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The Brew: Can We At Least Agree That Political Assassinations Are Bad?

Oh Well, It Was Worth a Try

By John Zmirak Published on September 18, 2025

Charlie Kirk loved this country, loved young people, and loved the free exchange of ideas among honest citizens. Most of all he loved the Lord, and wanted to share that with others. So as we mourn his murder, we will celebrate his life, lift up his courageous wife, Erika, and point with joy to the many sparks of light emerging in the darkness. One of those is the explosion of interest in Turning Point USA:


Meanwhile, some prominent figures are surprising us with their sober, thoughtful reactions to the tragic, public crime millions of us witnessed:

Trump Team Targets Domestic Terror Network Linked to Deep State

Best of all, the Trump administration is addressing the atrocity of Kirk’s murder by aggressively investigating the sick ecosystem of radical ideas, dark money, and activist institutions that essentially groomed his assassin and is generating thousands more unhinged, self-righteous, twisted souls who celebrate violence and are primed to commit it.

Trump’s team is asking, essentially, “Why weren’t there dozens of armed transgender militias in 2015 and trans mass shooters targeting Christian schools and churches? What changed? Who’s behind this? And how can we put them in prison?” According to The Epoch Times:

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller confirmed on Sept. 15 that the White House will be going after networks that have organized riots, street violence, and other activities, calling such groups a “vast domestic terror movement.”

The comments were made as Vice President JD Vance hosted Charlie Kirk’s program following Kirk’s assassination last week while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.

“The organized doxing campaigns, the organized riots, the organized street violence, the organized campaigns of dehumanization, vilification, posting people’s addresses, combining that with messaging that’s designed to trigger and incite violence, and the actual organized cells that carry out and facilitate the violence. It is a vast domestic terror movement,” Miller said on the show.

Revolver News reports:

A radical trans militant tied to a group under federal investigation for possible involvement in an American political assassination was openly celebrated by organizations linked to the US government and the UN. Utah Global Diplomacy has feverishly scrubbed [Ermiya] Fanaeian’s profile from their site, but the internet never forgets. Even more disturbing is that she and her Marxist, trans comrades were connected to the “John Brown Gun Club,” a militant leftist group already tied to armed violence.

Revolver notes that Fanaeian

isn’t just some random activist; she’s the leader of Armed Queers SLC, a group now under investigation for possibly knowing about the assassination plot of Charlie Kirk.

And here’s the kicker … Fanaeian wasn’t just running in local activist circles. She was publicly recognized by a State Department-affiliated NGO called “Utah Global Diplomacy,” which named her one of their “7 for 17” awardees for advancing the United Nations’ radical 17 Goals….

The web of trans and Antifa-linked terror goes far beyond Salt Lake City.

Authorities have already charged eleven people with attempted murder and terrorism-related offenses tied to these extremist networks. Inside a Dallas house linked to this next group, cops uncovered nine firearms and arrested a transgender named “Autumn Hill,” who is connected to an ICE shooting. Days later, police arrested Benjamin Song, a Marine reservist-turned-Antifa activist, who was charged with firing one of those very weapons during the attack on ICE agents.

It’s all starting to make sense now, right? These aren’t isolated freaks; they’re coordinated cells, and the trans movement is providing the unhinged, mentally ill manpower for the left’s most violent operations. The “pipeline” is real, and it’s very organized, and what’s really scary is that it’s growing.

The Deep State gives legitimacy and financial support to groups of armed, violent extremists. So do seditious donors such as George Soros via his front groups. And we wonder why political madness and violence are sprouting up like kudzu. They’re getting watered and fertilized by our own elites and institutions.

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The Biden Regime Targeted Turning Point USA

So where’s the proof, you might ask, that the Deep State is behind attacks on citizen organizations such as Turning Point USA? It’s getting exposed in the halls of Congress as you read this. Gateway Pundit reports:

In news that should not surprise anyone, the Biden regime had Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA squarely in its crosshairs.

As Fox News reported, [FBI Director Kash] Patel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an annual oversight hearing of the FBI on Tuesday morning. He has come under fire for his initial handling of the Kirk assassination by a radical left terrorist.

During the hearing, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) revealed that an FBI whistleblower revealed to him an FBI project called “Arctic Frost” that targeted groups like Kirk’s TPUSA.

“Ninety-two Republican targets, including Republican groups and Republican-linked individuals, were placed under the investigative scope of Arctic Frost,” Grassley said.

“On that political list was one of Charlie Kirk’s groups, Turning Point USA. In other words, Arctic Frost wasn’t just a case to politically investigate Trump,” he continued. “It was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and Department of Justice prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus.”

Senator Mike Lee Introduces “Charlie Kirk Act” to Ban Government Propaganda Aimed at Americans

Did you know it’s perfectly legal for the U.S. government to use the same methods of indoctrination and subversion the CIA employs to pull off “color revolutions” in countries like Ukraine and Libya right here at home? You can thank Barack Obama for that. He led the repeal of the Smith-Mundt Act, which once restrained our intelligence agencies from targeting U.S. citizens the way totalitarian governments routinely do. Now Sen. Mike Lee (R-AZ) is honoring Kirk in the form of a bill that would restore that crucial protection to Americans.

Texas Investigates Teachers Who Celebrate Political Murder

Another way of cutting off the supply of domestic terrorists at the root is purging public school classrooms of fanatics who try to groom young people into becoming alienated extremists. Do you think that’s not happening, or is only a problem in places like Minnesota and Oregon? Think again. The Texas Tribune reports:

The Texas Education Agency is investigating roughly 180 complaints against teachers who have been accused of making inappropriate comments online about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death as several educators across the state have already been punished for allegedly doing.

In the days since Kirk was shot and killed during an event he hosted at Utah Valley University, lawmakers and activists have called for the firings and removals of anyone mocking Kirk or celebrating his death.

On Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott alleged the complaints amounted to over 100 teachers, and that statements against Kirk “called for or incite violence” in a social media post.

Along The Stream…

Don’t miss Anne Graham Lotz and Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright, authors of Preparing to Meet Jesus, on Life Today, talking about the importance of using our time on Earth wisely. You want to be one of those wise virgins, don’t you?

Where was the American idea nurtured and fed? In the pulpits of hundreds of faithful Christian churches, as this thoughtful essay explains.

 

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.