Avowed leftist author Stephen King was forced to admit his error and apologize after being caught spreading lies about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
As other &#8220;progressives&#8221; on social media tried to justify the brutal assassination of Kirk at a free speech event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, King piled on by sharing a tweet that said, “He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin.’”
Multiple accounts swarmed the comments with evidence of Kirk being civil towards gay people while presenting socially conservative viewpoints and maintaining a biblical view of marriage in his personal life. 
Kirk’s fans and friends went after King, sharing clips of the TPUSA founder speaking with gay people and welcoming them to the conservative movement.
“Hey [Stephen King], you are more monstrous than any of the characters you ever came up with. Charlie was never anything but kind to me and my husband,” conservative commentator Dave Rubin <a href="https://x.com/RubinReport/status/1966299918202540515">replied</a> on X.
“We broke bread many times, and he never treated us with anything other than respect. He even came to our house not too long ago and plot twist, didn’t throw rocks at us. Write about that sometime, you hack,” he added.
“Why would Stephen King post something so blatantly false?” X owner Elon Musk wondered.
Others shared screenshots of Kirk’s previous tweets, including one that said, “I believe marriage is one man one woman. Also gay people should be welcome in the conservative movement. As Christians we are called to love everyone. I will always stand against people who wish to establish their own personal values as a reason to kick others out of the movement.”
The backlash and facts became so severe that King backtracked and apologized on Friday morning.
“I apologize for saying Charlie Kirk advocated stoning gays. What he actually demonstrated was how some people cherry-pick Biblical passages,” the horror author <a href="https://x.com/StephenKing/status/1966474125616013664">wrote</a>.

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Notorious left-wing author Stephen King is claiming that guns are to blame for the horrific shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis, not the fact that the shooter identified as transgender.
King made his thoughts known in a reply he wrote to Elon Musk on X. “Whether he was transgender is beside the point. The point is he had a gun,” the author insisted.
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Whether he was transgender is beside the point. The point is he had a gun. <a href="https://t.co/erCYw4JNCz">https://t.co/erCYw4JNCz</a>
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1960829115965051087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“There is a clear pattern here,” Musk said in reply to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s post identifying the shooter as a 23-year-old man claiming to be transgender. “This deranged monster targeted our most vulnerable: young children praying in their first morning Mass of the school year. This deeply sick murderer scrawled the words ‘For the Children’ and ‘Where is your God?’ and ‘Kill Donald Trump’ on a rifle magazine,” Noem wrote in her post.
King’s followers disagreed with his assessment.
“He was mentally ill and had a gun[,] dumbass. Had he been diagnosed he wouldn’t have had a gun but d***heads like you celebrate it rather than acknowledge they need treatment,” one person <a href="https://x.com/SaltyGoat17/status/1960830133838942407">wrote</a>.
“Stephen, the gun didn’t walk into a Christian school on its own. A trans-identified man did,” another popular reply said. “That’s the point. You’ll name the tool but never the ideology, because acknowledging the pattern exposes the deviance you and your party defend.”
“Stop blaming inanimate objects for the wicked choices of people you refuse to hold accountable,” the commenter continued.
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The shooter in the tragedy, identified as 23-year-old Robin Westman (previously Robert Westman), fired “dozens of rounds” into Annunciation Church as students were attending mass on Wednesday morning. An 8-year-old and a 10-year-old died, and 14 children and 3 adults were injured. Westman then turned the gun on himself.
Westman is the latest in a series of transgender-identifying people who have committed school shootings, including the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting in 2019 and the Covenant School Shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2023.
Westman wrote in a journal entry that he was “tired of being trans” and regretted that he “brain-washed” himself. His <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-we-know-about-the-trans-identifying-gunman-who-slaughtered-catholic-school-children">personal writings</a> also included references to assassinating President Donald Trump and hatred for Jews. The deceased shooter also wrote that killing “children of innocent civilians” would give him “the most joy.”

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Hollywood stars have taken a knee on the “Trump is Hitler” meme, pivoting to the men and women of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice">ICE</a> (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).
A gaggle of notable names have ridiculed ICE for daring to enforce the nation’s immigration laws — laws supported by a majority of U.S. voters.
The agents, to date, have mostly focused on the worst offenders. Think illegal immigrants accused of heinous crimes who managed to remain free during the Biden administration.
Now, they’re being targeted by President Trump’s no-nonsense border czar Tom Homan. And progressive stars are raging everywhere they can against Team Homan. Late-night TV. Social media. Interviews.
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Stephen King played <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:h7obn4tkp47wn7gqh4oe5eij/post/3lrxwo2xx322u?ref_src=embed">the Nazi card</a> against ICE officials from the progressive Utopia known as BlueSky, including a misspell of “Gestapo.”
<blockquote>ICE looking more and more like the American Gestpo [sic].</blockquote>
Comedian Patton Oswalt used less incendiary rhetoric, by comparison, to light up ICE during a recent “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” appearance.
Oswalt called them “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YISQeVMl7RE">Pillsbury Stormtroopers</a>,” comparing their alleged physiques to his own lumpy form.
<blockquote>Your knees are hurting, your hips are screaming, and your back is aching … And you’re thinking, ‘Why didn’t I just stay home and play Red Dead Redemption and eat Sun Chips instead of coming out here in the heat where everyone’s booing me and I’m realizing that I’m the biggest douchebag on the planet?’</blockquote>
Oswalt’s rhetoric grew uglier when it came to Trump’s border czar. The “Ratatouille” star, after hearing about death threats tied to Homan, weighed in <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bwvd55e4hsxpuxa5ikrfgqgo/post/3lshyjaky722d?ref_src=embed">via BlueSky</a>.
<blockquote>good. i hope it gets so much worse for this rancid pile of polenta.</blockquote>
The far-Left hosts at “The View” couldn’t let the ICE raids go unnoticed. The ABC squad saw the chaos encircling Los Angeles earlier this month during the open borders protests and found the <a href="https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/06/10/view-la-riots-were-peaceful-days-ice-brought-crisis">source of the problem</a>.
They pointed to the ICE agents, not the protesters burning cars and hurling bricks at law enforcement officers.
Co-host Whoopi Goldberg says the city’s pro-illegal immigration rallies were “mostly peaceful” until ICE agents arrived on the scene. She leaned on impeccable sources for her wisdom.
<blockquote>…suddenly these guys showed up and flipped everybody out. So, that&#8217;s what my family is saying.</blockquote>
Sunny Hostin chimed in, playing the “mostly peaceful” card and backing up Goldberg’s anti-ICE assessment.
Credit pop superstar Lizzo with the most deranged take on the matter.
She claimed “illegal” immigrants <a href="https://news.meaww.com/lizzo-sparks-backlash-over-no-such-thing-as-illegal-no-borders-anti-ice-rant-avoid-this-thinking">aren’t real</a> because no one actually owns land.
<blockquote>When people finally understand that these terms and ideas are tools for racism and capitalism we can truly be free. We can finally see the oppressors for who they are.</blockquote>
Sometimes, profanity is a celebrity’s best friend. Take Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. He <a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/bad-bunny-calls-out-ice-video-puerto-rico-raids-1236434813/">blasted ICE agents</a> as “motherf****rs” in a Spanish screed on Instagram, tied to a video of agents interrogating unnamed people.
“Look, those motherf——s are in these cars, RAV-4s. They’re here in Pontezuela,” he posted in Spanish.
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Not to be outdone, “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert didn’t step in when one of his guests promoted extreme rhetoric from the show’s signature CBS couch. Instead, he piled on.
Congressman Maxwell Frost (D-FL) told the far-Left host ICE agents are <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2025/06/20/stephen-colbert-parrots-dem-rep-max-frosts-claim-ice-illegal-alien-arrests-look-like-kidnapping/">“kidnapping people.”</a>
<blockquote>We have ICE federal agents pulling up, terrorizing our communities, hopping out of unmarked vans, stealing and yes, kidnapping people, not giving them their day in court and yes, human trafficking them to other nations.</blockquote>
Colbert nodded along, doubling down on the kidnapping verbiage.
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Pop superstar and “Wicked” alum Ariana Grande <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/fans-call-deport-ariana-grande-223000803.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAF9fz-2bDSEpBRzMDd4UR-7ykCkPfQfpu70OuyRrt3j4byjEGiYJ3tGZZOMNgKx5mQICLWu2lzofdi-_5RFeduexyS7EZfd74zFjiJkwBUN-GTzEmNG613Ev4_ZAoYBEHxv4XH70AONldMD0nHVsHaRm4uZa-6iw905c5TO7gsOH">conflated illegal immigration</a> with lawfare attacks against President Trump to her 270+ million Instagram followers.
<blockquote>Could someone explain which crimes get you deported and which ones get you elected president? It’s so confusing.</blockquote>
Veteran singer Shakira leaned into the fear-mongering part of the celebrity playbook, also conflating legal and illegal immigration during a BBC interview.
She described the immigrant experience as “<a href="https://variety.com/2025/music/news/shakira-immigrant-united-states-constant-fear-1236432560/">living in constant fear</a>.”
<blockquote>Now, more than ever, we have to remain united. Now, more than ever, we have to raise our voices and make it very clear that a country can change its immigration policies, but the treatment of all people must always be humane.</blockquote>
Mark Ruffalo, one of the most outspoken stars in the Hollywood galaxy, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mark-ruffalo-jimmy-kimmel-more-stars-protests-no-kings-1236291157/">railed against ICE efforts</a> during California’s “No Kings” June 14 protest.
<blockquote>We see a president who has made himself a king and dictator, and we don’t see an opposition that’s powerful enough to stand up against the trampling of our rights and the trampling of the Constitution that’s happening every single day with executive orders, with the refusal to obey court orders, kidnapping of immigrants, people who are here legally, people who their children are being taken from them.</blockquote>
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Celebrity Nation decried the January 6 riot and demanded protesters pay a stiff price for battling beleaguered Capitol Police officers. Things are different now, apparently. They could have objected to ICE raids on different grounds, suggesting that hard-working illegals should find a path to citizenship, not a one-way ticket out of the U.S.
Instead, in the grand “Spinal Tap” tradition, they turned the incendiary rhetoric up to 11.
Worst of all, none of this is happening in a vacuum. The Department of Homeland Security says attacks on ICE agents have shot up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/assaults-on-ice-agents-increase-500?author=Catherine+Maxwell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Assaults+on+ICE+Agents+Increase+500%25">500% in recent weeks</a>. ICE agents are routinely doxxed, forcing them to mask up to protect their loved ones.
The stars won’t stop their incendiary rhetoric, apparently, even if it gets someone hurt. Or worse.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-king" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen King</a> was dragged on social media after he made an overly-broad claim about how more than two dozen of his books were supposedly banned throughout the state of Florida.
In a post on Sunday on <a href="https://x.com/StephenKing/status/1829984944321360242?t=lXtwH0OPAbDSXXP6n3-pmg&amp;s=19">X</a>, the 76-year-old horror author claimed that “Florida has banned 23 [of] my books. What the f***?” It later went viral, with more than 14 million views at the time of this publication.
However, as many pointed out in the responses, none of King’s books have been completely banned in the state. Rather, Florida passed legislation in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-signs-bill-requiring-transparency-from-schools-on-reading-materials">2022</a> that prevents “sexually explicit material” from being in school libraries and seeks to ensure there are only age-appropriate books.
&#8220;Babe, elementary school kids don&#8217;t need to be reading ‘The Shining.’ It&#8217;s not personal. It&#8217;s parenting,” one person <a href="https://x.com/JennMGreenberg/status/1830039496307486985">wrote</a>, referring to one of King&#8217;s works.
Another <a href="https://x.com/Artist_Angie/status/1830068424787312718">added</a>, “Removing books from a SCHOOL library [because] they may not be appropriate for the age group is NOT a ban Mr. King. The parents can go to a public library in town or any bookstore in FL and purchase or check out any book they would like including yours. You have a robust vocabulary and know the definition of the word ban. You should use it, sir.”
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Florida has banned 23 pf my books. 
What the fuck?
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1829984944321360242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2024</a></blockquote>
“You’re lying. Some of your books that contain explicit sexual material were removed from elementary schools,” a third person <a href="https://x.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/1830601259373470051" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “But let’s talk about why you’re mad about this… Do you think it’s appropriate for children to read about orgies?”
Florida Department of Education spokesperson Sydney Booker also disputed the book banning claim, stating, “There are no books banned in Florida. Sexually explicit material and instruction are not suitable for schools,” <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/stephen-king-florida-book-ban-viral-post-1947396">Newsweek</a> noted.
The horror author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stephen-king-trashed-for-making-comments-about-banned-books-does-this-include-pornography" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously was trashed</a> by online users when he encouraged kids to find and read books that had been removed from school libraries.
“I’m not sure Stephen understands how creepy this is, considering the materials that are being restricted are openly pornographic,” Nick Frietas, a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, <a href="https://twitter.com/NickForVA/status/1615792600027652099">agreed</a>. 
“Does this include pornography? Because I’m pretty sure parents don’t want you telling their children to access pornographic material.” Stephen Miller, former senior adviser to President Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenM/status/1615834670108934144">said</a>.
“Periodic reminder that when they accuse us of ‘banning books’ they’re referring to graphic books containing pornographic content. Stephen King wants your kids to have access to these books in school,” Libs of TikTok shared.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stephen-king-roasted-for-blaming-the-marvels-failure-on-adolescent-fanboy-hate-maybe-the-movie-just-sucks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen King Roasted For Blaming ‘The Marvels’ Failure On ‘Adolescent Fanboy Hate’: ‘Maybe The Movie Just Sucks?’</a>

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Avowed leftist author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-king">Stephen King</a> is publicly calling on President Joe Biden to step aside and allow someone else to be the Democratic 2024 presidential nominee. 
The 76-year-old novelist shared his thoughts in an X post Monday morning. “Joe Biden has been a fine president, but it’s time for him—in the interests of the America he so clearly loves—to announce he will not run for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election">re-election</a>,” he wrote.
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Joe Biden has been a fine president, but it’s time for him—in the interests of the America he so clearly loves—to announce he will not run for re-election.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1810276684345573721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“Even Stephen King is voting for Donald Trump!” Elon Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1810279089753792519">joked</a> in a reply.
Another <a href="https://twitter.com/ScottPresler/status/1810307641874284739">reply</a> said, “Thank you for recognizing that Joe Biden has become a villain, like one of the monsters in your horror novels.”
Many fellow Democrats were upset by King&#8217;s post. 
“Biden has been a fantastic President. So much so that we voted for him to be the Democratic candidate again,” one follower <a href="https://twitter.com/JaredRyanSears/status/1810282427329151457">wrote</a>. “Making a change now would be foolish and would lead to a second Trump presidency. Amazing to see those who are abandoning Biden at the first bump in the road.”
King’s comments come just after Hollywood activist Rob Reiner made a similar suggestion. He tweeted on Sunday that “it’s time to stop f***ing around.”
“If the Convicted Felon wins, we lose our Democracy. Joe Biden has effectively served US with honor, decency, and dignity. It’s time for Joe Biden to step down,” Reiner <a href="https://twitter.com/robreiner/status/1809982004479533307">told</a> followers.
Even close congressional allies of the president have publicly questioned whether Biden should continue his re-election bid. 
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) appeared on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet the Press&#8221; to discuss Biden&#8217;s falling poll numbers. 
“It should not be even close,” Schiff <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-july-7-2024-n1310187">said</a>, insisting that Biden “should be mopping the floor with Donald Trump” because “Joe Biden’s running against a criminal … The only one reason it is close. And that’s the president’s age.”
Despite losing support from major donors, Biden, 81, has repeatedly voiced his intentions to remain in the race. He did so most recently during a call-in interview Monday on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Joe.&#8221; 
&#8220;I don&#8217;t care what those big names think,&#8221; he said, per <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/08/nx-s1-5032737/biden-tells-democrats-stop-speculation">NPR</a>, saying he was getting &#8220;frustrated…by the elites in the party.&#8221;
&#8220;They were wrong in 2020, wrong in 2022 about the &#8216;red wave,&#8217; and they&#8217;re wrong in 2024,&#8221; Biden said.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to explain anymore about what I should or shouldn&#8217;t do,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I am running. I am running.&#8221;

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Outspoken leftist author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-king">Stephen King</a> blamed the box office failure of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">The Marvels</a>” on woman-hating fanboys. But his social media followers aren’t letting him get away with it.
“Some of the rejection of THE MARVELS may be adolescent fanboy hate. You know, ‘Yuck! GIRLS!’” the 76-year-old author shared on X November 12, in a post that has since racked up more than 2 million views.
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Some of the rejection of THE MARVELS may be adolescent fanboy hate. You know, &quot;Yuck! GIRLS!&quot;
&mdash; Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1723875366907834660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“The Marvels” was a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-the-marvels-has-worst-ever-opening-weekend-in-mcu-history">massive disappointment</a> for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marvel">MCU</a>, pulling in just $47 million during its opening weekend — the lowest in the franchise&#8217;s history. The poor showing is partly blamed on multiple factors, including the actors’ strike in Hollywood and general superhero movie fatigue. 
Social media users objected to King&#8217;s implication that the female-led film starring Brie Larson, which was also touted for having the franchise’s first black female director, crashed and burned because would-be moviegoers hate women.
“I am a woman. I saw the movie. It was bad,” BlazeTV host Lauren Chen <a href="https://twitter.com/TheLaurenChen/status/1724063900448981237">replied</a>.
“Or maybe the movie just sucks?” another person <a href="https://twitter.com/ocajjoni/status/1723875608524922904">suggested</a>.
“Given that most of the people who go see these kinds of superhero movies are adolescent boys, absolutely yes, which should immediately tell you something about how fantastically Disney is failing their core audience right now,” a third person observed.
“It&#8217;s fine though. Adolescent boys will simply take their money somewhere else where their audienceship is appreciated and welcomed.”
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A few of King’s followers called him out for not patronizing the movie himself and then complaining about poor numbers.
“Since you don&#8217;t go to MCU movies and don&#8217;t care for them, that means you rejected The Marvels, right? Does that mean you hate women?” one person wrote with a screenshot of the horror book writer’s previous tweet. 
King had <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1723754733024780549">tweeted</a> earlier the same day, writing, “I don’t go to MCU movies, don’t care for them, but I find this barely masked gloating over the low box office for THE MARVELS very unpleasant. Why gloat over failure?”
Marvel Studios recently <a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/news/the-marvels-bombs-box-office-whats-next-marvel-cinematic-universe-1235788706/">postponed</a> three projects originally slated for 2024. 
“Captain America: A Brave New World,” “Thunderbolts,” and “Blade” are being pushed to 2025 because of strike-related production delays. That means the only Marvel release scheduled for 2024 is “Deadpool 3.” 
Though these actions aren’t necessarily due to “The Marvels” being a flop, it does give the studio time to regroup and come up with a new strategy.

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Acclaimed horror author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-starts-and-apparently-finishes-blue-check-fee-negotiations-with-stephen-king" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen King</a> attempted to mock Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) over a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/if-the-media-had-investigated-cuomos-covid-response-the-way-they-did-cruzs-cancun-trip-thousands-of-new-yorkers-could-still-be-alive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2021 trip to Cancun</a>, but got an earful over the ongoing crisis at the U.S-Mexico border for his trouble.
The brief skirmish, which played out on Twitter over several days, began with a video Cruz shared from a recent appearance on Fox News. &#8220;I spend a lot of time at the southern border,&#8221; the Texas senator captioned the clip. &#8220;I spend a lot of time with our border patrol agents. It&#8217;s never been remotely this bad. This is an invasion &amp; our families are less safe because Joe Biden is president.&#8221;
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I spend a lot of time at the southern border. I&#39;ve spent a lot of time with our border patrol agents. 
It&#39;s never been remotely this bad. 
This is an invasion &amp; our families are less safe because Joe Biden is president. <a href="https://t.co/2jHC8CxMtn">pic.twitter.com/2jHC8CxMtn</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1671941383966412801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In the clip, Cruz discussed the fact that Border Patrol had already encountered 125 people who were on the Terror Watch List in fiscal year 2023 — which isn&#8217;t even over yet — up from 98 such encounters in 2022, 15 in 2021, and just 3 in 2020.
He also noted that since President Biden took office, more than six million had crossed the border illegally — &#8220;the worst in history.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/seriously-ignorant-stephen-king-gets-buried-over-hot-take-on-putin-and-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">King</a> weighed in then, <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1672055137437732866" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeting back</a> a reference to Cruz&#8217;s trip — a trip that coincided with a deadly freeze and power failure in his home state. &#8220;You’ve also spent a lot of time in Cancun. That’s pretty south, right?&#8221; the author asked.
&#8220;Multi-millionaire Leftist @StephenKing sits in his mansion in Maine and laughs at the kids being abused &amp; the women being sexually assaulted on our Southern border,&#8221; Cruz responded. &#8220;He doesn’t give a damn about their suffering—or about the 853 migrants who died last year or the 100k Americans who died of drug overdoses. Nope. What does he want to talk about? Cancun.&#8221;
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Multi-millionaire Leftist <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StephenKing</a> sits in his mansion in Maine and laughs at the kids being abused &amp; the women being sexually assaulted on our Southern border. 
He doesn’t give a damn about their suffering—or about the 853 migrants who died last year or the 100k Americans… <a href="https://t.co/olSWvcNqqr">https://t.co/olSWvcNqqr</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1673397034110394369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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King <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1673437197008027649" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tried again</a>, turning the topic back to Cancun: &#8220;You&#8217;re worth three mil yourself, Teddy. Guess you can go to Cancun pretty much whenever you want. How are your constituents doing?&#8221;
Cruz responded once more, saying that he was actually worth more than King had claimed and asking why the author had refused to address the point he had made on the crisis at the border.
&#8220;Am worth more than that (as the son of a penniless immigrant), but I gladly took a 90% pay cut to fight every day for 30 million Texans,&#8221; Cruz tweeted. &#8220;Why does @StephenKing ignore EVERY WORD I said about the people hurt by the #BidenBorderCrisis? Because rich Hollywood liberals simply don’t give a damn about the people their policies hurt.&#8221;
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Am worth more than that (as the son of a penniless immigrant), but I gladly took a 90% pay cut to fight every day for 30 million Texans. 
Why does <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StephenKing</a> ignore EVERY WORD I said about the people hurt by the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BidenBorderCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BidenBorderCrisis</a> ?
Because rich Hollywood liberals simply… <a href="https://t.co/wEGirK2mNh">https://t.co/wEGirK2mNh</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1673469104571707400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Twitter owner and billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and author Stephen King have been duking it out over the blue-check verification badges since Musk first announced his plan to charge a monthly fee — and King attempted to escalate matters on Saturday.
The acclaimed horror author — who remains verified despite his repeated claims that he has not paid the requisite fee — responded to Musk&#8217;s implication that he was footing the bill personally by suggesting he do something else with his money.
&#8220;I think Mr. Musk should give my blue check to charity. I recommend the Prytula Foundation, which provides lifesaving services in Ukraine. It&#8217;s only $8, so perhaps Mr. Musk could add a bit more,&#8221; he tweeted.
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I think Mr. Musk should give my blue check to charity. I recommend the Prytula Foundation, which provides lifesaving services in Ukraine. It&#39;s only $8, so perhaps Mr. Musk could add a bit more.
&mdash; Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1649771678220574722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Musk <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1650008972865224704" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a> to King on Sunday, saying, &#8220;I’ve donated $100M to Ukraine, how much have you donated? (We turned down the DoD money btw).&#8221;
The spat <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-starts-and-apparently-finishes-blue-check-fee-negotiations-with-stephen-king" target="_blank" rel="noopener">began</a> when King first learned of Musk&#8217;s plan to charge a fee for verification — which he initially said would be $20 per month.
&#8220;$20 a month to keep my blue check? F*** that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron,&#8221; King tweeted, informing critics that he wasn&#8217;t concerned about the cost but rather &#8220;the principle.&#8221;
Musk replied with a counter-offer, suggesting a fee of $8 per month instead — which was the price point he eventually set.
&#8220;We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?&#8221;
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I will explain the rationale in longer form before this is implemented. It is the only way to defeat the bots &amp; trolls.
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1587314744754683905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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And when the &#8220;legacy&#8221; blue check marks began to disappear, King&#8217;s remained — and he was quick to complain, adamant that he had not paid the fee to remain verified.
&#8220;My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t. My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t,&#8221; King tweeted.
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You’re welcome namaste 🙏
&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1649181726395052039?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Musk, who later hinted that he might also be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-reveals-hes-personally-paying-for-3-celebs-to-keep-their-blue-checks-on-twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">paying the fees</a> to keep NBA player LeBron James and &#8220;Star Trek&#8221; actor William Shatner verified as well.

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‘How Much Have You Donated?’: Elon Musk Torches Stephen King Over Blue Check, Ukraine

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> said Thursday that he’s “personally” paying for subscriptions to Twitter Blue for three prominent celebrity accounts: Stephen King, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lebron-james">LeBron James</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/william-shatner">William Shatner</a>.
Some Twitter users saw the move as a form of trolling since those three individuals have vowed to not pay for the new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">Twitter</a> verification on principle. The social media platform recently removed their blue check verification from prominent business and celebrity accounts unless they paid the $8/month subscription fee. 
Following the Thursday update, only government accounts were eligible for free verification on Twitter.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-king">King</a> kicked off the conversation with a tweet that said, “My Twitter account says I’ve subscribed to Twitter Blue. I haven’t. My Twitter account says I’ve given a phone number. I haven’t.” Musk replied, “You’re welcome namaste.”
The billionaire CEO of Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX then <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1649173502572765185">tweeted</a> that he was “personally” paying for Twitter Blue for James, Shatner, and King. 
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I’m paying for a few personally
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In October 2022, King expressed his disdain for the concept of Twitter charging users $20/month for verification. “F*** that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron,” the horror writer posted at the time. “It ain’t the money, it’s the principle of the thing.” 
Musk responded, “We need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8 [per month]?”
NBA star James tweeted on March 31, “Welp guess my blue [check] will be gone soon cause if you know me I ain’t paying the 5,” with the shrugging emoji. 
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“Star Trek” alum Shatner also directed ire toward Musk, <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamShatner/status/1639811930243334145">writing</a> in March, “Hey [Elon Musk] what’s this about blue checks going away unless we pay Twitter? I’ve been here for 15 years giving my [time] &amp; witty thoughts all for bupkis. Now you’re telling me that I have to pay for something you gave me for free? What is this – the Colombia Records &amp; Tape Club?”
Since the updates, certain celebrities, including Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, and Miley Cyrus, still have their blue checkmarks, though it’s unclear if they paid for Twitter Blue. Other celebrities lost their checkmarks and had various reactions.
“No blue check, still feel like me,” actor Ben Stiller <a href="https://twitter.com/BenStiller/status/1649122472770273302">wrote</a>.
Sesame Street’s Grover also shared his thoughts, <a href="https://twitter.com/Grover/status/1649184292126306304">writing</a>, “My cute adorable blue checkmark is now gone, but I, your cute adorable blue monster, am still here!”
Bette Midler was furious to have her blue check taken away. “Elon took my blue check away! I’m unverified! After all these years and thousands of tweets and free content, this worm has the nerve to de-certify me,” she wrote.
Later in the day, the “Hocus Pocus” star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bette-midler-melts-down-over-losing-blue-check-on-twitter-contributed-mightily-to-your-platform">lashed out</a> again. 
“Elon, deciding that I’m not me, I’m a fake, &amp; obliging ME, who has contributed mightily to your platform, (at least until you “tweaked the algorithm &amp; tanked my metrics”) to pay monthly because you don’t have enough money &amp; you’re humiliated b/c everyone thinks you’re a pathetic douche, is the funniest thing you’ve ever done. Let that sink in. Sorry to hear about your rocket,” Midler said.

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Outspoken leftist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-king">Stephen King</a> is getting dragged online by conservatives as a &#8220;transphobe&#8221; for a Thursday comment he made about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">abortion</a>.
The best-selling author tweeted, “It has been said before, but it bears repeating: if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.”
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It has been said before, but it bears repeating: if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.
&mdash; Stephen King (@StephenKing) <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1646635225722519553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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This led many Twitter users to point out that his side of the debate believes that men can actually get pregnant, which means his conclusion stands in opposition to his supposed beliefs.
“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">Transphobe</a>,” <a href="https://twitter.com/BillboardChris/status/1646738179939254274">replied</a> Billboard Chris, a critic of radical gender theory.
“Never pegged Stephen King to be a TERF,” another person said, identifying King’s stance as that of a “trans-exclusionary radical feminist.”
“Are you saying men can&#8217;t get pregnant?” another person asked.
“Welcome to the transphobe club, Stephen! There are many of us already here, including fellow author [J.K. Rowling]. Have you met?” another person responded.
“I’m reliably told that men, in fact, can get pregnant. You bigot,” another person said.
The tweet quickly went viral after the author shared it Thursday, earning 4.2 million views.
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Abortion remains a hot button political issue following the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court. Now states are able to make their own abortion laws, which most recently led to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ron-desantis-signs-heartbeat-protection-act-into-law-cementing-historic-pro-family-agenda">Heartbeat Protection Act into law</a>. This will restrict abortions in the state after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which is usually around six weeks gestation. 
Other states which have similar laws include Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, and Texas. A new report found that there were 32,000 <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/11/health/abortion-decline-post-roe/index.html">fewer abortions</a> since the Dobbs decision.  
King is no stranger to getting mocked online. In January, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stephen-king-trashed-for-making-comments-about-banned-books-does-this-include-pornography">shared his opinion</a> on banned books, which also sparked a big reaction on social media.
“Hey, kids! It’s your old buddy Steve King telling you that if they ban a book in your school, haul your ass to the nearest bookstore or library ASAP and find out what they don’t want you to read,” King’s tweet said.
Many followers pointed out that these “banned” books often included pornographic images which are inappropriate for children.
“Does this include pornography? Because I’m pretty sure parents don’t want you telling their children to access pornographic material.” Stephen Miller, former senior advisor to President Trump said at the time.
“I’m not sure Stephen understands how creepy this is, considering the materials that are being restricted are openly pornographic,” Nick Frietas, a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, responded.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-king">Stephen King</a>’s tweet encouraging kids to read banned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/books">books</a> inspired a lot of negative feedback from followers. 
“Hey, kids! It&#8217;s your old buddy Steve King telling you that if they ban a book in your <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/education">school</a>, haul your ass to the nearest bookstore or library ASAP and find out what they don&#8217;t want you to read,” the best-selling author’s original tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1615742233134653442">said</a>.
“Stephen doesn’t understand there are things called age-appropriate materials,” Billboard Chris, a Canadian activist, <a href="https://twitter.com/BillboardChris/status/1615821859500752896">replied</a>. 
“I&#8217;m not sure Stephen understands how creepy this is, considering the materials that are being restricted are openly pornographic,” Nick Frietas, a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates, <a href="https://twitter.com/NickForVA/status/1615792600027652099">agreed</a>. 
&#8220;Does this include pornography? Because I’m pretty sure parents don’t want you telling their children to access pornographic material.&#8221; Stephen Miller, former senior advisor to President Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenM/status/1615834670108934144" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“Periodic reminder that when they accuse us of ‘banning books’ they’re referring to graphic books containing pornographic content. Stephen King wants your kids to have access to these books in school,” Libs of TikTok shared alongside an image of some books which have recently become hotly contested.
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One of those is the memoir “Gender Queer.” The book provides verbal descriptions of masturbation and oral sex alongside explicit illustrations. One scene includes a 14-year-old boy fantasizing about touching an older man’s penis. A Colorado mother was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/parents-battle-school-boards-over-graphic-content-in-gender-queer">silenced</a> at her local school board meeting when she tried to read from the book while attempting to get it removed from her child’s school library.
“Pornography does not belong in our schools, or accessible to our children,” the parent pleaded, echoing similar sentiments being argued at other school board meetings across the country. 
“This Book Is Gay,” another frequently banned title, instructs readers how to make a profile on the gay hookup app Grindr and other “sex apps.” 
There&#8217;s also the banned book “Queer: The LGBT Guide For Teens,” which provides in-depth descriptions of anal sex, oral sex, one-night stands, and “vaginal sex with dildos.” That book also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wisconsin-school-district-provides-sexually-explicit-books-to-third-graders-teaches-students-how-to-use-sex-apps">discusses</a> the relationship between God and the LGBT community. It warns against people who “use religion to justify their ignorant viewpoints and tell you that you’re going to burn in hell for being gay.” 
Libs Of TikTok also shared graphic illustrations from the books “Flamer” and “Let’s Talk About It,” which are also unavailable in some schools. 
Sexually explicit books aren’t the only ones being rejected from school libraries. A <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-50-most-banned-books-in-america/">list</a> of the 50 most banned books in schools included titles featuring other themes, including teen suicide, rape, drug use, racism, and other complex topics. 
Individual states and school districts decide which books should be available for students.

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New <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/books">author</a> Chelsea Banning was feeling sad following the low turnout at her book signing but then got support from some of the most famous authors in the world.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ohio">Ohio</a> native posted about the event on her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">Twitter</a> account. Banning told <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/12/06/1140833403/a-new-writer-tweeted-about-a-low-book-signing-turnout-and-famous-authors-commise">NPR</a> that nearly 40 people had responded that they would attend her signing at Pretty Good Books in Ashtabula, Ohio, but on that night, only two fans showed up.
&#8220;I was discouraged and bummed and I felt bad that the bookstore owner opened his store for me,&#8221; she said.
The first-time author had just published the fantasy novel “Of Crowns and Legends.” It’s meant to be the first book of a trilogy about King Arthur&#8217;s children.
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Rather than sulking away in shame, Banning shared her experience on social media and was shocked to find some of the best-selling authors of all time commiserating with her.
&#8220;Only 2 people came to my author signing yesterday, so I was pretty bummed about it. Especially as 37 people responded &#8216;going&#8217; to the event. Kind of upset, honestly, and a little embarrassed,&#8221; the author <a href="https://twitter.com/chelseabwrites/status/1599396859394789382">shared</a> with her followers.
Banning couldn’t believe it when some of her favorite authors replied to her tweet. &#8220;I stayed up until 1 a.m. in complete shock, just watching it happen,&#8221; she reportedly said.
“Terry Pratchett and I did a signing in Manhattan for Good Omens that nobody came to at all.  So you are two up on us,” British author Neil Gaiman, who wrote “Coraline” and “American Gods,” said in <a href="https://twitter.com/neilhimself/status/1599776707392679936">reply</a>. 
“I have sat lonely at a signing table many times only to have someone approach…and ask me where the bathroom is,” New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult <a href="https://twitter.com/jodipicoult/status/1599582446923567104">agreed</a>. 
“Can&#8217;t beat my record.  One (1) person turned up at a signing once.  We had a lovely conversation and went to coffee.  Lemonade!” fantasy and sci-fi writer Robin Hobb <a href="https://twitter.com/robinhobb/status/1599599893756379136">chimed in</a>.
“I did a book reading where only my husband’s cousin showed up. One person. I’ll never forget that reading,” Min Jin Lee <a href="https://twitter.com/minjinlee11/status/1599599120188026880">wrote</a>.
“The Handmaid’s Tale” author Margaret Atwood said it happened to her, too. “Join the club. I did a signing to which Nobody came, except a guy who wanted to buy some Scotch tape and thought I was the help,” she <a href="https://twitter.com/MargaretAtwood/status/1599812088024924162">tweeted</a> in reply. 
Even Stephen King said he had a lackluster showing early in his career. “At my first SALEM&#8217;S LOT signing, I had one customer,” King <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenKing/status/1599875398191714304">wrote</a>. “A fat kid who said, ‘Hey bud, do you know where there&#8217;s some Nazi books?’”
After Banning’s tweet went viral, her book shot up to the number one best-seller on Amazon in the Arthurian Fantasy category, and she shared that all her signed copies <a href="https://twitter.com/chelseabwrites/status/1599830268394643456">sold out</a>.

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Author Shares That Only 2 People Came To Her Book Signing, Then Famous Authors Chime In: ‘I Have Sat Lonely’

Author Shares That Only 2 People Came To Her Book Signing, Then Famous Authors Chime In: 'I Have Sat Lonely'

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