Is it really too much to ask that a murdered young man be given the dignity of a proper burial before bad-faith opportunists attempt to posthumously rewrite his legacy to better serve their own nefarious ends? Is it really too much to ask that a murdered young man’s family and friends—to say nothing of the countless individuals whose lives the young man touched and inspired—be allowed to mourn in peace, without having to fend off charlatans seeking to hijack his memory to advance their pet crusades? Apparently, the answer is: Yes, it is. The body of my friend Charlie Kirk, who was tragically assassinated last week during a campus event in Utah by a leftist transgender-adjacent “furry” fetishist, had barely returned home to Arizona before some grifters on the ostensible “right” started trying to capitalize on his memory. Instead of focusing on the metastasizing evil of a distinctly leftist political violence or the fact that transgenderism had yet again found itself implicated in a horrific shooting, as any sane conservative would have done, these agents of chaos decided it would be most appropriate to “just ask questions” about—you guessed it—the Jews. Disgraced podcaster Candace Owens, never one to miss any opportunity to slander Jewish people, took precious time away from her Brigitte Macron legal defense to suggest that Jewish people or the Jewish state of Israel were somehow involved in Kirk’s assassination. To hear Owens tell it: Kirk, a lifelong vocal supporter of the Jewish people and the Jewish state, was souring on Israel and was getting close to publicly adopting a hostile stance. Oh, and what’s more—per Owens, Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge funder and proud Zionist, staged an “intervention” with Kirk during a retreat last month in the Hamptons where Ackman pressured Kirk to “get in line” on the Israel issue. Notably, numerous high-profile cable news has-beens have legitimized Owens’ outrageous laundering of a left-wing political assassination into an antisemitic caper. Where to begin? I spoke with Kirk less than 24 hours before his untimely death. The night before, a right-wing rabbi friend and I held a Zoom call with Kirk and a few others. During this call, Kirk, an unapologetic Christian Zionist who was greatly distressed by rising antisemitism in some pockets of the Right, asked us a series of Israel-related questions that he anticipated receiving on his upcoming campus tour. We answered those questions and provided messaging advice for how to best communicate and win over students. At one point, Kirk joked to me that he would simply direct students toward my book, “Israel and Civilization,” when Israel came up on tour. It beggars belief that someone on the verge of renouncing Israel would organize this call just before embarking on a campus tour. As for the Hamptons retreat last month: I was there. Kirk had personally texted me to invite me, and I had inscribed book copies for two special retreat attendees—Kirk and Ackman. Put simply, there was no “intervention”—not from Ackman, not from Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon, not from anyone else. The retreat featured numerous open-ended conversations, usually moderated by Kirk, and only one of which was actually about Israel itself. The conversations were spirited and robust but hardly rancorous. Kirk was critical of the way some pro-Israel advocates advanced their arguments, but he was not critical of the underlying substance. On the contrary, he only doubled down on his opposition to Islam and suggested that Israel is a natural ally in the fight against jihadism. Ackman and Kirk interacted very amicably. This is who Kirk was: He focused on building bridges and maintaining big-tent coalitions within the broader Right. He had no interest in dividing, tearing down or ostracizing. And he had a long, well-established track record of befriending Jews—like me—and defending the Jewish state of Israel. His May letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the existence of which the premier confirmed on Fox News last week and which I was given access to earlier this year, makes his affection very clear. Kirk’s own pastor and spiritual mentor, Rob McCoy, has made it clear as well. At a time when the focus should be on ending the potentially existential threat of left-wing domestic political violence, Owens and other instigators have embarked upon the ultimate gaslighting crusade: Lie to our faces and pretend that Kirk was something other than the champion of Jewish-Christian relations that he demonstrably was, while simultaneously insinuating “the Jews” may have had something to do with his horrific assassination. All of this, moreover, while so many of us simply wish to mourn and honor our fallen friend. From a personal perspective, such behavior is reprehensible. And from a political perspective, it is outright evil. Nor is such a buffoonish “just asking questions” ruse evil merely because of how it seeks to fracture the Jewish-Christian alliance that is the only hope of saving the West—something Kirk fought for every day. It is also evil because such appalling idiocy and grotesque conspiracy-mongering threatens to repel the overwhelming majority of Americans who remain coherent and sane, and who may well conclude that they want nothing to do with a political movement that entertains such cranks. It is not merely the Jewish-Christian alliance that these reprobates are threatening, then. They are also threatening the integrity and viability of the MAGA coalition, which no one did more to hold together than Kirk. Truly, could there be any greater desecration of Kirk’s memory than that? COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post Grifters Desecrating Charlie Kirk’s Memory Could Implode MAGA appeared first on The Daily Signal.

An increasing number of alleged murderers, mass shooters, and violent offenders have apparently tried to silence Christians or critics of transgender ideology, acting on the assumption that those who disagree with transgender claims represent a violent threat. The tragic assassination of Charlie Kirk only underscores this unnerving trend, and makes the case for the FBI to formally characterize the threat of transgender ideology violent extremism. The Oversight Project and The Heritage Foundation formally called on the FBI Thursday to use its authority under 18 U.S. Code § 2331 to designate this threat, and I wholeheartedly agree. The FBI declined to comment on the subject when approached Friday. That statute defines domestic terrorism as activities on U.S. soil that “involve acts dangerous to human life” that violate federal or state criminal laws that “appear to be intended” to intimidate or coerce civilians, influence government policy, or affect government conduct via mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping. Current domestic violent extremism categories include: racially/ethnically motivated violent extremism; anti-government/anti-authority violent extremism; animal rights/environmental violent extremism; abortion-related violent extremism; and nihilistic violent extremism. The Oversight Project and Heritage recommend categorizing transgender ideology violent extremism as typically targeting “Christian and religious groups;” featuring “mental illness, self-harm, suicidal tendencies, and lack of respect for genetic human realities, amplified by online radicalization;” and boosted by “echo chambers that promote violence against critics.” Most people who identify as transgender likely do not pose a threat to their fellow Americans, but a growing list of attackers either identified as transgender or appear to be motivated by transgender ideology. pic.twitter.com/lWSeuNYoLw— Oversight Project (@ItsYourGov) September 18, 2025 Transgender-Motivated Violence and Threats Last weekend, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox confirmed reports that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who has been charged with Charlie Kirk’s murder, was living with a boyfriend who identifies as transgender. Robinson reportedly confessed to his boyfriend that he committed the murder. Authorities reportedly confirmed that 23-year-old Robin Westman, a male born Robert Westman, opened fire at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis last month, killing two children and injuring 17 others. Audrey Elizabeth Hale, 28, reportedly identified as male. She shot and killed three children and three adults on March 27, 2023, at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school in Nashville, Tennessee. Police fatally shot her during the attack. According to a court document obtained by The Daily Signal, the man who tried to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in June 2022 identifies as a woman. Nicholas Roske, who was 29 when he pleaded guilty in April, identifies as Sophie Roske in a court document. On May 7, 2019, then-16-year-old Maya “Alec” McKinney and her 19-year-old fellow student, Devon Erickson, opened fire at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, killing one and injuring eight. Both have been sentenced to life in prison. McKinney, a female, identifies as male. On Sept. 20, 2018, 26-year-old Snochia Moseley shot and killed four people at a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Maryland, before killing herself. A close friend of Moseley’s told The Washington Post the perpetrator identified as transgender. In June 2024, a judge sentenced Jason Lee Willie, a man who identifies as a woman and goes by Alexia, to one year in prison after he pleaded guilty to threatening to injure people across state lines. Willie, a resident of Nashville, Illinois, confessed to threatening to rape girls in girls’ restrooms, carry out a mass shooting at schools, and bomb churches. Hatred Toward Christians Many of these offenders targeted Christians or threatened them because of their faith. The transgender movement encourages a victimization narrative that may play a role in radicalizing these people. The Human Rights Campaign, the premier transgender activist group, has described the deaths of people identifying as transgender as an “epidemic.” However, Brad Palumbo at Quillette crunched the numbers and concluded that the “Human Rights Campaign’s own data suggest trans Americans suffer a homicide risk that’s actually less than the U.S. average.” This claim represents the fountainhead of a constant stream of hyperbolic transgender rhetoric. For instance, MSNBC columnist Katelyn Burns once described a move to restrict the Frankensteinian treatments of “gender-affirming care” as an act of genocide. Supporters of “gender-affirming care” maintain—with a straight face—that people with gender dysphoria (the painful and persistent identification with the gender opposite one’s sex) cannot prevent themselves from committing suicide if they do not receive these interventions. Yet, at the Supreme Court, the lawyer arguing for “gender-affirming care” admitted there is “no evidence” these interventions reduce suicide. Online influencers who identify as transgender have amassed huge followings, and members of their audiences may find themselves bombarded with hyperbolic rhetoric about the “hate” of those who dare to disagree with their preferred pronouns. In fact, the influential Southern Poverty Law Center repeatedly compares conservative Christians who disagree with transgender orthodoxy to the KKK. If you legitimately believed that there is an “epidemic” of murder against people like you, that opposition to your agenda is a form of “genocide,” and that Christians’ disagreement with transgender identity is fueling this, you might be tempted to lash out. The FBI should designate Transgender Ideology Violent Extremism and try to prevent further attacks. The transgender movement also needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror and start cooling down the doomsday rhetoric. Most Christians who disagree with transgender identity do so not because they hate anyone, but because they follow the Bible and basic biology, which show that human beings are male and female and cannot change their sex merely by saying so. The post Transgender Ideology Is Motivating Violence: It’s High Time the FBI Designate It as Such appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Rolling Stone has come a long way, baby, and not in a good way. The ’60s era rock bible is now a hard-Left institution that refuses to defend free expression. Need proof? The magazine attacked comedian Dave Chappelle for telling the “wrong” jokes about the trans community. Artists like John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting) faced censorship, and Team Rolling Stone refused to have his back.   I have just received notification that @YouTube has taken down the Blood on My Hands - White House Docu-Music video. pic.twitter.com/SIFy13ftE4 — John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) January 7, 2022   The outlet stood by as Cancel Culture raged, comedians self-censored and “sensitivity readers” rearranged classic books by Roald Dahl, Agatha Christie and Ian Fleming. Crickets. They even put the phrase “free speech” in scare quotes. Now, finally, the magazine is taking a stand for free speech. Why? Some ghouls who publicly cheered on the assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk are losing their jobs. That’s why. The article is behind a paywall, but the framing is obvious. It’s an assault on free speech! Here’s the telling headline: PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS FOR CRITICIZING SLAIN ‘FREE SPEECH’ ADVOCATE CHARLIE KIRK  Actually, it’s what the Left once called Consequences Culture. But instead of silencing someone for having an opinion that ran afoul of the progressive groupthink, it’s people in authority being canned for sharing subhuman views. See the difference?   ? Meet Chicago Public Schools Student Voice & Leadership Specialist Mildred Garcia Gomez. On Instagram, Gomez laughed about Charlie Kirk’s assassination—and celebrated his death with her daughter. Do your thing, internet. Hold her accountable and get her fired. @ChiPubSchools pic.twitter.com/9yoVObPXfp — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) September 12, 2025   We saw a variation of this following the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas. Suddenly, Leftists rushed to defend those who called for an Intifada, praised terrorism or otherwise threatened the security of others. That’s what it took for the Left to defend free speech. And now, the same people are furious that teachers and academics who shape young minds are being fired for cheering on murderers if they kill the “right” people. UPDATE: Bonchie from RedState offers the perfect addition to this story:   This you? https://t.co/8J7P9J1Ss6 pic.twitter.com/tdTmmEGQTk — Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) September 13, 2025

When I started "The Perfume Nationalist" in February 2019, it was out of rage and helplessness at the ideological, authoritarian evil I saw taking over my country.At that time it was de facto illegal to publicly support Trump. Left-wing media demanded that employers fire Trump supporters, and there was always the risk of deplatforming and having one's bank account or payment services canceled. People would be unpersoned for something as minor as liking an image of Pepe the Frog, viewed as part of a vast and objectively nonexistent "Nazi" subculture lurking just beneath the surface of America.I made my show look as frightening as possible, discussing every possible unspeakable topic right up front, including platforming people with views I didn't agree with.The words "Nazi" and "fascist" were stripped of all objective meaning and used to ruin the reputations and Google results of anyone who questioned the Democrat Party's escalating authoritarianism.A deliberate provocationWhat was then called the "alt-right" had a strong, edgy, and aesthetically forward presence. It comprised all sorts of different people from liberal, normal Republicans to unstable, viscerally repellent, and hateful people protected by the culture of mandatory anonymity. Its unifying values were spreading information suppressed by liberals and extreme transgressive humor. My show emerged from this scene out of necessity and found its first audience there. Its title was a deliberate provocation and commentary on the fact that anyone who stood for freedom and basic liberal American values was now called a Nazi.I'm also a nationalist. You should be a nationalist too.Dirtbag cowardiceAt the time, dirtbag leftism and Bernie Sanders acted as a cover for public figures who dared to lightly criticize the Democrat Party. You could mock liberal piety and wokeness in safe, surface-level ways and maintain a degree of protection from your promotion of socialism. Shows would begin as left-presenting and gradually incorporate laundered RW content after a safe delay. I took the opposite approach and made my show look as frightening as possible, discussing every possible unspeakable topic right up front, including platforming people with views I didn't agree with. I had to start like this and confront these topics to gain the trust of my audience.Letting people speakThe joke is that it was also all about perfume. The unspeakable bogeymen of society — alienated young white men who dared to defend themselves against a culture that demonized and hated them — would also be listening to a gay culture show about perfume.My belief is that if you let people speak and don't censor it, extreme and antisocial views hold less mystique and can be examined for what they actually are. If they're presented as a forbidden treasure chest of secret knowledge, it gives everything suppressed an aura of glittering truth.As the years have gone by, those antisocial views have become what mainstream liberals say and think every day. Extreme anti-Semitism is a dominant value on the far left and the anti-Trump far right today. They find roundabout ways to excuse it or say that isn't what's happening. It is exactly what's happening, and this is what it looks like.Who is the 'Nazi'?The mainstream lib of today is more ideologically a "Nazi" than I have ever been. But does the word lose its power? No. It persists in its 2010s witch-hunt meaning, being used to dehumanize anyone who stands up for free speech, American values, and the right to live a safe life where criminals and murderers are punished and decent citizens protected.The cultural atmosphere has changed for the better thanks to the bravery of people who used their faces and names and took the consequences. It wasn't "the RW anons" who accomplished any of this, though this myth persists to this day, with conservative talking heads falling over themselves to pay lip service to this subculture that has proven to be rotten, nebulous, and ideologically aligned with Democrats in every important way.Shut up and suffer"TPN" continued and gained a much wider audience. When online leftists became aware of me due to more high-profile people coming on my show, the fatwa was put out on me. I have been crucified and canceled over and over again to a degree that would make your head spin. I have been stalked and harassed in the most personal and disturbing ways.The worst of it has come from people ostensibly on the right, who agree with my views in many ways. You don't just get it from liberals; you get it from everyone. When it's happening to you, you're expected not to talk about it. It's described as "undignified" and "beneath you" to give it attention or explain what's happening. It makes everyone uncomfortable, and any public figure viewed as provocative or controversial is thought by most people to be deserving of whatever happens to him, especially if he's successful or admired.People who have had it happen to them understand how bad it gets and the loneliness of being stuck with it. Most people quit after their first taste of it. I didn't and kept going because my life had led me here, and for all the negativity, kind, beautiful, smart people would tell me my work had changed their lives. The show became simply an extension of my life, to talk about whatever I wanted with whoever I wanted.Lots of people I thought of as friends have disavowed and stabbed me in the back over the years. It doesn't matter; the story keeps going, and the pain is part of it, just as the joy is. "TPN" has influenced mainstream culture in some pretty undeniable ways. I'm copied a lot but rarely given credit, because even to those close to me, my name carries a certain stigma. The Perfume Nazi.RELATED: Charlie Kirk: Loving father, fearless communicator, happy warrior — 1993-2025 Rebecca Noble / Stringer via Getty Images'I'm not reading all that'Still that word, Nazi. I suppose it's cool in some ways to be a cult thing that still has an edge, but the hypocrisy is frustrating and never-ending.As President Trump said, Charlie Kirk's assassination was the result of years of ideological conditioning by the left to view anyone critical of it as a Nazi. The word dehumanizes sane, liberal, accepting people — liberal not in the sense of woke Democrat but liberal in its actual meaning — people who oppose censorship, promote freedom, and want the highest quality of life for everyone around them. It's viewed as distasteful for anyone to tell his story when something atrocious happens. "Way to make it about yourself." "I'm not reading all that." "He's whining," etc. The responses write themselves, and if you've seen them before, you know what they'll be.The thing is that I don't care any more. I've been proven right about things over and over. I have a body of work to be proud of, and those who listen to it know it goes so far beyond politics and wokeness and news stories. I don't care about appearing above it all and unfazed. What these people do and the evil they're capable of has to be described, and it has to stop. They're terrorists and murderers. Everything they've said about us is true about themselves.

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