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1. Lucille says:

   April 27, 2026 at 2:29 pm

   From One Assassination Attempt to the Next: Mainstreaming Violence Against a President

   Trump’s assassination attempts underscore how rhetoric that casts political opponents as existential threats can move from language to violence.

   By Victor Davis Hanson – April 27, 2026

   

   https://amgreatness.com/2026/04/27/from-one-assassination-attempt-to-the-next-mainstreaming-violence-against-a-president/

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2. Lucille says:

   April 27, 2026 at 3:09 pm

   The following may be behind a paywall. If so, it might still be available if you subscribe without paying… https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/the-canary-in-the-cole-mine-monday

    THE CANARY IN THE COLE MINE☙ Monday, April 27, 2026 ☙ C&C NEWS 

   Special Edition Part II: the stupidest manifesto in history, and the Cole Allen story broadens to swallow the collective left. By Jeff Childers

   By now, if your scrolling addiction is even moderate to low, you’ve already seen news of would-be assassin Cole Allen’s ‘manifesto’ —a generous label, considering his supposed intellectual credentials. Frankly, and disappointingly, Allen set the bar pretty low, considering all his degrees from top universities and “Teacher of the Year” status. Anyway, so far as I can tell, only the conservative New York Post printed the complete version, in a story headlined, “Exclusive: Read White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump manifesto.

   If you want to know what’s really wrong with America today, look no further than our manifesto writers. There was a time when a proper manifesto had some heft to it. It was typed on a manual typewriter in a cabin with no electricity, walls lined with aluminum foil, and it usually involved a very detailed and complex (if mathematically questionable) explanation of why the industrial revolution was a bad idea.

   But today? Today we get Cole Allen, 31, formerly a Los Angeles resident, but now permanently rehoused with the Bureau of Federal Prisons.

   Right before he launched his failed attack, Cole, who uses the online nickname “coldForce” (which sounds less like an assassin and more like a brand of men’s body wash available at gas stations), released a 1,052-word document outlining his deeply held grievances. He signed it: Cole “coldForce” “Friendly Federal Assassin” Allen. (Quote marks in original. And yes, he gave himself twonicknames.)

   To be clear, I did not make that up. He actually called himself the “Friendly Federal Assassin.” (For the record, that is also a good name for a Casper the Friendly Ghost reboot in which Casper gets very online and very angry about government policy. Or a good name for a punk rock band: The Friendly Federal Assassins. Either way.) It was the kind of title you give yourself when you are trying your best to murder high-ranking government officials— but you also want to make sure you get a good Yelp review. Four stars. He shot at the podium, but he was very polite and asked for consent first.

   🔥 Cole’s manifesto reads less like a chilling declaration of ideological warfare and more like a passive-aggressive, virtue-signaling email dispatched to a homeowners’ association.

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