do such a thing. This is a human atrocity, the likes of which few people have ever seen before. Don’t let this happen or, ALL 'BETS' ARE...

[H/T grey_whiskers]https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1967821704438354295DataRepublican (small r)@DataRepublican🧵🚨 MAJOR BREAKING 2: The 2025 May Day trip of SLC Armed Queers to Cuba: "Well, if we're terrorists, we're proud to be terrorists"I've obtained a now-deleted video.In it, Ermiya Fanaeian and an unidentified man named Connor talk openly about:👉 Palestinian students at Cuba’s ELAM “studying revolution” alongside medicine👉 Brigadistas from around the world being brought for “revolutionary orientation”👉 How every aspect of Cuban society is dedicated to training "organizers" and are open about the terrorist label to the point they lament US institutions do not allow them to "to speak in such a way"The trip was...

France has reportedly deployed Rafale fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons to Poland, a move interpreted as a direct signal to Russia as tensions continue to rise on Europe’s eastern flank.

The elderly man who lied about shooting Charlie Kirk just moments after the conservative activist's assassination was caught with child pornography on his phone, authorities said. George Zinn, a 71-year-old Utah resident, was initially suspected of being the shooter after he was caught on video being taken into custody moments after Kirk, 31, was shot in the neck at an event at Utah Valley University last week. He was soon cleared of being the suspected shooter and confessed to causing a distraction to keep law enforcement away from the shooter, now alleged to be 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. Following his arrest,...

A Texas State University student has faced public backlash for repeatedly reenacting Charlie Kirk's assassination at a memorial held in his honor. Video shared on social media shows the unidentified man mocking and imitating Kirk's death and spitting near people attending Monday's on-campus memorial. Gov. Gregg Abbott led calls for disciplinary action and urged the university to 'expel this student immediately', alleging such 'conduct is not accepted at our schools'. The student's vile acts appeared to be targeting members of Kirk's nonprofit organization Turning Point USA, which was hosting the memorial. Eyewitness video shared online shows the student confronting TPUSA...

Archaeologists investigating a site in the West Kazakhstan Region identified an array of mysterious and intriguing burial mounds that is considered to be one of the country's most significant archaeological discoveries in recent years, Azernews reports. The team located approximately 150 tombs unlike any found before in the area, which may offer new insights into Kazakhstan's early civilizations. While circular kurgans, or burial mounds, are common throughout the region, the recently discovered monuments took a variety of forms, including rectangular mounds and some formed by two interconnected rings -- a rare configuration in Eurasian steppe archaeology. The largest one, which...

Al Jazeera reports that a historic drought in northern Iraq has lowered water levels in the country's largest reservoir, unexpectedly revealing parts of a 2,300-year-old ancient cemetery. An archaeological team investigated approximately 40 tombs around the edges of the Mosul Dam Lake near the Tigris River. Researchers were first made aware of the potential site in 2023 when a survey identified a few graves, but it was only during the recent dry spell that they realized how extensive it really was. "The droughts have a significant impact on many aspects, like agriculture and electricity," said Bekas Brefkany, the director of...

The GOP has turned so hard on free speech that now even “libertarian” Rand Paul is calling for a “crackdown” on those using their First Amendment rights. “I was assaulted six, seven years ago, attacked from behind, had six ribs broken and part of my lung removed, and still online, on a daily basis people say they wish that it would happen to me all over again,” Paul said Tuesday on Fox Business. “And by sort of making light of what I suffered, they are encouraging other people to do it. That oughta be taken down, and social media oughta...

Because of Southeast Asia’s harsh climatic and soil conditions, human remains decay quickly and rarely survive. It was a great shock, then, when archaeologists excavating the Thung Binh 1 cave near Hoa Lu unearthed the bones of an individual who lived around 12,000 years ago, Science News Today reports. Further inspection of the surviving skeletal fragments revealed an even bigger surprise. The 35-year-old man, known as TBH1, may have been the victim of an assault that ultimately cost him his life. Researchers noticed a fractured rib near his neck, and alongside it a tiny flake of sharpened quartz lodged in...

https://t.co/AMeXCf4rA8 NEW YORK, NY — Responding to public outcry to set the record straight after a terrible act of political violence launched the debate about dangerous rhetoric to the forefront of American consciousness, the New York Times issued a minor clarification that conservative activist Charlie Kirk had said "Hitler is bad" and not "Hitler is good." The correction came several days after Kirk was gunned down at a public event, with the New York Times seeking to clarify that it had gotten one minor detail wrong by telling its readers that Kirk had praised infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler when...

Climate Change, Control, and the Question of Trust For as long as humans have walked the Earth, we have adapted to the forces of nature. Our species has survived ice ages, scorching droughts, violent storms, and even near-extinction events. We’ve done so not because we controlled nature, but because we learned to live with it — to adjust, to innovate, and to endure. Our greatest strengths have always been our intelligence and our adaptability. So when we’re told today that climate change represents an existential crisis, one that can only be solved through radical restructuring of our lives, our freedoms,...

Donald Trump has arrived in Britain tonight for his historic second state visit where he will spend time with his 'friend' King Charles III. The US President, 79, landed at Stansted Airport on Air Force One and held First Lady Melania's hand as he walked down the aircraft steps. Melania sported a trench coat from British designer Burberry and black riding boots as she and her husband were greeted by the Viscount Hood, Lord-in-Waiting, on behalf of King Charles. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who opposed his first state visit, shook Trump's hand for about five seconds. The Maga leader and...

The State of Utah, by and through the Utah County Attorney’s Office, charges the defendant with the commission of the following offense(s): COUNT 1: AGGRAVATED MURDER, a Capital Felony, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-202, in that on September 10, 2025, in Utah County, the defendant, Tyler James Robinson, intentionally or knowingly caused the death of Charlie Kirk under the following circumstance: (iii) the defendant knowingly created a great risk of death to another individual other than Charlie Kirk and the defendant. COUNT 2: FELONY DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, a First Degree Felony, in...