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The Online Right Has Discovered Cancel Culture

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 6/28/2026 4:25:44 PM

When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 he framed the acquisition as a battle to safeguard free speech. Twitter, he said, was “the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated”. Last week I, a grooming gang researcher and journalist, posted a video to X laughing at the ineptitude of the Rape Gang Inquiry report’s writers in tackling the subject. Musk’s contribution to that vital debate, delivered to his 240 million followers, was to demand I be sent to jail. “To prison for her,” he wrote. Like Elon I consider myself a “free speech absolutist”.

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‘peace and calm,’ IRGC media says
— despite pledge to Trump
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/28/2026 4:32:08 PM Post Reply
Iran has “no choice” but to develop a nuclear bomb, a media outlet linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said — the latest threat to the peace deal. The article, titled “No choice but to build the atomic bomb,” claims that Iran must negotiate with its enemies from a position of strength, and was published by Iranian state news outlet Fars on Sunday. “To achieve the peace and calm that Iran needs, it must absolutely reach nuclear deterrence to ensure that the rest of the issues can be resolved through negotiation,” thunders the piece, before comparing Iran’s situation with the US to that of China in the 1970s.
Iran Just Got Trump's Strongest Warning
Yet, but Tehran Seems Intent on Doubling Down
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/28/2026 4:30:39 PM Post Reply
As we reported, the U.S. responded after the Iranian regime attacked a cargo ship exiting the Strait of Hormuz, hitting some of the regime's coastal installations. Then Iran responded by attacking U.S. bases in Bahrain and Kuwait. The regime claimed they destroyed eight important military facilities. In fact, there were no ⁠US casualties ⁠or damage ‌to US bases after the barrage of missiles and drones. They did hit a residential building in Bahrain. Fortunately, no one was killed. Kuwait said it intercepted two ballistic missiles, and there was no damage or injuries. The regime also fired on another commercial ship in the Strait.
Hilton: Audio Seems to Capture Becerra
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/28/2026 4:29:08 PM Post Reply
The clip features two unidentified women discussing the comments of Xavier Becerra, who as head of the Department of Health and Human Services under the previous administration oversaw a gargantuan network of unaccompanied migrant minors passed off to barely vetted sponsors. We now know that many of these sponsors were unrelated to the children and exploited them, sometimes for sexual purposes. The allegedly leaked audio sheds some light on Becerra’s attitude, as he saw these vulnerable children as a sort of product, not as individual humans. Hilton indicated he has more information about to become public.
Communist China Is a Pariah, It’s Time
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/28/2026 4:27:33 PM Post Reply
Countries do not have to like each other, but global friction is reduced when they share standards of good conduct. The world is better off because the risk of war is reduced when all states share those standards, which have been established over many decades or centuries of international politics. The greatest source of tension in world politics is that Communist China rejects those standards in almost all aspects of international politics, all the time. Americans need to know what Communist China has been doing and how its practices demonstrate they are a dangerous, immoral actor, which has planted the seeds of global conflict through the rejection of good conduct.
The Online Right Has Discovered Cancel Culture 0 replies
Posted by 4250Luis 6/28/2026 4:25:44 PM Post Reply
When Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 he framed the acquisition as a battle to safeguard free speech. Twitter, he said, was “the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated”. Last week I, a grooming gang researcher and journalist, posted a video to X laughing at the ineptitude of the Rape Gang Inquiry report’s writers in tackling the subject. Musk’s contribution to that vital debate, delivered to his 240 million followers, was to demand I be sent to jail. “To prison for her,” he wrote. Like Elon I consider myself a “free speech absolutist”.
Did Angela Merkel Work for the Stasi?
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/27/2026 8:21:53 AM Post Reply
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watchdog warns agencies fail to act after
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/26/2026 6:40:16 AM Post Reply
When an intelligence agent purchased illegal firearm components from China, an Intelligence Community contractor searched through employee security files and another such contractor profited off of government service, the IC watchdog raised the alarm. But federal agencies within the community failed to act for months, according to bombshell testimony delivered to Congress this week. The Intelligence Community Inspector General Christopher Fox testified that his watchdog office lacks the proper authority to carry out investigations into alleged wrongdoing inside the Intelligence Community and instead is often hampered by “tribalism” among the agencies.
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/26/2026 6:38:30 AM Post Reply
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/26/2026 5:24:50 AM Post Reply
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/24/2026 3:11:45 PM Post Reply
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/24/2026 3:08:52 PM Post Reply
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Posted by 4250Luis 6/23/2026 6:10:54 AM Post Reply
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Posted by FlyRight 6/27/2026 8:28:57 AM Post Reply
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Socialism is winning our elections because
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Posted by ConservativeYankee 6/28/2026 10:09:18 AM Post Reply
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Posted by ConservativeYankee 6/28/2026 9:40:05 AM Post Reply
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10 Companies Dialing Back LGBTQ ‘Pride’ Messaging 13 replies
Posted by FlyRight 6/27/2026 5:07:29 PM Post Reply
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If You Wondered How Hakeem Jeffries Would
Respond to the Socialists, Now We Have
an Answer
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Posted by Mercedes44 6/28/2026 6:53:17 AM Post Reply
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