Richie Merritt

[Chad Prather @WatchChad]

Good morning.

The reason you feel Charlie’s death so deeply is because grief doesn’t measure itself by proximity. It measures itself by meaning. You didn’t have to know him personally to feel the sting of his absence, because when a voice like his goes silent, something in the atmosphere shifts.

The reason it feels heavier than so many other tragedies is because your spirit recognizes that this is not just about a man, it is about a battle. Scripture says eternity is written on our hearts, and when someone who carried truth with boldness is suddenly gone, eternity aches within us. It’s like our souls know instinctively that the darkness celebrated, and that strikes us at the core.

The reason you can’t shake it is because psychologically, we don’t only attach ourselves to people…we attach ourselves to symbols. Charlie became a symbol of conviction in a time of compromise, courage in a time of fear. And when a symbol is struck down, it rattles something primal and eternal inside us.

That’s why even those who never met him feel it. There is a strange thread pulling at us, and it is not imagined. It is real. We are bound together by shared purpose, by shared longing for truth, by the Spirit of God Himself weaving us into a fabric that cannot be torn apart. This loss pulled at that fabric, and every one of us felt the tug.

So if you’ve wondered why this hits so hard, it’s because your soul knows. This is bigger than news. This is bigger than politics. This is about eternity, about truth, and about the weight of a man whose life carried both.

Love y’all.

[Michael Knowles @michaeljknowles]

Charlie Kirk would have been president. His friends knew it. His admirers knew it. And his enemies knew it.

This universal confidence in Charlie’s future began with his countless political accomplishments. At 18, he founded Turning Point USA, which went on to become the most important cultural organization on the American Right. By 22, he was addressing the Republican National Convention. Three years later, he founded Turning Point Action, which led the get-out-the-vote efforts that delivered the first Republican popular vote victory in twenty years. In his spare time, Charlie published five books, hosted a national talk show, married a lovely wife, and fathered two beautiful children. All of that by 31.

Charlie’s appearance inspired as much confidence as his accomplishments. At a towering six-foot-five slouching, he joked that he had descended from the Nephilim—the giant “fallen ones” of the Old Testament. He might have been born with such a nature, as are we all, but he was not content to remain so. Charlie loved his Savior. The zeal with which he debated politics paled in comparison to the excitement with which he discussed religion. And his religious life bore fruit.

Turning Point launched a Faith division to focus specifically on his followers’ souls. There too, Charlie’s enthusiasm for open debate set the tone, as he invited atheists and even Catholics to take part. But he didn’t need a specific religious conference to convey his faith. Charlie Kirk’s religion bore fruit in everything he did.

Discerning observers believed in Charlie Kirk, not chiefly for his accolades or his appearance, but for his manifest virtue. Charlie’s prudence, the principal virtue in politics, built a generational coalition that helped to transform the American government. His temperance distinguished him as one of the few on the Right to eschew whisky, cigars, and every other delight that might have distracted him from his purpose, for which he had so little time. His sense of justice produced clarity in moral vision and grace for his opponents. His fortitude impelled him to enter the public square without a hint of servile fear.

Charlie’s only fear was the holy sort—awe and wonder, the beginning of wisdom—and his clearest virtues were theological: faith, hope, and charity. We mourn his death, we take up his cause, and we entrust him, as he confidently entrusted himself, to God’s care.

[West Virginia Football @WVUfootball]

Welcome home, @rhett_rod!

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#HailWV

[Rich Rodriguez @RealCoachRod]

Take me home !

[West Virginia Football @WVUfootball]

𝗛𝗘'𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘.

The head football coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers, 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗥𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲𝘇!

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#HailWV

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

Now is the time for every American who loves our country to step back from the division, renounce all violence, and unite in prayer for President Trump and his family.

[shannon sharpe @ShannonSharpe]

Empty calorie Dak. Every1 saw when the gm matter. He pulled a Cooperfield and DISAPPEARED. The defense didn’t disappear. They never showed up 2 start with. This is the most pathetic, disappointing, humiliating loss in Cowboys history. EMBARRASSING

[Richie Merritt @_richie6_]

🤡

[Washington Football @UW_Football]

See you soon @CoachJeddFisch & crew‼️🛩️

#PurpleReign

[Sports Spectrum @Sports_Spectrum]

“Glory be to God.”

This is one of the best interviews you’ll ever see. @arizonafball’s Martell Irby is someone we can all root for.
https://t.co/5AOe77r6y3

[Arizona Football @ArizonaFBall]

🏆 𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐖𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 🏆

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Undrafted rookie Xavier Gipson found out he made the Jets roster just a week ago…

Tonight he scored the game-winning punt return TD in OT 🤯

(via @NFL, @StreamOnMax)

[PGA TOUR @PGATOUR]

Brooks Koepka has won his third PGA Championship.

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

Former DNI John Ratcliffe says the CDC Director, the Secretary of State, and the Director of National Intelligence agreed that COVID-19 was most likely created in the Wuhan lab, but Dr. Anthony Fauci labeled the lab origin as a "conspiracy theory" because he funded the lab:

"You had the top diplomat, the top of the intelligence community, the top public health official all telling you with some confidence level that the most likely origin of this was a lab leak...

Some of those individuals, including Dr. Fauci, were promoting the idea that this was natural origins, and notwithstanding the language which was read, they were referring to this publicly as a conspiracy theory in certain conversations and interviews...

The best evidence of that is their own conversations, which say that they didn't want unwanted attention to the relationships that were taking place between Western virologists and those working within the Wuhan Institute of Virology and funding sources for some of that research."

[The Masters @TheMasters]

Beauty takes many different forms. #themasters

[Robby Starbuck @robbystarbuck]

Cuban Americans know what’s up. Epic retirement speech from @GamebredFighter.

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

The New York City skyline has never been more beautiful—and meaningful—than it was in this 1956 Good Friday photo. Skyscrapers lit up with the cross to acknowledge the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ and our nation’s long and deep foundation of faith and dependence on Him. In God We Trusted.

How heartbreaking and deeply regrettable that as a nation we have turned our back on Him. There is a high price for removing God and His authority from our lives. Whether or not rulers, kings, authorities, peoples or nations acknowledge it, He is still the King of kings and the Lord of lords. At Easter we celebrate the fact that Jesus Christ came to earth to pay the price for our sins, poured out His blood on a cross, died, was buried and God raised Him to life on the third day. He’s alive! He came as a Savior and will return one day and will judge those who have rejected Him. I believe time is short. Even if buildings aren’t lit up with the cross, our hearts can be if we put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ. Let’s tell everyone about a risen Savior who loves them and is the only way to Heaven!

[Dan Bongino @dbongino]

Tell me again about how you want to defund the police.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Dr. Fauci went to the hood to pressure black people to get vaccinated.

Little did Fauci know his career would be destroyed the 1st door he knocked on.

[Arizona Baseball @ArizonaBaseball]

#BEARDOWN‼️