The Brew: Will Online Conspiracy Theories Set Charlie Kirk’s Killer Free?

Who’s the most courageous journalist in America? Seriously, can you think of a single name? I can think of a few who have risked their careers, courted lawfare from the Deep State, or dared to disparage litigious corporations such as Dominion Systems. But nobody has put his actual life and limb on the line like Andy Ngo, a gay reporter and one-time liberal Democrat who had the crazy idea that it would be okay for him to track when groups such as Antifa actually broke the law and engaged in violence. You know, because that’s the kind of story that journalists used to pursue, regardless of their personal political sympathies.

Oh, how very 2015 of Mr. Ngo. Covering the lawless, rapacious violence of Antifa got him targeted, assaulted, doxed, and driven into hiding. He deserves our thanks and prayers. And now Ngo is reporting on the reckless, callous abuse of Charlie Kirk’s death by cynical grifters who pose as conservatives, such as Candace Owens and lately Tucker Carlson. Ngo writes:

There are no great mysteries surrounding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Investigators identified and arrested a suspect within 48 hours, and the evidence released has consistently aligned with the accusations against Tyler Robinson. Authorities have provided videos, photos, interview summaries with family members, and what they say are recovered communications between Robinson and his trans lover. Robinson believed, like most Democrats and leftists, that Kirk spread “transphobia” and needed to be stopped.

Yet factions on both the left and right continue to pump out viral conspiracies and fabrications. Left-wing influencers immediately—and falsely—claimed Robinson was a far-right MAGA supporter. The lie spread so widely that some mainstream liberal outlets began reporting it as a possibility despite the rifle cartridges showing Antifa dogwhistles….

Trials, due process and the procedures leading up to them are supposed to be sacred. When courts lose control of a case, pre-trial publicity can explode into chaos—a circus—and poison the jury pool. We’ve already seen how destructive that can be. Just look at what happened before and during the Derek Chauvin-George Floyd trial. British courts, for example, can impose wide restrictions on media coverage of pending criminal cases to protect the accused’s right to a fair trial. We don’t have that in the U.S.

Go read the rest, and ask God to bless and enlighten Andy Ngo. We need more Americans like him. And like each one of us, he needs Jesus.

The New York Post reports:

 Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk rebuked conspiracy theorists peddling bonkers claims about her late husband, decrying the toll it’s had on her team.

In the weeks that followed the brutal gunning down of her husband, caught on camera, prominent right-wing figures such as Candace Owens have spewed unfounded claims about his death and raised questions about the funeral arrangements….

“My poor team is exhausted, and every time they bring this back up, what are we supposed to do, relive that trauma all over again?” she asked. “They watched my husband get murdered. I have no idea how I would have reacted if I was there that day.”

“My team, they are rocked the core. So why every single day do they have to be dragged through the mud?”

Charlie Kirk’s longtime friend Eric Metaxas has weighed in as well:

Candace Owens’ behavior has been truly despicable. That Russell Brand had her on his podcast is ALSO despicable. Tucker Carlson despicably platformed Nick Fuentes. We have an obligation to call out these powerful influencers. THEY SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED. In the end they will be.

— Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) December 9, 2025

And there’s even a Bible verse that’s appropriate here:

“These are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning, but never coming to a knowledge of the truth.” – II Timothy 3:6-7 pic.twitter.com/yn4Pba6jF2

— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) December 11, 2025

But there’s a positive side to this story, as Lifenews reports:

The assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk had a significant impact on the nation, fostering discussions on the link between dehumanizing rhetoric and political violence, prompting the White House to investigate left-wing domestic terrorist groups, and inspiring a Christian revival among broad swaths of the population. Now, a new study is examining that revival, its extent, and its impact.

According to a survey conducted by the Barna Group, nearly one fifth (18%) of American adults reported that they became more spiritually active following Kirk’s assassination, while 5% said that they became more politically active and 6% said that they became both more spiritually and more politically active….

In comments to The Washington Stand, Joseph Backholm, senior fellow for Biblical Worldview at Family Research Council, noted, “In recent years, Charlie had emphasized the importance of faith before political activity, and in his death that message landed with those who respected him.” Backholm continued, “I also think there’s an understanding that he was murdered, not because of his political positions, but because he was engaged very directly in a spiritual war. This clearly became about more than politics and an encouraging number of young people are seeing this and they want to engage in the spiritual war that inspires our political wars.”

So now you know why Screwtape is so eager to hijack the violent death of a Christian apostle at the hands of a left-wing sexual degenerate.

Supreme Court Upholds Religious Exemptions

Some more good news here (sorry, guys) from Children’s Health Defense, on the subject of religious liberty:

The U.S. Supreme Court today reversed a lower court decision against a group of Amish parents and school leaders who challenged the state of New York’s vaccine mandates for schools, ruling that the appeals court must reconsider the case.

Today’s ruling is a win for health and religious freedom advocates — one that could have implications for other states that don’t allow religious exemptions from school vaccine mandates, attorneys said.

Attorney Sujata Gibson told The Defender today’s Supreme Court decision is “checkmate” for states that refuse to accept religious exemptions. “It means we’re almost certainly getting the religious exemption back, not only in New York, but across the country,” Gibson said.

Today’s decision stems from a lawsuit filed on June 2, 2023, against the New York State Department of Health and New York State Education Department, alleging they violated the U.S. Constitution by preventing the plaintiffs from exercising their religion.

Remember that during the COVID panic our pastors, bishops, and Christian influencers were telling us that we had to obey the World Health Organization and its dictates, and if we didn’t we didn’t “love our neighbor,” and probably belonged in those internment camps that Australia was actually building and our Centers for Disease Control were advocating for the unvaccinated.

Officially Christian Britain Punishes Teacher for Saying It’s Officially Christian

The National Pulse reports:

A London primary (elementary) school teacher was dismissed after telling a Muslim pupil that Britain is a Christian country. The teacher made the remark while enforcing the school’s policy that Islamic religious activities at the non-faith school be confined to a designated prayer room. He reportedly explained to a group of students that, because the King is the head of the Church of England, “Britain is still a Christian state,” and also suggested that students seeking additional accommodations for Islamic practices could consider a nearby Islamic school.

Remember that Britain has an official established church, the Anglican church, and its laws prohibit Catholics from inheriting the throne — because they aren’t … Anglicans. But that’s just a dusty relic from the past, nothing to trouble the hordes of Muslim colonists that the government is importing to replace the native population. The story continues:

The situation began when the teacher found several boys washing their feet in the bathroom sinks. When he addressed them, he spoke about British values of tolerance, although he reiterated that “Britain is still a Christian state.” The comments triggered a safeguarding review, despite being literally true, with the King’s coronation oath including a vow to “maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel” and the House of Lords including Anglican bishops, among other constitutional provisions enshrining Christianity as the state religion.

The local safeguarding board concluded that the remarks had caused “emotional harm” to the child involved. London’s Metropolitan Police initially had its child abuse team examine the incident as a possible hate crime, although the inquiry was eventually dropped. The teacher was suspended in March 2024, and by February 2025, he had been dismissed for gross misconduct.

Meanwhile, local Anglican bishops are condemning an upcoming Christmas carol service in Southwark, England, because it includes Christians who oppose mass Muslim migration:

Imagine these plebs thinking they own Christmas? Think they own Christ and the Church?

It’s these weak, woke, weirdos who have destroyed the Church of England.

Driven people away from Christianity.

We’re putting Christ back into Christmas.

And we don’t need you ✝️ pic.twitter.com/qAvQK63NP9

— Tommy Robinson (@TRobinsonNewEra) December 10, 2025

Elon Musk Warns That the U.S. Risks Becoming a “Communist Hellhole” Like His Native South Africa

Demography is destiny. The Roman empire realized that fact too late. So did American Indians. Will current Americans have to face the same grim reality? Elon Musk is worried, as Gateway Pundit reports:

Elon Musk recently appeared on the Katie Miller podcast and talked about a number of topics, including the rise of Zohran Mamdani and Ilhan Omar, noting that these figures are from outside of America and are getting elected to office with votes from people who were born outside of America.

Musk says that this is proof that America risks becoming a ‘communist hellhole.’

He also points out that this is completely intentional. The left is making this happen with their open border policies.

Musk said to Miller that

there are massive transfer payments going to illegal immigrants, like massive. Essentially, we’re paying people to come here from somewhere else in vast numbers, including flying them in. So, like, it’s not like you need a border wall if you’re flying them in. Then fast tracking them to citizenship and making them beholden to government payments. And voting hard left. That’s essentially, it’s like voter importation.

If you create a gigantic money magnet to, you say, if anyone comes here from anywhere else, we’re going to pay you tons of money, give you lots of free stuff. Come to America and get paid to do so. Like, you’re going to get a lot of people taking up on that offer.

Imagine that: immigrants are human beings who respond to predictable human incentives — rather than brown saviors who will redeem us all from the White Guilt that tortures our souls.

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John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or coauthor of 14 books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His newest book is No Second Amendment, No First.