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Go, Noles!

This is a perfect example of using a true phrase (Christ is king) for evil purposes. If you’re shouting it at me for having the back of a Jewish man, you’re taking the Lord’s name in vain.

“How dare you call me a Nazi,” he protests right before posting this:

“How dare you call me a Nazi,” he protests right before posting this:

It’s hard to think of a public figure who is nicer and more thoughtful than @SethDillon, yet this is how @RealCandaceO described Seth to @ComicDaveSmith. This is unhinged.

I’ve watched about 10 of Candace's cult episodes post-assassination. It’s a fascinating window into cult indoctrination. Watching the full videos is even more disturbing than the clips. Some of the cult tactics she uses: 1- She repeats herself constantly. Repeats words and phrases she wants to stick. She repeats them instead of letting them hang there where you might wonder ‘what’s the evidence of this?’ The evidence never comes, but she makes the statement again, and again, with more conviction…as if she showed you evidence. 2- She uses sarcasm, mockery and contempt probably 90% of the time now. Innuendo and implication delivered in sarcastic form. No evidence. But the tone tells you you’re stupid if you can’t see this. 3- Forced Teaming. She uses a lot of inclusive language so the cult feels like a home. Us, us, us, we, we, we. We will solve this. They can’t stop us. Etc. She elevates herself to cult leader status constantly, usually after several we and us statements. She likens herself to David, fighting Goliath. 4- She ends every show reading effusive praise about herself. You’re a hero! You’re our David! We must protect you at all costs! 5- She uses mystical knowledge that you just have to “trust her bro” about. She uses the phrase “I don’t know. But I know know.” Over and over. Even puts it on merchandise now. Advertising that none of this is backed by evidence. But she know knows! Ya know? She says Charlie came to her in a dream. Trust her bro. She uses this ghost Charlie to put words in Charlie Kirk’s mouth from beyond the grave. She refers back to it from time to time, adding to it and embellishing, when she wants to add extra authority to one of her attacks on people. She’ll attack their character simply because their husband was in the military for example (yes, this happened) and then back it up with ‘oh yeah and this was one of the people Charlie warned me about in the dream.’ 6- She pretends her life is in danger and makes reference to this in various ways, in every episode, which triggers the attack dog sensibilities of her most rabid cultists. She needs to be defended you see! 7-She actually puts other people’s lives in danger by targeting them and implying something nefarious that she never offers evidence for. She has done this to dozens of people, including non-public figures like that poor hoodie guy. She has done this to Charlie’s closest friends and even to his Pastors. Her biggest targets seem to be Seth Dillon and Josh Hammer though. She name drops them multiple times in almost every video. She brings them up constantly. She focuses the wrath of her increasingly unstable cult on these men and on Charlie’s friends, family, employees and Pastors. It’s like Orwell’s 2 minutes of hate but it’s over and over and over. Her cult essentially practices this kind of communal and focused hate of her perceived enemies with her. There’s a lot more that’s alarming, but that’s a good start.

Candace Owens recently posted what she claims are more text messages from Charlie Kirk. After having ChatGPT analyze the images, I believe Candace fabricated them. The model compared the screenshot to real iMessage UI design patterns, typography, and layout structure. Its analysis is based on Apple’s San Francisco typeface metrics, message bubble geometry, and color-rendering consistency, which can be verified against real iPhone screenshots from multiple iOS versions. The evidence: 1. Bubble design: Real iPhone message bubbles have smoother edges, tighter padding, and different curvature. These look like a mockup or generator template. 2. Profile placement: iMessage doesn’t show the sender’s face above each message; it only appears at the top of a thread or in group chats. 3. Header layout: The contact bar (“Charlie” with a circular photo) doesn’t match any actual iOS version, past or present. 4.Font and spacing: The text doesn’t use Apple’s San Francisco typeface or proper line spacing. 5. Color balance: The gray bubbles are too dark and lack iMessage’s subtle gradient and depth. Even older iOS versions used consistent design rules for spacing, header layout, and typography, none of which match this image. Together, these details show it isn’t a real iPhone screenshot but a digitally fabricated mockup made to look authentic.

Groypers big mad in my replies.

I’ve dreamed of this for years.

Star Trek IV is so great because it takes these larger than life characters and puts them in this situation where they’re awkward and don’t know how to behave.

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This!

I still love this movie, and it still shocks me that Billy Campbell never became a big star.

5 if it’s the Richard Lester cut, 4 if it’s the Richard Donner cut. I said what I said.

One of my favorite movies as a kid. I’ve showed it to my kids and they like it too. Holds up because of how inherently traumatic it would be as a child to be ripped away from your family and sent back to them when you haven’t aged a day, but they’ve aged several years.

I think true reality is that @RealCandaceO has been indoctrinated into terms and concepts and is ignorant of their origin. @ComicDaveSmith is another example. Dave has no idea how much many of his Christian anti-Israel friends are deeply imbibing supersessionist theology.

I need an expert (maybe @ZacharyYost?) to weigh in on this. We’ve heard a lot of talk that aircraft carriers are useless in modern naval warfare because advancements in missile and drone tech make them incredibly vulnerable. Is this move by China evidence that China doesn’t see it that way? Or is this entire ship just a marketing expense so that China can demonstrate to the world that they have a big boy navy?

I stand with Ben Shapiro.