Charlie Kirk

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Republican Responsibility for Charlie Kirk’s AssassinationThe time for cowardice is over. They have a duty to do justice.

P resident Trump’s joke about not forgiving his enemies at Charlie Kirk’s funeral remembrance contrasted with Erika Kirk’s , Charlie’s surviving wife, statement that she forgave the murderer of her hu...

2026-04-16

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‘Old Fart’ Thinking Is Too Much in Our WayThe gormless boomer political era is over — for both the Left and Right.

I t’s funny because for the longest time, it was conservatives who were faulted for embracing retrograde notions and ideas. But in 2025, it seems, the retrograde people are mostly on the Left. Not sol...

2026-04-16

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Are They Illegal? Because If They’re Illegal, That’s Why They’re Getting ArrestedAnother opportunity for performative protest as law enforcement launches Operation Swamp Sweep.

A s many of our readers know, the month of December has brought on Operation Swamp Sweep, which is a joint effort by several federal agencies to clear as many illegal aliens, and in particular crimina...

2026-04-16

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The New Editor-in-Chief of CBS News Is Not Like the OthersAn end to incurious groupthink in the CBS newsroom?

W ASHINGTON — The knives are out for CBS News’ new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss. Because she succeeded. Paramount, which owns CBS, is buying The Free Press, the news organization she co-founded, report...

2026-04-16

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The Four Rings of Terror — How Violence Targets Conservative AmericaAn orchestrated assault on governance, speech, law and faith.

T hey left a message on the brass. On a September morning in Dallas, a rooftop sniper fired into an ICE transport van, killing one detainee and wounding two. Investigators recovered shell casings scra...

2026-04-16

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Radical Left | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics | Page 2

The bullet that killed Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University did not only strike down a man. It announced something… A month ago, I began writing the contracted sequel to my political thriller, The W...

2026-04-16

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Charlie Kirk: The Last Debater“When people stop talking, that’s when you get violence.” — Charlie Kirk

I have heard it said that Charlie Kirk was all of us. To some extent, that’s true. Charlie and I had a lot in common: he was only a year my senior, he was a Christian, he was a husband and a father, a...

2026-04-16

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The Martyrdom of My Friend Charlie KirkWe must all now channel his same courage.

I t is difficult enough to write about the most high-profile political assassination in this country since the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy killings of 1968. It is considerably more di...

2026-04-16

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President Looks in the Mirror and Sees a Nobel Peace PrizeThe real estate developer delivers peace where the experts failed.

W ASHINGTON — For the last 20 living Israeli hostages who spent 738 awful days in captivity — starved, isolated, and afraid — the worst nightmare is behind them. “The war is over,” President Donald Tr...

2026-04-16

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Roger Goodell’s Pagan NFLAmericans love our churches and our football. Increasingly, the NFL is forcing us to choose one over the other.

S unday mornings are a time of relative peace at the Kengor abode, or at least as much as possible with a family of 10, plus in-laws, guests, and various others buzzing about the place. Sunday morning...

2026-04-16

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The Blood of the Martyrs: Charlie Kirk’s Witness and MovementWhat violently struck Charlie down goes beyond the political and the ideological. It was spiritual wickedness at work.

“T he blood of the martyrs,” said Tertullian, “is the seed of the Church.” Charlie Kirk led a movement, a conservative movement, not a church. We all know that. Nonetheless, the reaction to his death ...

2026-04-16

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The Spectator P.M.Ep. 177: Erika Kirk Can Lead and Mourn at the Same TimeThe ridiculous conspiracies surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death need to stop.

Three months after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk faces constant criticism of her every move. I’ll be honest, this is the Erika Kirk I’ve waited to see. Not angry. But with righteous in...

2026-04-16

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Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Is Evidence of Spiritual WarfareThe recent rash of violence is a symptom of the spiritual disease plaguing our nation.

S piritual warfare is real, undeniably real, and the Western world is currently in the throes of it. Some years ago, it may have been easy (or at least easier than it is now) to brush off the wearisom...

2026-04-16

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Three Cheers for Erika KirkPicking up her husband’s reins.

T he announcement from Turning Point USA was to the point. It read : “Charlie prepared all of us for a moment like this one,” TPUSA’s Board of Directors wrote in a letter dated Wednesday. “He worked t...

2026-04-16

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Religion > Islam Andrea Widburg discusses Democrats and their animal costumes, antisemitism and Islamic immigration in Europe, and Zohran Mandami’s open Islamic radicalism. Andrea Widburg | October 19...

2026-04-16

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This Kid Says the Darnedest ThingsMamdani’s on-the-record statements make it clear he must be rejected at the ballot box.

Z ohran Mamdani has said more than enough. New York’s 33-year-old wannabe boy mayor has addressed a wide array of topics. His own words confirm his critics’ chief charge: He’s a Communist in democrati...

2026-04-16

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It’s Time for Young Conservatives to Touch GrassAnd recharge their batteries in America’s great outdoors.

P olitics can be an isolating, draining pursuit. Each day, there are dozens of livestreams to keep up with, articles to read, and situations to monitor on X. Gen Z scratches its political itch by scro...

2026-04-16

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Ethan Watson

Politics can be an isolating, draining pursuit. Each day, there are dozens of livestreams to keep up with, articles to… It’s difficult to remember a more gut-wrenching day in American politics than ye...

2026-04-16

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There’s a certain kind of conservative, often credentialed and overconfident, who clings to the belief that Trump’s departure from the… When Coleman Hughes first opened a Thomas Sowell book, he wasn’t...

2026-04-16

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Heroes and Zeroes of 2025Martyrdom, moral clarity, and the unmasking of the American Left.

To nobody’s surprise, 2025 was a tumultuous year. Reversing a half-century of cultural, domestic, and geopolitical rot had to take a heavy toll, which it did in the blood of one crusader. Yet while th...

2026-04-16