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@sarahadams @ryanmauro I hope so, this is just bizarre

@ryanmauro The radicalization among the right is fascinating to watch, but also it’s going to implode

Tucker Carlson abandons the Christians of Lebanon.

@ScottPresler retribution for what?

Republican State Senator Travis Holdman — who lost by over 20 points — isn’t taking it very well. “Revenge & retribution is not a Christian value.” All you had to do was listen to your constituents.

@TheChiefNerd 100 %

CHAMATH: “Who can you trust to have some super intelligence? … The only person that we can trust is Elon … I feel like he's the least corruptible.”

@ScottPresler you got it

Texas, I ask for your help to 👉DEFEAT👈 Senator Cornyn on 🗓️ Tuesday, May 26th by electing Ken Paxton.

@uaustinorg now that is a great group of reading material

This term, UATX students are studying the tensions between individualism and collectivism.

@sarahadams @MJalalAf are we still sending these people money?

@MJalalAf Good, you can bring in more foreign terrorists, what a time to be alive!

Another step forward. A new standard passenger terminal at Kabul International Airport is in the works, aimed at improving travel & modernizing Afghanistan’s aviation infrastructure.

@sentdefender duh...its Iran

U.S. President Donald J. Trump reiterated past comments that Iran still wants to make a deal. However, he voiced his frustration with the duplicitous nature of Iranian signaling, saying that Iran’s public comments consistently contradict the nature of closed door talks and phone callers with U.S. negotiators and decision-makers.

@RyanHoliday how do you define ad hominem?

Lol what kind of crime do you have to commit in a past life to be condemned to white knight for a member of the most corrupt family in the history of American politics? You're a fucking goober.

@glennbeck @DataRepublican the horse shoe is easy to see. its pointed right at Israel. "pro-Palestinians" on the left, straight up neo- Nazi on the right. "anti-Zionism" cloaking Jew hate.

I am with you @datarepublican This has been coming for a long time - this is the GREAT RESET groups, of a type, coming together. As dangerous as the red green alliance. Just as that will end with communism or Islamism, this one will end in either communism or fascism. I STAND WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND BILL OF RIGHTS. THAT IS THE ONE AND ONLY TENT POLE. I WORK TO RESTORE OUR SANITY AND ETERNAL AMERICAN PRINCIPLES. Everything else is a nonstarter.

@Austin_Police your link isn't working

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@shellenberger you should look into what the judge is doing in this case.

Cole Allen, the man who sought to murder high-ranking Trump administration officials, as well as the president, at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner late last month, is an enigma, according to many in the media. A former student of Allen called him a “kind of a normal guy.” Allen was of above-average intelligence, graduated from Caltech with an engineering degree, obtained a master’s in computer science, and received teaching credentials. In December 2024, Allen’s employer named him “Teacher of the Month.” Understandably, then, investigators told reporters they had not yet pieced together a motive. But it’s clear Allen had a savior complex. He felt a moral duty to sacrifice his life to save people he considered victims. “I’m not the person raped in a detention camp,” he wrote. “I’m not the fisherman executed without trial. I’m not a schoolkid blown up, or a child starved, or a teenage girl abused by the many criminals in this administration…. I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.” Allen not only sought to play the rescuer, he also sought recognition for his sacrifice. “Oh, and if anyone is curious is [sic] how doing something like feels,” he wrote in his manifesto, “it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays; I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.” There is still much we do not know, including about Allen’s mental health. Jim Clemente, a former FBI profiler who worked the Unabomber and DC sniper cases, said that Allen “doesn’t sound like a psychopath.” But new facts are likely to radically alter the conclusion that he had a savior complex. Clemente noted that Allen wanted to “be some kind of hero, and that would make him feel better about himself, and it would be worth it to lose his life doing this.” And individuals with a savior complex may also suffer from intersecting issues like grandiose delusions, cluster B personality disorders, or depression. At the heart of progressive politics is rescuing victims. Consider Alex Pretti and Renee Good, who law enforcement shot after they interfered with police operations in Minneapolis. Good used her car to disrupt an ICE operation. Pretti was killed by federal agents after he placed himself between an agent and a woman the agent had pushed to the ground. Both appear to have been gripped by the savior complex. All of this matters because Allen’s case comes at a time of rising left-wing violence in the name of protecting vulnerable people. Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah man, killed Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in September 2025, saying, “There is too much evil and the guy spreads too much hate.” Nicholas Roske, the California man sentenced to ninety-seven months for arriving outside Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s home with a Glock and a tactical knife in June 2022, told the FBI he wanted to kill three conservative justices to swing the Court for “decades to come.” The savior complex appears on the right as well. People who bomb abortion clinics cast themselves as rescuers of unborn children. Anders Breivik killed seventy-seven people in Norway in 2011 in the name of rescuing civilization. But more on the Left than the Right have a savior complex, in my experience. The language, behaviors, and thinking of Allen, Pretti, and Good are familiar to me personally, as I had a savior complex starting in my teens, which contributed to my radical left-wing activism. But what is the savior complex, exactly, and why is it so prevalent on the Left?... x.com/shellenberger/… Please subscribe now to support Public's award-winning journalism, read the rest of the article, and watch the full video! x.com/shellenberger/…

The motivation of Trump's would-be assassin is a mystery, say the media. But it's not. He had "savior's complex," which is far more common on the Left than the Right. I should know, since my own savior's complex led me to become a radical left-wing activist in my youth.

@ShawnRyan762 BS

Cenk Uygur on the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza. “They hit the car that her family is traveling in, and everyone in the car is dead except a six-year-old. She calls in, and she’s begging, ‘Please send someone to help. Please. They’re all dead, and I’m so hungry and I’m so scared.’ The Israelis finally give permission for the ambulance to go get her, and then they bombed the ambulance and killed a six-year-old.” @cenkuygur @TheYoungTurks

@RepFine or, we could, as voters, refuse to elect people who do not represent us. and yet.

Armenians should not serve in Congress. Neither should Somalis. Or Guatemalans. Or — wait for it— Israelis. If you are a citizen of a foreign country, you shouldn’t serve in ours. We need to pass my bill to stop the invasion of dual citizens in Congress. NOW.

@ScottPresler 🤣

Thank you very much.

@DouglasKMurray @nypost 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 the "traditional media" has been caught in so many lies, that at this point its hard to believe anything they say.

‘The traditional media would be in a whole world of legal pain if we ran and boosted claims that were knowingly untrue. Yet Meta, Facebook, X, YouTubeTikTok and the rest of them actually make money by boosting the wackiest claims possible.’ @nypost nypost.com/2026/04/30/opi…

When you think about 5th generation warfare being narrative rather than bombs and bullets, its pretty clear whose side CNN is on. Astounding.

@DataRepublican uh...tucker? is honest?

You don't say?

@DouglasKMurray @nypost legacy journalist blames social media for people's low opinion of legacy media. here's a thought, clean your own room before casting aspersions on someone else's. people are being forced to exercise their own discriminatory abilities and turns out, a lot of people are just dumb

Tech firms must crack down on mad conspiracy theories destroying society. ⁦@nypost⁩ nypost.com/2026/04/30/opi…

@Pauline__Voss freedom to express themselves is regrettable? of course it is to a wannabe tyrant

Mit einem klaren Bekenntnis gegen die Meinungsfreiheit rundet Friedrich Merz eine kommunikativ gelungene Woche ab: „In den sozialen Netzwerken kann jeder anonym sagen, was er denkt und wie er denkt. Ich find‘s bedauerlich."

@JonathanTurley and our GOP congress sits on their hands and watches

...The key is that these proposals would evade a vote of the public and be achieved through Congress. With a hostile takeover of the Court, these figures would be free to pursue radical changes to the political system that would guarantee their hold on power.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) added his voice to Democrats calling for radical changes to the Supreme Court after the Callais decision, insisting that "the Supreme Court has been gerrymandered itself and stacked and packed with MAGA appointees.” ... jonathanturley.org/2026/05/01/con…