The third Red Scare

Vice President JD Vance hosts a podcast episode of “The Charlie Kirk Show” following Kirk’s shooting, at the White House on September 15, 2025. | Doug Mills/Getty Images Across the country, ordinary Americans are being fired for expressing their opinions about Charlie Kirk’s killing. Sometimes, those opinions are despicable — like support for his assassination. But in other cases they are anodyne, like expressing distaste for some of Kirk’s offensive statements in life.  Prominent right-wing voices, like Laura Loomer and the social media account Libs of TikTok, are gleefully identifyi