#political-violence

#political-violence

That led some in MAGA to question whether Patel was capable of leading the Kirk investigation, much less the crackdowns on political violence the movement desires. What they're saying: Patel "performed terribly in the last few days, and it's not clear whether he has the operational expertise to investigate, infiltrate, and disrupt the violent movements - of whatever ideology - that threaten the peace in the United States," right-wing writer Christopher Rufo wrote on X.

The public response to the murder of Charlie Kirk in cold blood, has revealed how drastically our democracy our belief in the importance of free speech and in the irreplaceable life of each and every individual has deteriorated over the last half century. I was a senior in high school when John F Kennedy was assassinated, and a senior in college when Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King were killed.

Attiah said she was accused of gross misconduct and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues. She called the allegations charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false. Attiah argued her posts were measured and focused, not on Kirk but on America's growing tolerance for political violence. My most widely shared thread was not even about activist Charlie Kirk, who was horribly murdered, but about the political assassinations of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, she wrote.

Moulton pointed to statistics that, while four percent of extremists killings are perpetrated by left-wing extremists, right-wing extremists are responsible for 76 percent of killings. "There are people who are trying to polarize us further, divide our nation further and just blame the left, even while those of us on the Democratic side, by and large saying we all need to turn down the rhetoric, so let's be serious about where this violence is coming from," Moulton said.

"What he would want more than anything is for people to channel their anger into proper activism," Bowyer told Johnson, a few minutes later advising viewers: "Consider yesterday that moment-that turning point for you-of thinking about getting involved in your local community or running for office."

The student, he said, wondered whether recent events carried any echoes of the past. Hyperbolic comparisons between modern political conflict and the horrific bloodshed of past centuries have previously been the stuff of doomsday prepper threads on Reddit, but this week's shooting made it a mainstream topic of conversation. While cautioning that the country is nowhere near as fractured as it was when the Civil War erupted, Waite and other scholars of the period say they do increasingly see parallels.

Netanyahu called Kirk an extraordinary friend of Israel, continuing his sentiment from a Wednesday tweet in which he referred to the commentator as a lion-hearted friend of Israel who fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo-Christian civilization. Charlie Kirk was murdered for speaking truth and defending freedom. A lion-hearted friend of Israel, he fought the lies and stood tall for Judeo-Christian civilization. I spoke to him only two weeks ago and invited him to Israel. Sadly, that visit will not take place.

Donald Trump Jr. claimed that political violence in America is going one way on Friday in an appearance on Fox, to which host Martha MacCallum provided no pushback, and moved on to her next question. Appearing on The Story With Martha MacCallum to talk about the Wednesday assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Trump Jr. told MacCallum that he believes the reports about all of the trans-propaganda inscribed on the cartridges in the rifles.

Flags will remain at half-staff throughout Massachusetts and across the U.S. this weekend in memory of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. Gov. Maura Healey has ordered that American flags and Massachusetts flags at all state buildings be lowered to half-staff until sunset on Sept. 14, in accordance with a proclamation from President Donald Trump. The order applies to town and city halls, state-owned or state-controlled buildings, and state military installations.

The killing of Charlie Kirk has left the US and those who care about it on edge. The arrest of a suspect, Tyler Robinson, has hardly settled the nerves, not when the revelation of any supposed political allegiances could touch off a fresh round of recriminations. The fear is that the country is about to descend into a new era of political violence, becoming a place where differences are settled not with words and argument but by guns and blood.