#1739 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Plans to Weaponize It

#1739 The Charlie Kirk Assassination and the Plans to Weaponize It

Author: Best of the Left: Perspectives on Politics, Culture, and Economics September 23, 2025 Duration: 3:29:37

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

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

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

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

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

 

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