Jim Bourg

Kash Patel’s DOJ Scrubbed Study Showing Right-Wing Violent Attacks Outpace All Other Extremism As MAGA world rages about left-wing violence, the government appears to have removed a research paper showing contrary evidence.

Kash Patel’s DOJ Scrubbed Study Showing Right-Wing Violent Attacks Outpace All Other Extremism
As MAGA world rages about left-wing violence, the government appears to have removed a research paper showing contrary evidence. - by
@jasonpaladino.bsky.social

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The Orbanization of the media proceeds step by step. First it's CBS... www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...

According to @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social Bari Weiss would likely operate "as a senior news executive shaping the strategy and tone of its reporting," rather than a day-to-day newsroom boss at CBS.

After reading endless news & claims today analyzing references dropped by the accused shooter in the Charlie Kirk case this from Ryan Broderick @Ryanhatesthis and @AdamBumas of garbageday.email probably makes as much sense of it all as anyone can at this point. www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-ki...

Cancel Culture Comes for Artists Who Posted About Charlie Kirk’s Death A "South Park" episode was taken off air, a DC comic series was canceled, and several artists were fired in the aftermath of the shooting.

A "South Park" episode was taken off air, a DC comic series was canceled, and several artists were fired in the aftermath of the shooting.

They had us!!!! And every single one of us was gamergated out of the MSM

They do, and they need to stand up for them when the bad faith shit hits. To be real, I got pushed out in a true targeted avalanche from the richest guy in the world and hoards of his minions, so management didn't know how to respond. But Round 2 can and should be different. But I ain't going back.

Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (Reuters Exclusive) - A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home.”
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA Tyler Robinson, the prime suspect for Charlie Kirk’s assassination, comes from a proud MAGA family, according to his grandmother.

Charlie Kirk Suspect’s Grandma Says Family Is All MAGA
- Tyler Robinson, 22, the man arrested in connection with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, comes from a MAGA family, according to his 69-year-old grandmother, Debbie Robinson.
www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk...

Each alleged mass shooter is even more On the Computer All the Time than the previous one. Probably nothing to worry about there

Relevant story ….

Max Burns on X: "A Gen Z colleague described the "blackpill mindset" to me in a way I'd never heard before: For younger kids today, especially men, there's a pressure to either "get rich at any cost" or "get famous at any cost." They use irony and crude memes to mask the deep anxiety they feel." / X A Gen Z colleague described the "blackpill mindset" to me in a way I'd never heard before: For younger kids today, especially men, there's a pressure to either "get rich at any cost" or "get famous at any cost." They use irony and crude memes to mask the deep anxiety they feel.

Good and very relevant thread from @themaxburns.bsky.social on terminally online gamers and meme-consumed youth. VERY relevant at the moment as people try to wrap their heads around the Charlie Kirk shooting / alleged shooter:

x.com/themaxburns/...

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?

TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

NBC News ‪@nbcnews.com‬ President Trump says he spoke with Charlie Kirk’s wife Erika and will attend Kirk’s funeral in Arizona.

Aaron Rupar ‪@atrupar.com‬ Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

here's a great example from @nbcnews.com of how the media cleans up the weirdness from donald trump cc @atrupar.com

Jake Kroesen on X: "Yesterday, during the Senate Republican caucus meeting, they were joined by Governor Kehoe, an entirely unsurprising development, given that the Senate is preparing to take up redistricting and IP reform during a special session called by the Governor himself. Well… it got a" / X Yesterday, during the Senate Republican caucus meeting, they were joined by Governor Kehoe, an entirely unsurprising development, given that the Senate is preparing to take up redistricting and IP reform during a special session called by the Governor himself. Well… it got a

LOT going on everywhere all at once- Pres. Donald Trump calls in by phone yesterday to Missouri Repub State Senators to tell them he is now more popular than Ronald Reagan & they need to immediately redistrict Missouri & add a Repub House seat to maintain U.S. House majority. x.com/_jakekroesen...

Workers Fleeing Immigration Raid Scale a Fence at the C.I.A.

NEW: ICE raided a construction site next to CIA, without notifying the agency. Chaos ensued. People fleeing the raid scaled a fence and CIA shut its gates / The New York Times - Free link without a subscription: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/u...

@mollyjongfast.bsky.social - the wildest thing about all of this is that The Trump DOJ has essentially verified that this is real and not a hoax by O’Keefe on it’s own official X account :

x.com/thejusticede...

Ellie Leonard in Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies Reposting because we started school today and found out our two little boys’ best friend disappeared with his family in the middle of the night (a few months back) because they are afraid of immigrati...

From Ellie Leonard’s ( @redpencilscript.bsky.social ) Substack because these are the kinds of posts that everyone needs to be seeing and sharing right now:

open.substack.com/chat/posts/9...

The Republican tax and spending plan: What's in it and what will it cost and save Here is a summary of the major elements of the package.

The Republican tax and spending plan: What's in it and what will it cost and save - by @andysullivan.bsky.social of Reuters reuters.com Here is a summary of the major elements of the package.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

An excellent point here ….

Trump is Ramping Up Immigration Raids in Large Democratic Cities Also today: What MAGA resistance looked like in 1963, and US homeowners battle insurers over $3 trillion climate risk.

President Donald Trump ordered US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand deportation efforts in major Democrat-run cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Congress confronts its own trauma After an assassin’s hit list was revealed to contain multiple lawmakers, the pain of political violence hit home in new ways.

US Sen. Tina Smith did something that’s rare for a senator: She told a colleague he caused her pain. Smith pulled Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee out of a private Republican meeting to discuss what she called the “painful” effects of Lee’s tweets about the attacks in Minn. www.semafor.com/article/06/1...

@therickydavila.bsky.social - This is my photo of Barack Obama from 1990 - someone just pointed out to me your post with it. I would love to know where you found it as I have not seen it published in decades! There is also a funny story that goes with it below vvvv

That is indeed my photo @sgillas (thanks for the credit and I would love to know where you found it) and I have a funny story to go with it:

Statement from U.S. Senator Alex Padilla’s office about his being grabbed, pushed to the floor and handcuffed trying to ask a question at DHS Secretary Noem’s press conference in LA. Padilla is currently the Ranking DemocraticMember of the US Senate Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee.

DHS Secretary Noem : “We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists …”

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Here's another angle from Fox News reporter Bill Melugin of Sen. Alex Padilla getting roughed up by law enforcement after he tries to question Kristi Noem at her presser:

“I’m Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary. Because the fact of the matter is, a half dozen... Hands off!”

Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

Followup and explainer for the quality @jacobsoboroff MSNBC report from the agricultural fields of California that I reposted earlier: