So how many of the 24 perpetrators of the 31 targeted political murders or attempted murders since 2018 were from the Left? Let’s count them..

In 2018, Cesar Altieri Sayoc was sentenced to 20 years prison for sending pipe bombs to nine prominent Democrats, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Maxine Waters. Sayoc was a registered Republican.

In 2020, 13 men attempted to punish Michigan’s Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer for enforcing Covid lockdown measures. All were far right extremists.

Roy Den Hollander murdered human rights lawyer Marc Angelucci in July 2020. He then tried to kill district judge Esther Salas, but succeeded instead in murdering her son and seriously wounding her husband. Hollander was a far right Trump supporter.

Quintez Brown attempted to kill Democratic Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, Craig Greenberg, in February 2022. Brown was motivated by Black nationalism, pan-Africanism and revolutionary socialism.

In October 2022 David DePape seriously injured Paul Pelosi with a hammer while seeking to kill House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi. DePape is a far right Trump supporter.

In December 2022, Solomon Peña paid gunmen to attack the houses of Democrat state lawmakers in New Mexico. Peña is a registered Republican and a former candidate for state office.

Craig Robertson was shot and killed by FBI agents in August 2023 while being arrested for threats against President Joe Biden and others. Robertson was an army veteran with extreme right wing views.

Donald Trump himself was targeted at a July 2024 rally in Pennsylvania. The shooter Thomas Crooks killed one attendee and injured three others, including Trump, whose ear was cut by a flying fragment. Crooks was a registered Republican.

Another attempt on Trump’s life, thwarted before completion, was made by Trump voter Ryan Routh in September 2024. The trial is continuing.

In April 2025, Cody Balmer attempted to kill Pennsylvania’s Democratic Governor Josh Shapiro in an arson attack which caused extensive property damage but no injuries. Balmer was a Trump supporter at the time.

The Democrat Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark Hortman were killed by avid Trump supporter and registered Republican Vance Boelter in June 2025.

Boelter then attempted to murder Minnesota Senator John Hoffman and succeeded in seriously injuring the senator and his wife.

Lastly, right wing influencer Charlie Kirk was shot last Wednesday by Tyler Robinson, a white student from a gun-loving Republican Mormon family. Robinson has no party links, but has reportedly embraced the extremism of right wing racist Nick Fuentes.

How many from the Left?

I followed a TikTok creator for a few years. The persona was simple: everyday ham radio hobbyist, sharing casual commentary. Authentic, relatable, low-stakes.

Then the tone shifted. One video was quite dystopian and she suddenly called for “bringing in the national guard.” The delivery was passionate, but it felt out of character. That raised my suspicion.

A quick search confirmed it:

• IMDB page with acting and screenwriting credits.
• LinkedIn listing actor/screenwriter.
• Personal website advertising acting services and agency representation.

None of this background is mentioned on TikTok. The image presented is “just a regular person.” When I left a polite comment pointing this out, it was first met with polite debate, then deleted. A follow-up comment got me blocked.

Why I think this matters:

• People build trust with influencers who seem authentic.
• Undisclosed professional backgrounds change how we interpret their message.
• Deleting comments that question authenticity suggests image control (so much for free speech!)

This isn’t about one creator. It’s about how propaganda works. Influencers can pose as everyday citizens to build trust, then steer conversations in political directions.

My takeaway from this is to not take online personas at face value - get in the habit of doing your due diligence, check backgrounds. Treat influencer content with the same scrutiny as political advertising.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/53507874

Google handed over Gmail account information to ICE before notifying the student or giving him an opportunity to challenge the subpoena.

But the Right is doing all of it.

Medhi Hasan on the Chris Cuomo Show details how the rights rhetoric is painting the left as violent when the vast majority of political violence is done by extremist elements on the right.

"No one takes it seriously... you shouldn't either"

Trump delivered to us this uncanny video in which he denounces the killing of Kirk and blames the left’s rhetoric as the sole cause of this unfathomable act.

Am I crazy, or is this obviously AI?

And the above image was in tne text post. Whoever owns that company I hope they go bankrupt. That or I hope it is fake.

From video by Drago on a mobile app Simply Draw. Which tries to lure children in by promising to teach them how to draw! But then you get hit by the paywall.

We shouldn't inspire children to follow their artistic dreams, and then hit them with the paywall. Or the mobile app economy as a whole. Not all adults are ready for the mobile app economy, why do we think children are ready for that? It's cruel. It's harsh.

I followed along with the tutorial, it's not a bad way to learn how to draw a fish. I'm depressed and I'm depressed because of fish thing so... I dunno if this helped me, it was a thing, I dunno.

"The school safety and security industry has grown rapidly over the past decade," says Sonali Rajan, senior director with the research arm of Everytown for Gun Safety, which advocates for gun control. "The challenge right now is that these school safety products, the vast majority, have absolutely no evidence guiding their effectiveness."

Inside the school safety conference, vendors in an expo hall showcase panic buttons, bullet-resistant whiteboards, facial recognition technology, training simulators, body armor, guns and tasers.

I got this invite to enter to win!

FOOD!

We are at the point now that a gift card for food is really enticing.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35499029

Heckin love Bill Gates!

Ho hum... Only radical extremists think this is news worth covering... \s

Feels unreal. My friend spotted this at an airport.

Pull on the new flesh like borrowed gloves and burn your fingers once again.

Far too dull for NPR, MSM, etc...