Charlie Kirk has died at 31 after being shot today, according to conservative online channel Real America's Voice, where Kirk's show aired.

There's a good moment in this new WSJ profile of Tim Pool where Pool complains that the Justice Dept exposed Russia's $100k-per-video payments to him.

He then proceeds to gamble away $200 at lunch. www.wsj.com/business/med...

Will Trump ever get out of his Jeffrey Epstein mess? Will the president pardon Ghislaine Maxwell? I'm discussing Trump's myriad Epstein problems today at 1:30 ET with @thebulwark.com members.
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A new sign of trouble at Bari Weiss's University of Austin—Larry Summers resigns from advisory board over the university's direction.

What happened in the intervening four months between this Bondi statement and the DOJ report on Epstein?

Right-wing operative James O'Keefe is out with a self-pitying documentary about how much his employees hated him.

O'Keefe illustrates his apology with a picture of John the Baptist getting his head cut off (2nd newsletter item). @thebulwark.com
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This is a real image from the new James O'Keefe "documentary."

Some wisdom from the MAHA movement.

Interesting split in RFK Jr.'s constituency — RFK Jr. acolyte and White House habitué Jessica Reed Kraus warns RFK to back off any crackdown on "popper" party-drugs.

Some news: I'm starting a new job at @thebulwark.bsky.social, where I'll be writing a newsletter twice a week on right-wing media and conspiracy theories. It's exciting!

Here's the announcement in today's Reliable Sources newsletter:

A twist in the Elon Musk / MAGA influencer baby soap opera. Reading between the lines, it suggests Elon is allegedly denying parentage or some kind of support.

Some unexpected news: right-wing internet personality Ashley St. Clair says she had a baby with Elon Musk.

Right-wing media is melting down today over the erroneous idea that Politico is secretly funded by USAID. Here's the backstory:

Fascinating look at the pro-Gaza invasion mindset.

Conservative undercover video guy James O'Keefe is hosting a "Make America Rave Again" party later this month. PLUR.

After he revealed the hoax, the website said they would keep the Christian nationalist take on Marx article up because its concepts were actually pretty sick — though in retrospect, they said they wouldn't publish Conceptual James because he's an atheist. Did Conceptual James win this round?

Prank news: Conceptual James has been clashing with a group he calls the "woke right" — essentially, paleocons and Christian nationalists. To get back at them, he tricked one of their journals into publishing a heavily rewritten version of the Communist Manifesto, under the pseudonym Marcus Carlson.