Derek Thompson: “To put it simply, or at least as simply as one can: Trump’s economic agenda is deeply Reaganite and deeply anti-conservative; somewhat capitalist and frequently socialist; declaratively obsessed with ‘American greatness’ yet constantly sidetracked by online outrages that do nothing for the country.”
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The Beginning of the End of NATO
Robert Kagan: “This is when the world finds out whether the United States remains committed to Europe’s defense.”
Bonus Quote of the Day
“If anyone in the sound of my voice celebrated, even a little bit, at the news of the shooting, I would beg you to look in the mirror and to see if you can find a better angel in there somewhere.”
— Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R), quoted by Politico.
Trump’s Dangerous Response to the Kirk Assassination
Jonathan Chait: “It is possible that, in the history of America’s radicalization spiral, the horrifying, cold-blooded assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be recorded as only the second-most-dangerous event of September 10, 2025. If so, the more significant development will instead have been the speech that evening by President Donald Trump.”
“If you did not listen to Trump’s remarks, which have received only light attention from the media, you might have missed the chilling message they contained. Trump may have sounded like he was deploring violence and calling for unity. In reality, he did the opposite.”
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Democrats Coalesce Around Shutdown Demand
“Top congressional Democrats have agreed on what they will demand of GOP leaders in return for voting to extend government funding this month: Any shutdown-averting deal needs to include health care provisions such as an extension of soon-to-expire insurance subsidies,” Politico reports.
Ocasio-Cortez Reschedules Rally
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said she rescheduled a planned rally in North Carolina in the wake of the the Charlie Kirk shooting, the New York Times reports.
She told reporters she made the decision both out of respect for Kirk and because of security concerns.
Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Was Engraved
“Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Trump to Posthumously Award Charlie Kirk
President Trump, at a memorial event at the Pentagon on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, announced he will posthumously award Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ABC News reports.
Shooter Appeared to Be of ‘College Age’
“The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not yet been identified, authorities said Thursday in disclosing that they recovered a high-powered rifle from the scene,” the AP reports.
“The shooter appeared to be of ‘college age’ and is believed to have blended in on the university campus where Kirk was shot, authorities said as they continued to investigate the latest act of political violence to befall America.”
Are We Too Far Gone?
Andrew Egger: “I don’t know what we can do to avoid this fate. All I know is what I can do. And what I can do starts with the acknowledgment that, while Charlie Kirk may have been an ideological opponent, he wasn’t my enemy. My enemy—an enemy I share with many who would call themselves my enemy—is the person who shot him, and anyone else who would reach for violence as a means to a political end.”
“Charlie Kirk’s political project was controversial and provocative in its aims. But in its approach, it was simple and fundamentally laudable: He went where the people were and evangelized to them. His signature “prove me wrong” debates were always a little silly—arguments between halting college students and a professional pundit backstopped by a sympathetic crowd aren’t exactly fair fights. But they also reflected an intrinsically liberal, American view of how politics is done: by convincing people from the ground up.”
Quote of the Day
“Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?”
— Jimmy Kimmel, quoted by Deadline.
Ben Shapiro’s Event Cancelled After Shooting
A book signing for conservative pundit Ben Shapiro was postponed after the shooting, CBS News reports.
Shapiro said he was “utterly stunned and heartbroken and sick to my soul today.”
Trump Endorsement Eludes GOP Candidate in Virginia
“Virginia Lt. Gov Winsome Earle-Sears is continuing to ask President Donald Trump to back her bid in the high-stakes Virginia governor’s race — but the president, as of now, is refusing to endorse her,” Bloomberg reports.
Vance to Visit Charlie Kirk’s Family
Vice President JD Vance cancelled plans to attend the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York City and will travel to Utah instead to visit with the family of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Washington Post reports.
Open Carry Is Legal on College Campuses in Utah
“It is legal to openly carry a gun on Utah’s public university and college campuses with very few exceptions,” the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
“It’s unknown if the shooter who fatally fired on conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday afternoon was openly carrying or had a concealed weapon, but both are technically allowed.”
Jeffrey Epstein’s Inbox
Bloomberg obtained more than 18,000 emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account which shed light on his yearslong partnership with socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
“The emails span a 20-year timeframe but the message traffic is most active between 2005 and 2008. The communications reveal that Maxwell and Epstein were closer, in many respects, than either publicly admitted. They exchanged at least 650 emails in all and about 203 messages during the first six months of 2008, undercutting Maxwell’s public assertions that her connection to Epstein had diminished by the time he went to jail in June 2008.”
Larry Ellison Becomes the World’s Richest Man
“Larry Ellison briefly surpassed Elon Musk to become the world’s richest person Wednesday after a jump in Oracle Corp. shares added a record amount to his fortune,” Bloomberg reports.
Biden World Explodes at Kamala Harris’ New Book
“Former aides to Joe Biden reacted with rage Wednesday to an excerpt from Kamala Harris’ upcoming book in which she said the ex-president was ‘reckless’ to run again and accused Biden’s team of sabotaging her during her vice presidency,” Axios reports.
“The Biden and Harris camps publicly have claimed they were united through the four years of Biden’s presidency, but now Harris is trying to distance herself from him — after not doing so during her short run for president.”
The Washington Post notes Harris is starting to “separate herself from what could become an albatross on her career: her association with Biden and everything that happened in 2024.”
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