George Packer: “Some right-wing activists are calling for the Trump administration to crack down on leftist organizations—in other words, to use Kirk’s death as a pretext for political repression, which is just what an authoritarian government would do. No one should feel anything but horror and dread at the murder of Charlie Kirk. And no one should use the killing of a man known for his defense of free speech to muzzle others or themselves from speaking the truth about the perilous state we’re in.”
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Eric Adams Hints He Could Drop Out
NBC New York: “In public, Mayor Eric Adams says he’s in it to win it.”
“But during an off-the-record roundtable with about 20 city leaders Wednesday afternoon, three people in the room said Adams appeared to shift his position, implying he might consider dropping out in the future if it was best for the city.”
What Charlie Kirk’s Assassination Says About Us
David Graham: “All murders are horrifying, but political violence brings its own special challenges. A society that resorts to violence to solve its problems starts to surrender its claim on being a society. A grim irony of this case is that Kirk was appearing on a university campus, a place that is supposed to be set apart specifically for the testing and debate of ideas—a place for discourse and conversation…”
“But employing force is actually an admission of defeat. A person who resorts to violence has concluded that he cannot change the terms of debate with words or arguments. Might may not make right, but it can end the conversation.”
Nadine Menendez Gets More Than Four Years
“Nadine Menendez was sentenced to more than four years in prison for participating with her husband and former Sen. Bob Menendez in a corruption scheme to obtain expensive gifts and bribes including gold bars, a luxury car and $1 million in cash,” the Washington Post reports.
“Nadine Menendez, 58, was convicted in April for her part in the scheme, which also resulted in her husband’s conviction last year for bribery and other charges and sentencing in January to 11 years in prison.”
Morgan Luttrell Won’t Run Again
Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-TX) announced he would not seek reelection in 2026.
FBI Releases Photos of Suspect
The FBI released two photos of a ‘person of interest’ in connection with the shooting of Charlie Kirk as investigators appeal to the public for information, the AP reports
The photos show a person wearing a hat, sunglasses and a long sleeve black shirt.
The Era of Step-on-a-Rake Capitalism
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.”
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.”
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