Nobody Cares about yet another assassination attempt

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I guess it's true that we all react differently to tragedy.

Dana White’s wild reaction to Donald Trump’s dinner shooting stuns all

Guests were left shaken as tables overturned and guards flooded the room, yet one figure stood out for a completely different reaction: UFC president Dana White, who appeared unfazed during the ordeal.

White later described the incident in startling fashion, offering a perspective that contrasted sharply with the fear felt across the room.

“It started getting noisy. Tables getting flipped, all the guys running in with guns, and they were screaming get down. I didn’t get down. It was f—— awesome. I literally took every minute of it in. And it was a pretty crazy, unique experience,” the 56-year-old stated.

 

[Cristiano]

 

[Free]

The new age of influencer journalism: Even the worst moments demand a selfie. (One of Bari Weiss' "reporters" from The Free Press.)

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The "this demonstrates the need for the White House Ballroom" trope is spectacularly dim, even by MAGA social media standards. Unless, that is, it's proposed that all future social events and rallies attended by the incumbent POTUS (and possibly games of golf?) should be held there.

I'd be interested to know how many of the accounts repeating this nonsense are genuine and how many are bots designed to amplify content by forwarding it round the network.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

I'd be interested to know how many of the accounts repeating this nonsense are genuine and how many are bots designed to amplify content by forwarding it round the network.

I would argue that there's no substantive difference anymore.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I would argue that there's no substantive difference anymore.

At first sight it looks as if there's a top layer of influencers who get their talking points from somewhere (or they share each other's points) and they all have their own bot amplifier networks to boost their and each other's posts.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

"Whats in it for him" would be an easy follow the money if our press wasn't so busy wasting their time producing toilet paper to catch all the bull shit instead of newspapers.

Probably less about the money and more about finding/grooming a useful idiot. With compromised federal data in the hands of Elon's practically adolescent tech bros, Thiel's Palantir project.. finding someone and sneaking into their online communities to nudge them into a murderous rage is probably both easy and involving diehard loyalists who would gladly remain silent, especially knowing that it could be pinned on them.

I didn't see anyone unaliving themselves over getting trump his ballroom, but if their sacrifice could help radicalize others and accelerate the war on the left... I could easily see a few of them having the fanaticism necessary to commit to it.

 

[Cristiano]

The "this demonstrates the need for the White House Ballroom" trope is spectacularly dim, even by MAGA social media standards. Unless, that is, it's proposed that all future social events and rallies attended by the incumbent POTUS (and possibly games of golf?) should be held there.

I'd be interested to know how many of the accounts repeating this nonsense are genuine and how many are bots designed to amplify content by forwarding it round the network.

Ashley St. Clair. former MAGA influencer and Elon baby mama has come over from the dark side and went full scorched earth. She revealed how the entire grift works. These "influencers" are paid by consulting firms to post - they don't have to reveal how their money is spent so they can do these kind of campaigns in the dark. There is a portal they sign into to get their marching orders on exactly what to post. That is why the posts pretty much mirror each other and go out in unison. They are paid shills.

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[Casey Pelous]

I'm not convinced the shooter was there for Dozy Grandpa. The room was full of those bad people who say mean things about Carotene Caligula. That's how they could have sold the deal to the patsy.

 

[Noodles]

This is the biggest tell above all else thst this was a staged pile of bull shit.

 

[Noodles]

Ashley St. Clair. former MAGA influencer and Elon baby mama

What is the opposite of "Don't put your dick in crazy?"

Where the dick is the crazy one.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

This is the biggest tell above all else thst this was a staged pile of bull shit.

I don't agree with that. Not saying it definitely wasn't staged at all yet, but I don't see this as evidence. If the shooting attempt was 100% real, every one of these accounts are still posting the exact same thing in response.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Here's where my mind is at with this. I'm still trying to put the pieces together with the very limited knowledge of the incident we have, but my initial, and still prevailing thoughts are that this is staged. The biggest thing sticking out is Trump's attendance at the dinner. He has always actively avoided attending in the past, and has voiced his disdain of the entire event. So, what changed his mind?

Then there's the shooter. He travels all the way from California by train to shoot up an event he couldn't have known Trump would even be attending (see above). What were his motives? Who were his targets, if not the President? Is it possible someone on the inside of Trump's orbit convinced Trump to attend the dinner AND somehow goad this unseemly assassin to show up with guns blazing?

That leaves me with two theories: One, someone close to Trump was trying to get him bumped off, or, two, Trump himself orchestrated this because he needed a poll boost and needed to pitch his ballroom. And what better way to sell a fortified ballroom on White House grounds than by exposing existing venues as insecure and vulnerable?

Anyways, that's where I'm at.

I'm also trying to figure out the shooter. He doesn't quite fit the normal profile. From what I know, he's a college graduate with his life ahead of him, who expressed a vague displeasure with the current administration, and made a small donation to the Harris campaign in 2024. Maybe the puzzle pieces will fit together better as more information comes out. In this, it's good that he was apprehended alive, as we won't be left for long guessing at his motives.

 

[detrius]

I was wondering when a member of this administration would reenact the ending of Stephen King's "The Dead Zone".

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Then there's the shooter. He travels all the way from California by train to shoot up an event he couldn't have known Trump would even be attending (see above). What were his motives? Who were his targets, if not the President? Is it possible someone on the inside of Trump's orbit convinced Trump to attend the dinner AND somehow goad this unseemly assassin to show up with guns blazing?

Trump first announced he'd attend the dinner back on March 2. Plenty of time for someone to make their travel arrangments and book a room at the Hilton, I'd have thought.

Trump says he'll attend White House correspondents' dinner for his first time as president

President Donald Trump says he'll attend this year's White House Correspondent Association dinner on April 25, marking the first time he's done so as commander-in-chief.

www.pbs.org

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Trump first announced he'd attend the dinner back on March 2. Plenty of time for someone to make their travel arrangments and book a room at the Hilton, I'd have thought.

Trump says he'll attend White House correspondents' dinner for his first time as president

President Donald Trump says he'll attend this year's White House Correspondent Association dinner on April 25, marking the first time he's done so as commander-in-chief.

www.pbs.org

I missed that little detail. Now I'm left wondering why Trump decided to attend, when he had shown such disdain for the event every other time it was held. I still think he needed to pitch his fortified ballroom.

 

[Cristiano]

Related:

Ashley St. Clair: “All of MAGA is paid and they coordinate their messaging in lockstep via groupchats. All of these people came to the conclusion that after what they saw at the WHCD, their first thought was ‘Trump needs his ballroom.’ One of the main groupchats in which they coordinate this messaging is literally called ‘Fight, Fight, Fight!’ after the ‘attempt’ on Trump’s life in Butler”

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

The inevitable LEGO video.

 

[Cristiano]