BREAKING: Turning Point USA's Charlie Kirk shot! Latest Update

UPDATE: It has been reported that Charlie Kirk has died. This is a very recent report and has not been confirmed.

On a crisp September 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah, the unthinkable went down. Charlie Kirk, the firebrand conservative and founding leader of Turning Point USA, was gunned down during a speaking event at Utah Valley University. It was 12:10 PM, just 20 minutes into a heated Q&A, when a single shot rang out from the Losee Center, some 200 yards off, piercing the air like a cold blade. 

Grainy videos hit the web fast, showing Kirk under a tent emblazoned with "The American Comeback" and "Prove Me Wrong," jolting back as the bullet struck. Bystanders reported that blood came from his neck. Chaos erupted as people immediately ran for cover. 

Kirk crumpled from his chair, and was quickly whisked away by his security crew to a hospital, his fate still a question mark.

Police nabbed a suspect, but they're keeping tight-lipped on who or why. The FBI, under Director Kash Patel, is circling like hawks, backing up local badges. Utah Valley was locked down, cleared out the campus, and classes canceled for the day.

The outrage poured in from all corners. President Trump took to Truth Social, calling Charlie "a great guy" and begging for prayers. VP JD Vance, Utah's Governor Spencer Cox, and Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis piled on with support. 

Even California's Gavin Newsom, no fan of Kirk's politics, slammed the attack as "disgusting, vile, and reprehensible," preaching against political bloodlust. Gabby Giffords, who survived a 2011 hit, chimed in, horrified, condemning the violence.

Thus far, nobody has blamed President Trump for the shooting, but it's early.

This isn't just a one-off. CNN's tally marks this as the 46th school shooting of 2025, another grim tick in America's rising tide of political mayhem. The motive is still a mystery, and the feds are digging. 

For now, it's wait-and-see in a country that's feeling more like a powder keg by the day. A country where some who have fled their own dangerous country seeking asylum, have themselves ended up victims of crime and murder.

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GOP sees El Paso shooting as a tragedy; Dems an opportunity

The mainstream media kept away from the Dayton shooting because the maniac killer was an Elizabeth Warren supporter as well as socialism. But the El Paso Walmart shooting was perfect for them--a scumbag white nationalist killed 22 and wounded 40 people. Not unsurprisingly, they left out the part of the guy's manifesto that he was also a leftist environmental fascist.

The smoke cleared and most of the dead were removed from the scene when former Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords sent a fundraising email on behalf of the Democratic National Committee on Monday afternoon, asking supporters to respond to the pair of deadly weekend shootings by making political contributions. Get 'em while their emotions are high is the DNC motto.

The emailed fundraising plea, sent from a DNC email with Giffords's name, asks recipients to show "courage" by splitting a contribution between the DNC and Giffords PAC, a gun control group that spent nearly $18 million on elections last cycle.

"I am asking you to have the courage to act today," the email reads. "Split a $10 donation between my organization dedicated to ending gun violence, Giffords PAC, and the Democratic National Committee today."

"Together, we have the power to prevent gun violence and save lives," it says--which is nonsense.

The email's donation link directs to the ActBlue fundraising page paid for by the DNC. Contributions are automatically split evenly between the DNC and Giffords PAC.

"Chip in to stand with Democrats fighting to end gun violence," the fundraising page says. But they never tell you how they're going to end gun violence. With over 300 million guns in the U.S., gun control laws isn't the answer to the violence. It's a whole different mindset, mental health intervention and probably considering "red flag" laws where people close to potential shooters can get the law to intervene.

Blaming the NRA is ridiculous. Neither of the shooters was a member of the gun safety organization. The NRA is strong because gun ownership in our country is strong, not the other way around.

The DNC isn't the first group to solicit contributions in the wake of shootings Saturday in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, which together killed at least 31 as of Monday afternoon.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) sent a fundraising email on Sunday asking her supporters to contribute to Giffords PAC, as well as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, two political advocacy groups.

Her campaign has defended the fundraising email, saying the three groups it is raising money for are "gun violence prevention organizations."

Okay, what is your plan?

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a fundraising email Monday urging donations to Democratic Senate campaigns. She didn't mention the Dayton shooter's support for her presidency. Nobody on the left did.

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Gray Lady goofed again--corrects editorial about Palin, sort of

The paper of record (LMAO) New York Times, had to correct their Fake News editorial in which they stated as fact a debunked load of garbage that Jared Loughner, the schizophrenic who shot Gabby Giffords in 2011, was inspired to do so by a map circulated by Sarah Palin showing a bullseye.

The editorial titled "America's Lethal Politics," was posted on Wednesday and social media went bonkers. 

The editorial read, in part:

"Was this attack evidence of how vicious American politics has become? Probably. In 2011, when Jared Lee Loughner opened fire in a supermarket parking lot, grievously wounding Representative Gabby Giffords and killing six people, including a 9-year-old girl, the link to political incitement was clear. Before the shooting, Sarah Palin's political action committee circulated a map targeting electoral districts that put Ms. Giffords and 19 other Democrats under stylized cross hairs."

The Times ran the editorial after Wednesday's shooting at a GOP congressional baseball practice, leaving 4 wounded, including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and Matt Mika.

The rag posted a correction at the foot of the editorial online, rather than prominently posting it at the top:

Correction: June 15, 2017

An earlier version of this editorial incorrectly stated that a link existed between political incitement and the 2011 shooting of Representative Gabby Giffords. In fact, no such link was established.

Loughner's home was searched by authorities after the shooting and documents were found showing he had planned the shooting in advance.

"I planned ahead," a signed note left in a safe by Loughner read. "My assassination."

A letter was also found in the safe that Giffords wrote to Loughner on August 30, 2007, thanking him for attending a "Congress on Your Corner" event, according to an FBI affidavit.

The FBI said at the time of the shooting that Loughner had targeted Giffords, while The Times keeps targeting the truth. Now both sides are calling them out for being Fake News.

A tweet by New York Post editor John Podhoretz said, "The NYT editorial falsely claims Loughner shot Giffords dueto a target on a photo. It's not yet 11. They can change it. Let's see."

Even far left-wing Mother Jones senior editor Ben Dreyfull tweeted, "This NYT editorial is, in fact, stupid. Palin didn't make that loon shoot Gabby Giffords. "Rhetoric" didn't make today's whacko shoot either."

So maybe the left is slowly coming around and seeing that the real blame for these horrific acts need to be placed squarely on those who actually perpetrate them.

But I doubt it. Give it a few weeks and we'll see.


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Gun Control, Mental Illness, Crime and POTUSment

Guns don't kill people; Democrats kill people. Whenever a Democrat votes against an American's right to protect herself, some innocent person dies. Okay, I'm exaggerating but there is an element of truth in this.

Mental illness in the brain of a person with a weapon, be it a pistol, assault rifle, meat cleaver, or Chevy Volt, kills people. We need to ensure that the dangerously mentally ill never have access to legal guns, but if they do bodily harm, then they must be taken out of mainstream society. By doing this, we keep America safer, and increase the chances of a strong GOP comeback when the mentally ill lose their right to vote.

People with criminal pasts must know that if they commit a gun-related crime, they will go away for a long, long time. This will, in part, make the streets safer, and remove several politicians from power. It will also deter some amount of future crime and when it doesn't , at least the perpetrator will be out of commission for years.

Background checks should be serious background checks. If someone fails the check, he or she will forever be denied the use of a firearm. For those people who refuse to allow for a background check, (President Obama comes to mind), they should be denied gun access. 

Finally, I believe that no politician or person of public influence should be allowed to advocate for gun control if he or she owns a gun or had owned a gun in the past, or if he or she, or his or her kids are protected by people with guns--President Obama, Diane Feinstein, Gabby Giffords, Joe Biden and most of the Democratic party come to mind.

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