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  [SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 (16:30 PDT)] Just a bit of housekeeping, critical thinkers, I needed to go back and see if a retraction was needed after all of the speculation of this being related to  trans ideology; after carefully reading the post, I think I was not in error and just passing along the information we had to go on at the time with links to others making the claim. MEDIAite: Utah Governor Reveals What Shooter Engraved on Bullet Casings This article from THE US SUN fills in some more blanks. Good Lord Thankful He Did Not Have an Anti-tank Weapon     Image Credit: US Sun/facebook    In closing, there are some questions of someone--even two men--who appears on smartphone video appearing to stand just off the side of Kirk using what appear to be hand signals; regardless, I will late that shake-out before posting a link. At today's press conference, police said they have ruled out involvement of others. What is also weird is the video of the suspect ...

  [SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 (11:00 AM PDT)] This morning brings new developments in the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk, critical thinkers, The Wall Street Journal is reporting the recovered firearm and unspent shell casings contain trans markings; of course, the headlined link on Drudge is paywall blocked and I have been attempting to obtain a readable text Surprise Surprise Surprise Meanwhile, I am scouring MSM to report the story of the firearm being recovered, yet no mention of the trans rhetoric inscribed. Alright, we have the NY Post breaking ranks to publish this pertinent information: Photo Obtained by NY POST Appears to Show Assassin NY POST: GUN RECOVERED AMMO BORE PROTRANS ANTI FACIST MESSAGES It has also been reported as early as an hour after the shooting by an eyewitness that Kirk was shot while taking or answering a question on the repeated trans shootings in recent years. ZeroHedge has a pretty good rundown with links to a Charles Crowder leaked email from an ATF ...

 Note: Currently, I cannot get my cursor to align with my left margin Okay, I am going to just post and check my phone and see if legible [SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 (13:23 PDT)] Image Credit: Drudge Report KIRK IN CRITICAL CONDITION REPORTS AP Here is what is unfolding at this hour: The Oakland based KTVU 2 & KRON 4 went live about the time I walked back into the newsroom (13:25)  NEWS NATION NOW REPORTS SHOOTER NOT IN CUSTODY AFTER REPORTS OF CAPTURE (13:32) NY TIMES CONFIRMS SUSPECT FIRST BELIEVED TO BE SHOOTER RELEASED InfoWars: Posted Footage of Shot: WARNING EXTREMELY GRAPHIC FOOTAGE VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED I expect the video will be taken down  (13:45 PDT) Alright, I have checked my phone and the text laid out properly The latest: Trump has just posted on True Social that Kirk is Dead NY TIMES has lifted the earlier paywall and is running live updates: Right Wing Activist Charlie Kirk 31 Fatally Shot in Utah FOX 13 UTAH: Political Activist Kirk Dead After Utah Valley...

  [SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 (10:30 AM PDT)] The president just weighed-in on the murder of a Ukrainian woman on a train , and most of the talkers are pointing to this and an execution style in broad daylight in recent days barely receiving any coverage. “And the actions that we take are nothing — this cashless bail started a wave in our country where a killer kills somebody and is out on the street by the afternoon, in many cases, going out and going again cashless bail,” he said. Unfortunately, Trump missed the opportunity to add to his comments the prevalence of the George Soros DAs' and lenient judges at the heart of takeover of justice systems in most of the major cities; a few weeks-ago, Trump said he would be going after Soros funded NGOs using the RICO statutes. Syndicated talker, Vince Caglianese [no wonder they just call it The Vince Show ] pointed to the back-to-back coverage of the Marine, Daniel Penney, who was charged with murder for detaining a violent man on a train a year...

  [SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 (12:30 PDT)] Today, RFK Jr. testifying before the Senate, leads the newscycle, critical thinkers, Before we get to that I wanted to post this news item from the several days-long summit framed for the purpose of improving military cooperation between Russia, China, and North Korea. If I live long enough, it is hard not to envision an eventual takeover of superpower dominance from the United States, NATO, and the West. CBS NEWS: OVERVIEW OF SUMMIT MILITARY PARADE & ANALYSIS [4:33M] Not trying to be negative, but just the length of time--the US has two major shipbuilders--to build and field new ships which is far outpaced by China. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. arrives to testify before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Sept. 4, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images KENNEDY DEFENDS CDC SHAKE UP CHANGES IN VAXX AVAILABILITY EPOCH TIMES: Kennedy Defends Changes in Vaxx Schedule Firing of Agency Head There...

[AUGUST 31, 2025 (17:00 PDT)] Getting used to working on weekends to get the latest information out as we head into a new month, critical thinkers. Why the dedication? Readers of CT&Reasoning have nearly doubled the visits to the site from the previous month--close to 500 coming on multiple days per month--hundreds the mean average, daily. THANK YOU CDC Squealing Like A Pig in Response to Reforms Demanded By the US Populace Here is a look at the mass firings and closing down of certain operations and functions from the Oh this is horrible we must "trust the science," Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/31/trump-rfk-relationship-maha-maga/ This seems to be now paywalled and I have spent a half-hour trying to find it in archives to no end. Been there heard that for almost three-years: The end result has been the country and economy being irreparably harmed, children's educations dismantled, scholarships and senior balls cancelled, football s...