[ad_1] A police officer walks near the scene of the shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) Arguably the most remarkable aspect of the aftermath of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination is how irrelevant its actual perpetrator was to the immediate discourse. I

[ad_1] A coalition of local gun advocates is pushing the state’s highest court to order the release of a decorated Air Force veteran from jail while he awaits trial on gun possession charges, arguing that two judges incorrectly found the man dangerous and made him a “political prisoner.” The arrest and pre-trial detention of Kyle

[ad_1] The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has ignited intense online political debate amid countless social media posts; some mourning the loss of the commentator and condemning gun violence, others justifying, minimizing or making light of Kirk’s death. A screenshot of the cartoon shared by Cleveland Fire Chief Anthony Luke. Luke was placed on

[ad_1] Steve Wilson “I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.” Well, the man that stood by that statement got what he wanted. I assume when he made

[ad_1] Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Donald Trump’s press conference was less diplomacy, more pantomime (“‘You’re hurting Australia’: Trump threatens ABC journalist in fiery clash”, smh.com.au, September 17). When veteran and respected journalist John Lyons asked calm, reasonable questions, Trump, the playground dobber, sneered and threatened to “report him” to Albanese –

[ad_1] Dr. Anthony Douglas, a medical resident on track to become a trauma and acute care surgeon, knows the toll of gun violence. In his work at the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center on the city’s South Side, he’s seen the frantic operating rooms, funerals, and hospital bills that often end up in the

[ad_1] from the censor-in-free-speech-clothing dept I am not here to celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk. I will not, however, engage in the completely unearned celebration of his life that is happening pretty much everywhere in the wake of his murder. What’s happening now would normally be considered inexplicable in any other political climate. But

[ad_1] With our leaders, it’s always ‘too soon’ to take action against gun violence “When tragedy strikes, our first instinct should be to remember what we have in common, not to rally support for any political program. Our initial response should be seeking to build bridges,” writes Brandon Ambrosino in his Sept. 7 Ideas piece,

[ad_1] Given the tsunami of news demanding your attention you might have missed an interesting trial balloon launched by the Department of Justice last week. Officials briefed reporters on preliminary discussions among the department’s top brass to ban transgender people from buying guns. This was in the wake of last month’s horrendous Minneapolis church shooting

[ad_1] Conservative pundit and activist Charlie Kirk was a staunch advocate for guns, even arguing in 2023 that “some gun deaths” were worthwhile “so that we can have the Second Amendment.”  On Wednesday, he was shot and killed, highlighting the ongoing and uniquely American problem with gun violence—emboldened by the right’s long love affair with

[ad_1] Charles James Kirk, 31, a high- profile conservative activist who was an ally of Donald Trump, was shot dead during a university event in Utah on September 10. The suspected shooter, identified as Tyler Robinson, 22, has been taken into custody. Although Kirk has never held an official position in either the government or

[ad_1] That said, in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination — the guy who downplayed slavery, demonized Black and brown people, promoted the racist antisemitic Great Replacement Theory, attacked queer people, made degrading comments about women, said gun deaths were fine because that’s the price we must pay for the Second Amendment — the media

[ad_1] At 12.23pm on Wednesday, as the rightwing influencer and provocateur Charlie Kirk was addressing a large crowd at Utah Valley University, a single shot rang out. He was struck fatally by a bullet in the neck, sending thousands of screaming students scattering in all directions and propelling the country into a new and dangerous

[ad_1] TAMPA, Fla. – Florida now joins most of the nation on openly carrying firearms, after the First District Court of Appeals ruled the ban on open carry in the state unconstitutional on Wednesday. What we know: This week provided a big win for gun rights supporters with the appeals court’s decision. READ: NRA speaks

[ad_1] Arguably the most remarkable aspect of the aftermath of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination is how irrelevant its actual perpetrator was to the immediate discourse. I saw the finger-pointing online even before I saw the news that Kirk had been shot. At that point, there was hardly any information about the incident—let alone

[ad_1] “…I think it’s worth it…to have a cost of…some gun deaths every single year, so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights…”, Charlie Kirk said in April 2023. On Wednesday, the 31-year-old “Youth Whisperer of the American Right”, as The New York Times described Kirk, was killed by

[ad_1] It’s an unfortunate reality when mass shootings have become synonymous with the American identity. While all loss of life is tragic, the carnage entailed with gun violence leaves a particularly grotesque stain on the United States and its people, especially its most vulnerable. In fact, according to Johns Hopkins, gun violence is the leading

[ad_1] Anti-racism The right to bear arms is rooted in genocide and slavery in America and imperialism abroad By Judy Cox Downloading PDF. Please wait… Friday 12 September 2025 Issue Rallying against gun control in 2018 (Pic: Wikimedia commons) Charlie Kirk said gun deaths were an unfortunate but justifiable side effect of the right to

[ad_1] To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Donald Trump says he believes the person suspected of killing Charlie Kirk is in custody. In a live broadcast of Fox & Friends on the Fox News channel, the US President said: ‘I think just to

[ad_1] Trump has been depicted in AI-generated images on his Truth Social account as superheroes, ultra-muscular soldiers and even the Pope 20:02 ET, 11 Sep 2025Updated 20:06 ET, 11 Sep 2025 The White House described the accusations as ‘deranged conspiracy theories’ even as the president’s social media team frequently uses AI in their images and

[ad_1] At the core of the American political psyche lies a violent paranoia that’s difficult for outsiders to comprehend, much less fully reconcile. Realistically, what does a nation protected by two oceans — and flanked by economically dependent, near-surrogate states to its north and south — have to fear from the world? Why does a

[ad_1] For those who are hostile to gun rights, this point should still be obvious. Just replace the 2nd Amendment with the 1st. Can the president announce that trans people – or Muslims, Catholics, et al. – no longer have the right to speak or worship freely? The rhetoric around “trans-terrorism” is, I think, evidence