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Mary Brownell's avatar

Wow, I just read this--there is so much good stuff on the Bulwark that I get behind. I just want to say how really good this is. Will Sommer's pieces are consistently great. Great writer, great news compilation, great analysis.

Jen's avatar

Question for Will: there's a Vanity Fair piece out today about a meeting between Erika Kirk & Candace. It mentions a CK producer named Blake Neff. There's a Democracy Docket piece out about the promotion of an election fantasist to the DOJ elections "integrity" unit named Eric Neff. Are these two buffoons related?

George in Atlanta's avatar

Bright shiny objects. It's exactly what their audiences, the Rubes, want in their lives. It's like pro 'Resslin' meets Real Housewives reality TV. They are a full third of our population. The country has failed.

D.J. Spiny Lumpsucker's avatar

I have to object to referring to Ben Shapiro as a "pro-Israel commentator". It's far more accurate to describe him as "pro-Netanyahu". I mean, would you describe Nigel Farage as "pro-America" because he supports Trump?

Daniel Linck Savino's avatar

So who is the Buckley able to drive out this new John Birch?

George in Atlanta's avatar

You're kidding, right? Buckley's spirit left the GOP building in 2015. It's drooling insanity all the way up.

Daniel Linck Savino's avatar

I think 2015 might be generous. 😞

HoyaGoon's avatar

If ever there was a get the popcorn, “Let them fight” moment, this is it

George in Atlanta's avatar

There might not be enough. Things are looking pretty grim down at the Strategic Popcorn Reserve under Cheyenne Mountain.... or so I heard from a friend.

Giga Goose's avatar

Honestly, this article was such a guilty pleasure 😆

Steve Maleski's avatar

Waaaaay out in la-la land. That's all I've got to say. You're a hero for covering this beat.

Ann A's avatar

I am so angry at all these grifters I want to go back to public shaming

Lawrence Serewicz's avatar

Is Steven Cheung briefing Candace on the background? Trump has been silent and Cheung would be the guy to brief her.

Daniel Perrine's avatar

"Owens claimed she notified the Trump administration about the attempts on her life. The FBI, the White House, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence did not respond to my requests for comment. A Pentagon spokeswoman was oddly noncommittal when asked whether France, a NATO ally, was trying to murder a high-profile American media figure on American soil.¹" Thank you, Will, for this hilarity!! And to the podcaster lamenting kirk's "vision"...oh yes...what an admirable vision. He said if his daughter was raped he would make her give birth and he said Leviticus 20:13, which endorses the execution of gay people, serves as "god's perfect law" and that he would be scared to fly if the pilot was black. Oh yes, what a wonderful vision. I hope this candace freak does destroy tpusa. What is wrong with these people?

Nora Merhar's avatar

Slightly off topic, has anyone else noticed how much Erica Kirk resembles a young Tammy Faye, or am I the only one so blessed?

V J's avatar

some of that is heavy eye make up, think of how a sad clown puts on a face,

she has money, she has children, what the hell does she think she is doing?

candace, whatever

erika- something really off there

Nora Merhar's avatar

I think also the width of her face and general blondness...

GL's avatar

The following quote & clip was released after Will Sommer's newsletter was posted.

Erika Kirk has one word for Candace Owens, who has been peddling conspiracy theories about her late husband, Charlie Kirk: "Stop."

CBS News https://share.google/FSzRAcgEJJEVattZq

Susan Boyer's avatar

We love to see it.

Daisy B Foote's avatar

This is all part of the same hateful stew - they are all preying on the vulnerable - to make money.

Giga Goose's avatar

These evil people deserve each other!

Gina Stanley's avatar

It wasn't the French. It was the fremen.

George in Atlanta's avatar

Desert Power! For Shai-Hulud!!