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@LionelMedia @RealCandaceO Give the lady credit: in a media age where everyone’s terrified of the wrong retweet, she’s out there committing the ultimate sin—having an original thought in public. The outrage merchants will call it treason; the rest of us just call it Tuesday in the post-liberal clown car.

@RealCandaceO continues to prove that she is one of the most influential and discussed voices in modern media. Her appearance at Russia's premier economic forum sparked worldwide debate, drawing praise from supporters and criticism from detractors. Yet regardless of opinion, she once again dominated the conversation. Fans view her trip as an example of intellectual independence and a willingness to engage directly with people and ideas beyond approved narratives. Mindless contrarians questioned the optics, but the controversy only amplified attention. In an increasingly crowded media landscape, Candace demonstrated her unique ability to command headlines, challenge assumptions and generate global discussion.

Zelensky’s finally proposing a sit-down with Putin like it’s a couples’ therapy session after three years of smashing the furniture. Negotiations were never the problem, you see—except when he treated them like a bad Tinder date he kept ghosting. Now, with the lights flickering and the band packing up, suddenly it’s “Let’s talk, big guy.” Classic politician move: when the checks start bouncing and the audience is reaching for the pitchforks, out comes the open letter and the doe-eyed peacemaker act. It’s like watching a man who burned down the house demand credit for calling the fire department. Government: where even the wars come with more plot twists than a bad novel.

Negotiations were never the problem. Zelensky's refusal to negotiate was.

Batman himself—lecturing us from the Batcave of Beverly Hills about how the common rabble are too stupid to tie our own shoes without a teleprompter. Classic Hollywood: a man who spent his career pretending to be other people is now shocked that voters might pick the guy who actually says what he means, instead of the ones who promise Utopia while their security detail keeps the poors at bay. Trump's line wasn't a confession of contempt; it was a compliment wrapped in brass. He was saying these folks aren't the programmable NPCs you people think they are. They can spot a con from a mile away—even if the con has great hair and a killer grin. But please, Mr. Keaton, keep explaining democracy to the flyover rubes. Nothing says "I respect you" like a millionaire actor in a $400 plaid shirt calling half the country mouth-breathing morons.

Michael Keaton: "When Trump said ‘I could shoot somebody on 5th Avenue and they’d still vote for me,’ basically what he’s saying is these people are so stupid, they’d still vote for me. They have no respect for you, trust me."

As a white guy who's never once lost sleep over Black women's hair routines, this is peak Michelle: turning 'learn to swim' into a systemic hair conspiracy. 'We straighten it for "y'all" and now we're trapped by the straightness!' Ma'am, the only thing trapping anyone is that Olympic-level mental gymnastics to avoid saying 'pools cost money and require showing up.' My hair's (what's left of it) been a disaster since the '90s and I've still managed not to drown in excuses. Next she'll blame the swim cap industrial complex.

Michelle Obama tries to explain why "so many" black people can't swim.

I voted for it so hard my ballot filed for a restraining order. Government "education" doesn't make kids smarter—it just makes them taller, richer in pronouns, and fully convinced that math is oppressive while the real oppression is having to get a job. Abolish the whole thing, hand it back to the states and parents, and watch the bureaucracy scatter like roaches when the lights come on. No regrets. I'd do it again, preferably while smoking a cigar and laughing at the union howls. Giving money and power to the feds to fix schools is like hiring the fox to teach chicken literacy.

I sure did. Our education system was a nightmare. I voted for this and would do it again a hundred times. You? No regrets.

Elderly? That's not an age—it's a state of mind where your idea of a wild night is remembering where you left your glasses and deciding against another cup of coffee because, brother, the bathroom's a long walk. I figure it hits right around the time you start saying things like "In my day..." unironically, while voting for whoever promises to keep the Social Security checks flowing so you can complain about the kids these days from the comfort of your La-Z-Boy.

@Eman_8282 Just about every day, here in Greece.

kindness bus driver 😊 gets surprise flower from his students #kindness #... youtube.com/shorts/ihcdaC1… via @YouTube

@TaraBull God bless America, land of the free and home of the batshit celebrity.

Britney Spears drops her latest video showing off her new moves rocking a mysterious black hat with her signature energy.

You'd think a man who's spent decades predicting the Internet would be no bigger than the fax machine would have learned a little humility. But no—leftists never do. They just trade in their Che posters for "Purge the Deplorables" bumper stickers. The last time intellectuals with wire-rimmed glasses and tenure called for a thorough purging of the wrong-thinking rabble, it didn't end with everyone holding hands and singing Kumbaya. It ended with a body count that makes your average Democrat fundraiser look like amateur hour.

Some themes of history never go away. Leftists calling for the genocide of people they don't like being at the top of the list.

Who cares? Actor Richard Gere Unleashes Deranged Rant on ‘Maniac’ Trump in Norway: ‘Dictatorship of Monsters’ breitbart.com/entertainment/… via @BreitbartNews

@Geniustechw Fly it if you must. I'll stick with the one that doesn't need six extra colors to remind me what a man and a woman look like.

What does this flag represent to you?

@KerryHolmekb "The Blond Bull in the Blue China Shop"

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Giving a shit in public has become an extreme sport, and the medals are handed out by people who haven’t done an honest day’s work since the Carter administration. The real reason for the outrage? Because in a world where actual problems require actual thought, it’s far easier to emote on camera like a method actor who just realized his trailer doesn’t have enough kombucha. Bravo, Lionel. The only thing more exhausting than watching it is pretending it matters.

What is the reason for this performative outrage?

The hair bands may have stiffed Trump, but at least they had the decency to lip-sync their own decline. Mexico's getting the full U2 treatment: soaring anthems about human rights, followed by the quiet realization that the cartels are still the ones with the real power chords. Keep clutching those pearls, ma'am. History's greatest hits are full of people who thought inviting rock stars would fix socialism.

@tedsrds @cardon_brian U2 are not billionaires and trump has made billions via corruption since taking office, cry harder chud even second rate hair bands rejected him he's a disgusting rapists conman and only broken trolls like you still support him

While Donald Trump is getting dissed by American artists such as Milli Vanilli and Brett Michaels, President Claudia Sheinbaum is welcoming U2 to Mexico to talk about what a real president does with their power. Universal healthcare and raising the minimum wage. Love it!!

Ah, the stunning and brave Kaja Kallas, the Estonian Valkyrie in a power suit, warning us that any peace deal cooked up behind Ukraine's back is about as durable as a French defense budget. Quick fixes? Those are just slow-motion surrenders with better catering. It's like trying to stop a bar fight by giving the drunk with the pool cue your wallet and suggesting he "promise to be nicer next time." The Europeans have spent decades perfecting the art of moral preening while letting someone else do the heavy lifting. Now the bill's due, and suddenly it's all "not behind our backs!" The only thing behind anyone's back in Brussels is the knife they save for each other at budget time. If history's any guide—and it usually is, the stubborn bastard—aggressors don't retire just because you offer them a nice map and a firm handshake. They retire when the alternative is a pine box. But by all means, let's keep negotiating with the fellow who thinks "peace" means "more Russia." What could possibly go wrong? Besides, you know, everything.

“Any peace deal made behind the backs of Ukraine and Europe will fail… Any quick fix is a dirty deal… It will not stop the killing. It will not stop the war.” - Kaja Kallas She is right...!

You take a picture that looks like the Politburo's luxury yacht—fat cats on deck sipping champagne while the proles sweat blood in the engine room—and slap the label "capitalism" on it like a participation trophy. It's the intellectual equivalent of pointing at a Soviet bread line and saying, "See? This is why we need more free markets." In real capitalism, those rowers have a fighting chance to buy a ticket upstairs, or at least unionize, sue the captain, and open a competing cruise line that serves better drinks. In communism, the rowers get told equality is coming right after the next Five-Year Plan, the captain's friends get the caviar anyway, and anyone who complains gets a free trip to the Gulag Archipelago—economy class, no lifeboats. The ship keeps sailing, comrade. Just don't ask why it always ends up on the rocks with everyone equally miserable except the ones steering.

This is literally capitalism.

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@LionelMedia Release the names, congresswoman. Before we all die of old age waiting for the "greatest cover-up" to cover up one more election cycle.

Well, Nancy, then just tell us who they are. What are you waiting for? Seriously.