Eulogies for Civil War

How the authoritarian right is trying to turn Charlie Kirk’s murder into a rallying cry for vengeance.

Good morning! America doesn’t really do funerals anymore, it does stadium revivals. What was billed as a memorial for Charlie Kirk turned into a spectacle at State Farm Stadium in Glendale: part state funeral, part religious revival, part MAGA mega-rally. Security was presidential, the crowd swelled past 100,000 with an overflow arena, and if you squint…