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WaPo Columnist Fired For Posts After Charlie Kirk's Killing: 'My Voice Will Be Sharper Now' WaPo Columnist Fired For Posts After Charlie Kirk's Killing: 'My Voice Will Be Sharper Now'
WaPo Columnist Fired For Posts After Charlie Kirk's Killing: 'My Voice Will Be Sharper Now' Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah said she was fired after social media posts about racism and gun violence in the US following the killing of controversial conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Attiah revealed her firing in a Substack post on Monday, Sept. 15. She joined the Post in 2014 and earned the 2019 George Polk Award for her coverage of the Saudi Arabian government's murder of fellow Post writer Jamal Khashoggi. The Post's biography for Attiah said that she "was" a columnist, referring to her in the past tense. A Post spokesperson declined to comment, but pointed …
Office Depot Fires Employee After Video Shows Dispute Over Charlie Kirk Poster Office Depot Fires Employee After Video Shows Dispute Over Charlie Kirk Poster
Office Depot Fires Employee After Video Shows Dispute Over Charlie Kirk Poster A brief but heated exchange at an Office Depot store over a Charlie Kirk prayer vigil poster has led to an employee’s firing and ignited a national conversation about workplace conduct and free speech. A now-viral video, posted Friday, Sept. 12, on X, shows a customer at the Office Depot in Portage, Michigan, near Kalamazoo, asking about a poster order featuring conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, two days after Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University. In the footage, the store manager responds, “Yeah, so we don’t print propaganda,” after the customer inquires about…
Charlie Kirk Murder: Comments Cost These Workers Their Jobs Charlie Kirk Murder: Comments Cost These Workers Their Jobs
Charlie Kirk Murder: Comments Cost These Workers Their Jobs Post the wrong thing about the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, and it could cost you your job. The 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder was assassinated during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10, setting off a wave of online reaction—and a swift response from employers across the US.  Within 24 hours, companies began firing or disciplining workers whose posts about Kirk’s killing were deemed celebratory, mocking, or otherwise beyond the bounds of workplace conduct. Documented actions include: MSNBC: Political analyst Matthew Dowd was terminat…