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Nululu

(1,102 posts)
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 05:03 AM Aug 7

DOGE's "Big Balls" Was Beaten Up--and Musk Is Already Lying About It

Source: The New Republic

The billionaire claimed that Coristine heroically stopped “a gang of about a dozen young men” from assaulting a woman in her car at night.” He said that Coristine ran over to defend the woman and saved her in spite of being “severely beaten to the point of concussion.”

While Trump and Musk claimed a brutal assault involving a gang of men, the MPD reported an unarmed carjacking, with only two 15-year-old suspects detained, a girl and a boy.

Read more: https://share.google/ct7zUylazYFQjZyta

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DOGE's "Big Balls" Was Beaten Up--and Musk Is Already Lying About It (Original Post) Nululu Aug 7 OP
The brave big balls beaten up by two 15 year olds, one of them a girl. Irish_Dem Aug 7 #1
"He is a man baby." speak easy Aug 7 #10
Yes males who have to brag about their genitalia are telling us something. Irish_Dem Aug 7 #14
So now, instead of calling himself Big Balls, he has to use a more accurate moniker. jls4561 Aug 7 #47
They're all man-children. Including Elmo. paleotn Aug 7 #12
Look at this other pathetic loser that couldn't fend off 13 & 15 year old female carjackers in DC MichMan Aug 7 #37
Yeah, I just can't stop laughing. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #40
Not that I'm defending Big Balls, but fighting two opponents, even 15 year olds, is HARD. Let alone three. Hellbound Hellhound Aug 7 #49
My point is that he is brave enough to destroy the entire US govt. Irish_Dem Aug 7 #50
I read the other day, that *ump in response to this said that a 14 year old should be tried as an adult, Uncle Joe Aug 7 #51
"To the point of concussion." Total BS. There was not even a visit to a hospital by B.B. John1956PA Aug 7 #2
Yes a concussion can only be diagnosed by a professional. Irish_Dem Aug 7 #15
...And Krasnov is using this stupid unqualified kid who should never have been in government as an excuse to militarize Karasu Aug 7 #3
Democrats should have made DC a state when they had the power to do so. And Puerto Rico. Lonestarblue Aug 7 #17
Spacenazi trying to get back on Krasnov's friend list kkmarie Aug 7 #4
He made it sound like the woman was some stranger and big balls was a knight and shining armor Walleye Aug 7 #5
Hell... GiqueCee Aug 7 #9
Having to hear all these people lie is very bad for everyone's mental health Walleye Aug 7 #13
Too true... GiqueCee Aug 7 #18
If you think that was bad, Buddyzbuddy Aug 7 #6
Big Balls... 2naSalit Aug 7 #7
What was Coristine GarColga Aug 7 #8
That's when bars close. yardwork Aug 7 #27
"It's pretty easy to guess what actually happened here," mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #31
TBH, I haven't read most of the details. yardwork Aug 7 #34
He is 19 years old - too young for the bars Blues Heron Aug 7 #33
The nearby club The Black Cat has an all-ages admission policy. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #35
Do you know he was at the Black Cat, or are you speculating based on location? Prairie Gates Aug 7 #45
You are correct. I have no idea where he was before the attempted carjacking. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #46
I suppose we're still waiting for those factual reports Prairie Gates Aug 7 #48
DC should require all bars to close at 10PM MichMan Aug 7 #38
lol. yardwork Aug 7 #39
Since he was 19, any establishment serving him alcohol should have their liquor license revoked MichMan Aug 7 #41
Toddlers killed with parents' guns. School children with their brains blasted on the wall and breakfast on the floor. twodogsbarking Aug 7 #11
They weren't even beaten. yardwork Aug 7 #28
News fooled me again. Damn. Thanks for clarification. Peace. twodogsbarking Aug 7 #29
WHAT were they doing on the streets of DC at that hour? nitpicked Aug 7 #16
The attempted carjacking occurred in the 1400 block of Swann Street. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #20
That's a lot of disinformation for one OP. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #19
Dollars to donuts that unarmed carjacking charge will be dropped Prairie Gates Aug 7 #23
I posted numerous factual reports about this incident yesterday and several people here said it didn't happen. sop Aug 7 #25
It's the usual suspects. Thanks, and good morning. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 7 #30
I know right? GusBob Aug 7 #32
Someone on DU called it a "Reichstag fire" LeftInTX Aug 7 #53
His daddy is CEO of "Lesser Evil" popcorn. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 7 #21
Tabitha Speaks- Big Balls Karma kkmarie Aug 7 #22
Anyone who goes around calling themselves Big Balls IronLionZion Aug 7 #24
Or the lack there of. republianmushroom Aug 7 #43
Bonobo chimps have the largest per capita scrotal mass of primates, which includes humans. GreenWave Aug 7 #26
Don't we see it? angrychair Aug 7 #36
Big balls is actually Putin's nephew. Meadowoak Aug 7 #42
Violent crime in DC declines, but when it happens it's deadlier MichMan Aug 7 #44
KEEP HIM AWAY FROM OUR SOCIAL SECURITY! vapor2 Aug 7 #52

Irish_Dem

(73,299 posts)
1. The brave big balls beaten up by two 15 year olds, one of them a girl.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 05:08 AM
Aug 7

The guy brave enough to destroy the US government cannot fight two 15 year olds.

He is a man baby.

Irish_Dem

(73,299 posts)
14. Yes males who have to brag about their genitalia are telling us something.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:40 AM
Aug 7

They are failures in the bedroom.
And every where else in life.

paleotn

(20,767 posts)
12. They're all man-children. Including Elmo.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:26 AM
Aug 7

Beaten up by a couple of 15 year olds. Now THAT'S funny!

MichMan

(15,753 posts)
37. Look at this other pathetic loser that couldn't fend off 13 & 15 year old female carjackers in DC
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 10:58 AM
Aug 7
A plea bargain was being negotiated on Tuesday for two girls, ages 13 and 15, who were charged with murder after they allegedly carjacked a man in D.C. last month, used a stun gun against him and caused his car to flip.

The suspects, a 13-year-old from Southeast D.C. and a 15-year-old from Fort Washington, Maryland, may be charged with second-degree murder while armed in the death of Mohammad Anwar, attorneys said in court. Anward was 66 and lived in Springfield, Virginia.

The girls, whose names were not released, were initially charged with felony murder while armed, second-degree murder while armed, robbery while armed, aggravated reckless driving with bodily harm and possession of a destructive device. It wasn't immediately clear what punishment the juveniles could face.


https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/plea-bargain-discussed-2-girls-charged-in-fatal-dc-carjacking-mohammad-anwar/2646390/

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,375 posts)
40. Yeah, I just can't stop laughing.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 11:03 AM
Aug 7

As juveniles, both ended up with confinement until they were twenty-one.

Thanks, and good morning.

49. Not that I'm defending Big Balls, but fighting two opponents, even 15 year olds, is HARD. Let alone three.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 01:04 PM
Aug 7

I've done my fair bit of MMA and was used as an example, as even though I'm 6'4" and 300+ lbs and well-trained in both martial arts and boxing, two determined 15 year olds were able to take me down. Three would end me.

I sincerely doubt you would be able to do any better, or ANYone. A 15 year old male is, despite age, quite a good deal more physically powerful than anything other than a dedicated fighter or powerlifter of an elder age category. Especially if they're in numbers similar to what is listed; two opponents is a loss. Three opponents is a one-sided beatdown, no matter how adept you are, unless you have EXTENSIVE training in multi-combatant fighting.

That said, Ballsack deserved to get his shit rocked, but never underestimate someone based purely on their age. I was 6'2" and 250 lbs at 15; I could have wrecked 90% of American citizens 1v1 back then, let alone if I had another one of me following my lead, even worse if there was a third.

We can say "Hue hue homeboy got his ass beat by a 15 year old" but 99% of DUers would get equally rocked in a one on one, even worse in a 2/3-on-one.

Irish_Dem

(73,299 posts)
50. My point is that he is brave enough to destroy the entire US govt.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 01:59 PM
Aug 7

Destroy the quality of life for all Americans but the wealthy.

He is a rotten no good bastard who wimps out when he is not hiding behind a computer screen.

Uncle Joe

(62,888 posts)
51. I read the other day, that *ump in response to this said that a 14 year old should be tried as an adult,
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 02:11 PM
Aug 7

President Trump on Tuesday called for the District of Columbia to change its laws to allow for teenagers 14 and older to be prosecuted as adults and face lengthy prison sentences.

(snip)

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5437405-trump-washington-dc-youth-crimes-federal-control/

and I couldn't help but to think WWJD, what would Jeffrey do?

Irish_Dem

(73,299 posts)
15. Yes a concussion can only be diagnosed by a professional.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:42 AM
Aug 7

It is a serious head injury and needs observation and treatment.

Not self diagnosed.

Karasu

(1,851 posts)
3. ...And Krasnov is using this stupid unqualified kid who should never have been in government as an excuse to militarize
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 05:57 AM
Aug 7

all of fucking DC.

Lonestarblue

(12,905 posts)
17. Democrats should have made DC a state when they had the power to do so. And Puerto Rico.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 08:05 AM
Aug 7

FDR knew how to wield power for the long-term good. So did LBJ. Clinton, Obama, and Bush wanted the perception of bipartisanship. Given today’s Republican Party and their willingness to do anything, legal or not, to keep Democrats out of power forever, we need more FDR and Johnson types. I’m not sure we have any (at least ready for the highest office), but I sure hope someone steps up before 2028.

kkmarie

(307 posts)
4. Spacenazi trying to get back on Krasnov's friend list
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 06:01 AM
Aug 7

Spacenazi must need another gazillion dollars from the usa.

But making up a story so contrary to facts from the police report?

Walleye

(42,028 posts)
5. He made it sound like the woman was some stranger and big balls was a knight and shining armor
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:06 AM
Aug 7

They lie like they breathe

Walleye

(42,028 posts)
13. Having to hear all these people lie is very bad for everyone's mental health
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:27 AM
Aug 7

The real definition of insanity is not being able to distinguish fantasy from reality

GiqueCee

(2,709 posts)
18. Too true...
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 08:18 AM
Aug 7

... it's exhausting to have to wade through the putrid swamp of Republican lies every day.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,347 posts)
6. If you think that was bad,
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:06 AM
Aug 7

wait til you boys no longer have the Feds to back you up. You like breaking car windows on defenseless pregnant women and their children. You're going to wish you were in prison.
That's just my guess.

GarColga

(162 posts)
8. What was Coristine
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:11 AM
Aug 7

doing out and about at 3:00 AM on a Monday morning? Does he actually have a job to go to?

yardwork

(67,749 posts)
27. That's when bars close.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 09:43 AM
Aug 7

It's pretty easy to guess what actually happened here, assuming the entire story isn't made up.

IF Coristine and his girlfriend were threatened, it probably went down like this...

Drunk couple weaves their way to their car, noticed by a group of teens who might have taunted them (being teens). Coristine and his girlfriend taunt back (being drunk, and an asshole). Eventually one of the teens says "we'll carjack you" and C. falls down and hurts himself, being drunk. Police respond immediately (proving that policing in DC is actually working) and C. accuses two 15 year olds of attacking him. Done.

Instead of being embarrassed the next morning and going to work hungover like everybody else would, C. literally makes a federal case of it and Trump pounces on it as an excuse to kill everyone in DC (or at least try).

The racism in the part of Trump and his minions is fundamental to understanding this.

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,375 posts)
31. "It's pretty easy to guess what actually happened here,"
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 10:07 AM
Aug 7

if you like being at odds with the MPD report.

yardwork

(67,749 posts)
34. TBH, I haven't read most of the details.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 10:17 AM
Aug 7

My point remains, though. Nothing particularly bad happened to this kid but Trump is using it as an excuse to come down on DC. Which is already suffering enough thanks to Musk.

Blues Heron

(7,322 posts)
33. He is 19 years old - too young for the bars
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 10:15 AM
Aug 7

Does he have a fake ID?

More likely- out trying to score drugs, gets beaten up.

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,375 posts)
35. The nearby club The Black Cat has an all-ages admission policy.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 10:22 AM
Aug 7
https://www.blackcatdc.com/information.html

The Black Cat is located at 1811 14th Street NW Washington DC 20009. The closest Metro stop is the U Street/Cardozo/African-American Civil War Memorial station.

{snip}

All Ages Policy
We welcome concert goers of all ages into our paid events, but we prefer those under 18 years old to have the permission of a guardian and be accompanied by an adult. Please note that we adhere to strict underage drinking restrictions and no one under the age of 21 may buy, consume, or possess alcohol. Those who do not adhere to these policies will be removed from the venue without refund and risk criminal prosecution. Please also be aware that DC has a Curfew Law which affects those under the age of 17. Read more about the DC Curfew law here.

{snip}

Prairie Gates

(5,946 posts)
45. Do you know he was at the Black Cat, or are you speculating based on location?
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 11:49 AM
Aug 7

Since we're very concerned about so-called "factual reports."

The fact is you don't have any idea where he was coming from or what he was doing at all, right?

I enjoy the speculation, though.

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,375 posts)
46. You are correct. I have no idea where he was before the attempted carjacking.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 12:04 PM
Aug 7

I'm just mentioning The Black Cat as one of the many establishments that are in the vicinity of the intersection of Swann Street and 14th Street and could have been open late on a Saturday night.

The Black Cat is located right at that intersection. It serves alcohol, but it has an all-ages admission policy.

Thanks, and good afternoon.

Prairie Gates

(5,946 posts)
48. I suppose we're still waiting for those factual reports
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 12:25 PM
Aug 7

It's often the time of peak speculation, of course.

MichMan

(15,753 posts)
41. Since he was 19, any establishment serving him alcohol should have their liquor license revoked
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 11:07 AM
Aug 7

twodogsbarking

(15,175 posts)
11. Toddlers killed with parents' guns. School children with their brains blasted on the wall and breakfast on the floor.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 07:23 AM
Aug 7

Adult bodies riddled at birthday parties. Innocent people gunned down in drive bys. Two thugs beaten and now there's a problem.

nitpicked

(1,319 posts)
16. WHAT were they doing on the streets of DC at that hour?
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 08:01 AM
Aug 7
https://www.newsweek.com/edward-coristine-big-balls-doge-attacked-washington-dc-donald-trump-2109443

(snip)
Edward Coristine was attacked in the city's Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman at around 3 a.m. on Sunday, according to The Associated Press and Politico. The woman was identified by police as Coristine's significant other.
(snip)

((This was idiocy by Coristine and/or his partner (WHO is going to hang around in DC in the very wee hours except, as required, Congress and the Hill staff ??) I usually made sure to get out of DC well before 8 pm.))

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,375 posts)
20. The attempted carjacking occurred in the 1400 block of Swann Street.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 09:10 AM
Aug 7


Google street view shows restaurants and clubs near that intersection. In particular, the Black Cat is at that intersection. Maybe the two were coming from the Black Cat. It would have been closing down right around 3 a.m. on a Sunday morning. Their website does not say who was playing there on Saturday night.

https://www.blackcatdc.com/

I wouldn't have been out there at 3 a.m., but that's not to say that no one would be out there at 3 a.m.

mahatmakanejeeves

(66,375 posts)
19. That's a lot of disinformation for one OP.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 09:06 AM
Aug 7

Last edited Thu Aug 7, 2025, 04:58 PM - Edit history (2)

The OP is based on an opinion piece in The New Republic. TNR has labeled it "Breaking News," which is odd, because it didn't appear until 10:29 a.m. Wednesday morning, well after Trump's rant.

If you read the parts of the article that were left out here, you'll see it is clearly an opinion piece. Parts that do appear here have been so carefully edited as to be disinformation. From TNR:

While Trump and Musk claimed a brutal assault involving a gang of men, the MPD reported an unarmed carjacking, with only two 15-year-old suspects detained, a girl and a boy.

TNR's Malcolm Ferguson has left out an important fact. From elsewhere at DU:

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 08:21 AM: Here's the MPD report. It was "a group of approximately ten juveniles."

Two members of the group were caught. The rest fled.



Will Sommer's tweet appeared twelve hours before TNR's article appeared, so Malcolm Ferguson had access to it.

Here's MPD's press release:

MPD Makes Two Arrests in Swann Street Attempted Carjacking

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrests of two suspects in an attempted unarmed carjacking that occurred in Northwest.

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at approximately 3:00 a.m., the suspects approached the victims, who were standing next to their vehicle, in the 1400 block of Swann Street, Northwest. The suspects demanded the victim’s vehicle and then assaulted one of the victims. During the assault, an MPD cruiser pulled into the block causing the suspects to flee. Two of the suspects were apprehended by the on-scene officers. One of the victims was treated on scene by DC Fire and EMS for injuries sustained in the assault.

A 15-year-old juvenile male and a 15-year-old juvenile female, of Hyattsville, MD, were arrested and charged with Unarmed Carjacking.

This case is under investigation by MPD’s Carjacking Taskforce, which comprises MPD detectives and agents of the FBI Washington Field Office. Multiple suspects remain outstanding. Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a violent crime committed in the District of Columbia.

CCN: 25117536

The two juveniles arrested were unarmed. As for the ones who fled, who knows?

DU's accelerating descent into spreading disinformation is disturbing.

Prairie Gates

(5,946 posts)
23. Dollars to donuts that unarmed carjacking charge will be dropped
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 09:33 AM
Aug 7

Complainant 1 (i.e., Coristine) is the only one saying anything about that. They have to arrest and charge based on the complaint (and, of course, the fact that he was indeed beaten bloody), but unless there's a confession, there's not a whole lot to go on for a charge of unarmed carjacking. According to the report, the woman he was with (C-2) did not even confirm the claim: the report states only that C-1 (Coristine) "saw the suspects approach and make a comment about taking the vehicle." That's pretty slim for a carjacking charge.

It will be dropped. This will go to simple assault if that.

I also expect we'll see the story change.

sop

(15,630 posts)
25. I posted numerous factual reports about this incident yesterday and several people here said it didn't happen.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 09:38 AM
Aug 7

Even after posting the DC police report's description of the attack, these Big Ball Truthers still maintained it was a lie, fake news, a false flag stunt and other nonsense. Reminds me of the fools who believe children gunned down in schools are crisis actors.

GusBob

(7,946 posts)
32. I know right?
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 10:07 AM
Aug 7

I take everything I read on the internet with a heaping spoonful of doubt until proven with veracity.

It used to be "got a link for that?" around here. Now its hook, line, and sinker

LeftInTX

(33,172 posts)
53. Someone on DU called it a "Reichstag fire"
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 03:48 PM
Aug 7

Hello?



This isn't exactly the "crime of the century". It's just something for Trump to get his panties up in a wad. It wouldn't have gotten other presidents in a tizzy and they probably would have quietly checked into the circumstances surrounding the incident. Nevertheless, "Big Balls" got beat up and Trump is exploiting it. He would have found some other lame excuse to federalize DC. Maybe it didn't cross his radar this term until Big Balls got beat up and Trump says, "Oh I forgot, this reminds me, I need to federalize DC"

A hangnail at the wrong time, could have been impetus to federalize DC...

Worse crime happens in DC...

DinahMoeHum

(23,129 posts)
21. His daddy is CEO of "Lesser Evil" popcorn. . .
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 09:16 AM
Aug 7

. . .and he was a former Wall Street bond broker.

Shit didn't fall far from the asshole in terms of arrogance.

https://www.lesserevil.com

GreenWave

(11,325 posts)
26. Bonobo chimps have the largest per capita scrotal mass of primates, which includes humans.
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 09:42 AM
Aug 7

So go on over there Big Balls and if the female bonobos (as they are prone to do) don't go "ape" over you, you don't measure up.

angrychair

(11,020 posts)
36. Don't we see it?
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 10:28 AM
Aug 7

We are referring to another human being as "big balls" which is just one of the more ridiculous and absurd turn of events that I would have never predicted ever happening.

Everytime I hear this nonsense I cringe so hard my spine pops. I want to express how completely absurd this all is but nothing could be further from the truth. These people, as completely ridiculous and uninformed and incompetent, are causing very real harm. I fucking hate them so much. I hate this period in time so much.
Its 24/7 shit show and I am over it.

MichMan

(15,753 posts)
44. Violent crime in DC declines, but when it happens it's deadlier
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 11:40 AM
Aug 7

July 24, 2025

A new report released Thursday finds violent crime in cities across the country is generally moving in the right direction, compared to last year. In fact, in many cases, violent crime is now lower than pre-pandemic levels in many places.

That’s according to the findings of the Council on Criminal Justice’s midyear report. It looked at crime trends around the country, including in D.C., Baltimore and Richmond.

While not at pre-pandemic levels yet, Lopez said carjackings, in particular, have seen noticeable declines since a dramatic spike starting in 2020 and in 2023. But the numbers also show there’s no escaping how much deadlier violent crime in D.C. has become.

“Lethality has climbed significantly,” Lopez said. “We look back to 2012 lethality — again, that share of violence that ended a homicide — that increased by over 300% from 2012 to 2024, even though if the homicide rate drops. So, the violent situations can be getting less frequent, but when those violent situations occur, they more likely end in a fatality than over a decade ago.”


https://wtop.com/dc/2025/07/violent-crime-in-dc-declines-but-when-it-happens-its-deadlier/
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