“Forrest Frank has lost nearly 30,000 of his millions of Instagram followers since sharing his views on Charlie Kirk’s assassination, but the Christian singer isn’t bothered by it. Last week, Frank took to Instagram and shared a video of Kirk speaking about him and praising him for creating Christian music. Frank became emotional in the video and started to cry while explaining that he didn’t feel comfortable continuing on and posting his music without first addressing the conservative activist’s assassination. Frank’s video garnered over 1 million likes and nearly 20,000 comments before he shared another video on Sept. 14 to say that he lost tens of thousands of followers for speaking out about the tragic events that took place at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.” (09/16/25)
“Democracy is hanging precariously in a world tilted upside down in the face of today’s endless crises. Our rights and freedoms are dwindling. Free speech, an essential precursor to all human rights, is faltering. Less than 4% of the world’s citizens enjoy a wide range of civic freedoms, and nearly three-quarters live in countries with little. With 1,100 violations and 45% of all violations, freedom of expression topped the CIVICUS Monitor list of global attacks on rights. States that once set an example as bastions of free speech are also faltering. United States first amendment to the Constitution once stood out as a north star for freedom of expression. Creative freedom, critical journalism, dissent, and mockery of leaders were all a go. When attacks against journalists and activists took place around the world, the US and Western democracies stood up.” (09/16/25)
“The elderly rabble-rouser who allegedly hindered Utah authorities’ response after Charlie Kirk was shot is accused of keeping ‘graphic’ sexual photos of children on his phone, according to law enforcement. George Zinn, 71, was charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor Tuesday after investigators found more than 20 images of kids as young as 5 years old at least partially naked and ‘posing in a sexual way,’ the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. ‘Zinn admitted … that he gets sexual gratification from viewing and sharing [child sexual abuse material] images with others, and that his preferred victim age is 5 to 12 years old,’ the agency alleged. Zinn, who is considered ‘a political gadfly,’ is also facing a charge of obstruction of justice after he allegedly admitted to screaming that he shot Kirk on a Utah college campus Wednesday in a bid to help the actual shooter get away.” (09/16/25)
“One of the very best things about the internet — and social media more specifically — is that you can find a community of other people who share your passions, no matter how niche. Love eating oranges in the shower? Or watching videos of Siberian Huskies throwing tantrums? There’s a subreddit for that. But we also have an absolute crisis of kids living in the digital world, with their views warped by fringe memes that they are now applying to real life. The inscription carved into the casing of the bullet used to kill Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University last Wednesday, along with messages on unfired bullets found nearby, demonstrate how too much time spent too deep online can totally divorce someone from reality.” (09/15/25)
“Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin [whined about] ‘Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder for denigrating Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at the Emmy Awards. While receiving her award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the HBO Max show on Sunday, Einbinder concluded her speech by saying, ‘Fuck ICE and free Palestine!’ In a statement to TMZ on Monday, McLaughlin blasted the remark, which was bleeped out during the CBS broadcast. ‘How ugly — such demonization is inspiring violence against our ICE law enforcement, who are facing a 1,000% increase in assaults against them,’ McLaughlin said. She added, ‘As this woman fans the flames of hatred, our brave law enforcement will continue enforcing the rule of law and protecting Americans.'” [editor’s note: People who willingly join the ICE gang should be shunned, ostracized, denigrated, and preferably, when they try to abduct people, put down like rabid dogs – TLK] (09/16/25)
“Thousands rallied across Slovakia on Tuesday in a nationwide mass protest against the economic and pro-Russian policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. The rallies took place in 16 major cities and towns, including the capital of Bratislava. They latest wave of protests has been fueled by a trip by Fico to China where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin for the third time since the Russian all-out invasion of Ukraine. A package of austerity measures recently approved by the government further angered the protesters. The government says the measures are necessary to cut a budget deficit that at 5.3% of GDP was the second highest last year among the countries using the common European currency, the euro. The deficit is expected to surpass 5% this year, exceeding the limit of 3% required by the European Union.” (09/16/25)
“The Anti-Monopoly Summit kicked off Monday afternoon in Washington, D.C., and continues Tuesday. It’s a signature event for a movement that’s at something of a crossroads. While there have been some scattered bright spots this year, hopes that aggressive antitrust enforcement would survive the transition of power to Donald Trump have been drowned in a sea of corruption and lobbying. Worse, the movement’s most promising live possibility to rein in corporate power ended with an embarrassingly bad ruling by an Obama judge, which showed that some in our courts still cling to an outdated and inadequate conception of the law. In Congress, several old-guard Democrats who advanced anti-monopoly policies have decided to retire, like Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), two of the 13 founding members of the House Monopoly Busters Caucus.” (09/16/25)
“‘We’re No. 1 and they’re No. 2 in the world.’ That was President Trump’s blunt assessment of global power politics when it came to the United States and Russia following his inconclusive ‘summit’ meeting with Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15th. Of all his comments about the meeting, that numerical assessment — made during a post-summit interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News — was perhaps the most revealing, if also in some strange sense the hardest to decipher. Supposedly, the intent of the Anchorage meeting was to arrange an immediate cease-fire in Ukraine and devise a path to lasting peace there — none of which, of course, occurred. Instead, Trump appeared to focus on repairing U.S.-Russia relations, which had been in a deep freeze since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.” (09/14/25)
Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“‘Hacks’ costar Hannah Einbinder said ‘Free Palestine’ during her acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actress at the Emmys on Sunday. Questioned by the press afterward, Einbinder said she has friends in Gaza, adding, ‘I feel like it is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel, because our religion and our culture is such an important and longstanding institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state.’ I’ve followed Einbinder on Instagram for a long time because she’s been one of the few people in Hollywood consistently using their influential voice to oppose this genocide, and it is very good that she said these things. Hopefully we see much more of this.” (09/15/25)
“Chief Justice John Roberts is smart and skilled. He will be remembered, however, as a historic failure. This is not a claim to make lightly, but his record compels it, because Roberts’ legacy will be defined by two catastrophic [sic] roles he played. First, Roberts has played the lead role in destroying indispensable rules of our democracy. Second, Roberts has played the lead judicial role in serving as the handmaiden to President Trump’s efforts to turn our democracy into an autocracy. Chief Justice Roberts has taken the lead in writing a series of opinions that have destroyed essential rules governing our democracy.” [editor’s note: This is posted just to remind you how delulu the “left” pundits really are – SAT] (09/15/25)
