J.M. Berger

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The Secret Service missing this post assassination attempt press conference, and the FBI going ahead with it without them, is one of the most striking instances of federal law endorcement dysfunction since that time no law enforcement agency held a press conference after Jan 6 for like two weeks.

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Pelosi's Twitter account put out a generous expression of sympathy for Trump this evening, and the top comments are all people mocking the attack on her husband

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Immediately after shots were fired, the crowd turned on media, channeling their anger toward reporters standing inside the press pen. “Fake news. This is your fault!” “You’re next! Your time is coming.” A few tried to break into the press pen but were stopped by security. — Sophia Cai, Axios

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For those who didn’t know, Daily Beast now has a right wing EIC and owners. Enjoy the death of progressive news reporting in America!

Your first look at the now Right Wing Daily Beast, everyone!

Incredibly healthy nation, not at all dystopian

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Trump’s Allies Quickly Respond To Shooting With Conspiracy Theories, Attacks On Political Enemies talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trumps-...

Trump’s Allies Quickly Respond To Shooting With Conspiracy Theories, Attacks On Political Enemiestalkingpointsmemo.com In the first few fraught hours after what for all intents and...

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New York Times Editorial Board: "Mr. Trump’s political agenda cannot and must not be opposed by violence. It cannot and must not be pursued through violence." Ok but to be clear Trump's political agenda *is* violence. We get that right? I dont want us to miss that www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/o...

Opinion | The Attack on Donald Trump Is Antithetical to Americawww.nytimes.com Political violence is antithetical to our democracy.

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Scott Jennings on CNN right now saying this is on Dems for saying Trump will end democracy on the US. And Bash and Blitzer are like, yes, we have to tamp down the rhetoric on both sides. Absolute marks. Jesus Christ.

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Leave it to Don Jr to find the worst possible thing to say

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Been watching a lot of calls for people to come together and lower the temperature, which is all fine, but I haven’t seen anyone suggest that it should be harder to buy sniper rifles.

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I don't think people will buy the move from "sleepy joe will quit" to "madman Biden ordered an assassination" but obviously they'll try

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Just a reminder: it’s good to oppose assassinations. But you are under absolutely no obligation to treat Trumpists and Trump-apologists as people who are honest, or acting in good faith, when they purport to condemn political violence or violent rhetoric. They’re not sincere.

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October 2020: Trump defends plot to murder Gov. Whitmer January 2021: Trump sends mob to kill his own VP and members of Congress November 2023: Trump cheers attempted assassination of Nancy Pelosi March 2024: Trump posts video depicting abduction of Joe Biden

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Fatalism isn't smart. We do have a future, we just have to get real about living in severe times & serious about doing what it takes to survive. This is the bottom line about moving day to day right now.

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It's going to be so bleak.

Preview of the next few weeks

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I love a relaxing summer, that lovely time of the year where we put aside our worries and everything slows down a little bit, wait I'm getting a message from the control room

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The incident is being investigated as an attempted assassination, with the FBI, Secret Service, and ATF all working on the case, according to two people familiar with the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss it. Follow live updates:

Live updates: Two dead, including apparent shooter, after gunfire broke out at Trump’s rally, an official saidwww.washingtonpost.com Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said two people are dead, including an apparent shooter, after former president Donald Trump was rushed off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, P...

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Here is a hummingbird

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As a staunch opponent of political violence, I greatly prefer when national leaders respond to it by condemning violence and expressing concern for victims (image 1) rather than encouraging violence and laughing at victims (image 2).

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I hate living in interesting times! This shit sucks!!

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Yeah I keep seeing this reaction, but it’s wholly at odds with the history of these things. The bump Reagan got was short lived and that was the exception to the rule. TR, George Wallace, Gerald Ford all survived attacks but did not win their races.

People who are assuring us that this means Trump is going to win are clearly unfamiliar with the deeply weird lore of this country's THREE mid-seventies presidential-candidate assassination attempts.

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guys part of the point of the whole reichstag fire thing is that it had the effect it had whether it was staged or not

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Keep talking about Project 2025. Don't let them use this as an excuse. That man has not been civil a day in his life and is not owed some meaningless show of sportsmanship.

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buying $700,000000000,000 of stock in the phrase "no matter your politics"

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The times unfortunately are precedented (September 2020) foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/30/a...

America Is About to Enter Its Years of Leadforeignpolicy.com Trump’s calls for political violence are a familiar far-right strategy.

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Quick points: 1) Assassination attempts are bad, period. 2) We do not know the motives of the shooter. 2) We do not know the political consequences of this event. There were attempts to shoot Teddy Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter shortly before elections; they all survived and lost.

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Look, I hate to be a woke scold or the tone police or whatever, but please, for the love of whatever, do NOT speculate wildly about this thing in PA. It does not help anyone or anything

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Oh, on the incident at the Trump rally itself? Watch the relevant 1 minute clip a time or two then ignore all the press screeching until at least an arrest is confirmed by a named official. The press has nothing to add beyond what you can see with your own eyes.