3 hours ago, Khan said:

 

More theatrics. 

Anything for 15 minutes of fame. Anything. 

 

22 hours ago, sivad40 said:

More theatrics. 

 

Edited September 14Sep 14 by Khan

22 hours ago, Maxim said:

Anything for 15 minutes of fame. Anything. 

You know, I'm just cynical enough to believe she had a hand in her own husband's death?  Think about it.

46 minutes ago, Khan said:

You know, I'm just cynical enough to believe she had a hand in her own husband's death?  Think about it.

Here she is after the press conference. 

A.I. bots spreading faked reports of celebrities praising Charlie Kirk
 

At @leadstories.com we've been debunking a stream of these. Seems like a network operating out of Vietnam churning out dozens of versions of the same stories using the same AI prompts but with different celebrities and locations inserted.

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— Maarten Schenk (@mschenk.bsky.social) Sep 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM

 

Example of hoax #1
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/09/fact-check-nfl-stars-did-not-make-300000-donations-to-charlie-kirk-family.html

Example of hoax #2
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/09/fact-check-paul-mccartney-tribute-charlie-kirk-on-september-11.html


Example of hoax #3
https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2025/09/fact-check-dale-earnhardt-jr-statement-charlie-kirk-shooter-absolutely-ready.html

Edited September 15Sep 15 by janea4old

https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social/post/3lyqakji2n22q

Watching all these centrist pundits stress the “civility” of Charlie Kirk’s style without addressing the ugliness of his substance is giving me a renewed appreciation of how the civil, polite White Citizens’ Councils conned the same crowd into thinking they were distinct from the cruder Klan.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) Sep 13, 2025 at 9:54 AM

Essay on this topic by Kevin M. Kruse
https://campaign-trails.ghost.io/the-white-civility-council/

 

So let's check in on Trump voters and how they're doing. (Hint: they've reached the "find out" phase.)

John Deere Announces Hundreds of Layoffs

Legacy tractor maker John Deere has announced layoffs at three Midwestern facilities as the company grapples with declining sales and the effects of tariffs on its bottom line.

 

‘Quite a shock': Small business owner says ICE detained a third of his employees

Given his support for President Donald Trump, we asked what he would tell the commander in chief if he had a chance.

"What happened here? This situation is just totally just blatantly not at all what they said it was," he said.

 

‘The whole thing is screwed up’: Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers

In Tioga County, where President Donald Trump won 75 percent of the vote in 2024, farmers are losing patience with the White House’s promise of a quick solution for farm workers. Their urgent need is highlighted by stories like those of a multigenerational dairy farm that sold off all its dairy cows because the owner could not find workers and another where a farmer’s job listings have received no responses.

 

North Dakota soybean growers anxiously await sales to China

North Dakota soybean growers rely heavily on exports to China, but with harvest on the horizon, those exports are nowhere in sight. 

“China hasn’t made a single purchase commitment,” John Newton, a longtime ag economist and executive head of Terrain, a farm credit services company, said last week at the Big Iron farm show. “We need to start seeing those commitments come in right now. And I think that’s really what’s weighing on the farm economy.” 

Edited September 15Sep 15 by marceline

^^

This feels highly appropriate when I read that.

 

And it's only going to get worse. Food prices are skyrocketing. The tariffs on chocolate have just hit so the holidays should be fun and that's before we get to shopping for Christmas gifts.

Ladies and gentlemen I present you...

Mourning in the age of social media.

Edited September 15Sep 15 by Maxim

2 hours ago, marceline said:

And it's only going to get worse. Food prices are skyrocketing. The tariffs on chocolate have just hit so the holidays should be fun and that's before we get to shopping for Christmas gifts.

The two dolls economy. Two dolls and five pencils.

2 hours ago, marceline said:

And it's only going to get worse. Food prices are skyrocketing. 

You aren't lying. The food prices are ridiculous!

Is there something I am missing. Why is Jamie Lee Curtis sobbing about Charlie Kirk dying? 

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/jamie-lee-curtis-cries-charlie-kirk-death-1236519762/

I mean... What theeeee...