I don’t know how much I can speak “from behind enemy lines” at this point. I’m no longer there. As of this week, I’ve pretty much slammed the door shut on the faces of those who would like to see me dead or silenced or have my rights ripped from me at gunpoint. The scales have fallen from my eyes, and all that crap. I’ve also stood up, and for those who ask, I’m no longer hedging about my political stance.

I am not “announcing” that I’m conservative. That’s for a few reasons. First and foremost, politics is not my main pursuit in life. In that, I am definitely NOT Charlie. I write cookbooks, vampire novels, and fantasy stuff. I don’t want to make a career out of political writing or talk. That’s not where I’m called, and I know Charlie would understand that you have to follow your own calling, not someone else’s. On the other hand, I write here, and it’s very important to me, and so I also have to follow Charlie’s lead in my style of communication. Second, I’ve never liked people who led conversations with, “I’m a liberal” or “I’m gay.” Good for you Karen, whatever. I want to know WHO you are, not what you are. Therefore, it would be disingenuous for me to lead in a similar way.

However, I am also not hiding anymore. I posted stuff about Charlie. I have made it clear that if people think bullets are a good answer to words, I will both report them to the authorities, and block them. I don’t need that kind of crap in my life. So it’s becoming obvious, at least from a leftist viewpoint, that I am indeed conservative.

I maintain… only in a crazy world would I be considered conservative. I’m polyamorous, pansexual, kinky, pagan… these are not hallmarks of conservatism. I do believe in being fiscally conservative, though, along with smaller government (possibly moreso than many of you reading this), traditional values (to a point… I don’t care who makes up a family, so long as there are at least two adults involved in every child’s life, and if they’re same sex, no biggie, and if there’s 3 or more, no biggie, etc), and individual liberty (your right to freedom ends at my nose, and vice versa). There are some points I’ve always been conservative about, at least since I became a functioning adult (which didn’t happen until I was in my 30s, but there you go). Other things I cling to, because they feel right to me, and they meet my spiritual and religious morals and ethics.

Still, I find myself asking all the time now, what would Charlie say?

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I know what I want to do, I am just not able to do it justice currently.

What is Charlie’s Voice?

This is taking up Charlie’s bloody microphone, not in hate, but in love and compassion.

It is being willing to listen to people ask questions and addressing them honestly with the truth and compassion. It is being willing to stand up for what is right but without acting out.

As one person put it, WWCD, What Would Charlie Do?

Since I believe that Charlie lived by WWJD, this is not meant to be a slight to any Christian; it is expanding on those ideals.

His voice is strong and positive.

But how did he convince people?

From what I have seen and read, his strongest point was to give people a smaller concept to grasp and think on. To personalize it. Instead of talking about weaponized lawfare, he talks in terms of a single person. Do you purchase things with credit? How do you pay for those things? How do you record those payments?

It is about getting the person to have something personal to work with.

So many of the big lies are so big that people can’t wrap their heads around them.

One I’ve heard recently is “Trump is a pedophile.”  Now the logic is a bit twisted, but I think it goes something like this: Trump’s DOJ took Epstein to court and got him convicted.  But because the court didn’t release the names of the people involved with Epstein’s crimes, Trump must be one of those people. Now the Biden administration couldn’t release the Epstein files because Trump had the records sealed. Now that Trump is attempting to get the files released, but it hasn’t happened yet, he must be on the list as a pedophile. Q.E.D. Trump is a pedophile.

On the other hand, Biden isn’t a disgusting pedophile, even if his daughter Ashley wrote about her father taking showers with her at inappropriate ages, because Biden is a kind man, while we know that Trump is a criminal.

Trump having material protected and guarded by the Secret Service, which he had the legal right to have, is proof of criminality.  Biden having classified material stored in open boxes in his garage is not proof of criminality. Even though Biden never had the authority to remove those classified documents from their proper locations.

It is hard to follow the logic. But it is there, you just have to tease it out.

Narcan Weaponized: Homeless San Francisco Residents Turning Lifesaver Into Tool of Harm – by Tyler Durden, 14Sep2025
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/narcan-weaponized-homeless-san-francisco-residents-turning-lifesaver-tool-harm

Alleged bomb plot near Charlie Kirk assassination lands Pakistani native and son with terrorism charges – by Joseph MacKinnon, 15Sep2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/pakistani-native-and-son-face-terrorism-charges-after-explosive-device-found-under-news-van-in-utah

Patel Reveals Shocking Note Left by Kirk’s Assassin, Debunks Claims He Wasn’t Driven by Leftist Ideology – By Rusty Weiss, 15Sep2025
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/09/15/patel-reveals-eerie-note-left-by-kirks-assassin-debunks-claims-he-wasnt-driven-by-left-wing-ideology-n2193956

Democrats Get Amnesia on Party’s History of Political Violence – by David Catron, 15Sept2025
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/democrats-get-amnesia-on-partys-history-of-political-violence/

This Kind of Rhetoric Is the Problem: Crockett Compares ICE to ‘Slave Patrols’ as Violence Escalates – by Jason Cohen, 12Sep2025
https://www.westernjournal.com/kind-rhetoric-problem-crockett-compares-ice-slave-patrols-violence-escalates/
(Apparently, she is desperately trying for a seat at the DNC table, since she would have to run in a competitive district now – jlr)

Trump Threatens to Declare National Emergency After DC Mayor Caves to ‘Pressure from the Radical Left’ – By V. Saxena, 15Sept2025
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-threatens-declare-national-emergency-dc-mayor-caves-pressure-radical-left/
… D.C. Mayor Bowser suddenly changed her tune and announced last week that the city’s police would no longer work with federal immigration authorities…

DNA Evidence Links Tyler Robinson to Charlie Kirk Assassination, Confirming Political Motive – By Noah Stanton, 15Sep2025
https://istandforfreedom.com/dna-evidence-kirk-robinson
…I can report today that the DNA hits from the towel that was wrapped around the firearm and the DNA on the screwdriver are positively processed for the suspect in custody…

Where do we go from here? We go smart. – by Ian, 15Sep2025
https://thelawdogfiles.substack.com/p/where-do-we-go-from-here
…Your public persona needs to become “Polite, but prepared”…Do not go looking for trouble — trouble may come looking for you, and by all means deal with it, but do not go looking for it…Seek training. Training in fighting, in weapons, in first aid, in preparedness…If you’re physically fit, get fitter…Stop supporting the idiots…If your local school has a teacher being stupid — write the school an open letter — be cold, courteous, calm, and come correct with your facts — and pull your children and your funding…Legacy Media is not your friend…Stop tolerating idiot politicians…You want to see things change? Get them in the wallet. Take away their prestige. Send them into the obscurity of retirement…

Stephen Miller’s Wife Responds After Leftists Try to Intimidate Them in Their Own Neighborhood – by Nick Givas, 15Sep2025
https://www.westernjournal.com/stephen-millers-wife-responds-leftists-try-intimidate-neighborhood
Katie Miller responded with a video of her washing the messages away, and a post that read: “To the ‘Tolerant Left’ who spent their day trying to intimidate us in the house where we have three young children: We will not back down. We will not cower in fear. We will double down. Always, For Charlie.”

College Cancels Charlie Kirk Vigil Over ‘Credible’ Threat – by Jack Davis, 15Sep2025
https://www.westernjournal.com/college-cancels-charlie-kirk-vigil-credible-threat/
A post from one Bowdoin student suggested he did not buy the official college explanation

This Is The Most Evil Reaction To Charlie Kirk’s Assassination That I Have Seen – by Michael Snyder, 15Sep2025
https://michaeltsnyder.substack.com/p/this-is-the-most-evil-reaction-to
video – 00:01:23 – https://youtu.be/KV3mSyetVdc

You People Need to Watch Your Tone When We Shoot You – ny Chris Bray, 15Sep2025
https://chrisbray.substack.com/p/you-people-need-to-watch-your-tone

Man Arrested for Vandalizing Charlie Kirk Memorial While Wearing Same Shirt as Alleged Assassin – By Noah Stanton, 15Sep2025
https://istandforfreedom.com/man-vandalizing-memorial-shirt/

Suicide Pacts forming in Youth Social Media Groups – Discord, Reddit, TikTok – by Sarah Westall, 15Sep2025
https://sarahwestall.substack.com/p/suicide-pacts-forming-in-youth-social

And with that, we end the discussion – by Miguel Gonzalez, 16Sep2025
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/and-with-that-we-end-the-discussion
(Ah yep – jlr)

You are not in the same country anymore – and found out the spicy way. – by Miguel Gonzalez, 16Sep2025
https://miguelgg.substack.com/p/you-are-not-in-the-same-country-anymore
We are done giving you a participation trophy and immunity for bad behavior against us.
embedded video – 00:03:07
And the fact he had to hide behind skirts tells you all you need to know.

The screaming… – by OldNFO, 16Sep2025
https://oldnfo.substack.com/p/the-screaming
Is epic as lefties lose their jobs after celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death. What the lefties don’t seem to understand is that freedom of speech is NOT being quashed. What is happening is people are being held ACCOUNTABLE for what they are saying… There is a huge difference between the two. And they are throwing hissy fits about being ‘cancelled’, but had no problems with it or people losing jobs when they did it to others. No, we’re not going to play the ‘whataboutism’ game, or the moral equivalency game either… Those ships have ‘sailed’…
Accountability- It goes both ways now… Trust me, this is a LOT better that the other options available to us. Start teaching civics again, and teach people how to actually TALK to each other, not AT each other.

Charlie Kirk hater goes nuclear on supporter of slain activist — then pays price after allegedly unleashing physical attacks –
by Dave Urbanski, 15Sep2025
https://www.theblaze.com/news/charlie-kirk-hater-goes-nuclear-on-supporter-of-slain-activist-then-pays-price-after-allegedly-unleashing-physical-attacks
… the female in question as 18-year-old Camryn Giselle Booker, a Texas Tech University student…reports of Booker’s expulsion from Texas Tech
BUT WAIT ! There’s MORE
‘FAFO’: Texas Tech Student Who ‘Danced On Kirk’s Grave’ Arrested, Expelled After Aggressive Confrontation – by Tyler Durden, 15Sep2025
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/fafo-texas-tech-student-who-danced-kirks-grave-arrested-expelled-after-aggressive
Texas Tech University told Newsweek in a statement that the “referenced individual is no longer enrolled at Texas Tech University.”…”Any behavior that denigrates victims of violence is reprehensible, has no place on our campus, and is not aligned with our values,”

Be Careful of the Cornered Democrat Rat – By Patrick Totty, 16Sep2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/09/be_careful_of_the_cornered_democratic_rat.html
What’s going to happen now will be actions and counter-actions that move us closer to, God forbid, a hot civil war…It should be obvious to the leftist proponents of violence that they are roosters who think they have the power to summon the dawn. They have no idea of what they are about to stupidly bring down upon themselves

Iryna Zarutska, Charlie Kirk, and the Democrat Party – By Steve McCann, 16Sep2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/09/iryna_zarutska_charlie_kirk_and_the_democrat_party.html
The current iteration of the Democrat Party is the greatest threat to the United States in its history…Three recent events have underscored the catastrophic erosion of the foundational tenets of the United States and the anti-Americanism of the Democrat Party. The first is the brutal murder of a young woman in Charlotte, N.C., Iryna Zarutska. The second, the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The third, sitting Democrat senator Tim Kaine’s declaration reflecting a fundamental belief within the current Democrat Party that the government is the source and, thus, the final arbiter of all human rights.

‘See What You Made Me Do?’ – By Kevin Finn, 16Sep2025
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/09/see_what_you_made_me_do.html
…Where have we seen this type of behavior before? Well, we saw it in L.A. in 1992 and again last June. We saw it in Ferguson in 2014, and we saw it there again ten years later. We saw it in hundreds of U.S. cities in 2020. We’re seeing it now as leftists blame Kirk for inciting his own execution…

We all knew political murder was coming home – by Christopher Bedford, 16Sep2025
https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/we-all-knew-political-murder-was-coming-home
I can’t tell you why it came as such a shock, because we all know one thing more: It was bound to happen. They told us so.
(The LEFT wants us dead. They tell us so in those specific words. Believe what they say. Take them at face value. – jlr)
https://areaocho.com/they-want-you-dead-2/ – –

‘Trump next please’: Democrats on Bluesky call for MORE political violence – BlazeTV Staff, 16Sep2025
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/blaze-news-tonight/trump-next-please-democrats-on-bluesky-call-for-more-political-violence
Posts targeting Trump, Joe Rogan, Matt Walsh, and others reveal the left’s disgusting bloodlust in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder…If you used the Bluesky app in the past couple of days, it would be hard not to notice just how bloodthirsty the Democratic Party has become — especially in the wake of the assassination of the right’s beloved Charlie Kirk.

Political Violence in America is Not a “Both Sides” Problem – by Adam Johnston,16sep2025
https://amac.us/newsline/politics/political-violence-in-america-is-not-a-both-sides-problem/
America has never been a stranger to political violence, but the assassination of Charlie Kirk is something new and terrifying: a deliberate, targeted strike fueled by over a decade of left-wing radicalization by the mainstream media, online echo chambers, and some radical voices within the Democrat Party itself… 38 percent of respondents said it would be at least “somewhat justified” to murder Donald Trump, and 31 percent said the same about Elon Musk, which is troubling enough as is. But when only accounting for left-leaning respondents, support for political murder rose to a staggering 55 percent for Trump and 48 percent for Musk.

The politics of the “perfect” yard – Why messy abundance is punished, curated rewilding is celebrated, and conformity still rules the ground beneath us. – by Collapse Life, 16Sep2025
https://www.collapselife.com/p/the-politics-of-the-perfect-yard
…Lawns, it turns out, have never been neutral. In fact, they are among the most enduring tools of conformity in the modern world. In Britain, the manicured lawn began as an aristocratic display of wealth, a way to show that your fortunes were so vast you could hire an army of laborers to scythe the grass just for show, with no thought to productive cultivation…

Lyrics

“Friends” are falling away like dead leaves. I’m trying to take my cue from the falling autumn leaves… it’s okay to let go of the past, and sometimes it can be beautiful.

One of the rough ones happened this morning. Opening up FaceBook to do some author stuff, and I run into someone I thought was a friend, posting up the entire of the “ciao bella” song that Kirk’s shooter had on one of his bullets. Just that, just the words of the song and nothing more. I realized that’s basically a threat right now. I didn’t hesitate to delete and then block him, but it hurt.

Another wasn’t Charlie specific. A very old friend (r/l tho we don’t get to see each other very often and interact more online) posted about “why can’t they learn that their stupid 2A stuff isn’t as important as the kids that were just killed?!” I admit… I hesitated. I thought long and hard. She didn’t threaten anyone directly. But then again, she IS threatening. When someone is telling me that my protected Constitutional rights are “not as important,” you’re giving someone tacit permission to use weapons to take my rights away. And that’s not directly violence, but it’s definitely the precursor to it. And so I deleted and blocked her, too.

When Charlie got shot, I ran out of fucks to give. There are no more chances. I don’t care if you’re liberal, but if you glorify the death of someone (and that includes schoolkids) then I don’t need you as my friend. If you want to have the government take away my personal rights, then you obviously don’t want to be my friend.

On the other side of that line, though, other things are happening. A friend’s wife, who I’ve known online for a while but never really met, introduced herself at a wedding I attended on Sunday. She took me aside and said she wanted to make sure I was okay, because she knew so many people who were hurting over Charlie. She calls herself a liberal, but said she’s been desperate for a conservative friend who is willing to talk and listen and debate (gently). We’re going to get together and have some chats, and go over some ideas and such. There are some parts of conservatism that I consider myself qualified to speak on (1A and 2A, for instance), and others where I will likely reach out to friends for help. I explained that I’m squeaky brand new… and that I’m also only conservative right now (imo) because the mid-line has moved so far left because of leftist stupidity, and that in any sane world, I’d be considered slightly left of center, a moderate. It was a good conversation.

It was also good to show up at a wedding, escorted by my boyfriend (who was packing), only to find myself surrounded by a handful of people who were also packing, and one who was very much open carrying a beautiful 9mm. I complimented him on both his sidearm and his holster (which was very nice), and he smiled and said in times like these, it doesn’t pay to be unarmed. It felt good.

The Irish fought for independence for far too many years. There were multiple uprisings. It was very much an asymmetric war.

This song spoke to me earlier this week when thinking of how the left thinks and acts. I wish I had the skills to set new lyrics to this tune to describe how the murder of Charlie is the start of major change.

From Friday, Sept 12, 2025:

‘Civil War’ Mentions Surge Online After Kirk Assassination
The term has increasingly been invoked on social media after major political moments, highlighting divisions among Americans.

Mentions of “civil war” on X

Data includes posts, reposts and replies from July 1, 2025, to 7:45 p.m. Eastern time on Sept. 11, 2025.Source: Tweet Binder by AudienseBy The New York Times
Sheera FrenkelStuart A. Thompson
By Sheera Frenkel and Stuart A. Thompson
Sept. 12, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ET
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Minutes after the shooting of the right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday, calls for civil war began appearing online.

The term “civil war” was mentioned on Wednesday more than 129,000 times on the social platform X, according to an analysis by The New York Times. On Thursday, it was mentioned at least 210,000 times. That was up from a daily average of around 18,000 in previous months. Many of the posts that included the phrase were reposted on other platforms, including Truth Social, TikTok and Instagram.

The talk of civil war came largely from Republican lawmakers, right-wing media personalities and conservative podcasters, according to a review by The Times. Some questioned whether America was already engaged in a civil war over its values, while others called for violence after Mr. Kirk’s death.

Among those who used the phrase were Alex Jones, the creator of Infowars, a right-wing media platform; Chaya Raichik, who is behind the prominent LibsofTikTok social media account, which frequently attacks the L.G.B.T.Q. community; and Andrew Tate, the right-wing influencer known for his misogynistic views.

“Civil war,” Mr. Tate wrote in a two-word post on X after Mr. Kirk was shot. It has been viewed more than 16 million times.

The surging use of the term highlights the divisions among Americans and continues a familiar pattern of inflammatory language. In recent years, civil war has been increasingly mentioned on social media after major political moments in the United States, especially those that involve President Trump, according to a Times analysis of data from Tweet Binder by Audiense, a social media analytics company.

Rising “Civil War” Rhetoric

Online conversation about “civil war” in America took off after several recent political moments, including the F.B.I.’s raid of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in 2022, the assassination attempt against him in 2024 and the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Two-day total mentions on X

Data includes posts, reposts and replies from July 1, 2025, to 7:45 p.m. Eastern time on Sept. 11, 2025.Source: Tweet Binder by AudienseBy The New York Times
After a 2022 F.B.I. raid on Mar-a-Lago, which was part of a Justice Department inquiry into Mr. Trump’s attempts to stay in office after the 2020 election, mentions of civil war on X rose to more than 118,000 over a two-day period. In July 2024, when a gunman tried to assassinate Mr. Trump at a Pennsylvania rally, more than 260,000 mentions of civil war appeared on X over the next two days, the analysis found.

Often, the phrase was used in warnings suggesting that right-wing Americans are being targeted in a civil war or goaded to start one. Other times, “civil war” was a call to action.

Jared Holt, a researcher at Open Measures, a company that monitors influence operations online, said mentions of civil war on major social media platforms show that the term is “not fringe.” Conversations on mainstream platforms increasingly resemble the kind of extremist content he sees on far-right social media sites, he noted.

“The real risk,” he said, “is that it creates a permission structure for threats and violence against perceived political enemies.”

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With the arrival of cooler weather, soups are definitely back on my go-to list of meals. I love soup, because I can have All The Flavors without all the damn calories. When it comes to soups and stews, a little goes a long way. Roast veggie soup is one of those “make it with what you have” recipes. There’s no one right way to make it, and pretty much anything you put in will make it yummy! This is my version of Roast Vegetable Soup.

Ingredients:

• 1 sweet potato, peeled and cubed
• peppers (mix of whatever colors/heats you like), large diced
• 1 large carrot, peeled and coined
• 1 red onion, large diced
• 2 large or several smaller tomatoes, whole
• 1 head garlic, most of the paper peeled away and the top cut off
• 1 to 2 cups of any combination of the following: cauliflower, kale, leeks, red skinned potato, celery, parsnips, turnip, chard, or whatever else you like
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 tsp to 2 tsp each: cumin, thyme, oregano, paprika, marjoram, and rubbed sage
• 4 to 6 cups vegetable, chicken, or beef stock
• 1 can white beans, well rinsed

Preheat your oven to 400°F. Cover a large baking tray (lipped) with some parchment paper, then add in the potato, peppers, carrot, tomatoes, garlic, and other vegetables. Drizzle it all with olive oil, and sprinkle the vegetables with the spices. Toss it all together using your hands. Roast in the oven for 10 minutes, then flip all the vegetables over and roast for another 10 minutes. Add in any onions and/or leeks, stir well to cover them with the oil and spices, and continue to roast for a further 10 to 15 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and slightly caramelized. Remove them from the oven.

Set aside a small selection of the vegetables to add whole to the soup. Remove the tomato skins (they should simply slip off) and squeeze the garlic out of its skin. Add the tomatoes, garlic, and any vegetables you don’t want whole to a large soup pot and add in the stock. Bring the soup to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for about five minutes. Turn off the heat, and blend the soup with an immersion blender. If you don’t have one, you can add it a bit at a time to a regular blender or food processor, but be careful because it will be hot.

Add in the reserved vegetables and the white beans, and bring to a simmer for 15 minutes to a half hour, to allow the flavors to meld. If you like dairy items, adding in a few pieces of parmesan rind at this point will make this a much more earthy, rich soup.

Serve in warm bowls topped with a drizzle of good olive oil, a drizzle of balsamic vinegar, and a sprig of fresh thyme or some croutons.

Starting this Wednesday, there will be a new weekly feature tentatively named “Charlie’s Voice.’

The goal is to produce a persuasive article to carry Charlie Kirk’s voice forward.

The guidelines are something like this:

• Take a left-leaning stance, position, or statement at face value.
• Listen to the statement/argument as if a single person were presenting it to you, face-to-face.
• Extract from the statement/argument the actual points of the person presenting.
• Using persuasive language, present your counterargument in such a way that it brings that person closer to our ideals and goals.
• Maintain neutral language, no gotcha phrases, no barbed zingers.

I do not expect this to be easy, which is why I’m asking for help from you.

Submissions go to info@troglodite.com. We’d prefer a Google Doc, LibreOffice document, or a Word document. Submissions will be edited for grammar and may be sent back with red pen if more than grammar changes are required.

Please include the byline you wish to have your article published under.

Examples

If you want to write on these topics, feel free; I’m putting them out here now because I will be working on something for Wednesday.

President Trump is a felon.

Example response:

You are correct; Donald Trump was convicted in a New York state court of 34 counts of falsifying business records.

If there are 34 counts, does this mean that Trump was convicted of 34 different crimes? The court says yes; maybe you won’t agree with the court.

Over the course of nine months, Trump signed 9 checks to Michael Cohen. The checks were normal checks with a memo line. The prosecution claimed that the text on the memo line was fraudulent, resulting in 9 different counts. Because that memo line was repeated in a ledger, each entry in the ledger became another count.

The prosecution decided that there were 4 counts for each check that Trump wrote, leading to the 34 count number. All of which were for the payment of one bill.

This would be similar to you buying a new set of golf clubs on credit, then writing a check once a month to pay off the bill, but instead of writing “New golf clubs,” you wrote “Entertainment.”

The prosecutor’s argument was that anything apart from “hush payment” was fraudulent.

There will be more, of course; this is just the start.

I look forward to your submissions.