[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

[ad_1] Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York attempted to shift blame for the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk to Second Amendment supporters Thursday. Kirk was fatally shot during a TPUSA “Prove Me Wrong” event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, in which he would take questions from attendees. Ocasio-Cortez said

[ad_1] Republican Charlie Kirk is dead. So is former Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark. Two clearly political assassinations in the past four months. And a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association’s journal, Pediatrics, suggests that most of the deaths from the more than 250 mass

[ad_1] Law enforcement officers work at Utah Valley University, where US right-wing activist and commentator, Charlie Kirk, was shot during an event in Orem, Utah, US, September 10, 2025. Photo: IC US President Donald Trump has ordered the national flag to be flown at half-staff in honor of Charlie Kirk, a political ally of Trump

[ad_1] W.B. Yeats’ grave has a unique epitaph: “Cast a cold eye. On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!” They are the last three lines from his poem “Under Ben Bulben”, written in 1938, the year before his death. The call-to-action, as product managers call it, is to be detached from life and death, to

[ad_1] The Kennedy Center continues to be a political institution showing preference for the right-wing party. Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the center “held a moment of silence to honor” the political commentator. The center added, “May he rest in peace.” The center did not offer a moment of silence for Speaker of the

[ad_1] Right-Wing Fascist Extremist Charlie Kirk As He Got Shot Today By An Assassin. (Click on image for larger photo.) Right-wing fascist extremist Charlie Kirk was assassinated today on Utah campus By Lynda Carson – September 10, 2025 Charlie Kirk, a close friend of the convicted felon President Trump has been shot down in cold

[ad_1] Charlie Kirk, one of US President Donald Trump’s closest allies who campaigned hard for Republicans during the 47th presidential election, was shot dead on September 10 in Utah. The conservative activist was gunned down while delivering a speech on his American Comeback, in an incident strikingly similar to the one Trump faced in Pennsylvania,

[ad_1] Plenty of ink has been spilled on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the sweeping piece of budget reconciliation legislation that cuts taxes, creates “Trump accounts” for newborns, and grants an unprecedented new surge of funding in support of mass deportation and border security efforts. But one of the law’s biggest impacts may be

[ad_1] A bushy-browed, pipe-smoking, piano-playing Antonin Scalia—Nino—the scourge of the left, knew how to work a crowd. He loved opera; he loved theater; he loved show tunes. In high school, he played the lead role in Macbeth: “I have no spur to prick the sides of my intent, but only vaulting ambition.” As clever as