Court files show how men connected through TikTok and encrypted apps planned attack on White House UFC fight

Almost two weeks ago, the US Department of Justice announced that it had foiled a plot by Proper and a number of co-conspirators to assassinate Donald Trump and other elected officials at the Ultimate Fighting Championship event recently held at the White House. As of Friday, eight people from around the country are in custody. All appear to be men in their 20s or early 30s.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Unsurprisingly, right-wing media is lying, claiming that these were lefties:

    some conservative media outlets have seized on aspects of the story to imply that the plotters were actually bad seeds of the far left. One of the alleged plotters, an article in the Federalist argued, “parroted Democrat conspiracy theories about President Trump protecting child predators connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein”.

    Also, Donald Trump does protect child predators connected to sex offender and former best buddy of Trump, Jeffrey Epstein.

    • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      parroted Democrat conspiracy theories about President Trump protecting child predators connected to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

      It’s not a conspiracy theory if it’s a quantifiable fact with substantial evidence to back it up

    • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
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      13 days ago

      “Democrat”-ic camera taking photos of the two together?

      “Democrat”-ic birthday card Trump wrote and signed for Epstein?

      “Democrat”-ic condoms depicting Trump saying I’M HUUUUGE?

      “Democrat”-ic Mike Johnson saying just yesterday he is running a protection program for keeping Trump connected Republicans with potential dirty laundry away from investigation or prosecution?

    • subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      13 days ago

      I thought it was interesting at the time how it was a conspiracy of like five dudes, but the headline across several news sites was like, “two dudes from California lead conspiracy to assassinate the president.”

  • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    13 days ago

    The left is really falling behind the assassination plot counts. Kind of embarrassing tbh.

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
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        13 days ago

        Idk, whats Luigi’s political identity?

        He seems pretty “self-correcting free market” kind of dude if he went after a CEO and not a Republican Legislator.

        Keep in mind he’s the rich heir to a fortune, with an ivy league education and used to have a six figure tech company desk job.

        • Photonic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          13 days ago

          I was joking, but since you asked: why would a left wing attacker have to go after a ring wing politician? Anti-CEO sentiment is usually a pretty solid left wing view, especially when they’re squeezing people out of their savings by denying healthcare claims.

          And he can be an heir, can have money but still be left wing. Those two are not mutually exclusive you know

        • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          13 days ago

          i mean i am theoretically distantly related to potato billionaires if i pull that thread of relations i’ve never met hard enough. but like so is the rest of the state of idaho so whatcha gonna do. but like, i’m poor. don’t judge a person by their relations

          the story is really good though it involves shady pool halls, angry drunken cigarette wives and Uncle… I forget his name so let’s call him Uncle Darryl I don’t have an Uncle Darryl that’s what we’ve named Bigfoot. I’m going to have to ask Gran next reunion for all her sisters to figure out the official version of the story.

  • switcheroo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Oh yeah that’s totally believable. Right.

    Please, that ass-faced moron wasn’t targeted. This is more fake crap to keep the MAGAt morons worked up and frothing at the mouth that anyone would dare go after their (fat ugly stupid geriatric rapist pedo) golden god.

  • blueworld@piefed.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    You know it’s time to step out of the ring when your own side wants you out. He can’t read the room at all, but why would I expected a narcissistic narcoleptic dementia patient to do that?

  • grte@lemmy.caEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Oh, yet another conveniently foiled assassination attempt for the guy claiming he really needs his secure ballroom. Well I say, all these foiled assassination attempts seem to suggest security is just fine.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      13 days ago

      those of us competent enough to do it are not competent enough to get away with it and are smart enough to know that. so we’re like “huh. do i want to road trip across the country and get caught in kentucky? nah. I’ll let kentucky do it. It’s kind of THEIR whole deal anyways.”

      • TheparishofChigwell@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        13 days ago

        Understandable. But come on there must be one cool dude who just got the call and knows he’s terminal, nothing left to lose

        One girl that saw her world fall apart after selling her soul for the umpteenth time

        One radical teenager that figured out shooting kids ain’t going out with a bang at all

        One mad boomer that ground up his own teeth over the years being bothered enough

        One minority member that picks the path of the hero instead of the gangbanger

        One father that saw his son radicalise voicing opinions that would make any man’s neck hair stand

        One downtrodden beat down slob that feels so low there’s no downside to trying anyway