Charlie Kirk was a significant factor in getting the conservative momentum behind JD Vance as the vice presidential nominee on the Trump ticket for 2024.  Without Kirk exerting his influence throughout the conservative movement, JD Vance may not be the current Vice President.

Vice President JD Vance and Charlie Kirk were strong friends and often talked.  JD Vance penned a tribute to Charlie Kirk on his X-Account.

Today, Vice President Vance has cancelled his appearance in New York City for the 911 memorial, and will instead travel to Salt Lake City, Utah, to escort the body of Charlie Kirk back to Arizona.

(VIA POLITICO) – Vice President JD Vance plans to escort Charlie Kirk’s body and his wife Erika, some of their family members and close friends aboard Air Force Two to Arizona on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the arrangements.

Vance and his wife Usha traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday to pay their respects and will continue to where Kirk lived in Phoenix. The Vances had been scheduled to attend a ceremony at Ground Zero in New York City commemorating the 24th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.

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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend a 911 remembrance event at the Pentagon.  President Trump delivers powerful remarks below. WATCH:

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The full event video is below:

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Utah Dept of Public Safety and FBI officials provided an update to the events overnight following the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

DPS: ♦Two detained individuals were identified not to be suspects in the shooting.  The investigation is ongoing.  ♦The movements of the shooter were tracked via CCTV review.  ♦”We do have good video footage of this individual that we are not going to release to the public at this time.”  ♦Utah DPS feels confident they will be able to identify the individual as a result of the video. ♦”Suspect blended in well with a college institution.” ♦”The individual appears to be of college age.”

FBI: ♦Agents working around the clock.  ♦Weapon has been recovered. A high-power bolt-action rifle, discovered in the woods where the shooter fled.  ♦Footprints also identified. “The community is not at risk.”

(VIA DAILY MAIL) – The bullet used to kill conservative activist Charlie Kirk was engraved with transgender and anti-fascist ideology, according to a law bulletin. 

The notice sent to ATF agents, reported by The Wall Street Journal, said that bullets found inside the rifle, a .30 caliber hunting rifle, contained messaging on them.

The 31-year-old MAGA figurehead was gunned down on Wednesday while speaking at his own university event in Orem, Utah.

Sources told the outlet that the weapon was wrapped up in a towel, with a spent cartridge in the chamber.  Another three unspent rounds were discovered in the magazine, all of which contained wording on them. (SOURCE)

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Sadly, I had not seen this video until after he was assassinated and it was shared on social media.  That said, the intellectual capacity, the gift of articulation carried within the vessel Charlie Kirk represented, is evident in this video segment.

This is a remarkable exhibition of a skillset that will be exceptionally difficult to replace.  WATCH:

Listen very closely to the answer Charlie Kirk gives to a question from the audience…

IF he was taken out by criminal elements within the intelligence community, this would be their number 1 reason for doing so!

Listen to his brilliant answer that I think upset the powers… pic.twitter.com/taRONn5Hgq

— Dan Dicks (@DanDicksPFT) September 11, 2025

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Local, State and Federal officials will be holding a press conference following the murder of Charlie Kirk.  The Governor of Utah Spencer Cox will be a participant in the press conference.  Start time is unknown (6:30pm ET approx), but three livestream links are below:

UPDATE: VIDEO ADDED

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The subject for the horrific shooting today that took the life of Charlie Kirk is now in custody. Thank you to the local and state authorities in Utah for your partnership with @fbi.
We will provide updates when able.

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 10, 2025

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His young life’s work will be fulfilled in his legacy.

This is indeed a Turning Point for the USA.

Dear God, we lack the words.  As the Father of all that is good and pure, wrap Your embrace around this family at this intense time of sadness and grief.  You see this family who is suffering unbearable pain right now because of the loss of their beloved.  We pray for You to comfort and carry these precious people in their pain, loss, and sadness. Blanket them with Your love and peace. Their hearts are broken and their life in strongest turmoil, so humbly we pray that You can provide them peace and strength within their hearts.  We offer this prayer as they only now begin to navigate life without Charlie.  Let them find serenity in You, knowing Charlie is at peace in Your arms. We pray for the blanket of comfort to overwhelm them knowing Charlie is with You, in a place of eternal peace. In Your most Holy name, we join and pray. ~ Amen.

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Very sad update.  Charlie Kirk is dead.  The shooter has not been apprehended.

President Trump Via Truth Social:

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BREAKING.  Conservative pundit and leading voice of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk was about 20 minutes into a presentation when he was shot, a spokesperson for Utah Valley University told NBC News.

The spokesperson said, to the best of the university’s knowledge, Kirk was hit and taken with his security team away from the premises, and the courtyard was cleared. Video from Twitter below:

Kirk was sat in a tent with the “American Comeback Tour” logo when a shot is heard and Kirk physically recoils, slumping down in his seat. Blood is seen flowing down from his neck and the crowd audibly panics and begins to run.

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Earlier today President Trump delivered remarks to the White House Religious Liberty Commission.

On May 1st, President Trump created the commission [SEE HERE] made up of various evangelical leadership. Led by Chairman Dan Patrick, the Republican lieutenant governor of Texas, and Vice Chair Ben Carson, a popular author, surgeon and former Trump administration official, the 13-member commission is charged with creating a report on the “foundations of religious liberty in America” and the impact of religious liberty on American culture.

The commission includes, White House faith adviser Paula White, talk show host and author Eric Metaxas and evangelist Franklin Graham, head of Samaritan’s Purse, along with other faith leaders like Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, Minnesota Bishop Robert Barron of the popular Word on Fire media ministry, Rabbi Meir Soloveichik of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York and talk show host Phil McGraw. WATCH:

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Happy Labor Day, Scruffnecks! …. and that has nothing to do with the color of your collar.

Everything of great purpose comes from within, and from a loving God. As Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn famously said:

“The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. One word of truth outweighs the world.”

Yes, it’s Labor Day in America.  We pause and celebrate work, productivity, problem solving, and the value of our workforce. A nation built on ingenuity – so long as we tend the flickering flame of liberty.

So, to all my brothers and sisters who do not take part in the grand lies that surround us, THANK YOU!

No other nation on earth was ever conceived on the principle of allowing people to manifest their own destiny, while keeping government out of their lives. The vision, the premise and the purpose, was to allow you the freedom to determine your place in life; and even, at any time, change that determination and strike off in an entirely new direction.

Our labor and aspirations would not be pre-determined by caste, tier, creed or social status; but rather by our personal vision for our own future. The right of self-determination.

Labor Day is a time to reflect on the value of work; the great personal benefit of endeavors achieved; the pride in accomplishment -regardless of scale- amid this thing we call life; and all of these considerations have absolutely nothing, not-one-thing, to do with the money we assemble in the process.

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Former New York Mayor Rudi Giuliani, 81, is hospitalized with a fractured vertebrae and multiple cuts and bruises, including injuries specifically to his left arm and lower leg, after his rent-a-car was hit from behind while traveling in New Hampshire.

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NEW YORK – “The accident occurred after he re-entered his vehicle, which was then hit from behind at high speed.”

Ragusa said Giuilani, who was mayor from 1994 through 2001, is recovering and in good spirts.  “The mayor is in great spirits. He’s a beast. He survived 9/11,” Ragusa said.

We are all praying for a speedy recovery.

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