Is another fake assassination attempt coming tonight?

[malaise]

[QueerDuck]

1. Oh, I hope not.

[malaise]

2. Who do you think is spreading this shit? N/t

[QueerDuck]

3. I do not know. I wonder.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

18. Piggy?

One of Piggy's puppet masters? Some MAGAt? Some "journalist?"

[SSJVegeta]

4. Probably

[Buckeyeblue]

5. A sleeper cell?

[GenThePerservering]

6. I wish Meidas wasn't so clicky baity looking

everything is screaming headlines.

[bobalew]

7. They must have a marketing exec they are overpaying......

and.. what a ripe opportunity for a staged attempt...

[malaise]

8. Agree

I am often skeptical about posting their links, but given the reality TV show on steroids that is tonight, I won’t rule anything out with the lunatic and his posse.

[PatSeg]

9. Yeah, I rarely click on their videos anymore

[QueerDuck]

17. They have lost the plot.

They have morphed into the worst of everything they once hated about mainstream media. I can't stand them.

[sop]

10. Washington Post: 'To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt'

Link to WaPo article: (behind paywall)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/21/hungary-election-interference-russia-orban/

From Stuart Dowell: "A Washington Post investigation reports that Russian intelligence operatives discussed staging a fake assassination attempt on Viktor Orbán to boost his election campaign."

"In an internal SVR document, the plan was described as a 'Gamechanger' that would shift the campaign from policy to emotion."

"The report also details the depth of Hungary’s links with Moscow. One European official said foreign minister Péter Szijjártó provided Sergei Lavrov with 'live reports' during EU meetings. It also outlines how energy deals and intermediaries in gas trading generated large profits for figures close to Orbán.
The Kremlin dismissed the report as disinformation."

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stuartdowell_to-tilt-hungarian-election-russians-proposed-activity-7441357386985926656-_2G7

[malaise]

12. Hmmmmmmm! MMakes sense

Rec

[yellow dahlia]

11. Everything is a choreographed television show.

[haele]

14. Well, this is a choreographed early 1980's TV president...

Propped up by a choreographed late 1980's TV corporatist political conglomerate.
Bond Movie stuff.
So, quarterly planned failed assassination attempts are on the Bingo Card.

[yellow dahlia]

15. Maybe we could have a "pool" to guess the nature of the next assassination attempt.

[TommieMommy]

13. Wouldn't surprise me if there was another one

[doc03]

16. I hope it is not fake and successful.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

19. That's where I'm at too

Just do it already.

[Oneironaut]

20. This is all just theatre.

They’re just trying to increase ratings and engagement, and, it’s dumb.