Podcast Summary: Candace | Ep 266 — "Operation Mocking-Plane: The Charlie Kirk Plot Thickens"

Host: Candace Owens
Date: November 18, 2025
Episode Theme: Unfiltered investigation and speculation by Candace Owens into the assassination of Charlie Kirk, Operation Mockingbird-style psychological operations in media, suspicious activity involving Egyptian planes, Turning Point USA’s financial irregularities, and suppression of independent inquiry.

Overview

In this solo episode, Candace Owens delivers an in-depth, emotionally charged monologue examining the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. She contrasts 1960s CIA media manipulation ("Operation Mockingbird") with alleged modern-day psychological operations aiming to silence questions and investigative voices—including her own. Owens accuses the conservative establishment and certain influencers of coordinated efforts to gaslight, distract, and protect those she suspects may be connected to Kirk’s death and Turning Point USA’s murky financial activities. The episode blends personal anecdotes, newly surfaced data about suspicious Egyptian military planes, and crowd-sourced research, culminating in a rallying cry for decentralized, grassroots investigation and transparency.

Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Operation Mockingbird Redux and Media Manipulation

• Owens opens by connecting JFK’s assassination and the ensuing CIA-led Operation Mockingbird—media psychological warfare—to current efforts to control public narrative after Charlie Kirk’s killing.
• She alleges that the same playbook is being used: “The Deep State declared a psychological warfare campaign on the people.… Their soldiers were the journalists and the writers.” (00:29)
• Modern example: She’s being painted as “evil” for simply asking questions, paralleling how asking questions post-JFK was stigmatized.

2. Religious Justifications as Suppression Tools

• Candace critiques religious and moral arguments used to discourage inquiry (“weep with those who weep, not time to get clicks”), portraying them as part of a coordinated program to stifle legitimate investigation and label it as immoral or un-Christian.
• Quote: “You hear that? Christians asking questions is just… it’s not about you. I mean, is there anything they didn’t try?… Not right now. Let’s at least wait a couple of weeks. It’s going to ruin the case.” (04:01)

3. Gut Instinct, Personal Background, and Media Gaslighting

• Candace reflects on her “gut instinct” as a superpower nurtured by a tough upbringing, leading her to distrust influencer-led narratives and crowd psychology.
• She asserts she was targeted by stealth campaigns (for example, being misquoted or credited with things she never said) as soon as her own research on Egyptian military aircraft surfaced.

Notable Moment/Quote:

“Their [influencer] reaction was so extreme in not debunking you that they even lie about what you said. And that lie tends to actually foreshadow something they don’t want you to know.” (05:32)

4. The Egyptian Military Planes Theory

• Central to the episode is Candace’s “Mocking-Plane” theory: Two Egyptian military planes tracked Kirk and his wife Erica. She details how an anonymous “pregnant mommy sleuth” unearthed flight and tracking data showing 68 overlaps with Erica’s documented whereabouts, 73 with both Kirk and Erica.
  • “My instant question becomes, why didn’t Turning Point acknowledge this plane was familiar to them?” (16:00)
• On the day of Kirk’s shooting, one of the planes (tail number S U B N D) was transponding twice at times coinciding with events of the day, but didn’t leave the tarmac.
  • Timestamps (detailed technical breakdown):
    • Plane transmitting: 9:05am–10:34am, then again 12:40pm–1:29pm (22:14)

5. Turning Point USA: Silence, Financial Anomalies, and Omitted Filings

• Candace details how Turning Point USA and its influencers (Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, etc.) repeatedly tried to discredit or distract from her findings, especially regarding the Egyptian planes.
• She presents evidence—via a YouTube financial analysis (Wolves and Finance)—of:
  • Multiple missing IRS 990 forms for Turning Point-related entities (35:05)
  • An unexplained $8.5 million transfer to a shell entity (“America’s Turning Point”) with no transparency on how the funds were spent (38:20)
  • Suspicious salary expenses despite a purported 33% staff reduction (44:40)
  • Candace asserts these anomalies were being covered up, and that Kirk himself had become suspicious and begun internally investigating days before his assassination.

Key Quote:

“They cleared over $70 million in the first couple of weeks after Charlie was assassinated.… We deserve answers.” (44:40)

6. Crowdsourced Investigation Calls: Planes, Rental Cars, License Plates

• Candace releases detailed info:
  • New tail numbers (N560TW)
  • Departure/arrival data for a flight potentially related to Kirk’s shooting (25:55)
  • Lists of rental car plate numbers issued to the “Egyptians” from Duncan Aviation, urging listeners (especially UVU students) to cross-reference photos/video from the event for possible leads (27:10)
• Encourages crowdsourced sleuthing—her “decentralized intelligence agency”—to verify, research, and report findings.

7. Threats and Suppression, Isreal and Tucker Carlson

• Candace discusses being told in the hospital (by Andrew Colvette from TPUSA) that there were credible threats against her and Tucker Carlson post-assassination, but neither received official federal warnings.
• She links suppression efforts and threats to Israeli interests and influence rather than Egyptian actors, countering the “Egyptian plane” cover story.
  • “I have no doubt that Tucker Carlson and I are being threatened. That’s pretty obvious… It is Israel that seems deeply upset with me and Tucker Carlson.” (33:30)

8. Community Engagement and Decentralized Journalism

• Encouragement for “mommy sleuths” and followers: Don’t be discouraged when attacked for thinking critically, keep crowd-investigating, and contribute information.
  • “This is Project Mommy Sleuth, really. To keep going, to keep sending us emails, and we are going to solve this thing.” (52:47)
• Candace closes by reaffirming her commitment to transparency and anti-corruption, positioning herself as unafraid and “built different,” ready to “burn it to the ground and see what comes from the ashes.” (58:07)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Psychological Warfare:
  "Their soldiers were the journalists and the writers. Their goal, obviously, to get people to just stop asking questions, to almost criminalize asking questions via methods of gaslighting." (00:29)

• On Gut Instinct:
  “I trust my gut. I don’t trust influencer campaigns. I don’t trust celebrities.” (05:08)

• On Planes
  “I suspect that if he had instead landed into Provo, he would have recognized the blue Egyptian plane. It's not every day that you see an Egyptian military craft.” (16:39)

• On Suppression of Questions:
  “You’re making money off of this. It’s unbiblical. Charlie wouldn’t want this. His family is grieving. Not right now. Let’s at least wait a couple of weeks. It’s going to ruin the case.” (04:01)

• Direct Challenge to TPUSA:
  “These planes were known to Turning Point USA and we all deserve to know why they were on the ground on that day, what they were doing on the ground on that day, and also why Turning Point chose to stay mom when every influencer under the sun and every publication attacked me for even mentioning the planes.” (22:14)

• Community Rallying:
  “This decentralized intelligence agency is going to solve this thing. And like I said, when I tell you what I know tomorrow, we’re getting somewhere, you guys. We are getting somewhere.” (53:59)

Key Segment Timestamps

• 00:29 — Operation Mockingbird analogy; deep state and media manipulation
• 04:00 — Critique of religious arguments suppressing inquiry
• 07:52 — Audio/Video analysis “pre-bunking” and media distortion about Candace’s statements
• 16:00–17:30 — “Mommy sleuth” discovery: planes tracked Erica and Charlie
• 21:05–22:14 — Technical breakdown: Flight tracking, day-of timeline for blue Egyptian plane
• 25:55–27:10 — Rental car plates and new flight data call for crowd-investigation
• 35:05 — Financial analysis: TPUSA missing filings
• 38:20 — The “missing” $8.5 million; suspicions of payroll fraud
• 44:40 — Auditing TPUSA; challenges for Erica Kirk as CEO, community demand for accountability
• 52:47–53:59 — Listener comments, “mommy sleuth” encouragement, community crowd-sourcing
• 58:07 — Candace’s closing: “I was clear. I was explicit when I said that I want war with all of you. Anybody that's lying is going to get exposed.”

Overall Tone

Candace’s tone is fiercely combative, conspiratorial, and forthright. She repeatedly positions herself against an array of “psychological operations,” influencers, and organizations, rallying her base of “mommy sleuths” and listeners to challenge authority, expose coverups, and reject intimidation. The language is peppered with religious, populist, and “true crime” energy.

Conclusion & Takeaways

Candace Owens uses this episode as both exposé and call to arms, drawing on personal experience, anonymous tips, technical research, and crowd-sourced evidence to challenge official and influencer-endorsed narratives about the death of Charlie Kirk and the financial workings of Turning Point USA. She accuses mainstream conservative figures and Christian leaders of participating, wittingly or not, in a “deep state” style psychological manipulation campaign, and reaffirms her intent to press forward with what she describes as a grassroots, decentralized investigation.

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Action Steps:

• Review flight, car rental, and event footage as detailed
• Submit evidence/tips to Candace
• Stay tuned for continued investigation updates in upcoming episodes

“No one has ever decentralized the intelligence. No one has ever asked for help. And I don’t think there’s ever been a person that has cared more, that has been standing against evil people who was leading the investigation. I think we’re making history.” (56:46)