- Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Andrew Duehren, Kenneth P. Vogel and Katie Rogers @ The New York Times: Trump Invokes Kirk’s Killing in Justifying Measures to Silence Opponents
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, President Trump and his allies have laid out a broad plan to target liberal groups, monitor speech, revoke visas and designate certain groups as domestic terrorists.
- Sarah Rumpf @ Mediaite: DOJ Deletes Its Own Study From Website Showing ‘Far More’ Domestic Terrorism Committed by ‘Far-Right Extremists’
Within the past few days, the Department of Justice deleted one of its own studies from its website showing that “far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists.”
- Mark Silk @ Religion News Service: Charlie Kirk is fast becoming an emblem of Trump's political religion
Past leaders have used shocking events to bring us together. Trump is making Kirk a martyr to drive Americans apart.
- Ron Dicker @ HuffPost: Jesse Watters Demands Charlie Kirk Protesters Get On Their Knees And Repent
The Fox News host repeatedly called for "them" to get one chance to beg for forgiveness — or else.
- Jill Filipovic: Welcome to Right-Wing Reeducation Camp
The Trump regime is squashing speech and using the full force of government to enforce its ideology.
- Catherine Bouris @ The Daily Beast: Karoline Leavitt Touts Bizarre Holy Sign After Charlie Kirk’s Death
President Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared a bizarre post on Tuesday that appeared to claim that an earthquake in Utah on the night of Charlie Kirk’s death was a sign of God’s anger.
- Hunter Walker @ Talking Points Memo: Texas Congressman Says Trans People Need To Be Taken ‘Off The Streets’ After Charlie Kirk Shooting
The killing of right wing activist and influencer Charlie Kirk has prompted disturbing and questionably legal calls for a crackdown on the left from President Trump and his allies. In an appearance on the cable network Newsmax on Tuesday evening, Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) took things further — way further.
- Cynthia Miller-Idriss @ Just Security: How Misogyny Fuels Violent Extremism
Even as the problem garners more attention, misogynistic and male supremacist violence is still often relegated to a category of “other” threats, or dismissed as the personality problems of challenged individuals, rather than addressed as an ideological belief system of its own.
