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32. One of my suspicious thoughts was...

Sun Apr 26, 2026, 06:17 PM

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... that she had overheard something about shots being fired and assumed it referred to pointed digs in his speech and picked up the coinage.

But that is something out my generalized suspicion of how far authoritarian regimes are willing to go to consolidate power -- and how incompetent these people would be about planning and discussing the engineering of of such an incident.

My first thought on hearing about last nights events was "too well timed with all-time polling lows to be real."

My second thought was "there I go, I am officially a conspiracy nut."

Whether Butler, or this latest "incident" was, or was not LIHOP (intentionally lax security inviting crisis) or somehow engineered (mentally unstable people or members of a resistance CAN BE, and HAVE BEEN intentionally radicalized in the service of the counter-resistance), we will likely never know. So, absent exposure, asserting "staged" makes one a "conspiracy nut."

I had been kicking my "nuttiness" a bit when I came across Figarosmom's post with Richard Teresi's latest. Even if my gut instinct is wrong, when viewed "through the lens of historical pattern recognition," that gut instinct is NOT CRAZY.

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"It's insane": Lawmakers who were at WHCD shaken by shooting [View all] BumRushDaShow Sunday OP

Gun shots in the US of A? Wow. twodogsbarking Sunday #1

Maybe we can now stop the idiotic WHCD 31st Street Bridge Sunday #2

It's not government sponsored. LeftInTX Sunday #21

Tragically, the main purpose -- striving for a representative pool of WH reporters -- was shit-canned by the felon. pat_k Sunday #24

Suddenly a pattern of recurring gun violence is "shocking..." EarthFirst Sunday #3

Only... 2naSalit Sunday #19

It affects ME ???? BettyBlueDot Sunday #4

Public School students would not be shocked . Why are reporters shocked. delisen Sunday #5

"There will be some shots fired tonight" LiberalArkie Sunday #6

I've no doubt it was meant in the comedic sense. A lie, of course, because he has NEVER said anything wry, witty, or.... pat_k Sunday #25

Yes, but they do have a tendency to project their intentions. Even to the point of stealing elections. LiberalArkie Sunday #31

One of my suspicious thoughts was... pat_k Sunday #32

My question is #1, never in the US history has the entire executive succession people been in one place LiberalArkie Sunday #33

Maybe Trump planned on pulling out a pistol and shooting a few journalists during his "rough" speech? sop Sunday #27

What is shocking is many of these assholes would not renew Feinstein's assualt weapon ban, or sensible gun control lostincalifornia Sunday #7

Exactly. Steve Scalise was shot before by an "active shooter". Didn't budge on his gun position then. Midnight Writer Sunday #10

That's sorta consistency though Polybius Sunday #11

Scalise was shot and injured fairly critically. He came back "gun rights a swingin" LeftInTX Sunday #20

Exactly, and when was the last time someone in the MSM called them out for their hypocrisy? lostincalifornia Sunday #12

What's shocking is that the US puts gun manufacturer profits ahead of the lives of our children groundloop Sunday #8

You guys built this nightmare so sit down and try to do your damned job for once. travelingthrulife Sunday #9

The guy ran past security and was armed with a guns and knives Polybius Sunday #13

They could have forced him to do it, threatened his family if he doesn't do this and take the fall they die. Blues Heron Sunday #14

I suppose there are some ways to do it Polybius Sunday #15

I suspect he might get one or more hung juries. rzemanfl Sunday #30

So I guess this is what we are doing for the next 48 hours, huh? Ray Bruns Sunday #16

Might be a longer news cycle than that BumRushDaShow Sunday #17

Gun violence happens every day and all across the country to boot. CBHagman Sunday #18

GOOD. Gun humper Republicans deserve to be more shaken than that! 50 Shades Of Blue Sunday #22

They were at far greater risk on January 6 karynnj Sunday #23

The guy was just a tourist. Klarkashton Sunday #26

I call BS. It's only shocking if you have your head in the sand. Raven123 Sunday #28

How many Americans live like this all the time? Irish_Dem Sunday #29