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UK Criminalizes Speech, CNN’s Ugly Walz Defense, Politico’s Pathetic Pandering

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Undisputed King of Stuff and Discourse Magazine and Arizona Republic columnist Jon Gabriel is in for Jim. Today, Jon and Greg offer brief thoughts on the 50th anniversary of President Nixon's resignation. Then they hammer the British government for criminalizing free speech, take CNN to task for minimizing JD Vance's service in defense of Tim Walz, and get a good laugh at just how far Politico will go to carry water for the left.

First, they unload on officials in the UK who threaten to arrest anyone for making or repeating a social media post they deem offensive or could lead to violence. And they have many police officers who spend all day scouring social media looking for offenders.

Next, they scold CNN's Brianna Keilar for suggesting that Sen. Vance is an inperfect messenger to criticize Gov. Walz's service because while Vance's official title in Iraq was "combat correspondent." It's an argument concocted simply to deflect the mounting criticism of Walz.

Finally, they get a kick out of Politico's fevered efforts to boost Democrats and criticize Republicans. They point to one story fawning over how well Walz looks in casual wear and other one that compares Trump to Mussolini because they both survived assassination attempts.

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