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CivicGrief

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20. Maybe just collateral damage.

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #17)

Tue Jun 9, 2026, 11:29 AM

Jun 9

With all the fucked up things this administration does and is capable of doing, we should not put anything past them. If they outright seize ballots, will calling it out be the same as dump’s unproven election claims? We are not in Kansas anymore.

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Do you remember this from the Butler PA shooting? [View all] kentuck Jun 9 OP

Let's roll the video tape! bucolic_frolic Jun 9 #1

Here's the video: intheflow Jun 9 #12

Except that he reached for his ear after the shooting began sarisataka Jun 9 #21

Yes, it could be the whole thing was rigged. Feed the paranoia and blame the government. /nt bucolic_frolic Jun 9 #24

Low media literacy, information bubbles, and stress/fear Ponietz Jun 9 #30

Thank you , doctor. CivicGrief Jun 9 #35

I want to see video of the dress rehearsal the day before Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #34

Maybe there was a noise that sounded like a gunshot and some intheflow Jun 9 #38

A sound like a gunshot right before actual gunshots sarisataka Jun 9 #39

He put the blood pellet on his ear or an agent did when he was thrown down on the ground kimbutgar Jun 9 #26

I do remember Trump was heavily involved, heme Jun 9 #2

So much of it seemed staged, didn't it? yellow dahlia Jun 9 #4

Keeps the phony christians on board. travelingthrulife Jun 9 #6

I'm new here heme Jun 9 #44

The WWE has fake blood capsules for that. CivicGrief Jun 9 #13

Good point PatSeg Jun 9 #29

What I remember is seeing him reach for his ear, at about the same time a shot yellow dahlia Jun 9 #3

https://butlerradio.com/sheriff-disputes-report-that-deputy-sheriff-exchanged-emails-with-crooks/ nt CozyMystery Jun 9 #5

No blood splatter. CivicGrief Jun 9 #37

If it were staged, it seems unlikely people in karynnj Jun 9 #7

You dont think Trump would happily kill Johonny Jun 9 #9

So did Trump know and approve of the "staged" attempt? Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #18

Have you learned nothing from the Epstein files? intheflow Jun 9 #40

Except it wasn't secret Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #41

Sadly, the "evidence-based geniuses" fail CivicGrief Jun 9 #42

I remember that an audience member was killed Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #8

What else do you remember about him? CivicGrief Jun 9 #14

He was a 20 year old maga kid. Who worked in the kitchen of Scrivener7 Jun 9 #15

Did he die? Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #17

Maybe just collateral damage. CivicGrief Jun 9 #20

We aren't in OZ either Fiendish Thingy Jun 9 #22

Good. CivicGrief Jun 9 #25

well themaguffin Jun 9 #43

Here's the dead man's obituary EarlG Jun 9 #32

It takes so little to get the cheerleaders to pounce Orrex Jun 9 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author Orrex Jun 9 #28

The Unhinged Looney Left LessAspin Jun 9 #10

It's all television to DJT MIButterfly Jun 9 #11

Waiting For The "CT Nay-Sayers" To Weigh In. ColoringFool Jun 9 #16

Trump called so many people crooks, one named "Crooks" had apparently had enough of his shit, LOL. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jun 9 #19

As good as any theory we have been given. CivicGrief Jun 9 #23

I don't remember, but if he had an earpiece in that ear and struck it just right... hlthe2b Jun 9 #31

The ketchup and Kotex assassination attempt. The only things real about Fat Donnie are his cruelty and stupidity. jls4561 Jun 9 #33

Deceiving people is his mode of operation, look at the official narratives from Noem after crimes commited by ICE mb40 Jun 9 #36