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BREAKING Australia’s ABC News has confirmed that one of the terrorist suspects in the Bondi Beach attack is named Naveed Akram. Authorities are currently raiding his home.

Nick Fuentes said he was invited as a VIP to the New York Young Republican Club Gala, but then the disinvited him

MAGA career reboot

Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering. Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed. At least two suspects are in custody.

Remember when we were not losing jobs in droves, or at odds with all our allies, or attacking other nations for their resources, or deploying masked thugs to terrorize our citizens, or pardoning drug traffickers and violent criminals in exchange for bribes? It was only little over a year ago.

BREAKING: Police in Australia say they are responding to a developing incident at Sydney’s Bondi Beach after media outlets reported a shooting incident.

You either think fascism is by definition something that can't happen in America - or you recognize that it already is. ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/44UVz0H

Hamas has confirmed the killing of its senior commander in an Israeli strike in Gaza in the highest-profile assassination of a senior Hamas figure since the October ceasefire deal aje.io/trzhu4

Australian authorities continue to urge the public to stay away from the Bondi Beach area and that they consider the situation to be active.

🔴 BREAKING: Australia police responding after gunshots reported at Sydney’s Bondi Beach aje.io/e03zxp

BREAKING Australian authorities say they have two suspects in custody related to the shooting at Bondi Beach but are asking the public to please stay away as they consider this incident to still be active.

⚡️Russian attacks kill 2, injure 11 in Ukraine, hit Turkish cargo ship over past day. Ukrainian forces downed 110 out of the 138 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported. Russia also launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile.

when you dig into the history of menswear, you find the same stories repeated. men who moralize traditional aesthetics rarely consider how their "tradition" was considered a corruption by an earlier generation, who wore things hated by people before them IG the_art_of_dress

The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.

Two victims of previous school shootings — Mia Tretta, who was shot in the stomach in 2019 at Saugus High School, and Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School — are now at Brown. Gun violence is out of control in this country.

So because @radiofreetom.bsky.social mentioned Lost (disparagingly) I just watched the first episode on Hulu. It holds up very well even if you know the worldbuilding is bullshit.

My wife and I drove separate cars to the Christmas party. I spent two hours being social, roughly my limit, and then I came home and relaxed and played games, and she spent about another 2.5 with her friends. We were both happy.

Regulations are not the enemy of innovation. In many cases they encourage it. Regulations are the enemy of reckless greed. Unregulated AI will have a catastrophic effect on the working class.

Are we EVER going to do something about this??

I’m insane and you’re insane and we’re all not okay

The recent tanker seizure shows they are absolutely capable of interdicting these vessels without any loss of life. They’re murdering because they want to murder.

Fact-check: true

“In the year of our king Donald Trump…”🤔 Rep. Luna, a sitting congresswoman, seems to have skipped a few chapters in our history books. (The first few in particular) — and no, he did not end 8 wars: www.themirror.com/entertainmen...

“Action absorbs anxiety!” indeed!

“It’s a made up term, ‘AFFORDABILITY’ — the economy’s strong. Everyone’s fine, from the billionaires all the way down to the poor, poor millionaires who we’re praying for every night.” #SNL

"The virus can lead to brain swelling, which can cause lasting damage, including blindness, deafness and intellectual disabilities..." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/w...

Horseshoe on the Epstein Island

‘USEFUL IDIOT’: “Ex top litigation volunteer at the Anti-Defamation League’s scorching resignation letter is the latest sign of Jewish discontent over the org’s shift during Trump… says they failed to respond aggressively to antisemitism on the right…” www.jta.org/2025/12/12/u...

Can you achieve virality with moderation? ICYMI @lauren-egan.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3XOtHaQ

"The upshot is that we decided not to move to France, preferring to remain in the land of deep domestic rot, but competent home appliances. A decision which, not even a year later, landed us back in the wintry wilds of Connecticut." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/my-cold-war

😳🇺🇸#MedicareForAllNOW

“There’s power in numbers, and now that people have seen we’ve successfully stopped abductions, I hope they can get out there too...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Providence Police just released video of the suspect in the Brown University shooting that killed two and injured nine.

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The civilians in Gaza are homeless and hungry and suffering through floods. We're their only voice and means of survival. Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and keep them safe. And find and give to others. ❤️🙏 chuffed.org/project/1587...

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Proud of the BDH journalists serving the mission under tough and tragic circumstances.

I shouldn’t have to share this article as much as I do. Sending condolences to all friends and family and loved ones from the Brown Shooting today. www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...

The way the word elites has become devoid of all meaning is interesting. It’s a placeholder for “someone I don’t like” and it fascinates me that the people who use it most are wealthy, went to “elite” schools and hold positions of power. Look in the damn mirror. You’re talking about yourself.

There has never been, and there will never be, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The reason for this is that—under Netanyahu—Israel is a genocidal rogue state whose signature on any document is meaningless. American media did Trump a solid by pretending that a wholly illusory ceasefire exists.

haven't streamed in awhile but here we are www.twitch.tv/jbouienyt

Things are going well in MAGA land

"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month... "The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

If I know I’m going to cry, I don’t wear mascara much less line my eyes with a giant crayon-sized coal black eyeliner.

"Space: Above and Beyond" was unfairly slagged in its day for being "Melrose Space," but it was a damn good show.

Zoe Weissman survived the Parkland shooting. Now she’s at Brown, and it happened again. “Honestly, I'm really angry that this is happening to me all over again, and I'm just in shock.” We’re failing our kids. A gun-sick nation. 🇺🇸 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

What does CBS have for us next week? The Political Journey & Philosophy of Mike Lindell?

If Trump invades Venezuela to distract the country from the release of the Epstein files, Congressional Democrats will have blood on their hands.

Liberals say that the Supreme Court is undermining our democracy. But the United States has never been a democracy—it's always been a republic.

How many of the liberals complaining about today's mass shooting even know that the A in AR-15 stands for?

If Trump had just left the oil tanker alone, he could have continued to claim at least with a fig leaf of credibility that we had no choice but to blow up the boats he isn't seizing

Safety tip: When you are in a school shooting lockdown it is best to ignore social media posts from Trump

this is crazy: "ICE agents descended on one construction site in subzero temperatures, leading to a standoff with protesters and workers. One man was taken to hospital for exposure. The other waited out the siege and was taken to safety after the agents left." www.startribune.com/ice-agents-v...

When does FIFA take back Trump’s fake “peace prize”?

Maybe someone could ask the president not to post the all-clear on mass shootings before the suspect is in custody.

All of you telling me which shows to watch, but have any of you gone and watched Counterpart because I told you to? no, you have not

"A second agent then joins them and appears to help restrain him, who can be heard repeating 'I’m a citizen' and screaming. Several people then come into the hallway from outside and begin filming the interaction and whistling before the agents pull him outside..." www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...

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The latest tweet from the “FBI Rapid Response” account was over a week ago

Does anyone know where Kash Patel is? Are they trying to find a jacket for him again?

Also - once again - Stranger Things in Season 1 paid off every mystery it raised. But Season 4 was atrocious, and just an ad for "tune in for Season 5! In three years from now!"

25 posts in 3 days from CBS featuring Bari Weiss with Erika Kirk. Or maybe Erika Kirk with Bari Weiss - it’s hard to tell who was supposed to be the one featured in all this.

I'm not saying the new BSG is bad. I just never watched it once I knew that the Cylons were basically androids or something. I grew up with the chrome-dome toaster robots and I didn't need more complexity than "robots are bad, mmkay" Also, made the humans like Balthazar even more evil.

Reading updates and... Uh oh. You people yelling at me that Brown is not "downtown" need to start rage-mailing the BBC instead of me (Dumb Brits, I know, but people from actually large cities think that a college that is a five minute walk from downtown is...downtown)

Just watched Netflix documentary on "The New Yorker" and Dick Cavett asked Carol Burnett, "What do you do when you want to let your hair down, presuming that is your hair." She immediately ripped the wig off her head and said, "Well, I take it off." Comedy over vanity. What a killer, funny move.

Additional side note: If any game needs *nothing* but a graphics update, it's Wing Commander. Don't update the story, don't add nine zillion detailed settings for nerds who read 50-page manuals, just update the graphics and let me go blow up arrogant Kilrathi princes

I very much liked Task, and I'm sad to hear there's a Season 2 in the works. It's not a show that you can do twice.

Also, it created the Tommy Westphall Universe

Many of you have recommended The Expanse. Might have to try it.

Does "Mayor of Kingstown" hate women more than "Landman" discuss

I did not watch the reboot. Once the bad guys were no longer talking toasters, I wasn't in.

As ongoing shows? No particular order Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul The Sopranos Mad Men Stranger Things 1/2 Cheers The Office St. Elsewhere early Law and Order Bob Newhart and many more!

Chotu chilling and taking my space on the couch.

Today's December Comfort Watch: Raiders of the Lost Ark, which is right now as many years from its debut as it is from the movie serials which inspired it. How has age treated Indy, and what, if anything, does he still have to teach us? whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/t...

Goodnight 🌙 Fuck guns and fuck anyone making them easier to get. Oh and fuck your 2nd Amendment MAGA shitheads

My wife was binging Black Doves before losing interest halfway through over the plot and I was half-watching it and now if I want to see the rest I have to actually play it myself and that would be admitting that just watching Keira Knightly absolutely beat the shit out of people is satisfying

I’ve been voting to protect her rights for my entire life. She’s been voting against everyone’s.

Why did Rome fall? Because it became too woke.

the hat on shein vs the hat they deliver

When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting - kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services.

Due to an act of Congress, the Epstein files must be released by Friday. Is Venezuela ready for the imminent invasion?

Haaland: Affordability is real. We have a president downplaying the suffering that people are experiencing in our country. He is not listening. He’s in a bubble, and you can look at him and see that he’s never had to worry about missing a meal himself.

By never falling asleep in public, Joe Biden spread effete elitist expectations about the workplace. Donald Trump is showing real men how it’s done. by Marc Thiessen

What made Succession so good were the well-cast cameos

so many people choose hate

Since we're slagging stuff about TV shows, I'm very much enjoying three Taylor Sheridan shows - Landman, Kingstown, Tulsa King - but I'm starting to see the criticism that he, uh, does not love his female characters. (Except Sciorra in Tulsa King, maybe.)

CBS News is 24/7 Erika Kirk for a week. This is like CNN with the Biden book. They are now interviewing Weiss about the interview, which she is describing as if it was a holy pilgrimage for her.

Hundreds of thousands took to the streets of Budapest, Hungary to demand an end to impunity and that the Russia collaborator Victor Orbán resign. #3E

Alright guys, here we go! Ask me anything, 30ish mins, gogo!

What Comes After MAGA Will Be Even Worse If Democrats and the majority aren't smart or careful, America might welcome its first Nazi president in 2032. Even though MAGA is fracturing, white supremacists are waiting in the wings to rebuild. thelefthook.substack.com/p/what-comes...

Trump Shared False Information During An Active School Shooting Trump’s posts about Brown University suspect could have endangered individuals meidasnews.com/news/trump-s...

A microbial matt leading down to the partially frozen lake Yellowstone.

The irony in this is that Kirk spread online conspiracies about shootings for years, and was always against any regulation of social media. But the self-appointed MAGA hall monitor has things figured out.

Hundreds of thousands in Budapest have taken to the streets to demand the Russian collaborator Viktor Orbán and his corrupt government resign.

Boyle: He would come on the local news doing his whole shtick: the biggest, the greatest, the most gold ever… then so many of those casinos went belly up. And by the way, do you know how bad that is? There used to be no competition from surrounding states. That’s how bad he is at business

A gunman shot 10 people, killing two of them, at Brown University on Saturday afternoon, local officials said. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

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Breaking News from @theathletic.com: Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Indiana player to win college football’s most prestigious award.

The thing you need to understand about the Right is that they are absolutely fine just plain burning down higher education if taking it over ideologically doesn’t work. They’re perfectly happy reducing it to ashes.