Man Who Thought He Could Play Dirty Harry with Babylon Bee's Seth Dillon Gets the Cuffs

Ah, the sweet symphony of justice: a Florida man who apparently mistook his keyboard for a license to kill has been hauled off in handcuffs. An "edgy intellectual" threatened to murder the guy who runs the Babylon Bee a conservative satire site.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier dropped the good news on X, like a mic at a comedy roast: "Last week, our Office of Statewide Prosecution was notified of multiple death threats made to Jewish conservative media members who live in Florida."

Prosecutors didn't waste time, they slapped together an arrest warrant faster than you can say "First Amendment," and the boys in blue executed it with the precision of a Bee headline. The perp, a 28-year-old idiot named Nicholas Ray (online handle: “zionistarescum," subtle, right?), is now cooling his anti-Semitic heels in custody, staring down "charges of extortion, written threats to kill, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device."

Ray's alleged X feed is a fever dream of Israel-bashing, Trump-trashing, and general Republican-roasting that would make your average campus safe space blush. The Daily Wire, a conservative website, dug through it like archaeologists at a dumpster fire, unearthing posts that scream "unhinged manifesto" louder than a TikTok rant.

This bust hits amid a political violence epidemic that's got more plot twists than a season of The Boys. Just Monday, Seth Dillon himself penned a piece for the Free Press, basically holding up a mirror to the fever swamps on both sides: urging the Right and Left to eyeball their own toxic ideologies and policies before someone else does it for them, with a baseball bat.

Dillon launched The Babylon Bee back in 2016 as a cheeky antidote to the humorless drudgery of "real" news, aiming to "speak truth through humor." Mission accomplished: the site's ballooned to 2.2 million Instagram devotees and over 5 million on X. But success breeds enemies, and pre-Musk Twitter slapped a suspension on Dillon for a zinger about USA Today's "Woman of the Year" pick. (Spoiler: It was a dude.) 

Elon Musk swooped in seven months later, bought the bird app, rebranded it X, and hit the "unban" button like it was payback for every bad tweet ever. Free speech: It's what's for dinner.Lately, the Bee's been slugging it out in court over Gavin Newsom's latest bright idea—a bill cranking down on "deep fake images" that basically hands Big Brother the satire censor's toolkit. The judge sided with the Bee, and their lawyer nailed the coffin shut: “The court was right to rein in California’s blatant censorship. We can’t trust the government to decide what is true in our online political debates.”

Meanwhile, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) is cranking up the heat with a Tuesday hearing on this plague of politically motivated thuggery. Summer '25 alone? Two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers murdered, and the assassination of Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk.

Schmitt didn't mince words: "The rise of political violence on the left is deeply disturbing and antithetical to American values, disturbs the free exercise of our constitutional rights, and is a threat to our constitutional order."

In a world where threats fly faster than likes on a cat video, it's a reminder: Punch up with jokes, not fists. Or keyboards pretending to be guns. 

Your move, keyboard warriors.

If you like Brain Flushings and want to Buy Me a Coffee, I would appreciate it, as it supports my work. Obviously, there is no pressure but I certainly wouldn't stop you. 

Tweet

Trump will be suing the Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp. and its CEO, Rupert Murdoch

Well, folks, the media’s at it again, slinging mud at President Trump with a story so absurd it sounds like it was cooked up in a tabloid’s basement, or maybe the Babylon Bee. 

On Thursday, Trump dropped a bombshell, revealing that he and his Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, got a heads-up from none other than Rupert Murdoch about a forthcoming Wall Street Journal hit piece. The claim was that Trump allegedly drew a picture of a woman’s breasts and signed it with a birthday note to the late, not so great, disgraced Jeffrey Epstein. 

Yes, that Jeffrey Epstein.

The alleged note, according to the report, read: "Happy Birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret." Sounds like something out of a bad spy novel, not a Trump letter, and not something stupid enough that a person of his standing would put in writing.

Trump and Leavitt didn’t mince words. They went straight to WSJ editor Emma Tucker and called the letter what it is: “a FAKE.” Trump himself was crystal clear when The Journal came sniffing around. "I never wrote a picture in my life. I don’t draw pictures of women," he said, adding, "It’s not my language. It’s not my words." Hard to argue with that, because nobody on this planet can really picture Trump sitting down with a sketchpad and a birthday card for Epstein.

But, in true legacy media fashion, The Wall Street Journal ran the story anyway, facts be damned. 

Trump wasn’t having it. He took to Truth Social, firing off a post that pulled no punches and announced he’s gearing up to sue The WSJ, NewsCorp, and Murdoch himself. "President Trump has already beaten George Stephanopoulos/ABC, 60 Minutes/CBS, and others, and looks forward to suing and holding accountable the once great Wall Street Journal," he wrote. "It has truly turned out to be a ‘Disgusting and Filthy Rag’ and, writing defamatory lies like this, shows their desperation to remain relevant."

Go Donny, Go!

And he didn’t stop there. Trump pointed out the obvious: if there was even a shred of truth to this so-called "Epstein Hoax," the usual suspects: Comey, Brennan, "Crooked Hillary," and the rest of the Radical Left Lunatics would’ve been waving it around years ago. "It certainly would not have sat in a file waiting for ‘TRUMP’ to have won three Elections," he added. "This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS!"

And there you have it, folks. Another day, another media smear campaign. The WSJ, once a titan of journalism, seems more interested in peddling fiction than reporting facts and is best used for wrapping dead fish. 

Trump’s not backing down, and if his track record is any indication, The Journal might want to lawyer up.

Hey amazing readers! If you enjoy my content, please consider supporting Brain Flushings. A quick coffee donation via Buy Me a Coffee fuels late-night writing sessions and fresh ideas. Every sip—er, dollar—helps me create more of the posts you enjoy. Join the crew, toss in a coffee, and let’s keep the good vibes brewing! 

Tweet

Experts in war crimes says Israel's tunnel plan would be a war crime if pursued

It almost sounds like the Babylon Bee but they're serious. A Russian diplomat has warned Israel that if they go ahead and flood the terror tunnels that terrorists use to escape from after having killed sleeping Jewish families, or to hide in after attacking IDF troops, that this may constitute a war crime. 

But a sneak attack into Israel, attacking young people at a rave, killing them indiscriminately, raping them, torturing them, kidnapping some of them and dismembering others, isn't such a big deal because, you know, they're Joooze. And it was only about 1,400 Israelis killed and a little over 240 kidnapped, so what's the big deal?

"War crimes are snowballing — shocking reports have been circulated in recent days that Israel plans to flood underground facilities in the Gaza Strip with seawater," Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky said during a United Nations Security Council meeting this week.

"According to open sources, the IDF has already built a system of pumps and pipes to pump seawater and is currently discussing with the United States practical aspects of such flooding: whether there will be enough water or if the tunnels’ ‘topography’ is fit for that and so on. Such a step, if made, will constitute a blatant war crime," Polyansky argued.

But Hamassholes? Not so much.

Tweet

Dem charged with a felony: can get 3 years and $100K fine

Colorado State Senator Pete Lee (D) and chair of the chambers judicial committee was indicted in early August for allegedly lying about where he lives for the purpose of voting. And this dolt is the freaking chair of the judicial committee--it's like a Babylon Bee story.

A grand jury for El Paso County indicted the Democrat, but he denies the charges, according to the Associated Press. The indictment alleges that on March 3, 2020, Lee “voted giving false information regarding the elector’s place of present residence,” the Colorado Sun reported.

Lying about one's residence is a Class 5 felony.

But it isn't as if he had documents on his computer about deals with China, or classified documents that only a President could declassify with just his word. It wasn't as if he video recorded himself smoking crack off the butt of a prostitute or "doing a Toobin" in a swimming pool and recording himself on video. No, it was lying about where he lived so that he could vote.

Lee had no comment when the indictment was handed down but he asked to be taken off the interim committee on judicial discipline because the irony was too ironic.

He wanted “to avoid having my personal circumstances become a distraction," [yadda, yadda] according to a statement, the AP reported.

* * *

Hey folks, consider subscribing to Brain Flushings and please check out the ads on these pages. It costs nothing to subscribe and it's worth every penny. And remember, every time you click on an ad, you help in the fight against Communism, ignorance, The New York Times, and the heebie-jeebies. You also help me. Thanks.

* * *

Lee's lawyer said the case will be vigorously challenged.

Lee can get 3 years in the slammer and a fine of up to $100,000 if found guilty. But unlike Republicans, especially Republican Presidents, a Democrat is innocent until proved guilty in a court of law.

Tweet

Babylon Bee's "Man of the Year" claims pediatricians "all" agree on importance of 'gender-affirming care' for kids

He was called "Woman of the Year" by Time magazine, and "Man of the Year" by the Babylon Bee, but one thing is for certain, Rachel Levine puts the "rear" in Rear Admiral and is the nation's highest-ranking man with gender dysphoria.

Rear Admiral Levine claimed in an interview with NPR that "there is no argument" about "gender-affirming care" among pediatricians and doctors who specialize in adolescents. He can make that claim now because the Left is trying to install a Ministry of Truth as a weapon of the DHS to fight opposing opinions. 

A conflicting statement sure to make waves with Nina Jankowicz who will head the Ministry of Truth, when she isn't on TikTok doing a Scarry Poppins routine, would be that Levine hadn't really done a consensus with "all" pediatricians and doctors who specialize with adolescents. And to call it "gender-affirming care" is like calling Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev [aka the butcher of Mariupol] a surgeon. 

Levine spoke Saturday at Texas Christian University where he blamed the high rate of suicidal ideation among gender dysphoric youth in part on "harassment, scapegoating and intentional abuse." This idea is a myth that was created to serve the agenda of gender mutilating advocates.

In a 2019 study by the National Institute of Health (NIH) examining suicidality in adolescents the conclusion was that despite supportive family and contacts, the expression of dissatisfaction with appearance was notable.

"It has been found that among transgender youth, a significantly greater proportion of those who had attempted suicide expressed weight-related body dissatisfaction than those who had not. They also had a higher rate of negative assessment by others of appearance. More recently, another study confirmed a significant correlation between suicidality and a desire for weight change among adolescents with gender dysphoria. There has long been a natural association between body dissatisfaction and gender dysphoria; however, these reports and this case highlight the importance of assessing the degree and characterization of body dissatisfaction as they may contribute to suicidal risk."

The cause of suicidality was not found to be related to "harassment, scapegoating and intentional abuse," as Rachel Levine claimed. It was generally related to body image issues.

"The language of medicine and science is being used to drive people to suicide," the Bee's "Man of the Year" also claimed untruthfully.

* * *

Sex. Now that I have your attention: for more hard-hitting content, and a few soft-hitting ones too, subscribe to Brain Flushings and check out the ads on these pages. It costs nothing to subscribe and it's worth every penny. And remember, every time you click on an ad, you help in the fight against John Kerry's global warming, the heebie-jeebies and the dreaded omicron.

* * *

"There is no argument among medical professionals – pediatricians, pediatric endocrinologists, adolescent medicine physicians, adolescent psychiatrists, psychologists, etc. – about the value and the importance of gender-affirming care," Levine told NPR, using polysyllabic words to impress the uninformed.

See, cutting off a guy's twig and berries, and a female's breasts, tend to come back later to depress many of them and they regret their decision made in their youthful naivety.

Tweet

WaPo says Elon Musk's "Twitter investment could be bad news for free speech" Musk responds and so does Substack

This is not a joke: on Tuesday, the Washington Post wrote a piece titled: "Elon Musk's Twitter Investment Could Be Bad News for Free Speech." Musk's response was succinct and perfectly worded:

WaPo always good for a laugh 🤣🤣

It's laughable to believe that Twitter was ever a bastion of free speech. They ban anyone for anything with which they disagree. They banned a standing President [Trump], a satire sight for posting satire that went against their wokeness, anyone who said anything about the pandemic, anything negative about Dr. Fauci and anything else that went against their woke agenda. 

Twitter locked out the account of the Babylon Bee, a satirical site, for an article proclaiming Rachel Levine, a man who thinks he's a woman, as winning the "Man of the Year Award." The Bee refuses to take down their tweet, and while Twitter could have deleted it themselves, would rather have "offenders" bend the knee to their demands.

Twitter took similar action against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, who had the audacity and lacking of a degree in biology to point out on that “Rachel Levine is a man.” He was subsequently flagged for “hateful conduct” by the Tech giant.

Last August, Allie Beth Stuckey, a conservative, was suspended by Twitter for a tweet that criticized Olympic weightlifter Laurel Hubbard, a man with his penis and testicles, XY chromosomes and greater muscle mass, for competing against females. He didn't win, but he is still a man.

Twitter is a steaming garbage heap of hypocrisy and WaPo is their kindling, and hopefully Musk will do something about the platform.

Now a number of Twitter employees are worried that Elon Musk has joined the board of directors promising free speech and some leftists are leaving the company.

Substack, another tech company invited new employment applications to their company, expcept from Twitter employees disgruntled by "Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech."

Lulu Cheng Meservey — the vice president of communications for Substack, a platform that supports subscription newsletters — told Twitter employees to not bother applying if they worry about Musk’s reforms. 

“Substack is hiring! If you’re a Twitter employee who’s considering resigning because you’re worried about Elon Musk pushing for less regulated speech… please do not come work here,” she tweeted. “But for everybody else, we really are hiring! Join a talented, determined, passionate, motley team of all backgrounds and beliefs. We debate respectfully, execute maniacally, and live to serve writers and podcasters.”

* * *

Sex. Now that I have your attention: for more hard-hitting content, and a few soft-hitting ones too, subscribe to Brain Flushings and check out the ads on these pages. It costs nothing to subscribe and it's worth every penny. And remember, every time you click on an ad, you help in the fight against John Kerry's global warming, the heebie-jeebies and the dreaded omicron.

* * *

Meservey explained that Substack is devoted to “defending free expression, even for stuff we personally dislike or disagree with.” She also expressed a desire for “a thriving ecosystem full of fresh and diverse ideas.”

As Mike Lindell of "My Pillow" fame said when speaking about his absorbent towels: "What a concept.

Tweet

Comedy News Network's (CNN) Stelter does it again

Brian Stelter appearing on "CNN Hoes"

They don't call it the Comedy News Network for nothing. Their "Reliable Sources" [hahahahaha] host, Brian Stelter told a knee-slapper on Sunday when he criticized conservative pundits and talk radio hosts for speculation about presumptive Democratic nominee Joe "C'mon, Man" Biden's cognitive ability and fitness for the presidency after he, the bald-headed dolt, did the same with President Trump for years.

And if you think that Biden isn't being told to hide away from the public, ask yourself why is his wife, Jill Biden, appearing in public, but not the presumptive nominee.

Stelter joshed with the American public when he called recent criticism of Biden's mental health "mind boggling," "offensive" and then went on to label that kind of rhetoric "negative partisanship."

Really? Has he not been listening to Biden's blather? His forgetfulness? His lack of orientation to person, place and time? Does Stelter think that just because Biden went on a bike ride [sans helmet, by the way, but wearing a mask ON A BIKE RIDE!] that this makes him fit to run the most powerful nation on the planet?

“At some point, don't Stelter’s bosses have to recognize what an absolute embarrassment he is to their network?” conservative strategist Chris Barron told Fox News. “Stelter spent weeks wildly spreading baseless conspiracy theories about Trump’s mental health and now he has the audacity to question others asking questions about Biden?”

“It is so hateful,” Stelter whined, a tear slowly meandering down his chubby cheek, claiming that “negative partnership” directed at Biden from the right is more extreme than anything the left says about Trump.

C'mon, man. Give me a break.

Cornell Law School professor and media critic William A. Jacobson said he couldn’t fathom what he was hearing and told Fox News that Stelter’s commentary and show raises a very serious question.

Perhaps it's Stelter whose cognitive decline needs a looking into.

“Has Brian Stelter ever watched CNN, which demeans Trump around the clock as a racist, mentally unstable Putin puppet? Or any of the other major networks that spread Russia collusion conspiracy theories for years, and whose reporters go to White House press conferences for the sole purpose of trying to bait Trump into a reaction so they can get retweets on Twitter?” Jacobson asked.

Evidently not, if he isn't being dishonest.

When even the Young Turks, the far-left lunatic podcast, questions Biden's brain, as did other liberals like Joe Rogan, you know that Stelter is just being funny. And let's not forget that The Babylon Bee has gone after Biden's mental health recently after his gaffes were no longer funny but an area of concern.

Photo: Babylon Bee

Stelter told his 32 viewers on Sunday that only far-right conservatives would ask such questions [of a presidential candidate who may be demented].

“Is the president of the United States a racist? Stelter asked to open an episode of his show in 2017. “Is he suffering from some kind of illness? Is he fit for office? And if he is unfit, then what?”

Is Brian Stelter a self-loathing racist? Is he suffering from an incurable mental illness? Does he lose a hair follicle every time he lies? Although he is fit for CNN, is he he fit for TV? If not, then what? If not him, who?

Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor mocked the segment as “four liberal journalists sitting around pretending liberal journalism doesn’t exist,” simply to make a point.

“Brian Stelter spends every show like he’s trying to do a remake of the movie ‘Clueless’ but for a much smaller audience,” Gainor told Fox News. “He complains about ‘negative partisanship’ when he runs the most negatively partisan show in the history of television.”

“This is the same Stelter who said Trump’s actions could be described as ‘crazy,” Gainor said. “Now he’s incensed that anyone might question Biden’s diminished mental ability and calls such comments ‘offensive and otherworldly.’ What’s offensive is that Stelter claims his show is about journalism.”

Hahahahaha. So true. Stelter is a bald-headed dolt.

Stelter then tried to gaslight his meager audience and said that “entire media companies essentially exist to tear down Joe Biden,” and asked if there is “an equivalent to that on the left to tear down Trump.”

Hmm. I can think of a few "equivalent" media outlets, Brian. Where do you keep your head when you're not being a moron? I think I know.

Consider following Brain Flushings, it's free and worth every penny. And remember, every time you click on an ad, an angel gets its wings and a liberal sheds a tear.

Tweet