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even back in 2018, people were amazing at clowning on CK

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looking thru charlie’s old cubs tweets

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in honor the of the kirkstorian uprising heres a video i made over the summer

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some img i found. Charlie acts like a puppy at times

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How I imagine all of the Kirkstorians are irl.

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Charlie Kirk & Benji Backer | Effortpost

BACKGROUND

I would not be shocked in the least if most of you say you have never heard of Benji Backer or his work. He was born near Appleton, Wisconsin. Benji is around 27-28 years old, making him several years younger than Charlie, and several grades younger than him when they first met. He’s the founder of Nature Is Nonpartisan, a nature conservation group founded on the basis of saving nature rather than politics or the government. This is slightly different than Charlie’s organization, TPUSA, which at first focused on national debt and took a nonpartisan view on most things; now, in 2026, TPUSA focuses on conservatism, not conservation, and leans more republican than anything.

FRIENDSHIP

Benji Backer first met Charlie Kirk in highschool. They were both pretty politically active back then, in 2012 (Charlie’s graduation year, Benji would’ve been in eighth grade or freshman year, most likely. Benji’s birthday is not public information and I don’t want to seek out that information, so I’m going off past ages.) They first met on Twitter when Charlie tagged him in a post telling him that he would probably be interested in TPUSA. Ever since he was 12, Benji recalled receiving hateful comments about his political stance and even a handful of death threats. He, exactly like Charlie, sought to rid classrooms of supposed bias, and he received hate for it. Benji wrote blogposts for sources such as the now-defunct FreedomWorks, and even appeared on USA Today when he was 14. Benji was often spotted alongside Charlie, in some Fox News interviews as well as local Chicago radio show appearances. He was one of Charlie’s earliest friends in the political sphere, making him an integral part of TPUSA and Charlie Kirk’s own history. Benji was the president of the Turning Point Wisconsin chapter and he was proud of it. In an interview below, Benji recalled Charlie constantly driving down to Wisconsin and Benji driving up to Illinois so the pair could hang out or discuss political matters. Charlie would not stop boasting about Benji and how proud he was of him, how much of a difference he made, and how he’s a great friend.

CHARLIE'S OPINION

Charlie would even defend Benji against bullies on Twitter. Truly the purest form of friendship. Benji has since deleted a vast majority of his early Tweets, making it seem one-sided but I know with certainty it was not. Charlie would emphasize that Benji was “just 15” quite often and would threaten to report people for cyber-bullying his friend. He took it very seriously, actually.

FALLING-OUT AND CK'S DEATH

The two men began to gradually drift apart due to a shift in TPUSA’s mission and the more political stance it took on certain issues. Benji wished to remain nonpartisan and he still remains nonpartisan, while TPUSA, is, well, TPUSA. The only reference to Charlie that Benji made before his death and after their falling-out was in 2017, and it was only to say that Charlie supported his conservative nature conservation foundation. When reflecting on the progress TPUSA has made, Charlie went so far as to crop Benji out of a photo at CPAC 2013. How petty! After Charlie’s death, several news sources were not hesitant to capitalize on Benji’s grief. Barely over a day after Charlie’s passing, PBS(Public Broadcasting Station, similar to England’s BBC) reached out and briefly interviewed him about Charlie and how he was an influence in his life. Benji was audibly upset in this interview, which I have linked below in video format as well as original, and it’s very gut wrenching to hear. Charlie truly cared for Benji, and even after their falling-out, both men held great respect for each other.

MEDIA COLLECTION

Above photos were from a joint Chicago Radio appearance in 2012. The man in the purple shirt is Allen Skillicorn, a former Illinois State Representative.

Charlie in center, Benji third from the right. This photo is from CPAC 2013, specifically the end of CPAC, 17 March 2013, showcasing the early and close-knit TPUSA team.

Reflecting on the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk

For more on Charlie Kirk’s life and legacy, Benji Backer, CEO and founder of Nature Is Nonpartisan, who worked with Kirk when he launched Tu

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First Annual TPUSA Golf Outing, 23 June 2013

All photos below feature either Charlie alone, or Charlie with ex-senator Joe Walsh.

This event was meant to be an annual outing but ended up being (unfortunately) a one-time endeavour. 92 golfers showed up to this event and it was held at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club in Palos Park, IL. Palos Park is around 35 minutes from Chicago.

I’d kill for one of those early TPUSA polos!

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charlie kirk's basketball career: effortpost!

-> media collection at end! <-

anybody remotely interested in charlie kirk, beyond his simple politics, is aware of his love for basketball. throughout his life he's been in both the court and audience, and not many people know what i'm talking about when i discuss that part of kirkstory. so here we are... gulp

to start with basics, here were his stats:

6'4" , 205lb | 193cm , 92kg (source) in his 2011/2012 run.

team history, publications, etc:

2008 - 2012 he played for his highschool basketball team, the Wildcats, sometimes abbreviated as just the Cats.

a few of his star moments during his highschool career were posted (here), albeit in horrific quality. some people have made supercuts of these clips, which you can find a playlist of (here).

in ~2010/2011 he played for a team comprised of almost entirely diaspora Serbs, in a team called the White Eagles (or Bele Orlove, in Serbian). more about this team later.

after his highschool years, having graduated in 2012, he was spending more time keeping up with his newly founded Turning Point USA, leaving little time for playing basketball, but he continued to support his highschool team by attending their games as an alum. there are of course a few exceptions to this point.

he coached both the White Eagles and helped coach the Cats after his graduation.

in 2013, one year after his graduation, he was featured in a seemingly student-led newspaper/journal and was interviewed about his highschool's basketball team and how he was keeping up with it. (link here)

online presence:

charlie was in control of the White Eagles’ twitter account from 16 March 2010 and forward. here he posted game updates, inspirational messages, team photos and stats. fun fact, it’s the origin of (this) widespread photo!

as well as the White Eagles, charlie ran a twitter account for his highschool basketball team. he also helped to manage the website for them around 2013.

⮤ the twitter account for his highschool basketball team was previously considered lost media as there are no archived tweets and the handle was re-adopted in 2022. it was found, and the reason for its elusiveness was a name change in 2020.

he often posted about basketball happenings that were not necessarily related to the Cats or the Eagles on his main twitter account. i will not be talking about his personal opinions on the NBA, as that is well-known and anybody can search that up.

in the above HS basketball videos/photos, he is #41.