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    He then said that the episode underscored why the White House needed beefed up security, and its own ballroom.

    And there it is

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    There’s probably no conspiracy theory in play, but I do think it’s funny that the first WHCD he attends as president because he hates the event and doesn’t understand it ends as soon as it starts because of a gunman. Creating a gunman distraction to avoid getting roasted by the press is not beyond Trump but also who out there doesn’t want to see him dead at this point? It’s just that I’m not sure which answer Occam’s Razor falls at this point because false flag and honest attempt seem about equal likelihood!

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      So apparently one of the awards they were going to hand out tonight was for investigative journalism relating to the Epstein files…

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      I do like the idea of doing drastic, insane stuff to get out of awkward social situations. Best I’ve heard so far is Clarence Thomas trying to repeal Loving v. Virginia so he wouldn’t have to file for divorce.

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    If the attacks are all fake, its incredibly poor false flag, because nobody feels bad for the prick except his absolutely ardent fans.

    If they’re real, it should prove to everyone how absolutely hated he is, because no other US president in recent memory has had two assassination attempts that were publicly reported.

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    So for those of you like me who hadn’t heard the news before seeing this, apparently some guy rushed through the metal detector area at the White House correspondents dinner, but was stopped by security staff.

    A bit like rushing Area 51 but if someone tried to solo the mission.

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    I’m starting to think he’s not as committed to the roll as Charlei Kirk was

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        He was known before he was assassinated? I’d never heard of him until he was assassinated.

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          Definitely known. If you do any of the Instagram Reels/TikTok style of scrolling videos, you’d come across him fairly often. I have always been a raging lefty in almost every category but I still saw his debates quite often. They were kind of pushed by the algorithm as ragebait because the things he said were so ludicrous and his arguments were very weak but he was so confident about them.

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            ah, the only social media I’ve used in a number of years is the fediverse. from what little i know of him, I SERIOUSLY doubt he’d have been on the fediverse.

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    I’d like to believe it is a false flag, but I’m cursed with not being a moron, so I don’t automatically think everything is a conspiracy. I associate that kind of thinking with the MAGA crowd, honestly, but of course it’s not exclusive to them.

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      I used to feel that way about people who said the world was run by a group of elite pedophiles.

      Now here we are, openly living in that world…

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        Not in the way they meant it, though. Qanon is still around, and they’re still loyal Trump cultists.

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          That was literally started as Epstein distracting people from the fact they were doing it. The conspiracy is even worse.

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            It would be hilarious if “Q was Epstein” becomes a thing.

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      People can read about mk ultra and just believe this shit coming out the biggest liar to ever lived mouth?

      He already fucking faked it before and he hates this dinner. You think I’m a moron, i think you’re a gullible moron.

      I think plenty want to do it, but i think we are domesticated and mostly have no access to this fat fuck.

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        “MKUltra means nothing is true anymore” is not a useful epistemology

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    “Americans why are you not trying to shoot this guy” someone tries to shoot this guy “FAKE!”

    (/s – I do understand where this sentiment is coming from, but it’s just a bit too early to tell what it really was)

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      Well, the one where his ear got scratched, the FBI refuses to investigate it. That definitely makes me curious. They also seemed to have set positions for photographers to get his picture as he raises his fist with the flag in the background. There’s certainly some strange things going on with that.

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        They also seemed to have set positions for photographers to get his picture as he raises his fist with the flag in the background.

        I haven’t watched videos of that attempt, but has Trump moved from his position after the shot? If not, I don’t see it as implausible that they positioned a photographer in advance to get the flag in the background. That one is explainable, we are talking about the country that has its flag fucking everywhere, even on underwear.

        I find the fact that they took the foto at all after the “attempt” as one of the biggest proofs that trump was not really scared about the situation.

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          There’s a guy who, calmly but quickly, gathers up photographers and puts them in one position, then moves then to the second position (which is the one with that flag). It’s very weird behavior for a shooting literally just having happened.

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    I’m not a person who believes in many conspiracies but, the first WHCD he attended since 2016 and there was virtually no security at the hotel?

    If you ever been in a city with a military base when the president or VP land, you know that doesn’t make sense. You don’t even need to be that close and they are on you.

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    If you go to Reddit r/conservative it’s selling. It’s always the same the attacker donated like 20 dollars os something to Democrats one time.

    My fear they could use this to take out freedoms, spy on peoples social media, or even worse say it’s a mental health problem be critical of them and start to get so called “dangerous” people by their speech.

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      Yeah but conservatives don’t believe in mental health, remember? That’s why American healthcare practically considers it an indulgence.

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        They definitely believe in mental health like trump derangement syndrome. That’s enough to put people in cages.

        The pseudo-science of psychiatry doesn’t do much to help. That’s a root of the problem.

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        Whenever there’s a public mass shooting they always say “we need to talk about mental health”, and then… that’s it.

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    This second assassination theatre production is why we need to release the trump/epstein Files! He was reading a prepared statement very soon thereafter. It had to have been pre-written.

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    Seriously there are multiple headline updates conflicting with each other. At this point I need a interview with the Secret Service agent who was shot to believe anything.

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    Let’s say they’re all fake, and they ramp up the frequency.

    Now it’s so so common place the security guys already expect some guy with a riffle to walk in the back door.

    “Ah mr assassin today? Alright pass on through.”

    Except that, one day that’ll be the real one 🥳