Preference cascades
Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/14/2025 1:11:31 PM
All has been revealed. Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) writes on his Substack, When the Preference Cascade Becomes a Flood: Everything is becoming clear. Read the whole thing. Reynolds touches on the themes that I’ve described as “unknown knowns.” He writes that two truths have now been revealed for everyone to see. First, The murder of Charlie Kirk at the hands of a leftist gunman has revealed that many, many more Americans — and even people elsewhere around the world — supported Charlie and his views than was commonly appreciated.
person likes this.
people like this.
people like this.
people like this.
Below, you will find ...
Most Recent Articles posted by "Dreadnought"
and
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
Most Recent Articles posted by
Dreadnought"
Preference cascades
4 replies
All has been revealed. Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) writes on his Substack,
When the Preference Cascade Becomes a Flood: Everything is becoming clear.
Read the whole thing. Reynolds touches on the themes that I’ve described as “unknown knowns.” He writes that two truths have now been revealed for everyone to see. First,
The murder of Charlie Kirk at the hands of a leftist gunman has revealed that many, many more Americans — and even people elsewhere around the world — supported Charlie and his views than was commonly appreciated.
Blue-state governors Gavin Newsom of California and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois both promoted the leftist meme that President Donald Trump was dead — just days before the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk.
The meme was gleefully spread by left-wing trolls on social media when President Trump took a break from the limelight on Labor Day weekend. Trump later dismissed the rumors when he spoke to reporters. Despite the fact that Trump had survived two assassination attempts a year before — and survived a bullet that grazed his ear at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last year — Newsom and Pritzker boosted the meme.
This has been a difficult week, with the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk. It's prompted a lot of discussion about dangerous rhetoric and security.
Earlier in the week, President Donald Trump went out to eat in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate that the city is safer after his crime crackdown. He went to Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak, and Stone Crab, near the White House. He's certainly made the streets safer for people in D.C., and he was cheered when he arrived. While Trump was at the restaurant, there was another concerning moment that raised questions about the Secret Service. As Trump was being ushered to his seat
Australia is once again trying to return to its roots as a prison colony, as the state of New South Wales reaffirmed that it is illegal to pray that “transgender” people will accept the sexes God gave them.
It is difficult to wrap one’s mind around the fact that formerly Christian Western “democracies” like Scotland and Australia are actually enacting laws against prayer. Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) enacted a law earlier this year that the state’s attorney general, Michael Daley, just affirmed does in fact ban not only praying with but praying for people to recover from the mental illness
Watch: Coldplay Frontman Chris Martin
Tells Concertgoers to Send Love to Charlie
Kirk’s Family 3 replies
Tells Concertgoers to Send Love to Charlie
Kirk’s Family 3 replies
Coldplay frontman Chris Martin told his audience to “send love” to Charlie Kirk’s family on Friday night at his band’s concert in Wembley, United Kingdom.
“For the final time for a few years in London, let’s raise our hands like this and send love anywhere you want to send it in the world,” Martin said, adding, “There are so many places that might need it today. So, here it comes from London.” “You can send this to your brother or your sister. You can send it to the families of people who have been going through terrible stuff. You can send it to Charlie Kirk’s family,”
EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin lived with his transgender partner, senior-level FBI officials told Fox News Digital.
Bureau officials confirmed that Tyler Robinson, 22, was in a "romantic relationship" with the unnamed person, who is a male transitioning to a female, and that they shared an apartment in Saint George, Utah. Those FBI officials told Fox News Digital that Robinson's partner is fully cooperating with the FBI's investigation. One FBI official told Fox News Digital the individual has been "extremely cooperative," and said the person "had no idea" Robinson was allegedly planning to assassinate the Turning Point USA founder. The person is not currently
President Trump handed an ultimatum to NATO members Saturday morning: either get serious about ending the war caused by Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine or count the U.S. out. Using a "truth" from his Truth Social platform to lay down the law, President Trump said, "If NATO does as I say, the WAR will end quickly, and all of those lives will be saved! If not, you are just wasting my time, and the time, energy, and money of the United States."
A LETTER SENT BY PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TO ALL NATO NATIONS AND, THE WORLD: “I am ready to do major Sanctions
The US Military Has an Extremism Problem
and Charlie Kirk's Murder Put It Under
the Spotlight 7 replies
and Charlie Kirk's Murder Put It Under
the Spotlight 7 replies
When former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin galumphed into office in 2021, one of his first priorities was rooting out extremism in the ranks.
In an April 9, 2021, memo, Austin inaugurated his "Immediate Actions to Counter Extremism in the Department and the Establishment of the Countering Extremism Working Group (CEWG)." One of its four requirements was:
Commission of Extremism Study: The Department will commission a study on extremist behavior within our Total Force, to include gaining greater fidelity on the scope of the problem.
This was driven by media reports of veterans involved in the January 6 protests
Governor Cox: 'Investigators' Know Kirk
Assassin Was 'Deeply Indoctrinated With
Left-Wing Ideology' 10 replies
Assassin Was 'Deeply Indoctrinated With
Left-Wing Ideology' 10 replies
Utah Governor Spencer Cox has set the record straight in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, directly contradicting left-wing attempts to claim the Charlie Kirk assassin was "right-wing."
As RedState reported, there has been a perverse, incoherent attempt to try to blame Kirk's assassination not only on himself, but to suggest left-wing ideology played no role in the heinous crime. One of the latest to do it was disgraced former congressman Adam Kinzinger, who put out this post on Saturday morning. According to Cox, though, who has direct involvement in the investigation, it is "very clear" to investigators that Tyler Robinson was "indoctrinated with leftist ideology."
A 22-year-old wannabe professional gamer who lived with Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin gave cops incriminating text messages leading to his arrest.
Lance Twiggs turned over Tyler Robinson, who lived with him in a three-bedroom apartment in Saint George, Utah, Daily Mail can reveal.
Twiggs showed police texts from Robinson about stashing a gun linked to Wednesday's shooting of the prominent conservative activist at Utah Valley University (UVU), a law enforcement affidavit said.
His identity was revealed as separate reports emerged from Fox and the New York Post which stated that Robinson was living with a 'transgender partner' who is co-operating with the investigation.
What the left’s public execution of Charlie Kirk has done to mobilize the MAGA movement is something I never expected to see.
For more than 20 years, I’ve been a part of the conservative movement. Never a mover or shaker, but a cog happy to be overpaid to do my part. And an observer. Always an observer.
Last week, after the terrible news arrived that Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk had been assassinated, I observed something remarkable. It was so remarkable, it’s difficult to find the words, but I’ll try… It was as if some years ago someone downloaded a computer program directly into the fractured and fragile right-of-center movement,
A radical left group claimed responsibility for the destruction of power lines that left 50,000 homes and many businesses without electricity in Berlin for two and a half days, with repairs expected to take until 2026.
A manifesto confession posted on a notorious hard left message board called electricity the primary means of support for the political system, and depriving thousands of people of power for days justifiable collateral damage.
50,000 homes in south-east Berlin and thousands of businesses woke up to a power cut on Tuesday this week so severe it took 60 hours
Most Active Articles (last 48 hours)
UN assembly votes overwhelmingly to back
two-state solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict 36 replies
two-state solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict 36 replies
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Friday to support a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict and urge Israel to commit to a Palestinian state, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vehemently opposes.
The 193-member world body approved a nonbinding resolution endorsing the “New York Declaration,” which sets out a phased plan to end the nearly 80-year conflict. The vote was 142-10 with 12 abstentions.
Hours before the vote, Netanyahu said “there will be no Palestinian state.” He spoke at the signing of an agreement to expand settlements that will divide the West Bank, which the Palestinians insist must be part of their state, saying, “This place belongs to us.”
WASHINGTON — Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter Tyler Robinson was living with a transgender partner who was in the process of transitioning from a male to a female, a law enforcement source confirmed to The Post Saturday. That individual, who has yet to be identified by the authorities, is now fully cooperating with the FBI on its investigation into the fatal shooting of the conservative activist, the source added. The relationship was first reported by Fox News’ Brooke Singman. Text messages and other communications that the transgender individual traded with Robinson, 22, helped the feds nab the accused assassin. Federal and
What the left’s public execution of Charlie Kirk has done to mobilize the MAGA movement is something I never expected to see.
For more than 20 years, I’ve been a part of the conservative movement. Never a mover or shaker, but a cog happy to be overpaid to do my part. And an observer. Always an observer.
Last week, after the terrible news arrived that Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk had been assassinated, I observed something remarkable. It was so remarkable, it’s difficult to find the words, but I’ll try… It was as if some years ago someone downloaded a computer program directly into the fractured and fragile right-of-center movement,
Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX )'s narcissism was on peak display, following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, turning the focus on herself and claiming it's the right that needs to tone down the rhetoric, not those like her on the left.
During Crockett's appearance on Friday on "The Breakfast Club," the host asked how Crockett was doing, and she immediately turned the focus on herself. Of course she did. [Note: Her comments in the video below are mostly in the first six minutes.] "It's a tough time for all people in general. But obviously, as somebody who isn't afraid to speak her mind, our country is truly
Australia is once again trying to return to its roots as a prison colony, as the state of New South Wales reaffirmed that it is illegal to pray that “transgender” people will accept the sexes God gave them.
It is difficult to wrap one’s mind around the fact that formerly Christian Western “democracies” like Scotland and Australia are actually enacting laws against prayer. Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) enacted a law earlier this year that the state’s attorney general, Michael Daley, just affirmed does in fact ban not only praying with but praying for people to recover from the mental illness
Office Depot is facing backlash and even boycott calls after a Michigan store allegedly refused to print a poster of slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk for a vigil, with a GOP official blasting the company online and calling the move censorship.
Matthew DePerno, an attorney and Republican activist, said the Kalamazoo County Republican Party ordered the poster at 2:24 p.m. Friday from the Office Depot in Portage, MI, for a vigil honoring Kirk scheduled for that evening.
But around 5:30 p.m., DePerno said a store print supervisor named “Beryl” called and told organizers the order would not be completed because the poster was “propaganda.”
Democrat states refuse to comply with
Trump's flag half-staff order in honor
of Charlie Kirk 17 replies
Trump's flag half-staff order in honor
of Charlie Kirk 17 replies
Democratic-led states including New York and New Jersey have refused to lower flags to half-staff this week in honor of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The refusal is in defiance of a presidential proclamation issued by Donald Trumpordering the nationwide tribute following Kirk's killing. The directive was signed Wednesday and instructed US flags on all federal property to remain at half-staff until Sunday evening in recognition of what Trump called Kirk's service as 'a truly Great American Patriot.'
London Flooded with Free Speech Protesters
for Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ Rally 17 replies
for Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ Rally 17 replies
Vast crowds of Britons waving the Union Jack and St George flags descended on central London on Saturday for the “Unite the Kingdom” rally organised by veteran anti-grooming gang activist Tommy Robinson.
The demonstration comes in the wake of local protests throughout the country over the Summer in opposition to the mass migration agenda imposed upon the UK and the government scheme to house supposed asylum seekers in hotels at taxpayers’ expense, which became a flashpoint of anger following the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl by an illegal immigrant from Ethiopia living in a hotel in Epping.
Robinson, a frequent target of censorship, a longtime street activist
A public school teacher has been suspended after allegedly showing a video of Charlie Kirk’s assassination to students as young as 10 in his class, authorities in Canada said.
The teacher also suggested that Kirk deserved to be killed, and gave the young students a speech about anti-fascism and transgender issues, according to a report.
“Several students from his class went home and complained to their parents, traumatized at witnessing the on-camera death, which they were forced to witness numerous times over,” a source told the Toronto Sun after the shocking incident at a school in Toronto on Thursday.
President Trump handed an ultimatum to NATO members Saturday morning: either get serious about ending the war caused by Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine or count the U.S. out. Using a "truth" from his Truth Social platform to lay down the law, President Trump said, "If NATO does as I say, the WAR will end quickly, and all of those lives will be saved! If not, you are just wasting my time, and the time, energy, and money of the United States."
A LETTER SENT BY PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TO ALL NATO NATIONS AND, THE WORLD: “I am ready to do major Sanctions
The left loves to point the finger at MAGA and cry “radicalization.” Everyday people, suburban moms and dads, mowing their lawns, paying their bills, and wanting a safe country are suddenly painted as “radicals.” It’s hogwash. The real radicalization is staring us in the face, and it’s far uglier than anything they’ve ever accused us of. On the left-wing social media app Bluesky, the assassination of Charlie Kirk is being celebrated like a national holiday. The entire site reads like a grotesque party, with users cheering, laughing,(snip)over the murder(snip).
Bluesky is now taking it even further by openly naming other conservatives they want to see assassinated next
War Secretary Pete Hegseth has instructed Pentagon officials to be on the lookout for members of the military celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk, so they can be punished.
In the wake of the 31-year-old conservative influencer’s murder Wednesday, online sleuths have uncovered numerous sick social media posts from public officials, teachers, professors and even members of the armed services ghoulishly cheering or mocking Kirk’s assassination.
“We are tracking all these very closely — and will address, immediately,” Hegseth wrote on X Thursday. “Completely unacceptable.”