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yardwork

(68,018 posts)
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:34 AM Friday

Family Friend Turned in Kirk Shooting Suspect, Governor Says

Source: Washington Post

Gift article - no paywall

This is interesting because Trump and other officials have been saying the father turned in the suspect. It shows how much misinformation is out there.

It's hard to know what to believe when the president and FBI head are spouting childish vindictive nonsense.

Read more: https://wapo.st/42uykt5

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Family Friend Turned in Kirk Shooting Suspect, Governor Says (Original Post) yardwork Friday OP
How do you know both is impossible? Both are possible. I hope that occurred to you. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #1
Did you read the article? yardwork Friday #3
No. And no relevant excerpts were posted to exclude or include "both". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #5
The father called the family friend. Mosby Friday #2
Thank you for posting the relevant section that the OP neglected. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #7
I don't know what's gotten into you. yardwork Friday #10
Sorry. I don't think I am & I don't feel such. I get tired of clicking articles that don't have info promised in OP head Bernardo de La Paz Friday #13
I access DU on an old iPhone. yardwork Friday #16
Thanks, and I apologize in advance if I forget and get on your case sometime in the future. Bernardo de La Paz Friday #19
Thanks. yardwork Friday #20
I have an older computer and have the same problem-sometimes, !! Anyways, riversedge Friday #25
To be fair, it is customary to post at least a relevant paragraph or 2 when posting an article link. ShazzieB Friday #14
See my post above. yardwork Friday #17
Providing the non-paywall link as you did IS considerate. Bernardo de La Paz Friday #21
issue is - you posed a question stopdiggin Friday #24
I hear you about LBN. ShazzieB Friday #33
That's different from what Trump said. yardwork Friday #8
One thing we know for sure now, though, is that Kash Patel is incompetent, Ocelot II Friday #4
That was the reason I posted this. yardwork Friday #6
And Patel doesn't know squat about Valhalla, either. It isn't Heaven. Ocelot II Friday #11
They're like little kids playing a video game. yardwork Friday #12
I kind of like the last opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle. Gotterdammerung, the "Twilight of the Gods" usonian Friday #28
Incompetent and creepy. Does his neck not work? ... littlemissmartypants Friday #9
Kash Patel one of Trump's incompetent DEI hires. Sogo Friday #15
Patel was given a plum job as reward for helping organize Jan 6 rally which lead to Jan 6 violence. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #22
The father called a youth minster who was a close friend herding cats Friday #18
Family hoping to cash in on mnhtnbb Friday #26
Wouldn't surprise me. herding cats Friday #30
Part goes to the TFG grift fund, of course durablend Friday #31
This message was self-deleted by its author mnhtnbb Friday #27
Ah, Youth Ministers. maxsolomon Friday #29
This message was self-deleted by its author Random Person Friday #23
Yeah, money will do that. padah513 Friday #32

Mosby

(19,032 posts)
2. The father called the family friend.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:36 AM
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Utah resident Tyler James Robinson, 22, allegedly confessed to the shooting to a family member, who told a family friend, who, in turn, contacted authorities, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said at a Friday morning news conference. Washington County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Lucas Alfred said Robinson “turned himself in to us.”

yardwork

(68,018 posts)
10. I don't know what's gotten into you.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:41 AM
Friday

I posted the link. I didn't copy any of the article because I gifted the link to the entire article.

You seem like you're cranky. I usually agree with your posts but you seem unusual today.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,319 posts)
13. Sorry. I don't think I am & I don't feel such. I get tired of clicking articles that don't have info promised in OP head
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:53 AM
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You are one of the better posters on DU, but I already spend too much time on DU (my problem, not yours).

So many times intriguing headlines are posted and then when you spend time reading them they don't have the info. You trust the DU member so you read the article again but nope, not there.

It is also the case that many times people mindlessly post the first four paragraphs of an article. Typically they are filled with background facts already known. The thing to do is post four paragraphs from the interior that illustrate the point the OP headline makes.

Thoughtful posters use easy to do things that help DU readers and save their time. You can be a poster mindful of the readers.

yardwork

(68,018 posts)
16. I access DU on an old iPhone.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:58 AM
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I also have a privacy setting that means I have to log in every time I refresh the page.

I'm not very technically adept and it's somewhat challenging for me to post an OP in LBN. I have to open two browsers on my phone and toggle between them to copy and paste the headline and link. If I want to post excerpts, by that time DU has usually logged me back out so I have to edit my OP.

I thought about doing that and decided not to. I wasn't being deliberately difficult or inconsiderate.

The article actually isn't all that interesting except as an example of how TrumpCo is continuing to get even small details wrong.

I agree with you about the clickbait videos and such but in LBN there are strict rules. I copied the headline exactly and WaPo's article supports the headline.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,319 posts)
19. Thanks, and I apologize in advance if I forget and get on your case sometime in the future.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:01 PM
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Yes, LBN does have strict rules.

riversedge

(77,746 posts)
25. I have an older computer and have the same problem-sometimes, !! Anyways,
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:27 PM
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hopefully, by Nov I will have enough saved for a newer model.

ShazzieB

(21,590 posts)
14. To be fair, it is customary to post at least a relevant paragraph or 2 when posting an article link.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:57 AM
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No rule says you have to, of course, but i think that's what people have come to expect.

yardwork

(68,018 posts)
17. See my post above.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:59 AM
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Tl;dr it's difficult for me to post an OP in LBN. I thought providing the non-paywall link was considerate. I guess not.

I won't bother again.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,319 posts)
21. Providing the non-paywall link as you did IS considerate.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:04 PM
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You are a good member. Please don't pick up your marbles and walk away in a "I'll show you" huff. It's not necessary to do that.

stopdiggin

(14,401 posts)
24. issue is - you posed a question
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:11 PM
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that was adequately explained in your own article. That's not the fault of an 'old phone'. Your comment could have just as easily given the correct information.. And yet you didn't.

ShazzieB

(21,590 posts)
33. I hear you about LBN.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 10:39 PM
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I hardly ever try to post in LBN. I almost always mess up one way or another, lol.

As for this particular instance of posting a link without any excerpts from the article, it's not required, as I said. But I think most of us do it, no matter what forum we're posting in. I see it as a way to give people an idea of the content, to help them decide whether they want to click and read the whole thing or not. I also appreciate the additional info myself when others provide it. But I don't get offended if someone omits it, because it IS optional. All of which is to say that I don't think you have anything to apologize for, and I never meant to imply that.

yardwork

(68,018 posts)
8. That's different from what Trump said.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:39 AM
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It's a notable difference.

My point is that we can't believe anything they're saying. They spout nonsense.

Ocelot II

(127,171 posts)
4. One thing we know for sure now, though, is that Kash Patel is incompetent,
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:36 AM
Friday

and in this case his new, improved, ideologically-purged FBI was as useless as a marzipan dildo. They are trying to take credit for the bust, but AFAIK they were just running around like the Keystone Kops and might never have found the guy if his family hadn't turned him in.

yardwork

(68,018 posts)
6. That was the reason I posted this.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:38 AM
Friday

We literally can't believe anything the Trump administration says. They lie for political advantage AND they're incompetent. The combination makes them completely unreliable.

Patel is talking about seeing Kirk in Valhalla. Our country is being run by evil sniggering 11 year olds.

Ocelot II

(127,171 posts)
11. And Patel doesn't know squat about Valhalla, either. It isn't Heaven.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:45 AM
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Valhalla is where hero warriors go after death if they are killed in battle. They reside there until the Twilight of the Gods, when they will fight for Odin against the giants. It's sort of complicated but it's definitely not Christian, and neither Kirk nor Patel are/will be warriors killed in battle. Maybe they won't even make it to Christian Heaven.

yardwork

(68,018 posts)
12. They're like little kids playing a video game.
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:46 AM
Friday

They know little bits of things and make up the rest to sound cool.

usonian

(20,467 posts)
28. I kind of like the last opera in Wagner's Ring Cycle. Gotterdammerung, the "Twilight of the Gods"
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 01:00 PM
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in which Valhalla burns to the ground, thanks to the greed of the occupants.



That said, the German reference is noted.

Kirk, Epstien, Patel and their scheiss-meister "Donald the flatulent" will soon meet again.

IN HELL

where hate is king.

littlemissmartypants

(29,722 posts)
9. Incompetent and creepy. Does his neck not work? ...
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 11:40 AM
Friday

He's like an even dumber than usual Frankenstein with slow motion nystagmus.

Bernardo de La Paz

(58,319 posts)
22. Patel was given a plum job as reward for helping organize Jan 6 rally which lead to Jan 6 violence. . . . nt
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:05 PM
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herding cats

(19,838 posts)
18. The father called a youth minster who was a close friend
Fri Sep 12, 2025, 12:00 PM
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The youth minister did the actual deed.

The chain of command is: shooter confessed to dad, I think dad suspected already. Dad called friend (youth minister) and told him his son had admitted to him he was the shooter. Minster called the feds.

When you figure in the roommate who told about the gun and showed the feds the discord conversation it seems as if without the people closest to him turning him in he'd still be loose.

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