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Trump and his far-right allies cynically exploit the assassination of Charlie Kirk to unleash an opportunistic barrage of assaults on liberal institutions, donors, and foundations. Portraying liberals as traitors, this offensive unfolds amid vows to dismantle fictional “networks” fueling violence against poor, innocent conservatives. Stephen Miller, appearing on Kirk’s podcast, condemns organized doxxing, riots, and dehumanization campaigns as a “vast domestic terror movement”—ignoring that his allies are doing the same thing to critics of Israel. He is deploying Justice Department and Homeland Security to identify, disrupt, and destroy liberals in Kirk’s name.
Trump blames some “radical left” for demonizing conservatives, vowing to pursue contributors, funders, and attackers of officials. MAGA forces amplify Trump by outing and pressuring firings of Kirk’s social media critics—teachers, workers, pundits—leading to mass firings. Officials like Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy demand terminations, while War Secretary Pete Hegseth monitors military personnel and Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau pushes visa revocations. Representative Clay Higgins threatens lifetime social media bans, business blacklisting, school expulsions, and license revocations for detractors. Trump and Miller target the Ford Foundation and George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, alleging RICO-level financing of riots. Laura Loomer urges Trump to act as a “dictator.”
Plus:
- Trump Bombs Ships for Fun: Monday morning’s attack murdered three men, whom Trump labeled “narcoterrorists” in a post featuring blurry strike video, asserting the vessel’s location in international waters with no threat to Americans or evidence of wrongdoing. Venezuela’s foreign minister reported U.S. Navy boarding of a tuna boat in their waters, detaining fishermen for hours, while Maduro accused the U.S. of fabricating drug claims to provoke regime change and a military incident.
- Robert Redford Dies at 89: The big-screen charmer turned Oscar-winning director whose hit movies often helped America make sense of itself and who, off screen, evangelized for environmental causes and fostered the Sundance-centered independent film movement, died early Tuesday morning at his home in Utah. He was 89. As an actor, he starred in iconic films like “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s Men,” often opposite powerhouses such as Jane Fonda and Meryl Streep, blending romance, drama, and thrillers.
- Trump Sues the Old Gray Lady: The President announced he will file a $15 billion lawsuit for defamation and libel against the New York Times days after the newspaper released articles on his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The announcement followed threats over reporting on a sexually suggestive note and drawing linked to Epstein. Trump accused the Times of falsehoods about him, his family, businesses, and ideologies like America First and MAGA, planning to file in Florida.
