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Professor fired for sharing Charlie Kirk headline gets $500,000 and his job back

Ellsworth Toohey
Jan 07, 2026
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Charlie Kirk. Photo: Sua Sponte Photography/Shutterstock

Darren Michael, an associate professor at Austin Peay State University, has been reinstated and will receive $500,000 after the school fired him for sharing a news headline about Charlie Kirk. According to Mediaite, Michael shared an article headlined “Charlie Kirk says gun deaths are ‘unfortunatel…

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