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By Max Frost
In 2019, Charlie Kirk launched “Culture War,” a nationwide campus speaking tour. When he reached Ohio State University on October 29, Kirk took questions alongside Rob Smith, a gay, black Iraq War veteran.
"How does anal sex help us win the culture war?" someone in the audience asked. Similar antagonistic and provocative questions followed. Kirk labeled the question-askers white supremacists and anti-Semites.
A month later, Kirk and Donald Trump Jr. took the stage at UCLA to promote Don Jr.’s new book, "Triggered: How The Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us." Minutes into the talk, the conservatives were interrupted by hecklers, mocking the duo’s alleged support for Israel and immigration. The heckling grew so intense that Kirk and Trump were forced to end the event after 20 minutes.
These hecklers and trolls were not the liberals that Don Jr. had written about, nor the “Libs” that Kirk would call out on campuses. They were Groypers, and their campaign against Kirk – later known as the “Groyper War” – would become a turning point in politics on the American right, leading many to claim that Kirk’s shooter was not a radicalized left-winger, but a radicalized right-winger.
Today, we look at the Groypers and their leader, Nick Fuentes. Who are they? What do they believe? What power do they have? That’s the subject of today’s deep-dive.
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Editor’s Note
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We’re sharing below a couple of replies to yesterday’s story on Miami’s comeback.
Kat wrote:
I moved to Miami in 1994 before all of the large buildings went up in Sunny Isles Beach. South Beach was booming, and you were still able to afford a studio or one bedroom for about $800 close to the beach.
Fast forward to 2025 and those same studios are close to $2000 a month. Traffic has become a nightmare, and many of the eclectic mom and pop small businesses were forced to close ages ago because of the high cost of rent. Luxury shopping malls have taken over every corner of the city.
Despite my ridiculous mortgage and an even more ridiculous HOA ($1560 for a 2 bedroom!) driving to work every day and seeing the ocean still takes my breath away. It's safe, the restaurants are the best in the world, and the vibe is laid back and friendly. I love calling it home ❤️
Thank you for bringing real journalism back! I've been following since the beginning. Take care!
And Mercedez wrote in:
I am from small-town Texas and attended university in Florida, where I met my husband who is originally from Hialeah. In all my visits to Miami, I've always been struck by how small the communities feel inside such a big city. Outside of west Texas, Miami is the only other place I've visited in America where there is a vast mix of cultures and languages with a solid underpinning of shared American values. That doesn't mean everyone believes the same politically, but the general attitude of people in Miami is that if you hustle, you work hard, then you will be successful. Maybe this is due to the high concentration of people who have families who came from persecuted backgrounds and immigrated to the United States believing in the American dream. The attitude that prosperity can still be attained through hard work is missing in a lot of places in America right now, but I've always found it to be strong in Miami.
I do want to underscore, however, that Miami is like another world, like walking into a city in Latin America at times. You can go into Miami and never speak a lick of English and still make out well for your family. I love that about the city because it reminds me of my own roots in Texas. They also are the home of bilingual education in America, which, I believe, really contributed to the lifting up of immigrants despite language barriers. Their approach to bilingual education is a model for striking the balance between welcoming immigrants and also assimilating them into American society.
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Max and Max
