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People from across the globe gathered in Arizona on Sunday to honor the life of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Attendees listened to heartfelt speeches from those closest to him, including his wife, Erika Kirk.

During a memorial event hosted at the Arizona Cardinals’ State Farm Stadium in Glendale, the crowd erupted with applause when Mrs. Kirk shared a powerful message to her late husband’s alleged assassin.

‘I think that she’s built very different, and I think that’s because of Jesus Christ.’

“Charlie passionately wanted to reach and save the lost boys of the West — the young men who feel like they have no direction, no purpose, no faith, and no reason to live. … He wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life,” she stated, referring to suspected assassin Tyler Robinson.

“I forgive him.”

Attendees shared their reactions to her speech with Blaze News after the event concluded.

“She was very humble and courageous when she should be torn and upset. It made me bawl; it made me cry my eyes out that she forgave that young man. And that’s what we need to do — forgive him,” one man stated. “Others that have that kind of hate, we’ve just got to shower them with love moving forward for Charlie’s honor.”

One woman described Mrs. Kirk’s speech as “heartfelt” and “raw.”

“I felt as though I could feel that emotion. Not only through her, but Charlie’s legacy and what’s going to happen for our future, not only for this nation, but for Jesus Christ,” she said. “I feel motivated, and I also feel more [motivated] to pray for this nation.”

RELATED: ‘I forgive him’: Erika Kirk’s powerful message to Charlie’s alleged assassin

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A woman who attended with her sister stated that Mrs. Kirk’s speech made them feel “empowered.”

“We have also lost our dad, and so we know the pain, and we feel really sympathetic for her,” she stated. “It gave us a newfound strength because Lord knows we were not as strong as she was during that whole time. And I can’t believe for her to have the courage to forgive someone, 11 days after they murdered your husband, is something that I would spend the rest of my life trying to get over.”

“We give her the biggest blessings, encouragement, and we’re so happy to watch her and support her,” she added.

“The amount of strength that it took to actually forgive, I was reflecting on it in my own life,” one man stated after the event. “I give her just the ultimate praise and credit for it.”

“I want to get to a point where I can forgive people for their actions. It’s tough when you know what kind of evil’s really out there,” he added. “I’m really proud of her. I pray for her to have the strength that she needs. I think she has it. I think that she’s built very different, and I think that’s because of Jesus Christ.”

RELATED: ‘Charlie brought the truth’: Vance, RFK Jr., and Trump Jr. honor Charlie Kirk’s fight and passion

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“I was fighting tears the whole time,” another attendee told Blaze News.

A man who attended the memorial with his wife stated that it feels like a new era in American life.

“It really is a turning point for everybody,” he said. “It’s bringing people back to Christ. That’s what we need in this country.”

BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey reacted to Sunday’s speeches in a post on X.

“There was a big contrast between Erika’s forgiveness speech and [White House Deputy Chief of Staff] Stephen Miller’s ‘destroy our enemies’ speech. Exactly as it should be. It is our job to forgive, not the government’s. Christians give grace; the government wields the sword (Romans 13). We turn the other cheek; the government punishes evil,” Stuckey wrote.

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A male is claiming he’s the former Texas State University student who was forced out of the college last week after getting caught on video mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination during a vigil for the slain Christian conservative activist — and he’s begging for money on GoFundMe.

In the video, the student is first seen in the crowd saying, “Charlie Kirk got it in the neck!” before slapping the right side of his neck, pretending to convulse, and uttering a number of words that had to be bleeped out of the clip. Some observers are heard laughing at the student.

‘Complaining that he was expelled for his words, while mocking a man that was murdered for his words. Grow up, take responsibility, and try and be a good human being.’

Seconds later, the student walked up to the front of the crowd to an elevated position under a statue and announced to those gathered in front of him, “My name is Charlie Kirk,” before again slapping the right side of his neck and falling to the ground. As the student walked back into the crowd, he spit on the ground near others and is heard saying in an unredacted video, “F**k that [N-word].”

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott reacted on X to video of the mocking student by writing, “Hey, Texas State. This conduct is not accepted at our schools. Expel this student immediately. Mocking assassination[s] must have consequences.”

RELATED: ‘I don’t want your salvation! I want you to f**king die!’ Student prayer vigil for Charlie Kirk hit with ‘pure evil’

The school issued a statement Tuesday from President Kelly Damphousse saying, “The university has identified the student in the disturbing video from Monday’s event. I will not tolerate behavior that mocks, trivializes, or promotes violence on our campuses. It is antithetical to our TXST values. The individual is no longer a student at TXST.”

Two days later, an individual who identified himself as Devion Canty Jr. launched a GoFundMe campaign to “help me cover the costs of pursuing my education elsewhere or taking the necessary steps to return to Texas State.”

More from the GoFundMe description:

Recently, I faced a situation where I had to choose between immediate expulsion or withdrawing from the university. I made the decision to withdraw — not because I wanted to leave, but for my own safety and the well-being of the campus community.

Unfortunately, the only public narrative out there is that I am an ‘out-of-control, disrespectful young Black man.’ In reality, I am a passionate student who made a mistake in the heat of the moment after being repeatedly disrespected — spit on, called racial slurs, and witnessing women being cursed at and pushed around. I spoke up, and while I recognize my actions weren’t perfect, I did not harm anyone.

As of Monday morning, Canty’s GoFundMe has generated nearly $25,000 in donations; the goal was $15,000.

In addition, Texas State’s Black Men United advertised Canty’s GoFundMe campaign on Instagram and added the following statement:

Please support with whatever you can our brother in his fight to return to Texas State University. He was arbitrarily forced to withdraw under pressure from the governor of the state and the many threats to his life. The administration in a completely unprofessional and unprecedented manner presented him with a ‘Mafia’-style option of withdraw or be expelled. Mr. Canty earned his way into this university and deserved better treatment and due process from the university. We demand not only that he is allowed to return as a student but that the students who spewed racial vitriol at him at the statues are expelled immediately as they are the TRUE danger to this campus!

Several commenters didn’t exactly see it that way:

“Well, you now know what accountability is. You CHOSE to behave this way and mock the murder of a God-fearing man, who stood up for everyone in this country. I hope you have learned a valuable lesson. What you did on campus was disgusting,” one commenter wrote. “IF this had happened to a family member or friend of YOURS, you would be disgusted that someone would mock their murder the way you did. I pray that God opens your eyes and heart that Charlie’s wife is a WIDOW at age 31. Has two babies ages 3 and 1 years old. Charlie would have happily spoken with you, encouraged YOU to be a better young man and human.””Complaining that he was expelled for his words, while mocking a man that was murdered for his words,” another commenter added. “Grow up, take responsibility, and try and be a good human being.””There a PO Box to send flowers?” another commenter quipped.”‘I felt like I had no choice but to leave for my safety’ now help me raise money to return to the same college I felt unsafe at,” another commenter said. “What a clown.”

As readers of Blaze News likely already know, an unhinged Texas Tech student was expelled after getting caught on video mocking and accosting a Charlie Kirk supporter. She then allegedly unleashed physical attacks and was soon arrested and charged with assault.

RELATED: Major college fires worker after posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination. It’s just the tip of ugly leftist iceberg.

What’s more, New York University’s College Republicans organized a vigil following Kirk’s assassination and were met with hostility, including protesters who got physical with vigil attendees and one guitar player who — after club President Ryan Leonard said he’d pray for his salvation — blurted out a demented song: “I don’t want your salvation! I want you to f**king die! We’re not gonna give you a second chance, even when you beg for it, on your knees, begging and pleading!”

Here’s the clip, which is used with permission from @nyurepublicans on X. Content warning: Language:

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“To interrupt a solemn vigil full of grieving young people who were trying to honor the life of an inspiration and mentor they looked up to is pure evil, and we will not let them intimidate us into silence,” Leonard later said in a statement. “We will go even harder to honor the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk.”

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President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is designating “ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION.”

The president noted further that he will strongly recommend that those caught funding this decentralized anarcho-communist militant group be “thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.”

Trump’s renewed interest in cracking down on leftist terrorists has inspired some political leaders across the Atlantic to follow suit.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who years ago passed a series of “Stop Soros” laws criminalizing the promotion and support of illegal immigration, noted on Friday, “We will take steps to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization in Hungary. They’ve attacked peaceful people in the streets, leaving some severely injured, then have the audacity to scold us from the European Parliament. This is unacceptable.”

‘Alignment with the United States — the world’s leading actor in the fight against terrorism — is indispensable.’

Orbán was referring to the February 2023 attacks in which Antifa thugs, primarily from Germany, descended on Budapest and targeted numerous individuals who supposedly looked like members of the hard right.

While several of the leftist thugs responsible for the savage attacks were able to flee the country and avoid extradition, Italian national Ilaria Salis was captured by local police.

Salis dodged accountability because of her subsequent election as a member of the European Parliament in the Greens and Left Alliance. On Tuesday, the European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs will reportedly decide whether to waive Salis’ political immunity and thereby enable Hungary to reopen her criminal case.

RELATED: Media tries to protect Antifa with tired al-Qaeda talking points

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Orbán expressed gratitude to Trump “for taking the lead, calling them what they are: terrorists.”

Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian minister of foreign affairs, sent a letter on Saturday to Kaja Kallas, vice president of the European Commission, stressing that “the Antifa movement constitutes a grave threat to the security of the citizens of the European Union and its Member Sates. It is therefore our shared responsibility to strengthen our collective response.”

Citing Trump’s recognition of Antifa’s terroristic nature, Szijjártó stressed that “Hungary is convinced that on an issue of such significance[,] alignment with the United States — the world’s leading actor in the fight against terrorism — is indispensable.”

Szijjártó urged the European Union to follow Trump’s example by adding Antifa to the EU list of terrorist organizations and by imposing “the necessary restrictive measures on groups and individuals connected to it.”

There have been other attempts in recent years to put Antifa on the EU terrorist list, but there appears to be greater momentum behind the initiative this time around.

Last week in the Netherlands, the Dutch parliament passed a motion requesting that the government recognize Antifa as a terrorist organization.

The motion, co-sponsored by Geert Wilders, chairman of the Party for Freedom, apparently noted that Antifa thugs “are also active in our country, threatening politicians, disrupting meetings, intimidating students and journalists, and not shying away from using violence.”

Dutch politician Thierry Baudet, the leader of the right-leaning Forum for Democracy party, stated, “Enough is enough! The violent and criminal terrorist organisation that is Antifa, with chapters all over the world, will finally be OUTLAWED in the Netherlands. This is just the beginning.”

Kyle Shideler, director and senior analyst at the Center for Security Policy, recently told Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson on “Blaze News: The Mandate” that the optimal way forward for the Trump administration to effectively crack down on Antifa at home is to designate foreign Antifa groups as terrorists, link them to international Antifa networks, then target U.S.-based groups connected to the network.

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In 2009, Glenn Beck was threatened by billionaire powerbroker George Soros.

“Your boss is hurting my boss, and it will end,” one of Soros’ goons told Joel Cheatwood, who at the time served as the founding chief content officer at the Blaze.

“And when Joel said, ‘No, I don’t think that’s going to end. I know my boss, and I don’t think he’s going to stop,’ [Soros’ man] said, ‘I don’t think you understand. He is going to stop, and you should just let your boss know that the ship is about to sail,”’ Glenn recalls.

But it’s what came next that is perhaps most unnerving. The henchman added, “Everything that is needed is on board, and everyone’s getting onto the boat, and it’s about to set sail, and you do not want to be left on the dock, but it’s setting sail, and it’s going to leave, and your boss and you people are not going to be on it.”

Today, 16 years later, that cryptic omen is now manifesting before our very eyes.

France’s government just collapsed earlier this month when former Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly over his proposed austerity budget to tackle the country’s ballooning debt and rising borrowing costs.

Predictably, the mainstream media is circulating the narrative that France’s financial predicament is the result of decades of deficit spending, COVID-era bailouts, and rising interest costs. But the truth couldn’t be more obvious: This the Cloward-Piven plan on full display.

France’s welfare system has been intentionally overwhelmed in order to collapse the system, and the country’s record migrant numbers have been a critical step in this process.

“What’s happening with France here is exactly what happened in New York City — what Cloward and Piven did in New York City back in the ’70s,” says Glenn’s head researcher Jason Buttrill.

France’s current financial crisis was “the point” of the nation’s open borders agenda, says Glenn — and so is the anarchy that’s on the horizon. Now that the country is forced to make significant cuts to its social welfare programs, those migrants and far-left extremists aren’t likely to sit idly by.

“When you stop paying them for not working, when all of a sudden all of that goes away, do you think they’re going to be happy about it? Do you think they’re going to not light the streets on fire?” Glenn asks.

But America would be ignorant to look at France’s situation as anything other than a mirror. “We are all on the verge of collapse, and nobody’s recognizing it,” Glenn says.

Like France and the U.K., which has begun “arresting children for wearing T-shirts with the English flag on it,” the United States is also contending with the crime, anti-American movements, and financial strain of the Biden regime’s mass illegal immigration agenda.

“If we don’t wake up soon, [America’s collapse] is going to happen because the entire West is going to collapse,” Glenn cautions.

And that’s what Soros meant when he said the ship is ready: The West has been intentionally teed up to fall into unspeakable darkness.

Glenn warns: “If this socialism thing goes, America, we’re about to see one of the darkest predictions that I have made come true … and that is: If America goes dark with the powers that we have, the technology that we have, the ability that we have, we will make the Nazis look like rookies.”

To hear more, watch the video above.

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Record executive Damon Dash went scorched-earth on a radio show this week and defended President Trump over what he called “ridiculous” and “dumb” commentary.

Dash was the co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay-Z. The company launched their careers and was known as a pioneering independent label.

‘Why you think they keep you here? They want y’all to make us dumb!’

Recent reports that claimed that Dash filed for bankruptcy and is strapped for cash sparked several contentious debates when he appeared on “The Breakfast Club” this week.

The Power 105.1 program is known predominantly for its flamboyant host Lenard McKelvey, aka Charlamagne tha God, who was not shy about repeatedly calling Dash “broke” and claiming he is lying about having his assets in order.

When the bankruptcy was brought up, Dash defended himself by saying, “Do you know how many times Donald Trump filed?”

“Oh, a lot,” Charlamagne replied. “He’s known as a terrible businessman.”

Shocked, Dash responded, “He’s the president!”

Still, Charlamagne asserted, “He still is known as a terrible businessman. Actually, a con man.”

Dash then asked the host, “Do you know how confidently dumb you sound?”

Dumbfounded, the mogul continued. “You’re saying it’s bad — he went bankrupt six times. He’s a billionaire, and he’s the president.”

RELATED: Charlamagne shocks audience with admission about ‘that damn COVID shot’

The host pushed forward with the notion that the president is indeed a “terrible businessman and con artist,” but Dash was not having it.

Adamant about clearing his and the president’s name on the matter, Dash said he wanted to “go back to how ridiculous” he felt the host was being.

“The president filed for bankruptcy eight times, still a billionaire. He’s saying he’s a bad businessman. You’re just not that smart.”

Charlamagne and Dash battled for control of the interview’s narrative throughout, with the radio personality continuously calling into question the businessman’s claims, which were predominantly about how he has protected unseen wealth and assets by putting them under other names and businesses.

Some of Dash’s most pointed comments were aimed at Charlamagne’s job, which has kept him cooped up in a radio studio most days for years.

“You’ve missed the whole world,” Dash claimed.

RELATED: The market fired Jimmy Kimmel

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“You don’t know what you’re talking about. And you’re saying it confidently,” Dash said. “And you’re in an algorithm where people actually believe you.”

Dash then put the nail in the coffin, calling the team of broadcasters a tool for the establishment.

“Why you think they keep you here? They want y’all to make us dumb!”

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Madi Prewett Troutt is known by most of the country for her stint on “The Bachelor” — which began with her friends submitting her name without her approval.

“I was 23 years old living in Alabama, and I was going through Bible college at the time,” Troutt tells BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey on “Relatable.”

“I’m hanging out with these girls. I come over, and they’re all watching ‘The Bachelor.’ I immediately start judging them, Allie. I’m going to be really honest with you, I started judging them, and I was like, ‘You guys, we have to turn this off, why are we watching this show?’ And I had never watched it before,” Troutt explains.

“I just knew it was reality TV. So I was like, ‘OK, this is probably trash.’ … They make a joke: ‘You should go on the show, you would be great on the show,’” she continues.

Troutt shrugged them off as they “laughed in the corner,” but then months later, she got a call from a random number.

It was “The Bachelor,” and they wanted her on the show.

While Troutt was ready to turn it down, her mother told her to “pray about it,” and that’s when she began considering it — though she believed God would tell her no.

“And over the course of a couple of months, ironically, I kept feeling a pull to say yes,” she says.

“I hadn’t really watched an episode before, maybe one or two after I said yes to kind of prep for it and went in with just an open mind, open hands, thinking, ‘I’m here to share the gospel with the girls on the show,’” she explains.

“Looking back, I so see how the Lord has used it and even grown me so much in my faith and dependence in Him. And it’s truly crazy the opportunities and moments that I had even behind the scenes filming the show with producers and with the girls to get to just talk about Jesus,” she tells Stuckey.

“They would see me reading my Bible. They would see me, you know, praying and not gossiping and not dressing a certain way and not drinking and these things and would be curious about it and just would ask questions. And it just was really cool in a culture of there being such compromise and competition to just say, ‘Hey, I know who I am in Christ, and I’m not here to, you know, steal a rose from you or anything like that,’” she says.

Toward the end of the show, the remaining few girls are asked to stay the night at the bachelor’s fantasy suite, where there’s an implication of sexual impurity. Troutt refused to partake in it and explained to the bachelor that she was saving herself for marriage.

“I think it was really cool how the Lord used that and then when it aired, you know, getting to take a stand for Jesus and for my purity,” she says.

“I just remember being so prayerful about it because I was like, I know a lot of people are going to be watching this who aren’t believers,” she continues, adding, “And I don’t want to come across as judgmental at all, but I also know my values and my convictions that I’m unwilling to compromise in.”

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The world is cutting cords at every opportunity. Wireless has become the default. Faster, cheaper, and more convenient beats wired every time. Consumers know it. Industry knows it. Government, as usual, lags far behind.

Americans used a record 132 trillion megabytes of wireless data in 2024. That follows 100 trillion in 2023, 74 trillion in 2022, and 53 trillion in 2021. The trajectory isn’t slowing. Artificial intelligence alone will accelerate demand.

Cutting cords makes life easier. Cutting government waste would, too.

Why the stampede to wireless? Because the technology now outpaces wired service. Fifth-generation networks can deliver speeds 20 times faster than 4G LTE. Sixth generation promises to be up to 100 times faster still.

Consumers are responding. More than one million Americans cut the cord on cable internet in 2024. Less than half of all cord-cutters now rely on cable providers for home service. The trend is irreversible.

Even cable companies acknowledge it when they install Wi-Fi routers after stringing fiber into a home. Wireless is the product people actually use.

Government’s fiber fetish

Everyone is adapting — except government. Because government is just that stupid.

State officials still funnel billions into fiber even as private-sector wireless has already done the job.

Barack Obama himself declared victory in 2015: 98% of Americans connected to high-speed wireless. At the time, average speeds were 10 Mbps. Today, average wireless speeds reach 155 Mbps — more than 15 times faster. The private market delivered that progress.

RELATED: Trump nukes Biden’s broadband gimmick, saving taxpayers billions

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Yet in 2025, states like Louisiana and Virginia plan to spend 80% of their federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program dollars on fiber. That program carries a $42.5 billion price tag. Fiber may be reliable in limited contexts, but it is costly and slow to deploy. Starlink has flagged projects with per-household connection costs exceeding $10,000. That’s not infrastructure — it’s idiocy.

The mismanagement is staggering. The BEAD program, launched in 2021, has yet to connect a single person. By late 2024, the score was still zero. Another year has passed, and states remain bogged down in bids and bureaucracy. Meanwhile, nearly every American has been online for a decade.

The market already won

Wireless continues to do the work. It connects homes, cars, and devices at ever-increasing speeds. The private sector solved the access problem years ago. The government now wastes hundreds of billions pretending to fix a problem that no longer exists.

That money buys ribbon-cuttings, not results. It funds reports and grants, not connections. It props up a fiber fetish that ignores how people live and work.

The pattern is clear: When consumers get to choose, they choose wireless. When politicians get to spend, they throw billions at fiber networks no one needs.

The market has spoken. Government refuses to listen. Cutting cords makes life easier. Cutting government waste would, too.

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A series of monumental speeches were given at Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday.

Between 100,000 and 300,000 supporters packed State Farm Stadium, Desert Diamond Arena, and the streets in between to honor Kirk’s life.

Kirk was murdered on September 10 during a college tour stop in Utah.

‘Kindness, courage, and a commitment to open debate.’

The event, titled “Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk,” lasted over five hours and featured speeches from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), and Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk.

Before Kirk’s wife took the stage, however, other members of the Trump administration gave powerful speeches that were not only kind and heartfelt but encouraging and motivational.

Vice President JD Vance told the audience in Arizona that it was “from this desert Charlie Kirk built a movement,” referring to Turning Point USA. He encouraged the organization, and the movement it represents, to keep growing and moving forward.

“Charlie brought the truth,” Vance continued, energizing the audience. He explained that Kirk believed young people deserve a voice and a future worth fighting for. This includes a guarantee that America’s government provide safe neighborhoods and prosperity to its people, Vance went on.

RELATED: ‘I forgive him’: Erika Kirk’s powerful message to Charlie’s alleged assassin

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The vice president said he admired Kirk’s “kindness, courage, and a commitment to open debate,” which he described as a vehicle for “bringing the light of truth to dark places.”

Similarly, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that one of Kirk’s greatest qualities was that he “always gave the biggest microphone to the people who were most passionately aligned against him.”

Kennedy sat with his wife, Cheryl Hines, in the audience as the two listened attentively to others speak until it was the secretary’s turn.

“[Charlie] thought that conversation was the only way to heal our country. And this was particularly important during a technological age, when we are all hooked into social algorithms that … amplify our impulses for tribalism and for division. He felt that the only way to overcome that biological impulse was with a spiritual fire and with developing community — and the only way to develop community was through conversation,” the secretary added.

RFK Jr. discussed faith and Christianity and spoke passionately about how much Kirk believed in God.

“It’s only by surrender to God that God’s power can flow into our lives and make us effective human beings,” Kennedy said.

RELATED: Charlie Kirk supporters offer prayers and praise as memorial kicks off

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First son Donald Trump Jr. stressed that Kirk’s progress cannot die out and that the passion he poured into TPUSA be carried on with the organization. This, along with the pursuit of the American dream, must manifest through evangelism within the United States, he continued.

“If we’re truly going to honor Charlie properly, his loss cannot be the end of the story. His legacy must be that when they took his life, a million more Charlies stepped up to fill the void,” Trump Jr. passionately remarked,

“We won’t back down. We won’t be intimidated.”

“Our message of faith, family, and country will not be silenced.”

RELATED: Why Charlie Kirk’s murder feels personal — even if you never met him

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Trump Jr.’s words echoed those spoken by many, who all recognized Kirk’s wish that the youth of America push forward with a more conservative and Christian set of ideals.

Several speakers, including Trump Jr., described how Kirk started his activism at very young age, as a model for other young conservatives. However, not everyone did an impression of the president, as Trump Jr. did.

“You’re getting a little aggressive on social media, Don,” Trump Jr. joked in his father’s voice. “Relax.”

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A Turning Point USA spokesman said a miracle that few are aware of occurred when Charlie Kirk died.

Kirk was shot and killed on Sept. 10 during a college campus tour stop in Utah by an assassin who shot from a distance. Since Kirk’s death, countless theories have popped up surrounding the motive, possible foreign interference, and even the bullet itself.

‘It was an absolute miracle that someone else didn’t get killed.’

TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet has seemingly heard discussions about the bullet that struck Kirk and felt the need to address the “lack of an exit wound” on him.

“I’m usually not interested in delving into most of this kind of online chatter, and I apologize this is somewhat graphic, but in this case, the fact that there wasn’t an exit wound is probably another miracle, and I want people to know,” Kolvet wrote on X.

The spokesman said on Saturday that he spoke to the surgeon who attended to Kirk in the hospital, who revealed even more information about the shooting.

RELATED: Charlie Kirk supporters offer prayers and praise as memorial kicks off

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“He said the bullet ‘absolutely should have gone through, which is very very normal for a high powered, high velocity round. I’ve seen wounds from this caliber many times and they always just go through everything. This would have taken a moose or two down, an elk, etc.'”

Kolvet said he told the doctor that dozens of staff, students, and special guests were standing directly behind Kirk on the other side of the tent in which he was holding his event. The doctor replied, “It was an absolute miracle that someone else didn’t get killed.”

It was Kirk’s bone health and density that prevented the bullet from going through his body and out the other side, the doctor allegedly said, claiming Kirk is “like the man of steel.”

“It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him too,” Kolvet relayed from the doctor.

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Kolvet continued, putting the apparent case of the missing bullet to rest.

“In the end, the coroner did find the bullet just beneath the skin. Even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him. Remarkable. Miraculous,” he concluded.

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Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika, gave an amazing and heartfelt speech at Kirk’s memorial in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday.

The event, titled “Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk,” saw at least 100,000 attendees at State Farm Stadium on Sunday. The memorial featured words from President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and many more. However, Erika’s words were the most moving of the day, receiving multiple standing ovations from the audience.

‘When you say, “Here I am, Lord, use me,” God will take you up on that. And he did.’

Erika Kirk took the stage, already in tears, wiping her eyes as she stood in front of the microphone.

Before she started, she was seen looking up and saying, “I love you,” to her late husband.

Mrs. Kirk spoke about how she cherished her husband for his drive, determination, and work ethic. She remarked how he “loved speaking off the cuff” and how he offered himself to his God.

“When you say, ‘Here I am, Lord, use me,’ God will take you up on that. And he did,” she said.

God accepted “total surrender” from Kirk, his wife explained. But it was her words toward her husband’s alleged killer that sent chills throughout the stadium.

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“Charlie passionately wanted to reach and save the lost boys of the West — the young men who feel like they have no direction, no purpose, no faith, and no reason to live. … He wanted to save young men just like the one who took his life,” Erika stated, referring to suspected assassin Tyler Robinson.

She then stated three simple, yet very difficult words: “I forgive him.”

The crowd erupted in applause and stood to their feet in support of Mrs. Kirk, recognizing her courage.

Then, Erika added, “The answer to hate is not hate.”

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The widow of the 31-year-old activist commented that after her husband’s death, she saw no violence and no rioting. Rather, “we saw revival.”

This was exactly what her husband would have hoped, she added.

As well, many of Erika Kirk’s comments were directed right to the men and women of America, separately at times. She said she always wanted her relationship with her husband to be about being teammates, not adversaries, and encouraged married couples to do the same.

“Home is here for you, and it will be ready for you,” she said to her husband. “I made it into this place where he wanted to be.”

While she was able to forgive the alleged assassin, Erika still expressed her heartbreak that had many in the audience in tears: “I will miss him so much because our marriage and our family were beautiful. And they still are.”

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AI is coming for us all. For our jobs, our schools, our relationships — even our prayers. Nothing is safe from its reach, not even the Bible.

What was once the bedrock of faith is now being mined for content, carved up by algorithms, and served back as digital slop.

This is much more than bad taste. It’s bad theology.

Behind this push is Pray.com, an app that sells itself as the digital home for faith. One of its newest creations is the “AI Bible,” a controversial project that promises to bring scripture to life with computer-generated imagery.

‘AI Bible’

In the app’s hands, the Red Sea parts like a movie trailer. Revelation’s beasts look like they’ve stepped off a comic-book page. Christ’s words are framed with cinematic flair meant to hold the eye but not the soul. To those hard of sight and lacking neural firepower, it may look like innovation. But in truth, it turns the Bible into content. One more product in the stream of things we swipe past and instantly forget. What was once revelation becomes just another reel.

Think of the AI Bible like a pear. Whole, raw, pristine, this piece of fruit is truly glorious. It’s nutritious, natural, sustaining, a gift from above. Now, imagine squeezing that pear into juice, then pumping it full of preservatives, chemicals, and sugar. Ostensibly the same fruit, but, in reality, a syrupy poison. That’s what happens when you take scripture — alive with mystery and insight — and feed it into a godless black box.

This isn’t sanctimonious pearl-clutching or fear of progress. It’s a sober warning about what happens when the sacred is ground down into pulp and poured back as pop culture.

We’ve seen it before. Christmas, once holy, became little more than an extensive shopping spree. The cross, once a symbol of sacrifice, became little more than a cute piece of jewelry. Each time, the revered was reduced to something retailed, commodified, and corrupted.

What we lose

What’s lost is the humanity that gives these stories their weight.

Abraham’s anguish as he raised the knife. David’s trembling faith as he faced giants. Peter’s shame when the rooster crowed and he realized what he had done. These moments are not mere side notes but the marrow of the faith itself.

When AI turns every prophet into a caped crusader and every psalm into a stadium anthem, we have a serious problem. The fragile, flawed, human vessels through which God works are erased. You don’t see a fisherman break down in tears after denying Christ; you see a subplot for the next Netflix series. You don’t hear the gentle whisper that steadies the brokenhearted; you hear the booming roar of an action trailer, half expecting Tom Cruise to drop in from a helicopter.

Audiences don’t file these images in their hearts. They file them next to Marvel, Fortnite, anime, and whatever else the algorithm feeds them.

And once that switch is made, where does it end? Today it’s Psalms in IMAX; tomorrow it’s Paul’s letters as TikTok skits; then the beatitudes on Broadway.

RELATED: How AI is silently undermining Christianity from within

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The AI Bible invites consumption — not reflection. It trains people to treat sacred text like a season of television. Genesis turns into a pilot episode and Revelation becomes a cliff-hanger. But wisdom isn’t designed for marathons. Wisdom and understanding require pause, not playlists. Faith is not built for autoplay, and the soul can’t be nourished on fast-forward.

This is much more than bad taste. It’s bad theology. Passages that demand contemplation — the Nephilim, the visions of John — get twisted into definitive depictions that erase centuries of debate.

The real danger

The result is religious entertainment. The word becomes just another franchise to be monetized, its characters reduced to archetypes, its stories to HD clashes between good and evil. But the gospel deserves reverence — not a reboot.

Christians are not called to resist technology. But the line is clear: The printing press spread the gospel. Radio and TV amplified it. AI, in this case, distorts it. The motivation behind the “AI Bible” program may be noble, but noble intentions don’t sanctify rotten results.

And that is where it crosses into blasphemy. Not because it uses new tools, but because it erases the truth those tools are meant to carry. Scripture is testimony, commandment, and covenant — not special effects. To recast it as entertainment is to drain it of authority and credibility.

The danger is not that people will reject the Bible outright, but that they will absorb a counterfeit version and never know the difference.

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The She DRIVES Act, formally known as the She Develops Regulations in Vehicle Equality and Safety Act, is a bipartisan push in the U.S. Senate to make car safety testing more inclusive and effective.

This legislation addresses a critical gap in how vehicles are designed and tested, with the potential to save thousands of lives — particularly women’s — and reduce injuries on American roads. As this bill moves closer to becoming law, it’s sparking conversations about fairness, safety, and innovation in the auto industry.

By mandating female crash-test dummies and tailored injury criteria, the bill could prevent over 1,300 female fatalities annually.

Real-world data

The She DRIVES Act, introduced as Senate Bill S. 4299 in May 2024 and reintroduced as S. 161 in January 2025, mandates that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration update its crash-test standards to better reflect real-world drivers.

Specifically, the bill requires the use of advanced female crash-test dummies, such as the fifth percentile adult female, alongside male models like the 50th percentile adult male in both front and side impact tests. It also calls for injury criteria based on real-world data, ensuring that safety assessments account for female occupants in both front and rear seats. Safety for drivers no matter your size is the bottom line.

On February 5, 2025, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee unanimously advanced the bill to the full Senate, where it awaits a floor vote. If passed, it will move to the House and, if approved, to the president for signature.

The bill’s bipartisan support, led by Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Katie Britt (R-Al.), and Susan Collins (R-Maine), signals a rare consensus on the need for change in vehicle safety standards.

Higher risk

For decades, U.S. crash testing has primarily relied on male-based dummies, designed to represent the average male body. While these tests have improved overall vehicle safety, they’ve left a critical gap: women and smaller people face significantly higher risks in crashes.

Studies reveal that women are up to 17% more likely to die and 73% more likely to sustain serious injuries in vehicle collisions compared to men. This disparity stems from differences in body size, seating position, and biomechanics, which current testing standards often fail to address.

Stark numbers

The numbers are stark. Each year, approximately 1,300 women die in crashes who might have survived if safety tests accounted for female-specific models. Tens of thousands more suffer serious injuries, from broken bones to traumatic brain injuries, due to designs optimized for male occupants. The She DRIVES Act aims to close this gap by ensuring that crash tests reflect the diversity of drivers and passengers, ultimately making vehicles safer for everyone.

Supporters of the bill, including lawmakers, safety advocates, and industry experts, argue that modernizing crash-test standards is long overdue. By mandating female crash-test dummies and tailored injury criteria, the bill could prevent over 1,300 female fatalities annually. Safer vehicles mean fewer families mourning preventable losses.

A broader push

Requiring advanced testing pushes automakers to refine safety technologies. From adjustable seatbelts to smarter airbag deployment, these changes could lead to breakthroughs that benefit all drivers, not just women, while keeping U.S. manufacturers focused on safety.

The She DRIVES Act reflects a broader push to make America’s roads safer. Vehicle safety has come a long way since the introduction of seatbelts and airbags, but gaps remain. By addressing the specific risks women face, this bill sets a precedent for new designs in an industry that touches every American’s life.

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The way forward

The road to implementation won’t be instant. The NHTSA will need to develop new testing protocols, and automakers will need time to adapt. But the potential payoff — thousands of lives saved, billions in economic benefits, and a fairer approach to safety — makes this a cause worth championing.

This bill could make your next car safer and save lives. It’s a reminder that small changes in policy can have massive impacts on our daily lives.

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Think for a moment about the “speed of life.” Two centuries ago, it took months to cross the Atlantic on a wooden ship. Today, it takes five hours by plane. The Pony Express once needed weeks to deliver a message. The telegraph shrank that to seconds.

Human ingenuity has always accelerated life, but it was still bound by reality — the limits of earth’s raw materials.

On August 15, 1971, America traded reality for illusion.

Technology built from those natural parts is real, sustainable, and grounded. But when systems detach from the real world, they become artificial. They may run for a time, but they cannot endure.

Now consider money as a form of energy. Once, it was tangible: gold coins, silver dollars, bills you could hold in your hand. Even when transactions became electronic, they were still tethered to reality, with gold as their anchor. Cotton became fabric, chickens became food, gold became money. Nature set the limits.

That changed on August 15, 1971.

Faced with economic pressures, President Richard Nixon severed the dollar from gold. In doing so, he handed America’s financial energy supply to the Federal Reserve and the political class — a system now untethered from nature. Money no longer reflected real value. It was conjured from nothing. Now the government, once dependent on the real economy, had the power to create its own artificial economy.

You can’t print money to pay your bills. You live in reality. Washington escaped it — at least temporarily. The result is a false economy where the supply of “financial energy” outruns the natural world.

The treadmill effect

That’s why ordinary Americans feel like they are running on a treadmill that only speeds up. The $37 trillion in so-called “debt” isn’t debt at all. Debt requires repayment. It is the measure of money created out of thin air. When fake energy collides with real commodities, prices rise.

Look around you. Everything in your home — your chair, your phone, your groceries — is either a commodity or built from one. Oil powers the machinery that produces and delivers them. Since 2000, the cost of commodities has risen about 8% every year. Wages, in contrast, have only risen about 3% annually. That gap explains why families can’t keep up, why the middle class shrinks, and why frustration mounts. And because the dollar is the world’s reserve currency, this inflation doesn’t just punish Americans — it ripples out to every nation on earth.

The burnout economy

Think of the human body. It runs on about six volts of electricity. Plug it into 220 volts and you’ll get incredible output — briefly — before the system burns out. That’s what the Federal Reserve and political elites have done to our economy: forced humanity into hyper-speed, compressing decades of natural economic activity into a few frantic years. The result is burnout — social unrest, inequality, rage, endless wars, and declining health.

Even environmental strain ties back to this misalignment. Artificial money fuels artificial demand, driving overproduction and overconsumption. Elites congratulate themselves for “managing” the system while ordinary citizens pay the price — in higher bills, weaker wages, and a constant sense of instability.

This was not inevitable. For nearly two centuries, the dollar was worth 100 cents, because it was tied to gold. Today, it’s worth about three cents. The rest has been stolen — not from us, but from the future. Tomorrow’s dollars are being dragged into yesterday’s spending. But eventually, nothing will be left to plunder. That is the endgame of artificial money: a collision between illusion and reality.

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Most Americans don’t fully understand this, but they feel it in their bones. They sense that something is wrong, that they work harder only to fall farther behind. Artificial money creates artificial problems — and artificial problems have no real solutions. Only a reckoning with reality can set them right.

Reclaim reality

Elites in Washington and on Wall Street will not save us. They are the ones benefiting from the distortion. The rest of us are left to adapt. For many, that means simplifying life, rediscovering the virtues of family, community, and localism — the parts of America still tethered to reality. In the countryside, where life is slower, you can still glimpse the America that once was.

On August 15, 1971, America traded reality for illusion. The day Nixon closed the gold window, government and elites unshackled themselves from the limits the rest of us still live under. Until we recognize that truth, we will keep chasing solutions to problems that can’t be solved — because they were never real to begin with.

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I’ve heard it over and over again from people across the country: “I can’t believe how much Charlie Kirk’s death has impacted me. I’ve never been this shaken by the death of someone I didn’t personally know.”

Grief and righteous anger over his brutal assassination have resonated with millions, creating a palpable sense of shock and loss unlike anything we’ve experienced in our lifetimes. Charlie Kirk wasn’t just another influencer, and his death wasn’t just another senseless crime.

Charlie stood for truth, and the father of lies hates truth-tellers. Jesus made it clear that spiritual neutrality isn’t possible.

There’s a deeper and more spiritual reason why we’ve been shaken by this tragedy.

1. You’re more connected to Charlie than you might think

Many of us felt a deep, personal connection to Charlie. We listened to his voice or watched his videos for hours on end, and over time, you really do develop a personal connection whether you’ve met in real life or not.

Especially because Charlie was so likable, it’s easy to think of him as your brother, son, or close friend. That’s not weird or unearned. It’s natural.

But there’s also a supernatural reason you feel this loss. We feel connected to Charlie as a reflection of our spiritual unity. The apostle Paul wrote, “The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. … But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:12–13).

The same Holy Spirit who dwelt in Charlie is in all who’ve received Jesus as Lord. For Christians, Charlie is our brother in Christ, and when he was wounded, we all felt the pain. Further, his murder grieves the Holy Spirit in us. Our collective grief is a sign of our shared faith and unbreakable bond as Christians. When one part suffers, we all suffer.

2. We’re in a spiritual war

Charlie’s assassination wasn’t just a political act. It was a demonic attack.

The same evil spirit that killed the prophets, crucified Christ, and martyred Stephen has now manifested itself in our day against Charlie Kirk. And it’s jarring to realize you’re smack dab in the middle of a spiritual war.

RELATED: Spiritual warfare 101: What every Christian needs to know

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Ephesians 6:12 reminds us that our true enemy is spiritual, “For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” Charlie stood for truth, and the father of lies hates truth-tellers. Jesus made it clear that spiritual neutrality isn’t possible. He said, “He who is not with me is against me” (Matthew 12:30).

For the children of God, we will overcome the enemy, not with bullets, but with our Bibles and the power of the Holy Spirit.

3. We mourn with his family

While we all feel the loss, our hearts break for his family — his brave wife, Erika, and his young children who will grow up knowing their father was great without the blessing of enjoying him personally. The sadness we feel for them is biblical compassion.

Romans 12:15 commands us to “rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” Our grief for the Kirk family is a righteous and compassionate response to a pain that grieves the heart of God. We must continue to pray for them, knowing that the Lord loves Charlie’s family even more than Charlie, and He will take care of them as only He can.

This tragedy also serves as a poignant reminder to cherish our own families and not take a single moment for granted.

4. Murder desecrates image-bearers of God

The video of Charlie’s death, widely shared online, made us witnesses to murder. This marks the human soul in a traumatic way. It’s hard enough to see an animal slaughtered, but destroying a human being — made in the image of God — with such gruesome malice is the ultimate act of desecration.

Murder is a sin against man and God, and it’s why we should support capital punishment.

Genesis 9:6 states, “If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.” The death penalty assigns the highest punishment to those who commit the highest crime, affirming the sacred value of life.

Charlie’s death reminds us that while our earthly bodies are fragile and easily destroyed, our hope is in Jesus Christ. One day, at the sound of the trumpet, our perishable bodies will be raised imperishable, and death will be swallowed up in victory (1 Corinthians 15:52–57).

5. It could have been you

This was not a political assassination. Charlie wasn’t a politician running for office; he was a truth-teller combating lies.

Everything he believed and stood for was based on his faith in Jesus Christ. His entire worldview was shaped by the Bible. Make no mistake, Charlie Kirk is a Christian martyr — perhaps the most significant in American history; he was slain on American soil, by an American, fighting to liberate Americans from the bondage of deception.

There will never be another Charlie, but we can honor his legacy by picking up the torch and taking even more ground.

As fellow believers, we stand for the same truths he was murdered for.

This forces us to confront a sober reality: Following Jesus courageously may come at a high cost. Occasionally, we must all look in the mirror and ask, “Am I willing to die for this?” The answer must be, “Yes.”

Jesus said in Matthew 16:25, “Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” We must not allow fear to silence us. We must become even more committed to our righteous cause.

Be encouraged: The martyrdom of Stephen gave rise to the ministry of the apostle Paul, and Charlie’s martyrdom will give rise to thousands of bold voices who will not shrink back from death.

6. We lament over lost potential

Charlie was a uniquely gifted leader who was helping to change the political and cultural landscape of our nation. Many believed he might one day become president. His sudden death leaves us mourning over the lost potential of what he could have accomplished with so many more years of life ahead.

But we can trust in God’s sovereignty. As Psalm 33:11 reminds us, “The Lord’s plans stand firm forever; his intentions can never be shaken.” We are shocked by Charlie’s death, but God is not; and this tragedy won’t thwart God’s plan. The Kingdom of God doesn’t advance through the gifting of a single “superman,” but through ordinary men and women empowered by the Spirit of God.

Charlie’s death requires all of us to step up and fill the void. There will never be another Charlie, but we can honor his legacy by picking up the torch and taking even more ground.

7. We can feel helpless

In the face of such a tragedy, we feel helpless. We prayed for a miracle, but God did not heal Charlie or raise him from the dead.

It’s OK to be disappointed with the outcome, but we must never be disappointed in God. He is always good, even when our circumstances are not. Even when we feel helpless, we are not hopeless. We can make a difference by standing for truth, sharing the gospel, raising our families, and doing our civic duty. We will do our parts and trust God to do His.

8. The wicked are celebrating

The evil, celebratory comments from Charlie’s critics reveal the wickedness in their hearts. These are people so blinded by sin that they call good “evil” and evil “good.” They are too hard-hearted to hear reason, and only God can change their hearts.

Our lives on earth are short, but eternity is forever.

Remember what Jesus commanded in Luke 6:27–28, “Love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.” The fact that hell is throwing a party over Charlie’s death is a testament to the difference he was making. The demons also cheered when Jesus was crucified, but their celebration was temporary, while our victory is for eternity.

Let’s live our lives so courageously that hell throws a party when we die, too.

9. Earthly justice is incomplete

The news that Charlie’s alleged murderer was caught provides a measure of satisfaction, but it won’t bring him back. Even the swiftest and most severe earthly justice will not provide perfect retribution for this crime. This is why we hold onto the hope of God’s final, complete justice.

The Bible promises that one day Jesus will return to judge the righteous and the unrighteous. For those who have placed their faith in Him, our sins are forgiven, and we will receive eternal reward. For those who reject Christ, there will be eternal punishment.

We can thank God for a justice system that holds murderers accountable, but we find our ultimate peace in knowing that God will settle all accounts perfectly on the final day.

10. Life is short, but eternity is forever

Charlie was only 31 years old — young, healthy, and strong. His life was cut short, a stark reminder that our days are numbered.

As Psalm 39:4–5 says, “Remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered — how fleeting my life is.” This tragedy should be a call to action for all of us. Don’t waste your life on things that don’t matter. Don’t be a spectator.

Our lives on earth are short, but eternity is forever. While we mourn, we do not grieve like those who have no hope. We have the blessed assurance that for Charlie, and all believers, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

Charlie’s assassination was meant to silence him, but the enemy has made a grave miscalculation. His martyrdom has awakened a sleeping giant. Let our grief be a catalyst for strengthening resolve. We will weep, we will heal, we will fight, and we know that we will win. We’ve read the back of the good book, and it says that in the end, we win.

We will not be silenced, and the truth Charlie died for will not be buried. It will only get bolder, louder, and stronger!

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Blaze News has confirmed that the overflow crowd from the Charlie Kirk memorial service is being directed toward a second arena due to the sheer numbers of supporters.

Tens of thousands of Kirk’s fans showed up as early as 4 a.m. to get in line at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, where the event, “Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk,” is taking place.

‘We just want to be a small part of it.’

The crowd was initially thought to be more than 100,000. The NFL stadium typically holds a maximum of over 78,000 when including standing room. However, as a gargantuan crowd formed, estimates were tripled to approximately 300,000.

Blaze News’ team is live at the event and was able to confirm that the crowd was so large outside the stadium that the nearby Desert Diamond Arena is now packed to the brim with more of the memorial’s attendees.

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About a five-minute walk from State Farm Stadium, the arena has a capacity of 19,000. It was formerly used by the Arizona Coyotes NHL team until 2022, when it was called the Gila River Arena.

Now, it is home to the professional bull-riding team the Arizona Ridge Riders and the indoor football team the Arizona Rattlers.

Outside the venue, attendees gave their thoughts and their memories of Kirk.

“He could listen to people, tell his side, listen to what they had to say, and, you know, he was OK with it,” one fan told Blaze News.

“And why somebody was taken for doing that kind of work, I have no idea. Just pure evil and sad,” the mourner added.

RELATED: Tens of thousands flock to Charlie Kirk memorial as massive crowd forms at dawn

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Another man told Blaze News as he waited outside, “it’s great to see the hearts and minds of America change the way they have been.”

“We just want to be a small part of it. Obviously we can’t get in today, but it was cool to at least experience this and witness it,” he added.

Jose Miguel Santiago, a spokesman for the police department in Glendale, told the New York Times that setting up security measures around the event was an “all hands on deck” operation that was Super Bowl-like in nature. In fact, the spokesman told the outlet the process was similar to how agencies prepared for Super Bowl LVII in 2023.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has gone on record and claimed that Democrats never incite violence — but her own words tell a much different story.

“Don’t get mad that I speak the truth and I speak facts. But I literally have never said anything to invoke violence. And I challenge somebody to go and find a clip of a Democrat invoking violence,” Crockett said on “The Breakfast Club.”

BlazeTV host Pat Gray is way ahead of her, pulling up several clips of not just Democrats, but Crockett herself inciting violence.

“This is a war. This isn’t a battle. We absolutely will win this war,” Crockett said once on MSNBC, to which another panelist responded, “It is a war. It is indeed a war. And I have to say, they have won some battles, Jasmine. But we have to keep our eye on the war, and everybody needs to pick up a weapon and get involved.”

In another clip, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) yells on stage, “No one has ever been more dangerous to this country than Donald Trump, and he is a fascist to his core.”

“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic,” Joe Biden said in another clip, while president of the United States.

The montage Gray plays of Democrats inciting violence seems to go on forever, with calls to arms throughout.

“Oh, man,” Gray says, astonished. “Good thing there wasn’t one. There was about 1,000 Democrat violent spewing morons.”

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Like you, I learned that Charlie Kirk had been murdered — assassinated — on Sept. 10 at an event in Utah. Dead at 31 years old, shot while answering a question about gun violence.

I’m so disturbed by what happened and so furious about it all.

We should pray that we will grow to love what God loves and to hate what God hates.

Political violence on a college campus made a lasting impression on countless eyes and ears. People who were present at the event, as well as millions of other people, have videos seared in their minds that depict the horror of what took place in Orem, Utah. And a precious wife and children are deprived of their husband and father.

On that tragic day, we were reminded, once again, of the real and palpable presence of wickedness.

Besides being a widely known commentator on political and social issues, Charlie was an outspoken Christian who was bold about Jesus. He spoke unhesitatingly about Jesus being his savior, about the historicity of the resurrection, about the truthfulness of the Bible, and about the need people have for salvation. Truly, Jesus is the hope of the earth.

The biblical authors are crystal clear that God hates evil. On the appointed day of judgment, He will administer His righteous wrath with holy and unimpeachable justice. In the meantime, since believers are image-bearers who are being restored and renewed in Christ, we need to hate what God hates and to love what God loves.

Solomon gives us a list of things God hates. Proverbs 6:16-19 says:

There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.

Notice these three expressions: “hands that shed innocent blood” (v. 17), “a heart that devises wicked plans” (v. 18a), and “feet that make haste to run to evil” (v. 18b).

These three expressions are things God hates, and all three were on display on Sept. 10 in Utah. A life was unjustly taken in a scene of unfolding horror and panic and disorientation. Not only should such a thing disturb and horrify us, we should hate it.

We should hate it because God hates it. We should be disgusted and indignant. We should identify evil, evaluate it biblically, warn others about it, and oppose it. And we should, with renewed resolve, commit ourselves to what is good and true and wise and beautiful and righteous.

All truth is God’s truth, and it is worth staking everything on.

Sometimes our cultural landscape seems to have not only a famine of biblical literacy but also a famine of common decency. I recognize that broad-brush statements don’t tell the whole story, for there are plenty of civil people who are equally weary of the escalated political rhetoric that vilifies and demonizes and condemns. But our digital age gives us immediate and constant awareness of human depravity.

The nasty fruit of secularism and materialism have brought such damage to our discourse.

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If you’re like me, you’ve been aware in the past month of enough tragic stories that your mind feels overwhelmed by the sheer sadness and sorrow of it all. A comforting thought, from Proverbs 6:16, is that such evil is “an abomination” to the Lord. He “hates” the things listed in Proverbs 6:17-19.

God is not indifferent, not remote, not neutral. And He will deal with what is abominable. He is wise and good and righteous, so the wicked should tremble.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk was a major societal event. We should pray that the person (or persons) involved in the plot would be swiftly brought to justice. We should pray that, as a society, truth and sanity would prevail over delusion and deception. We should pray that we will grow to love what God loves and to hate what God hates. And we should pray that the ministers of the gospel would be bold heralds in our churches, unashamedly proclaiming the word of God in its fullness and grandeur.

Our days are numbered, and our lives are brief. We live as earthly citizens with a heavenly identity. And our earthly citizenship is a stewardship, so we must be faithful. Being courageous for truth, pursuing virtue over vice, pointing people to Jesus, getting involved in a local church that’s committed to the Bible, investing in and caring for your family — these are good and God-honoring things. These are things God loves.

Rest in peace, Charlie Kirk.

This essay was originally published at Dr. Mitchell Chase’s Substack, Biblical Theology.

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On October 27, 1964, Ronald Reagan, a rising conservative voice at the time, delivered his historic speech “A Time for Choosing.”

It’s one of “the greatest speeches in American history,” says Mark Levin.

The 29-minute nationally televised address articulated the future president’s conservative vision, emphasizing limited government, individual liberty, and a strong anti-communist stance. He criticized the growth of federal bureaucracy and warned of encroaching socialism, framing the election between Republican nominee Barry Goldwater and incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson as a critical choice between freedom and government overreach.

Reagan saw the internal erosion of liberty through excessive federal power and socialist-leaning policies as a threat equally perilous as the external danger of communism.

But Reagan didn’t view these internal and external threats as mutually exclusive. They were deeply connected.

“There is an enemy within, and the enemy within is growing because the enemy without is funding the enemy within and populating the enemy within, and they are fusing and joining and colluding with homegrown Marxists and people of that ilk,” Levin says, summarizing Reagan’s argument.

Even though this speech took place nearly 62 years ago, it is still relevant today, he says.

On this episode of “LevinTV,” Levin, who is constantly warning of America’s internal threat of Marxist ideologies and government overreach, played an inspiring clip from Reagan’s speech to remind us of what has been true since the 1960s: Marxism and unchecked government power threaten America’s core freedoms.

To hear the clip of Reagan’s speech, watch the clip below.

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Hours before Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Glendale, Arizona, thousands of fans are not only praising him, but remembering him through prayer.

The event, titled “Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk,” set to begin at 11 a.m. local time (2 p.m. ET.) at State Farm Stadium, has already seen an estimated 100,000 attendees outside the venue.

But as supporters roll in, there has been no shortage of praise, prayer, and wisdom.

‘The Freedoms we enjoy are paid for with the blood of patriots.’

On BlazeTV’s livestream of the event, near-limitless messages of appreciation for Kirk have been delivered.

“Let us all be filled with the boldness for the Kingdom as Charlie was! Fear not, for God is with us, and if He is with us, who can be against us?” supporter Steven Lewis wrote.

“Light, Happiness, Peace and Eternal life for him,” Marie Budden wrote about Kirk.

As worship began inside the stadium ahead of the service, fans were pictured rejoicing in prayer and in Kirk’s memory.

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“Worship music blasting as attendees arrive,” wrote Sophia Lorey, outreach director for the California Family Council. “Even while in Heaven, [Charlie Kirk] is continuing to make Heaven more crowded,” she added on X.

“Think about this. 3 hours of worship before a sitting President and VP speak in memory of Charlie Kirk,” she continued. “This is what Charlie wanted, God first, always.”

More YouTube comments went in-depth on why commenters loved Kirk, highlighting his religious influence and his ability to always speak his mind.

“Today, we honor the life of Charlie Kirk and the profound impact he had on all of us. May God bless his family, children, and America,” a man named Rick said.

Marvin Kortmeier wrote, “The sacrifice of Charlie Kirk INSPIRES more of us to get out there and talk about what is important, the Freedoms we enjoy are paid for with the blood of patriots.”

Susan Elezebeth also wanted to remind fellow Christians, “Remember when they hate you they hated Jesus first.”

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Even anonymous viewers were feeling the love and wanted to help bless Kirk’s family any way they could.

“God bless Charlie, comfort his family and protect the USA from its enemies, foreign and domestic,” a user wrote.

“No doubt Charlie wouldn’t be surprised at the negativity we’ve seen but what’s important is he surely would have been so humbled to see before him the scope of difference he made & continues to,” another anonymous supporter said.

Even hours before the stadium has been filled, the crowd both outside and inside the venue has already been passionate and electric. At the same time, though, visitors have remained calm and orderly, in a stunning display of mutual respect.

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Massive crowds have already formed ahead of Charlie Kirk’s memorial in Glendale, Arizona.

Almost seven hours before the service was scheduled to start at State Farm Stadium, tens of thousands were already gathered outside the venue.

New videos from the parking lot showed seemingly never-ending crowds of Kirk supporters, with a sea of people formed as early as 4 a.m. local time.

‘America is turning out for Charlie!’

“It’s just 4am here in Arizona, and the line for Charlie Kirk’s memorial is now a SEA of TENS OF THOUSANDS of patriots,” reporter Nick Sortor wrote on X. “This is HISTORIC! America is turning out for Charlie!”

The colossal turnout has already bumped the estimated crowd of 100,000 to more than 300,000, according to on-the-ground reports.

“The true scope of the crowd for Charlie Kirk in Arizona — WOW,” Eric Daugherty, assistant news director for Florida’s Voice, wrote on X.

Daugherty showed an enormous group of supporters, but what was perhaps more impressive was how orderly and calm the crowd was, even with five hours or so before the event starts.

“Original estimates of 100K bumped to up to *300,000.* This is going to be one of the most remembered days in modern US history,” Daugherty added.

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The passion and support for Kirk could be felt even on the way to the venue, as many social media users posted about the positive atmosphere as they traveled on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

“Entire airplanes full of passengers are singing ‘Amazing Grace’ as they touch down in Phoenix for Charlie Kirk’s funeral!” South Carolina candidate Mark Lynch wrote, sharing a video from inside an airplane.

“Lots of people on my flight discussing Charlie Kirk. The energy in Phoenix tomorrow is going to be unbelievable,” conservative commentator John Doyle wrote on X.

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Traffic and crowds have filled the streets en route to the stadium with what seems like an limitless line of people and cars.

Supporters were camped out on the street since Sunday night in front of Desert Diamond Arena, which is a 15-minute drive from State Farm Stadium.

Other reporters showed lines wrapped around the fence line of the football stadium since the break of dawn.

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