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Rufo deleted these tweets (wonder why!), but here he is offering money to anyone who sends him β€œinformation” about migrants eating pets.

Wonder why he deleted these?

11.12.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Christopher F. Rufo X @christopherrufo
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The Right's media apparatus is how the Right teaches its followers how to think, and it's currently getting consumed by conspiracy, psychodrama, and tabloid conflicts. If left unchecked, it will turn the audience into the equivalent of a Third World click farm.
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Christopher F. Rufo X @christopherrufo Follow The Right's media apparatus is how the Right teaches its followers how to think, and it's currently getting consumed by conspiracy, psychodrama, and tabloid conflicts. If left unchecked, it will turn the audience into the equivalent of a Third World click farm. 5:52 PM β€’ Dec 10, 2025 β€’ 92.7K Views

Chris Rufo literally was a core figure in boosting a lie that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town ate pets. He offered a bounty for β€œinformation” after the lie was repeatedly debunked.

Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.

11.12.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1466    πŸ” 288    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 33

Trump keeps telling people that Zelenskyy is "a great salesman" like PT Barnum. According to Trump, Barnum "could sell any product at any time. That was his expression: 'I can sell any product at any time.'" But Barnum was famous as a showman, not a salesman, right?

11.12.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump's father was born to a non-citizen mother who arrived in the US six months pregnant, and his mother gave birth to his two older siblings before she was a US citizen. If Trump's father was not entitled to citizenship at birth, and his mother had no claim through marriage, is Trump a citizen?

10.12.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

there is no available evidence that donald trump understands what a tariff is, what a trade deficit is, and what the national debt is.

09.12.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5372    πŸ” 1124    πŸ’¬ 166    πŸ“Œ 53

Follow up: If this was an Obama-Biden set up why did you make the lead prosecutor who started the investigation, Emil Bove, your personal lawyer, a top DOJ official and then a federal judge?

10.12.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.

Oregon and 19 other states fought back β€” and won.

Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5

10.12.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 748    πŸ” 368    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 33
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization.

In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children.

Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.

Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.

This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!

10.12.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9184    πŸ” 3483    πŸ’¬ 1255    πŸ“Œ 1391
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US SouthCom a few tweets way from using a Sonnenrad patch in their imagery.

08.12.2025 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 598    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 51
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Jared Kushner is part of Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix.

Of course. Of course.

www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...

08.12.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5380    πŸ” 1984    πŸ’¬ 419    πŸ“Œ 282
Musk promoting a post of the EU flag turning into the Nazi flag

Musk promoting a post of the EU flag turning into the Nazi flag

The EU was created in by people who lived through WWII and saw political and economic integration as a means to bringing peace and stability to the continent.

It is being opposed by Putin, Musk and the others who support Neo Nazis in Europe.

08.12.2025 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3829    πŸ” 1124    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 101
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Excellent reporting from @charliesavage.bsky.social and @julianbarnes.bsky.social starting with the "plain reality" that there was no warship, and no fighting going on, in the Sept. 2 strike, or any of them:

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

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05.12.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 707    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10

This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.

07.12.2025 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1339    πŸ” 503    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 11

Despicable

07.12.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1363    πŸ” 297    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 11

41 minutes of watching two shipwrecked men trying to flip a boat and signaling for surrender/help before firing on them again reminds me of the 9.5 minutes Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck, in that it’s an agonizingly long time to be killing helpless people who clearly posed no threat.

06.12.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7580    πŸ” 2290    πŸ’¬ 216    πŸ“Œ 85
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The lives vaccines have saved in the US, in one chart Vox is a general interest news site for the 21st century. Its mission: to help everyone understand our complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. In text, video and audio, our reporters expl...

This is all-hands on deck. RFK Jr. wants to destroy vaccination in the US. COVID and HBV vaccination were the first step. These diseases WILL come back. And your personal vaccination status is important, but so is the coverage in your community. So up your game and fight. www.vox.com/2015/3/25/82...

06.12.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 450    πŸ” 225    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 4
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Former senator Bob Menendez banned from holding public office in New Jersey State court made ruling against ex-lawmaker now serving 11-year sentence for bribery and acting as an agent of Egypt

This is how it’s supposed to be done.

β€˜Former senator Bob Menendez banned from holding public office in New Jersey’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

06.12.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4824    πŸ” 822    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 60

The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public

06.12.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9367    πŸ” 1748    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 62
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Suspected smuggling boat struck twice by military was reportedly moving drugs to South American country, not US – live Information seems to contradict the case made for the attack by Donald Trump, who posted on social media that the boat was β€˜heading to the United States’

US government video of drug smugglers being arrested by coast guard raises questions about need for lethal strikes by military www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

06.12.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can I ask who recorded this video?

06.12.2025 00:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sabrina walking the dog

Sabrina walking the dog

Sabrina Carpenter made the White House delete their fuck ass tweet.

05.12.2025 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 33963    πŸ” 5214    πŸ’¬ 243    πŸ“Œ 452

@npr it’s not a principle. It is a constitutional guarantee.

05.12.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3034    πŸ” 841    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 11

Fifa is always a leader in corruption innovation.

05.12.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

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‘ 446    πŸ” 131    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
simpsons screenshot. sign in front of Springfield civic center reads "first annual Montgomery Burns award for outstanding performance in the field of excellence"

simpsons screenshot. sign in front of Springfield civic center reads "first annual Montgomery Burns award for outstanding performance in the field of excellence"

somehow they do this for trump like twice a week. I think even homer would realize it's fake by the third go around.

05.12.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Nobel prize and Pulitzer incoming for Alexis Petridis

05.12.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow. Tracy Beth HΓΈeg, the FDA's new acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) just put this slide up during her presentation to ACIP.

We have left reality.

05.12.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1514    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 89
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www.theguardian.com/football/liv...

05.12.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas’ Gerrymandered House Maps The Supreme Court, in a Thursday evening order, put on hold a...

funny thing about this is depending on the scale of the swing next year this might end being worse for republicans than striking down the maps talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

05.12.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2350    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 29

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

05.12.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 13783    πŸ” 4264    πŸ’¬ 447    πŸ“Œ 175

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