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Searching for the ‘off-ramp’: Colorado officials ask if America can step back from political violence
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In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox urged the nation to seek an “off-ramp” from the path that leads to political violence. Colorado leaders told Colorado Politics they agreed with Cox in principle, but some questioned whether such a route even exists — and if it does, they…
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What happened to that “one nation”, “indivisible”? | SONDERMANN
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Remember when the nation would pull together in times of tragedy? Flash back to how we united in grief when the crew of the space shuttle Challenger met their sudden demise. Think of how we came together in both tears and resolve when America was attacked using hijacked domestic aircraft 24 years ago this month.…
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Thousands remember Charlie Kirk at Colorado State University vigil Thursday
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Thousands gathered into Colorado State University’s Canvas Stadium Thursday evening to remember the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk. In the first official event hosted by Turning Point USA — the youth advocacy group Kirk founded — since Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University last week, supporters, students, and free speech advocates littered a crowd dotted…
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Pam Bondi has limited ability to prosecute ‘hate speech,’ legal experts say
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Attorney General Pam Bondi asserted she would go after “hate speech” on Monday, but the speech the Justice Department can prosecute is extremely limited, according to legal experts. Bondi, who partially walked back her statement on Tuesday, made her initial comments on the Katie Miller Podcast, vowing to go after “hate speech” and asserting…
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Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing is charged with murder as prosecutor says DNA found on rifle trigger
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PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors brought a murder charge on Tuesday against the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk and outlined evidence including a text message confession to his partner and a note left beforehand that said he had the opportunity to kill one of the nation’s leading conservative voices “and I’m going to take…
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Loveland police arrest man in connection with arson at Charlie Kirk memorial
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The Loveland Police Department arrested a Loveland man Monday in connection with arson at a Charlie Kirk memorial on someone’s private property after “relentlessly” pursuing him. David Gilroy, 64, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree arson and resisting arrest, both class two misdemeanors, after an “extensive investigation” connected him to the Saturday night burning of…
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Utah governor says Charlie Kirk suspect is on the left, has transgender boyfriend
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Family and friends of the 22-year-old accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk described his politics as veering left in recent years, as he spent large amounts of time scrolling the “dark corners of the internet,” Utah Gov. Spencer Spencer Cox said Sunday. The suspect has a boyfriend who is “transitioning from male to…
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‘Heartbroken’: Colorado political leaders, organizations condemn assassination of Charlie Kirk
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Colorado elected officials and political groups expressed grief, outrage and resolve against political violence in reaction to the fatal shooting of conservative organizer and nonprofit leader Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at Utah Valley University. “Today is a really hard day,” said U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Windsor Republican who described Kirk as her friend in…
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The Latest: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is fatally shot in Utah and a suspect is on the loose
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Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, was fatally shot Wednesday at an event at a Utah college, officials said. President Donald Trump said Kirk was shot and killed at the event at Utah Valley University. Videos posted to social media show Kirk speaking into a handheld microphone…
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Interior chief Ryan Zinke to keynote Steamboat event
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is scheduled to address the Steamboat Institute’s 10th annual Freedom Conference and Festival on Aug. 10 in Steamboat Springs, the conservative think tank tells Colorado Politics. “As secretary of the Interior and defender of America’s great outdoors, I am honored to give the keynote address at the Steamboat Institute’s 10th annual…