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Assassination culture comes for Erika Kirk
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
🚨 FBI foils mass murder plot at White House UFC event. The FBI disrupted a scheme to deploy explosive-laden drones near the UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn, then funnel panicked crowds toward snipers. Five suspects are in custody, including 23 individuals linked to encrypted Signal chat groups, with one suspect allegedly identifying "capitalist elites" as a target.
💰 SPLC boss accused of funneling cash to informant lover. A DOJ indictment alleges a top Southern Poverty Law Center official steered $1.2 million in donor funds to an informant embedded in the neo-Nazi group National Alliance, who prosecutors say was also her romantic partner.
💥 DOJ charges 15 anti-ICE rioters in Minneapolis. Federal prosecutors charged 15 Antifa-linked activists for allegedly attacking ICE agents and obstructing federal law enforcement during Minneapolis unrest. Charges include conspiracy to injure federal officers and destruction of government property.
👩⚖️ Massachusetts judge orders woke signs restored. A Biden-appointed judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstall national park signage pushing climate alarmism, LGBT ideology, and lectures about America’s “racist” past. The signs were previously removed under Trump’s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order.
WORLD NEWS
Leaked details of the US-Iran memorandum
Behind the paywall: Sweden continues its migrant crackdown, and Russia creates chaos in the English Channel.
MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER
The biggest underreported stories on the left and right
_THE LEFT MISSED_
Federal judge recuses herself from Georgia voter rolls case after attending Fani Willis campaign event (The Daily Signal)
FBI leadership warned Biden DOJ against school board memo targeting parents (New York Post)
_THE RIGHT MISSED_
Toronto police link gun-for-hire networks to US Consulate and synagogue shootings (AP News)
Education Dept. plans to move special ed and civil rights to other agencies (The Washington Post)
HOAX TRACKER
Cross burning committed by an anti-Trump socialist
When a burning cross turned up in Chicago's Grant Park, local officials, a church leader, and the media immediately ran with the racism angle…
QUICK AND IMPORTANT
New shark species discovered
Behind the paywall: An incredible new brain-computer technology, and an America 250 time capsule. Plus, yesterday’s most clicked link.
THE MAIN STORY
Assassination culture comes for Erika Kirk
_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
A Texas man has been charged with making terroristic threats after allegedly plotting to bomb a Turning Point USA event where Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk, was scheduled to speak…
_IN THIS ARTICLE, WE COVER:_
Details on the threat against Erika Kirk and against Christians
The disturbing rise of "assassination culture,” including a new study
The evidence on Americans becoming more comfortable with violence
And the warning Charlie Kirk gave 153 days before his murder
THE COMMUNITY SECTION
TODAY’S POLL
📊 How serious is America's political violence problem?
POP QUIZ
POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY
Do you think Trump's agreement with Iran benefits America?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 👍 Yes (703)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 👎 No (278)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (296)
👍 Yes: “Optimism is warranted but with caution and verification.” — Gene
👎 No: “This is Obama's deal, money for promises. Trump mocked that deal as terrible, only to end up making the same one himself.” — Denise
🤔 Unsure: “The reason this war happened was to end their nuclear program. This must happen or what was the war's purpose?” — Philip
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