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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T20:30:09.000Z",
  "site": "https://newrepublic.com",
  "tags": [
    "Breaking News",
    "Politics",
    "Republican Party",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Far Right",
    "Turning Point USA",
    "Charlie Kirk",
    "shooting",
    "Charlie Kirk Shooting",
    "Candace Owens",
    "firing",
    "Conspiracy",
    "Conspiracy theory",
    "Israel",
    "AIPAC",
    "The Bulwark",
    "posted a video",
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    "rejection of Israel and AIPAC",
    "ripped a massive hole in the middle of the far-right",
    "started a “fallout fund”"
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  "textContent": "Turning Point USA has recently fired several employees, as a right-wing commentator’s conspiracy theories about founder Charlie Kirk’s death have reportedly begun to take root at the far-right organization, The Bulwark reported Thursday.\n\nLast week, Aubrey Laitsch, a former communications staffer at TPUSA, posted a video claiming that the organization lied about the reason she was let go.\n\n“I just have a gut feeling that I was terminated from Turning Point because I am questioning the narrative of what happened to my role model and CEO, Charlie Kirk, on the day of his assassination,” Laitsch said. She later documented a man who appeared to be a private investigator snooping around her house, further raising concerns that something was amiss.\n\nLaitsch’s suspicion that Kirk’s death was an inside job didn’t come from nowhere: it’s a conspiracy theory being pushed by Candace Owens, whose claims that Kirk was murdered for his rejection of Israel and AIPAC have ripped a massive hole in the middle of the far-right.\n\nLaitsch’s firing is just the latest in a series of terminations, as staffers have reported a “purge” at the organization—and even started a “fallout fund” for terminated employees. Owens has also boosted stories of firings, sharing audio of an anonymous staffer who claimed to be fired without explanation, and another story of a TPUSA executive who showed up at an employee’s home to fire her and demand back her company electronics.\n\nOne must not cry for the discarded members of an ultra-right-wing Christian-nationalist organization—and it’s worth noting that suggesting your boss committed murder would probably get you fired from any job.",
  "title": "TPUSA Is in Shambles Over Conspiracies About Charlie Kirk’s Death"
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