National Day of the Deployed: Soldiers and their families honored on social media
By Michelle Ewing
Oct 26, 2016
According to Soldiers' Angels, a nonprofit that provides aid and comfort to troops, veterans and their loved ones, the day is dedicated to "all of the brave men and women who have been deployed and are sacrificing, or have sacrificed, their lives to fight for our country. It's also a day that acknowledges their families they are separated from."
The Atlanta Braves and former right fielder Jorge Soler face a lawsuit by a fan hit in the eye with a ball during a World Series game at Truist Park in 2021.
Ford Motor Co. has settled two Georgia lawsuits that elicited record-setting jury verdicts of $1.7 billion and $2.5 billion, ending more than a decade of litigation.
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Lee added that “I want to say thank you.”"},{"_id":"VG4C4HG3ONEGTDIUFS4SHXTRWY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Trump told Lee that “this will be your proudest moment.”"},{"level":2,"_id":"MMRHQY574NH5DD6W73XU64ISYE","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Trump says Chicago ‘probably next’ for federal intervention, floats St. Louis as another target"},{"_id":"7JVWDQLZ3ZAVXL2PBQQUHL42EY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"As he announced that he was sending the National Guard and other federal authorities into Memphis, Trump said that “we’re going to be doing Chicago probably next.”"},{"_id":"AP24MQLPSJGJJDR24D77TGQIPU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The president has targeted that city for weeks, but has faced deep opposition from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and local officials to the proposed federal intervention. Still, Trump did not seemed to be deterred."},{"_id":"N7SYSKWORZD2JHW56NUQS6WBUQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Chicago is a great city,” Trump said Monday afternoon. “We’re going to make it great again very soon.”"},{"_id":"HKTGVF2KE5ALDJVO3KGECARTA4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"He also hinted that other cities, such as St. Louis, could be next."},{"_id":"Q2P5IG4EQJFB5ICPIA2VC4KAOE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We want to save these places,” he said."},{"level":2,"_id":"BRI36RTKUFHIPOHAUNPXZZC2R4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Trump says he’s deploying the National Guard to Memphis"},{"_id":"2ZARMPMJR5GHTGTUI6XKDFEFH4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The president says he’s sending the National Guard into Memphis to combat crime."},{"_id":"EWK45ALPU5A3XML2XFSAR2EOPA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Trump’s announcement Monday, which came during a visit to the Oval Office by Tennessee’s Republican governor, Bill Lee, came three days after Trump suggested that “Memphis is deeply troubled” and that, “We’re going to fix that just like we did Washington.”"},{"_id":"HTVBUFWYPJHPVN7WHPFRQX3GSI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Trump deployed National Guard troops to Washington last month and federalized the city’s police force in a crackdown he has since argued reduced crime. He said previously that Lee and city officials welcome the federal support."},{"_id":"T34MDE2SXFCEFNORWVZBBFLOWE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Speculation had centered on Chicago as Trump’s next city to send in the National Guard and other federal authorities. But the administration has faced fierce resistance from Illinois’ Democratic governor, JB Pritzker, and the city’s Democratic leaders."},{"level":2,"_id":"CI37MOFXKZCW3LIBUHATYQAE5A","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Trump says the US attacked another boat smuggling drugs "},{"_id":"HYBAL2EI4JHH7HLM5USUZMARIY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Trump said Monday that the U.S. military again targeted a boat smuggling drugs out of Venezuela, and that three people were killed in the strike."},{"_id":"Y52KXDDLDNBHLNWOKZ2KMSTXSA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The president’s announcement on social media comes two weeks after another U.S. military strike on a boat that the Trump administration says was smuggling drugs out of Venezuela, which killed 11 people."},{"level":2,"_id":"UQMDNPAIDRGAFCUJGBYXWJN4Y4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"JUST IN: Trump says the US again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, says 3 killed in strike"},{"level":2,"_id":"PCH6AZUSGBGGFK2E3QMARA36G4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Kennedy’s vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots"},{"_id":"YHSNHEKLSVC2NPPPG4GI6O4MAY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes expected on whether to change recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox."},{"_id":"USBZL2FQBZBEVIHBVQBKJJROI4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It isn’t clear what questions the committee plans to vote on. Officials at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to questions."},{"_id":"BRR6FHVDFNCB3JNINUPS4VNFNE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"But some public health experts say they are worried that the votes will raise unwarranted new questions in parents’ minds about vaccines."},{"_id":"23DDQXUOVNAD3KRNGXS6MHNSGA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The committee meets Thursday and Friday in Atlanta."},{"level":2,"_id":"QQUSTWAZ3FAIHOF7WPYXRRDBTU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Consensus on TikTok algorithm comes up in US-China talks"},{"_id":"JWZIRH6UXRHGDCK5FMT2SXZL7M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the team that held trade talks with Chinese officials was “very focused on TikTok and making sure it was a deal that is fair for the Chinese” but also “completely respects U.S. national security concerns.”"},{"_id":"6BCJPJGSTZGFZNTCPCD2IPSDPE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two sides came up with a framework deal during talks Monday in Spain on ownership of popular social video platform."},{"_id":"4AEDQBASX5HH7HSH7MITFNMISQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Wang Jingtao, deputy director of China’s Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission, told reporters that there was consensus on authorization of “the use of intellectual property rights such as (TikTok’s) algorithm” — a main sticking point in the deal."},{"_id":"AOAD65OAHJGOFJQHLZ5BQYNP3E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The sides also agreed on entrusting a partner with handling U.S. user data and content security, he said."},{"level":2,"_id":"FFE3WSLJRRE4RD2W24SILD3OJY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rubio acknowledges no Russian agreement to stop fighting"},{"_id":"BUZIRFX7LJB4HB7G4BZX545SJI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Rubio says the drone incursions in Poland and Romania show that war escalates and is an example of why the Russia-Ukraine conflict needs to end."},{"_id":"YKJ3E3VCQBBHDGXICV5J5JZXBQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Speaking to Fox News during a visit Monday to Jerusalem, Rubio said it takes both sides to agree to stop the fighting."},{"_id":"KEQFTXIOXND2VFZCXIRF7244L4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“And as you’ve said and as you’ve pointed out, we haven’t been able to get those kinds of results from the Russian side,” Rubio told Fox’s Gillian Turner."},{"_id":"WAW2VUHJOZHOTPTQXBZDOHXFPA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"He also gave no time frame for any further penalties that the Trump administration might impose on Russian President Vladimir Putin."},{"_id":"LI34KHLJW5DL7AWU5GWUW5AZQQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We fully understand the sanctions that we have available to us, and at some point the president may decide to do that,” Rubio said."},{"level":2,"_id":"IP4WKQ4W3FAK7PZNTTFTJYFL2I","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Vance closes Kirk’s show with a call to confront the ‘truth’ of ‘far left’ violence"},{"_id":"VU7OSN2DCJBBXOZL3VOKFR2I3Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We can come together in this country. I believe we must. But unity, real unity, can only be found after climbing the mountain of truth,” he said."},{"_id":"HFMBBSFYWBHFVM57BBSJWXIWTQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Vance said “this is not a both sides problem.”"},{"_id":"S357G7M6AJHZLOPADZ4K3KMYLA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"He did not reference any recent attacks on Democrats, such as the killing of Minnesota state Rep. 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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he doesn’t know if that’s accurate."},{"_id":"XZYMLQ6IUJFQXNNZVMCFR7CX4I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“What needs to start happening is some of these boats need to get blown up,” Rubio told Fox News on Monday. “We can’t live in a world where all of a sudden they do a U-turn and so we can’t touch them anymore.”"},{"level":2,"_id":"AY7OZL6UGVEVLE63YSVCNWTOTA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Rubio issues another warning to Maduro, cartels"},{"_id":"5PSYB26HPBCWJGB4KSSEBOJEGY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that Trump will keep using the military to target drug cartels."},{"_id":"4ENHKNDYQVC73P5XXF6FXCTORM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Speaking to Fox News during a visit to Jerusalem, Rubio reiterated that the U.S. doesn’t see Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as his country’s rightful leader but as the head of a drug cartel."},{"_id":"S573JOKG7BFHXFEBEKGO6AW2I4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“We’re not going to have a cartel operating or masquerading as a government, operating in our own hemisphere,” Rubio said."},{"_id":"P6363SUPGZBIDPQ25PQ6GIFIWI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Following a military strike on a Venezuelan boat that the administration says was carrying drugs, the U.S.’s chief diplomat said Trump is “going to use the U.S. military and all the elements of American power to target cartels who are targeting America.”"},{"level":2,"_id":"KBCVJJH2AJHHLAAV44D625EKQU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey sues over her firing"},{"_id":"WRFLWJB5KFHZTC6SMYPSPKVSGE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Comey sued the U.S. government on Monday over her abrupt July dismissal, saying it came without cause or notice and was unconstitutional."},{"_id":"3FQZHMCNIBDV7CP4H34OVMC2SE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court, where Comey had earned praise for her handling of major complex prosecutions, particularly in sexual abuse cases."},{"_id":"E7RZBGYWTZGG5PQMBSZ2C3ZJJA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Comey, whose father is former FBI Director James Comey, became a rising star in her office for her work on the case against financier Jeffrey Epstein and his onetime girlfriend, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and the recent trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs."},{"_id":"2Q5NQQVVRNDPBE3YUG5SZIWI2A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Comey’s firing came a day after her supervisors asked her to take the lead on a major public corruption case and three months after she received her latest “outstanding” review, according to the 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said."},{"_id":"CU3QSHLD3JF3DPOX5JRGFHWF5M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Miller added that “it will happen, and we will do it in Charlie’s name.”"},{"_id":"23KYQIRNKRHI5E6XHQUA3ML5UM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Vance used similar rhetoric in his own remarks, saying “we’re going to go after the NGO network that foments, facilitates and engages in violence.”"},{"_id":"ESDOECPSVRFF3ERW2NHVCCHAXY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Law enforcement officials have said they believe the suspect accused of killing Kirk acted alone."},{"level":2,"_id":"JXULKS7OBBBPRNHDIBH34SK2MU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"White House seeks an additional $58 million in security funding"},{"_id":"YDENSDBCUJFCXF2OAI4XWR7TIM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The Trump administration said it’s asking Congress to increase funding for the U.S. Marshals Service and security for the Supreme 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The funding, if approved, would be available through September 2027."},{"level":2,"_id":"LZTKMM234VF55IX5BEQ5VDQ5OY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Vance said he draws inspiration from Kirk"},{"_id":"JIQSPLCQENGQLND6RCGEJSW4XQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The vice president flew to Utah on Air Force Two to help transport Kirk’s casket to his home state of Arizona for burial."},{"_id":"Q7CSNCTHXZHGVNIYUVLE6EKGXE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"During a conversation with Kirk’s widow, Vance said she told him that Kirk never raised his voice” and “was never cross or mean-spirited to her.”"},{"_id":"UOYBRR6425DHZPW2YMJXCQED4I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Vance said he would aspire to that in his own life."},{"_id":"RJ76H7E5CJHC7EJLO23EUZX2DA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I took from that moment that I needed to be a better husband and I needed to be a better father,” he said."},{"level":2,"_id":"67EYOZP7VZBZNOAGV5WEJX7JPA","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Vice President JD Vance opens Charlie Kirk’s streaming show"},{"_id":"3QF3I6NHF5GEJMLBYKHJG6G4JA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Sitting in his ceremonial office, the vice president said he was “filling in for somebody who cannot be filled in for, but I’ll do my best.”"},{"_id":"LM7QDEIZSVD7TOHSRTO3D55GQE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Vance described Kirk as “a joyful warrior for our country.”"},{"_id":"YI3AHCDXLNEUVON7IBP7FGLFRA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The White House played live video of the show on screens in the press briefing room."},{"level":2,"_id":"3MHKATDLQNG4PA7ZK2OGOVMWOM","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Gabbard: Kirk’s death exposes a ‘darkness’ in America, shows need for unity"},{"_id":"BH3ADBG7ZJA4PC33YN5KPV4XLM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says she’s experienced a “flood of emotion” following the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, who Gabbard called a friend and an inspiration to many Americans."},{"_id":"YWUW5PKK6RBXTPRQKCTCW7WO6U","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Speaking on Meghan McCain’s podcast on Monday, Gabbard said Kirk’s death shows there is a “darkness” in American politics. She urged Americans to seek unity and peace and to find ways to make their political points without violence or hate."},{"_id":"FS2FMKYXBBHWZD7RK7EA457DAU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Kirk’s death should prompt Americans to ask “How can I use my life in service to God, to make a positive impact?” Gabbard said. “None of us knows when our time will come.”"},{"_id":"LBSR3E7EJ5B3TJ5NH6RIG5L5RE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Gabbard said she got to know Kirk in recent years as both became prominent names in conservative politics. She appeared at many events with Kirk and recalled him as an “incredibly kind” person. She said she valued his political insight and turned to him for his counsel."},{"_id":"WTLAVHHZABGQDCJ4UE6SUB4AWA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Charlie was one of the first people that I spoke to,” Gabbard said."},{"level":2,"_id":"2NBEIILO3FHMZCXLNCSF7Y7QOI","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"China says it will solve TikTok-related issues in a cooperative way"},{"_id":"FOBQVYK5JVB65HKOXUBZCXCKZI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Following a two-day trade talk in Madrid, Li Chenggang, China’s international trade representative, said China and the United States have reached “basic framework consensus” to solve TikTok-related issues in a cooperative way, reduce investment barriers and promote related economic and trade cooperation, according to China’s official news agency Xinhua."},{"_id":"LLHUCBJ4PRDY3D57SHBNKPR3E4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Li said the two sides had “candid, in-depth” discussions over TikTok and matters of concern to China during this trade talk. Details of the agreement are unknown, but Li said China would never seek any deal at the cost of principle, stance, business interests or global fairness and justice. 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"},{"_id":"XFX4LXK7YFD5NJK3UAEQS4FGBM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The Washington Post fired Karen Attiah, an opinion columnist, for posts on the day of the shooting that lamented how “white America” was not ready to solve gun violence and that quoted Kirk denigrating the intelligence of prominent Black women such as Michelle Obama."},{"_id":"5CL6OKG3AFFIBC2XKRBOYJCFMI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Goldstein worried there were many cases like Attiah's of people targeted for simply quoting Kirk or failing to mourn his passing adequately: “That’s one of the key symptoms of cancel culture,” he said. “Trying to paint everyone with the same brush.”"},{"_id":"U5N4LWXSTNCRTISXFONY2FIG64","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Conservatives coined the term cancel culture for what they claimed was persecution of those on the right for their views, especially related to the COVID-19 pandemic and Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, leading to campaigns to get regular people fired."},{"_id":"5QDRABZJXFFYRLK367NFRZTD5E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It was a significant cause for President Donald Trump, who pledged to end it during his campaign last year. But after the Kirk killing, he and his administration have instead leaned into it from the right."},{"level":2,"_id":"24RGIDUCABC5HC72YNVWWL7Q3A","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"A hero to conservatives, a provocateur to many Democrats"},{"_id":"OTZM4GQNZNBAFB3MPN4URBAPWA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"A father of two and Christian conservative, Kirk was a hero to many Trump Republicans for his fiery warnings about the dangers of Democrats and ability to organize young voters for the GOP. But Kirk also was a provocateur and supporter of Trump’s attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss who left a long record of partisan quips that enraged many on the left."},{"_id":"XGPHKB7AZBD5HNCDR2OLIEVX34","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“According to Kirk, empathy is a made-up new-age term, so keep the jokes coming. It’s what he would have wanted,” read one post on X that Melvin Villaver Jr., a Clemson University music professor, re-posted the day of the killing, according to a screenshot circulated by college Republicans demanding his firing. Clemson eventually fired one staffer and suspended Earl and another professor after intense pressure from elected South Carolina Republican officials."},{"_id":"XMQ7WRIHRJDZTLDAQ6AO4KL4DM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Other targeted posters, such as Army Lt. Col. Christopher Ladnier, simply quoted Kirk on the day of his assassination. These included Kirk calling the Civil Rights Act a “beast” that “has now turned into an anti-white weapon,\" his criticism of Martin Luther King Jr. and his statement that some gun deaths are the cost of a robust Second Amendment that protects other rights."},{"_id":"G3PLBJWGRRH6HH4YZ7L2MYEHXI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Ladnier, who has been targeted by conservative activists online, said in a Facebook message to The Associated Press that he would respond “when/if” his chain of command takes action."},{"_id":"JM4BPNTOMJFWZG5FZPJ7NYG5H4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott approvingly posted a video of a student at Texas Tech University on Friday who was arrested after a confrontation at a campus vigil for Kirk, writing: “This is what happened to the person who was mocking Charlie Kirk’s assassination at Texas Tech.\" "},{"level":2,"_id":"74M6DFEKGVGWDHYXKDPRVQB2HQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Top Republicans vow to go after ‘domestic terrorist network’"},{"level":2,"_id":"GTYZS7OOK5GHBL3WJPXXO4TCNE","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"
Authorities say Kirk was shot by 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who grew up in a conservative household in southern Utah but was enmeshed in “leftist ideology,” according to the state's Republican governor, Spencer Cox.
Robinson is expected to appear in court for the first time Tuesday, at which point Cox said investigators may reveal more about what motivated the attack. The governor said the suspect, who allegedly carved memes onto his bullet casings, appeared radicalized by the “dark corners of the internet.”
On Monday, Vance was joined on Kirk’s podcast by Stephen Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff, who vowed to crack down on what he called the “vast domestic terrorist network” he blamed for Kirk’s death.
Alluding to free speech concerns, Vance said: “You have the crazies on the far left that say, ’Oh, Stephen Miller and JD Vance, they’re going to go after constitutionally protected speech.'”
But he added: “No no no! We’re going to go after the NGO network that foments, facilitates and engages in violence,” — a reference to non-governmental organizations.
The White House did not immediately return a request seeking clarity on the remarks, including which groups might be targeted.
The idea of a retribution campaign against individuals or groups for expressing a particular viewpoint has alarmed many.
“Just having that ideology, just believing differently than some other American is not illegal,” Republican Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma said on CNN on Sunday.
Instead, he said any groups that have been involved in illegal or violent acts should be targeted.
Killing as a pretext to go after political rivals
On Kirk’s show, Vance talked about the need for unity after the assassination, but then dismissed it as impossible given what he described as the left’s embrace of political violence.
Democratic officials have roundly condemned Kirk’s murder. Democrats also have been victims of political violence recently, including the June assassination of the speaker of the Minnesota House and her husband, and the 2022 beating of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home.
Caitlin Legacki of Stop Government Censorship, formed to fight the Trump administration’s use of government against its political rivals, said it was one thing for people making abhorrent statements to face consequences.
“When we get concerned is when there appears to be a concerted effort in the government to use this tragedy to punish political opponents,” she said.
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Associated Press writers Collin Binkley and Chris Megerian in Washington, D.C., Meg Kinnard in Chapin, South Carolina, Juan Lozano in Houston and Sean Murphy in Oklahoma City contributed to this report.
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For example, in New York, if an employee is participating in a weekend political protest, but not associating themselves with the organization that employs them, their employer cannot fire them for that activity when they return to work. 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But the interpretation of how that gets enforced changes, he notes, making the waters murky."},{"_id":"ETQXLN46GFD3JM2673MVBEHWP4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Steven T. Collis, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin and faculty director of the school’s Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center, also points to some state laws that say employers can’t fire their workers for “legal off duty conduct.” But there’s often an exception for conduct seen as disruptive to an employer’s business or reputation, which could be grounds to fire someone over public comments or social media posts."},{"_id":"FLEO53HTCNF7LBZQC4K5SOTB6I","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“In this scenario, if somebody feels like one of their employees has done something that suggests they are glorifying or celebrating a murder, an employer might still be able to fire them even with one of those laws on the books,” Collis said."},{"_id":"KMFYMLJ4WFBUNFTUOPJTYG5LL4","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"For public employees, which can range from school teachers and postal workers to elected officials, the process is a bit different. That’s because the First Amendment plays a unique role when the government is the employer, Collis explains. The Supreme Court has ruled that if an employee is acting in a private capacity but speaking on a matter of public concern, they could be protected. Still, he noted that government employers can discipline a worker if they determine such conduct will interfere with the government’s ability to do its job."},{"_id":"KFLP52L2YFH4NL3S5XJ65QAQTY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Some in the public sector have already worked to restrict speech in the aftermath of Kirk's death. For instance, leaders at the Pentagon unveiled a “zero tolerance” policy for any posts or comments from troops that make light of or celebrate the killing of Kirk."},{"_id":"QKR5S75ETVCNZEGHGIHX4KZL3M","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The policy, announced by the Pentagon’s top spokesman Sean Parnell on social media Thursday, came hours after numerous conservative military influencers and activists began forwarding posts they considered problematic to Parnell and his boss, defense secretary Pete Hegseth."},{"_id":"7SS77AYCNNDBRDYMHYAYBKSRVQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“It is unacceptable for military personnel and Department of War civilians to celebrate or mock the assassination of a fellow American,” Parnell wrote Thursday."},{"level":2,"_id":"4SVDJ6MGWJF3VGCJY7QLLZ74YY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"A surge of political debate"},{"_id":"NPTRWTZ7AZGCHGUL43OZUVJC3Y","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"The ubiquity of social media is making it easier than ever to share opinions about politics and major news events as they're unfolding. But posting on social media leaves a record, and in times of escalating political polarization, those declarations can be seen as damaging to the reputation of an individual or their employer. "},{"_id":"ZBBK27PD2JAW5JEQD44XTEMGWU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“People don’t realize when they’re on social media, it is the town square,” said Amy Dufrane, CEO of the Human Resource Certification Institute. “They’re not having a private conversation with the neighbor over the fence. They’re really broadcasting their views.”"},{"_id":"N5TONHTRVJHVFN47YGZHJRL5IQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Political debates are certainly not limited to social media and are increasingly making their way into the workplace as well."},{"_id":"YTDEPPBMVBBNXEJV6O5JRZTGUA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“The gamification of the way we communicate in the workplace, Slack and Teams, chat and all these things, they’re very similar to how you might interact on Instagram or other social media, so I do think that makes it feel a little less formal and somebody might be more inclined to take to take a step and say, 'Oh, I can’t believe this happened,'” Matsis-McCready said. "},{"level":2,"_id":"VDN6SEJJAJBSJF4IX2NOJ6C5Q4","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Employers are not ready"},{"_id":"3Y3IZVAJS5HHVJV45STXES57IE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In the tense, divided climate of the U.S., many human resource professionals have expressed that they're unprepared to address politically charged discussions in the workplace, according to the Human Resource Certification Institute. But those conversations are going to happen, so employers need to set policies about what is acceptable or unacceptable workplace conduct, Dufrane said."},{"_id":"HGVB3JEWKFHIXIZGW7EUXDR72A","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“HR has got to really drill down and make sure that they’re super clear on their policies and practices and communicating to their employees on what are their responsibilities as an employee of the organization,” Dufrane said. 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Chris Van Hollen stood before Iowa Democrats over the weekend and blasted his party’s leadership as “spineless” for refusing to endorse Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor."},{"_id":"7BUHONVXBJCJVPUVZI76UHLAAM","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“Many Democratic members of the Senate and the House representing New York have stayed on the sidelines,” Van Hollen said. “That kind of spineless politics is what people are sick of. They need to get behind him and get behind him now.”"},{"_id":"RY76622N4NHBDAKBUZG42KKVLI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"It was another jab in an ongoing rift within the party over Mamdani's campaign. Democratic leaders in Washington and moderate Democrats on the ballot this fall are actively distancing themselves from Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, while progressives rally behind him, noting Mamdani's economic populism and youthful charisma have generated tremendous support from grassroots activists well beyond New York. "},{"_id":"AY2H3I3VLZERNIZZPUVD6FF2FE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Meanwhile, Republicans, including President Donald Trump, are watching with delight and sometimes piling on, linking Mamdani and his far-left policies to the Democratic brand. That's been the case in New Jersey and Virginia, the only states holding elections for governor this year, and GOP officials have signaled that the strategy will continue well into next year’s high-stakes midterm elections."},{"_id":"WIVRDU2JSFEPRFECLGRH6HJBDY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Democratic New York Gov. 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No reason to be sending good money after bad!”"},{"level":2,"_id":"JVMTK5OF5FHZZLOIIB6SBCTNGU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill haven't endorsed"},{"_id":"YCEAQY45BNCG5A7AQYRCHPVMAA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has repeatedly declined to endorse Mamdani when asked by reporters, saying, “I choose to make endorsements when I choose to make endorsements.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he met with Mamdani last week — but did not endorse him. Both are New Yorkers."},{"_id":"3NZNOV4MIBE2VOX4IVQ2CWKWCI","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Schumer and Mamdani worked together on issues in the past, including debt relief for taxi drivers, and have spoken highly of each other. After Mamdani won the Democratic primary, Schumer praised him on social media for running a campaign that connected with New Yorkers. 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The independent Vermont senator struggled for decades to earn the support and respect of Democratic leaders, even as his popularity exploded and he emerged as a leading presidential candidate."},{"_id":"O726ADUFFZFKPJLVDZQNAZZCQQ","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Perhaps that's why Sanders himself has served as one of Mamdani's fiercest defenders."},{"_id":"EHSHBPBX7RCMNNAELJUNLN35DY","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“I find it hard to understand how the major Democratic leaders in New York State are not supporting the Democratic candidate,” Sanders said last week. “So, we got another fight on our hands, and that is the future of the Democratic Party.”"},{"_id":"DPGV777YWVDLRDGAQGU4XECSCA","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"National progressive groups have united behind Mamdani, sensing much larger stakes than New York City's mayoral contest. 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She had earlier said she would back the eventual Democratic nominee in New York City’s mayoral race but later said she wasn’t wading into the contest and was letting voters there decide the race."},{"_id":"6JT5ZPL7EVASLERIBD33QKRBGU","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"“As she’s said throughout the campaign, Mikie’s leaving the NYC mayoral race to the voters of New York,\" Sherrill campaign spokesperson Carly Jones told The Associated Press. "},{"_id":"UWXF5F5XFZGYPPZFRTYYPCR2DE","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"Virginia Democratic governor candidate Abigail Spanberger's team offered almost identical language when asked if she would endorse Mamdani, saying, \"Abigail is laser-focused on Virginia.\" "},{"_id":"O6VUQ5UVDJFH3AVLR5UEJPMO4E","additional_properties":{},"type":"text","content":"In New York, Mamdani faces former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams — both running as independents. 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