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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 1d

Rhetoricians too: “Historians too fear that Trump is using Kirk’s death to invoke conspiracies for political gains and revenge.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing

The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer’s killing to justify attacks on critics, experts say

www.theguardian.com

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 14h

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 4h

So many things one might say about this. I’ll say this: clearly the gospel presented at Charlie Kirk’s memorial had no effect on him

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 5h

The University of Arkansas is preparing to hang hundreds of donated Ten Commandments posters on its Fayetteville campus to comply with a new state law. #arpx #arleg

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University of Arkansas installing Ten Commandments posters required by state law | Arkansas Advocate

The University of Arkansas Fayetteville is preparing to hang hundreds of donated Ten Commandments displays in its buildings in compliance with a new state law.

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 7h

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 7h

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 14h

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

www.nytimes.com

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 14h

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 14h

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 14h

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 14h

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

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Brendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 1d

I missed this yesterday: the AAU has come out against the compact. I am pleasantly surprised. I think it makes it pretty hard for any university to accept the deal now, with a possible exception of Texas. www.aau.edu/newsroom/pre...

We have significant concerns, however, about any compact or policy that could damage or depart from our nations competitive merit base system for research grant funding. That system has been the foundation for science and and innovation for decades. Since World War II that special partnership among the federal government, industry, and research universities has fueled tremendous growth in our economy and educated the next generation of highly skilled American workforce contributed to the health of our people and made our nation more safe and secure.

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 1d

Rhetoricians too: “Historians too fear that Trump is using Kirk’s death to invoke conspiracies for political gains and revenge.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Page one of the authoritarian playbook’: how Trump and allies are exploiting Kirk’s killing

The president and his Maga allies have used the rightwing influencer’s killing to justify attacks on critics, experts say

www.theguardian.com

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 1d

Are you interested in covering politics in the Lone Star State? The Texas Observer is hiring an intern to help us cover the 2026 elections! Apply here: www.texasobserver.org/jobs/

Work for the Texas Observer

We’re a nonprofit with a strong public service mission; we seek to expose injustice and to produce the kind of impact journalism that makes a difference.

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 1d

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 1d

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 3d

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The Athletic @theathletic.com · 3d

Turning Point USA, the organization founded by the late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, announced that it will be hosting its own Super Bowl halftime show to rival the NFL’s choice of Bad Bunny.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/670...

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 3d

Martyrdom rhetoric powerful indeed

Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 10d

In the “wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination,” the Center for Renewing America (founded by Russ Vought) says that “Congress should consider:

Fully privatizing the financing of higher education, terminating all federal programs, including subsidies for student loans and grants, like Pell.” 1/

Policy Proposals in the Wake of the Charlie Kirk Assassination

The assassination of Charlie Kirk made clear that the radical Left’s long march through America’s institutions is no longer a matter of quiet subversion; it is a clear and present threat to the Republ...

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 3d

Northwestern faculty are purchasing additional professional liability insurance to protect themselves from complaints and lawsuits, according to president of NU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/09/c...

Several Northwestern professors turn to AFT liability insurance

Northwestern faculty are purchasing additional professional liability insurance to protect themselves from complaints and lawsuits, according to political science Prof. Jacqueline Stevens, president o...

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Paulette Feeney ❌️👑 @pauletteparis1.bsky.social · 2d

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 13d

Charlie Kirk is dead, tragically murdered by an assassin’s bullet. Now Turning Point USA wants to cement its founder’s legacy by Christianizing America in his name. Read about that threat to democracy in my new @wjkbooks.com book out now: www.wjkbooks.com/bookproduct/...

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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · 2d

In court filings late Friday, the government says about 4,200 people across seven agencies would be receiving RIF notices today, primarily in HHS and Treasury.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 2d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 2d

Why “patriot?” Wont fit on the sign with that…

Suzanne Garwood @ramseyfay.bsky.social · 2d

Omg

Bill to rename a street in DC “Charlie Kirk Patriot Way.”

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Matthew Boedy @matthewboedy.bsky.social · 2d

Planting cocaine at just the right point so it catches just the right current and washes up on shore so you can say that boat you blew up was smuggling is hard… but not impossible. Just saying.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 2d

Snow on the beach? More than 20 pounds of cocaine washes up on #Florida shore www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...

‘Snow on the beach?’ Over 20 pounds of cocaine washes up on Florida shore

Over 20 pounds of cocaine was found along a Florida beach.

www.clickorlando.com

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