Monday, September 15, 2025

After Charlie Kirk's death, we disagree on a lot. But not this.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, Gen Z deserves to see a unified response to the rise in political violence and its proliferation on the internet. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 
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Mon Sep 15 2025

 
Turning Point USA members mourn conservative activist Charlie Kirk, 31, in Houston on Sept. 11, 2025, a day after he was fatally shot in Utah.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, Gen Z deserves to see a unified response to the rise in political violence and its proliferation on the internet.

People mourn Charlie Kirk after the conservative activist was fatally shot during an event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Sept. 10, 2025.
 

We're on opposite sides of the aisle. Even we can agree on this.

If we Americans allow ourselves to be dragged further down this path of violence and retribution, we will lose ourselves – and our country.

Memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix on Sept. 11, 2025.
 

Trump pushed narrative the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect doesn't fit

MAGA Republicans have spent the days since Charlie Kirk's tragic shooting death posting online that the shooter must be a radical leftist. Oops.

President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 3, 2025.
 

Trump appeals to moderate voters, not partisan elites scared of change

Donald Trump doesn't worry about what people at the extremes of the political spectrum want. He just does his own thing – and it works.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 30, 2025.
 

RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz: 5 ways we're improving rural health care

The status quo has failed rural patients. Throwing money at struggling hospital operations is like a Band-Aid on a severed artery.

Toms River teachers and staff receive COVID-19 vaccines at Community Medical Center in Toms River, NJ Monday, March 22, 2021.
 

Why deny people the right to vaccines that may keep them alive?

What if the political right had leaned into everyone getting the shot instead of 'Let's just gain herd immunity and let it run its course'?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses an event in Melbourne on Aug. 11, 2025.
 

I trust fellow Floridians more than dishonest public health experts

Getting rid of onerous mandates will force more Floridians to do the research and learn more about the vaccines they are being asked to take.

With the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of the National Action Network, New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani addresses a "March on Wall Street" to call for economic justice on Aug. 28, 2025.
 

Do Democrats realize Mamdani is giving them a winning platform?

Democrats are once again failing to meet the moment and risk being behind the times – something that will hurt them ahead of the 2026 midterms.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, a former governor of South Dakota, says on July 14, 2025, in Tampa, Florida, that DHS is having conversations with five governors about putting detention facilities for undocumented immigrants in their states.
 

Kristi Noem's hypocrisy is obvious in her home state's history

Illegal border crossers and genocidal campaigns against the Sioux is the kind of history that Trump complains is woke. But that's South Dakota.

The University of Virginia campus is seen on October 12, 2022, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
 

For colleges, money has taken precedence over protecting students

An ongoing search for a new president at the University of Virginia raises questions about student freedoms at campuses across the country.

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