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Turning Point USA at Marshall University President Seeking 'Middle Ground'
Founded by assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA focuses its energies largely on college students. This fall, Marshall University joined ranks with more than 900 college campuses now hosting Turning Point chapters. We talk with Marshall’s Turning Point USA President, Branson Tolliver, about the goals of the growing movement.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA Conversation With MU’s Turning Point USA President, This West Virginia Morning
Founded by assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA focuses its energies largely on college campuses like Marshall University. Mason County freshman Branson Tolliver is Marshall’s chapter president. He talks with Randy Yohe on the goals of this growing student movement.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUs & Them Encore: The Fight For The Youth Vote
This episode of Us & Them first aired in 2023, and we’re sharing it again in the wake of the Sept. 10, 2025 assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA. President Donald Trump has credited Kirk’s organization with turning out young conservative voters in the 2024 election. Host Trey Kay talks with journalist Kyle Spencer about her book Raising Them Right and the decades-long conservative strategy to organize young voters, and with Abby Kiesa of Tufts University’s CIRCLE about what drives youth turnout. The conversation examines how campus organizing and money shape youth politics and where the system still falls short.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCharlie Kirk Memorial Planned For Capitol Steps
The public is invited to attend a memorial event called “Remembering Charlie Kirk – a Call to Courage” at the West Virginia Capitol in honor of slain political activist Charlie Kirk.
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A Different Backyard Brawl And An Appalachian Playwright, This West Virginia Morning
As WVU and Pitt prepare for to clash, Gov. Patrick Morrisey is highlighting a different kind of backyard brawl. And, an Appalachian playwright is being remembered for the laughter he brought to stage with a hapless character.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsW.Va. GOP Leaders Lament Senseless Political Murder Of Charlie Kirk
Republican leaders in West Virginia mourned the loss of an outspoken conservative figure who was gunned down Wednesday.
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