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Selective Outrage

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Nick Anderson
Sep 16, 2025
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Charlie Kirk’s assassination was heinous. No one should celebrate it. But the Republican outrage machine that has now roared to life in his name? That’s a tragedy of another kind: a morality play so hollow you can hear the echo.

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