🚨🚨 I'm writing a book about Christian Nationalism!! SEVEN MOUNTAINS will be published in Fall 2025 by
@wjkbooks
. No matter who wins in 2024, the sweeping plan to Christianize America and destroy democracy won't fade because it has a heir: Charlie Kirk and his Turning Point USA.
The governor-elect of Louisiana called for this professor to be fired two years ago after the professor called out the GOP leader’s Covid lies. LSU has waffled in its support. Now after seeing writing on wall, the professor steps down. Academic freedom dies one threat at a time.
There have been a ton of Gaza protests at many state schools and even HBCUs but only the ones at NE/Ivy League school are always in the news. My theory is it’s because many U.S. news outlets are based out of NYC (and they employ many grads of those schools)
In May a company run by a sex offender sponsored a Turning Point Faith pastors summit. A company sponsoring this weekend’s Turning Point Action conference is owned by a man sharing name and likeness of a man convicted for cocaine trafficking in 2007: 1/x
Path for Trump win narrowed with CNN calling Wisconsin and NBC calling Maine for Biden. Arizona still called by some and Georgia Trump lead now only 80,000 votes. And that is without mentioning Pennsylvania. Keep counting and watch that USPS court hearing.
#CountAllTheVotes
Claudine Gay didn't do herself any favors but I'll say what I said when Penn's Magill resigned: This will be used by the very worst people to make higher education worse, not better. It will be used to cut funding, end diversity, stifle academic freedom
The Harvard president resigned today. Also in academic integrity news, in Ohio a public college hired as its new president a GOP congressman who spread the Big Lie. Are students at Youngstown State now going to be able to argue Trump won in 2020?
Bill Johnson submitted his letter of resignation today to the U.S. House of Representatives, effective Jan. 21, and will start the next day as Youngstown State University president
Man, if settling a lawsuit is an admission of guilt to Charlie Kirk, man, he needs to know about a proprietor of a fake university and charity who got elected president by settling and paying millions...
The Ted Lasso callbacks from the finale are below. With so many it nods to other finales that did callbacks. I’m thinking Seinfeld and the button. This may be what allows Ted Lasso to seep into cultural zeitgeist like Seinfeld without latter’s one-liners.
#TedLassoFinale
A mega-thread on all my articles, podcasts, media comments, and anything else on Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk. I start with the 2022 definitive history and turn to Christian Nationalism in
@PRAEyesRight
1/x
You may have heard this week that Melania Trump is the 1st first lady to visit a war zone. Incorrect. First Lady Hillary Clinton visited troops in what was considered a combat zone in Bosnia in 1996; Pat Nixon visited one in Vietnam; Eleanor Roosevelt visited war zones in WWII.
University presidents should take moral stances on issues like this: Turning Point USA harassing one of its professors. Arizona State University president does it well here.
As a reminder the Jacksonville shooter targeted an HBCU, was thwarted by campus police, and then fled to shoot similar people that he hated in a nearby store.
@ByronYork
Overturning: abolish, invalidate, reverse. A Senate conviction is none of that. Nothing erases or reverses Trump 2016 win. Hillary doesn’t come into office, history does not change. Please stop being so stupid.
New from me on
@PRAEyesRight
the definitive history of Charlie Kirk & Turning Point USA’s turn to Christian Nationalism, how Kirk learned from his CN mentor Rob McCoy, how early Fox News cameos by Kirk propelled TPUSA, and its future in culture war.
The Herschel Walker campaign has disintegrated in the last few hours. Even last few minutes. He was chaos and red flags from the start. But “muh Trump…” In a sane world Walker is the Alvin Greene of Georgia.
#gapol
@charliekirk11
Kirk spin is wrong . New York Times reports “the White House never followed through with the complex bureaucratic work it would have taken to strip the clearance, according to a person familiar with the process.”
Charlie Kirk attacked the military and the benefits highlighted by military recruiters:
“The military now exists as basically a social welfare program with missiles. …The way they recruit for the military now is like, ‘Look at all the perks and benefits.’ It’s disgusting.”
This is beyond adopting a Hillsdale curriculum. This is like spending tax money on Candace Owens’ show and saying it meets some professional education “standard.” Or putting Rufo on a college trustee board.
If you think Charlie Kirk is a nobody you can ignore and who has no real power, remember that a month ago Kirk publicly questioned the Christian courage of the House speaker. Now they text regularly.
Charlie Kirk is Texting Speaker Mike Johnson to Go After the Competitors of His Show's Sponsor, Patriot Mobile
Why is Johnson even allowing Kirk, who attacked MLK and Black pilots, access in the first place?
Replies to people against
#studentloanforgiveness
1. “They should pay their fair share.”
A: If you graduated pre-2008, later grads paid more than you for same degree, with less salary, more inflation, etc.
The
@Harvard
Crimson refused to publish
@AlanDersh
piece which criticized President Gay’s testimony while publishing a piece which defended her.
President Gay’s ‘commitment to free expression’ is alive and well at the Crimson.
And consider that the Crimson is training our
Sponsor of Georgia’s “divisive concepts” bill (now law) uses fake MLK quote (W Bush actually used it first and a lot) to implicitly criticize “the left” for revisionist history. My head is spinning. 🤔🤷🏽♂️
#gapol
👀 Turning Point USA and Charlie Kirk in tax year 2021 gave $50,000 to Conservative Baptist Network
@BaptistNetwork
the hard-right group that has backed but failed to elect Southern Baptist Convention president to push its conservative agenda
One parent speaking out against masks and vaccines: “I have a bachelor’s degree in logic, a master’s in motherhood, and I’m board certified in American freedom”
“Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk was vital, the strategist said: "He had his people posting senators' office numbers and was giving them out on his show. Driving the senators absolutely crazy." And Paxton tweeted his thanks.
If you are a faculty member in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, or Georgia, the
@AAUP
would love your opinion on the impact of politics and tenure changes to your job. Please fill out the short survey here:
#highered
@RightWingWatch
There is no course at the University of Rhode Island called Feminism 101. And
@RealCandaceO
was never forced to take it. Majoring in journalism, she took gen ed hours like all students. They take courses in broad categories but choose the courses. …
Marjorie Taylor Greene to the Georgia GOP:
“Washington DC …is in the hands of the enemy. …They want Georgia more than any other state because Georgia is the economic hub of the South. …and if they take Georgia they can take the South.”
@JackPosobiec
"Posobiec.... tweeted the falsehood that Mr. Vindman had been advising the Ukrainian government on how to counter Mr. Trump’s foreign policy goals. Mr. Posobiec cited The New York Times as his source — in fact, The Times reported no such thing."
The Georgia
@AAUP
begins a statewide protest over the
@BORUSG
university system’s
#Covid
policies on September 13. We want at minimum a mask mandate. All faculty, students, & staff are invited. For details, DM or email.
Our current situation:
And let’s note the FBI policy of not doing anything in political arena 60 days before election. We are 100ish days out and if it is the doc trove, then the need for speed here is essential. IOW this search and its warrant couldn’t wait.
Legal work after 5pm only means one thing: they want this done tonight. It’s my guess that Fulton DA sped up case to get in front of reports about Tuesday which gave protestors a timeline.
Today
@AAUP
and partners release an extensive survey of faculty in the South. About 4,250 faculty in Florida, Texas, North Carolina, & Georgia are deeply dissatisfied with
#highered
due to impact of political interference and attacks on tenure. Key findings... 1/x
@charliekirk11
Man, if settling a lawsuit is an admission of guilt to Charlie Kirk, man, he needs to know about a proprietor of a fake university and charity who got elected president by settling and paying millions...
@ddale8
Sadly Rep. Scalise, himself a victim of violence, lies about what the president said. It is clear to anyone (else) the audience didn’t cheer for “ribbing.” They cheered the violence and the “he’s fights like me” rhetoric. It is sad supporters still cover for this “leader.”
New from me on
@PRAEyesRight
the definitive history of Charlie Kirk & Turning Point USA’s turn to Christian Nationalism, how Kirk learned from his CN mentor Rob McCoy, how early Fox News cameos by Kirk propelled TPUSA, and its future in culture war.
New by me
@WordandWay
: A youth pastor likely to get prison time for his actions on Jan. 6th wonders if he was fooled all along: "The False Prophets of a Failed Insurrection"
Co-conspirator 6 may have ties to Arizona and its fake electors which included two Turning Point USA peeps: State Rep. Jake Hoffman and Tyler Bowyer, TPUSA chief operating officer
We had a nice run, writing teachers: “Arizona State plans to use ChatGPT to build personalized AI tutors and offer writing help to students in one of its largest classes, Freshman Composition.”
@JeffSharlet
@jfrickuga
@CNN
It’s likely that the Pal Authority only told CNN how many Palenstinians died, while Israel is saying the 200 may not be limited to “Israelies.”
I also think it’s the doc trove because of the claim by Trump he had been working with prosecutors. Even if exaggerated, likely it means law enforcement has contacted him about getting those docs and he has slow played enough that FBI went to get them itself
Maricopa County 62,000 ballot drop tonight. About 400,000 left. (At that rate 6-7 days.) But… results: Kelly way ahead by 95,000. Hobbs up 13,000. Checking in on Charlie Kirk:
#azpol
#azpolitics
Good catch here. Charlie Kirk systematically cleaning his connection to Students for Trump. IOW “ending” the org after Trump admitted defeat (website still up). No longer on his Twitter bio. While it remains in TPUSA bio, recall TP Action bought Students for Trump.
@kenolin1
@jonathanalter
He also deleted his name as Chairman of
@TrumpStudents
, which he said was helping send the 80+ busses of “patriots” to the March For Trump Bus Tour.
Then you may ask why they “deserve” cut when u didn’t get one? Well you deserved one too. State lawmakers have abandoned
#highered
and tuition you paid in 2000s reflects that. Likely before. Don’t begrudge them for what you didn’t get. Begrudge those who didn’t give it to you.
As
@KevinMKruse
has shown over and over PragerU on US political history is… well.. aka to “slavery had benefits.” Here is a
@splcenter
summary of Kruse
As the Georgia Board of Regents meets this hour to name Sonny Perdue finalist for chancellor of the university system, let’s examine qualifications the system named for that job as it began its search in 2021. Spoiler alert: Perdue falls far short: 1/x
Biden’s list of allied moves stands in direct response to Trump and America First. And then adding “we will be OK” is great way to bring it to kitchen table.
#teamrhetoric
#SOTU
Last week, Greene was confronted by a constituent for using a derogatory term for people with Down syndrome and she tried to play it off as slang.
#gapol
If you want a deep debunking and well-reported origin story of the Charlie Kirk “athletes collapsing” implication due to the Covid vaccine,
@GlennKesslerWP
wrote one in February 2022
🧵 Much has been said about the Christian Nationalism of new House Speaker Mike Johnson. Charlie Kirk lays out in a concise tweet this ideology he shares with Johnson. Follow along to see the future 1/x
@jayrosen_nyu
@semaforben
I don’t know, how about “democracy and immigration?” Or how the economy might look under an autocrat. Though I only have a degree in journalism.