Politics Thread

[XU_Lou]

At this point it’s clear there are two possibilities: Unprecedented incompetence or malicious intent.

Leaning towards the later:


Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg

NEW: Two police officers phoned into a "blanket tactical channel" to alert that an armed individual was on the roof moments before Trump was shot at the PA rally.

The million-dollar question: Why didn't Secret Service rush to protect Trump in this moment?

Butler town manager Tom Knights says that the local police officer who "interrupted" Thomas Crooks was hanging from the roof after being lifted up by an officer.

Crooks then pointed his rifle at the officer which then forced him to fall.

The officer who fell and the officer who was holding him, radioed into a "blanket tactical channel" to notify that an armed individual was on the roof.

Knights said there has been no direct communication with members of the Secret Service to Butler officials.

It's unclear how much time was between Crooks pointing his rifle at the officer and when the first shot rang out.

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1813644968722080204



Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
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So many different instances that this kid was noticed and could have been intercepted.

We need all USSS communication for the three-hour period that they first noticed Crooks. [absolute key]

My guess: The communications will go missing.

https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1813644968722080204

[Xville]

You may not realize this, but Trump was president for 4 years with those economic policies, and… low inflation! And our inflation has “stabilized”? To make an analogy, we’re no longer going 100mph in a school zone, we’ve “stabilized” at 80mph.
Think more, post less.

Yeah I’m aware. it’s a different world that we live in 2024 than in 16. The economy is very different and what worked then will not work now.

If trump wins, and implements economic policies like he did back in 2016-8, back to 100mph

[Xville]

The whole inflation is slowing argument is pretty funny. Great it's slowing but damage has already been done by all the free money Biden gave out, not like we are going to see prices anywhere close to what we had 4 years ago.

Yeah, I said that. That’s not any different than at any other time in history. Prices for the most part never go down, except like I said maybe gas.

Btw Biden wasn’t the only pres giving out free money.

People like mid don’t understand economics

[xuwillie]

Yeah, I said that. That’s not any different than at any other time in history. Prices for the most part never go down, except like I said maybe gas.

Btw Biden wasn’t the only pres giving out free money.

People like mid don’t understand economics

But he gives out a lot of free money and bad spending. Govt spending in '19 was 4.45 trillion steadily growing year over year., but '24 estimates are around 7 trillion! Think it would be a good thing to lose this election whoevers side you're on as I believe we are in for a huge correction the next couple years.

[Xville]

But he gives out a lot of free money and bad spending. Govt spending in '19 was 4.45 trillion steadily growing year over year., but '24 estimates are around 7 trillion! Think it would be a good thing to lose this election whoevers side you're on as I believe we are in for a huge correction the next couple years.

I know, it’s the guardian but still, this explains some things wrong with trump’s policies in 25 if he were to win and implement them.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/...nomy-inflation

Or for the conservative view:

https://www.wsj.com/economy/economis...biden-263bc900

[STL_XUfan]

Assuming you’re talking about the assassination attempt, based on a post I saw in a thread to an article on Yahoo, there’s a third possibility. The claim is it was actually planned by Trump to boost his reelection chances. According to the poster, a 130 yard shot with an AR-15 is child’s play and anyone could accurately make that shot to only nick Trump’s ear. Seriously? What an idiot!


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I mean 130 yard shot at a range is nothing. But I cannot think that trying to kill someone doesn’t introduce some nerves into account, especially when you know you will be shot within 10 seconds of pulling the trigger.

Timing the turn of the head and just hitting the ear would be an incredible shot.

[Xuperman]

Biden has Covid? Really? More likely part of the inevitable exit strategy.

[Xville]

Assuming you’re talking about the assassination attempt, based on a post I saw in a thread to an article on Yahoo, there’s a third possibility. The claim is it was actually planned by Trump to boost his reelection chances. According to the poster, a 130 yard shot with an AR-15 is child’s play and anyone could accurately make that shot to only nick Trump’s ear. Seriously? What an idiot!


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yeah 130 yards with an AR-15 is simple. The rest of that poster's "story" though is complete nonsense.

On another note, Would it really surprise anyone that all the types of law enforcement (police, secret service etc) effed up here? There have been examples of gross negligence by law enforcement for years now. This really shouldn't surprise anyone.

[Xville]

It seems like Democrats may have the chance to do something big and put a decent candidate in place, but instead they will nominate Kamala.

[bjf123]

It seems like Democrats may have the chance to do something big and put a decent candidate in place, but instead they will nominate Kamala.

If she was the choice for VP, that means the Dems thought she was qualified to be President. How do you skip over her now? That’s saying she’s not the best qualified for the job. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


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