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Children of the victims had to take Gilbert, their beloved golden retriever, to be put down, the chair of the DNC claimed.

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 233 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

Republicans sure love shooting dogs. I thought Trump would just pardon the guy. Now I think he'll nominated him to a cabinet position too.

[–] blargle@sh.itjust.works 111 points 2 weeks ago

Guess he was really leaning into the whole "impersonating a police officer" thing.

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 72 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Proof that ICE Barbie is complicit.

[–] snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

ICE Cruella Barbie

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[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 64 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

Has the white house made any statements about the murder yet?

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 76 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 52 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

It's so fucking infuriating...

The guy apparently had some no kings fliers so they're sticking to that and saying he was a "Marxist that was mad the Democrats aren't voting the way he wants"

...so... Democrats are simultaneously Marxist leftist all the time, and not Marxists so this guy needs to kill them... Right...

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Bro look at the flyers the cops totally found in this dude’s vehicle. Completely legit, not planted by the police flyers. Yup.

[–] bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it’s possible that the flyers were not planted. I don’t really know why it never crosses anyone’s mind that maybe he just stole a bunch of these flyers because he wanted to limit people‘s awareness of the protest.

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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From what I can tell, the 'No kings' flyers were posted by one Twitter account that regularly posts unverified news.

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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I will be surprised if they address it in anything but the most hands-off, distant references. "We heard something about the story, really tragic, we hate to see it."

Even acknowledging it at all is a political minefield. The good news (for them) is they don't have to! The vast majority of conservatives in this country, even the "tame" ones who are just scared of different people but have no political passion, they're getting a deeply cultivated perspective of the world, one that mentions this murder as a strange side-incident that nobody is really talking about, a feed that shows them hundreds of thousands of people cheering at Trump's parade, of sparse turnouts and cringe leftists at the "no kings" rallies that a few antifa agents organized, of the entire city of LA burning and the tariff's crushing the economic stability of every other country but the USA, and waves of migrant "criminals" crying in anguish as they are being deported by Daddy Trump every day.

We don't see how solid and happy the right is because we also have our own algorithmic bubbles that feed us false hope and dopamine hits of manufactured successes in the face of digital tyranny.

This is all very bad.

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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 61 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Here's a guy who killed two prominent people, shot two more, and a rescue dog.

I hope they at least give him the Luigi treatment.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 86 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

I hope they at least give him the Luigi treatment.

Luigi, or whoever actually did it, had the decency not to harm anyone's family or pets. This motherfucker deserves far worse.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I agree. But on the other hand, it seems like they've gone above and beyond "normal" in their approach to Luigi. I wanna see this MAGAt perp-walked in full shackles like they did Luigi.

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[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Luigi actually saved lives though. The assassination of Brian Thompson was a stated symbolic protest against insurance practices that deny life‑saving care intended to spotlight and stop those denials. His act sparked intense public outrage media attention regulatory scrutiny and investor backlash which pressured UnitedHealth to soften its claim‑denial practices and approve more life‑saving care. That shift led to higher costs. Lower profits triggered the largest one‑day stock drop in 25 years and prompted a class‑action lawsuit by investors.

Luigi set out to right actual wrong and literally saved lives in the process

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-investors-lawsuit-brian-thompson-luigi-mangione/

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[–] MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Trump will pardon him 100% if he gets a federal charge.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 52 points 2 weeks ago

MAGAts attack all that is good in the world.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just trying yo sell the cop disguise.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

Republicans are the pro-murdering-dogs party.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago

Madman? He knew exactly what he was doing. He's a maga murderer.

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 17 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Of course he did, he's a Republican psychopath. They don't understand why people have pets.

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[–] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve heard he was a big Trump fan and now I see he’s a maga madman, at what point was his political alignment ascertained? Does someone have an article they could point me to? Particularly one from a source that couldn’t be easily construed as biased if I were to share with a right winger?

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

https://www.fox9.com/news/minnesota-lawmaker-bca-shooting-suspects-list-lawmakers-not-manifesto

Fox News link that shows he only targeted democrats and quotes a Trump appointee calling it a political assassination

[–] thepenismightier@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Normally I don't advocate the death penalty.

[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago
[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Barbie dog killer at it again.

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