December 16, 2025 • 7 mins
TRENDING - Erika Kirk and Candace Owens both say they had a productive meeting to discuss Charlie Kirk's death, 'slop' is Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year, Brian Walshe found guilty of wife's murder.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This trending story brought to you by Trajanwealth. Visit them
at trajanwealth dot com. Erica Kirk and Candace Owens met
yesterday and both said they had a productive meeting. So
Candace has been making some outrageous claims about Charlie Kirk's assassination,
and Erica addressed the conspiracy theories during multiple interviews last week,
saying it's toxic and needs to stop. Last week, Candace
(00:23):
said that she was ready to blow this case open
with her latest theory that the military was involved in
killing Charlie. Her other theories include claiming he was killed
by pro Israel henchman who were upset that he was
starting to have quote rational thoughts about Israel.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
She also said French President.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Emmanuel McCrone was involved somehow, and she made accusations about
some of Charlie's friends at Turning Point USA and his show,
saying that they might have had something to do with
his death. They invited her on the show and she
declined Yeah. So she went on X after the meeting
with Erica and said it was an extremely productive four
(01:04):
and a half hour meeting. She said that they agreed
on much more than she anticipated She said they disagreed
on various points, and she said, most importantly, we were
able to share intel and clarify intent. She said she'll
have a full rundown today. Of course she will, and
that tensions were thought. Now the only thing Erica Kirk
(01:26):
said was that they had a productive meeting.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
It's insane that Erica Kirk felt she had to sit
down with Candace Owens and hash all of this out.
Erica Kirk's a widow, She's been dealing with an unspeakable tragedy.
And the fact that Candace Owens makes life so difficult
for these people just you know, for no reason other
(01:49):
than for.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Her to get clicked.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah, and now that Erica actually gave her the opportunity
to talk, Candace is going to take what was said
and she's going to run with it, and she's gonna
get even.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
More clicks and even more views.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And now we're talking about what happened.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
And look, that's Eric Kirk's decision. To me, whether she's
a better person than me, I wouldn't have done it
and set there for four and a half hours and
have to listen to Kansas Owens nonsense. I mean, I
give her a lot of credit for being able to
put up with that. But look, Candice Owens, we talked
about this Nick Flentes. Another aspect to what they do
that's really toxic is that in the aftermath of what
(02:24):
we saw in Australia, anti Semitism continues to just be
ratcheted up. And Candace Owens is one of the big
purveyors of that sentiment.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, she's blaming Israel for Charlie's death, and people buy
into it exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
It's really toxic. And you know, one thing that I
didn't get to a couple of minutes ago when we
were talking about Rob Reiner and his death and what
Trump said in the aftermath of his murder. Rob Reiner's
comments about Charlie Kirk have gone viral, and I think
this is an example of, you know, kind of where
we need to be as a country. Unfortunately, it's not
(02:59):
where we are right now.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
That should never happen to anybody. I don't care what
your political beliefs are. That's not acceptable. That's not a
solution to solving problems. And I felt like what his
wife said at the service, that the memorial they had
was exactly right and totally I believe. You know, I'm Jewish,
but I believe in the teachings of Jesus, and I
(03:24):
believe in doing to others, and I believe in forgiveness.
And what she said to me was beautiful.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
So, you know, just that clip getting shared, you know,
over and over and over again in the aftermath of
everything that's unfolded. You know, that's where I think we
need to kind of be in as the country.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Obviously, Rob Reiner and Charlie Kirk disagreed on everything, yeah, everything,
But when he was murdered, Rob said that shouldn't happen
to anyone.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yeah, that's exactly right. And it's just again, it's a
shame that Eric Kirk has to deal with that stuff
from Candice Owens. And I think Candice Owens is going
to get crushed in court by them accrounch.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Oh, yeah, absolutely, And that's a whole other conspiracy theory
issue that she's been touting for.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
A long time.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Look, you can go and you can spat all your
theories all day long, but people can also hold you
accountable for them as well when it reaches a certain point.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Merriam Webster has announced their twenty twenty five word of
the year slop, and The Economist also chose slop as
their word of the year.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
So what is it?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Because I didn't quite get it when I first thought, but.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Once you know what it means, it makes a lot
of sense.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
So slop is defined as digital content of low quality
that is produced usually in quantity, by means of artificial intelligence,
or a product of little or no value. So basically,
it's all the AI generated nonsense that's taken over our
social media feeds. And I see this constantly, so Axio
(04:53):
says in twenty twenty five, digital waste can look like
fake woodland creatures jumping on a treadmill, or infants, comically
absurd situations like all this AI.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Generated stuff like we're just talking about with John Decker and.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
The baby video the diaper diplos is actually pretty funny.
But right after I was getting the story together, I
go on Facebook and this is the example of slop
that I see. It's obviously an AI generated woman from
a fake account with very large breasts, and the captain says,
say yes, if you want some coffee with over fifty
(05:26):
two years old woman who looks like me, and she
looks like she's about twenty two.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
That is high value content.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
And I don't know why.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
They're targeting me with this because I really have no
interest in looking at them.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
So that's slop. I can't keep up with all these
tours six seven slop. What some of the other ones?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Oh, the brain rot Yeah, brain Ron is one of them.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Rage bit mid Yeah, sauce Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
This trending story brought to you by trajanwealf isit them
at trajanwealth dot com. Brian Walsh has been found guilty
of first degree murder.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
And the death of his wife, Anna Walsh.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
She was last seen alive on New Year's Eve twenty
twenty two, and while her body has never been recovered,
the evidence that he killed her and dismembered her was
enough to convince a Massa Choosetts jury. He was seen
on video purchasing numerous items used to clean up the murder.
He googled things like how to saw a body and
is it possible to clean DNA off a knife. During
(06:24):
opening statements, his lawyer said Brian admitted to dismembering her,
but claimed he didn't kill her, that she died of
unexplained causes and he was so worried he'd be accused
of killing her, that he panicked and then tried to
figure out how to dispose of her body and cover
his tracks. He will be sentenced to life in prison
without parole. Massachusetts does not have the death penalty now.
(06:47):
The Norfolk County District Attorney spoke after the verdict was
read and said he agrees with Anna's sister, who said
justice was served. He also credited the investigators who left
no stone on turn to get the conviction. They went
through dumpsters and landfills, transfer stations, department stores, even CBS
and followed every lead. And he said he's pretty sure
this is the first case his office has ever successfully
(07:09):
tried where there was no.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Body interesting And yeah, that was the thing that they
never found the body. But my god, they had so
much evidence that he did it, with the Google searches
and the stuff that he bought, and.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
They did find a bloody rug, and they did find
her blood and evidence, they found her purse in the
landfill and all that.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
I'm shocked the jury didn't find the defense. I didn't
kill her. I just chopped her up and hit her
body to where nobody could ever find it, as you know, reasonable, Yeah,
exactly
This trending story brought to you by Trajanwealth. Visit them
at trajanwealth dot com. Erica Kirk and Candace Owens met
yesterday and both said they had a productive meeting. So
Candace has been making some outrageous claims about Charlie Kirk's assassination,
and Erica addressed the conspiracy theories during multiple interviews last week,
saying it's toxic and needs to stop. Last week, Candace
(00:23):
said that she was ready to blow this case open
with her latest theory that the military was involved in
killing Charlie. Her other theories include claiming he was killed
by pro Israel henchman who were upset that he was
starting to have quote rational thoughts about Israel.
Speaker 2 (00:40):
She also said French President.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Emmanuel McCrone was involved somehow, and she made accusations about
some of Charlie's friends at Turning Point USA and his show,
saying that they might have had something to do with
his death. They invited her on the show and she
declined Yeah. So she went on X after the meeting
with Erica and said it was an extremely productive four
(01:04):
and a half hour meeting. She said that they agreed
on much more than she anticipated She said they disagreed
on various points, and she said, most importantly, we were
able to share intel and clarify intent. She said she'll
have a full rundown today. Of course she will, and
that tensions were thought. Now the only thing Erica Kirk
(01:26):
said was that they had a productive meeting.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
It's insane that Erica Kirk felt she had to sit
down with Candace Owens and hash all of this out.
Erica Kirk's a widow, She's been dealing with an unspeakable tragedy.
And the fact that Candace Owens makes life so difficult
for these people just you know, for no reason other
(01:49):
than for.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Her to get clicked.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Yeah, and now that Erica actually gave her the opportunity
to talk, Candace is going to take what was said
and she's going to run with it, and she's gonna
get even.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
More clicks and even more views.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
And now we're talking about what happened.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
And look, that's Eric Kirk's decision. To me, whether she's
a better person than me, I wouldn't have done it
and set there for four and a half hours and
have to listen to Kansas Owens nonsense. I mean, I
give her a lot of credit for being able to
put up with that. But look, Candice Owens, we talked
about this Nick Flentes. Another aspect to what they do
that's really toxic is that in the aftermath of what
(02:24):
we saw in Australia, anti Semitism continues to just be
ratcheted up. And Candace Owens is one of the big
purveyors of that sentiment.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Yeah, she's blaming Israel for Charlie's death, and people buy
into it exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
It's really toxic. And you know, one thing that I
didn't get to a couple of minutes ago when we
were talking about Rob Reiner and his death and what
Trump said in the aftermath of his murder. Rob Reiner's
comments about Charlie Kirk have gone viral, and I think
this is an example of, you know, kind of where
we need to be as a country. Unfortunately, it's not
(02:59):
where we are right now.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
That should never happen to anybody. I don't care what
your political beliefs are. That's not acceptable. That's not a
solution to solving problems. And I felt like what his
wife said at the service, that the memorial they had
was exactly right and totally I believe. You know, I'm Jewish,
but I believe in the teachings of Jesus, and I
(03:24):
believe in doing to others, and I believe in forgiveness.
And what she said to me was beautiful.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
So, you know, just that clip getting shared, you know,
over and over and over again in the aftermath of
everything that's unfolded. You know, that's where I think we
need to kind of be in as the country.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
Obviously, Rob Reiner and Charlie Kirk disagreed on everything, yeah, everything,
But when he was murdered, Rob said that shouldn't happen
to anyone.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yeah, that's exactly right. And it's just again, it's a
shame that Eric Kirk has to deal with that stuff
from Candice Owens. And I think Candice Owens is going
to get crushed in court by them accrounch.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Oh, yeah, absolutely, And that's a whole other conspiracy theory
issue that she's been touting for.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
A long time.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Look, you can go and you can spat all your
theories all day long, but people can also hold you
accountable for them as well when it reaches a certain point.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Merriam Webster has announced their twenty twenty five word of
the year slop, and The Economist also chose slop as
their word of the year.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
So what is it?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Because I didn't quite get it when I first thought, but.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Once you know what it means, it makes a lot
of sense.
Speaker 1 (04:31):
So slop is defined as digital content of low quality
that is produced usually in quantity, by means of artificial intelligence,
or a product of little or no value. So basically,
it's all the AI generated nonsense that's taken over our
social media feeds. And I see this constantly, so Axio
(04:53):
says in twenty twenty five, digital waste can look like
fake woodland creatures jumping on a treadmill, or infants, comically
absurd situations like all this AI.
Speaker 3 (05:02):
Generated stuff like we're just talking about with John Decker and.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
The baby video the diaper diplos is actually pretty funny.
But right after I was getting the story together, I
go on Facebook and this is the example of slop
that I see. It's obviously an AI generated woman from
a fake account with very large breasts, and the captain says,
say yes, if you want some coffee with over fifty
(05:26):
two years old woman who looks like me, and she
looks like she's about twenty two.
Speaker 3 (05:31):
That is high value content.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
And I don't know why.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
They're targeting me with this because I really have no
interest in looking at them.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
So that's slop. I can't keep up with all these
tours six seven slop. What some of the other ones?
Speaker 1 (05:43):
Oh, the brain rot Yeah, brain Ron is one of them.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
Rage bit mid Yeah, sauce Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:52):
This trending story brought to you by trajanwealf isit them
at trajanwealth dot com. Brian Walsh has been found guilty
of first degree murder.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
And the death of his wife, Anna Walsh.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
She was last seen alive on New Year's Eve twenty
twenty two, and while her body has never been recovered,
the evidence that he killed her and dismembered her was
enough to convince a Massa Choosetts jury. He was seen
on video purchasing numerous items used to clean up the murder.
He googled things like how to saw a body and
is it possible to clean DNA off a knife. During
(06:24):
opening statements, his lawyer said Brian admitted to dismembering her,
but claimed he didn't kill her, that she died of
unexplained causes and he was so worried he'd be accused
of killing her, that he panicked and then tried to
figure out how to dispose of her body and cover
his tracks. He will be sentenced to life in prison
without parole. Massachusetts does not have the death penalty now.
(06:47):
The Norfolk County District Attorney spoke after the verdict was
read and said he agrees with Anna's sister, who said
justice was served. He also credited the investigators who left
no stone on turn to get the conviction. They went
through dumpsters and landfills, transfer stations, department stores, even CBS
and followed every lead. And he said he's pretty sure
this is the first case his office has ever successfully
(07:09):
tried where there was no.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
Body interesting And yeah, that was the thing that they
never found the body. But my god, they had so
much evidence that he did it, with the Google searches
and the stuff that he bought, and.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
They did find a bloody rug, and they did find
her blood and evidence, they found her purse in the
landfill and all that.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
I'm shocked the jury didn't find the defense. I didn't
kill her. I just chopped her up and hit her
body to where nobody could ever find it, as you know, reasonable, Yeah,
exactly
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