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Tim Sample is a Maine humorist, writer and illustrator.

All I know about the short life and violent death of activist Charlie Kirk I’ve gleaned from public media since he was brutally gunned down earlier this month.

Kirk appears to have been a Christian Nationalist and an enthusiastic promoter of the “Big Lie” (that Donald Trump somehow magically won the 2020 election and should cling to power by any means necessary).

During his brief career (he was 31 when he was murdered), Kirk’s positions on some issues, including LGBTQ rights , seem to have shifted a bit — often for the worse. Maybe they wou

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