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Sep 20
1h 21m

The Ghost of John Brown

Derek and Sharon Gilbert
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THE FBI’s investigation into the shooting of Charlie Kirk has turned up a disturbing connection to an Antifa-linked group called the John Brown Gun Club.

John Brown was a violent Civil War-era abolitionist who believed the institution of slavery could only be purged ”with blood.” His memory has been invoked by a leftist organization linked to Antifa that seeks to militarize the white working class against symbols of what it perceives as oppression—like the police.

The Texas-based Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club, the transgender group behind the July 4th shooting at the ICE facility in Alvarado, Texas, co-hosted educational workshops in 2023 with Armed Queers SLC, the Salt Lake City group linked to 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, the alleged shooter of Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025.

The founder of Armed Queers SLC, Ermiya Fanaeian, is a prominent activist in Utah who appeared onstage at a rally for then-presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren in 2019 and posted a video with a colleague about their May Day 2025 trip to Cuba to study revolution alongside Palestinians.

Where will this investigation lead? Time will tell, but, contrary to the claims of Candace Owens, the evidence is not pointing towards Israel.

Also: MIT study on the alarming trend of people falling in love with AI companions.

YouTube videos: 

  • “The Day Charlie Kirk Died” by Rev. Caspar McCloud and Renae Truex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjzOSg650yg
  • Pilot episode for The Promised Land: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSI04-1oLwg

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