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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · Sep 12

Pretty clear that a lot of people jumped the gun on the motive behind Kirk’s assassination. The shooter:

1. Grew up in a Republican family
2. Donated to Donald Trump
3. Loved guns
4. Was steeped in Groyper culture

This isn’t a simple “raging leftist hated Kirk” scenario.

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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · Sep 12

Of course, the arrested alleged killer of Charlie Kirk comes from a Republican, gun toting, law-enforcement family and he’s a young white guy who appears neither gay nor trans.

So sick of the Republican B. S.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Everything we know about Charlie Kirk 'assassin's' parents

Robinson was taken into custody on Thursday night in southern Utah after having allegedly confessed to his father.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Sep 12

If this guy from a gun loving Republican family concluded at some point, according to one alleged piece of evidence that Kirk was “filled with hate,” he came to that conclusion AS AN INDIVIDUAL, and people who support the Democratic Party have NOTHING TO DO WITH IT, you scumbags.

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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · Sep 12

A young white Christian male who was raised by Republicans and taught to use guns from a young age shot Charlie Kirk.

Not long after, a young white Christian male radicalized online by white male Christians like Charlie Kirk shot up his high school in the state next door.

#ThisIsAmerica

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It’s Alive! Barker @kellylink.bsky.social · Sep 12

charlie kirk was a loser, a grifter, a racist, a bully, a misogynist, a gun-violence apologist, and a blot on the political landscape—to imagine him lying in state really sums up the disgrace & shame of this nation

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · Sep 12

For everyone who now needs a quick education on the extreme far right wing Groyper movement that has been out to get Charlie Kirk for not being far right enough for years, here you go.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groypers

Groypers - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Colin Oreilly @colin0reilly.bsky.social · Sep 12

“Every single Epstein file should be released to the public. No redactions.”

– Charlie Kirk

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Sep 12

Nearly 48 hours of relentless anti-trans propaganda and news reports over the murder of Charlie Kirk, and all of that for not a single shred of evidence that trans people or trans rights had anything to do with it.

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all hallows eve-run enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · Sep 12

so charlie kirk was assassinated by exactly the kind of terminally-online channer shithead he tried to foment

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · Sep 12

Online right-wing rhetoric began shifting last night from saying the left-wing must be destroyed because someone on the left supposedly killed Charlie Kirk to saying the left-wing must be destroyed because there were people on the left who celebrated his death.

In case anyone was wondering.

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · Sep 12

That's the thing about far-right extremists. They often find their biggest enemies within their own ranks.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 12

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Sep 12

Is it safe to say that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, is not transgender?

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Sep 12

Vaccines work. Period.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Sep 12

Incase you thought Charlie Kirk’s influence was contained within our own borders…

This is nuts.

Thankfully, the EU Parliament had the good sense to reject this inappropriate nonsense.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Sep 12

Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Sep 12

It is wildly unusual for lower-court judges to so publicly express frustration with the Supreme Court’s *behavior* (versus, say, a confusing ruling in a specific case).

But the number of *different* examples is completely unprecedented—and pretty powerful evidence that something is seriously wrong.

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Sep 11

NEW: A group of appeals court judges openly struggled with — and in some cases criticized — the Supreme Court's terse and vague shadow docket rulings. One said they've left lower courts "in limbo," forcing them to interpret "signals"

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Sep 11

Guys, I know you all still cling to conspiracy theories about Merrick Garland bc ... well, you watch too many TV lawyers who knew fuckall about the investigation.

But this is a fact. A trial was scheduled to happen 3 years after Jan6, just like Bolsonaro got.

Who killed it? John Roberts.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Sep 11

I stand with Matthew Dowd.

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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · Sep 11

We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.

Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was

The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.

www.thenation.com

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Sep 12

It’s important to understand that MAGA fascists consider the white supremacist Kirk worthy of the Medal of Freedom alongside Mister Rogers, Jesse Owens, MLK, Jonas Salk, Neil Armstrong, Jackie Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, Muhammad Ali, and Aretha Franklin. His pathetic self is as good as they have.

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Sep 12

Flags at half-mast for Charlie Kirk are inappropriate. That's exactly why Trump did it. It will boost his fundraising significantly. Melissa Hortman was disrespected and dishonored by this incredibly flawed president.

#FuckTrump

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yeah, just because someone shouldn't be murdered in cold blood, which nobody should, doesn't make them not a despicable hateful troll whose rhetoric endangered lives on the daily. I really need the careful framing/rehabilitation (and sometimes canonizing) of Charlie Kirk to stop. Now.

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Nova Sentience @novasentience.bsky.social · Sep 11

Very interesting…
Agree this looks highly professional…
Inside job? The MAGA cult taking out their own?

It’s definitely a great distraction from the #Epstein files!

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · Sep 11

Before he died, Charlie Kirk said the Epstein files should be released, which made a lot of MAGA and Trump’s circle angry.

"The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein...Every file should be released to the public."

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · Sep 11

Before he died, Charlie Kirk said the Epstein files should be released, which made a lot of MAGA and Trump’s circle angry.

"The DOJ should immediately move to unseal all the Epstein...Every file should be released to the public."

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