Suspect Arrested for Charlie Kirk Shooting: President Donald Trump announced the arrest on Fox and Friends early this morning. Later, at a news conference in Utah, officials identified the suspect as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. They’d arrested him late Thursday night in St. George, Utah, about 250 miles from the site of the shooting. “Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox began. “We got him.”
What Led to Robinson’s Arrest? Cox says a family member of the suspect contacted a family friend and that family friend contacted a sheriff’s office. The family friend alleged that Robinson had confessed to shooting Kirk, or suggested he’d carried out the assassination. On Fox and Friends, Trump suggested the family friend was a minister involved with law enforcement. Details are scant at the moment.
What Evidence Did Officials Present? Cox said video surveillance allegedly showed Robinson arriving near campus in a Dodge Challenger about four hours before the shooting. Officials say physical evidence and Discord tie him to the shooting.
Was the Ammo Actually Engraved? It was, Cox said. But none related to “transgender ideology” as the Wall Street Journal erroneously reported yesterday. The unfired casings allegedly read: “Hey fascists! Catch!” with five arrows (possibly an input for a videogame), “If you read this, you are gay, LMAO” and “Oh bella caio, bella caio, bella caio caio caio” a possible reference to the Italian anti-fascist song. On the fired casing, a meme: “Notices bulges owo what’s this?”
What Is Known About Tyler Robinson? At this point, very little. This story is developing.
How Are Things in America? A day after Kirk’s assassination, a series of threats to at least seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) led to shut downs, lockdowns and cancelled classes. Nobody was hurt. The FBI said it was taking the “hoax threat calls” very seriously. In a statement, the Congressional Black Caucus said the threats were “not only vile–they are a chilling reminder of the relentless racism and extremism that continues to target and terrorize Black communities in this country.”
VP Vance Flew Kirk’s Body to Arizona on Air Force Two: A video posted to social media shows Vance carrying his casket. Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who said Tuesday that Democrats owned this shooting, plans to introduce a resolution allowing his body to lie in the Capitol Rotunda “should the Kirk family wish.” Republican Congresswoman Paula Luna suggested placing a statue of Kirk in the Capitol.
Smooth Move: Two people detained and released after Kirk’s shooting death are still facing threats. “They were never suspects, they were people of interest,” Utah Department of Public Safety Commissioner Beau Mason said. Huh, where’d they get that impression? From his department’s joint statement with the FBI on Wednesday that named them and said they’d been taken in as suspects? Releasing the names of people who have only been detained is dangerous, but the FBI has probably fired everyone who knew that.
Land of the Free: State Department Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau warned “foreigners” on Thursday that they were not welcome if they praised, rationalized, or made light of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Seems like an attack on their free speech. I’m sure Republicans will leap to their defense.
Home of the Brave: Far-right influencers, violent extremists, and an anonymous website are identifying people for allegedly celebrating or glorifying Kirk’s death. The usual suspects are in play—including LibsofTikTok’s Chaya Raichik, unofficial Trump advisor and influencer Laura Loomer, and former Proud Boy Enrique Tarrio—but the hunt mostly revolves around the website “Charlie’s Murderers.” They’re exposing people’s names, jobs, locations, and social media accounts. Many of the highlighted posts did not glorify or promote violence, WIRED reported.
Pardoned Insurrectionists Calling for Civil War: One extremism expert told Mother Jones Kirk’s killing may “energize the far-right to intensify political violence, from street clashes and armed paramilitarism to calls for racist terror.” That said, a lot of these people are grifters. “These people cry civil war when Cracker Barrel changes their logo,” Jon Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on Extremism at George Washington University, told Mother Jones. He doesn’t think they’re going to swarm DC tomorrow. But the messages could inspire lone actors, experts said.
Political Violence: Authorities said the 16-year-old who shot two students at Evergreen High School in Colorado had been “radicalized” by “some extremist network” they didn’t name. The Denver Post reported that he expressed white supremacist views and showed an “interest in mass shooters in the days before the attack.”
No Drills? Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez proposed blocking funding for mandatory school shooter drills unless parents of students under 16 can opt out their kids. In Washington state, schools conduct drills once a month. Data from Everytown for Gun Safety, which pushes for gun control, says there is no data to support they reduce shootings, reduce injury, or prevent death. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended keeping children out of “high-intensity drills and exercises,” and supports the active consent of students.
On the Run? Bellevue Police are still searching for a man wanted for killing and robbing 54-year-old Jason David Clark. The men were drinking when a fight broke out over the $3,000 he was carrying, police say. Detectives believe the man may have left the state.
Capitol Hill Crisis Center: The King County Council advanced plans for the 24-hour crisis center, part of a broader countywide plan. Nathalie and I wrote about it in May.
Well-Laid Plans: Friday is the last major public hearing about Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan—the blueprint we use to decide how the city will grow over the next 20 years. Council members have introduced more than 100 amendments to the plan, which is about as unhinged as it sounds, but The Urbanist made a helpful cheat sheet for the most important ones. You have two chances to tell City Council how you feel: One that starts at 9:30 a.m. for remote speakers, and one that starts at 3 p.m., for in-person commenters. (You can register here.) If you want to listen to what your neighbors have to say, you can spend your day in City Hall, or watch the live stream on the Seattle Channel. Watch along for angry (but totally not racist) NIMBYs, wonky urbanists, and Sara Nelson resenting every second that the public gets to speak in that hall.
Weather: It’s cloudy, but the sun will come out eventually. Expect a high near 71 today.
Jealous? Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted former President Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a failed coup d’état to overturn the 2022 election, disband courts, hand power over to the military, and assassinate the then president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro could go away for 27 years if his ticker doesn’t give out first (given the 70-year-old’s heart condition, his lawyers are likely to ask for house arrest). Brazil has seen 15 coup attempts since overthrowing its monarchy in 1889. Until now, a plotter had never been convicted.
Nobody reads your dumb shit kristofartian
LOL
@71: “…but it’s worth it. Hell yes it’s worth it. Don’t you agree?”
Please tell us all about freedoms we have, specifically freedoms the British and Japanese lack.
While you’re busily not doing that, I’ll note our country doesn’t have a gun problem. Allowing gun-fetishists to set our gun policy is our problem. The NRA exists to help gun manufacturers sell more guns. Full stop. We once had an ideology which placed top priority on selling more cars. When we noticed the carnage (ha!) this created, we changed our ideology, requiring safety first in motor vehicles, their installed equipment, and their roadways. Americans now travel more places in more cars than ever, with lower rates of injury and fatality; regulations do not automatically decrease freedom. If we had 1/10th the regulations on firearms we do on motor vehicles, we could still have all the guns we want, and yet eliminate most shootings.
Warning: We Will Be Decimated—Literally—If We Stay Quiet
They’ve branded us as terrorists. 75 years of data reveals the real threat.
“We need
full military occupation
of these cities until the crime desists. Period.”
—Charlie Kirk, August 2025
Charlie Kirk died—every violent death being a tragedy—preaching the gospel of occupation—demanding the U.S. military invade America’s own cities under the false pretense of a crime wave that does not exist . . .
His vision for this country
was armed force unleash-
ed against fellow citizens.
And here is the bitter irony:
the very ideology that has bled this country dry
for generations is now being canonized through Kirk’s death.
Charlie Kirk himself cheered when American forces summarily executed foreigners in international waters. He demanded that the U.S. military—a force trained not to police but to destroy—invade and occupy America’s own blue cities under the false pretense of a crime wave that does not exist.
He called it a “prudent deal” and “rational”
that Americans should be sacrificed year
after year at the altar of the Second
Amendment. His words main-
streamed the radicalization
that has already cost ten
times more American
lives than anything
the left has
ever done.
And now, with his assassination, that radicalization
is being mainstreamed all over again. Not just
by online influencers. Not just by Fox News.
But by the President of the
United States and his closest allies,
who have chosen to turn Kirk into a martyr and
use his death as a weapon to brand half the country as terrorists.
If we allow them to succeed, if we let the lie harden into truth, then we are not just watching history—we are volunteering to become another entry in the graphs* above.
*This graph tracks every act of U.S.-bred terrorism
over the last seventy-five years where the
perpetrators’ radicalization took
place here in America.
In all but one, every decade tells
the same story: right-wing
extremism dominates.
The only way to stop that outcome is to speak now, loudly and relentlessly.
Silence is complicity.
Silence is surrender. And in the
face of dehumanization, silence is suicide.
The truth is not on their side.
But it will only matter if we
shout it louder than
their lies.
–Lukium, Sept 14, 2025
https://americanmanifesto.news/p/warning-we-will-be-decimated-if-we-stays-quiet
@101
ok lola
101: Actually we do. He’s a Slog treasure. His linguistic tapestry is quickly scrollable if you’re not in the mood to parse his radical boneheaded bloviating. Slog was kinda boring during his absence.
the Counter says ‘104’
but pathetic little 101’s
the only one’s showing.
@105: Sloppy Javascript past 100. To see comments past 100, put 110 or later comment number at the end of the URL. The “?Page=2” functionality doesn’t work.
https://www.thestranger.com/slog-am/2025/09/12/80238503/slog-am-suspected-assassin-in-custody-seven-hbcus-closed-after-threats-last-major-hearing-on-seattles-comp-plan/comments/110
@102: See @93 who reflects what I was trying to say only much better.
now it says ‘107’
but still only the
pathetic Bipee’s
pops up Sad af
@106 — Thnx!
Who’s to say that the shooter couldn’t be both a far right Nazi type and have a trans partner? That wouldn’t fit neatly into anyone’s narrative, but what does?
@110: That would make you feel better about the situation, amirite?
Comments seem to be being funky, maybe has to do w/ being @ 100+
Bi-pedo @101…
I do read Kristo’s posts.
When I see your posts, all I can think is “Christ, what a asshole”.
@110 Catalina… Totally agree. Examples off the top of my head: Caitlen Jenner, and Milo Yappa Dappa Wang Dang Doodle, or whatever the fuck his name is.
@Coolie… slow your roll. You ain’t near as good at this trolling shit as you think you are. Please stop before you embarrass yourself furthur.
Bonus points if you get that joke.
@113: Eat dirt.
71 That Kirk quote is a response to 3 children being killed. You’re missing the context.
Also, it turns out that the kid is a far right republican troll…. so… no wonder you and the rest of the republicans on here are defending him. He’s you.
@90 His dad didnt end up being a cop and his roommate didnt end up being trans and he went to a trade school in Utah. He’s a groyper. If you don’t know what that is… i’m sure Coolidge can tell you all about it.
You killed one of your own. Congrats.
@116: Incorrect. Tyler Robinson’s roommate is male to female transgender person.
@116: Wishful thinking does not make you correct.
@113 I think all the trans roommate stuff has been withdrawn at this point but even if it hasn’t been… having a SECRET trans boyfriend is far more right wing than left. We aren’t the ones that crash Grindr whenever we have a convention.
Lol you guys have been stroking your meat all weekend to a story that still has not been confirmed and is only being reported by outlets who are mouthpieces for this administration, with no updates since Saturday. Even if true, the alleged trans roommate has been cooperating and is not implicated so not even sure what you’re so fired up about.
Here’s a little media literacy tip for you. If a story is attributed to an unnamed source, official, or “report”, wait until more information comes out before jumping. This is always true but especially now that the fbi is run by a podcaster who got his job by crawling up the president’s ass. Might save you from looking a gullible tool who will believe anything if it even remotely flatters your bigotry.
“When I see your posts, all I can think is “Christ, what a asshole”
Thanks for noticing!
“Please stop before you embarrass yourself furthur.”
How is a nonsense reference to Ken Kesey & The Merry Prankster’s bus a “joke”? Where is the “funny part”? DO I STILL GET THE BONUS POINTS???
@78 wrong again
@110 Girl, quite the stretch
Y’all need to remember this, it is the moment you lost it ALL.
The youth is on to your evil and destructive ways.
Charlies spirit and movement will live long after all of you.
Peace and love
“Even if true, the alleged trans roommate has been cooperating”
Because it doesn’t want to go to prison for being an accomplice
@78 wrong again
@110 Girl, whatever you need to do to keep up the lie you tell yourself
Y’all need to remember this, it is the moment you lost it ALL.
The youth is on to your evil and destructive ways.
Charlies spirit and movement will live long after all of you.
Peace and love to you all.
@78 wrong again
@110 Girl, whatever you need to do to keep up the lie you tell yourself
Y’all need to remember this, it is the moment you lost it ALL.
The youth is on to your evil and destructive ways.
Charlies spirit and movement will live long after all of you.
Peace and love to you all.
@78 wrong again
@110 Girl, whatever you need to do to keep up the lie you tell yourself
Y’all need to remember this, it is the moment you lost it ALL.
The youth is on to your evil and destructive ways.
Charlies spirit and movement will live long after all of you.
Peace and love to you all.
tha hell
@78 wrong again
@110 Girl, whatever you need to do to keep up the lie you tell yourself
Y’all need to remember this, it is the moment you lost it ALL.
The youth is on to your evil and destructive ways.
Charlies spirit and movement will live long after all of you.
Peace and love to you all.
Whoopsies
@ Bi-pedo…
Not that you are going to see this, but I’m glad you got the Ken Kesey joke. Or not.
I’ve known many Merry Pranksters over the years, and they would have run your dead ass out of Dodge. They don’t put up with the shit you spew.