Let me say the common thread plainly: My distrust in authority and institutions is strengthened by the actions taken against the common man.

• The alleged cover-up of the Charlie Kirk assassination by governmental authorities and Turning Point USA.

• The alleged theft of consigned LEGO through Bricks & Minifigs and Utah police against Reckless Ben on BAM’s behalf.

• The cancellation of a greenlit Stargate reboot by Amazon/MGM Studios at the crest of preproduction, to the dismay of over 100,000 fans around the world.

The current status of these events has a common thread. It may not seem obvious at first. It wasn’t for me. Outside my normal day-to-day, these are the stories in the past month that have stuck with me.

The Charlie Kirk assassination has not been solved. Reckless Ben versus Bricks & Minifigs (BAM) continues to federal court in Utah. Fans of Stargate petition Amazon/MGM Studios to move forward with the new series greenlit in November 2025. All three are ongoing: two are working through Utah courts, one through corporate boardrooms.

Charlie Kirk

Since the release of my media memoir, What Was Meant For Harm, Tyler Robinson has been on trial for the murder of Charlie Kirk. Candace Owens, Baron Coleman, and others including myself have questioned the official narrative surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death.

I do not know who, how, or what killed Charlie Kirk. Too many loose ends, logical fallacies, unanswered questions, changing behaviors and policy positions, and missing evidence to conclude the official story is accurate for me.

I mention the ‘bullet’ that killed Charlie Kirk in the book. I’m not so sure it was a bullet now.

The RODE microphone transmitter is currently in question. Glass shards were seen in SUV photos with questionable chest wounds. Inconsistent eye witness statements were given to news outlets. Crime scene evidence paved over by Monday. Blood-ridden clothes discarded. No autopsy. SD cards removed. Questions deflected by government officials and representatives of Turning Point USA, including odd appearances and comments by Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk.

Whatever the truth turns out to be, what Charlie Kirk gave me — hope for the next generation — hasn’t changed.

LEGO

In November 2025, I took my family to Legoland Florida. My son, wife, and I have bonded through LEGO. Little did I know that YouTuber Reckless Ben was about to discover Bricks & Minifigures was allegedly “stealing from old people.”

A ~$200K Star Wars collection was consigned to a BAM franchise in Oregon, consignor not paid for the sets until sold. Corporate BAM in Utah took over the store, the consignment, and the remaining Star Wars collection, without compensating the owner. Reckless Ben created videos attempting to assist the consignor in receiving compensation. Local police in Oregon and Utah dismissed the accusations, trespassing the consignor and YouTuber from confronting the alleged thieves.

The courts got involved. Reckless Ben silenced with a Temporary Restraining Order prior to publishing part three of his BAM-consignment confrontation series. The Utah State Court originally assigned to the case was the same judge as the Tyler Robinson case. It has since moved to the federal court in Utah.

Why bother LEGO with BAM issues?

LEGO is the primary market. BAM is the secondary market. As the secondary market declines, so does the primary market as they are less likely seen as good investment vehicles. I have invested in the educational value of LEGO for our son, with the awareness of the potential for future growth in value over the years.

#SaveStargate

On June 2nd, 2026, Amazon/MGM Studios cancelled a reboot of the Stargate franchise, with Stargate Atlantis alum, Martin Gero. The cancellation is alleged to have been caused by executive changes. Over 100,000 Stargate fans have spent the better part of the month petitioning on change.org and social media, two Times Square screens, and a banner flyover the studio’s headquarters, hoping to overturn the decision.

I remember watching Stargate with my dad when I was younger. Reruns allowed us to watch multiple episodes in different seasons on different basic cable channels. I printed off an episode list so we could track which ones we’d seen and which ones we hadn’t. My dad’s digital video recorder was filled with episodes we could catch up on when schedules aligned.

While deployed in 2009-2010 to Kirkuk, Iraq, I had ten seasons of Stargate SG-1, five seasons of Stargate Atlantis, and two seasons of Stargate Universe to watch. The entertainment was appreciated as a reprieve in between 12-hr emergency room shifts on the forward operating base.

Where I Stand

The multi-generational importance of values shared by Charlie Kirk (Truth and Freedom), LEGO (Play Well), and Stargate (Hope) is in direct contrast with what TPUSA (deception), Bricks & Minifigs (theft), and Amazon/MGM Studios (cancellation) are doing.

These aren’t abstract slogans. They’re the reason a father watches Stargate reruns with his son, the reason a veteran builds LEGO sets with his own boy years later, the reason a generation believed a young activist when he said truth and freedom were worth fighting for. Each value was handed down, generation to generation, as something worth preserving. And each institution charged with carrying that value forward has instead betrayed it: TPUSA and the agencies investigating Kirk’s death have offered deflection where truth was owed; Bricks & Minifigs took from a man’s trust where fair dealing was owed; Amazon/MGM cancelled hope at the exact moment 100,000 fans had reason to believe it was finally coming back. The institutions didn’t just fail. They inverted the value they were supposed to protect.

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