Report reignites suspicions would-be Trump assassin wasn’t working alone

The New York Post recently published a report suggesting that the July 13 attempt on President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania, may not have been solely the work of Thomas Matthew Crooks but rather the doing of a “criminal network” that has benefited from alleged efforts by law enforcement to suppress critical information about the shooting.

Dana Kennedy, a reporter who previously worked at CNN and MSNBC, did her apparent best to justify the Post’s claim of an exclusive by speaking to various people who knew Crooks. The report hinged, however, on a well-established theory, this time restated by a Pennsylvania private investigator who has reportedly done some digging in Butler.

Doug Hagmann told the Post that he was hired by a private client to look into the assassination attempt shortly after the deadly rally and has been working the case for several months with a team of six other investigators.

After interviewing over 100 people and conducting geofencing analysis of cellular devices not belonging to Crooks that were detected at his home, the rifle range where he practiced, and at the high school where he graduated two years prior to the shooting, Hagmann concluded, “We don’t think he acted alone.”

Various individuals who spoke to the Post characterized Crooks as a happy and “nerdy” individual — as someone whose transformation into a killer must have been private and possibly even nurtured.

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President Trump Dismisses Speculation That He Will Pardon Derek Chauvin

President Donald Trump made it clear Friday that he is not considering a pardon for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, following speculation prompted by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, as Resist the Mainstream previously reported.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump stated he had not heard about the issue and dismissed any notion that he was weighing such a decision.

“No, I haven’t even heard about it, no. I haven’t heard of that,” Trump said when asked about the possibility of a pardon.

Chauvin, 48, is serving two concurrent sentences—22.5 years on state murder charges and 21 years on federal civil rights charges—stemming from the 2020 death of George Floyd. Floyd, 46, allegedly died after Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine minutes while arresting him for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill at a Minneapolis convenience store.

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President Trump Spanks NBC ‘Reporter’ When Media Hack Pushes Garbage Report About an Alleged ‘Fight’ Between Elon Musk and Marco Rubio

President Trump has responded to the corporate media’s latest attempt to humiliate the Trump administration and tear apart the MAGA nation.

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, the far-left New York Times dropped a report on Friday claiming that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Elon Musk engaged in a shouting match during a private White House Cabinet meeting on Thursday.

The “reporting” comes from Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman, two of the Times’ biggest Trump haters. The alleged verbal brawl ended when Trump stepped in to defend Rubio and set the record straight on the administration’s priorities.

Mediaite, another leftist outlet, described it as a “knock-down, drag-out fight.”

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PANIC IN BERLIN: Trump Reported To Be Considering Taking Thousands of Troops Out of Germany

It seems that the constant warmongering by the European nations has finally worn out the patience of US President Donald J. Trump, and severe consequences may be incoming.

Reports arose today that Trump is considering pulling US troops from Germany and redeploying them to Eastern Europe.

The Telegraph reported:

“Mr. Trump is weighing up withdrawing some 35,000 active personnel out of Germany in a move that would further sour US-Europe relations.

The US president, who has repeatedly warned that Europe must commit more to its defensive capabilities, is becoming increasingly frustrated that the continent is ‘pushing for war’, sources close to the administration said.”

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DEVELOPING: Putin Ready to Discuss Truce with Ukraine After Trump Threatens Russia with “Large Scale Banking Sanctions” and Tariffs

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reportedly ready for a truce with Ukraine after President Trump threatened to sanction Russia.

President Trump on Friday morning threatened Russia with “large scale” banking sanctions and tariffs until Vladimir Putin reached a ceasefire and final settlement on peace with Ukraine.

“Based on the fact that Russia is absolutely “pounding” Ukraine on the battlefield right now, I am strongly considering large scale Banking Sanctions, Sanctions, and Tariffs on Russia until a Cease Fire and FINAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON PEACE IS REACHED. To Russia and Ukraine, get to the table right now, before it is too late. Thank you!!!” Trump said on Truth Social on Friday.

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Ukrainian Journalist Who Was Previously Awarded by Zelensky Calls for President Trump’s Assassination: “Where is Lee Harvey Oswald When The Country Needs Him So Badly?”

A Ukrainian Regime journalist, who is allegedly linked to Hillary Clinton and the DNC, publicly called for the assassination of President Trump in a Facebook post on Friday.

Vadym Karpiak is a veteran journalist with nearly 30 years under his belt. He suggested Friday that America needs a “Lee Harvey Oswald,” the man who reportedly assassinated John F. Kennedy. 

The post, screenshotted below, asks, “Where is Lee Harvey Oswald when the country needs him so badly? And not just one?”

One of the networks Karpiak has hosted on-air coverage for was used as “a major tool of Ukraine’s information war, praised by the government officials who regularly appear on it for its role in countering Russian disinformation and maintaining morale,” according to the New York Times. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it a “weapon,” but viewers in Ukraine have grown sick of the propaganda they push for the Ukrainian government.

Zelensky has even reportedly awarded Karpiak with “the Order ‘For Merit’ of the 3rd degree.”

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Bhattacharya Opposes Vaccine Mandates, Promises to Tackle Chronic Disease Epidemic

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said during today’s confirmation hearing that he opposes vaccine mandates and scientific censorship.

He also told members of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (STEP) that he believes in diverse scientific research and he supports efforts to address today’s chronic disease epidemic.

During his opening statement, Bhattacharya, a critic of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, listed the five priorities he will pursue if confirmed as NIH director:

  • Tackle the chronic disease epidemic.
  • Support scientific research that is “replicable, reproducible and generalizable.”
  • Establish “a culture of respect for free speech in science and scientific dissent.”
  • Fund “the most innovative biomedical research agenda possible to improve American health.”
  • “Vigorously” regulate research “that has the possibility of causing a pandemic,” such as gain-of-function research.

According to STAT News, if confirmed as NIH director, Bhattacharya will oversee “the biggest funder of biomedical research in the world.” Composed of 27 research institutes and centers, the NIH has a nearly $50 billion budget, NBC News reported.

Following the hearing, Endpoints News reported that Bhattacharya sailed through today’s proceedings and “appears headed for a relatively easy Senate confirmation.”

Bhattacharya supports ‘broad scientific agenda’ to study rise in autism

Early during the hearing, Bhattacharya responded to statements by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the committee, that a link between the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism has been debunked and therefore doesn’t require further scientific study.

Bhattacharya responded:

“As far as research on autism and vaccines, I don’t generally believe that there is a link, based on my reading of the literature. But what I have seen is that there’s tremendous distrust in medicine and science coming out of the pandemic.

“We do have … a sharp rise in autism rates in this country, and I don’t know, and I don’t think any scientist really knows, the cause of it. So, I would support [a] broad scientific agenda based on data to get an answer to that.”

Bhattacharya said people’s doubts about vaccines and mistrust toward public health agencies can be addressed by providing “good data.”

“We want answers,” he said. “Parents want answers. Kids are suffering. And the NIH ought to be doing the research that [provides] those answers. That’s the most important thing.”

Bhattacharya called for funding “the most innovative biomedical research agenda possible to improve American health.”

“My plan is to ensure that the NIH invests in cutting-edge research in every field to make big advances rather than just small incremental progress,” Bhattacharya said.

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Trump’s Tariff Wars Will Hurt U.S. the Most

President Donald Trump seems to believe that tariffs can help to bring manufacturing back to the States.

Trump’s tariffs have so far been aimed at four targets, the U.S. neighbors Canada and Mexico, China and, soon to come, the European Union.

During his first term Trump negotiated the U.S.M.C.A. with Mexico and Canada, a free trade zone covering the U.S. and its neighbors. He is now attempting to change the rules of it. But the way he does so is inconsistent.

On January 21 Trump promised tariffs on Canada and Mexico. On February 1 he announced them. Three days later he delayed the implementation of those tariffs. On February 27 he said the tariffs would go into effect on March 4. On March 5 he was again forced to pull back (archived):

President Trump said on Wednesday that he would pause tariffs on cars coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico for one month, after a 25 percent tariff that he placed on America’s closest trading partners a day earlier roiled stock markets and prompted stiff resistance from industry.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, read a statement from Mr. Trump on Wednesday saying that White House had spoken with the three largest auto makers, and that a one-month exemption would be given to cars coming in through United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

A one-month exemption is a joke. It takes years to move parts production from one country to another. There are hundreds of companies in Mexico, Canada and the U.S. which make the myriad parts that go into a car. It is an completely integrated industry which took years to build.

U.S. car manufacturers had trusted that U.S.M.C.A. would hold. Should the tariffs apply anytime soon they will have to increase their prices by hefty margins or halt their production.

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Trump Says MASSIVE Report On Attempted Assassins Should Be Released Next Week

President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will be releasing a report detailing the federal government’s findings about the two men who tried to kill him during his 2024 presidential campaign.

Fox News White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked Trump from inside the Oval Office, “It’s been 7 months, why do you think we don’t know more about the guy who shot you in the ear?”

“And the second one with all of the cellphones,” Trump added. “I want to find the answers, in fact today I said we can no longer blame Biden for that one. He should have released that a long time ago. So, they are giving me a report next week sometime and I do believe I’ll be releasing the report. I want to release the report.”

Speaking about the would-be assassins, Trump noted, “You had one who had three apps, two of which were foreign supposedly and who has the biggest white-shoe law firm in Pennsylvania… what’s that all about? The other one had seven or six cellphones. I don’t have six cellphones. Why would someone have six cellphones?”

Doocy asked if the lack of information available leads the president to think something bigger is going one with the leftist attackers, and Trump responded, “It could be. Well, it makes other people think that. It makes me think it a little bit too. I say when you have three apps and two of them are foreign and you had an FBI that wouldn’t report on it, they didn’t want to say why. I would say that could be suspicious.”

“And then, on the second assassin – by the way Secret Service did a great job on that by spotting him – but on the second one he had six cellphones. That’s a lot of cellphones. And a couple of them had some strange markings on them,” Trump explained.

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Top Trump Admin. Officials Allegedly Hold Secret Talks With Zelensky’s Possible Replacements

On Thursday Politico claimed that members of President Donald Trump’s ‘entourage’ have begun talks with rivals of Ukrainian Dictator Vladimir Zelensky in the hopes of replacing the wartime ruler with someone new in an election.

“Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job,” Politico said Thursday.

The discussions revolved around the possibility of having Ukraine hold elections soon, something the country’s dictator has repeatedly refused to do.

“The senior Trump allies held talks with Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, a remorselessly ambitious former prime minister, and senior members of the party of Petro Poroshenko, Zelenskyy’s immediate predecessor as president, according to three Ukrainian parliamentarians and a U.S. Republican foreign policy expert,” Politico said Thursday.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick denied the President was “weighing into Ukrainian politics,” clarifying that all Trump wants is a partner for peace.

In February Trump called Zelensky a dictator without elections, perhaps signaling he wants Ukraine to hold elections. On Monday Trump suggested that Zelensky won’t be around for very long if he refused to make a deal with Russia.

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