Air Date: 9-23-2025

All that is happening in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination was quite predictable because we've actually seen this game plan play out before. The only thing we didn't know was what would be the catalyst to really put the autocracy into high gear.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: No, Charlie Kirk Was Not Practicing Politics the Right Way - Mother Jones - Air Date 9-12-25

KP 2: Who Is THEY? - We Gon Be Alright - Air Date 9-15-25

KP 3: Blackpill Aesthetics: A Crash Course in Meme Extremism - Cy Canterel - Air Date 9-15-25

KP 4: The 1933 Nazi Playbook That Explains Why ABC Cancelled Kimmel - Tad Stoermer - Air Date 9-18-25

KP 5: How You Die Does Not Redeem How You Lived Charlie Kirk - The Benjamin Dixon Show - Air Date 9-15-25

KP 6: Charlie Kirk = Horst Wessel - CounterVortex Podcast - Air Date 9-14-25

KP 7: Chris Hedges: The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk - The Chris Hedges Report - Air Date 9-12-25

(00:48:55) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the new cancel culture and bloodlust

DEEPER DIVES

(00:57:52) SECTION A: KIRK

A1: "Why Are Charlie Kirk's Words Suddenly Off Limits?": James O'Brien - LBC - Air Date 9-12-25

A2: How Charlie Kirk Became A Voice Of Conservative Youth Part 1 - Fresh Air - Air Date 9-17-25

A3: Trump Is Weaponizing the Murder of Charlie Kirk to Go After the Left: Mehdi Hasan - Democracy Now! - Air Date 9-12-25

A4: How Charlie Kirk Became A Voice Of Conservative Youth Part 2 - Fresh Air - Air Date 9-17-25

(01:37:38) SECTION B: NAZI PLAYBOOK

B1: “The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk”: Journalist Chris Hedges on the Weaponization of Kirk’s Killing - Democracy Now! - Air Date 9-15-25

B2: The Washington Post FIRED Its Last Black Woman Columnist… For QUOTING Charlie Kirk! - The Benjamin Dixon Show - Air Date 9-15-25

B3: Trump BANS Free Speech - This IS NOT A Drill - Owen Jones - Air Date 9-17-25

B4: What This Literal Turning Point Means for America - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 9-16-25

B5: Conservatives Demand Trump Admin Violently Suppress the Left to Avenge Charlie Kirk - The Humanist Report - Air Date 9-18-25

B6: "BULLSH*T!": Fox Host LASHES OUT & SMEARS Liberal Cohost - The Kyle Kulinski Show - Air Date 9-18-25

(02:31:41) SECTION C: HISTORICAL CONTEXT

C1: A Nazi Who Gave Speeches on Campuses Was Assassinated (in 1967) - Shawn Grenier | The Canvas - Air Date 9-12-25

C2: The Reichstag Fire - Witness History - Air Date 4-8-25

C3: New NYT Column — Republicans Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America - Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie - Air Date 9-13-25

C4: The Enabling Act - Witness History - Air Date 9-9-25

(03:03:36) SECTION D: IT'S NOT BOTH SIDES

D1: The Murder of Charlie Kirk: There Are Monsters Under the Bed. - Unf*cking The Republic - Air Date 9-15-25

D2: The "Both Sides" Scam: How False Balance Fuels Extremism - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 9-12-25

D3: Hasan Nails It: Staying Strong In Trumps Fascist America - The Rational National - Air Date 9-18-25

SHOW IMAGE CREDITS

Description: Photo of Donald Trump hugging Charlie Kirk on stage at a Turning Point USA event.

Credit: “Charlie Kirk & Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore, Flickr | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

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