"I have long argued that Donald Trump and today’s Republican Party are the greatest threat this nation has ever faced."
Exactly. I am not a hypocrite. Kirk was my sworn enemy. He told me so every time he blathered. As a Democratic voting, white, Jewish female, Kirk advocated AGAINST everything I believe in.
He has left his family fabulously wealthy. They will manage just fine without him. They all had to know this was among the paths of the life he created for himself.
He will not be missed. I sure as hell do not mourn him. I also agree this was likely an inside job, because it's overshadowed a school shooting on the same day, it's overshadowing the 24th anniversary of 9/11 and all of the sacrifice born of that.
Flags going half staff for him is another insult to the memories of Melissa and Mark Hortman as well as their beloved dog, and all the people who have been terrorized and traumatized and had their lives destroyed by the people Kirk championed.
It has done what Trump was otherwise unable to do - knock the Epstein files off the headlines. Trump is fine with sacrificing one of his staunch supporters to achieve that, just as he didn't bother to mourn Corey Comperatore, whose life was destroyed in that fake "sniper" dog & pony show in Butler, PA.
No crocodile tears from me over this adjustment in the fabric of the universe. The gap Kirk leaves in the warp of our times will be filled by another RWNJ before the week is over.
Human Decency, Compassion, and Empathy Is What Binds Us
If there is anything that comes out of Cheeto’s Nazi America is that for once in a long while WE the People are challenged to be and say who WE are WE are the citizens of a country that protect human decency, compassion, and empathy WE stand for our fellow human beings whether they are immigrants or not WE speak out when we see our fellow human beings being hurt or when they are looked at condescendingly
And WE the People stand up against a Nazi SCOTUS and all Nazis who want to look the other way and demand that WE the People are all created equal This is America and WE the People demand that hate does not exist And when WE see injustice and exhibitions of hate WE stand up to the bullying and intimidation because that’s who WE are!! Everyone else is a statement of indecency and immorality They can’t help it because that’s who they are
Violence has no place in our country. Let us never forget that in at least one of his speeches, he actually said that he "HATES democrats." He models hatred and his party lets him get away with it. He gives permission for his followers to hate others. It is unbelievable to watch and hear.
Can we PLEASE stop with the 'assassination' talk? Kirk was murdered yesterday. Isn't that awful enough? I'm sure his wife and young children think it was. We don't have a suspect in custody or any known motive. So can we please take a breath and dial down the rhetoric? Thank you.
While I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means, I believe this was an inside job. The fact that only days ago, Laura Loomer put a target on Kirk's back for his admission that the Epstein files should be released, and knowing the influence she has on Trump, you don't have to be Hercule Poirot to understand where this was headed. Then there's the bonus for Trump of being able to vilify the Left and rally his MAGA goons to retaliate.
He was also in a vicious feud with Nick Fuentes over support for Israel. Both Loomer and Fuentes have real jut jobs among their supporters. But with all that said, we need to wait for a suspect to be arrested, a motive established, and verifiable evidence to be presented. It could have been a disillusioned MAGA or some other whacko. But Trump and his minions aren't waiting for any of that. They're already weaponizing Kirk's murder to retaliate against Democrats, independents, and any pro-democracy people who protest this regime and its actions. But let's face it: Trump was always going to do this, regardless. He's still claiming a 'radical leftist' tried to shoot him in Butler, PA, even thought we know the shooter was a registered republican and a Trump supporter.
Trump scoffs at the Constitution, at all religions, at the law, and at morality. He only believes in himself, and no one better question that his word is truth, no matter how untruthful it is.
Trump makes the ambitions of ‘The Kingfish’ look naive. He has been deceptively taught by his father, and Roy Cohn, and, believe it or not, the transcriptions of the Bavarian painter, and in latter days, then Orban, and Putin, and accepts the word of any other autocrat who preens him.
I wish I had an answer to the question: “what’s the solution”. No solution within the realm of possibility (I’m skeptical of elections at this point, too much meddling by the right) fails to leave us as a country weaker and perhaps even failed. Trump would have no issue with a Civil War, because he’d use the military to crush any one or thing resisting him. It gives him false justification.
But we must resist, and if we worry about the costs, we will lose. Holding back will be a weakness. But make no bones about it, Trump intends to crush the last breath out of Lady Liberty and abuse her lifeless body.
Great piece Mr. Timmer! Until 'things' calm a little I am doing my activism on-line, social media, writing my Senators and amplifying. Stay cool everyone.
Just a trivial observation.....the first picture showing Trump appears to show "devil horns" on his head. Subtle....................maybe
Maybe Dems wouldn’t keep calling people “Nazis” if they didn’t keep acting like Nazis.
Excellent, Jeff.
This was an excuse and now people are canonizing Kirk .
"I have long argued that Donald Trump and today’s Republican Party are the greatest threat this nation has ever faced."
Exactly. I am not a hypocrite. Kirk was my sworn enemy. He told me so every time he blathered. As a Democratic voting, white, Jewish female, Kirk advocated AGAINST everything I believe in.
He has left his family fabulously wealthy. They will manage just fine without him. They all had to know this was among the paths of the life he created for himself.
He will not be missed. I sure as hell do not mourn him. I also agree this was likely an inside job, because it's overshadowed a school shooting on the same day, it's overshadowing the 24th anniversary of 9/11 and all of the sacrifice born of that.
Flags going half staff for him is another insult to the memories of Melissa and Mark Hortman as well as their beloved dog, and all the people who have been terrorized and traumatized and had their lives destroyed by the people Kirk championed.
It has done what Trump was otherwise unable to do - knock the Epstein files off the headlines. Trump is fine with sacrificing one of his staunch supporters to achieve that, just as he didn't bother to mourn Corey Comperatore, whose life was destroyed in that fake "sniper" dog & pony show in Butler, PA.
No crocodile tears from me over this adjustment in the fabric of the universe. The gap Kirk leaves in the warp of our times will be filled by another RWNJ before the week is over.
Human Decency, Compassion, and Empathy Is What Binds Us
If there is anything that comes out of Cheeto’s Nazi America is that for once in a long while WE the People are challenged to be and say who WE are WE are the citizens of a country that protect human decency, compassion, and empathy WE stand for our fellow human beings whether they are immigrants or not WE speak out when we see our fellow human beings being hurt or when they are looked at condescendingly
And WE the People stand up against a Nazi SCOTUS and all Nazis who want to look the other way and demand that WE the People are all created equal This is America and WE the People demand that hate does not exist And when WE see injustice and exhibitions of hate WE stand up to the bullying and intimidation because that’s who WE are!! Everyone else is a statement of indecency and immorality They can’t help it because that’s who they are
Anyone else tired of the tributes to a man who believed that gun violence was "necessary?"
If you're in doubt, see this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuoXvG7zAhc
Violence has no place in our country. Let us never forget that in at least one of his speeches, he actually said that he "HATES democrats." He models hatred and his party lets him get away with it. He gives permission for his followers to hate others. It is unbelievable to watch and hear.
I was talking about Trump's speech, not Kirk.
One less wart on the ass of society. Trump will do anything to get people’s interest off the Epstein files. Anything.
Can we PLEASE stop with the 'assassination' talk? Kirk was murdered yesterday. Isn't that awful enough? I'm sure his wife and young children think it was. We don't have a suspect in custody or any known motive. So can we please take a breath and dial down the rhetoric? Thank you.
While I'm not a conspiracy theorist by any means, I believe this was an inside job. The fact that only days ago, Laura Loomer put a target on Kirk's back for his admission that the Epstein files should be released, and knowing the influence she has on Trump, you don't have to be Hercule Poirot to understand where this was headed. Then there's the bonus for Trump of being able to vilify the Left and rally his MAGA goons to retaliate.
My god I thought I was the only person who thought this and that this was crazy-think. This is their Reichstag Fire. This was a paid hit.
He was also in a vicious feud with Nick Fuentes over support for Israel. Both Loomer and Fuentes have real jut jobs among their supporters. But with all that said, we need to wait for a suspect to be arrested, a motive established, and verifiable evidence to be presented. It could have been a disillusioned MAGA or some other whacko. But Trump and his minions aren't waiting for any of that. They're already weaponizing Kirk's murder to retaliate against Democrats, independents, and any pro-democracy people who protest this regime and its actions. But let's face it: Trump was always going to do this, regardless. He's still claiming a 'radical leftist' tried to shoot him in Butler, PA, even thought we know the shooter was a registered republican and a Trump supporter.
Spot on. THANK YOU!
Trump scoffs at the Constitution, at all religions, at the law, and at morality. He only believes in himself, and no one better question that his word is truth, no matter how untruthful it is.
Trump makes the ambitions of ‘The Kingfish’ look naive. He has been deceptively taught by his father, and Roy Cohn, and, believe it or not, the transcriptions of the Bavarian painter, and in latter days, then Orban, and Putin, and accepts the word of any other autocrat who preens him.
I wish I had an answer to the question: “what’s the solution”. No solution within the realm of possibility (I’m skeptical of elections at this point, too much meddling by the right) fails to leave us as a country weaker and perhaps even failed. Trump would have no issue with a Civil War, because he’d use the military to crush any one or thing resisting him. It gives him false justification.
But we must resist, and if we worry about the costs, we will lose. Holding back will be a weakness. But make no bones about it, Trump intends to crush the last breath out of Lady Liberty and abuse her lifeless body.
Great piece Mr. Timmer! Until 'things' calm a little I am doing my activism on-line, social media, writing my Senators and amplifying. Stay cool everyone.
Check the image on this white dude's t-shirt -- https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20250911-interest.jpg?c=original&q=w_1280,c_fill/f_avif
FBI & others would like to chat with him about his marksmanship skills.
Wasn’t an assassination.