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"When women die because they lack access to reproductive medical care due to politics, that is political violence. When children die because vaccines are politicized, that is political violence. When immigrants are sent to inhumane prisons and tortured in countries they have no connection to and without due process, that is political violence."
~ Elliot Kirschner
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence #trans #women #ReproductiveRights #vaccines #immigrants #children
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"No matter what we learn about the shooter in the coming days, it’s crucial that we take care of the most marginalized among us and have their backs. The Trump Regime is coming for them, and the MAGA coalition is out for blood. The most important thing we can do is stand with the trans community, immigrant communities, and other communities who will come under attack."
~ Melissa Ryan
"It is simply beyond comprehension that we as a people have laws that have allowed the insane proliferation of guns to happen, beginning with the Second Amendment and including the laws permitting guns to be carried openly or concealed without training or a license. ...
In Utah yesterday, we learned once again that we have yielded our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to guns that have more rights than we do."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
"The single most important, influential, and potent factor encouraging political violence in America today is Donald Trump. … every discussion of the violent era we have entered must start and end with Trump."
~ Paul Waldman
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/dont-forget-who-is-most-to-blame
"Anyone who is celebrating Kirk’s killing is neither a friend to their country nor human decency. Anyone calling for revenge against entire groups of people not responsible for his death is just as awful. …
Abhor the hatred in yourself that you see in others. (Self pep-talk, there.) Love your neighbor, even if you loathe what they stand for."
~ Matt Labash
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://mattlabash.substack.com/p/on-the-murder-of-charlie-kirk
"Multiple HBCUs across the South, including Hampton University, Virginia State, Bethune-Cookman, Alabama State, Spelman, Clark Atlanta, and Southern University, went into lockdown or canceled classes after receiving potential threats…."
"Tonight, we find ourselves in a nation gripped by chaos—divided, unsettled, and standing on the edge of something even darker. Today has been one of the most difficult days to report: bomb threats rattled communities across the country, a possible shooting shut down a major university, and the manhunt for Charlie Kirk’s assassin intensifies with no end yet in sight."
~ Aaron Parnas
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/urgent-evening-news-update-bb3
"I cannot emphasize this enough: this fascist regime has identified trans people as a scapegoat after years of laying the foundation for Right Wing hatred of the group and seeing how Democrats, moderates, and liberals have shown an unwillingness to stand up for them because of 'pragmatic electoral politics.' These people deserve our support and our solidarity."
"My heart is breaking, once again, for trans people. The moment Kirk was killed the Right Wing space lit up with baseless conjecture, much of it focusing on the assumption that this had to be the actions of an unwell trans person, which is part of their general worldview."
"Because Kirk was murdered, it is difficult for some to be honest about how he spent his life. Kirk radicalized young people, which is grotesque. He whitewashed slavery, spread racial hatred, vilified vulnerable people, attacked the rights and protections of people of color, women, and the LGBTQ community. To use your platform or voice to normalize or aggrandize any of that is despicable."
~ Jared Yates Sexton
#CharlieKirk #guns #violence
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https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-opportunity-in-crisis-charlie
"He is helping fuel violence in conflicts around the world, particularly in the Middle East. And he leads a government that frequently luxuriates in violent rhetoric against its enemies."
"Trump is not a man to seek calm. In terms of political violence, he’s an arsonist, not a firefighter. He mocked the assault on Paul Pelosi and joked about 'Second Amendment people' going after Hillary Clinton. He has hailed the January 6 rioters as heroes."
~ Jeet Heer
#CharlieKirk #Trump #guns #violence
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https://www.thenation.com/article/society/charlie-kirk-shooting-assassination-analysis/
"Far-right influencers and violent extremists are posting identifying details about people they view as celebrating or glorifying the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. The campaign has been swift and widespread and has already led to at least one person losing their job and others receiving death threats."
~ David Gilbert
"Also, Trump has placed a 22-year-old intern with zero experience, named Thomas Fugate III, to lead the domestic threat assessment division within the FBI. He’s not the person you want in that position."
"The FBI was then forced to issue a retraction, admitting it doesn’t have the suspect in custody as of this writing. ...
The head of the Utah FBI Field Office was a well-respected career agent named Mehtab Sayed, a Pakistani woman. She was fired a few weeks ago because she was Pakistani and a woman. This is in addition to all the firings of most senior FBI officials as Trump exacts revenge and retribution on the FBI."
"The FBI has mismanaged and botched this whole thing from the start. FBI Director Kash Patel posted that the suspect was in custody. It turns out, they racially profiled an Arab Charlie Kirk supporter who had nothing to do with the shooting.
Earlier, the FBI claimed they found another suspect who happened to be a mentally ill man known for disrupting political events and gatherings in Utah."
~ Ben Meiselas
“The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.”
~ Shannon Watts of Moms Demand Action
"I think it's worth [it] to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”
~ Charlie Kirk per Walter Einenkel
"In the wake of a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2023, Kirk said the cost of 'some gun deaths' is 'unfortunately' worth it in order to preserve Second Amendment rights, calling it a 'prudent deal.'”
~ Team Zeteo