Trump falls!! Hurt too

[Patooka]

Jeezus, this place is just awash with conspiracy theory bullshit these days.

If you dislike conspiracy theories, feel free to leave any time Mr Hunter's Laptop.

 

[Politesse]

Jeezus, this place is just awash with conspiracy theory bullshit these days.

If you dislike conspiracy theories, feel free to leave any time Mr Hunter's Laptop.

But the laptop was IMPORTANT. This is just an assassination.

 

[barbos]

It appears that Trump’s ear was hit by glass from the teleprompter. I wonder if the teleprompter deflected the bullet and that’s why he missed.

Nope. Someone actually got a shot of the bullet in mid air.

That looks far to thin to be a bullet. It seems only about 2 mm thick, whereas an actual bullet is at least 1/2 cm thick.

You can tell that from just the picture??

You can too, take a ruler and put it on the picture

 

[Patooka]

Jeezus, this place is just awash with conspiracy theory bullshit these days.

If you dislike conspiracy theories, feel free to leave any time Mr Hunter's Laptop.

But the laptop was IMPORTANT. This is just an assassination.

Of course. My mistake.

 

[bilby]

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WTF?

What kind of rifle fires not just the bullet, but the entire cartridge, brass case, propellant and all??

 

[TV and credit cards]

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WTF?

What kind of rifle fires not just the bullet, but the entire cartridge, brass case, propellant and all??

Air displacement, perhaps.

 

[Gospel]

Ready for some pragmatic political depression? The second you bring up Heritage Foundation, you've lost the voter. Making sound and coherent messages doesn't mean you've madea compelling argument to win a vote.

So, you prefer a foolish and misguided America, fearing the loss of freedoms, over the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we stand strong against the foolish and misguided?

Did I misspell sigh?

Yes. It's spelled, do and say whatever it takes to win elections, yet we're supposed to trust these same individuals to act responsibly once they're in office. Logical.

 

[Gospel]

Wonderful. Don't you think it would be less harmful to refute a well-argued statement made by a president, rather than trying to debunk broad generalizations that only serve to dehumanize people? Biases will prevent people from caring when someone simply says, "That's not true!" to such sweeping statements.

For instance, people might argue that Biden's remarks about Trump supporters are incorrect, but then the focus shifts to the negative aspects within that group. However, as you've demonstrated, focusing on the Heritage Foundation as the issue provides a specific (especially when citing their own documents), tangible point for people to investigate. Making it harder to twist into a general attack on a group of people. It would be up to the people to decide whether said Heritage/Project 2025 is the threat the president claims it to be.

You would think that presidents would choose their words responsibly and make actual arguments whether you agree with their arguments or not.

Good grief, what on earth are you blathering on about? Brandon and the dems have a long history of howling about "how Trump threatens our very democracy". The Project 2025 is just one of many crank think tanks that the conspiracy theorists and fearmongers have recently latched onto and you obsess about it. You're not the only one. And Brandon has been banging on about Project 2025 as if it is Trump's manifesto. It's not.

Where did I obsess about it? Could you please refrain from making false claims about me and my interests? Just because you've heard others mention the Heritage project doesn't mean I'm making the same argument as those others you heard it from. I'm not even arguing that Project 2025 is a threat and if you'd take the moment to fucking ask me, I'd agree that it is not.

Then don't bring it up.

Fair enough. Are you still going to ignore what I'm actually talking about?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Ready for some pragmatic political depression? The second you bring up Heritage Foundation, you've lost the voter. Making sound and coherent messages doesn't mean you've madea compelling argument to win a vote.

So, you prefer a foolish and misguided America, fearing the loss of freedoms, over the land of the free and the home of the brave, where we stand strong against the foolish and misguided?

Did I misspell sigh?

Yes. It's spelled, do and say whatever it takes to win elections, yet we're supposed to trust these same individuals to act responsibly once they're in office. Logical.

Clearly you aren't reading what I'm saying. You want to believe people will make informed decisions if only they are truthfully informed. Look at Covid-19 and the people's reaction. The trouble with the truth and context is that when it comes to the partisan mind, the brain actually rewards obfuscation. In other words, our brains are wired to lie to itself when convenient and give itself a cookie when it accomplishes the task. So the question is how to manage messaging, and more importantly, convince people whose brains aren't trying to fool itself to vote.

Regardless, if it makes you feel better, we already lost because of Corner Post and the reversal of Chevron. And even if the Democrats win in 2024, the people will give the GOP a chance to turn back the clock to the 19th Century soon after.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

It appears that Trump’s ear was hit by glass from the teleprompter. I wonder if the teleprompter deflected the bullet and that’s why he missed.

Nope. Someone actually got a shot of the bullet in mid air.

From the layout of the scene in the New York Times that would have to be a bullet that already missed. He's also pretty much looking at the shooter. And I still don't think you're going to record a streak that long, there's only one image of a bullet actually hitting the sensor, that long also means that weak.

I have no idea the fluid dynamics on the problem, but I wonder whether higher humidity would help create a longer apparent trail. Trail on the left end is darker, already spreading out and away.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

All this stuff about about ideological motivations is an assumption and on top of that, all the stuff about Biden being responsible is partisan mud-slinging in order to gain even more political advantage from this crisis.

In the first case, while Crooks donated $15 once to Biden's inauguration (maybe he wanted to go there to shoot Biden), he was also a registered Republican. Student(s) at his school said when he ever talked politics, he expressed conservative views. Authorities think they haven't found a manifesto or anything in social media or his electronics to point to an ideologically or partisan-driven assassination attempt. Now when I write that they "think they haven't found a manifesto," that's my interpretation because he actually was wearing a t-shirt for a pro-gun YouTube channel when he did this and he had explosives in his car but no identification. So, he planned to go out with a bang during his escape, if needed and his message would be his t-shirt, i.e. AFTER he assassinated Trump. Or at least that is now how it seems with no other message found.

So, to me, this could very well mean "hey look everyone, I'm an expert gun guy! You were all wrong not to accept me into the school rifle club and bully me every day!" It also means that if it were Biden who had the campaign rally there, he'd try to shoot Biden instead.

I am willing to change my informed opinion on this in light of any new data, but for now, the Party of Political Violence is the GOP, one of the problems of violence across the country is GUNS, Trump remains a narcissist, and his followers are still a cult.

To add--

So now they've not only checked his computer and social media but also cracked his phone:

Even after breaking into his phone and searching his computer, officials still haven't found evidence that would suggest political or ideological impetus for the shooting, law enforcement sources told CNN.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

Trump rally shooter's motive still unclear as Biden urges calm

"The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It's time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that," President Biden said.

www.cbsnews.com

Three snipers were stationed inside building used in Trump assassination attempt​

There were three snipers stationed inside the building the shooter used during Saturday's shooting of former President Donald Trump, a local law enforcement officer with direct knowledge of the incident tells CBS News.

...

One of the snipers inside saw Thomas Matthew Crooks outside and looking up at the roof, observing the building and disappearing, a local law enforcement officer tells CBS News.

Crooks came back, sat down and looked at his phone. At that point, one of the snipers took a picture of him...

If this is true, this whole thing is a massive failure by the Secret Service.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

All this stuff about about ideological motivations is an assumption and on top of that, all the stuff about Biden being responsible is partisan mud-slinging in order to gain even more political advantage from this crisis.

In the first case, while Crooks donated $15 once to Biden's inauguration (maybe he wanted to go there to shoot Biden), he was also a registered Republican. Student(s) at his school said when he ever talked politics, he expressed conservative views. Authorities think they haven't found a manifesto or anything in social media or his electronics to point to an ideologically or partisan-driven assassination attempt. Now when I write that they "think they haven't found a manifesto," that's my interpretation because he actually was wearing a t-shirt for a pro-gun YouTube channel when he did this and he had explosives in his car but no identification. So, he planned to go out with a bang during his escape, if needed and his message would be his t-shirt, i.e. AFTER he assassinated Trump. Or at least that is now how it seems with no other message found.

So, to me, this could very well mean "hey look everyone, I'm an expert gun guy! You were all wrong not to accept me into the school rifle club and bully me every day!" It also means that if it were Biden who had the campaign rally there, he'd try to shoot Biden instead.

I am willing to change my informed opinion on this in light of any new data, but for now, the Party of Political Violence is the GOP, one of the problems of violence across the country is GUNS, Trump remains a narcissist, and his followers are still a cult.

To add--

So now they've not only checked his computer and social media but also cracked his phone:

Even after breaking into his phone and searching his computer, officials still haven't found evidence that would suggest political or ideological impetus for the shooting, law enforcement sources told CNN.

This is good. Now, we still need to cool things down. We'll see how Trump speaks at the convention.

 

[lpetrich]

Top Democratic strategist pushed reporters to consider 'staged' shooting | Semafor

The top political adviser to Democratic mega-donor Reid Hoffman suggested that the attack on Donald Trump could have been “staged,” even as Hoffman was criticized for joking before Saturday’s attack about Trump becoming a “martyr.”

The adviser, Dmitri Mehlhorn, apologized for his remarks after Semafor published this story, and said his email laying out his claims was “drafted without consultation from team members or allies.”

‘Morning Joe’ pulled from air Monday because of Trump shooting | CNN Business

A person familiar with the matter told CNN that the decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole. Given the breaking news nature of the story, the person said, it made more sense to continue airing rolling breaking news coverage in the fraught political moment.

Biden re-election campaign ‘is effectively paused’ in aftermath of Trump assassination attempt

After Trump shooting, Democratic effort to replace Biden comes to a standstill - "After the shooting at the Trump rally, the Biden campaign tried to cut back campaign activity, including taking down television ads, a campaign official said."

In the aftermath of the Trump rally violence, Biden’s operation pumped the brakes on politics. In the immediate hours after the incident, the Biden campaign paused “outbound communications” and tried to quickly take down television ads, a campaign official said. The Democratic National Committee similarly paused television ads and billboard ads attacking Trump.

The Biden campaign also told staffers to “refrain from issuing any comments on social media or in public” and “pause any proactive campaign communication across all platforms and in all circumstances until we know more,” according to an email obtained by NBC News.

 

[marc]

He is playing up the injury at the convention ,naturally. Got a big band-aid on his ear. Makes me wonder if the conventions still has all those purple band-aids they used to mock John Kerry's three purple hearts?

Spoiler: Oh, and one good take on the bandage

 

[lpetrich]

Mike Sington on X: "This is important. Joy Reid warns that the media will now allow Trump to “rewrite himself as both a hero and a victim”. Don’t let it happen. (Video: MSNBC) (vid link)" / X

Steve Cotov on X: "@MikeSington From a Katie Phang post on Instagram (pic link)" / X

Stay away from people who act like a victim in a problem they created.
@PeacefulMindPeacefulLife

Presumably referring to someone who does things like joke about someone attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband. From a year ago,

• Trump continues to joke about assault of Paul Pelosi
• Trump Mocks Hammer Attack On Pelosi’s Husband In Incendiary Speech
• Trump mocks Pelosi in California speech - POLITICO

Zach Cloutier on X: "@MikeSington I'm glad that she's putting the other people in the room in their place." / X

Like mentioning MTG targeting the likes of Nancy Pelosi.

April Pitney on X: "@MikeSington We won’t! He’s neither !
Don’t worry Joy he’s already tweeting his decrepit vitriolic nonsense!" / X

 

[TV and credit cards]

All this stuff about about ideological motivations is an assumption and on top of that, all the stuff about Biden being responsible is partisan mud-slinging in order to gain even more political advantage from this crisis.

In the first case, while Crooks donated $15 once to Biden's inauguration (maybe he wanted to go there to shoot Biden), he was also a registered Republican. Student(s) at his school said when he ever talked politics, he expressed conservative views. Authorities think they haven't found a manifesto or anything in social media or his electronics to point to an ideologically or partisan-driven assassination attempt. Now when I write that they "think they haven't found a manifesto," that's my interpretation because he actually was wearing a t-shirt for a pro-gun YouTube channel when he did this and he had explosives in his car but no identification. So, he planned to go out with a bang during his escape, if needed and his message would be his t-shirt, i.e. AFTER he assassinated Trump. Or at least that is now how it seems with no other message found.

So, to me, this could very well mean "hey look everyone, I'm an expert gun guy! You were all wrong not to accept me into the school rifle club and bully me every day!" It also means that if it were Biden who had the campaign rally there, he'd try to shoot Biden instead.

I am willing to change my informed opinion on this in light of any new data, but for now, the Party of Political Violence is the GOP, one of the problems of violence across the country is GUNS, Trump remains a narcissist, and his followers are still a cult.

To add--

So now they've not only checked his computer and social media but also cracked his phone:

Even after breaking into his phone and searching his computer, officials still haven't found evidence that would suggest political or ideological impetus for the shooting, law enforcement sources told CNN.

Smart enough not to post his life up on line and he may have had few if any friends to divulge anything to even if he wanted.

Trump rally shooter's motive still unclear as Biden urges calm

"The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It's time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that," President Biden said.

www.cbsnews.com

Three snipers were stationed inside building used in Trump assassination attempt​

There were three snipers stationed inside the building the shooter used during Saturday's shooting of former President Donald Trump, a local law enforcement officer with direct knowledge of the incident tells CBS News.

...

One of the snipers inside saw Thomas Matthew Crooks outside and looking up at the roof, observing the building and disappearing, a local law enforcement officer tells CBS News.

Crooks came back, sat down and looked at his phone. At that point, one of the snipers took a picture of him...

If this is true, this whole thing is a massive failure by the Secret Service.

Snipers inside a building? And who did they belong to? The state may have supplied some to work in conjunction with Secret Service.

 

[lpetrich]

World leaders react after an apparent assassination attempt on Trump | AP News

Trump rally shooting: Giffords, Pelosi, Whitmer react - fmr Sen. Gabby Giffords, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

On the other side in both party and gender, Rep. Steve Scalse, who was also attacked: “Praying for President Donald Trump. There is never any place for political violence.” then “For weeks Democrat leaders have been fueling ludicrous hysteria that Donald Trump winning re-election would be the end of democracy in America." and “Clearly we’ve seen far left lunatics act on violent rhetoric in the past." and “This incendiary rhetoric must stop.”

America's toxic political climate faces calls to 'tone it down' after assassination attempt on Trump | AP News

“Tone it down!”

“I am in a state of bewilderment of how and what has happened to the United States of America,” Rep. Mike Kelly, R-PA., told The Associated Press early Sunday.

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“We can’t allow this violence to be normalized,” Biden said in an evening address to the nation from the Oval Office.

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This spring, Trump who has accused migrants of “poisoning the blood of the country” and vowed to launch the largest domestic deportation operation, told autoworkers there would be a “ bloodbath ” in this country if he is not reelected.

“If we don’t win, I think our country is finished,” he said during the New Hampshire primary.

Trump has promised retribution on his political rivals ...

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And House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said it’s time to “turn the temperature down in this country,” also singled out for blame Biden’s recent comments during a call with political donors in which the president said, “It’s time to put Trump in the bullseye.”

Johnson said he knows Biden didn’t literally mean Trump should be targeted, but added, “that kind of language on either side should be called out.”

 

[thebeave]

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WTF?

What kind of rifle fires not just the bullet, but the entire cartridge, brass case, propellant and all??

Well, nobody said meme creators are the brightest bulb in the pack.

 

[hurtinbuckaroo]

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WTF?

What kind of rifle fires not just the bullet, but the entire cartridge, brass case, propellant and all??

It’s intended to make a point, not to be technically accurate. Who cares how they draw the bullet, as long as the message is clear?