“So many coverups. Release the Epstein files. Release the Homan tapes. Release the Venezuelan fishing boats evidence.” —Bill Kristol

Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...

“In life, Kirk was no friend of academic freedom. Twenty members of the faculty are included on his ‘Professor Watchlist,’ which targets faculty who (in his partisan definition) ‘promote anti-American values.’ His demagoguery has endangered a great many people.” Prof. Derek Peterson, U of Michigan

Trump violated the cardinal rule when you are asked to speak at the memorial service for someone who has passed away: It’s not about you. —Robert B. Hubbell

We stand behind our reporting on the hate rally that took place yesterday in Arizona. That’s what it was. It was a hate rally masquerading as a memorial for Charlie Kirk. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

“We stand behind our reporting on the hate rally that took place yesterday in Arizona. That’s what it was. It was a hate rally masquerading as a memorial for Charlie Kirk.” —Ben Meiselas (MTN)

“Of all bad men, religious bad men are the worst" —C.S. Lewis

"Happening all the time in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that’s a fact. It’s happening more and more."—Charlie Kirk

“I hate my opponents and I don’t want the best for them.” —POTUS, at a memorial service (I’m not kidding)

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"We’re taking our country back from these cockroaches." --Charlie Kirk

"Mere weeks before his death, Kirk reveled in Trump’s deployment of federal troops to DC. 'Shock and awe. Force,' he wrote. 'We’re taking our country back from these cockroaches.'” --Ta-Nehisi Coates

"In 2022, after three Black football players were killed at another college, Meg Miller, president of Turning Point’s chapter at the University of Missouri, joked ('joked') in a social media message, 'If they would have killed 4 more n-ggers we would have had the whole week off.'" --Ta-Nehisi Coates

"One of Turning Point USA's advisers, Rip McIntosh, once published a newsletter featuring an essay from a pseudonymous writer that said Blacks had 'become socially incompatible with other races' and that Black culture was an 'un-fixable and crime-ridden mess.'" --Ta-Nehisi Coates

"Kirk’s bigotry...extended to the institution he founded, Turning Point USA. Crystal Clanton, the group’s former national field director, once texted a fellow Turning Point employee, 'I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like fuck them all … I hate blacks. End of story.'" --Ta-Nehisi Coates

“'Jewish donors,' Kirk claimed, were 'the number one funding mechanism of radical open-border, neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies, cultural institutions, and nonprofits…The philosophical foundation of anti-whiteness has been largely financed by Jewish donors in the country.'" --Ta-Nehisi Coates

"Kirk habitually railed against 'Black crime,' claiming that 'prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people.'” --Ta-Nehisi Coates

"Kirk reveled in open bigotry. Indeed, claims of Kirk’s 'civility' are tough to square with his penchant for demeaning members of the LGBTQ+ community as “freaks” and referring to trans people with the slur 'tranny.'” --Ta-Nehisi Coates

“I can't stand empathy. I think empathy is a made-up, New Age term.”—Charlie Kirk

Chris Murphy: "The question today is when is enough enough for Republicans. I was very glad to see Ted Cruz stand up and say what is simply true -- it is unconstitutional and deeply immoral for the president to jail or silence his political enemies."

Kirk was a bully. He didn’t debate: he “baited” his underage interlocutors and then interrupted them. He certainly wasn’t brave, and his appearances certainly weren’t political “discourse.”

🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ shut down an FBI probe after agents caught Border Czar Tom Homan on tape taking $50,000 in cash from undercover operatives posing as contractors in exchange for promised gov’t contracts. MSNBC’s Carol Leonnig & Ken Dilanian with a massive scoop. Link in reply.

"Homan indicated he would facilitate securing contracts for them in exchange for money once he was in office... "On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene at a meeting spot in Texas, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills..." www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

“Military officers, current and retired, don't like to speak out publicly about divisive issues…But in nearly four decades of reporting and writing, I have never seen commanders so concerned about issues that could tarnish the U.S. military's independence and standing." —David Ignatius

“We must all stand up and speak out. Be loud, for America.” —JB Pritzker

There was nothing admirable about Charlie Kirk. He made a fortune punching down against the most vulnerable members of society. Smugly. Gleefully.

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Americans take their First Amendment rights seriously. In April 2025, a Pew Research Center poll showed that 92% of Americans thought it was important “that the media can report the news without state/government censorship.” —Heather Cox Richardson

“Benny Johnson, the podcaster on whose show FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened Kimmel, was one of the influencers Russian state media funded to spread propaganda before the 2024 election.” —Heather Cox Richardson

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

“Political violence is five times more likely to be motivated by right-wing ideology than ‘left-wing’ ideology.” Robert B. Hubbell (statistics from NIJ Journal)

“A study posted on the DOJ website concluded that domestic terrorists are most often ‘right-wing,’ nationalistic, white supremacist groups.” (See NIJ Journal, June 2024)

Trump and his administration are up to 416 atrocities (and counting). We're cataloging them here:

These are the facts. Right-wing violence is a problem. Is the problem. Is the only problem.

"I don't care that he's dead." "He's not a hero." "He's a scumbag." "He shouldn't be celebrated." No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd. Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.

'Hacks' star Hannah Einbinder delivers a message as she accepts her award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the Emmys

Suspend your disbelief. open.substack.com/pub/gregoryb...

“‘Imagine whining about free speech every day, then building a blacklist of people exercising free speech,’ one user said on X. ‘MAGA logic is undefeated.’” THE DAILY BEAST www.thedailybeast.com/maga-karens-...

“Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is ‘allowed’ to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police.” —Asha Rangappa

“The alleged shooter was not someone on the left. The alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, is a young white man from a Republican, gun enthusiast family, who appears to have embraced the far right, disliking Kirk for being insufficiently radical.” —Heather Cox Richardson

“That those allegations appear to be false highlights this administration is attempting to achieve control of the country by pushing a false narrative and getting what its officers want before reality catches up.” —Heather Cox Richardson