Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of the Left podcast.

All that is happening in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination was quite predictable

because we've actually seen this game play out before.

The only thing we didn't know was what would be the catalyst to really put the autocracy into high gear.

For those looking for a quick overview, the sources providing our top takes in about 45 minutes today

includes Mother Jones, We Gun Be All Right, Sy Cantrell, Tad Stormer, the Benjamin Dixon show,

Counter-Vortex, and The Chris Hedges Report.

Then, in the additional deeper dives

have of the show, there will be more in four sections. Section A, Charlie Kirk, followed

by Section B, the Nazi Playbook, Section C, Historical Context, and Section D, It's Not

Both Sides. But first, a reminder to check out our new show solved on the Best of Left YouTube channel.

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And now,

on to the show.

No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way.

His tragic and horrific assassination deserves widespread condemnation. But as we ponder

his legacy, we should not sidestep the full picture. There's a tendency after a tragedy to

focus on what's best about a person, or at least not focus on the negatives. And that's probably a good

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