Wake Up Right - September 17, 2025

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September 17, 2025

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Good morning, folks. It’s been one week since Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and while we rightly focus on the tragedy, I want to begin today with a small piece of good news:

In the past six days, Turning Point USA has received over 54,000 requests from high school and college students looking to start or join local chapters of the organization that Charlie founded.

If you’re a student who’s interested, learn more here.

  • 🇬🇧 President Trump begins U.K. state visit today

  • 📊 15% say U.S. is 'better off' with Charlie Kirk dead

  • ✅ 62% approve of Trump striking drug smuggling boats

  • 📜 On this day in 1787, the U.S. Constitution was signed

  • 🪦 Iconic actor Robert Redford dies at 89

  • 🎙️ The Charlie Kirk show has reached #1 on Apple Podcasts

Killer’s texts with trans boyfriend reveal confession

Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced Charlie Kirk’s assassin, Tyler Robinson, faces aggravated murder and a slew of additional counts after newly released text messages with his transgender boyfriend revealed what they say amounts to a confession.

The details: Robinson admitted in exchanges with his roommate, Lance Twiggs, that he shot Charlie Kirk during a campus event and urged the roommate to destroy evidence. Below is the exact exchange as it appears in court filings. I have highlighted the areas that amount to a confession and premeditation.

On September 10, 2022, the roommate received a text message from Robinson which said, “drop what you are doing, look under my keyboard.” The roommate looked under the keyboardand found a note that stated, “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to takeit.” Police found a photograph of this note.

The following text exchange then took place. After reading the note, the roommate responded, “What?????????????? You’re joking,right????”

Robinson: I am still ok my love, but am stuck in orem for a little while longer yet. Shouldn’t be long until I can come home, but I gotta grab my rifle still. To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you.

Roommate: you weren’t the one who did it right????

Robinson: I am, I’m sorry

Roommate: I thought they caught the person?

Robinson: no, they grabbed some crazy old dude, then interrogated someone insimilar clothing. I had planned to grab my rifle from my drop point shortly after, but most of that side of town got locked down. Its quiet, almostenough to get out, but theres one vehicle lingering.

Roommate: Why?

Robinson: Why did I do it?

Roommate: Yeah

Robinson: I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out. If I am able to grab my rifle unseen, I will have left no evidence. Going to attempt to retrieve it again, hopefully they have moved on. I haven’t seen anything about them finding it.…

Roommate: How long have you been planning this?

Robinson: a bit over a week I believe. I can get close to it but there is a squad carparked right by it. I think they already swept that spot, but I don’t wannachance it…

Robinson: I’m wishing I had circled back and grabbed it as soon as I got to my vehicle. … I’m worried what my old man would do if I didn’t bring back grandpas rifle … idek if it had a serial number, but it wouldn’t trace to me. I worry about prints I had to leave it in a bush where I changed outfits. didn’t have the ability or time to bring it with. … I might have to abandon it and hope they don’t find prints. how the fuck will I explain losing it to my old man. …only thing I left was the rifle wrapped in a towel. …remember how I was engraving bullets? The fuckin messages are mostly abig meme, if I see “notices bulge uwu” on fox new I might have a stroke alright im gonna have to leave it, that really fucking sucks. judging from today I’d say grandpas gun does just fine idk. I think thatwas a $2k scope ;-;…

Robinson: delete this exchange

Robinson: my dad wants photos of the rifle … he says grandpa wants to know who has what, the feds released a photo of the rifle, and it is very unique. Hes calling me rn, not answering.…

Robinson: since trump got into office [my dad] has been pretty diehard maga.…

Robinson: Im gonna turn myself in willingly, one of my neighbors here is adeputy for the sheriff.

Robinson: you are all I worry about love

Roommate: I’m much more worried about you

Robinson: don’t talk to the media please. don’t take any interviews or make any comments. … if any police ask you questions ask for a lawyer and stay silent

Reactions from the left: ABC News correspondent Matt Gutman called the messages "very touching” and remarked at how the assassin “was trying to protect” his boyfriend.

  • A prominent X user named "@Bonchie" reacted to Grutman, writing: "All it takes is transgenderism being involved, and suddenly the mainstream press thinks the shooter and his boyfriend are a touching love story. Insane."

Zoom out: Robinson’s mom told police her son had grown “more pro-gay and trans-rights-oriented” over the past year.

Related: FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed yesterday that the bureau is investigating over 20 people connected to a Discord chat group potentially involved in planning Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Big picture: Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Robinson.

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Biden FBI’s “Arctic Frost” targeted Republicans like Charlie Kirk

The FBI under Joe Biden launched an expansive probe known as Arctic Frost, targeting dozens of Republican groups, including Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA.

Back up: Artic Frost was originally set up to investigate President Trump’s efforts to “overturn” the 2020 election. It was opened and approved by anti-Trump FBI agent Timothy Thibault and was assigned to special counsel Jack Smith.

The details: Senator Chuck Grassley shared the latest revelations during yesterday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel, citing new evidence from whistleblowers that illuminated how the investigation was “much broader than just an electoral matter.”

  • By 2022, Arctic Frost had expanded to target 92 Republican organizations and individuals, including Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, the Republican National Committee, and prominent Trump allies like Rudy Giuliani and Sydney Powell.

  • Sen. Grassley said the findings show the Biden FBI was “infected with politics.”

Partisan prosecution: The whistleblowers also revealed to Grassley that when FBI agent Thibault learned the DOJ planned to prosecute Trump advisor Peter Navarro, he replied, “Wow. Great.” Navarro eventually served three months in prison. He currently serves as Counselor to President Trump.

Side note: “Arctic Frost” satsumas are a type of orange. It appears that even the FBI’s name for this investigation is political, meant to mock Trump.

The last word goes to Senator Grassley, who got to the core of the sham investigation, saying Artic Forst “was the vehicle by which partisan FBI agents and Department of Justice prosecutors could achieve their partisan ends and improperly investigate the entire Republican political apparatus."

[Source: Fox News, Breitbart]

👹 George Zinn, the man who falsely claimed to be Charlie Kirk's shooter to distract law enforcement, has been charged with possession of child porn. Read more.

📰 President Trump is suing The New York Times for defamation and libel, seeking $15 billion for the newspaper's coverage of him leading up to the 2024 election. Read more.

📱 President Trump signed a 90-day extension for TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the U.S. – one day after suggesting he was close to a deal with Beijing. Read more.

❄️ The U.S. added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in three decades. Read more.

✍️ A famous retired FBI handwriting analysis expert says President Trump's alleged signature on a two-decade-old letter to Jeffrey Epstein is a fake. Read more.

🧑‍⚖️ A New York judge has tossed the terrorism charges against suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione. Read more. He still faces other state and federal charges, including murder.

👨‍⚕️ A New Jersey surgeon who allegedly “cheered” Charlie Kirk’s murder while at work has resigned, and the nurse suspended for calling him out has been reinstated. Read more.

🇰🇵 Kim Jong Un has banned words like 'hamburger' and 'ice cream' for being too Western. Read more.

📚️ The Trump administration plans to inject nearly $500 million into historically Black colleges and tribal universities for American history and civics education. Read more.

⛪️ Gen Z leads in church attendance, according to a new poll, attending on average 23 services per year. Millennials attend 22, Gen X makes it to 19, and Boomers just under 17. Read more. Charlie Kirk is smiling in heaven.

🎥 WTF... ABC News reporter called texts between Kirk's assassin and his trans boyfriend "touching." Watch.

🎥 Charlie Kirk's assassin appears emotionless in court. Watch.

🎥 Race-baiting Don Lemon asked the wrong Black woman about Charlie Kirk. Watch.

🎥 Sickos. Supporters of Luigi Mangione [the guy who shot the United Health CEO] camp outside court hearing. Watch.

🎥 Leftist actress Jamie Lee Curtis cries while talking about Charlie Kirk. Watch.

🎥 These workers have been fired for their disgusting reactions to Charlie Kirk's assassination. Watch.

🎥 FBI Director UNLOADS on "political buffoon" Adam Schiff. Watch.

🎥 Trump smacks down wise-a$$ Australian reporter. Watch.

🎥 Go long: Senator Eric Schmidt doesn't mince words: We need to confront the epidemic of left-wing political violence. Watch. [10min]

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