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ToxMarz

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36. It was clear to me that the media knew this a while ago

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:57 PM

2 hrs ago

by the lack of reporting anything about it even happening, while they were still reporting daily about the Kirk shooter (which Trump would approve of). They knew they couldn't say what they knew about the mormon church attacker without raising the ire of Trump and his base, so they pretended like it didn't happen rather than dance around the story.

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