Incredibly emotional watching this because I’m painfully aware that “the good old days” are right now.
At 42 I have a perfectly imperfect life with a wonderful wife and two great kids. I don’t long for my younger years. I want to freeze time right now.
Charlie Kirk described the rise of Zohran Mamdani as a "distress signal" from Gen Z.
"Most people are missing the point of really what this is..."
"This is yet another distress signal by young people to say, 'Hey, if you're not going to fix our life economically, we're going to get very radical politically.'"
- 75% of voters under the age of 30 voted for Mamdani.
- 48% of Gen Z adults don't feel financially secure (Business Insider).
- 55% of Gen Z adults list either cost of living or unemployment as their main concern (NCSC).
- 60% of graduates, according to a survey in June, were still looking for their first jobs (The Guardian).
- The median age of first-time home buyers has jumped to 40 years old. The median age was 33, just five years ago (Realtor).
- The share of home purchases by first-time buyers has plunged to 21%, the lowest on record (Realtor).
Most Americans were unfamiliar with Charlie Kirk and his work, but very familiar with what he represented -- the American Dream. Young, beautiful wife, kids, righteous male authority, faith, optimism. He was real life Ward Cleaver, Jim Anderson, Mike Brady, Cliff Huxtable. Charlie was the antithesis of the antihero father of the last 40 years. America yearns for what Charlie had. That's why his death has triggered so much emotion. Charlie was Making America Feel Fathers Again, feel morality again, feel sacrifice again. We probably haven't felt that way since the 1960s, when JFK, MLK, and RFK (perhaps fraudulently) made us believe men of high character were working on America's problems. Charlie was not a grifter or an opportunist. In the era of influencers and ego, Charlie humbly worked to remove the scales from our eyes on very difficult issues. There are terrible consequences for sacrificing merit in the name of DEI. You can't fix racial discrimination with racial discrimination. You can't replace families with EBT cards and Section 8 housing. Shared values are more important than shared skin color. Charlie organized, hosted, and participated in the uncomfortable conversations most people avoid and/or shut down with name-calling and gatekeeping. Charlie was supposed to be the fruit derived from the necessary chaos of MAGA. And maybe he will be just that if we learn the right lessons from this tragedy. Erika Kirk represents the power of women in the right role. No way Charlie is as courageous and effective without that kind of Holy Spirit-filled woman having his back. I can't quit thinking about Charlie Kirk. What a legacy...
We knew a boy named Charlie, as tall as a tree. A boy Rush Limbaugh inspired to love liberty. There was something different about Charlie, smart as a whip. When his friends went to college, Charlie skipped. Couldn't see it then, but God had a plan. He raised a disciple to travel the fallen land. I'm sorry, sweet Charlie, this world is so sick. You offered your enemies Christ's carrot, they swung sticks. When they couldn't defeat you, they retaliated with a bullet, Satan's last trick. I'm sorry, Charlie, my tears are not true. I weep for the courage to live and die like you.
Tom Lepper, a former Quincy High and Quincy University basketball standout, husband, father and son, died Thursday, after courageously battling an illness for several years. He was 50. https://t.co/qCeMBU9rj0
BREAKING: The Trump rally attendee who was murdered yesterday by Matthew Crooks has been identified as Corey Comperatore.
A family member has released a statement on their Facebook page about the situation.
Prayers up for Corey and his family.
This was spoken by Paul Harvey in 1965. Every single word was true then, and more relevant now than ever. The only difference is that America is now a runaway train with a loco leftist ranting in the locomotive.