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Oct 14, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
By not condemning the mass shooting video shown to his supporters at his own resort, Trump is further endangering the lives of Americans
motherjones.com/politics/2018/… #TrumpVideo
In fact, given Trump’s track record, it’s easy to picture him retweeting the video himself. As @Sulliview writes, “in many, many ways, he has unleashed a vile hatred of journalists that is playing out before our eyes. And it couldn’t be more dangerous.” washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
Also notable: According to the Washington Post, the creator of a website associated with the #TrumpVideo “scored an Oval Office meeting in July with Trump, who reportedly welcomed him as a ‘genius.’” washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10…
Thoughtful from @cwarzel, yet breezes by two key points about the #TrumpVideo:

1) Trump's de facto imprimatur on this stuff (in this case its showing at an event on his property) boosts the danger profoundly

2) #StochasticTerrorism (see first in thread) nytimes.com/2019/10/14/opi…

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In new filing, Jack Smith alleges Trump "sent supporters, including groups like the Proud Boys, whom he knew were angry, and whom he now calls ‘patriots,’ to the Capitol to achieve the criminal objective of obstructing the congressional certification" washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Trump "has openly and proudly supported individuals who criminally participated in obstructing the congressional certification, including by suggesting that he will pardon them if re-elected, even as he has conceded he had the ability to influence their actions during the attack"
"Of particular note are the specific January 6 offenders whom [Trump] has supported— namely, individuals convicted of some of the most serious crimes charged in relation to January 6, such as seditious conspiracy and violent assaults on police officers" washingtonpost.com/documents/764d…
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Sep 10, 2023
An engrossing, tragic story. “Trump deserves life in prison if my father is in prison for this long,” said a daughter of the first Jan. 6 defendant who stood trial washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…
more details here on her father, Guy Reffitt, who was among the Trump supporters who brought guns to the Capitol on January 6 motherjones.com/crime-justice/…
"Reffitt boasted to family and fellow militia members that he and other insurrectionists brought guns to the siege. 'The people that were around me were all carrying too,' he said. 'I had every constitutional right to carry a weapon and take over the Congress as we tried to do.'"
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May 23, 2023
NEW: One year after the Uvalde massacre, my latest reporting includes new details on the ongoing investigations, the shooter’s long trail of warning signs, and how this horrific tragedy could have been prevented from ever happening motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 🧵
The police meltdown in Uvalde demands further scrutiny. But what about the guns that got in the hands of a profoundly troubled 18-year-old? How could he so easily—and legally—acquire a highly lethal arsenal? An astonishing amount of firepower motherjones.com/politics/2023/… #Uvalde 2/x Image
The crucial 'bystander' problem: the Uvalde shooter had extensive contact online with at least one person who may well have seen indications of his deadly plans. The person “knew him quite well,” a source familiar with the ongoing investigation told me motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 3/x
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Apr 1, 2023
I’ve spent a decade investigating mass shootings and how to stop them. These are the fresh cold facts: From Sandy Hook in 2012 to a Nashville school this week, many more mass shooters now use AR-15s—a weapon of war—to devastating effect. My new piece: motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 🧵
This chilling trend connects to how shooters emulate previous attackers, one of multiple common warning behaviors I examine in Trigger Points, my book about preventing mass shootings. It coincides with marketing tactics long used by the gun industry... amazon.com/dp/0062973533/ 2/x
Gunmakers long sought to captivate young buyers through aggressive ads and product placement, including working with companies producing popular first-person shooter video games.

Many mass shooters take on a "commando" mentality, case evidence shows. motherjones.com/politics/2023/… 3/x
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Mar 20, 2023
A big reason Uvalde police failed to confront the shooter at Robb Elementary was because they feared the firepower of his AR-15, according to this important new investigation from @TexasTribune reporter @zachdespart texastribune.org/2023/03/20/uva…
"A comprehensive and scathing report of law enforcement’s response to the shooting, released by a Texas House committee chaired by Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows in July, made no mention of the comments by law enforcement officers that illustrated trepidation about the AR-15."
There's been a disturbing rise in young male mass shooters using AR-15s, body armor, and tactical gear, as I documented in this recent article. Uvalde, Buffalo, Colorado Springs, Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton, Parkland... and beyond motherjones.com/crime-justice/… 3/x
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Feb 26, 2023
Misleading, irresponsible headline by ⁦@WSJ⁩ with this covid lab leak story. Many people won’t read past it to learn that the Energy Department holds a minority view among US agencies and rated this conclusion as “low confidence” wsj.com/articles/covid…
The US government apparently still has no clarity as to how the pandemic originated, and news reporting should make that clear at the top. A big reason the US response was such a failure in the early going was because Covid was quickly politicized. WSJ is inviting that again here
Readers don’t learn until the end of the 3rd paragraph that the Energy Dept holds a minority view—and they don’t learn until the 5th paragraph that its conclusion is rated “low confidence”

Square that with the WSJ headline announcing that Covid “most likely” came from a lab leak
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