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Oct 15, 2026

Luke BeasleyHOST
10:07
All right.
Luke BeasleyHOST
10:08
Let's talk about this, okay? Ambassador Thornhill, um, let me s- Barb- Barbara Thornhill works in the Trump administration, and you had Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes posting this image saying, "Ambassador Thornhill, welc- [laughing] welcome to the team.
Luke BeasleyHOST
10:28
I'm proud to have such a dedicated leader joining as ambassador at large to monitor and combat trafficking in persons.
Luke BeasleyHOST
10:34
Human trafficking is grave human rights," et cetera.
Jeff BerwickHOST
43:21
And I saw this post on X, and I thought, "Man, these AI posts, it's just like every post is AI now," 'cause this clearly isn't a real person, and it's quite hideous to look at, and I'm like, "These are gross, these AI photos that people are posting." But then I looked into it, and that's actually a real person.
Jeff BerwickHOST
43:41
Someone named Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes posted, "Ambassador Thornhill, welcome to the team.
Jeff BerwickHOST
43:48
I'm proud to have such a dedicated leader join us as an ambassador-at-large to monitor and combat trafficking in persons." So whatever that thing is is going to be helping out with stopping child sex trafficking.
Jeff BerwickHOST
44:01
Well, I know where you can start.
speaker_8UNKNOWN
10:32
[laughs]
Jon LovettHOST
10:34
On Tuesday, [laughs] Secretary of State Riley Barnes tweeted a welcome to Ambassador at Large Barbara Thornhill, the new director of the department's office to combat trafficking.
Jon LovettHOST
10:43
Barbara Thornhill, seen here catching a glimpse of the Ark of the Covenant.
Jon LovettHOST
10:48
[laughs]
Roxanne KincaidHOST
83:25
I don't know if that requires Senate confirmation.
Roxanne KincaidHOST
83:35
Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes announced it by posting an excrement over on X, welcoming her to the State Department with the brief of monitoring and combating... human trafficking Riley Barnes said ambassador thornhill welcome to the team I'm proud to have such a dedicated leader joining us as ambassador at large to monitor and combat trafficking in persons and then they posted her official portrait and people began asking is that even real Is that AI? Uh, Florida climate scientist, Rebecca Jones on social media said, how do I ask this delicately? Was the woman in some kind of tragic accident or is this just an altered photograph? Tim Miller over at the bulwark being a little bit catty said, important to have someone in this role who will always keep their eyes open for potential traffickers.
Roxanne KincaidHOST
84:49
I, what, what can you say? Uh, she is that trash Patel's sister cousin it's almost impossible to look at this photo and think that that has not been fucked with by AI the question is why would you put that out as an official photo I mean, this is, again, well, like the one woman said, I'm trying to be delicate here, but who would allow that to go out as one's official photo? You begin to wonder if these people are real.
Roxanne KincaidHOST
86:01
Dean Blundell, I know Ralphs reads Dean every day, said she looks like a human Picasso from his cubist phase.
Aaron ParnasHOST
4:56
Today, Donald Trump announced that Ambassador Thornhill, Barbara Thornhill, will be joining the team.
Aaron ParnasHOST
5:02
The Assistant Secretary Riley Barnes made this announcement saying that she will be the new ambassador at large to monitor and combat trafficking in persons.
Aaron ParnasHOST
5:08
Human trafficking is a grave human rights issue and a transnational crime exploiting men, women, and children for profit.
Aaron ParnasHOST
5:14
Quickly, the internet reacted, however, and said, "Well, if you're gonna appoint an ambassador like this, make sure that she targets Epstein's co-conspirators first." Right now, there are over three million Epstein files that have yet to be released by this Trump Justice Department.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
2:27
And finally, the University of Utah has officially announced that it has cleared two campus political leaders of disciplinary charges after an investigation into allegations that they doxed a student who had brought a controversial cake to campus.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
2:42
Riley Barnes and Riley Beasley, who are leaders of the Utah College Republicans, confirmed earlier this week that university officials had fully dismissed the cases against them.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
2:53
The inquiry began after Barnes had posted a photo of a student holding a cake which read, Happy Kirkiversary, referencing the anniversary of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
3:06
Associate Vice President and Dean of Students Jason Ramirez wrote in an email to Barnes that no grounds existed to charge her with policy violations, assuring her record would remain clean.
Philip TeresiHOST
2:58
Riley Beasley is the chairman of Utah Valley University's College Republican chapter.
Philip TeresiHOST
3:05
Riley Barnes is a member of the group.
Philip TeresiHOST
3:07
They took exception to the stunt.
Philip TeresiHOST
3:10
And this, by the way, is on a campus about an hour's drive from where Charlie was killed last year.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
30:31
But meanwhile, some members of the college Republicans said that they face potential expulsion over safety concerns tied to the post.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
30:38
Now, Riley Barnes, who posted the photo, denied participating in doxing, but defended sharing the image to expose the celebration of political violence.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
30:47
Now, the university, meanwhile, says it is reviewing that incident.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
30:52
Well, going to continue to see isolated showers, thunderstorms through the afternoon as the storm has kept temperatures cooler in the low 70s today.
Bill AllredHOST
22:08
A photo shared on social media last week of the student with the cake sparked a wave of attention that led to the student's personal information, the student with the cake, her personal information being shared widely online Rudy Giuliani even got into the act and shared personal information about her.
Bill AllredHOST
22:26
Now, the U is investigating two students, Riley Beasley, chairman of the Utah College Republicans, and Riley Barnes, vice president of the U's chapter of College Republicans, for allegedly starting the thread where the student was doxxed.
Bill AllredHOST
22:39
Everybody knows what doxing is, right?
Gina BarberiHOST
22:42
Putting your

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