Sep 16 from https://www.theatlantic.com Left

The Irony of Using Charlie Kirk’s Murder to Silence Debate

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. A strange thing happens when a notable public figure is killed: Their rough edges are sanded down, and a multidimensional person is flattened into the simplicity of a myth. This has happened with...

Sep 16 from https://www.msnbc.com/ Left

Charlie Kirk's not dead and other conspiracy theories

Within hours of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, edited videos began to spread online. Some focused on the moment Kirk was shot — zooming in on the obviously fatal wound to make the strange claim that he hadn’t been killed at all: that the video was a fake, generated by computer, or that a squeeze of his right arm was proof he had popped a capsule to make it appear as...

Sep 13 from https://www.theamericanconservative.com/ Right

Charlie Kirk Was a Generational Talent in a Generation Tearing Itself Apart

The first and, as it turned out, last time I met Charlie Kirk, the wunderkind conservative political operative, was in a cafe somewhere in southwestern Ohio. The setting was the kind of stereotypical diner featured live on Fox News or MSNBC during primary campaigns, and indeed, it was that political season. On a beautiful spring day (not unlike the autumn day that was his last) in early May...

Sep 11 from https://www.motherjones.com/ Left

No, Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Tragedy is a powerful shaper of narratives. In the aftermath of the horrific assassination of MAGA champion Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two, it was natural that his allies, including President Trump, lionized him as a patriot, free-speech advocate, and activist. And...

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