“We’re very clearly in a moment where the temperature of our political discourse is extremely high,” said Ruth Braunstein, an associate professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University who has stud...

Charlie Kirk and William Montgomery started Turning Point USA in 2012 to engage young people in the conservative movement.

But after Kirk was felled, a different feeling of hollow dread settled heavily onto the national consciousness.

"Kirk, 31, was a hugely successful political field organizer, TikTok influencer, radio host, nonprofit leader and public speaker all rolled up in one telegenic figure," Stelter wrote in a CNN article...

"When you try to silence a voice like this, they don't go away - you only amplify it," sophomore Scott Sperry said.