Political Violence In America

美国政治暴力

What A Day

2025-09-12

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The search for a suspect in Charlie Kirk's death continues. The FBI released some grainy photos of a person of interest wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap — all in black — in the hope it might trigger tips or other information from the public. The FBI also said it recovered a bolt-action rifle that may have been used in the shooting. With no suspect in custody, no motive has been established either. And let's be incredibly clear: as of this moment, we still do not know why someone shot and killed Charlie Kirk. We spoke with Graeme Wood, Atlantic staff writer, about the growing trend of political violence in America. And in headlines, Senate Republicans go nuclear to push through Trump's nominees, the U.K. fires its ambassador to the U.S. over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, and the Department of Education ends grant funding for minority-serving colleges. Show Notes: Check out Graeme's piece – https://tinyurl.com/3p6ed8cjCall Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Friday, September 12th.

  • I'm Jane Costin, and this is What A Day, the show that learned today that octopuses,

  • yes, octopuses, not octopi, use all of their eight limbs in different ways.

  • They use their front forearms for exploring and their back forearms for movement.

  • Just a fun little fact for you to use at your next octopus-themed dinner party.

  • On today's show,

  • the Federal Trade Commission takes a look at the potential harm AI chatbots have on children.

  • And the British government fires its ambassador to the United States for his extremely not great emails to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

  • But let's start with the latest updates on the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

  • At the time of this recording at 8 p.m.

  • Eastern on Thursday, the search for a suspect continues.

  • The FBI released some grainy photos of a person of interest wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap.

  • all in black, in the hopes it might trigger tips or other information from the public.

  • The Bureau also said it had recovered a bolt-action rifle that may have been used in the shooting.

  • With no suspect in custody, no motive has been established either.

  • And let's be incredibly clear.

  • As of this moment, we still do not know why someone shot and killed Charlie Kirk.

  • Still, that has not stopped many, many people, quite loudly and with a whole lot of certainty,

  • from characterizing his murder as an act of left-wing political violence.

  • That includes President Donald Trump, who said this Wednesday night.