_WHAT’S HAPPENING_

Turning Point USA is navigating a pivotal transition following the assassination of its founder, Charlie Kirk, last September. His widow, Erika Kirk, has since taken the helm.

Since Kirk's death, TPUSA has expanded rapidly, even as competing voices on the Right threaten the movement he built. The organization also remains burdened with a flood of conspiracy theories on social media surrounding Kirk’s murder, coming from those whom he once would have considered friends.

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Kent James4 months ago

I have concerns. I think our technology has outstripped our ethics and morality, and I fear that, much like our religious institutions, the conservative movement is under intense pressure to give up some of its core stances in order to remain palatable. The battle, at it's core, is a spiritual battle, not a physical or political battle. That is what Charlie Kirk knew to be true, and THAT is why he had to be eliminated.

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Photo Man4 months ago

"Are you optimistic about conservatism’s future?" Define "conservatism". I contend that it means something totally different to today's 'young generation' than it does to us 'old generation' folks. In today's 'young generation' which is indoctrinated with liberalism, no I am not optimistic about true conservatism's future.

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Jim Powers4 months ago

I think we will always have conservatives. The real question is whether or not we can survive the violence.

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Don G4 months ago

Education must get people to think with logic, not emotion and feelings. Conservatives usually think before actions. So, yes conservatives will be here for the long term.

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David Hooten4 months ago

Yes. However, we need to expand our media presence and expand the ranks of college professorships to counter the Marxist/Communist professors in our colleges; they are a cancer to our society.

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Jim Bird4 months ago

I am very concerned about Conservatism's future as it is under unprecedented attack from both Socialist/Communist and Islamic influence infiltrating our cities and spreading across our nation. We are truly in a spiritual battle of good versus evil. Our primary weapon to fight this battle is to assure Godly leadership is elected to rally our nation to maintain our Judeo-Christian Constitutional foundations. Without this we are destined to continuing degradation of our freedoms and our society. Jim Bird

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Michael Nelson4 months ago

Thanks Brandon and company! More TPUSA groups are great, but the movement needs new leaders and more time out front of the people in live events. We cannot cower in the face of murder. Jesus didn't, Charlie didn't, and neither should we!

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sharon smith4 months ago

Conservativatism will endure, despite opposing rhetoric from the Left. If people would just listen to the Left's comments, they would agree that most are wrong. Most of us are reactionary when we hear something we don't agree with; however Conservatives have a 'good' habit of waiting, debating within themselves, then replying, with the result that attitudes remain civil, whereas the Left reacts belligerently almost every time they are requested to explain their opinions or attitudes. At least that has been my personal experience and what I have witnessed in others. It didn't used to be that way. In the past, we were all thoughtful, but now, those moving to the Left are becoming more radicalized, thus, dangerous.

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Laney B4 months ago

One of the best things I've heard lately is that the battle between conservatism and leftism is between "common sense and nonsense". Conservatives are clearly showing that rationality and level-headedness undergird us. The question is, are there enough of us to counter the darkside?

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Jim Ahern4 months ago

Conservatism (aka - strength, common sense, rationality, practicality and morality) has been in jeopardy for many decades now, since JFK in reality. We keep allowing vile and putrid individuals (ex. Obama, Biden, Clinton(s), Bush, LBJ) to fill or be installed, in Biden and Obama's case, the roll of PotUS. We have weakness coming from the Republican Party, in the form of useless Congressional/Senate hearings that amount to nothing. Same seems to go for these Letter Agencies. Always "probing and investigating" slam dunk cases and in the end, nobody of consequence is ever held accountable. The Judicial is nothing but a rogue Leftist Activist group of Anti-American parasites who control our current Administration. Hell I think Trump needs to file an appeal to FART these days, and sadly he goes along with it. So with all that being said, how can you possibly be "optimistic" about the future of Conservatism?? We need better people, True Blue Americans Reps., to right this sinking ship..

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Barbara Dotson-Brooner4 months ago

Conservatism is alive, well and clearly a worldview in the majority. The problem is with election rigging with mail in ballots and failure to identify non-citizens registering and voting. Chuck Schumer said that 25 million people currently registered to vote would lose their status as voters if they were required to actually prove that they were citizens. Meaning he knows that many people on the voter rolls actually are non-citizens. Enough to swing a presidential election, probably??

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Steve Fredricks 4 months ago

I’m very hopeful but also doubtful. Our education institutions are so unable to teach either world or U.S. history that we must pray diligently for our country.

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Michael H.4 months ago

I am concerned that some who CALL themselves conservatives are not at all. They may lean right but they don't actually CONSERVE anything. They buy into the idea that throwing more money at a problem will make things better.

There are a multitude of programs our government spends money on that our Constitution do not actually allow. Congress votes of spending bills that include things in other countries that we have ZERO business being involved in. There are also domestic issues that SHOULD get our attention but don't because we are too busy meddling in the business of other countries.

Then you have the constant negative propaganda from the leftist media that indoctrinates our youth who are not taught HOW to think, rather they are taught WHAT to think. A big part of that is to buy into whatever nonsense the leftist media doles out.

Sorry...rant over.

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Jim Powers 4 months ago

Normal vs. crazy.

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Jim Harmon4 months ago

I'm an optimist but it's hard to be optimistic. It would help if the likes of Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens would move to Hezbollah where they would be among friends. They are an anathema to any progress in conservatism.

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Than Johnson4 months ago

I'm optimistic that democracy is still strong as a overall doctrine, therefore conservative beliefs will continue to be strong and robustly debated, along with liberal viewpoints in our great nation.
I don't sense a Communist plot within the ranks of higher education, having been involved with higher education at both faculty and board member level for over 30 years. than

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Stuart Denny4 months ago

Good piece of information to hear from a thoughtful person that has been "inside".

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Terry McCall4 months ago

Absolutely! With the Marxists overrunning the Democrat party there is only one sane choice.

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Kyle S4 months ago

"conspiracies"

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Bernie Peer4 months ago

Yes, because I believe the Lord Jesus Christ is in charge! For generations there has been woe about the future. If you think that success is measured in finances then probably you are a pessimist. I think greed and corruption need to be adjudicated and you will have more financial stability.

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Shirley Damonte 4 months ago

Yes. The liberals are all emotion- no common sense

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J G4 months ago

I have loved TPUSA and everything it stands for; and Charlie was a great spokesman for the truth. I’m glad that so many young people are rising up to speak up. I AM disappointed in some of the fund-raising techniques I’m getting from TPUSA now. They are, like so many other organizations, written by a third party fundraiser (at least it appears that way) and I don’t like the manipulation. Everything is “send money” and the tactics are cheap. I only support organizations that feel sincere to me.