From New York, this is Democracy Now.

A manhunt is underway in Utah after the prominent far-right activist Charlie

Kirk was assassinated Wednesday as he spoke before a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University.

While a suspect is not in custody, President Trump is already blaming the left for Kirk's murder.

For years, those on the radical left have compared wonderful Americans like Charlie to Nazis

and the world's worst mass murderers and criminals. This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism

that we're seeing in our country today. We'll look at the killing of Charlie Kirk and rising

political violence with Jeff Charlotte, author of The Undertoe, scenes from a slow civil war.

Then to Radley Balco on how President Trump is taking steps to build his own personal army

by creating a standing military force to be deployed domestically.

And we go to Tunisia for an update on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla that's been attacked twice by suspected drones in recent days.

There is no other government that is interested to stop such a civilian movement except the government of Israel.

So this is what they happened.

It's a violation of Tunisian law, violation of civilians, attack on a ship that carry humanitarian aid with civilians on board.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now. Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

A manhunt is underway for the shooter who killed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk

at Utah Valley University on Wednesday.

Kirk founded the conservative youth organization

Turning Point USA when he was just 18 years old and played a crucial role in President

Trump's 2024 victory. Kirk was speaking outside, taking questions from the crowd when he was

killed by a single shot fired from a

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