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@stephengutowski.bsky.social

Founder of http://TheReload.com. Former CNN contributor. Firearms reporter. Gun-safety instructor. Philly fan. DM me some story tips. Email: Gutowski@TheReload(dot)com

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the simplest answer is that almost everything now is for a tiny tier of viewers they feel they absolutely cannot resist catering to, from hyperborean_boi on discord to the President

06.12.2025 03:41 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.

In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.

What a confession.

05.12.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4791    πŸ” 1590    πŸ’¬ 252    πŸ“Œ 99

Rancid

06.12.2025 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
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RFK Jr.’s Crusade Against Vaccines Hits Its Action Phase His anti-vax–stacked advisory committee is expected to revise rules for life-saving hepatitis B vax.

"In the worst cases, the infected would die from liver cancer before reaching adulthood. Brian McMahon, a physician who treated some of those cases, told me about one particular patientβ€”'18 years old, 4.0 GPA, with a full ride to University of Alaska.'"

06.12.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 176    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
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POLLING CALL CENTER: "Now I'm going to read you some conspiracy theoβ€” …"

MAGA RESPONDENT: "I don't need to hear them, they're all true."

05.12.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2136    πŸ” 631    πŸ’¬ 309    πŸ“Œ 89
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The Pentagon’s New β€˜Press Corps’ Is an Utter Embarrassment β€” And It Won’t Help Hegseth "We're able to get our message directly to the American people. We don't have to rely on the MSDNC filters anymore," said the Pentagon spox

The Pentagon’s New β€˜Press Corps’ Is an Utter Embarrassment β€” And It Won’t Help Hegseth
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...

05.12.2025 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my "people are buying USTs and haven't lost confidence in US equities" has a lot of people asking questions answered by my shirt

05.12.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS’s Immigrant-Hunting App Removed from Google Play Store The app, called Mobile Identify, was launched in November, and lets local cops use facial recognition to hunt immigrants on behalf of ICE. It is unclear if the removal is temporary or not.

New from 404 Media: DHS’s immigrant-hunting app just got removed from the Google Play Store. Let’s local cops do facial recognition on people, app says to contact ICE or not. I’m told Google workers took issue with app in an internal report. We revealed app in Nov

www.404media.co/dhss-immigra...

05.12.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 486    πŸ” 168    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6

Making up a goofy award and throwing an embarrassing spectacle to stroke the ego of the president is among the more benign forms of corruption they've conceived, to be fair.

05.12.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.

The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko

05.12.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 250    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 101
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US consumer sentiment improves in early December U.S. consumer sentiment improved in early December, but worries about high prices and the labor market persisted, a survey showed on Friday.

US consumer sentiment improves in early December reut.rs/4pwc3EP

05.12.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Fifa is always a leader in corruption innovation.

05.12.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€˜I’ve Seen Enough’: House Republican Nukes Hegseth, Accuses Him of Stopping Military From Talking Freely to Congress "We have military bases in our districts; they're not allowed to talk to us because of his orders to them not to talk to anybody in Congress" The post β€˜I’ve Seen Enough’: House Republican Nukes Hegseth, Accuses Him of Stopping Military From Talking Freely to Congress first appeared on Mediaite.

β€˜I’ve Seen Enough’: House Republican Nukes Hegseth, Accuses Him of Stopping Military From Talking Freely to Congress

05.12.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If so, it is quite possible that the suspect reached this belief by consuming media produced by the current Director and Deputy Director of the FBI.

05.12.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 437    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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NEW info on shipwreck attack. It gets worse.

The 2 survivors climbed atop wreckage and waved to overhead.

"Some of the people viewing the video thought ... could have been an attempt to surrender"

Others "said the most logical explanation was ... signaling for a rescue."

1/

05.12.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 6431    πŸ” 2773    πŸ’¬ 426    πŸ“Œ 287
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Feds Grant Nearly $1 Million to Develop Second Amendment History Curriculum The Department of Education has awarded a new multi-year grant to the University of Wyoming’s Firearms Research Center (FRC) to create a class on Second Amendment history.

You read read the full story here: thereload.com/feds-grant-n...

05.12.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Feds Grant Nearly $1 Million to Develop Second Amendment History Curriculum

05.12.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

People really argued a 3-5-1 team was going to pan out. Wild stuff.

05.12.2025 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

As @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com says, the modern reactionary-right explicitly sees itself as part of an internationalist project, and is loyal to those ideological forces above any national or geopolitical interests.

05.12.2025 05:28 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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I mean this is straight up white supremacy:

05.12.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1805    πŸ” 332    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 70
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NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED

There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

05.12.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1301    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 100    πŸ“Œ 131

Remember when people were talking about how the Cowboys were gonna make the playoffs or, lol, win the division? Good times.

05.12.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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#GVerse #Veterans
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.

05.12.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6150    πŸ” 2586    πŸ’¬ 244    πŸ“Œ 143
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Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order

BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.

04.12.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1616    πŸ” 879    πŸ’¬ 209    πŸ“Œ 726
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Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin GardaΓ­ are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.

Christ on a cracker β€” these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...

04.12.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2606    πŸ” 1116    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 137

What "fight?" They got blown out of the water out of nowhere. Are they loaded up with Stinger missiles or anti air guns?

05.12.2025 03:26 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.

New: β€œEric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”

@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com

04.12.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 636    πŸ” 318    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 57
Pete Hegseth * G
@PeteHegseth
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Your wish is our command, Andrew. Just sunk another narco boat.
Andrew Kolvet β€’ @AndrewKolvet β€’ 3h
Every new attack aimed at Pete Hegseth makes me want another narco drug boat blown up and sent to the bottom of the ocean. x.com/SenSchumer/sta...

Pete Hegseth * G @PeteHegseth X.com Your wish is our command, Andrew. Just sunk another narco boat. Andrew Kolvet β€’ @AndrewKolvet β€’ 3h Every new attack aimed at Pete Hegseth makes me want another narco drug boat blown up and sent to the bottom of the ocean. x.com/SenSchumer/sta...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.

05.12.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2143    πŸ” 691    πŸ’¬ 349    πŸ“Œ 484

This is the small open boat Team Hegseth bombed and then bombed again. It's almost 1700 miles by sea from Trinidad to Miami. There is no way this boat was headed for the US.

05.12.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 944    πŸ” 282    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 12
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Video shows second strike hit before survivors could flip boat, lawmakers say The footage was shown on Capitol Hill, where Adm. Frank M. Bradley, who oversaw a deadly attack on alleged drug smugglers, faced a day of difficult questions about the operation.

Unbelievable.

β€œThere was no boat. There was wreckage. There was no radio. There were two guys clinging to a tiny non-awash portion of the keel of a capsized boat,” said one lawmaker

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

05.12.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 674    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 10

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