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Can The Center Hold After Charlie Kirk? Plus: Shutdown Strategy

Can The Center Hold After Charlie Kirk? Plus: Shutdown Strategy

Update: 2025-09-17
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Nate and Maria share their reactions to last week’s assassination of conservative organizer and activist Charlie Kirk, who died after sustaining a gunshot wound at a speaking event on a Utah campus.

Then, they debate the Democrats’ strategy as a government shutdown looms — and Nate says what he would do if he were Chuck Schumer.

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Can The Center Hold After Charlie Kirk? Plus: Shutdown Strategy

Can The Center Hold After Charlie Kirk? Plus: Shutdown Strategy

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