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The 36-year-old widow, her infant, and her toddler have not yet buried Charlie Kirk . But already, the scavengers are clawing at the slaughtered corpse of the conservative superstar as fodder for their own conspiracy theories. On one-half of the internet, Kirk’s alleged radical left-wing assassin has been transmogrified into a MAGA strawman, the monster that Kirk, as Dr. Frankenstein, created. On the other half of the internet, Kirk’s life legacy is being contorted in a crusade for clicks, grievances, and t

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