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We have "cartesian blinders being put on us so that we are trying to make sense out of scraps of information and hints." - @bretweinstein
WEINSTEIN: I mean, even if you have your villains who are engaged in the behavior that motivated this war in Iran, even if that's the story, presumably most of the people in the path of these ferocious bombings that he is describing are not deserving of going back to the Stone Age.
In fact, I distinctly remember him telling us that part of what we were up to was liberating the people of Iran from their tyrannical regime.
So if it's the tyrannical regime that justifies the ferocious bombing, then it's a tragedy that other people are going to be sent back to the Stone Ages with them. Right?
HEYING: It's it's not a narrative. It's an incoherent set of talking points.
WEINSTEIN: Yeah, it's a kind of cheerleading that is completely inappropriate from the perspective of the president.
Bret Weinstein discusses the Trump administrations "back to the stone age" recent remarks in the latest episode of The Evolutionary Lens, Episode 320 "Are we back in the stone age?" on DarkHorse.
Bret Weinstein explains, "If you stop businesses from starting here, and if you drive people so that they move elsewhere—even though it's difficult to do—then the point is the tax base dries up, which then forces you to become even more predatory for the people who stayed.
And that's really the thing, right? They're setting themselves up so that they have to go after more and more people, because the people who are starting new businesses are not going to do it here."
The Cornell University story is much crazier than I thought
And things are escalating
Whatever happened that night in 2024, I have rarely seen such a coordinated media push behind one story. And if you look at the timing, it lines up with a growing battle between Cornell and student groups protesting the wars overseas.
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August 24: Students Not Bombs launches its campaign on the first day of the fall semester.
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September 15: Students Not Bombs announces Piker's visit. Tickets sell out within hours.
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September 16: Jane Doe files a civil lawsuit.
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September 24: Piker speaks at Sage Chapel at an anti-war event hosted by student organizations.
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September 28: The DA reopens the case, citing the "community outrage stemming from the incomplete news and social media coverage."
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October 2: Governor Kathy Hochul appoints Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor.
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October 5: Faculty submit a resolution declaring no confidence in the administration's ability to ...
Drama in the CK Investigation Circles
In case you're wondering, a couple of operatives (of sorts) infiltrated the citizen journalist circles and were caught coordinating to discredit one of the researchers in the inner circle. It's a funny story for anyone interested. Essentially, a guy who goes by Jesse on Fire accidentally sent his instructions to the wrong guy. The instructions were meant for the person he's working with, and they laid out how to discredit a researcher who covered the Fort Huachuca story.
The Cornell 7 story is just one battle in the war against free speech on campuses
How the media is coordinating to weaponize emotions to punish an anti-war movement
You may not have heard, but there was recently an anti-war rally at Cornell, one critics called anti-Israel, that took place days before the Cornell 7 story hit all the major news headlines. I didn't know about it either. I only found out because I was watching the DarkHorse Podcast, Bret and Heather were discussing the Cornell 7, and I kept asking myself the same question: why is this national news?
The answer I found had less to do with what happened in a fraternity house two years ago and more to do with what was happening at Cornell right now. I work at a University and sadly, there are far worse crimes that are committed that never make the news. Lots of crazy things happen all the time so, why is this story being revitalized with spotty evidence to begin with?
The Event You Didn't Hear About
In mid-September, a student coalition called ...
