Republican lawmakers called for a statue of slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk to be installed in the U.S. Capitol following his murder.In a draft letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) blamed "hateful rhetoric from the left" for the killing."To honor this legacy, we ca...
  • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
    140·
    3 days ago

    In what universe is Charlie Kirk at all comparable to MLK?

    Release the rest of the Epstein files. Release the Yahoo emails. Why is there a drawing of Epstein grooming children allegedly at Mar a Lago?

    • ceenote@lemmy.worldEnglish
      56·
      3 days ago

      He’s not, and they know it. Pretending he’s a martyr for as long as they can is rhetorically useful to them.

    • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      25·
      3 days ago

      He isn’t and everyone knows it. It’s what used to be trolling except it has now become a core principle and they are a full two or three generations into believing their own bullshit. It’s like that guy who loves banter until you hit him with a slapper and it’s a “he’s gonna fight you in the parking lot” kind of situation but he called security and told them threats had been made and the cops are getting involved but it’s ok because a few days later he got stabbed 7 times in Lovejoy NY for talking shit in a pool game and all was right with the world.

      Sorry I got lost on that one but you get the point.

    • scarabic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      They both got shot, apparently, is the link. He was their guy, and he got shot. Therefore, he’s just like MLK! /s

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      130·
      3 days ago

      In what universe is Charlie Kirk at all comparable to MLK?

      They’re both famous guys who were in the news for things they said.

      Release the rest of the Epstein files.

      Didn’t we get a big data dump that journalists are actively sifting through? FFS, the UK ambassador to the US just got sacked yesterday over the latest news.

      At least take a minute to chew and swallow before you ask for another bite.

      • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        We got a Google Drive dump of data after thousands of fbi agents spent months redacting trumps name

          • panda_abyss@lemmy.caEnglish
            5·
            3 days ago

            https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-01/epstein-files-trump-s-name-was-redacted-by-the-fbi

            That included a mountain of material accumulated by the FBI over nearly two decades, including grand jury testimony, prosecutors’ case files, as well as tens of thousands of pages of the bureau’s own investigative files on Epstein. It was a herculean task that involved as many as 1,000 FBI agents and other personnel pulling all-nighters while poring through more than 100,000 documents, according to a July letter from Senator Dick Durbin to Bondi.

            In preparation for potential public release, the documents then went to a unit of FOIA officers who applied redactions in accordance with the nine exemptions. The people familiar with the matter said that Trump’s name, along with other high-profile individuals, was blacked

            And while that one is new

            Instead, Bondi’s big Epstein files party was a bust. It turned out the documents she called declassified, which included pages from Epstein’s infamous “black book,” had been previously released, most recently during the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell four years earlier.

            Their latest release also was almost entirely published info.

      • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        2 days ago

        They’re both famous guys who were in the news for things they said.

        Come on, dude, you that’s dishonest. Were Gandhi and Hitler the same person?