Monday, July 15, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Trump Bloodied but Unbowed - Documents Case Dismissed!

From Althouse, About that photograph... David Altizer@dvdaltizer "Not only is this moment historical, but the photo that @evanvucci took is also perfect. The level of compositional mastery comes from over two decades of experience in the field and a sharpness that only comes from thousands and thousands of "reps."

Stacy McCain opines on the man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump, Trump Rally Gunman ID’d as 20-Year-Old Math Geek Thomas Matthew Crooks "A loner math geek — of course. It all makes sense now. It’s never the gregarious English majors who commit these atrocities." OSINTdefender @sentdefender "Footage showing the Moment that the Shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks had Opened Fire on the Trump Rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania as well as him being Killed seconds later by a Secret Service Counter-Sniper."   Sauron's Eye, Trump rally shooter identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20-year-old Pennsylvania man. Here's what we know so far. Registered Republican, but Democrat donor. You might remember there was a movement to have Democrats register Republican in the Pennsylvania primaries to "influence" the election.  His gun, an AR style rifle, was legally purchased by his father. Fox, Former President Trump survives assassination attempt, FBI IDs shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks and Who was Thomas Matthew Crooks? What we know about Trump’s attempted assassin. Althouse, "The gunman who fired shots at former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday night has been identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks." Da Caller, FBI Identifies Gunman Who Allegedly Tried To Kill Donald Trump. It's also been reported that a local cop attempted to climb a ladder to reach Crooks, was confronted with a rifle and retreated seconds before the shots were fired. NRO, Explosives Found in Car of Would-Be Trump Assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks. Edward Teach at Not The Bee, Here is everything we know about the shooter who tried to take out Donald Trump: "The only 20 year old on Earth without social media". Selwyn Duke at Am Think, 'Scvmlord made me do it'? Screen shots from the strange social media world of Thomas Matthew Crooks. Take this one with a grain or two of salt:

While seeking evidence last night of the motivations and ideology of President Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, I came across his Instagram page. It has now been deleted (of course!), but I took a screen shot, which is presented below the next few paragraphs. Aside from his identifying himself as an “Anti-fascist” (Antifa sympathies), his introduction page included this odd statement:

It says: “@skvmlord made me do it.”

Well, I did a web search and found little relating to “skvmlord” — that is, aside from this X account for it. Here is what’s weird, too: At 8:22pm on Saturday, a couple of hours after the assassination attempt, @skvmlord tweeted the following:

"You can’t send an Antifa p***y to do the CIA’s job."

Fuzzy Slippers at LI, Retired Fire Chief Corey Comperatore Slain By Assassin’s Bullet Aimed At President Trump. “The 50-year-old died a hero as his family revealed he was shielding his young daughter and wife from the gunfire when he was killed.” Sundance at CTH, Butler Shooting Victim Killed During Trump Assassination Attempt Identified as Corey Comperatore (50) – Retired Fire Chief Who Died Shielding His Daughters. At Da Caller, ‘He Was Bleeding’: Rep. Ronny Jackson Says Nephew ‘Grazed In The Neck’ During Trump Assassination Attempt. Salena Zito at Freep, ‘I Was Four Feet Away When I Heard the Bullets’. Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw evaluates the  Assassination Attempt Aftermath. The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee. "Trump Safe, Leaving Only One Dead Candidate https://buff.ly/462Bt3W"

There are, of course, and probably will continue to be for a long time, questions about the Secret Service's coverage of and actions during this event. Insty, TRUMP SHOOTING IS SECRET SERVICE NIGHTMARE but here’s the key bit:

Typically, the Secret Service has an advance team assess a location ahead of a campaign event to make a security plan, Mihalek said. Agents will take physical measures of the area, determine the necessary personnel and work with counter snipers to examine nearby buildings and their distances to where the president or the presidential candidate will be. . . .

Cheatle returned to the Secret Service after working as a senior director at PepsiCo North America overseeing facilities, personnel and business continuity.

In her previous stint at the Secret Service, she was the first woman to serve as assistant director of protective operations. Her appointment to lead the Secret Service made her the agency’s second female director. When he appointed her director, Biden said he and first lady Jill Biden got to know Cheatle while she served on his security detail during his vice presidency. “She has my complete trust,” said the president in 2022.

Also, a FLASHBACK: The Secret Service has had problems for a long time. Related: “If the federal government can’t keep the President’s bodyguards from drinking and whoring on duty, how likely is it to be able to run anything competently?” Double flashback: Senior Secret Service agent suggests she wouldn’t take ‘a bullet’ for Trump. Happily, the agents around him showed no such reluctance." Brandon Morse at RedState, About Those Female Secret Service Agents Protecting Trump "As one clip showed, the women protecting Trump looked jittery and slightly unsure of themselves. One of them tried to holster her side arm but kept missing the holster, eventually just placing it close to her until it was easier to do so. This resulted in many people questioning why there were female Secret Service agents in the first place." DEI hires? Erik Prince at Am Great thinks Near-Trump Assassination Product of ‘Malice or Massive Incompetence’ by U.S. Secret Service. "Donald J. Trump is alive today solely due to a bad wind estimate by an evil would be assasin (sic). As the graphics show the full value wind of just 5mph was enough to displace the unconfirmed but likely light 55 grain bullet two inches from DJT’s intended forehead to his ear. DJT was not saved by USSS brilliance. The fact that USSS allowed a rifle armed shooter within 150yds to a preplanned event is either malice or massive incompetence. Clearly there was adequate uncontrolled dead space for a shooter to move into position and take multiple aimed shots." At the Center Square, House Oversight to call Secret Service chief before Congress after Trump shooting. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, "Her 30% DEI hires are not acquitting themselves admirably, to begin with. That's before we even get to why there was no one on a line-of-sight roof." Ryan King at NYPo, Trump ‘saved his own life’ during shooting, ex-Secret Service agent Dan Bongino says. Sean Davis@seanmdav "That is THE question." Quote John Linder@linderje Replying to @seanmdav, "To not cover obvious rooftops was a conscious decision. Who made it?" Matt Vespa at TownHall, Only One Question Remains Concerning Trump's Assassination Attempt. At Maggies Farm, A close call "An inch further, and that would have been very bad. The shooter was skilled. The victim was lucky." I disagree, the shooter wasn't that good, it wasn't that long a shot. Thanks to the Secret Service. 

PJM's Vicky Taft, Don't Worry if You Missed FBI Presser on Trump Assassination Attempt. You Didn't Miss a Thing. I saw it. She's right. Sundance, Joe Biden Delivers Remarks to Nation after Failed Assassination Attempt on President Donald Trump. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Did Biden Just Say He Is Going to 'Make America Great Again' Following Trump Attack? Steve Guest@SteveGuest, "WATCH: Awkward gaffe from Joe Biden: “We resolve our differences at the battle box.”  At Althouse, "I really believe she wrote that" — I exclaimed when I read Melania's letter. "There are numerous signs of her authorship:" Also, "We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness." "Wrote Donald Trump, in Biblical prose, this morning, on Truth Social." Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Trump: 'FEAR NOT ... God Alone Prevented the Unthinkable'; Update: Melania Calls for Unity, Love. Fuzzy Slippers at LI, President Trump: “We will FEAR NOT” And “Stand United” Against Evil. "Melania Trump also issues a statement: “A monster who recognized my husband as an inhuman political machine attempted to ring out Donald’s passion”" 

Stacy McCain,  ‘Violence Was Inevitable’ "As I say, I’m hesitant to place blame without clear evidence, but emotionally? Yeah, I’m as angry about this as anyone else, and giving the finger to the media is OK with me." 'Bonchie' at RedState says The Disgusting, Insane Press Reactions to Trump Almost Being Assassinated Will Make Your Skin Crawl. Rachel Bovard@rachelbovard, "Someone tries to assassinate the presumptive GOP candidate for president. And behold, your media: WaPo: “loud noises” CNN: “Trump falls” NBC: “popping noises”" Matt Vespa at TownHall asks Are You Kidding Me With This Headline, NYT? "Trump hurt, but safe, after a shooting." At Twitchy, Compare the NY Times' Front Page to the NY Post's for the Starkest of 'Journalism' Contrasts.  John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte@NolteNC. "@CBSNews said the biggest threat right now is 'retaliatory violence.' You cannot hate these people enough. You can only try." Twitchy, Scott Jennings Just GOES OFF When Wolf Blitzer Tries Playing 'Both Sides' Card and It's GLORIOUS (Watch). From NewsMax, Fmr Gov. Mike Huckabee: CNN Proves 'Enemy of People'. NewsBusters, DISGUSTING: CBS’s Nancy Cordes Echoes Team Biden’s Relief At Shift In Campaign Focus. Matt Vespa, The Media's Latest Spin Covering Trump's Assassination Attempt Shows They Don't Know What to Do. John Ashbrook@JohnAshbrook "LA Times omitted the word assassination from their front page. But they did mention “Project 2025.”" Michael Walsh at Da Pipeline, Trump, Biden, and the Shame of the Corporate Media. The Victory Girls say The Democrat Media Left Built This, They Must Own It. Larry at Hat Hair, I Know We're Supposed to Simmer Down, But Seriously - You Can't Hate Them Enough. 


Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok, "Here’s 2 and a half minutes straight of Democrats explicitly calling for political violence. Has Biden ever denounced this? They have blood on their hands." Real Mac Report@RealMacReport "Flashback to Lincoln Project cofounder Rick Wilson in 2023: "They're still going to have to go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump." Dapper Detective@Dapper_Det, "NEVER FORGET: these are the nine U.S. Congress members that sponsored HR 8081, the bill aimed to revoke President Donald Trump's Secret Service protection if Joe Biden’s lawfare campaign was successful in obtaining a felony conviction by Soros D.A. Alvin Bragg." At WaEx, Byron York on Rhetoric and the Trump assassination attempt. Adam Smith discusses Donald Trump and America’s dark history of presidential assassinations. From the Free Bacon, Dem Powerbroker Who Suggested Trump Shooting ‘Staged’ Has Visited Biden White House at Least 10 Times. "Dmitri Mehlhorn met frequently with chief of staff Jeff Zients and top adviser Anita Dunn." Is it an "unofficial" White House position? Glenn Greenwald@ggreenwald, "So... the people who spent years claiming Trump conspired with the Kremlin to hack DNC emails, and that Putin controlled the US with blackmail, and that reporting from Hunter Biden's laptop was "Russian disinformation," are drowning in "conspiratorial thinking"?" Victor Davis Hanson@VDHanson "Assassination Porn and the Sickness on the Left. If we were leftists and we were to use leftist tropes to editorialize the recent attempt on Trump’s life, then we would frame the assassination attempt in the following way: We have witnessed for years blatant exceptions to the once common custom that we don’t normalize the imagined killing of any president or presidential candidate and thus lower the bar of violence. But the Left constantly makes Trump an exception. Now, it as if the imagined killing of Trump had been mainstreamed and become acceptable in a way inconceivable of other presidents." Nick Arama at RedState sees Roseanne Barr and Others Dunk All Over Eric Swalwell for His Disgusting Post About Trump Shooter. Roseanne Barr@therealroseanne "I was waiting for them to blame us for this too. The gaslight war is over: these people have no power left. Chinese spy fornicator and fellow pant shitter Swalwell is purposely ignoring an act blue donation and open primaries where Dems were urged to register as republicans to hurt Trump in the primaries. These people are evil." John Lucas at Bravo Blue, Some Further Thoughts on the Attempted Assassination of President Trump, Including Some About What Was Behind it. Noah Pollak@NoahPollak."Biden and Democrats keep saying that political violence is unacceptable, but they're lying. For the past four years, Antifa, Hamas supporters, and other leftist activists have routinely engaged in political violence. They carry out arson, looting, beatings, all kinds of crimes. They make our streets look like Gaza." PJM's Stephen Kruiser thinks An Assassination Attempt on Trump Has Been the Dems' Goal All Along. Mark Steyn says it's What They Wanted. The final word goes to the The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee, "Party That Called Trump 'Hitler' For 8 Years Shocked As Someone Tries To Assassinate Him." Also, The Babylon Bee@TheBabylonBee "Trump Indicted For Inciting Assassination Attempt https://buff.ly/462CV6o"
Matt Vespa says Failed Trump Assassination Attempt Did Two Things for Dems, None of Them Good. John Ekdahl@JohnEkdahl "Not minimizing the seriousness of what happened yesterday, but from a purely political standpoint, one single shot: - Turned Trump into a bonafide American folk hero - Neutralized the Replace Biden campaign - Destroyed the "threat to democracy" talking point Democrats have been running for two straight years." At Chronicles, Donald Trump Is a Legend. The Peacock whines Democrats fret about the political fallout from the Trump rally shooting "“The presidential contest ended last night,” said a veteran Democratic consultant." Scott Pinsker at PJM on How the Trump Assassination Attempt Changes the Presidential Campaign "It changes the trajectory for both candidates: Trump has now cheated death, taken the slings, arrows, lawsuits – and even bullets – of his fiercest critics, and he’s still standing. (If anyone ever wondered why the UFC crowd has such an affinity for the ex-president, this moment answered it.) . . . For Biden, his political calculus has also been permanently altered: When you’re trailing, you’re incentivized to attack. In fact, depending on how much you trail, you need to attack – it’s your shortest path for making up lost ground. And in binary elections – when your choice is either A or B – mobilizing your base to vote against your opponent is just as effective as getting them to vote for you. The more you can demonize your opponent, the better your chances will be. Post-assassination attempt, Biden really can’t attack Trump the way he did before. He can’t use phrases like “target” or “crosshairs.” He can’t use dehumanizing language. He can no longer suggest that the world would be a better place if Trump – and the MAGA movement – didn’t exist." Kurt Schlichter at TownHall, They Tried to Kill Trump – Now We’re Going to Fight Twice As Hard. At L' Hombre de Oliver, Fight, "Thoughts on the attempted assassination." Capt. Ed says “Fight!".

NewsWeek whines  Donald Trump's Chances of Winning Election Soar After Shooting. Capt. Ed, 'It's Over': Dem Panic Over 2024 Curdles Into Despair. Politico, Inside Biden’s sputtering campaign to restore Dems’ confidence. At Hat Hair, Angry Old Man Yells at Congressional Members During Phone Call. At Fox, Peter Doocy: It's notable Biden commented he would drop out if he had 'no chance to win'. Jazz Shaw looks at What Happens to Your Ballot if Biden Drops Out? 'Bonchie' at RedState, thinks The Democrat Campaign to Replace Joe Biden Has Ended, and Not for the Reason You Might Think. "According to NBC News, the replacement campaign has lost steam not because Democrats think the president can seize a moment of unity, but because they think the race is now over." Capt. Ed hears Bernie: Buck Up Bedwetters, Back Biden. Hat Hair says Axios Does Not Think We Can Do the Math If They Say It Backwards  "Former President Trump's recent attempts to court Black and Hispanic voters appear to be unsuccessful so far. The big picture: With the presidential election just months away, 70% of Black voters and half of Latinos say they have a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Trump, according to AP analysis of two AP-NORC polls." Beege Welborn, If Trump comes anywhere CLOSE to 30% of blacks and 50% of Latinos, Democrats are TOAST.




Dan Greenfield is incensed that Biden Sends Another $100M to ‘Palestinians.’ "More than $774 million since Oct 7." Money to 'Palestine' is money to Hamas.

The Denver Post, Trump heads to convention as authorities investigate motive, security in assassination attempt. The Peacock, Nikki Haley invited to speak at the Republican convention Da Caller, Jailed Trump Adviser Peter Navarro To Depart Prison, Address RNC: Report. Kelly Jane Torrance @KJTorrance, "Milwaukee approved every RNC protest request—without vetting or checking identities. And they gave protest groups no limits on the number of people allowed." Jazz Shaw wonders Does Trump Face Legal Risks Just for Attending the Convention? "In addition to the alternate electors from Arizona, Nevada, and Georgia, some of Trump's former White House aides who testified to grand juries in Washington and Florida are expected to attend. Even Politico admits that "it’s hard to gauge the likelihood" that simply speaking to someone at a convention could result in criminal charges such as witness tampering. That's putting it mildly. But then again, this is Donald Trump we're talking about. His political adversaries have already proven repeatedly they are willing to drag him into court over anything they can dream up and throw the kitchen sink at him in the hopes that something will eventually stick."

Just as I was about to button this up, Georgia commented to me that her newfeeds said the Trump documents case was dismissed! Fox, Judge dismisses Trump's Florida classified documents case, "Judge rules special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed." At NewsWeek, Aileen Cannon Dismisses Donald Trump Classified Document Case. NYT whines, Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Trump. Of course, Judge Shitcan, the Obama judge in the DC J6 case, also prosecuted by Jack Smith, will rule otherwise, setting up another trip to the Supreme Court, where Justice Thomas has already indicated his favorable take on the subject. 

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