Comedian and podcaster Andrew Schulz went scorched earth on the hypocrites who he said were celebrating the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, only to turn around and demand “due process” for suspected narco-terrorists attempting to flood the United States with illegal drugs.
Schulz, who hosts the “Flagrant” podcast, was speaking with popular radio personality Charlamagne Tha God — host of “The Breakfast Club” — when he made the point, saying that he’d just like to see some consistency across the board.
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&#8220;It&#8217;s just funny to me that there are people that were happy Charlie Kirk got shot because they disagreed on opinions and they&#8217;re fighting for due process for people who are driving fentanyl into the f*cking country!&#8221;
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“It&#8217;s just funny to me that there are people that were happy Charlie Kirk got shot because they disagreed on opinions and they&#8217;re fighting for due process for people who are driving fentanyl into the f***ing country!” he exclaimed. “What the f*** do we live in!? Why do we have more humanity for people who are actually profiting off of killing Americans!?”
“You shouldn&#8217;t be like those people,” Charlamagne interjected.
“What do I gotta do?” Schulz asked.
Charlamagne’s answer was straightforward: “Don&#8217;t become what you hate.”
“What I hate?” Schulz asked, then answered: “I hate people trying to kill Americans! So if you’re trying to kill Charlie Kirk — or if you&#8217;re trying to bring Fentanyl in here — I hate both of y&#8217;all,” he added.
President Donald Trump’s use of precision strikes — to target and destroy boats suspected of carrying narcotics and drug smugglers — has been the topic of much debate among members of Congress from both sides of the aisle and across media outlets as well, and the reviews, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-strikes-another-drug-vessel-targeting-narco-terrorists-as-trump-floats-talks-with-venezuela">even among experts,</a> have been decidedly mixed.

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Two months after the assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus in Utah, a Turning Point USA event at the University of California, Berkeley, erupted in violence. <a href="https://calmatters.org/education/2025/11/uc-berkeley-turning-point-fights-arrests/">Over the course of several hours</a>, protesters tried to shut down the event, launched projectiles at attendees, engaged in physical altercations, and sent one attendee to the hospital. While this rightfully prompted an investigation by the Department of Justice’s <a href="https://x.com/AAGDhillon/status/1988272046741111268">Civil Rights Division</a>, the Berkeley riot, and indeed, Kirk’s assassination itself, point to a broader problem: the utter failure of American universities to foster intellectual diversity and a culture of free speech on their campuses.
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We saw all of this at Berkeley back in 2017. <a href="https://twitter.com/UCBerkeley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UCBerkeley</a> was sued, and settled the case.
The <a href="https://twitter.com/CivilRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CivilRights</a> will investigate what happened here, and I see several issues of serious concern regarding campus and local security and Antifa’s ability to operate with impunity in CA. <a href="https://t.co/aN7JzouXwl">https://t.co/aN7JzouXwl</a>
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One reason Turning Point USA events and other events featuring conservative speakers turn violent is that college students are accustomed to living in ideological echo chambers. A <a href="https://www.thefire.org/sites/default/files/2024/12/Faculty-Report-2024-Final.pdf">2024 report</a> by the nonpartisan Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) demonstrates with raw numbers just how bad the problem is. 55% of conservative faculty (compared to just 17% of liberal faculty) hide their political views to protect their jobs. Just 20% of respondents indicated that a conservative individual would be a somewhat or very positive fit in their department, compared to 71% agreeing that a liberal individual would be a positive addition. 47% of conservative faculty feel they cannot express their opinion on a subject because of how other faculty, students, or administrators would respond. While conservative students may be attending and even teaching classes, often unbeknownst to others, a Turning Point USA event may be the first time many students are exposed to the ideas they have learned to perceive as unacceptable or even evil.
Allowing Turning Point USA to hold events — only after imposing exorbitant security fees and forcing organizers through a Byzantine permitting process — is nowhere near enough. The First Amendment requires as much. Universities have an obligation to their students, and indeed, to the country, to expose students to a broad range of ideas. Rather than let racial diversity drive hiring decisions, universities should strive to ensure that conservative views are represented in social studies and humanities departments. Students should be exposed to the ideas of conservative philosophers, economists, and historians, just as they will invariably be exposed to those of liberal (and even Marxist) thinkers. Universities should cultivate debating societies where participants must advocate positions that differ from their own, and audiences are exposed to competing ideas. And when organizations like Turning Point USA host events, university leaders need not endorse the viewpoints their speakers express, but they should make clear that the speaker is welcome on campus. While a university president attending a Turning Point USA event would likely inflame controversy in the short term, it would send a strong signal that the university’s commitment to intellectual diversity is real.
Fostering open dialogue and the free exchange of ideas is only half the battle. University administrators should adopt zero-tolerance policies for efforts to interfere with others’ speech and learning on college campuses, violent and non-violent alike. Students who engage in violence must be disciplined, up to and including expulsion. Too many universities give students a free pass when their violence relates to a conservative speaker rather than some interpersonal squabble. But engaging in violence to shut down speech makes the conduct worse, not better, as it is inimical to the purpose of a university. Administrators should craft course evaluations that assess whether the instructor fostered a free exchange of ideas and take it seriously when instructors flunk this critical test. Professors who shut down speech or foster self-censorship should adapt to the new norms or find a different profession.
Charlie Kirk’s assassination should have served as a wake-up call to American universities. While the suspect was not a Utah Valley University student, the shooting nonetheless spoke to a broader failure in American higher education. Too many students see conservative viewpoints as tantamount to violence, and those viewpoints are thus seldom expressed. And when they are, such as at Turning Point USA’s recent event in Berkeley, a violent response is all too common. Universities must take action to reverse this erosion of free speech by prioritizing the robust exchange of opposing views and disciplining, rather than coddling, those who exercise a heckler’s veto against conservative speech.
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Jesse Franklin-Murdock is the Miles Visiting Fellow at the Center for American Liberty and a counsel at Dhillon Law Group Inc., where his practice areas include political law and civil rights.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Journalist Katie Couric tried her best to get Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) to say negative things about slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the Pennsylvania senator never took the bait and kept pushing back.
Couric began by asking Fetterman if he thought the various ways the Turning Point founder was honored were too much because of his beliefs. 
“Do you think that flags should have been flown at half-staff? Do you think his body should have been flown on Air Force Two? Do you think he should have posthumously been given the Presidential Medal of Freedom?” Couric asked during a podcast interview with the senator. “I think some people felt that that was perhaps over the top in terms of mourning someone like Charlie Kirk. How did you feel about that?”
“I’d say that that was his choice and his prerogative, and that was really entirely up to him,” Fetterman replied.
Couric tried again, asking the senator if he had any “issues” with Kirk’s “rhetoric.” Fetterman said that though he didn&#8217;t agree with Kirk on most issues, he also didn’t follow what he was saying very closely.
“I’m sure you learned about them after his death, though,” Couric said.
“No, I haven’t done a deep dive on it,” Fetterman responded, going on to say that political violence was always “unacceptable” and that the video of Kirk’s death was “appalling.”
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“And engaging in a debate and views I strongly disagree on, that’s part of the American democracy. And for me, that would never justify what’s happened,” he went on. “And I just chose not to take the opportunity to argue his views after children lost [their] father in the most violent, public way.”
“We have to disagree in better ways … we have to turn the temperature down,” Fetterman added.
“I think some people might say Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric was extreme,” Couric insisted. “You know, I think that’s the conversation that happened. People condemned political violence, but they also felt a great deal of discomfort with his language, suggesting that these kinds of words lead to violence. I don’t know. I’m just kind of sharing my observations as I saw the conversations unfold.”
Fetterman pushed back, asserting that nothing Kirk said meant he deserved to be assassinated.
“Yeah, I agree. I mean, I think we agree that we probably didn’t agree with much of what he said. And I’m sure we both agree that you shouldn’t shoot people and you shouldn’t execute them in public,” Fetterman replied. “And I think two things must be true: that free speech … I’m an absolute free speech guy and you have the right to say these things. And you definitely also have the right not to get shot by sharing your views.”
This isn’t the first time Fetterman displayed more common sense than most mainstream Democrats. The senator said on “Jesse Watters Primetime” earlier this month that he doesn’t agree with extreme labels.
“I’m not gonna call you a fascist or a Nazi. I’m not gonna compare anyone to like, Hitler or anything,” he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6384479522112">said</a> at the time. “That’s wrong. And if you resort to that thing, you’ve lost the plot.”
During an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-daily-wire-sits-down-with-john-fetterman-who-doesnt-hear-from-democrats-anymore?author=Tim+Rice&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=The+Daily+Wire+Sits+Down+With+John+Fetterman%2C+Who+Doesn%E2%80%99t+Hear+From+Democrats+Anymore">exclusive interview</a> with The Daily Wire last week, the senator said Democrats don’t even call him anymore because he refuses to blindly follow mainstream party positions on topics like Israel, border control, and the government shutdown.

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Katie Couric Tries, And Fails, To Make John Fetterman Denounce Charlie Kirk

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What began as a peaceful, student-organized memorial in Manchester, England, to honor Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and promote free speech on campus quickly took a turn when protesters disrupted the event, and police were forced to intervene.
The University of Manchester&#8217;s Pro-Life Society had spent weeks preparing for the gathering, which featured guest speaker Lois Miller, a well-known pro-life advocate. The group hoped the event would serve as a respectful tribute to Kirk’s legacy and an opportunity for open discussion about the value of human life and the importance of free speech.
However, midway through the event, tensions escalated when protesters surrounded the attendees. According to Inge Botha, president of the pro-life group, officers intervened after about ten minutes of mounting pressure.
“When the mob was almost on top of us, the police stepped in,” Botha said. “They formed a barrier between us and the protesters after someone pushed over a portrait of Charlie Kirk.”
Botha added that members of the society flagged posts earlier that day from the university’s Feminist Society and Leftist Society, encouraging students to protest the memorial. According to guest speaker Lois Miller’s X page, the protesters outnumbered the pro-life attendees “ten to one” and brought speakers to drown out Miller’s remarks.
Botha was shocked by protesters and their ability to forget that Kirk was a husband and a father with two children.
&#8220;No matter who it is, you’d hope people could show some empathy,&#8221; Botha said.
One protester showed up in Charlie&#8217;s white &#8220;Freedom&#8221; t-shirt with red paint on his neck and shirt.
She added, &#8220;It&#8217;s incredibly concerning how comfortable they are with death and murder.&#8221;
Botha explained that her group’s mission is rooted in defending human life at all stages.
“We support human life from its beginning to its end,” she said. “We stand against abortion, euthanasia, murder, and assassination.” She hopes to make a difference in abortion and admires Kirk as an avid pro-lifer.
Guest speaker Lois Miller was invited for her extensive research and advocacy within the pro-life movement. In a recent article, titled “The Elephant in the Room Is Abortion,” Miller addressed Britain&#8217;s birthrate crisis, citing statistics that show 28% of Britain’s Generation Z were aborted.
“Abortion does not just end lives,” Miller wrote. “It leaves lasting scars on the women who undergo it. Physical complications, mental health struggles, and silent grief ripple through our healthcare system and society.”
Monday’s disruption was not the first time Manchester’s Pro-Life Group faced hostility on campus.
“At our first event, protesters followed us out of the building and down the street,” Botha recalled. “At another, one of our members was followed, and police had to intervene to make sure she could get home safely.”
Despite repeated confrontations, Botha says she remains undeterred and committed to the group’s mission.
“It shows how important open dialogue is,” she said, noting that past events have sparked meaningful conversations with individuals who approached afterward to ask questions and engage respectfully.
The Manchester Pro-Life Group plans to continue to host events that promote discussion around the sanctity of life and the importance of protecting free speech.

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Erika Kirk did her first sit-down interview since the assassination of her husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which aired on Fox News on Wednesday night. The 36-year-old mom of two recalled several details from the day of his death, including the fact that she never got to kiss her husband goodbye.
The night before Charlie was assassinated, she said he slept in their daughter’s room while she and their daughter slept in the master bedroom.
“I said, ‘I want you to have a good night’s sleep. Go ahead and sleep in her room, and I’ll turn the air down so it’s nice and cozy in there … I just want you to get a good night’s sleep so you can be amazing tomorrow,’” she told Fox News host Jesse Watters.
“And so Gigi and I stayed in our room, and that morning he woke up super early, and he came into our bedroom, into the bathroom, because that’s where his wedding ring was and his necklace, and he came in and he grabbed that and then he left. I didn’t get to give him a kiss,” Kirk recalled.
&#8220;That night, he was so excited. I mean, he was like I can&#8217;t wait, it&#8217;s going to be the best,&#8221; Erika remembered. She said Charlie encouraged her to stay home in Arizona to be with her mother, who was experiencing a medical issue.
&#8220;[Charlie] was like, home needs you. Home needs you, be home. Come with me on Thursday to the next event we have,&#8221; she explained.
Because she didn’t get to kiss him goodbye that fateful day, Erika insisted that she kiss Charlie before his body was sent to the morgue, despite being told by doctors and a police officer that it wasn’t a good idea.
“I said, ‘With all due respect, sir, I want to see what they did to my husband, and I want to give him a kiss, because I didn’t get to give him a kiss this morning.&#8217;”
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&#8220;I&#8217;m just so glad I saw him because … when you see someone at the mortuary, they never look the same,&#8221; Erika told Watters. &#8220;They have awful makeup, and they&#8217;re cold. He was still warm, and his eyes were slightly open. It was so powerful, Jesse. He had this smirk on his face.&#8221;
“We walked into that room, and he had this smirk on his face,” she went on. &#8220;That smirk to me is that look of: you thought you could stop what I&#8217;ve built. This vision, this movement, this revival, you thought you could do that by murdering me. You got my body. You didn&#8217;t get my soul.&#8221;
Erika also mentioned never seeing the video clip of Charlie being shot and planning to keep it that way.
&#8220;I never saw the video, I never will see it,&#8221; Erika said. &#8220;I never want to see it, there are certain things you see in your life that you can never unsee. There are certain things you see in your life that mark your soul forever. I don&#8217;t want my husband&#8217;s public assassination to be something I ever see. I don&#8217;t want my kids to ever see that.&#8221;
She also told Watters how she found out her husband had been shot.
&#8220;[TPUSA chief of staff] Mikey [McCoy] called me,&#8221; Erika said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll never forget, him just being like, Charlie&#8217;s been shot. He&#8217;s been shot; get the kids. Get security, get the kids, get the kids, he&#8217;s been shot. I sprinted out of [my mother’s] treatment center and just collapsed in the middle of the parking lot, called our security. Unbelievable nightmare.&#8221;
One thing the grieving widow takes comfort in is the fact that Charlie didn’t suffer.
&#8220;The way the bullet hit him, he died instantaneously,&#8221; Erika went on. &#8220;He died on the scene. But I&#8217;m so glad he didn&#8217;t suffer, I&#8217;m so glad he didn&#8217;t suffer. No one deserves to suffer, but a handful of people. He literally blinked and probably thought he was raptured and looked around and was like, where&#8217;s everybody else? He blinked, and he was with the Lord.&#8221;
Erika discussed how her 3-year-old daughter is dealing with the loss.
“It’s really sweet because I keep explaining to her a few things, and I said, ‘If you ever want to talk to Daddy, you just look up to the sky and start talking, and he can hear you,&#8217;” she said. “I told her, ‘You know, Daddy is in heaven’ … and she goes, ‘Do you think I could go sometime?’” Erika said through tears.
“I said, ‘Baby, we will all go one day.’”
Watters also asked Erika what should happen to Tyler Robinson, the man accused of murdering her husband, and whether he should receive the death penalty. She had previously made a powerful statement during Charlie’s memorial service by saying she forgives Robinson for what he did.
“I do not want this man’s blood on my ledger when I stand before the Lord,” Erika told Watters. “I want the government to decide. That’s biblical, too … Justice will ultimately be served.”
She also said cameras should be in the courtroom during Robinson&#8217;s murder trial.
“There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,” Erika told Watters. “There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear.”
“We deserve to have cameras in there,” the grieving widow added.
“Why not be transparent?” she said. “There’s nothing to hide. I know there’s not, because I’ve seen what the case is built on.”
Robinson was charged with aggravated murder and six other counts after turning himself in to the police following the fatal shooting.
“Let everyone see what true evil is,” Erika told Watters. “This is something that could impact a generation and generations to come.”

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‘I Didn’t Get To Give Him A Kiss’: Erika Kirk’s First Interview Since Charlie’s Assassination

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Erika Kirk made several revelations during an as-yet-unaired interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters, as the previews have shown.
The widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated during a campus event in November, said she would like to have cameras in the courtroom during the murder trial of accused killer Tyler Robinson.
“There were cameras all over my husband when he was murdered,” Kirk told Watters in the promo clip. “There have been cameras all over my friends and family mourning. There have been cameras all over me, analyzing my every move, analyzing my every smile, my every tear.”
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“We deserve to have cameras in there,” the grieving widow added.
“Why not be transparent?” she added. “There’s nothing to hide. I know there’s not, because I’ve seen what the case is built on.”
Robinson was charged with aggravated murder and six other counts after turning himself in to police after the shooting. Prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty in this case.
“Let everyone see what true evil is,” Kirk told Watters. “This is something that could impact a generation and generations to come.”
During the same interview, the new head of Turning Point USA also said that the broadcasting company Sinclair had reached out to her asking if she’d like an apology from late night host Jimmy Kimmel after he made comments indicating that Tyler may be associated with “MAGA.” Kimmel’s show was suspended for a few days after, leading to national outcry from liberals.
“Jimmy Kimmel lied about your husband’s murder and didn’t really apologize, what would you say to Jimmy Kimmel?” Watters asked Kirk.
“Same thing I told Sinclair,” Kirk responded. “They asked, I haven’t really told anybody this, so they asked, ‘do you want Jimmy to give you an apology? Do you want to be on a show? How can we make it right?’ Through our team, I responded, I said, tell them thank you, we received their note.”
“This is not our issue, not our mess,” she added. “If you want to say I’m sorry to someone who’s grieving, go right ahead. But if that’s not in your heart, don’t do it. I don’t want it. I don’t need it.”
The interview will air in full tomorrow night on &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime&#8221; at 8 PM/ET.
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When you think about corporate wokeness, what comes to mind? DEI and ESG policies might be the most prominent examples, for good reason. But as someone in the industry of corporate engagement, helping investors use their financial influence to root out bias from America’s biggest brands, we often find ourselves asking this question: who determines parameters? Wokeness is parasitical, and its most subtle and pernicious effects emerge by latching on to legitimate corporate policies and twisting them to serve political ends.
Among the most parasitical of these organizations is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). An activist group <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/about/our-history/">formed</a> in 1971 to combat the influence of Jim Crow, the SPLC has gradually <a href="https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/heritage-explains/what-went-wrong-the-southern-poverty-law-center">morphed</a> into a group peddling the false equivalence between conservatives and hate groups. Case in point: the SPLC’s infamous “<a href="https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map/?hm_year=2024&amp;hm_ideology=Neo-Nazi">hate map</a>.” The SPLC would like you to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Making-Hate-Pay-Corruption-Southern/dp/1642934399">believe</a> that the map represents American hate in an image, with many of the groups on the map, such as the Klan, white supremacists, and the Westboro Baptist Church, being genuine hate groups. And yet, when you look at the list, you’ll see some groups that decidedly aren’t hateful: Alliance Defending Freedom, American Family Association, Focus on the Family, Moms for Liberty — and an Arizona-based nonprofit called Turning Point USA. The SPLC specifically <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SPLCenter/posts/at-the-forefront-of-the-movement-to-promote-christian-supremacy-is-turning-point/1116433363845757/">lambasted</a> TPUSA as ‘hard-right’ in June of 2025, and <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/turning-point-usa-case-study-hard-right-2024/">even</a> smeared them as part of the political Right’s alleged efforts to “enforce a social order rooted in white supremacy.” Let’s be clear: the SPLC isn’t giving you a hate list. This is a list of groups, ranging from true extremists to normal conservative groups, that the Southern Poverty Law Center would simply like you to believe are all hateful.
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What matters right now is that some of America’s biggest companies have used the list to guide their corporate policies. Brands as big as Meta (Facebook), Alphabet (Google), and Amazon have used the SPLC’s Hate List for everything from writing their ‘hate speech’ policies to determining which charities they’ll support via employee philanthropy programs. In the SPLC’s eyes (a perspective granted legitimacy by some of the world’s most prominent brands), groups like Turning Point were indeed synonymous with hate.
It’s not about corporations approving of Charlie Kirk’s death (to my knowledge, that hasn’t happened). It’s about corporations enforcing bias, discriminating against conservative and Christian organizations, under the mistaken belief that this means stopping hate. If we are to move away from a society where people are shot for their political and religious views, this premise must be completely repudiated by America’s private sector. We have serious work to do.
And conservatives are <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/19/manufacturing-hate-conservatives-pressure-companies-drop-ties-splc/">spearheading</a> that work and using their influence to hold companies accountable for relying on the SPLC’s metrics.
This isn’t about politics, at the end of the day. It’s about getting back to business. It’s almost impossible for a company to claim to have a serious policy on combating “hate” when the organizations that define “hateful” think that the KKK and Turning Point USA belong in the same category. (This is perhaps most evident with companies like Etsy, which apparently has a problem with SPLC-deemed hate groups like TPUSA, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/legal/prohibited/">citing</a> the SPLC in their hate policies, but less of a problem with literal witches that used Etsy to <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/paid-etsy-witches-curse-charlie-124930762.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKyrSgpE_OwZ4ZR9-uaiwD15C8F7KUQ405vwpfm8CjcwAeChUfbh3bmjBTuc8iTlS74uYN3GdjWWsjSOo_gGO4Dw16hFSDCc3lCkWsbXSKy1gKoLh2Bpbh7lCm3xFwWgHkWF7b7nDllJwQMVulraHE_qktJz9S6stmmTzmYVYe-h">buy</a> an actual “hate” hex to put on Charlie Kirk shortly before he died. Because that’s not hate speech.)
As The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles recently <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzs6dy74Ew8">told</a> Congress, left-wing political violence is a serious threat to the marketplace of ideas in 2025. The Southern Poverty Law Center is only part of the problem. But, as the FBI cuts <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/10/03/breaking-kash-patels-fbi-cuts-all-ties-southern-poverty-law-center/">ties</a> with the SPLC, it’s time for America’s private sector to do the same. Corporate America didn’t get Charlie Kirk killed — a gunman who believed Kirk was spreading hate did. But it’s time to get serious about how organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center reflect the same poisonous idea: that conservatism and Christianity are hateful. We are seeing now that some people will take that framing and use it to rip the peaceful fabric of society apart.
The post-Charlie Kirk world isn’t one where we can afford to wallow. There’s work to be done. It’s time for us to take all the sadness and grief of this moment and channel it into culture-building energy — for Charlie, and for the country we all love. The SPLC, and a disturbing amount of the Left, would like you (and many of America’s biggest brands) to believe that mainstream conservative views are akin to hate. That idea doesn’t warrant any support in the ideas market. And the organizations that promote that idea don’t deserve to guide our capital markets.
The best time for corporate America to ditch the SPLC was years ago, before a 31-year-old husband and father lost his life after being smeared as part of a hate group. The second-best time is now.
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Isaac Willour is an award-winning journalist focusing on race, culture, and American conservatism, as well as a corporate relations analyst at Bowyer Research. His work has been featured at outlets including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Opinion, C-SPAN, and The Daily Wire. He is a member of the Young Voices contributor program and can be found on X <a href="https://twitter.com/IsaacWillour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@IsaacWillour</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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How The Southern Poverty Law Center Poisoned Corporate America

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Liberal host Kyle Kulinski mocked Erika Kirk, the widow of assassinated conservative Charlie Kirk, in a widely ridiculed X post on Friday night.
The post framed Erika, the mother of two young children, as a money-hungry widow who is only pretending to miss her murdered husband for profit.
Kulinski, who is married to liberal host Krystal Ball, posted a fake image of a Halloween costume, which features a crying Erika with running mascara holding a plate of money. The &#8220;costume&#8221; is called &#8220;Fake Grieving Widow Grifter&#8221; and includes accessories such as &#8220;Fake tear drops&#8221; and &#8220;Skin-tight black leather mourning pants.&#8221;
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— Secular Talk (KyleKulinskiShow@bsky.social) (@KyleKulinski) <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleKulinski/status/1984390467073527915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2025</a></blockquote>
Conservative Will Chamberlin responded to the post, &#8220;They hate you, want you dead, and will mock your wife if one of their crazies assassinates you.&#8221;
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They hate you, want you dead, and will mock your wife if one of their crazies assassinates you <a href="https://t.co/3RUyc1PC47">https://t.co/3RUyc1PC47</a>
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a href="https://twitter.com/willchamberlain/status/1984435121223565562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Tyler Robinson has been charged in the assassination of Kirk. The 22-year-old&#8217;s parents say Robinson confessed the crime to them and said he murdered Kirk because &#8220;there is too much evil and the guy [Charlie Kirk] spreads too much hate,&#8221; <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/tyler-robinson-set-face-formal-charges-shooting-death/story?id=125614396">according</a> to court documents. Robinson was also <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/28/us-news/location-of-tyler-robinsons-lover-still-undisclosed-as-family-lay-low-months-after-charlie-kirk-slaying/">reportedly</a> in a romantic relationship with a male who identifies as a transgender furry.
&#8220;This is a level of toxic brain rot that should alarm any friends and family you might have,&#8221; Matt Whitlock reacted to Kulinski&#8217;s post.
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This is a level of toxic brain rot that should alarm any friends and family you might have
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1984585577040134420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;This is extremely ugly behavior, and you should feel ashamed of yourself,&#8221; conservative Charles C. W. Cooke said.
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This is extremely ugly behavior, and you should feel ashamed of yourself.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) <a href="https://twitter.com/charlescwcooke/status/1984582740365156733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Erika has been praised for vowing to continue her late husband&#8217;s fight. With the backing of Turning Point USA staff, she was elevated to lead the organization, which was co-founded by her late husband.
She also forgave Robinson for killing Kirk, making the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/erika-kirk-forgives-her-husbands-suspected-assassin-says-charlie-would-have-done-so-too">powerful statement</a> during his memorial. &#8220;My husband Charlie, he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life. &#8230; That young man, I forgive him,&#8221; she said at a packed memorial for Kirk. &#8220;I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do.&#8221;
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Erika Kirk forgives the man who murdered her husband:
&#8220;My husband Charlie&#8230;he wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life&#8230;that young man&#8230;
I forgive him.
I forgive him because it was what Christ did and is what Charlie would do.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/Pd1yGRMRVw">pic.twitter.com/Pd1yGRMRVw</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1969893178393206823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2025</a></blockquote>
The young widow has also shared an inside look at her love story with Kirk, whom she calls the love of her life, revealing that Kirk wrote her a love letter every single Saturday.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/erika-kirk-tells-ole-miss-students-the-secret-to-having-courage-like-charlie">Erika Kirk Tells Ole Miss Students The Secret To Having Courage Like Charlie</a>

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‘Toxic Brain Rot’: Liberal Host Viciously Mocks Charlie Kirk’s Widow, Immediately Gets Dragged

‘Toxic Brain Rot’: Liberal Host Viciously Mocks Charlie Kirk's Widow, Immediately Gets Dragged

A Rhode Island school is charging a mom over $100,000 to access the curriculum of a teacher who made light of the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk last month. 
Barrington Public Schools told Nicole Solas that it would cost a whopping $117,130.50 for them to comb through the class materials of teacher Benjamin Fillo, who responded to Kirk’s murder by calling him a “piece of garbage.” Solas says that the school is stonewalling her efforts to ensure that Rhode Island taxpayers are not paying for political indoctrination. 
“It&#8217;s a big slap in the face to parents who implicitly trust their kids with the public education system,” she told The Daily Wire, adding that she was concerned that Fillo’s “political positions and radical ideologies were entering the classroom.”
Solas sent in public records requests to the school district after she flagged a TikTok video showing Fillo attacking Kirk after he was shot on the campus of Utah Valley University. While Solas noted she lives in a different district, she believes that no one&#8217;s taxpayer dollars should subsidize political education. 
“This is a man who hated the LGBTQ community, who hated women&#8217;s rights, who hated democracy, who thought that he was a big man because he went to college campuses and debated college students, thought he proved how tough he was with his words that he studied ahead of time. What a piece of garbage,” Fillo said in the video. 
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Can Barrington, Rhode Island <a href="https://twitter.com/bps_ri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bps_ri</a> teacher &amp; NEA Barrington President Benjamin Fillo confirm/deny he made this video saying Charlie Kirk
&#8220;thought he proved how tough he was with his words&#8230;What a piece of garbage. Look what happens&#8230;Bye, Charlie!&#8221;
It&#8217;s inhumane. <a href="https://t.co/KD473ndMMY">pic.twitter.com/KD473ndMMY</a>
— Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union (@Nicoletta0602) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nicoletta0602/status/1966247694844014791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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After that video went viral, Fillo was placed on leave, and an independent investigation was launched. In the meantime, some students came forward alleging that Fillo has exhibited bias towards conservatives.
Solas then requested that the district provide her with emails sent by Fillo in September mentioning Trump and his curriculum. The district responded that the emails would cost $379.50 and the curriculum would cost $117,130.50.
“It should never cost $117,000 to see the curriculum materials of a single social studies teacher in a public school because those materials are already paid for by the taxpayer,” Solas said. “Barrington Public School District’s exorbitant fee weaponizes Rhode Island’s Access to Public Records Act to block access to public information about what students are being taught instead of simply handing over the materials free of charge.”
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The Goldwater Institute provided Solas with a lawyer through its pro bono American Freedom Network to assist her in the records request. The lawyer, James McGlone, sent a letter to the school demanding that it revise its payment request or eliminate it altogether. In a letter, McGlone said that public interest in the case would likely lead to a court ordering the school to produce the requested records for free. 
Solas said that the fundamental issue at stake was that teachers should not be allowed to create a hostile environment for certain students.
“No matter what you think about Charlie Kirk, no matter what you think about Republican parents or conservatives, it doesn&#8217;t matter how bad you think they are, no one deserves to die just because of their point of view,” she said. “The impressionable minds of children in public school can&#8217;t learn from someone who doesn&#8217;t understand that basic principle.”

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School Charges Mom Six Figures For Records Of Teacher Who Called Charlie Kirk ‘Garbage’

School Charges Mom Six Figures For Records Of Teacher Who Called Charlie Kirk 'Garbage'

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Vice President JD Vance spoke about Trump administration policy, his approach to politics, his faith and family life, and more while taking questions at a Turning Point USA event at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday evening.
Vance appeared at the event at the request of Erika Kirk, the widow of late Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated last month at a college event in Utah. The vice president delivered brief remarks before taking questions in front of hundreds of students who packed the auditorium to see Erika and the vice president speak.
Here are some of the highlights from the vice president’s appearance.
One student, a supporter of the Trump administration, worried that the administration was accruing power and setting precedents that would later be used against conservatives.
The vice president responded that, while the question is fair, he is unconcerned about precedents set for a potential Democratic successor to take advantage of. He suggested that Democratic efforts to have the FBI and other law enforcement investigate President Donald Trump and other Republicans show that Democrats are unlikely to respect norms in any case.
“We cannot be afraid to do something because the Left might do it in the future. The Left is already going to do it regardless of whether we do it,” said Vance. “That is the takeaway of the last 40 years.”
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VP Vance on the potential for the radical left to misuse power:
“We cannot be afraid to do something because the left might do it in the future. The left is already going to do it regardless of whether we do it. That is the takeaway of the last 40 years.” <a href="https://t.co/qWBXPxAj2G">pic.twitter.com/qWBXPxAj2G</a>
— Vice President JD Vance (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/1983704850664976519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
Vance is in an interfaith marriage; he is Catholic, and his wife, Usha, is non-religious from a Hindu household. On his Christian faith and raising children, Vance said that one of the most important practices in his marriage is communication.
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“As I’ve told her and I’ve said publicly and I’ll say now in front of 10,000 of my closest friends, do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, I honestly do wish that, because I believe in the Christian gospel and I honestly hope that my wife comes to see it the same way,” said Vance.
Vance also delivered a defense of Christianity and its values, citing a verse from Matthew.
“One of my favorite Bible verses is ‘by your fruits, ye shall know them.’ And I think that the fruits of the Christian faith are the most moral, the most just, and the most prosperous civilization in history,” said Vance. “I make no apologies for believing that Christianity is the pathway to God. I make no apologies for thinking that Christian values are an important foundation of this country, but I’m not going to force you to believe anything because that is not what God wants, and that is not what I want, either.”
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🚨 NOW &#8211; JD VANCE: We&#8217;ve taken Christian values for granted. Treating everyone equal is a Christian concept. Great Britain, a Christian empire, abolished slavery. Eliminating child sacrifice &#8211; what did the Christian settlers do in the New World? They found civilizations m*rdering… <a href="https://t.co/mqQfMlbu3i">pic.twitter.com/mqQfMlbu3i</a>
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href="https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1983695270320783432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
On immigration, Vance was asked by a student who is dating an immigrant in the United States on a visa about his overall approach. The vice president said that, in his view, while there are immigrants who enrich the United States, the country has far too many immigrants now and admits too many each year.
“There are people who want to come to the United States of America, and some of them, I am sure, can enrich the United States of America by coming here, but we have got to get our overall numbers way, way down,” he said.
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Vice President Vance gets asked about his stance on immigration by a student who&#8217;s in a relationship with a girl here on a Visa with hopes of getting a Green Card:
&#8220;We have let in too many immigrants into the United States of America. That is just a fundamental reality.&#8221;
&#8220;I… <a href="https://t.co/2bB6idrXhQ">pic.twitter.com/2bB6idrXhQ</a>
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewKolvet/status/1983696133483335774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
At another moment, Vance said that immigration levels should be significantly reduced until the foreign-born citizens and legal residents in the United States have assimilated.
“We have got to become a common community again. And you can&#8217;t do that when you have such high numbers of immigration,” said Vance.
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VP Vance on immigration policies:
“We have got to become a common community again. And you can&#8217;t do that when you have such high numbers of immigration, which is one of the reasons why we have the immigration policy we do.” <a href="https://t.co/mRuFWWcynq">pic.twitter.com/mRuFWWcynq</a>
— Vice President JD Vance (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/1983699277693304993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
The crowd was overwhelmingly pro-Vance. As the vice president finished his prepared remarks and prepared to take questions, the crowd broke out in a chant for “48.”
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🚨 WOW! THOUSANDS of students at Ole Miss just started chanting “48! 48!” when VP Vance finished his speech at the TPUSA event
Yes! 48! 🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/DxJVoMlewv">pic.twitter.com/DxJVoMlewv</a>
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/1983691701253500948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2025</a></blockquote>

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JD Vance Brings Faith And Fire To Ole Miss

JD Vance Talks Immigration, Christianity, And Interfaith Marriage At Ole Miss

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Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk told a crowd of students at the University of Mississippi on Wednesday that her late husband Charlie learned how to have courage by starting his day with three simple questions.
Kirk spoke to hundreds of students at Ole Miss at a TPUSA university rally just seven weeks after her husband’s assassination at an event in Utah. Kirk spoke ahead of Vice President JD Vance, who had agreed to participate in the Turning Point USA event at Kirk&#8217;s request.
Kirk said her husband, who led Turning Point USA until his death, started his days with a routine that made him think about his purpose and serving others.
First, Charlie would wake up and see a phrase that his wife had hung on his side of their bedroom. The sign read: “They will be known by the boldness of their faith.” Kirk said she never appreciated the strength of the phrase until she was able to sleep in their bedroom again for the first time since Charlie’s murder.
When Charlie made it into his office, he asked himself three questions every morning that set the tone for the rest of his day.
“What is something I can do for someone today? The second was: what is something I can do to add value to the world today? And the third was: how can I honor God today?” Kirk told the crowd. “Those were the three questions combined with the words he saw every single morning. So to me, seeing that, seeing on his desk, that was him suited up with the armor of the Lord every day.”
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“What I’m realizing with that is those were the action points of how to have courage, because you can ask me, ‘well, how do I become courageous?’ Ask yourself those three questions every single day, and I promise you, you will get courage,” she said. “You will because what death amplifies even more is that you only get one life … [and] I want to remind you that God has created you for greatness.”
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Erika Kirk Tells Ole Miss Students The Secret To Having Courage Like Charlie

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