News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter
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What do we know about Tyler Robinson? What don't we know? What are people saying? Why are they saying what they're saying? And again, who was Charlie Kirk really?
Content Warnings
Episode Links:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/charlie-kirk-bullet-casings-engravings.html
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/
https://www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-kirk-was-killed-by-a-meme
https://web.archive.org/web/20250911142246/https://stonetoss.com/comic/turning-point/ (NOTE: Stone Toss comic, link to Internet Archive)
https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-charlie-kirk-anyway
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/who-tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-suspect-814fd21f
https://boingboing.net/2025/09/12/1350-word-feature-about-the-appeal-of-charlie-kirks-beliefs-doesnt-specify-them-or-quote-him.html (NOTE: A good read)
https://web.archive.org/web/20240112121724/https://www.wired.com/story/charlie-kirk-tpusa-mlk-civil-rights-act/ (NOTE: Another good read)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/magazine/charlie-kirk-american-right.html
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/not-all-victims-should-be-martyrs/
https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-and-tpusa-are-fueled-far-right-extremism
Show Notes:
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