“In light of yesterday’s horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country. I have been disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action,” Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote in a statement on social media...
Earlier this year, Landau announced that he had revoked visas for British musical group Bob Vylan after they led crowds in chanting “death” to the Israeli military...
(The Center Square) – An assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University was fired after posting "inappropriate and callous comments," about the murder of Charlie Kirk, the school's president said in a Facebook post.
The employee was not identified in the post but U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on social media identified her as Laura Sosh-Lightsy.
A new report card for the American public school system has arrived, and the results aren’t good. The news is especially dire for two of the chief influences on US education: social-justice pedagogy and tech-centred instruction. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is administered to a sample of students in American grades 4, 8, and 12 to track student performance in reading, math, and other areas.
New NAEP data published this week shows a significant drop in the performance of high-school seniors since 2019 in both reading and maths.
Long-term trends show an even bigger fall-off. Shockingly, average reading scores are almost 10 points lower than they were in 1992...
1759 - The French were defeated by the British on the Plains of Abraham in the final French and Indian War.
1788 - The Constitutional Convention decided that the first federal election was to be held on Wednesday the following February. On that day George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States. In addition, New York City was named the temporary national capital.
1789 - The United States Government took out its first loan.
1922 - In El Azizia, Libya, the highest shade temperature was recorded at 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith (R) was elected to the U.S. Senate and became the first woman to serve in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
HMS Vanguard arrives back its Faslane base in Scotland following a patrol. The Royal Navy’s nuclear-armed boats are understood to have never been detected by an adversary - CROWN COPYRIGHT
British nuclear-armed submarines will be detectable in the future with the development of technology designed to make the oceans transparent, a top Canadian military chief has warned...
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) released emails revealing Dr. Fauci directed colleagues to delete emails and records – despite denying he did this under oath.
"Newly released emails show Fauci directed colleagues to "delete this after you read it"—dating back to Feb. 2020," Senator Rand Paul said.
"He denied it under oath. These documents are now public, and Fauci will finally testify before Chairman Rand Paul," he said.
Their nauseating formula was the same exhausting pattern: we condemn the killing BUT …
And the “but” was, as always, followed by various forms of: “…Charlie Kirk said stuff we disagree with.”
And, as usual, it mischaracterized or misquoted him.
But the Nation missed the point.
Charlie Kirk’s death did not represent any kind of vindication against “intolerance,” however attenuated.
It represented the death of dialogue.
If there were one thing Charlie Kirk was most famous for, it was his willingness to patiently and respectfully debate his ideas with anyone.
And, they could have killed him anytime.
But they killed him during just that kind of reasoned debate, driving a final, bloodstained stake through any shred of hope that democratic debate could resolve the issues separating the sides.
It's been several years since medical regulators inside the government and pharmaceutical companies unleashed the often-injurious mRNA treatments on Americans already suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
And just now some of the facts about that orchestration are emerging, including that some of the "experts" are nave about some of the basic facts involving mRNA.
The aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination shows how effective their campaign has been. Democrats and their allies are:
- Quoting things Charlie said that he never said.
- Intentionally twisting the context of what he said.
- Treating hearsay as fact and truth – the mass of people who are calling Kirk a racist, a bigot, a transphobe or homophobe are basing their statements on what they heard from someone else.
- Treating any legitimate counterpoint to their ideological positions as “hate speech”.
- Justifying Kirk’s murder (or lack of sympathy for his family) because he was a white supremacist, a racist, a transphobe or some other iteration of Satan.
In the past 24 hours, I have heard statements from people who should know better that define Charlie Kirk as someone he was not and never was – none of it can be supported by fact and it is all done to justify their narrative...
Charlie's murder is just the latest example in a long litany of horrific examples that explain why America is so polarized.
And it comes down to this:
The division in America is, at its core, between those who want the truth -- want to know it and want to be able to say it -- and those who believe that with power comes the right to decide what the truth is, and to substitute a "narrative," if that suits their purposes.
America is polarized because Americans have been betrayed and manipulated and exploited and lied to by the most important cultural institutions we have -- government, the medical profession, the justice system, the educational system, the media, the entertainment industry.
During the 2016 presidential election, our government was actively using social media corporations to censor us, and only Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter (now X) exposed that vile conspiracy.
We were lied to about Joe Biden's mental capacity and actual engagement not only while he was running for reelection in 2024 but throughout his entire term as president of the United States.
We continue to be told by medical professionals, school administrators, teachers and others that men can become women, and vice versa, by force of will.
We are told that toddlers can change their "gender" and that biological males have no physical advantage over females in sports...