Flotsam and Jetsam - Was There a Conspiracy to Kill Kirk?

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Patel: You Won't Believe How Strong a Case We Have Against Charlie's Assassin ... And Maybe More? Matt Margolis at PJM sees Charlie Kirk Murder Investigation Expands "According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon, federal investigators are now digging into at least seven social media accounts that showed apparent advance knowledge of the September 10 shooting." Hat Hair's Dave Strom asserts There IS Evidence of a Conspiracy to Kill Charlie Kirk and John Sexton hears 'It Was Me': Tyler Robinson Confessed in Online Chat. Bonchie at RedState hears the FBI is Investigating Seven People for Alleged Foreknowledge of Kirk Murder, Including Big Ideological Signs. From LifeZette, Bongino Reveals FBI Probing Possibility of Others Helping Charlie Kirk’s Assassin. Sundance at CTH hosts Deputy Director Dan Bongino Outlines Updates on Charlie Kirk Murder and His Emotional Struggles During Investigation. Ace, FBI Investigating a Conspiracy of Violent Far-Left Transgenders Who Proclaimed That Charlie Kirk Would be Murdered on September 10th and Who Admitted Their Role in the Conspiracy: "We F***ing Did It!" and The Trans-"Ally" Antifa Assassin Confessed to His Trans Pals "Washington Post:" Grummz @Grummz "He told everybody on Discord that he did it. Every Antifa Discord server is in full panic right now. Because I’m pretty sure the gov will be looking very very hard at private servers that are stirring up political violence. Don’t bother scrubbing, Discord saves everything even if you delete. I am looking forward to all the Antifa mods collectively crapping their pants today." Quote Nick Sortor@nicksortor "BREAKING: Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson appears to have CONFESSED to friends in a Discord chat shortly before turning himself in, per WaPo “Hey guys, I have bad news for you all. It was me at UVU yesterday. im sorry for all of this. im surrendering through a sheriff . . . Show more" FWIW, I'm not convinced it was a conspiracy. It may be, but it also may be that the assassination chatter in this online crowd spurred Robinson to do it to impress them. So the FBI needs to look hard at this group.

Stacy McCain sees a Plot Twist: Did Lance Twiggs Just Become the World’s Most Famous Transgender? and Demonic Forces, Transgender Terrorism and Other ‘Random Coincidences’. TechnoFog at substack, Tyler Robinson - the trans-allied assassin. From Twitchy, Andy Ngo Shuts Jessica Riedl DOWN for Trying to SHAME People for Noticing Kirk's Assassin Has a Trans BF. Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo, "Brian @JessicaBRiedl, he’s not a roommate (oops!), but rather the Antifa assassin suspect’s lover. And federal and state investigators are probing if Robinson’s support for trans may have inspired him to take direct action, as Antifa and Trantifa have been demanding. I’ve attached a rallying cry from a Los Angeles antifa ringleader as one of thousands of examples:" Matt Vespa at TownHall, The Left's Narrative on Charlie Kirk Imploded Over the Weekend...and They're Crashing Out Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson "Step 1: "Woah, woah, let's not just assume it was a leftist who did it just because it looks that way and leftists are celebrating it." Step 2: Lie about it being a MAGA false flag until it's no longer tenable Step 3: "Why are we still talking about this? We need to move on."" Matt Margolis, Kash Patel Destroys the Left’s Favorite Lie About Charlie Kirk’s Killer, "The left’s refusal to abandon false narratives even amid official FBI findings reveals a dangerous obsession with twisting the truth for political gain. The facts show that Tyler Robinson was a radicalized leftist, not a MAGA supporter. Denying this only deepens division and dishonors the truth." Dave Strom at Hat Hair says Let's Applaud Tyler Robinson's Family and His 'Partner' For Standing Up When It Counted.

Veep JD Vance hasn't reached the "turn the other cheek" phase yet. From Ace, JD Vance Guest Hosts the Charlie Kirk Show: "This is not a 'both sides' problem". At RCP, J.D. Vance: There Is No Unity With Those Who Celebrate Charlie Kirk's Assassination, Or Groups Who Fund Them. Sundance hosts JD Vance Closes Charlie Kirk Podcast with Powerful Message. Daffey Thoughts thinks If you disagree with the Left then they hate you and want you dead. John Kass maintains Democrat Assassination Culture Killed Charlie Kirk. At Althouse, "From where does all this hatred, violence, and moral vacuity arise?" ""Why did the shooter inscribe his bullets with 'anti-fascist' messaging, cruel taunts, and trans jargon?" Asks Victor Davis Hanson, in "Was the Current Madness Birthed in the University? America’s descent into violence and moral chaos—from Kirk’s assassination to suppressed crime truths—traces back to the toxic ideologies nurtured in universities" (American Greatness)." Matt Vespa thinks you should Watch Randi Weingarten Get Obliterated for Peddling Total Nonsense About Charlie Kirk's Assassination. Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays "Wait until the haters of Charlie Kirk find out their anger is based entirely on quotes taken out of context and flat-out lies about what he said. Cognitive dissonance will glue most of the haters to their original positions, with word-salad explanations of how they have been proven wrong yet they are really right. But some will experience unbearable sadness and deep shame over their actions this week. That's coming." Larry Correia @monsterhunter45, "Somebody reminded me of a useful concept some of my newer readers don't know about, and it correlates to what the left has been doing all week to Charlie Kirk. About ten years ago my fans came up with "Straw Larry". Whenever a Caring Liberal would blunder in to scream at us about how Larry Correia was a racist, sexist, transphobic, whatever, and he said (insert thing I never said) my fans would go, oh no, that's not Larry, that's Straw Larry. Common mistake. Happens all the time. . . : At PJM Cathy Salgado details The Actual Charlie Kirk 2nd Amendment Quote Lefties Lie About and ‘Stop Killing Us,’ Straka Tells Lefties Screaming ‘Nazis’, Threatening Rally Goers. Driscoll at Insty cites AXIOS: How Charlie Kirk’s killing sparked unfounded theories about Groypers. Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav "The Southern Poverty Law Center put a (target) on Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA earlier this year."

Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Repeat: the answer isn’t “pick up the microphone that Charlie Kirk was holding.” The answer is to use the full authority and force of the law to restore conditions in which people can speak without fearing for their lives." Quote Adrian Vermeule @Vermeullarmine, "Charlie Kirk tried to win hearts and minds through open debate with all comers; his enemies found it intolerable and assassinated him. One reaction, a bad reaction, is private violence, which is unjust except in defined cases, such as immediate self-defense and defense of others. LifeZette reports Stephen Miller Vows DOJ, DHS Crackdown on Left-Wing Groups Promoting Violent Action. Mollie @MZHemingway, "Who are these women who are going out of their way to hurt the very young Miller children at their home?" Quote Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords "Just four days after the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, @arlingtondems are “chalking” messages of hate towards @StephenM and @KatieMiller just blocks away from their home. I asked them to explain “Miller is preying on families” and all were too cowardly to respond." Capt. Ed hears Justice Barrett: Political Assassination Should Be 'Foreign' to the American Experiment.

Justine Bateman @JustineBateman, "Don’t know if people who live outside of LA can know how significant this is." Quote Barbara Sharp "Turning out for Charlie Kirk in Beverly Hills…." Kian Simone @kiansimone44, "POWERFUL! Thousands of Canadians in Calgary sing the American National Anthem at a memorial for Charlie Kirk." Grummz @Grummz "I see this on bluesky. They think this is just another blip on the timeline. They don’t understand the entire thing just branched hard." Quote Nick Monroe @lobsterlooker, "Replying to @lobsterlooker "There are people out there who don't understand. There's no return to the status quo. Charlie Kirk's death permanently changes the direction of things going forward." T. Greer, Bullets and Ballots: The Legacy of Charlie Kirk "What did Charlie Kirk mean to the Young Right?" At Splice Today, Mark Judge has Some Difficult Thoughts on Charlie Kirk. "My point is the safety of my friends on the right. Don’t speak at a college unless security is tight. Don’t enter a kill zone where you’re an easy target." Ben Domenech at Spec World Charlie Kirk saw himself as holding back a revolution. "The murdered activist exemplified a belief in the American values of civil debate." SabreMom, We all need to be Charlie now. "Keep your kids from becoming another Tyler Robinson."

Kevin Bass PhD MS @kevinnbass, "As a former leftist myself, you must understand that the left will never stop until they achieve victory. They will not leave you in peace. They will not coexist. The only two options are roll over and be crushed or crush them, over and over, relentlessly, constantly, forever. As soon as you stop crushing them they will come back and start trying to crush you again. They may hide it but that is what they are doing, always and forever. There is no peace. There is either crush or be crushed by the left. This is the truth. Do you understand?" Fusilli Spock @awstar11 "You called it “a war” the day before the assassination and said your side should use “any means necessary.” So STFU about unity you two-faced cheerleader for violence." Quote Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT, "Pay attention. Something dark might be coming. The murder of Charlie Kirk could have united Americans to confront political violence. Instead, Trump and his anti-democratic radicals look to be readying a campaign to destroy dissent." Frank J. Fleming @IMAO_ "*young man gets murdered in front of his family; tons of psychos celebrate his murder* “What if this leads to something dark?”" Driscoll, AND YET, NO STORE OWNER BOARDED UP HIS WINDOWS THIS WEEKEND. From the College Fix, NYU adjunct: Charlie Kirk not a ‘victim,’ MAGA = ‘liars’ who should be ‘excluded from public discourse’. Peter J. Hasson @peterjhasson, "New Yorker writer claims, astonishingly, to be unaware of a single leftist celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder." Da Caller, Dem Mayor Orders Flags To Full Staff Post Charlie Kirk Assassination, Firefighters Say No. At Shooting News Week, David Hogg Tries to Make Yet Another Tragic Shooting All About Him. Johnny St.Pete@JohnMcCloy "WOW. Hell Yeah Senator Burchett calling out CNN to its face as if THEY weren’t relentlessly attacking Trump. “Well what are YOU ALL doing about it..if you really wanted this to change YOUR EDITORIAL BOARD WOULD SAY WERE NOT GONNA PUT THIS STUFF OUT” - @timburchett He then points out their horrific ratings and that is why NOBODY watches them and she has the audacity to get offended and pretend they don’t run propaganda directed at Trump/Conservatives day in and out. Clearly everybody is over the Mockingbird media."

From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25, Louder With Crowder: Scott Jennings drops all the receipts on Dem rhetoric that killed Charlie Kirk, also, Erika Kirk fights back tears issuing battle cry after Charlie’s assassination, Dana Loesch: Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Caught.

At his NYPO gig, Insty writes Charlie Kirk’s murder will break the left’s hateful cancel tactics, From Fox, Washington Post columnist fired over social media posts after Charlie Kirk's assassination, "Karen Attiah says outlet accused her posts of 'gross misconduct'" Quote 'doctoring'. Capt. Ed, WaPo Editor: I Got Fired Over Charlie Kirk. Bonchi at RedState, WaPo Editor Fired for Justifying Charlie Kirk Assassination, and Her Double-Down Is Even Worse. Bonchie @bonchieredstate, "Let me explain this to the leftists suddenly deeply concerned about cancel culture. Digging up decade old tweets of jokes or hacking a political donation to get someone fired is cancel culture. People getting fired for currently, openly cheering murder is not cancel culture." Ace, Washington Post Fires Left-Wing Extremist DEI Savage for Dancing on Charlie Kirk's Grave, Suggesting His Assassination Is Warranted. Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug, "You made up a quote to dehumanize a man who was just murdered I'm so happy you were fired! And I hope you never find gainful employment again! Stop dehumanizing conservatives Our society can't tolerate people who celebrate the murder of innocent people anymore." Michigan News, Office Depot Fires Employee Who Refused To Produce A Charlie Kirk Poster Because It Was ‘Propaganda. NYPo reports a NJ surgeon who ‘cheered’ Charlie Kirk’s murder resigns — as suspended nurse who called him out is reinstated. Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC, "For those uncomfortable with communists being fired, please understand this is as NICE as the Right will be from now on. You can see it in incidents like this. This has happened many times in the past few days. Previously, nobody would have touched this animal." Guy Benson at TownHall considers the question Should the Ghouls Publicly Celebrating Charlie Kirk's Assassination Lose Their Jobs? EducatëdHillbilly™ @RobProvince, "We “cancelled” the Dixie Chicks by not buying their music or going to their concerts. You canceled Charlie Kirk by assassinating him. We are not the same." Cathy Salgado, State Department Revokes Visa for Rapper Who Mocked Assassination of Charlie Kirk. Jeremy Kauffman @jeremykauffman, "People lost their jobs in 2020 for: - Reading an MLK letter out loud - Showing a Shakespeare film from 1965 - Snapping fingers (interpreted as) - Sharing data that riots were unpopular - Teaching the proper pronunciation of Chinese - Donating $25 to Kyle Rittenhouse." Quote Jeremy Kauffman @jeremykauffman, "I actively cataloged some of the worst behavior during 2020's cultural revolution. Here's a round-up of 25 egregious firings, investigations, and excesses from 2020, so you can remember just how bad things got." At Calling All RushBabes, The Left Cannot Learn or Admit Error. Free speech does not include freedom from consequences.

VodkaPundit at PJM reports a Possible Kirk-Related Bomb on Fox News Van Fizzled, But That's Not the Weird Part... It was those sneaky Lutherans again. Just kidding. The suspects' names are Adeeb Nasir, age 58, and Adil Justice Ahmed Nasir, age 31. . . On Sunday, the FBI served a search warrant in Salt Lake's Magna neighborhood west of downtown, but only after evacuating neighboring homes. It's a good thing, too, since the search found explosives, explosive-related components, firearms, illegal narcotics, and drug paraphernalia." John Sexton, Two Men Arrested for Attempted Firebombing of News Van in Utah.

In misc. Trumpiania, Ace relishes Trump Destroying Another Narcoterrorist Drug Boat. John Sexton, US Strikes Another Boat Leaving Venezuela. From News Wax, Trump: D.C.'s Bowser Balking at ICE, National Emergency Next. Sundance, President Trump Announces the Launch of the Memphis Crime Taskforce Deployment. Sharyl Attkisson at JTN, reports a Sweeping Trump crackdown on misleading pharmaceutical ads is first in nearly 3 decades "The U.S. is one of only two countries allowing such ads. The other is New Zealand." MELANIA TRUMP @MELANIATRUMP, "Retraction & Apology from The Daily Beast."

Steve Cortes at Am Great, Zelensky’s Incentive Problem: Unmasking the Media’s Darling. "Polling shows Zelensky trailing rivals, mired in corruption woes, and stalling peace talks—his halo fading fast at home and abroad."

Ace cites Joe Manchin: Obama and Biden Destroyed "the Guardrails" That Make Peaceful Democracy Possible, "He also says that Biden was an anger junkie incapable of controlling his temper. And that's before he lost most of his executive function to dementia. (That's my addition at the end, he didn't say that.)"

NYPO, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor. News Wax, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Endorses Zohran Mamdani for NYC Mayor. John Sexton, Gov. Hochul Bends the Knee to Mandami, Eeeew.

Tyler O'Neil at Da Signal, sees Abigail Spanberger Caught Up in Defamation Lawsuit After Her Campaign Secretly Wrote Jan. 6 Press Release.

Shipwreckedcrew, has hopes Is The Supreme Court About To Clarify President Trump's Authority To Fire Executive Branch Officers? "District Judges and the D.C. Circuit have invited a Supreme Court response as Early as next week with their continuing efforts to block the President's personnel decisions." And, Congress Created "Expedited Removal" To Speed Up Routine Deportations -- But Federal Judges Know Better, "A District Judge Has Determined That Expedited Procedures For Removing Illegal Aliens Make Her Unhappy -- So She Blocked Their Use." Florida News reports Court upholds Florida law that bans noncitizens, non-residents from gathering ballot initiative petitions.

Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman "I honestly didn't know that the Emmy's were still a thing." Quote New York Post @nypost, "‘Hacks’ star Hannah Einbinder slammed for crude Emmys speech: ‘F–k ICE and free Palestine’ https://trib.al/gfYLLnM" From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25, Twitchy, John Ondrasik Speaks Some Brutal Truth to Actress Who Shouted 'Free Palestine' at the Emmys'. John Ondrasik @johnondrasik, "Sweet Hannah would have been raped, murdered, her body desecrated, all filmed and uploaded to FB for the @TheEmmys to see, if she had attended the Nova Concert in Israel." Quote Variety @Variety, "Hannah Einbinder on saying "Free Palestine" in her Emmys acceptance speech. "It is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish Jews from the state of Israel. Our religion and our culture is such an important and long-standing institution that is really separate to this sort of ethnonationalist state."

A few more relevant links can be found at the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.15.25.