The execution of Charlie Kirk is abhorrent in a country founded on free speech, prizes vigorous campaigning for public office and then parks election rhetoric for governing for the good of the country.
That has not existed for decades. Red Teamer Karl Rove installed the permanent political campaign and both parties play the game, now deadly.
Trump cited the root cause of Kirk's killing before a suspect had been found and arrested. One might recall the tragic air accident at Reagan Airport was due to "DEI." The cause was a faulty altimeter, making Trump's assertion complete nonsense.
The Wall Street Journal noted the ammunition from the rifle used by the assailant had three words engraved on them, words associated with "transgender and antifascist ideology." I had never heard of such a thing so I looked it up:
"transgender antifascist ideology" is not a distinct ideology but a pairing of terms used to describe a political stance.
One part, "antifascist," refers to a legitimate opposition to fascism.
The other part, "transgender ideology," is a term created by anti-trans activists to discredit transgender people.
Trump cited Radical Left Terrorists. The New Yorker reported:
Even before Kirk’s death had been confirmed, Nancy Mace, a Republican congresswoman from South Carolina, spoke to reporters outside the Capitol. “Democrats own what happened today,” she told them. When Ryan Nobles, the chief Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News, asked her if, by that logic, Republicans would own the shooting this summer of two Minnesota Democratic lawmakers, she replied, “Are you kidding me? . . . Some raging leftist lunatic put a bullet through his neck and you want to talk about Republicans right now? No. . . . Democrats own this a hundred per cent.”
While others were praying for a sane conversation around how to end the rapidly escalating problem of violence across the political spectrum, the President and his close adviser defined the crisis differently: it was about the American right under siege—and what Trump was going to do about it. The point here was clear for those who chose to listen: the President doesn’t care one bit about all those sanctimonious calls for healing. It is not a dialogue about the crisis of political violence in America that he wants right now but an aggressive new policy of political vengeance.
Charlie Kirk was a Red Team motivational speaker, heavily aligned with Trump II.
Politics is an insufficient way to explain our world, given its ever shifting sands, serial mistruths and mind numbing double standards.
People who execute others for political reasons are damaged, operating from an extreme retaliatory impulse. Such crimes bear responsible public safety investigation, free from political garbage. That's not retaliation, like so many elected officials are offering.
A leader's job is to keep their head whilst all others are losing theirs. I pray for that and for all the families who are and have been the victims of political violence, regardless of party color.
Update 9-12-25: The WSJ walked back their "transgender and antifascist ideology" reporting with experts saying, not so fast..
The suspect's family turned him in to the police. It remains to be seen the motivation but there are networks of people around the globe grooming the next round of killers/assassins. Disabling those networks should be a top priority for law enforcement.
Update 9-12-25: A young white male with no leftist ties assassinated Charlie Kirk. There are suggestions this was a far right assassination by a perpetrator further to the right. Trump II won't back down on his radical left framing, when there is absolutely no evidence to support his savage declarations. Ideally, we could trust federal law enforcement to get to the bottom of these assertions but that is not possible under the current administration. The Donald demands that all arms of the federal government 100% support his narratives.
Apparently Nick Fuentes and Laura Loomer had beefs with Kirk. Loomer called Kirk a “charlatan” and “political opportunist” who engaged in “mental gymnastics” and “stabs Trump in the back”. Fuentes was known for breaking up Turning Point engagements on college campuses.
The Epstein files remain under lock and key. Will the Kirk files receive similar treatment?
Update 9-13-25: More questions are being raised about Tyler Robinson's Groyper connections. Fox News and NYPost reported that Robinson's roommate is trans.
Update 9-15-25: Utah Governor stated the assassination was planned and conducted solely by one individual. Trump II and his sons/minions cite a widespread left wing campaign of violence. His Domestic War Chief Stephen Miller cited "terrorist networks." Two things cannot be true.
The Utah Governor has shown his poise and leadership abilities while Trump has been premature, excessive and inaccurate in his comments. The White House epitomizes the permanent political campaign, hyper-partisanship and retaliatory excess which has led to violence by Trump's followers in the past. Trump is incapable of peace, internationally and domestically. The sooner Congress and the Supremes acknowledge this the better. Individual citizens stand not a chance if Trump can pick off storied law firms and well endowed universities.
The free speech absolutists are up in arms over speech regarding Israel as it continues to pummel Gaza while steering its eyes toward the West Bank and Charlie Kirk, who built his Red Team motivational speaking career on "free speech." We are entering bizarro territory where Trump's irreality collides with both history and the normal course of daily events in our communities.
Apparently holding a belief other than Trump's is a terrorist act and worthy of a declaration of war. The louder and more offensive the digital Caligula, the more he's siphoning from the federally controlled economy. Who's in the Tik Tok deal? Lutnick's kids, the Trump boys, Dominari Holdings, Mnuchin, Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt...any private equity firms needing secondary marketing fodder?
Update 9-15-25: Two out of three Americans believe that harsh rhetoric used in politics is encouraging violence.
