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Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved With Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources — Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk …
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Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Trump's Dangerous Response to the Kirk Assassination — It is possible that, in the history of America's radicalization spiral, the horrifying, cold-blooded assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be recorded as only the second-most-dangerous event of September 10, 2025.
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Newsom condemns ‘reprehensible’ Charlie Kirk shooting — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday condemned the shooting of Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of conservative Turning Point USA, as “reprehensible” and “vile.” — “The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
WSJ, Crowder: Kirk Assassin Engraved Trans and Antifa Messages on Ammo: UPDATE: FBI Releases Photo
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Wall Street Journal:
Authorities Examine Rifle and Ammo as Manhunt for Kirk Shooter Stretches On
Authorities Examine Rifle and Ammo as Manhunt for Kirk Shooter Stretches On
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Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way — The foundation of a free society is the ability to participate in politics without fear of violence. To lose that is to risk losing everything. Charlie Kirk — and his family — just lost everything. As a country, we came a step closer to losing everything, too.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way — Thursday morning, Ezra Klein at the New York Times published a column titled “Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way.” Klein's general thesis is that Kirk was willing to talk to anyone, regardless of their beliefs …
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Let's Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was — The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn't forget the many despicable things he said and did. — Pocket — The murder of right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk is a tragedy. But the response augurs even bigger tragedies for American politics.
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Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Reporter Suspended After Question About Charlie Kirk Enrages MAGA Congressman — “I am repulsed that you would even think to ask,” the Florida Republican told the journalist. — A reporter from the website Florida Politics was suspended Wednesday after he asked a question about Charlie Kirk that incensed Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.).
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New York Times:
Hopes for a Fast Capture of Kirk's Shooter Fade After Patel Backtracks
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NBC News:
Live updates: Shooter's rifle, footprint recovered in Charlie Kirk assassination after shooting at Utah university
Live updates: Shooter's rifle, footprint recovered in Charlie Kirk assassination after shooting at Utah university
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Associated Press:
FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk's Utah university campus killing
FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk's Utah university campus killing
Salt Lake Tribune:
No shooter in custody after Charlie Kirk killing as ‘investigation and manhunt’ continue, Utah law enforcement says
No shooter in custody after Charlie Kirk killing as ‘investigation and manhunt’ continue, Utah law enforcement says
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Manhunt for Charlie Kirk's killer: FBI recovers rifle used in shooting
Manhunt for Charlie Kirk's killer: FBI recovers rifle used in shooting
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David Gilbert / Wired:
Right-Wing Activists Are Targeting People for Allegedly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Death — Extremists and an anonymously run website are posting identifying details about people accused of celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder online. Some of those targeted are now getting death threats.
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Alex Kirshner / Slate:
No, Bluesky Isn't Celebrating the Death of Charlie Kirk
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Adam Wren / Politico:
What Hasan Piker Told His Millions of Followers After Charlie Kirk Was Shot
What Hasan Piker Told His Millions of Followers After Charlie Kirk Was Shot
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Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Brazil's supreme court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup — Former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing 2022 election — A majority of Brazil's supreme court judges have voted to convict the country's former president Jair Bolsonaro …
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Marina Dias / Washington Post:
Bolsonaro found guilty in attempted coup, assassination plot
Bolsonaro found guilty in attempted coup, assassination plot
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Bloomberg:
Epstein's Emails Detail the Life and Crimes of the Financier—and Ghislaine Maxwell's Leading Role … For years, Ghislaine Maxwell has tried to distance herself from Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, an effort that continued through her own criminal conviction …
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Robert McCoy / New Republic:
Trump Orders Flags Half-Mast for Kirk, but Didn't for Melissa Hortman — President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered American flags to be flown at half-staff after the deadly shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk—something he did not do when Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman …
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Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Utah Republican senator faces backlash over post condemning Kirk's killing
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Mehdi Hasan / Zeteo:
Hypocritical Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk's Horrific Murder to Cynically Smear the Left
Hypocritical Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk's Horrific Murder to Cynically Smear the Left
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Matthew Dowd Fired From MSNBC for Charlie Kirk Comments — Political analyst Matthew Dowd has been fired from MSNBC after his comments about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to a network source. — During MSNBC's coverage of Kirk's shooting, anchor Katy Tur asked Dowd about …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Manhunt Underway After Charlie Kirk, Charismatic Right-Wing Activist, Is Fatally Shot — Videos from the university event where Mr. Kirk was killed show a person on a nearby rooftop at the time of the shooting. — Here's the latest. — An intense manhunt was underway Thursday …
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Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Why Charlie Kirk Mattered So Much to the Right
Why Charlie Kirk Mattered So Much to the Right
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The Assassination of Charlie Kirk — Charlie Kirk's murder was not just a murder. It was an assassination. That's the crucial point. — We often forget the philosophical underpinnings of criminal law. Rightly understood, we view crimes as being committed not against individuals, but against society itself.
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Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
The Charlie Kirk Assassination: More Than Just Murder
The Charlie Kirk Assassination: More Than Just Murder
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Tim Molloy / MovieMaker Magazine:
Comedy Central Pulls Charlie Kirk South Park Episode After His Murder — Comedy Central has pulled an episode satirizing Charlie Kirk after the conservative activist was fatally shot during an event at a Utah university. — The second epispde of the current South Park season — Season 27 …
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Ariel Zilber / New York Post:
Comedy Central pulls ‘South Park’ episode mocking Charlie Kirk after assassination
Comedy Central pulls ‘South Park’ episode mocking Charlie Kirk after assassination
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Joshua Keating / Vox:
Russia just inched closer to open war with NATO — Nineteen suspected Russian drones entered Polish airspace on Monday, where they were intercepted by a joint operation that included Polish, Dutch, and Italian aircraft as well as German Patriot missiles. This marked the first time that NATO militaries …
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Paramount Skydance Prepares Ellison-Backed Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery — The majority of the planned bid for Warner will be made up of cash — Paramount Skydance is preparing a majority cash bid for Warner Bros. Discovery that is backed by the Ellison family, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Exclusive: Hyundai should have called me for visas, Lutnick says — The workers at a Hyundai-linked plant in Georgia raided by ICE last week had the wrong visas — and the company should have asked for help getting the right ones, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells Mike Allen in the premiere episode of “The Axios Show.”
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Andrew Childers / Axios:
State Department warns immigrants not to mock Kirk's death … - “I have been disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action.” … - Kirk was killed Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University.
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Washington Post:
Kennedy Center fires head of jazz programming, adding to string of exits — The center terminated Kevin Struthers, who worked at the arts institution for 30 years, and Malka Lasky, the last member of its social impact team. — The Kennedy Center has fired the administrator overseeing its jazz offerings …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Scoop: Biden world explodes at Kamala Harris' new book … - The release of the excerpt from her book, “107 Days” — due out Sept. 23 — has exposed years of hurt feelings and frustrations. — “Vice President Harris was simply not good at the job,” said one former Biden White House official.
Politico:
Appeals court judges publicly admonish Supreme Court justices: 'We're out here flailing' … “They cannot get amnesia in the future because they didn't write an opinion on it. Write an opinion,” Wynn said. “We need to understand why you did it. We judges would just love to hear your reasoning as to why you rule that way.
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BBC:
Mandelson sacked as US ambassador by Starmer over emails to Epstein — Summary — Keir Starmer sacks Peter Mandelson as the UK's ambassador to the US, after he faced mounting scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — The Foreign Office says the decision was made …
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Charlie Kirk's killing could send Congress into a tailspin. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that. … “What I'm going to do is what I've always done,” Johnson told reporters later Thursday. “I'm always about turning down the temperature and encouraging members to walk in the dignity …
James Curtis / WBBH:
Former Congressman Madison Cawthorn arrested in Cape Coral for failure to appear in court — CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Former Republican North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn was arrested Wednesday on an out-of-county warrant for failing to show up in court.
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Adam Piore / Columbia Journalism Review:
A Tipping Point at CBS News — “Who would have thought this is the piece that would get me fired?” Bill Owens, the former executive producer of 60 Minutes, said in the screening room. For the past year, CBS journalists have been up against extraordinary pressure.
NBC News:
U.S. diplomats say they are reluctant to share inconvenient truths with the Trump administration — “What we're seeing in the diplomatic corps right now is fear,” John Dinkelman, president of the American Foreign Service Association, told NBC News. — Late last month, an alarming email landed …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Massie says Trump among those who should tone down rhetoric — Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said he includes President Trump among those who should tone down their rhetoric in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. — “I mean, there is a lot of rhetoric.
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New York Times:
Trump Asks Appeals Court to Allow Firing of Lisa Cook Ahead of Key Fed Meeting — Where Things Stand — Federal Reserve: The Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to let it move ahead with firing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors in an attempt to stop …

