Last week, Tucker Carlson rolled out of bed and dropped a 10 Point "Manifesto." We are not going to debate, or expand, on the missive, simply give you the bullet points. Why just a brief overview? Because it's a moot point. According to Carlson, America should be: Fair Sovereign Productive Beautiful Healthy Honest Optimistic Wise Decent United Written like it was penned by a naive 19 year old college student, Carlson is trying to sell you some vague Americana, which is just r

Jayden Daniels was the NFL Offensive Rookie of the year in 2024 for the Washington Commanders. After an injury-filled 2025 season, the Commanders have high hopes for him in the upcoming year. From FoxSports: Jayden Daniels Remains Stellar in Training Camp and Has Commanders Dreaming Big. But that Commanders story is a local story, Daniels is in the national spotlight for a far less dignified reason. From ESPN: Daniels Sends Cease and Desist to LSU after Pickett Given No. 5. A

Back in 2025, we proclaimed that Static-X was in the Big Four....of Nu Metal. That's like proclaiming what your favorite type of cake is. Nu Metal was nothing but sugary fun. I rarely think of Static-X nowadays, Wayne Static has been dead for over a decade and the other 3 original members are touring with the lead singer of Dope wearing a death mask. Editor's Note: Yes, it took us a bit to warm up to the concept, but the reviews for the live show were surprisingly positive. W

We readily admit our shortcomings at Beacon of Speech. One of our failures is using the tabloid the Daily Mail (UK) as a source or as story inspiration on rare occasions. We don't like TMZ, the National Enquirer is long gone, but the Daily Mail usually breaks big entertainment news faster than anyone. But in terms of quality, they are sloppy, and on some occasions, just flat out wrong. If they have earth-shattering breaking news, I often go to "real" news sources to confirm.

My favorite band of all time is Alice Donut. I'd like to think of myself as their biggest fan, but everyone knows that their biggest fan was Chet, star of the Mrs. Hayes video. God Bless him in his next journey, rockin' out to Alice Donut in the afterlife. The cover of Alice Donut's Mule Alice Donut fans have reported the passing with few details. We will respect Chet's privacy. Chet's last appearance with Alice Donut? In February of 2026 at the San Francisco reunion shows: A

John Dies at the End was a webserial back at the beginning of the 2000's. Jason Pargin (David Wong) parlayed that success into a paperback of the same name in 2007. John Dies at the End became an acclaimed cult classic film in the year 2012. Pargin just published his fifth book in his John and Dave series: There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs But in order to promote his work, Pargin maintains an internet presence at the Author Jason K Pargin Faceboo

Back in 2025, we wrote about Rosie O' Donnell's Rich Privilege. Long story short, she didn't feel safe in America once her nemesis Donald Trump was president again. She fled to Ireland and, our argument was, you can go, but don't come back in a year or two when you get tired of hanging around with the goats on the Potato Farm. According to Page Six, Rosie was back in America this Summer, visiting the Tony Awards. She also claimed that she's been back to America a few times t

Listen, I'm a grown-ass man, I shouldn't be watching so many cartoons-- But I'm ADDICTED, I watch 'em every day, and there are new episodes all summer long. The Simpsons (Disney+): Every month this summer, The Simpsons are dropping "streaming exclusive" episodes at Disney+. You think that's a bit gratuitous after 37 seasons? Next year The Simpsons Movie 2 comes out. President Curtis (HBO Max): For what it is, it's not too bad. What do I mean by that? Another spin-off from th

I am Babe Ruth, standing at home plate, aiming my bat at the bleachers and calling my shot. Yeah, I know it's Tom Behringer calling his shot in Major League, but no photo existed of The Babe calling his shot --- If he even did so at all. According to ESPN: Mauricio Pochettino Signs New Deal to Remain as USMNT Manager - Pochettino's Contract runs through the end of the 2030 World Cup. We 100% guarantee that Pochettino will be managing a club team in Europe to begin the 2027 se

Editor's Note: Working Title: Two Pet Peeves, Mixed Into One Nauseating Flavor In the last 2 days, I have seen, at minimum, 6 different ads for this new Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream flavor. I am not going to try the Change the Whirled Ice Cream, not because of its politics, but because it doesn't sound like something I would like. Let me be clear though, I do not like Colin Kaepernick: Colin Kaepernick Does Not Love Football (2017) Colin Kaepernick Does Not Love Football - Part

On March 3, 2023, according to Fact-Checker Politifact: "Later in the speech, Marjorie Taylor Greene added, “I will look at a camera and directly tell Zelenskyy, ‘You better leave your hands off of our sons and daughters, because they’re not dying over there.’” Why did Politifact have to fact-check Greene? Because the leader of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, never asked for troops, he asked for a mountain of money. Now if you're opposed to sending foreign aide to Ukraine, that

This photo was taken in Ceuta, Spain on Thursday. Now I'm not being glib, I am being dead serious. I want you to play Where's Waldo? I want you to zoom in on the picture until it is blurry and tell me: Where is the Female? Hint: Look Under the Red Arrow Did you find her? You can play the same game: France24 Al Jazeera BBC Univision CBC I kept seeing the number of immigrants in this wave as 60,000. Why is it important that the number of women and children is nearly non-existen

Some kid named Ethan Schaffer came up with this, using a Filter and pretending to be a dork who loves to review horror movies. (And vape.) Facebook Link Under Screen Shot His Horror Guy character is funnier than anything currently on Saturday Night Live. Facebook Link Under Screen Shot I have watched each one of these Reels at least a dozen times and laughed every single time. Facebook Link Under Screen Shot For all I know, Ethan Schaffer is making fun of ME. I don't care, he

I came across this meme at a local Facebook Group: First Response in the comments section? Jack P Russell, Ralph Perk, Carl Stokes, and Dennis Kucinich Uh, 4 politicians? I don't think so. Our 4 are in red: Bob Hope: Over 50 feature length films, over 50 USO Tours, over 50 albums and music compilations. First name is a slam dunk. Michael Stanley: Between August 25, 1982 and August 31, 1982, the Michael Stanley Band sold out Blossom Music Center 4 times in a row. That's a rec

Back in 2025, according to AI, "Juries in Connecticut and Texas ordered (Alex) Jones to pay roughly $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion in total damages after he claimed that the (Sandy Hook) tragedy that killed 20 children and six educators was staged." We do not like Alex Jones here at Beacon of Speech, not at all. Our on-the-record opinion is that Jones is nothing more than a snake oil salesman. When Alex Jones lost his website to the Onion, we laughed out loud. Jones losing his

I don't personally know Leland Nally, but he haunts my sleep. Why such an odd statement? Back in 2020, Leland Nally blew the lid off of the Epstein Files Controversy I Called Everyone in Jeffrey Epstein’s Little Black Book. Here was the byline: What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, “genius,” Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls. I could argue that Nally's missive was the most important piece of investigative reporting over the last decade. What

Now I can understand why some youngins might be confused by 70 year old Keith Morris. The Circle Jerks' last album was over 30 years ago. Their "prime" was in the mid 1980's, over 40 years ago. No Circle Jerks albums were created to protest the current, or former, Trump Administration. But let's be clear, almost every punk band of the 1980's were a reactionary statement against Ronald Reagan's policies or the rise of the Moral Majority in America, and that group of artists in

Earlier this week, Donald Trump, in yet another stream-of-conscious moment, blurted out that LeBron James was "maybe a racist." What was Trump's context for such a strong statement? From the BBC: "When asked whether Jordan or James was the "best ever", Trump said: "Michael Jordan is a guy that's a friend of mine. I play golf with him. He's a really good guy. I think LeBron is, maybe he's a racist, but maybe he doesn't like Trump. I don't know. I only like people that like me,

I'm very depressed tonight, Sick of it All's lead singer Lou Koller died earlier today at age 59. Here are some professional eulogies: Rolling Stone Revolver The Economic Times (?) Punk News The Mosh Network But mine will be simpler and more personal. If you go to the Dictionary and look up the term NEW YORK HARDCORE, there are no words simply this: Back in 1997, my friend Aaron loaned me a copy of Sick of it All's Built to Last. It was awesome, and I quickly went out and bou

<sigh> I saw this idiot a few weeks back on some right-wing news site and swore I wouldn't write about her/them/they/whatever. But then I saw this meme of the same TikTok-er over at # TheHodgeTwins and I felt compelled to reply. I, personally, am a failure. I built this crappy little free speech website, but it's not real, it's a collection of ideas, some good, some bad. My Great-Grandfather built his own home by hand. My Grandfather didn't build his own house, but he could h

Marilyn Manson was officially cancelled in 2021 by Rolling Stone Magazine. Back in 2024, we wrote Marilyn Manson as the Cockroach. Our angle? We were kind of surprised that Manson was trying to get up off the mat. We really thought he would just sort of drift away. Our money quote from that 2024 article: "I couldn't find one person willing to take up for Manson. His record label dropped him like a hot potato. His talent agency couldn't get rid of him fast enough. He now appea

Some smart-ass sent me Rolling Stone's 50 Songs for 50 States List over America's 250th Birthday weekend. The sender KNEW that Rolling Stone lists drive me crazy. So this is the game I would play using Rolling Stone's List as a template: I would scroll down the page and when each state came up on the screen, I would blurt out the song associated with said state. 46 out of 50 times, I either had a different answer than Rolling Stone, or no answer at all (sorry Delaware). I cha

Do you know why people want to drag Billionaires into the streets and beat them, Mussolini-Style? Because once you make so much money, you become consumed with making MORE money. The Story of the Magical Spigot All right kids, it's story time. As we have mentioned a few times before, we used to work at the mind-numbingly banal corporation, Iron Mountain. Why use the word "we?" Because Beacon of Speech co-founder Ted and I worked at the Mountain together and he can verify my a

This is going to be one of our shortest articles ever. Georgia college football coach Kirby Smart, a few months back, was proposing that the SEC breakaway from the NCAA. His angle?: Wouldn't it be great if there were spectacular matchups like Georgia/Florida every single week? Smart is a myopian, unable to see the forest through the trees. From FoxNews "I’ve said this for a long time to our president, I’ve been a huge advocate that if we can’t find rules that everybody plays