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MAGA Christians Are Demanding Wives Stay Home — But There's 1 Big Problem
Brittany Wong, Buzzfeed
“Erika Kirk has 3 university degrees, she’s a businesswoman and ceo, she got married in her 30s (to a man 5 years younger than her), had kids in her mid 30s,...
Oct 11, 2025, 6:14 PM
A 400-year-old prophecy foretold America’s loss of faith — and its revival
Andrew Fowler, TheBlaze
While history suggests that religious zeal often follows and quickly fades after events like the assassination of Charlie Kirk, prophetic visions from more than 400 years ago shine a light on our current situation and offer hope for a sustained faith revival.…
Oct 11, 2025, 1:30 PM
Links 10/11/2025
Yves Smith, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our lightening daily links: Ig Noble pasta trick, China drops hammer on US, Trump drug war, Macron agonistes, Candice v. genociders, Russia massive missile strike, RFK, Jr. links circumcision to autism, shutdown firings, more debt/dollar worries, Musk's crash…
Oct 11, 2025, 10:55 AM
Who are the real Americans? We are
Kirk Swearingen, Salon
Never mind the ignorant fantasies coming from the White House. Chicago and Portland are showing us true patriotism
Oct 11, 2025, 10:30 AM
Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US
By Renee Hickman and Lizbeth Diaz, Yahoo Entertainment
CHICAGO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -When Silverio Villegas Gonzalez was 12 minutes late for his shift at Tom & Jerry's Gyros, a diner on Chicago's northwest side,...
Oct 11, 2025, 10:02 AM
Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to 'reclaim' the explorer's legacy
Ayana Archie, NPR
President Trump said "left-wing radicals" have tried to tarnish Columbus' legacy, and the proclamation is a way to preserve it. Some experts say it's a way to erase the heritage of Native Americans.
Oct 11, 2025, 10:01 AM
Growing popularity of anti-Trump protests prompts GOP smears and lies
youtube.com, Biztoc.com
Jen Psaki looks at how the effectiveness and increasing popularity of anti-Trump protests have driven some Republicans into ...
Oct 11, 2025, 5:04 AM
TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare
Matt Novak, Gizmodo.com
AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.
Oct 11, 2025, 12:04 AM
District Court: TRO For Troops In Chicago Area, TRO From Using Riot Tactics Against Protests, And More!
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Hello from the free state of Illinois! We just talked about Donald Trump’s incurrsion into Chicago and the surrounding area, in which he first sent in a bunch of masked ICE agents to terrorize citizens and immigrants alike, at one point raiding an apartment b…
Oct 10, 2025, 10:40 PM
Apple Decides ICE Agents Are A Protected Class, Because Apparently Government Accountability Is Now “Hate Speech”
Mike Masnick, Techdirt
Just when you think corporate content moderation can’t get any more absurd, Apple has managed to redefine “protected class” in a way that would make Orwell proud. According to internal correspondence obtained by Migrant Insider, Apple has removed the DeICER a…
Oct 10, 2025, 5:58 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Makes Bizarre Connection Between Circumcision, Tylenol, and Autism
Ed Cara, Gizmodo.com
At a White House Cabinet meeting Thursday, Kennedy argued that taking Tylenol for pain after the procedure may be driving up autism rates in boys.
Oct 10, 2025, 5:00 PM
DHS Sends A Journalist Back To His Home Country To Be Tortured Because ‘Live Streaming’ ICE Activities Is ‘Threatening’
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
America isn’t the land of the free. We abandoned that title when we returned Donald Trump to office — the same person who refused to engage in the peaceful transfer of power in 2020 and, immediately upon his return to power, pardoned almost everyone who engag…
Oct 10, 2025, 4:31 PM
RFK Jr. Confirms He Knows Nothing About Female Anatomy in Embarrassing Rant
Danielle Han, Jezebel
The HHS Secretary also said he's working to “make the proof” to connect autism, Tylenol, and pregnancy.
Oct 10, 2025, 3:41 PM
A Frog Cosplayer Has Become The New Face Of Portland ICE Protests
Kenneth Shepard, Kotaku
The Portland Frog has inspired other protesters to dress up as anthropomorphic animals The post A Frog Cosplayer Has Become The New Face Of Portland ICE Protests appeared first on Kotaku.
Oct 10, 2025, 3:16 PM
Melania Trump says she and Putin communicating about children affected by war
Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News
First lady Melania Trump announced that she and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had an "open channel of communication" regarding children impacted by the war.
Oct 10, 2025, 3:15 PM
Photos of the Week: Horn Cupping, Target Practice, Pumpkin Forest
Alan Taylor, The Atlantic
See images from around the world over the past week, including a long holiday across China, night surfing at a wave pool in Germany, reactions to a cease-fire deal in Gaza and Israel, the last day of Oktoberfest in Germany, and much more.
Oct 10, 2025, 2:30 PM
Comedians Aren’t Going to Be This Generation’s Heroes
Opheli Garcia Lawler, Cracked.com
It can be tempting to tap people who talk all the time as our official speakers, but that’s not their function
Oct 10, 2025, 12:00 PM
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
BBC News
Machado is recognised for "tireless work promoting democratic rights" in Venezuela, the Nobel Committee says.
Oct 10, 2025, 11:08 AM
Trump Calls For The Arrest Of J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Here is a brief timeline of events that got us here. Chicago has had a decline in violent crime and murders over the course of the last several years, with 2025 on pace to mark it as the safest year yet in the city. Despite that plain fact, Donald Trump has b…
Oct 10, 2025, 2:55 AM
Trump, the Self-Styled “President of PEACE” Abroad, Makes War at Home
Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker
Susan B. Glasser on the cognitive dissonance of Donald Trump touting himself as a global peacemaker even as he attempts to dispatch National Guard troops to quell dissent in American cities.
Oct 9, 2025, 11:05 PM
Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we all be worried?
BBC News
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
Oct 9, 2025, 11:02 PM
Jay Jurden Says the Riyadh Comedy Festival Was Like Performing for Donald Trump Jr. ‘If Don Jr. Could Kill People’
Keegan Kelly, Cracked.com
The comedian says the Riyadh lineup should calm down and take their lumps
Oct 9, 2025, 11:00 PM
America Is Now The World’s Sundown Town
Tim Cushing, Techdirt
This is who we are now. We are the country that makes people who aren’t white leave the country because they’re not white. And this is according to this administration’s own press release, which celebrates the fact that we’re now the inverse of the words engr…
Oct 9, 2025, 8:27 PM
People Are Fancasting Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Son As Charlie Kirk in a Biopic
Opheli Garcia Lawler, Cracked.com
By Opheli Garcia Lawler Published: October 09th, 2025
Oct 9, 2025, 8:01 PM