Mike Masnick 2 months ago

I dug a bit into the double standard JD Vance has, in which MAGA supporters can say anything they want, no matter how offensive and no matter how old they are, and it's just "kids being kids." But if an actual kids says something negative about Charlie Kirk, they deserve to be punished. RE:

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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

Vance’s Double Standard: Nazi Jokes Are “Kids Being Kids,” But Mocking Charlie Kirk Gets Your Visa Revoked JD Vance thinks praising Hitler ...

Mike Masnick 2 months ago

To be fair, yesterday Homan did come out with a clear denial. Whether or not you believe it... [www.politico.com/news/2025/10...](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/tom-homan-50k-sting-operation-00611219 ) RE:

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)

Yup. Notably, neither Tom Homan nor anybody else in the Trump admin has outright denied that he took and kept the $50,000 in taxpayer money given t...

[Border czar Tom Homan denies h...](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/tom-homan-50k-sting-operation-00611219 )

Mike Masnick 2 months ago

Have Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey ever read *anything* other than Tolkien? RE:

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Tony Tassell (@tonytassell.bsky.social)

Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain”...

Mike Masnick 2 months ago

I had some thoughts on NYC admitting (again) that it can't teach our kids that filters on social media aren't real, and instead feels the need to sue social media companies... RE:

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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

New York City Sues Instagram Rather Than Teach Kids Filters Aren’t Real When a school district sues social media companies claiming they can't ...

Mike Masnick 2 months ago

Gosh. The guy who promised "we're going to put kids in cages" and "it will be glorious" is still shitty? Who knew? [www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-likel...](

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Trump’s Likely AG Mike Davis: ‘We’re Going to Put Kids in Cages’

“I will rain hell on Washington D.C.,” Mike Davis told Benny Johnson.

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Tom Joscelyn (@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social)

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Polit...

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Trump’s Likely AG Mike Davis: ‘We’re Going to Put Kids in Cages’

“I will rain hell on Washington D.C.,” Mike Davis told Benny Johnson.

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Mike Masnick 2 months ago

Ah, yes, the double standard. Kids do edgy things like saying "I love Hitler." Just ignore it. Oh, also, my admin is getting people fired and pulling their visas for saying mean things about Charlie Kirk. Someone should ask Vance why its only the shitheads who support him who get to be "edgy" RE:

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Mike Masnick 2 months ago

Remembering all the people, including Zuck, who insisted (against the actual evidence) that the Biden admin pressured them into censorship... who are suddenly silent now that Pam Bondi is happily demanding the removal of 1st Amendment protected speech. RE:

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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

Hey Zuck, Remember When You Said You’d Never Again Cave To Government Pressure? About That… You may recall a year or so ago, when Mark Zucker...

Mike Masnick 2 months ago

Thinking of all the people who insisted that this admin was serious about "ending antisemitism on college campuses." RE:

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Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social)

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitte...

Mike Masnick 2 months ago

I honestly think Johnson was trying to make a joke here, but he's too stupid to realize that the joke reveals that all the claims of threats and violence are bullshit. RE: