Vickit
@vctheis.bsky.social
Cats, dogs, databases and programming, genealogy, whiskey, beer, RPGs, mysteries. Western transplant to Appalachia. X refugee. Older than I think I am. Easily lost in rabbitholes of interests.
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Honestly people who believed the initial @wsj.com lies about the bullets just failed a basic media literacy test.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
September 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Honestly people who believed the initial @wsj.com lies about the bullets just failed a basic media literacy test.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
The WSJ is just printing white wing press releases and if you don’t know that by now I don’t know what to tell you.
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When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.
September 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When you publish a website that posts the names and photos of scholars who have written or said things you disagree with and encourage people to surveil and harass them, you are not, in fact, a “free speech” organization.
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really, NYT?
I also don't love how the Times' editorial headline this morning is "America Mourns Charlie Kirk."
I'm anxious, but I'm not remotely mourning. Are you?
Thanks for once again taking it upon yourselves to speak for "the real America" and reminding us that trans people don't count, dickheads
I'm anxious, but I'm not remotely mourning. Are you?
Thanks for once again taking it upon yourselves to speak for "the real America" and reminding us that trans people don't count, dickheads
I don't love how the major media are by and large framing Charlie Kirk as a "conservative activist."
Sure, "activist" is often a bad word to legacy outlets like the NY Times, but that's when it's used as a cudgel against the left and the marginalized.
Here they're just avoiding more accurate words
Sure, "activist" is often a bad word to legacy outlets like the NY Times, but that's when it's used as a cudgel against the left and the marginalized.
Here they're just avoiding more accurate words
September 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
really, NYT?
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“Misread or misinterpreted” is a very generous assessment by the NYT of a law enforcement wing that has been given direct orders by the president to find this exact kind of evidence.
⚠️ NYT reports that the WSJ claims about the “ideology” on the bullets “might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted.”
Gift link for ongoing updates:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Gift link for ongoing updates:
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
September 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“Misread or misinterpreted” is a very generous assessment by the NYT of a law enforcement wing that has been given direct orders by the president to find this exact kind of evidence.
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The ATF hasn't even verified that any markings related to trans people were found on the recovered ammunition and doesn't match other evidence descriptions. Why did WSJ rush to report otherwise?
September 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The ATF hasn't even verified that any markings related to trans people were found on the recovered ammunition and doesn't match other evidence descriptions. Why did WSJ rush to report otherwise?
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Charlie Kirk was a white supremacist who pushed the racist Great Replacement Theory. Kirk was vociferously anti-LGBTQ. Kirk's final words were to besmirch Black people.
Stop this revisionism. People who say bad things don't deserve to be murdered, but they also don't deserve to be praised either.
Stop this revisionism. People who say bad things don't deserve to be murdered, but they also don't deserve to be praised either.
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Charlie Kirk was a white supremacist who pushed the racist Great Replacement Theory. Kirk was vociferously anti-LGBTQ. Kirk's final words were to besmirch Black people.
Stop this revisionism. People who say bad things don't deserve to be murdered, but they also don't deserve to be praised either.
Stop this revisionism. People who say bad things don't deserve to be murdered, but they also don't deserve to be praised either.
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Remember the West Wing episode after Bartlett was shot and CJ listed *all the other people* shot that day and closed with “lest anybody think a gun would have prevented these crimes, let’s remember that the President was shot while surrounded by the best armed bodyguards known to man.”
At least three teenagers were in critical condition after being shot Wednesday afternoon on the grounds of Evergreen High School. The suspected shooter was among the three.
coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
3 teens, including suspected shooter, in critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School
A fourth minor was also transported to a hospital, a spokesperson with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Remember the West Wing episode after Bartlett was shot and CJ listed *all the other people* shot that day and closed with “lest anybody think a gun would have prevented these crimes, let’s remember that the President was shot while surrounded by the best armed bodyguards known to man.”
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It is entirely possible to be respectful about the death of a person you disagreed with without “honoring” him by vowing to continue his disagreeable, hateful “work.”
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It is entirely possible to be respectful about the death of a person you disagreed with without “honoring” him by vowing to continue his disagreeable, hateful “work.”
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We all do, Sam, we all do.
September 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
We all do, Sam, we all do.
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News just broke that the Venezuelan boat that Trump struck was not, in fact, headed to the U.S. with drugs.
But this story is disturbing for other reasons, and you need to know why. It's another sign of Trump's growing lawlessness. And it's bad counter-narcotics strategy.
But this story is disturbing for other reasons, and you need to know why. It's another sign of Trump's growing lawlessness. And it's bad counter-narcotics strategy.
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
News just broke that the Venezuelan boat that Trump struck was not, in fact, headed to the U.S. with drugs.
But this story is disturbing for other reasons, and you need to know why. It's another sign of Trump's growing lawlessness. And it's bad counter-narcotics strategy.
But this story is disturbing for other reasons, and you need to know why. It's another sign of Trump's growing lawlessness. And it's bad counter-narcotics strategy.
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It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
September 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses
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no offends if this is you but if you're thinking "this is going to make the right do fascism" they're already there. they blew up a boat with 11 people on it for being immigrants. they're kidnapping US citizens and trying to rendition them to Uganda. do you think we're on a trajectory to peace
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
no offends if this is you but if you're thinking "this is going to make the right do fascism" they're already there. they blew up a boat with 11 people on it for being immigrants. they're kidnapping US citizens and trying to rendition them to Uganda. do you think we're on a trajectory to peace
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susan collins voted to protect pedophiles but she wants you to know she frowned very hard while doing it
Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
September 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
susan collins voted to protect pedophiles but she wants you to know she frowned very hard while doing it
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You know what would be good FBI experience for identifying violent criminals in a large crowd? The agents who investigated January 6.
Who have been/are being fired.
Who have been/are being fired.
September 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
You know what would be good FBI experience for identifying violent criminals in a large crowd? The agents who investigated January 6.
Who have been/are being fired.
Who have been/are being fired.
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Release the Epstein files
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Release the Epstein files
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Before knowing all the facts, voices on the right are now exploiting the tragic death of Charlie Kirk & calling for all-out war on the left. This is sad, but not surprising, at a time when we should all be denouncing political violence. They were not so upset when Minn. Democrats were assassinated.
September 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Before knowing all the facts, voices on the right are now exploiting the tragic death of Charlie Kirk & calling for all-out war on the left. This is sad, but not surprising, at a time when we should all be denouncing political violence. They were not so upset when Minn. Democrats were assassinated.
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov's take on Kirk is the correct one:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.
September 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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If they're not going to get rid of RFK Jr., everyone just ignoring him as if he has no authority also works for me.
GOOD NEWS: Despite RFK Jr saying he would cancel $500 million in mRNA research, the House Committee on Appropriations has passed a spending package, that includes $1.1 billion for “advanced research and development” at BARDA, which includes research on mRNA vaccines.
September 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If they're not going to get rid of RFK Jr., everyone just ignoring him as if he has no authority also works for me.
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At least 3 students are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen HS in Colorado.
This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.
This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.
September 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
At least 3 students are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen HS in Colorado.
This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.
This is the 47th shooting that took place at a school in the US so far this year: 24 on college campuses, 23 on K-12 school grounds. This happened less than an hour after Charlie Kirk shooting in Utah.
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Does America care about these kids? Will tears be shed in Washington D.C. for them? Will people even know their names?
At least three teenagers were in critical condition after being shot Wednesday afternoon on the grounds of Evergreen High School. The suspected shooter was among the three.
coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
3 teens, including suspected shooter, in critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School
A fourth minor was also transported to a hospital, a spokesperson with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Does America care about these kids? Will tears be shed in Washington D.C. for them? Will people even know their names?
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Yes. Yes, they are.
September 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Yes. Yes, they are.