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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is a horrendous day.
If you saw the close up video, it was gruesome. It looked like half his neck exploded. The massive spurting told the story, and it did not appear survivable.
I saw on Agenda-Free TV a long shot of where he had been sitting, and it looked like a body laying there, but no one was in attendance. I don't know if it was a body. But, I think he was DOA at the hospital. They just went through their protocols, probably put him on life support. They apparently didn't take him to surgery. Too late.
The balding, old man who was seized originally was reportedly dismissed, but was arrested for obstruction of justice. This is our American universal catch all charge for those that are unhappy with their treatment. Anyone can get that charge, just for mouthing off. Maybe they let him go.
Kash Patel is maximizing his participation, but they have not caught the shooter. Meanwhile, flags are flying half staff per rumpy's order. I dunno about that, but it is a small matter. Rumpy probably got called about the NATO Article 4--or, did he?--and, I think that is probably the more critical issue. I doubt very much that we will be at war with Russia by nightfall, because we have our defenses deployed to catch the cartels, and also to invade Chicago? New Orleans? Portland? New York? Utah? Rumpy will just say no. Russia is his personal friend.
Sigh...what a horrible day.

msongs
(72,479 posts)Blues Heron
(7,603 posts)usonian
(20,687 posts)I was in the 9th grade when this happened to JFK.
I do expect a nationwide manhunt.
Everyone is suspect.
Except gun owners.
Well, posting this agaain.
EndlessWire
(8,103 posts)cough up thir enrollment list, and now they are racially profiling potential assassins. They really don't know who did it.
I'm highly suspicious of everything. Trump et al. are going to milk this death for everything they can get out of it. Sickening.
But, no comments from dumpy about Poland. Well, maybe NATO didn't inform him.
I feel bad for the children. Everyone else picked a side.
usonian
(20,687 posts)Putins plan, executed by his stooge is to turn America into mob rule. And he is succeeding.
He infiltrated the NRA and the convicted (and exchanged) agent is on the Duma, last time I checked.
Violence is not just a means to them. Its an end.
I don't remember all the particulars, but in 2016 when the Orange Pedophile came into office, the NRA was said to have obtained money from Russia. I don't remember the name of the then NRA President, or leader, but he invited Russian "guests" to observe our polling during elections in 2015. This was quite legitimate, because that's what we did, invite other countries to observe. I just remember being upset about it. And, of course there was the lady spy who ran around cultivating Republican favors. We caught her on something, but we let her go. She was somehow involved with the NRA.
I believe we are headed to Civil War 2.0. While I agree that violence is suboptimal, I observe that winning against oppression and fascism, sadly, often requires a lot of push back. Rump is a dictator. He is playing games to gratify his ego. We are the pawns.
usonian
(20,687 posts)From Giffords.
The NRA Is in Disarray: Heres What You Need to Know
https://giffords.org/stories/nra-in-disarray-what-you-need-to-know-blog/
Updated April 2025
Wayne LaPierre was corrupt as hell, and this is AFTER the Russia matter (below)
Jury finds NRA, Wayne LaPierre liable in civil corruption case
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/23/1232229060/nra-wayne-lapierre-corruption-trial-verdict-new-york
NRA Was 'Foreign Asset' To Russia Ahead of 2016, New Senate Report Reveals
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/27/764879242/nra-was-foreign-asset-to-russia-ahead-of-2016-new-senate-report-reveals
Maria Butina: The Russian gun activist who was jailed in the US
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44885633
Maria Butina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Butina
She served around five months at Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution. Her 9-month pretrial prison term was counted towards her sentence. She was released and deported back to Russia in October 2019. She publicly denied being a Russian spy. In 2021, she was elected to the State Duma as a member of United Russia.
IzzaNuDay
(1,140 posts)Those young students and their teachers didnt have the security of bulletproof vests and a security detail.
But they were blown to bits with assault weapons.
Charlie Kirk: tragedy indeed. But I want to know exactly how secure this campus was, apparently not enough for a sharpshooter.