Friends worried about Charlie Kirk's safety

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Kirk got to know Trump while handling social media during his 2016 presidential.
54% : On the ground for Trump's Chicago 'blitz', by your Playbook host -- Pritzker 'not convinced' Trump is shifting his focus from sending National Guard to Chicago, by the Sun-Times' Tina Sfondeles and Sophie Sherry -- 'Operation Midway Blitz' blasted release of jail inmates, but holding them in Illinois takes a court order, by the Tribune's Caroline Kubzansky and Madeline Buckley -- Fed immigration agencies used McLean County Sheriff's Department camera data despite Illinois law, by WGLT's Charlie Schlenker -- FDA, U.S. marshals conduct raid at warehouse in Bensenville, seize vaping products, officials say, by ABC 7's Craig Wall -- U.S. Steel halts production at Illinois plant, but workers keep jobs under Trump deal, via Crain's -- Opinion:
47% : TODAY's QUESTION: What former common nickname for Illinois is now the official nickname of another state?
33% : " Trump himself broke the news, posting on Truth Social: "The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead.
29% : Congressman Darin LaHood, a Republican, called the murder "a heinous act of political violence that has become too common in our country.
25% : He pointed to Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 protesters as having "tripped a new era of political violence.
19% : Later, Trump signaled his anger, blaming the media and "radical left" in a video address from the Oval Office.
12% : " America searches for a way back from the edge, by POLITICO's Adam Wren and Holly Otterbein A new dark normal of political violence still shocks the nation, by POLITICO's Kyle Cheney Lawmakers erupt in anger over Kirk shooting: 'Silent prayers get silent results,' by POLITICO's Hailey Fuchs and Meredith Lee Hill From the suburbs: He got a taste for campaigning in high school, volunteering for Mark Kirk, by the Daily Herald's Marni Pyke Trump's man on campus, via POLITICO archives More on Kirk's backstory, by the Sun-Times' Lynn Sweet END OF AN ERA:

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