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šŸ—Æļø In Charlie Kirk’s name: Trump officials signal move to limit free speech

FT

ā€œWith God as my witness, we are going to use every resource we have at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security and throughout this government to identify, disrupt, dismantle and destroy these networks and make America safe again for the American people,ā€ he added. ā€œIt will happen, and we will do it in Charlie’s name.ā€

In honor of the ā€œbastion of free speechā€ and the debater who was so skilled he only ever debated with college students, we are going to… ensure no one can ever speak a negative word about Trump, Kirk, or any of their allies

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🤔 Trump says he’s designating antifa as ā€œa major terrorist organizationā€

Axios

Context: Antifa is a decentralized, leaderless movement that’s opposed to fascism and is loosely defined as far-left.

I’d love to hear him try to name a single individual in this so-called ā€œmajor terrorist organization.ā€

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šŸ¤– Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use

Semafor

Anthropic recently declined requests by contractors working with federal law enforcement agencies because the company refuses to make an exception allowing its AI tools to be used for some tasks, including surveillance of US citizens, said the officials, who spoke to Semafor on the condition of anonymity.

Apparently, a tech company has at least a couple of vertebrae left in its spine. I’m sure those will be gone soon, though—cause they already essentially offer their services to the government for free.

Anthropic irks White House with limits on models’ use
The AI firm declined requests by contractors
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šŸ“ŗ ABC suspends ā€˜Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ ā€œindefinitelyā€ over Charlie Kirk comments

THR

Kimmel’s original comments were as follows: ā€œWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.ā€

This literally can’t be all he said, can it? That’s enough to suspend him? That’s more tame than anything the people on the right have said, accusing democrats and the trans community of Kirk’s death. So much for free speech and being against cancel culture. What a joke.

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šŸ›ļø Sen. Chris Murphy warns Trump is exploiting Kirk's death to squash dissent

NPR

Murphy’s comments came as at least 30 people across the country have already been fired or investigated over social media posts about Kirk’s death and amid calls from Republican officials and right-wing influencers for more crackdowns.

Who knew Republicans were so woke? It all feels a little PC/cancel culturey to me; I mean, folks are just speaking their mind, right? I guess the right isn’t afraid to go broke anymore. No two snowflakes are alike, after all.

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🐺 How to tell the difference between a lone wolf and a coordinated effort by the radical left

McSweeney’s

If a Democrat calls Republicans ā€œfascists,ā€ he basically just signed their death warrants.

If a Republican calls Democrats ā€œMarxists,ā€ or ā€œthe enemy from within,ā€ or ā€œvermin,ā€ or ā€œhuman scum,ā€ he’s just trying to fire up the crowd.

It really feels like we are living in some bizzaro upside world where where left is right and right is evil and moronic.

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