The Daily Signal - Social Media & Trans-Antifa Blamed for Assassination & Violence as Europe Heats Up | Sept. 15, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:25 We'd love to talk. Business. Updates in the investigation on the Charlie Kirk assassination confirm trans-antifa hate spurred the shooter as three major network news outlets instead moved to blame violence on social media. And in the meantime, Europe is getting a little bit more tense. I'm Tony Kenned, hosted the Daily Signals Tony Kenned cast, syndicated nationally at 7 p.m. Eastern. It is Monday, September 15th, 2025. This is the Daily Signals, top news in 10.

Starting point is 00:00:56 Additional updates coming out over the weekend on the investigation of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. As the alleged assassin Tyler Robinson sits in custody in Utah, Governor Spencer Cox told ABC News this week that his roommate was indeed a boyfriend who is transitioning from male to female. That we can confirm that his roommate was indeed a boyfriend who is transitioning from male to female. That's information that the FBI had mentioned yesterday. We can't confirm that as well and that he is cooperating with authorities as well. President Trump's administration also announced there are a series of investigations beginning on left-leaning networks, NGOs and nonprofits operating out of Utah who may or may not have something to do with the plot of assassination. Do you plan on investigating?

Starting point is 00:01:55 We'll see. We'll be announcing. They're already under-investigations. You know, they're already under major investigations. A lot of the people that you would traditionally say are on the left. They're already under investigation. President Trump was asked yesterday evening on the tarmac next to U.S. Marine 1, where he thought the problem was, whether it was on the left, whether it was on the right, this was the president's response. Well, the problem is on the left.

Starting point is 00:02:21 If you look at the problem, the problem is on the left. It's not on the right, like some people like to say on the right. The problem we have is on the left. And when you look at the agitators, you look at the scum that speak so badly of our country. Later yesterday evening, a vigil for Charlie Kirk was held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. It was beyond pact. The speakers where many will be going over some of those on the Tony Kennett cast later this evening. Meanwhile, on the Sunday shows, the legacy media outlets have moved the question as to what

Starting point is 00:02:56 led to the assassination of Charlie Kirk to a conversation about social media algorithms. And this was rather strange. We usually do on Mondays a quick Sunday show Roundup. This is, although a passing media fad, it is a way to see what the legacy media outlets are focusing on for the week. And on CNN's State of the Union, ABC's This Week, and CBS Face the Nation,

Starting point is 00:03:20 all three hosted specific and individual guests to talk about the dangers of social media algorithms as being the core thing to blame regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Moving chronologically, Dana Bash on CNN's State of the Union warned that social media algorithms are pulling Americans deeper and deeper into, quote, our own information loops and political ecosystems. And now a word about social media. It started as a way for people to make connections, give updates about our lives, or reconnect with old friends. But now the social media companies' algorithms feed us what they think we want to see. It gets to the point where people often don't see opposing ideas that may challenge their

Starting point is 00:04:04 own views unless it's through the lens of attacking or mocking the other side and the cycle keeps going. We get deeper and deeper into our own information loops and political ecosystems. Ben Shapiro, the conservative commentator and friend of Charlie Kirk, said on the free press podcast this week, quote, how social media works is a disaster area. There is no question it is making the world a worse place. Now, he was careful to say he isn't calling for censorship. The question is whether it's time, maybe well past time, for social media sites to think long and hard about the way they manipulate

Starting point is 00:04:39 what people see on the computer they carry in their pocket, especially young people. CBS Face the Nation had on University of Chicago Professor Robert Pape, the founding director of the Chicago Project, to talk about social media and the internet as being accelerants for political violence, but not necessarily the root cause. He instead blames this as a watershed moment

Starting point is 00:05:02 on political violent populism. Here's that explanation. Does your research buttress the point that both Senator Langford and Senator Coons made, which is the internet is an accelerant and an amplifier? It's an accelerant, but it's not the root cause. So studying this problem now for five years, I've found that just as around the world, big social change, it drives political violence. We see this in other countries around the world, but the details of the change vary.

Starting point is 00:05:36 We are now moving for the first time in our country's 250-year history from a white majority democracy to a white minority democracy. In 1990, we were 76% non-Hispanic white. Today, we're 57% non-Hispanic white. It will be another 10 years, maybe 15, if we deport a lot of those undocumented illegal immigrants before we make the transition to a truly white minority democracy. And on ABC's This Week, Democrat Governor Jared Polis of Colorado, said that social media, while being the way we talk and communicate in this day and age, is a horrible risk for people falling into radicalization or resorting to violent acts.

Starting point is 00:06:20 Well, look, Charlie Kirk also used social media, became popular in social media, had reach of tens of millions of people through social media. Social media is simply the way we talk and communicate in this day and age for better or worse. And of course, it leads to instant access to a world of information online, At the same time, it can risk people falling into radicalization or resorting to violent act. And on the world stage, things are heating up quite a bit. Major demonstrations against unfettered immigration, as well as in favor of Charlie Kirk, occurred in the United Kingdom, in South Korea, in several countries in Europe, all over the place,

Starting point is 00:07:05 and they were attended by hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people. But over on the border between Eastern Europe and the Russian Federation, things are getting a little bit more testy. Polish President Carol Naraki signed a resolution approving the deployment of NATO forces onto the territory of Poland as part of Operation Eastern Century, according to a statement released yesterday afternoon by the Polish National Security Bureau. And Romania also scrambled fighter jets over the weekend due to concerns of LIDAR and radar, picking up possible Russian drone incursion into Romanian airspace.

Starting point is 00:07:52 Additionally, drones have also been spotted over the territories in Lithuania, bordering Belarus. Whether or not these are Belarusian or Russian drones is so far yet unknown to the general public. This was addressed at a September 12th conference by Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, General Alexis Grinkovich of NATO. Secretary General, it's a great honor to be here by your side in Brussels for this important announcement, one that will strengthen our defenses. Integrated and layered air defenses, both air and ground-based, will be key as we move forward. This was on top of everyone's mind in the Baltic states, where I just returned from a short while ago. My conversations with leaders in Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia, focused on NATO's response to the reckless and dangerous act that occurred in Poland earlier this week.

Starting point is 00:08:46 I am incredibly proud of our response. It was decisive and it was effective. And it speaks to the capability and professionalism of 32 allies working together. As the Secretary General just mentioned, this decisiveness will continue with Eastern Century. Although the immediacy of our focus is on Poland, this situation transcends the borders of one nation. What affects one ally affects us all. This is an issue that impacts all of the alliance and we will treat it as such. Eastern Century will be flexible and agile,

Starting point is 00:09:26 delivering even more focused deterrence and defense exactly when and where needed. It will include additional enhanced capabilities. It will integrate air and ground-based defenses. and it will increase information sharing amongst nations. Foremost, it will even further strengthen our posture to shield and protect the alliance. Allies stand in solidarity with Poland

Starting point is 00:09:51 and are committed to this endeavor. We have already seen announcements on the deployment of forces from France, Germany, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. We expect others soon. As part of Eastern Century, we will also work with Allied Command Transcendant, as we did in Baltic's entry to rapidly experiment and field new technologies such as counter drone sensors and weapons.

Starting point is 00:10:17 Poland and citizens from across the alliance should be assured by our rapid response earlier this week and our significant announcement here today. NATO will continue to defend every inch of its territory. There's a lot more to discuss the very first Prime Minister in the world being elected via a vote in discord as well as well as a series of other breaking investigations and indictments happening here in the United States. We're going to talk about that later this evening on the Tony Kinnett cast. So before you go, head down to the description. Make sure you're subscribed to the Tony Kinnett cast so you can join us live at 7 p.m. Eastern. I'm Tony Kinnett, and this has been The Daily Signals Top News in 10. Take care.

The Daily Signal - Social Media & Trans-Antifa Blamed for Assassination & Violence as Europe Heats Up | Sept. 15, 2025

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