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      3 months ago

      Real leftist unity right here. Either way it’s gonna be 10 times more interesting than biden vs trump.

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        3 months ago

        It was a big deal, but his injury was minimal and there is no flashy politcal reason for the attack. The murder of the crowd is just background noise in our gun soaked politics.

        The kid had deep depression and was looking for a big target of either party to “suicide by cop.” The lack of a manifesto or an outward politcal lean, regardless of his conservative roots, makes it just a weak story.

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          I love that the U.S. is so fucked that the attempted assassination of a former U.S. President is old news after a week.

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          I’m just commenting that the news cycle ate it up. I said that it would as if happened and sure enough, this did it.