Bookmarks 2025-09-20T16:18:31.819Z
by Owen Kibel
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Bookmarks for 2025-09-20T16:18:31.819Z
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“Paid respects at my father’s grave.” - YouTube Added: Sep 20, 2025
“Paid respects at my father’s grave.”
Site: YouTube
“Since ancient times, Mongolians have cherished the tradition of honoring and worshipping the resting places of their parents and ancestors. On an auspicious...
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We The People: Google's Jigsaw, Napolitan Institute Use AI to Crowdsource American Values for 250th
Site: YouTube
The Daily Signal's Rob Bluey sits down with legendary pollster Scott Rasmussen of the Napolitan Institute and Google's Jigsaw CEO Yasmin Green to discuss a g...
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Victor Davis Hanson: Charlie Kirk’s Fight to Rescue a Generation From University Indoctrination
Site: YouTube
Universities have long been captured by liberal academics, and the fight for America's youth on campus at times feels hopeless. What made Charlie Kirk effect...
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WAN 2.2 VACE in ComfyUI: Edit Any Video — Object Swap with an Image (GGUF Q5) [Free Workflow]
Site: YouTube
Swap any object in a video with your subject inside one ComfyUI workflow. Faces stay stable. Motion looks natural. Looks real.Download the free project: http...
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The funniest joke Jimmy Kimmel never told Added: Sep 20, 2025
The funniest joke Jimmy Kimmel never told
Site: The Hill
Politicians who fought for censorship are now making the very arguments they ridiculed just months ago.
Democrats were finally outraged this week. No, it was not about the murder of Charlie Kirk, but rather the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night comedy show. Democratic leaders are taking to the airways to denounce the decision to take Kimmel off the air after he spread disinformation about Charlie Kirk's alleged killer. The same leaders and pundits who have for years fought for censorship in the name of combating disinformation are now making the very arguments they ridiculed just months ago. Democrats once wrote letters to Internet carriers suggesting that Fox News, the most popular cable news network, should be taken off the air in the name of combating disinformation. That was when the Democrats controlled the White House and were targeting conservatives. Suddenly, now, disinformation is no longer a valid reason to censor and alleged government-corporate alliances are a menace to free speech. After the tragedy in Utah, many on the left immediately tried to deflect responsibility for the murder by claiming that Kirk's killer was actually a Trump supporter. On his show, Kimmel declared that “the MAGA Gang" was "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.” The far-left motivations of the alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, were already well known. His family confirmed that he had been radicalized with leftist ideology and cited pro-transgender views. This was not even a joke — it was just a false factual claim made by Kimmel on national television. And it came at a time when others were spreading this lie. Despite stories to the contrary, many repeated the false claim. For example, Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe posted that "Kirk’s apparent assassin seems to have been ultra-MAGA, exploding the GOP/MAGA attempt to pin the blame for this tragedy on liberals." (Previously, Tribe had claimed that the October 2023 massacre of Israelis by Hamas was a “wag-the-dog” operation to distract from corruption allegations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu). The disinformation took hold on the Internet and social media. One poll showed that a plurality of Americans think Robinson was a conservative. Call it assassination denial. It is all the rage. Former MSNBC and ESPN host Keith Olbermann wrote after Kimmel's suspension, "Burn in hell, Sinclair. Alongside Charlie Kirk." He added that "nothing [Kimmel] said was untrue." Curiously, some of these politicians and pundits are claiming that, yet again, democracy will die if Kimmel is not allowed to spread disinformation. There are reports that Kimmel was refusing to apologize and planned to double down on the attacks on conservatives in his next show. Faced with a revolt by affiliates and a potential exodus of advertisers, Disney's head, Bob Iger, pulled the plug. (By the way, Kimmel's ratings had been falling for years, and he had a smaller audience than the Colbert Show, which was itself discontinued due to loss of money). The hypocrisy was pure comedy. For years, these same voices demanded censorship of individuals deemed to be spreading disinformation, misinformation, and malinformation. The last category was used by the Biden administration to target statements “based on fact, but used out of context to mislead, harm, or manipulate.” At the same time, they mocked claims that corporations were working with the government to maintain this censorship system. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) ran on a pledge to impose new criminal and civil penalties for anyone spreading disinformation. Now, however, censorship is intolerable. Warren told CNN “we know there was federal interference ... We saw the government step up and give a hard shove and then we saw a compliant company turn around and suspend Mr. Kimmel.” She added that his collaboration with corporations “truly undermines the whole premise of the First Amendment.” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) called the suspension one of "the most blatant attacks on the free press in American history." Schiff had previously demanded that Twitter suspend an array of users and “reduce the visibility” of blacklisted individuals — including a journalist who held opposing views. When Elon Musk reduced censorship at X, it was Schiff who warned Facebook not to follow his example by restoring free speech protections. Schiff threatened legislative action if the company moved to "alter or roll back certain misinformation policies." This week, Schiff is outraged by a company's decision to suspend a host who refused to correct a false story he had spread. For years, I appeared before these same leaders in Congress as they defended corporate censorship and dismissed allegations of collaboration with the government. I would not cancel Kimmel so long as his show was profitable. But I have long maintained that companies can limit the free speech of employees at work. I do not believe Kimmel should be censored on social media for spreading false information. At the same time, ABC does not have to lose money or viewers because an employee attacks others with vile, false claims. Now Disney is accused of killing democracy itself, in league with Trump. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) attacked Trump for “trying to destroy our democracy” and acting like “many would-be despots.” Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) used Kimmel's suspension as evidence that “fascism is not on the way, it is here.” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) insisted that suspending a host for spreading false information about a murder was “North Korea-style stuff" while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) insisted that it is "what Putin would do." It is a curious spin, since Putin and Kim Jong Un value media figures who spread false information — particularly about murders. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) went so far as to compare Kimmel to Thomas Paine, the author of Common Sense and "Penman of the revolution." So Kimmel is now a hero of democracy — all he had to do was spread disinformation. That makes this the funniest joke that Kimmel never told. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He is the author of the bestselling book “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
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Debunking The Top 5 Lies About Charlie Kirk
Added: Sep 20, 2025Debunking The Top 5 Lies About Charlie Kirk
Site: The Federalist
Here are some of the most egregious lies about Charlie Kirk.
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Trump Says He Will Designate Antifa As A Terrorist Organization
Added: Sep 20, 2025
Trump Says He Will Designate Antifa As A Terrorist Organization
Site: The Federalist
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would be designating the radical far-left group, Antifa, a terrorist organization.
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Leftists Crying Over Kimmel Were Happy To Deny 'Free Speech'
Added: Sep 20, 2025
Leftists Crying Over Kimmel Were Happy To Deny 'Free Speech'
Site: The Federalist
ABC News pulled Jimmy Kimmel off air on Wednesday and now the professional censorship class on the left has suddenly discovered the First Amendment.
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Vince Langman on X: "Victor Davis Hanson: Donald Trump's greatest legacy is "he broke the Democratic party" 🎯 https://t.co/sepeRUF8Zy" / X Added: Sep 20, 2025
Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Victor Davis Hanson Blows Up the Left's Daily Talking Points – PJ Media Added: Sep 20, 2025
Victor Davis Hanson Blows Up the Left's Daily Talking Points
Site: pjmedia.com
Victor Davis Hanson critiques Leftist media narratives surrounding recent events.
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Site: X (formerly Twitter)
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Actor James Woods bashes Jimmy Kimmel in a series of X posts Added: Sep 20, 2025
Actor James Woods bashes Jimmy Kimmel in a series of X posts
Site: New York Post
Actor James Woods is not holding back his approval of Jimmy Kimmel being taken off the air.
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Colbert Defends Jimmy Kimmel, Says Trump Is Responsible, Total Lies
Site: YouTube
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OpenAI and DeepMind AI outperform top students in global coding contest | TechSpot Added: Sep 20, 2025
OpenAI and DeepMind AI outperform top students in global coding contest
Site: TechSpot
The results, together with their recent achievements in coding's most recognized competition, show how these settings are becoming proving grounds for technologies approaching the frontier of human-level...
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Vermont cheese cave discovery reveals real time evolution
Added: Sep 20, 2025Cheese cave fungi unlock secrets of rapid evolution – and it can benefit us
Site: New Atlas
A chance discovery in a Vermont cheese cave has given scientists a rare glimpse of evolution unfolding in real time – and the unexpected findings have broad implications for protecting human health, enhancing food security and even delivering new flavors to turophiles.
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5 brilliant books to demystify the brain - Big Think
Added: Sep 20, 20255 brilliant books to demystify the brain
Site: Big Think
Neuroscientist Rachel Barr shares her favorite books on the brain and how they shaped her approach to her field.
