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• Kamala Harris publishes campaign memoir with critical accounts of Joe Biden — Kamala Harris released her campaign memoir "107 Days," in which she recounts tensions with President Joe Biden during the 2024 election. Harris describes Biden calling her hours before her debate with Trump to relay concerns from his brother about Philadelphia power brokers withdrawing support, which she found distracting and self-centered. She also criticizes Biden's debate performance, his communication on reproductive rights after Roe v. Wade was overturned, and his team's treatment of her as vice president, noting his physical and verbal decline during the campaign period.

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• Washington Post fires columnist Karen Attiah for social media posts about Kirk — Karen Attiah, an award-winning columnist and editor at the Washington Post Opinion section for eleven years, was fired for posts on Bluesky following Charlie Kirk's death. Only one post explicitly mentioned Kirk and consisted of a quote. Other posts discussed the inadequacy of condemning violence while opposing gun control. The Washington Post claimed the posts constituted "gross misconduct," endangered colleague safety, and justified termination. The firing occurred amid the broader coordinated pressure campaign against Kirk critics.
• Washington Post editorial policy and firing of Karen Attiah — The Washington Post fired Karen Attiah, a staff member, in connection with editorial policy decisions. The newsletter author references this firing as part of a broader concern about the Post's editorial direction and recommends that subscribers consider cancelling their subscriptions in response to both the editorial policies and the termination.

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• Austin Peay State University fires professor for sharing Kirk gun-violence article — Darren Michael, a professor at Austin Peay State University, was fired for posting a screenshot of a 2023 Newsweek article with the headline "Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths 'Unfortunately' Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment." The university claimed the post "was insensitive, disrespectful and interpreted by many as propagating justification for unlawful death" and cited "significant reputational damage" as grounds for termination. The firing occurred during the coordinated pressure campaign against Kirk critics.

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• Rev. William Barber condemns Charlie Kirk's killing and calls for denunciation of political violence on all sides — Rev. William Barber, a left-leaning pastor and social activist, publicly condemned the "brutal, ugly" murder of Charlie Kirk while calling for broader denunciation of political violence across the political spectrum. Speaking during an online event commemorating the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Barber criticized what he termed "religious nationalism"—the use of Christianity to justify injustice—and contrasted Trump's rhetoric about political violence with his 2016 boast about shooting someone on Fifth Avenue without losing supporters.

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• Peter Thiel hosts series of off-the-record lectures on antichrist theology and apocalyptic politics — Between September 15 and October 6, 2025, tech billionaire and political operative Peter Thiel hosted four ticketed lectures ($200 per ticket, sold out) in San Francisco on the antichrist, apocalypse, and end-times theology. Attendees were forbidden from recording or photographing the events. Thiel argued that a future antichrist figure would consolidate global power by exploiting fears of existential threats (climate change, AI, nuclear war) to impose technological stagnation and one-world government. He identified potential antichrist-adjacent figures including Greta Thunberg, Eliezer Yudkowsky, and others he views as "luddites," while defending figures like Marc Andreessen and Elon Musk. The lectures blended biblical exegesis, conspiracy theory, and political commentary, with Thiel expressing skepticism of international institutions (UN, ICC) and support for JD Vance as a katechon (restraining force).

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• Trump attacked NFL over injury-prevention rule — One day after most NFL teams recognized Charlie Kirk in various ways before their games, President Trump attacked the league for a new kickoff rule designed to reduce serious injuries, calling it "ridiculous looking" and "Sissy football" that is "bad for America, and bad for the NFL."

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• White House issues release honoring Charlie Kirk with VP Vance and administration officials — The White House published a release on September 15, 2025, documenting a special edition of The Charlie Kirk Show hosted live from the White House by Vice President JD Vance and senior Trump Administration officials. The release presents remarks from VP Vance, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Deputy Chiefs of Staff Stephen Miller and Taylor Budowich, and Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorr, all offering personal tributes to Kirk and reflecting on his influence on the administration.

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• Kari Lake spoke at Charlie Kirk memorial service — At a memorial service for Charlie Kirk held at the Kennedy Center, Kari Lake delivered remarks attributing Kirk's assassin's radicalization to college indoctrination, calling on mothers not to send children to universities. Lake claimed the 22-year-old killer had been a Trump supporter five years earlier before being "brainwashed" by leftist institutions.
• Karoline Leavitt spoke at Charlie Kirk memorial service — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt spoke at Kirk's memorial service, framing Kirk as offering "an alternative path" to influential voices she characterized as "brainwashing young people to abandon our faith, to stay single, not to have children and to bash our country."
• Trump skipped Charlie Kirk memorial service — President Trump did not attend the memorial service for Charlie Kirk held at the Kennedy Center, choosing instead to remain at his Bedminster golf club for the weekend.
• Trump unfamiliar with assassination of Democratic state representative — A reporter asked President Trump why he did not order flags to be flown at half-staff for Minnesota Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated by a right-wing extremist in June. Trump responded "Uh, I'm not familiar, who?" indicating he was unaware of the killing of a state legislator by a political extremist.

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• Stephen Miller posted that Americans in positions of authority have been "deeply and violently radicalized" — White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted that Americans in positions of authority—including child services workers, law clerks, hospital nurses, teachers, and Department of Defense employees—have been "deeply and violently radicalized" as a consequence of "a vast, organized ecosystem of indoctrination."
• White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted attack on political opponents characterizing them as an ideology of violence — White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media an attack on his political opponents, characterizing them as an ideology that "hates everything that is good, righteous and beautiful" and leads "always, inevitably and willfully, to violence." The post came before information emerged about the shooter in the death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
• Stephen Miller characterized political opposition as "wicked ideology" — Stephen Miller characterized the current moment in America as a battle between "family and nature" and those who celebrate "everything that is warped, twisted and depraved," stating that the "fate of millions depends upon the defeat of this wicked ideology." This rhetoric framed political opponents as existential threats requiring defeat.

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• Elon Musk declared "the left is the party of murder" — Elon Musk posted on X that "The left is the party of murder and celebrating murder," making a sweeping accusation without evidence that Democrats celebrate political violence.

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• Fox News host Brian Kilmeade suggested killing homeless people through "involuntary lethal injection" — On Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends Friday, host Brian Kilmeade suggested the way to address homelessness was through "involuntary lethal injection. Or something. Just kill them." When asked why the country had reached this point, he answered: "we're not voting for the right people."