278 Comments
User's avatar
Declan's avatar

Leavitt says "Thefe will be some shots fired....." and not once did I hear that mentioned last note (Sat. nite) from ANY network....not even MSNOW???? How bout today??? Is she a God damned Nostradamus????

Alfred in the 505's avatar

Karoline Leavitticus: She’s undoubtedly looking forward to her hoped for Utopia in Gilead (in The Handmaid’s Tale).

Kathleen's avatar

I thought at the time "there will be shots fired" a very odd way to describe the coming event.

Julie Lawson's avatar

I think she may have meant that Trump was going to attack the press. Not sure though.

Alfred in the 505's avatar

@Julie Lawson: In a normal world you would most likely be right. But in this present Orwellian administration the majority of sound bites coming out of the MAGAverse is more likely projection.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

I thought so too initially but odd timing though.

C Bowlby's avatar

Seems like distraction from a staged event, like the episode during the campaign! But means nothing to influence USA gov or the nazi leadership!. Sh*t happens, especially with rump! His minions certainly had fast comments, WTF???

C Bowlby's avatar

Om seeing it as distraction and cancelation because rump had nothing good to report and he knows Americans are sick of his lies!

Going to get gasoline for my car, prices go up every day out here in CA

Julie's avatar

So darn true! 🚐$$$

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

They sure did, within 9 mins!

C Bowlby's avatar

Like waiting in line using this event to stroke rumps desires and keep them in the a-kisser

category rather than the bondo nome pastel loop!

9 mins.... hmm???

But the next question is how does this show a cause to sink$ (millions(billions$ completed) in a balloon! The freak never got close to rump!?

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Exactly, not even close but these mother fuckers are milking this for all they can. Even corporate media is taking his side. Traitors!

Diane in Ohio's avatar

I think that's what she meant, but in hindsight it was a rather poor choice of words.

Robert Goldbach's avatar

Yes..."poor choice of words" is the motto Karoline lives by.

Mwfeiger's avatar

Lev Shalev on The Narativ covered that statement before DJT spoke.

Paul Kaufman's avatar

The next time they stage an attempted assassination they should hire Alec Baldwin to be the shooter…

WJB Motown's avatar

They need a highly trained sniper that never misses to get the job done properly.

A Taco less existance is called normal humanity.

Mary Lynn M Laurent's avatar

Faked on purpose again in an attempt to gain sympathy from his base (and a reason for that ballroom!). As if anyone attempting to harm 47 has anything to do with all the damage he’s already done to our Nation or that we’d ever forget this nightmare. Even if the shooter was legitimately trying, it doesn’t change all of the damage 47 and Regime are responsible for.

CSmith's avatar

Right, I only heard that on the Meidas Touch social media page!

Kathy Hughes's avatar

I have seen claims the shooter was not on the floor the event was being held, but on the floor above the event. Whatever the case, it is disturbing to hear that there were no secure checkpoints set up at some distance from the event. People invited to the event were simply able to flash their tickets to get into the event. There was a secure checkpoint, but it was rather close to the venue.

Julie's avatar

I heard the same about the check points.. just wave your ticket & you’re in. 🤔

Dee Cee's avatar

“We’re not going to cancel things because we can’t do that. We wanted to stay tonight, I will tell you, I, I fought like hell to stay, but it was protocol—they said, please, sir.”

////

"Sir" - one of the many tells when trump is telling one of his many lies. Right up there with "many people are saying."

Dee Cee's avatar

Also interesting that due to the incident, he was spared watching The Wall Street Journal receive the Katherine Graham Award for Courage and Accountability for their story about the suggestive birthday card Trump allegedly sent to Epstein in 2003.

oh how convenient!

Old Uncle Dave's avatar

He was going to leave immediately after his speech, before the WSJ got the award.

Suzette's avatar

You hit the nail squarely on the head

Kathy Hughes's avatar

Dear Sir, with tears in their eyes!

olderwoman's avatar

You nailed that on Dee Dee.

Also when he makes his accordion hands, as if he is playing an invisible accordion.

Bobbie's avatar

Or how about when he always says, “as you know” when he lies?

gail's avatar

and the accordion hands

WJB Motown's avatar

and then he gives the microphone a "blow job."

Old Man's avatar

trump, "To be honest with you, I’m not a basket case.”

Correct, you are a stark raving mad lunatic pedophile narcissistic sociopath!

Kathy Hughes's avatar

And these personality disorders are untreatable and incurable.

Oaktown's avatar

Same with dementia. He's a double-whammy risk to the country and all of humanity.

Kathy Hughes's avatar

Yes, absolutely. John Gartner, Ph.D is a psychologist who has studied Donald Trump’s speeches and videos of Trump’s movements and based upon his studies, he thinks Trump has frontotemporal dementia (based on his leg movements.) Dr. Gartner discussed this in an interview with the UK’s Times Radio. Frontotemporal dementia tends to intensify personality disorders, and this is what is happening to Donald Trump.

Oaktown's avatar

Yes, I've seen Gartner all over YouTube; hope a lot of people are paying attention. There's a little poetic justice in this because Donnie's father suffered a similar fate, which Donnie used to screw his father over, something his children will no doubt repeat.

Kathy Hughes's avatar

Fred Sr. had Alzheimer’s disease. His chauffeur used to take him down to the office where Fred Sr. would scribble with a pen on blank paper as though he was signing business contracts.

Oaktown's avatar

Well, that sounds familiar.

Robert Goldbach's avatar

People should also pay attention to Trump's niece Mary Trump, a credentialed psychologist who has been sounding the alarm about the whole family for years.

Oaktown's avatar

Yes, saw that too, and she ought to know!

Paulina's avatar

the last 5 dinners were held at the same location and without incident. Perhaps this years incident was about 1 person. If he wasnt such an ass he wouldnt be a target, afterall it appears this shooting there only happened cuz of him....... I wouldnt doubt it was staged...... Try something new Taco....

olderwoman's avatar

That is exactly what I was thinking Paulina, "Don't be such a dick, then ppl will not want to shoot you."

Regina Focht's avatar

This event has been held for 50 years there. He boycotted them in T1 and did not attend last year. He shows up this year and gun violence occurs. This event does not belong to the White House to reschedule. Given his history of not attending, would they really host an event that he was not planning on attending?? What about his security at M-A-L? Is he going to demand one of them there too? What about security for his attendance at sporting events or Rallies etc?

Julie's avatar

Coincidence? I think not!

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Is it just me or did anybody else notice the shitty quality of the video of the supposed shooter running through the metal detector? It appears to be of an old school CCTV video that was copied from a VHS tape from like the 90s. Wouldn't the Hilton have updated security cameras? My Doorbell Ring camera is better quality.

ramonaj's avatar

I thought the same thing Joanne. You can't see anything clearly.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Okay good, you noticed too. This is also raises a red flag for me.

Wes Melton's avatar

Why was the entire line of succession there? That was a mistake! Unless they knew the “shooter” would never make it to the event space. Also, how is anyone using this to justify a WH ballroom? This was a WHCA dinner, not a WH event, unless the Orange Turd is planning on taking it over as well! It does have the name White House in it.

Oaktown's avatar

Given the coordinated reaction from MAGAworld to use it as an excuse for the taxpayers funding his ballroom, his historically low popularity, the upcoming midterms, and his failed "strategy" in executing his unlawful war on Iran, odds are better that this was staged than otherwise. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if this was his third staged "assassination" attempt.

pjpsm's avatar

It is definitely the 3rd. The shooter was nowhere near Donnie & Co.

Julie's avatar

Pretty sure it was staged.. melanoma didn’t follow thru on her acting though.

Diane in Ohio's avatar

It was extremely bad judgement to have the entire line of succession in the same room at the same time. But, as we have seen time and time again, these are not serious people.

CanadaIsNotForSale's avatar

Maybe there was an actual 'Designated Survivor' quarantined somewhere. Or not ;)

Karen D's avatar

They said the only one in line of succession not there was Chuck Grassley. He probably couldn't stay up that late.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Stephen Miller is not only ugly but also a "pussy" hiding behind his pregnant wife. It's like he threw her in front him to shield himself from bullets. It's good to see that nasty bitch scared though. She is just as vile as her husband.

olderwoman's avatar

Oh, I thought that was JD Vance's wife in the pink dressed stretched tight across her pregnant belly.

I know many women do that nowadays, wear skin tight clothing across their pregnant bellies, I jsut don't like it. I am a fan of maternity wear that nicely drapes over the belly.

Calcal's avatar

Yep, that's the current style, to show that you're fertile.

Dawn S.'s avatar

Hi, olderwoman, I'm an olderwoman, too, and I was just saying the same thing today; we never flaunted our protruding bellies ( and bellybuttons) we kept things more subtle and flattering.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Yes, it was Katie Miller and I agree, I don't like the skin tight clothes on pregnant bellies either. I don't think it's maternity wear, is it?

Kathy Hughes's avatar

Unfortunately, Stephen and Katie Miller are sociopaths and I fear for their daughter under their upbringing.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

It would be pretty scary having them for parents. Poor girl won't have a chance. She's going to grow up in a world of hate.

Kathy Hughes's avatar

True, and I also fear for their second child as well.

joni's avatar

Yep! And they breed! Scary.

Robin D's avatar

Katie "Magda Goebbels" Miller. Fascist soullmate of Stephen.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

You're not wrong there.

Dawn S.'s avatar

Joanne, I'm wondering about why his hand is placed where it is and the thought if those two spawning is truely frightening.

Kevin Robbins's avatar

Congratulations to MAGA for a distraction from the disastrous war in Iran that will reach two full months on Tuesday. By then the distraction value should be nil and talk of a Golden Ballroom to protect the elites will have faded.

pjpsm's avatar

Hopefully. Now, about the Epstein files, unconstitutional Iran War, unconstitutional presence & behavior of heavily-armed, masked ICE paramilitary stalking America’s cities & towns, & unconstitutional concentration camps, constant illegal pay-to-play schemes & constant illegal theft of the Treasury…..

Debra Frank Dew's avatar

Why is Trump allowed to drain the reflecting pool and do whatever the hell he wants? The man, who never reflects!

CSmith's avatar

He only knows how to deflect!

Wendy Shelley's avatar

And this is another example of cost consciousness. Like no payments to the laborers who needed to do that, in addition to the cost of the million gallons of water!!

ramonaj's avatar

He does whatever he wants and continues to get his way. I see no end in sight. I can not understand. Please, SOMEONE make this make sense.

Robert Goldbach's avatar

Don't bother, just make it stop!

CanadaIsNotForSale's avatar

He should be placed in the 'Drowning Pool' and 'let the bodies hit the floor'.

Diane in Ohio's avatar

He's not allowed, but he believes the rules don't apply to him so he does whatever he wants.

pjpsm's avatar

He isn’t! The now-corrupt DOJ & R’s in Congress certainly aren’t going to follow the Constitution & provide the checks they are oath bound to do. So, Dems will likely be filing yet another lawsuit…..

Phil Johnson's avatar

that's because he never looks in the mirror...and that's AI at work; look at the cloud formations - they're exactly the same!

Eight gets you five that it's all fake II.

Robert Goldbach's avatar

Yes, the clouds are the same, the birds are the same, the angle of the photograph is the same. These pictures are identical, but one has been tinged with brown overtones.

Ileane Meltzer's avatar

I hate him. I hate them all, no ballroom and get them all to prison.

Kathy Hughes's avatar

I strongly feel the temptation to hate this bunch of incompetent sociopaths, narcissists, toadies and incompetents, even though I really shouldn’t. I do wish for justice in the form of due process of law in indictment, trial and conviction of crimes.

WJB Motown's avatar

LOL!!! These bottomfeeding psycho's will just laugh in your face.....justice???

They are treasonous enemies of humanity should face a firing squad...gallows or electrid chair.

Carole Langston's avatar

Obfuscation from Epstein and Iran. The usual 🍊 garbage.

Dee Cee's avatar

A distraction to attract attention away from a distraction that was the latest distraction from the previous distraction intended to distract attention away from an earlier distraction that was a distraction from the first distraction.... ad nauseam.

CSmith's avatar

🤣. Aren’t you ready for a calm stable “Joe Biden” President again???

Mia's avatar

👏👏👏👍👍👍

joni's avatar

And on it goes. So exhausting.

Unbelievable there could be this many self-promoting nut cases in power at one time.

This misadministration needs an enema!

Protect the Vote's avatar

Cheeto’s Vigilante Voter Challenge: Voter Suppression

In every state by law any registered voter can challenge the validity of another registered voter’s right to cast a qualified vote in an election This has been termed a vigilante challenge

The Nazi Republicans are hard at work to get at states’ registered voter data so they can make this a nationwide project The Georgia Nazi Republicans beta tested vigilante challenges to registered voters in 2024 and were successful so they want to take the process nationwide but they need registered voter data to do it This is why the voter suppression bill, the SAVE Act which the Nazis are trying to get through the Senate has the specific demand that the states turn over their registered voter information And Peter Theil and Palantir are ready to create a database

This was initially reported by investigative journalist Greg Palast in the lead up to the 2024 election in a documentary Vigilante Challenge(bit.ly/41UelTx) and he then felt based on its success the Nazi Republicans would try to pull off this voter suppression tactic nationally in the next election, midterms 2026 Democracy Docket also covered this in 2022(https://bit.ly/4uc9E4c)

And no state election will be immune from such registered voter challenges Here’s an NCSL(National Conference of State Legislatures) link(bit.ly/41QB17R) as to how you can look up what laws your local state legislature has on the books And how you can be affected by vigilante Republicans who having all the data on voters will to try to disenfranchise Democratic and Independent voters with “legal challenges” as to the legitimacy of the voters challenged BTW the provisional ballots solution mentioned are not often counted

The solution: VOTE EARLY and make sure your vote is counted

Kathy Hughes's avatar

That is one major reason Doge was illegally given access to citizens’ private and personal data. There are a number of statutes which make accessing this information illegal, including statutes which make it illegal for government employees to obtain access to data not related to work they are performing.

The former IRS contract employee who exposed personal income tax information of Donald Trump and Rick Scott was sentenced for illegally accessing and exposing this information. If justice were to prevail Trump should be under a similar sanction for his actions. Palantir aims to establish a People’s Republic of China style database to monitor our own citizens in the way the PRC does. This is profoundly un-American.

Oaktown's avatar

Not just trump should be held accountable; Musk, the DOGE boys, and all employees who allowed them access should be prosecuted.

You are 100% correct about the ultimate Nerd Reich goal of 24/7 tech surveillance. Here's a link to who is on the Palantir payroll and the candidates who take money from their lobbyists; the Purge Panantir organization is trying to get candidates to sign a pledge not to take donations from Palantir, or give back any money already received: https://purgepalantir.com/the-palantir-payroll/

Kathy Hughes's avatar

I definitely agree. I mentioned Trump, but everyone you mention should be prosecuted as well. I read the Nerd Reich also and am looking forward to reading Gil Durán’s book.

Oaktown's avatar

Yes! Glad it will come out in time for the midterms. Also the Luigi Mangione trial is supposed to start in June, which will bring the deplorable state of "health care" to the forefront.

And for the record, Gil Duran says two of Gavin Newsom's advisors are on the Palantir payroll. Newsom's a bad idea; he's all in with the Tech Nazis.

Kathy Hughes's avatar

Not good news about Newsom’s Palantir advisors. Palantir is also worming its way into the British NHS system.

Oaktown's avatar

Carole Cadwalladr has been writing about that on Substack; it's already completely wormed into the UK NHS. Palantir and its ilk MUST be extricated from all government programs, but it is already so far embedded it seems only a Herculean, concerted effort can stop it.

Julie's avatar

Every darn one of them! Thanks

Oaktown's avatar
5hEdited

Thank you for this. Hope everyone VOTES early and follows your advice. This will be a rough ride, but we must persist and remain vigilant.

olderwoman's avatar

Protect the Vote, your writing style reminds me of Michael Cohen...

Kathy Hughes's avatar

My residential state of Ohio is currently under a hostile takeover by the Republican Party, which has gerrymandered the state, conquered the Senate, General Assembly, the state Supreme Court, the executive and statewide offices. Our outgoing Secretary of State, Frank La Rose, handed over our voter database to Trump.

Nancy Endersby's avatar

They have been working on this a long time! I grew up in Ohio.

Diane in Ohio's avatar

Ohio has the most corrupt statehouse in the country, and the takeover has been going on for many years. They just passed a bill requiring a 24 hour waiting period for abortions, doing all they can to weaken the constitutional protections the voters passed.

Kathy Hughes's avatar

You’re correct. Ohio Democratic leadership hasn’t come up with effective tactics in countering the Republicans’ moves. I say this even though I am a registered Democratic voter.

Phil Johnson's avatar

Not likely to happen in CA; Dems have a supermajority in both state house and senate legislatures and are killing us with Prop 13 efforts to snuff out property owners' protections against raising property taxes: mine is over $6 grand a year now, up from $2500 in 2000. When I croak, my kid will inherit it and its value will jack up the rate to well over $10k.

Good luck, son.

Oaktown's avatar

… Franklin Graham posted: “After three assassination attempts, some people say that President Trump is one lucky man. I don’t think luck has anything to do with it - I believe it is the hand of God. What do you think?”

Ron: … I think Franklin Graham is a nepo-baby charlatan who weaponizes the Bible to advance his political agenda.

I'm with Ron, but also think it could just as easily have been a 3rd staged "assassination" attempt so Disintegrating Donnie can get public sympathy and justify his ballroom—which should never be the venue for the WHCA dinner anyway; it's an independent organization celebrating an independent press, not an event hosted by the President.

Diane in Ohio's avatar

Anyone who thinks the hand of God is protecting Trump from harm, but not children subject to mass shootings in school where they should feel safe, is pure evil.

Kathy Hughes's avatar

Evangelical professor John Fea has a name for people like Franklin Graham. He calls them “court evangelicals.” Professor Fea is critical of those evangelicals who have unquestioningly endorsed Trump.

Oaktown's avatar

That's most of them, unfortunately.

WJB Motown's avatar

Franklin Graham.....the fake Christian Nationalist Rapture Preper..........and an everyday scumbag.........has a place in hell specially prepared for him.....

LHS's avatar

So Tom Tillis fell for it, hook, line and sinker. He didn't parse Pirro's words the other day, did he. She will try to indict Powell as soon as Kevin Warsh is confirmed by the Senate. Because that's what her Orange Lord and Master wants. Nice going, Tillis. DUMMY.

bLUEduRham's avatar

Of course he did. What an asshole. Never trust him. That’s my rule.

Oaktown's avatar

Tillis is an ass, but he's not that stupid. He did it to *appear* to support an independent Fed and knows damn well the DOI (Dept. of Injustice) won't stop the lawsuit.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

I think he got paid some millions.

Oaktown's avatar

Would be SOP (standard operating procedure) and no surprise.

Shaka Travel Guys's avatar

Any “black” Republican is as fucked up as any “gay” Republican. Fuck them all. Oh, and Fuck 🖕🏻Trump!

mer t's avatar

Franklin Graham is a huge disappointment… probably would be to his father too