“Erika Kirk will continue his legacy, and will be a fearless advocate for the most elite airpower force in the history of the world whose warriors keep our nation safe, strong and free.”

Do you think Erika Kirk could even describe to you how airplanes fly with a basic grade school explanation?

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    Getting hep c and being discharged with 1 week of boot camp left seemed like a curse when I was 21…but now that I have seen all the bullshit Trump is doing…at 33 I can say thank God for hep c.

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          Well, in your case is the “state fair carnival ride that was on the evening news”-kind of swinging and roundingabout.

          You know, the kind of a ride that you know at least three people that broke their elbows and somehow makes your cousin twitch every time he hears a pneumatic brake.

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            That made me chuckle, thanks friend… I was having a mood swing, and ya put a smile on my face.

            It was definitely a funny way for the universe to save my ass. Took the wind outta my sails though. I wanted to serve since I was a wee lad. But I’m a different man now.

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            state fair carnival ride that was on the evening news”

            Good description of Erikkka Kirk.

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      I was considering going into the army, in 2001, after the election, I figured the leadership would get us into a war I would not want to be involved in. Nailed it.

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      I’m the same age. When I graduated college 10 years ago my dad tried talking me into the air force. I’m so glad I didn’t do that; I would have despised serving under this President.

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      There is a cure now right? It costs a cool quarter million though sadly, last I heard.

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        I actually got the first cure. The shoots and pills Made me sick as a dog, but from what they told me, I was good. Honestly would like to get rechecked just to be sure.

        Which I got through a program.

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          I have known a lot of people with hep c, all the older junkies from generations prior to mine had it it seemed, I used to have junkie roommates which ended very predictably, with them stealing my shit and selling it for pennies on the dollar. But some of their junkie acquaintances were ok, they were like in their 50’s and still doing fine, they just couldn’t drink much if at all and idk what else. Opiates for all of their faults don’t harm any organ systems.

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            Yep. The thing for me is I was straight edge till I was discharged. I had wanted to serve since I was like 6 yrs old, and I kept myself out of trouble. I never knew how I got it. I will say, my mother got tested after I had called her from Paris Island and told her. She had it. My dad, however, refused to get tested.

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      Hey it could be a DUI hire like others too…I don’t know much about her if that could be accurate but if she’s going with that ship she’s a fucking douche. No one with any sense of morality would ever accept a position from them.

      Funny how apparently all the ‘christian/godly’ (outspoken ones) types are attaching themselves to the apparent anti Christ. Well probably not literally but the description fits 1:1 and I’m an atheist but I think the Bible had a good description of that charlaton.

      I recall reading some old philosopher and they described the worst person, it was Trump. I could never find it again forget but it was Plato or Aristotle I think. There have always been those types in all of history. Somehow the US was hoodwinked into actually giving him power, rather than run him off like the snake oil salesmen he is.

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        I’m not religious either, but I’m aware of the core principles of Christianity. Trump is the embodiment of greed, and goes heavily against what the Bible teaches, look no further than “love thy neighbor.” He actively goes against that core principle daily. I’m sure someone has done a full write up of all the things trump has done that’s against the Bibles teachings, yet these Bible loving “”“Christians”“” swear he’s the second coming of Jesus and was appointed by god.

        It’s a cult, plain and simple. Christians follow him because a good amount of them are conservative, because their believe is only surface level. It’s only faith when it’s convenient and “against gods wishes or whatever” when it’s against their conservative beliefs.

        Christians that belive trump is the greatest and sent to us by god haven’t read the same fucking book they’re constantly quoting, they’re hypocrites and traitors to themselves and their supposed beliefs. He is in fact the antichrist according to these people’s own book.

        This is the true Trump Derangement Syndrome, because once again, every accusation is a confession of the Repulikkkan party.

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          “Could American Evangelicals spot the Antichrist?”

          The answer is, resoundingly: no, they cannot, despite having an entire Where’s Waldo-esque guide to spotting him listed in their holy book that they love to claim to have read.

          I’m an atheist (reading the Bible critically will do that to you); and even I readily recognize that Trump, and men just like him, were explicitly called out and warned against in Revelations, among other chapters.

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            You’ve missed the point, they KNOW he’s the antichrist. They need him to be to get to heaven without actually dying. I’m the child of old conservative evangelical christian ministers, and I can tell you at 80+ they are more terrified of dying that any other single thing.

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        I’m making fun of how republikkkans claimed people were hired for DEI not their skills, yet of course it’s a projection. The entire cabinet is unqualified

        I assumed the sarcasm was obvious

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    Kirk, a former Miss Arizona beauty pageant winner, was also recognized by Trump during the president’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in February.

    She was hired because of nepotism her qualifications…

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      She was hired because she’s proven herself to be a valuable psychopath and propaganda operative; those are the only relevant qualifications to the American nazi party.

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        she’ll also be Vance’s “Wife” soon if they deem him ready to be next in line. last thing they’d want is an Indian as first lady.

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          Vance is not getting the succession though. Ha. That fucking tool? No one likes him, that’s why he was chosen, so the big man wouldn’t be shunted aside for him.

          After the dust has settled, Vance will be chopped liver mark my words. Hopefully this cynical bitch throws in her lot with him and get wasted too. Silver lining.

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          I don’t know about that, she’d be useful to point to so they can say “see, we’re not racist! We tolerate her existence!”

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            The mask is off. The don’t care if we think their racist and the certainly don’t want to tolerate any brown people.

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      Allo magat hires have been DEI hires as pretty .uch none of them are even remotely capable for the job they have

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    Donald Trump is cancer. Literally couldn’t be a worse person. And he thinks the concept of “qualified” means “is liked by people in power”. If this administration doesn’t depress you greatly, nothing will.

    Nothing of real value is given value by this administration. Only money and hoarding it matter, and nakedly so. They’re literally citing greed as why starting a war is ok. “we’re going to make a lot of money” is something actually said out loud by politicians in defense of a war. I cannot imagine how this government could get more corrupt.

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      There couldn’t be a worse person by character. There could be a worse leader, one that was capable, and even just half as mean.

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    Oh my god, congratulations Erika. Look how far you got exploiting that bullet in your husband’s neck! Amazing. I’m sure his gay rumours were untrue, and that you loved each other so much! I hope you also one day get that closeted couch fucker away from his dirty foreigner wife! Such inspiration. Beautiful.

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    And what exactly are the qualifications of some former beauty pageant winner and widow of some dead far-right racist, anti-science, anti-intellectual monster to be in such a position?

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    Lmao. Everything Trump does is so extremely similar to how Hitler and the Nazi regime came to be. It’s unbelievable.

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    That BJ game must be good. No one can say this whore has any other talent.

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      Stop. It’s 2026, we don’t need to do this sex shaming bullshit anymore. Giving blowjobs doesn’t make you a bad person. Being good at blowjobs doesn’t make you a bad person. Don’t lump Erika fucking Kirk in with people who are simply good at blowjobs. Erika Kirk is a bad person because she’s profiting off of her husband’s death. Erika Kirk is a bad person because she’s continuing her husband’s legacy of hate and bigotry. Blowjobs have nothing to do with it, and you’re muddying the waters by making that the focus.

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        Much as I agree with this post, I don’t think emphasis here is on blowjob but on doing sexual favours to increase your influence. Also not claiming that it is right, though I agree she clearly seems to be enjoying the influence her husband’s death provided to her.

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          The original comment is putting “performs oral sex” in the same moral category as “uses dead husband’s bigoted beliefs and influence to put herself in positions of power in an authoritarian government”. That’s asinine. I don’t feel the need to tolerate such stupid opinions. Sex work is real work, and performing sex acts between consenting adults is not immoral.

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            I agree that sex work is real work and sex between consenting adults is always moral. However performing sexual favours to obtain something that you don’t deserve (for instance a position that should be given based on other merit) is immoral, not because of the sex but because of a reason not so dissimilar to nepotism. Our situation here is akin to me saying “nepotism is bad” and you saying “but looking after your relatives is not immoral”. Again I don’t know why “blowjob” was chosen there specifically, presumably because of all the gossip about Trump and blowjobs that have been circulating since day one, but at least on my end I did not focus on that aspect. And again I am not at all claiming that Erika has done anything of the sort which I guess is besides the point I am trying to make here.

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              Implying that a woman has obtained a position of power by performing a sex act is misogynist. Implying that Erika Kirk obtained her new position by performing a sex act distracts from the actual facts: she’s using her husband’s death and influence to obtain power. I appreciate the nuance you’re trying to bring to the conversation, but you’re sort of falling into the trap the original commenter laid - you’re letting yourself get distracted from the fact that Erika Kirk is terrible because she’s an evil human being, not because she’s a woman who may or may not perform sex acts.

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      Never met the woman but this feels like a comment copy and pasted from a trove of remarks showing just how sexist an online community is.

      Her actions and comments can speak for her not being a good person without us making allegations about her sex life.

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    I wonder if she will have a nice couch in her office for Vance when he visits.

    On a more serious note, it is amazing how well her husbands killing has worked out for her professionally.