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Mother and step-father of Idaho shooter. (Original Post) Swede 13 hrs ago OP
What a surprise! Ocelot II 13 hrs ago #1
Terrorists.................. Lovie777 13 hrs ago #2
NO! Are you kidding??? Tourists !!!!!! NT essaynnc 11 hrs ago #30
Russian actually IbogaProject 4 hrs ago #49
Ugggg Prairie Gates 13 hrs ago #3
MAGA is a domestic terror group. sop 13 hrs ago #4
You are correct. H2O Man 13 hrs ago #5
In Spades. BurnDoubt 2 hrs ago #51
My Bingo card has Leavitt as the first one to imply it's photoshopped Torchlight 13 hrs ago #6
The tattoo says MS-13 newdeal2 13 hrs ago #7
I can't wait to hear how Trump will try to convince everyone this latest murder of public officials isn't his fault. sop 13 hrs ago #8
Pretty much. rubbersole 12 hrs ago #11
It's all Biden's fault! BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #24
Maybe snowybirdie 12 hrs ago #9
They are just another cult that will celebrate their son's death as righteous. A martyr for maga. erronis 12 hrs ago #10
Trump could deport all his supporters and make us all safer Tribetime 12 hrs ago #12
Totally ICKY. calimary 12 hrs ago #13
How long before Trump blames ANTIFA or Biden? Emile 11 hrs ago #14
Those hats are photoshopped. Buddyzbuddy 11 hrs ago #15
Law-abiding gun owners. They're very proud of their son. Dr. T 11 hrs ago #16
Homegrowns ZDU 11 hrs ago #17
MAGA filth. Surprise! hadEnuf 11 hrs ago #18
MAGA filth. That's classic. Dr. T 8 hrs ago #43
They have to be taught to hate Linda ladeewolf 11 hrs ago #19
My mind/brain is a little fuzzy but, cksmithy 11 hrs ago #29
One of my very most favorite songs. 3catwoman3 6 hrs ago #45
I just hope they LOSE eveything they own bluestarone 11 hrs ago #20
Especially the guns. llmart 11 hrs ago #21
i was googling for a pic of the kid, found a fb page "fox 9" or something like that orleans 11 hrs ago #22
In other words.... this story will disappear within 24 hours IcyPeas 11 hrs ago #23
Fuck them and their Cult Culture of Cha 11 hrs ago #25
I don't know, guys...are we feeling the greatness yet? Wingus Dingus 11 hrs ago #26
Living and teaching their values. /nt bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #27
Of course orangecrush 11 hrs ago #28
The MAGAs continue to make America horrible Blue Owl 11 hrs ago #31
The whole thing is photoshopped together jmowreader 10 hrs ago #32
Her hand is around the fence bar, not touching is face IcyPeas 10 hrs ago #36
Parents divorced in 2015. Mosby 10 hrs ago #39
The White House AND the fence have a keystone effect (wider at the top, narrower at the bottom) Ms. Toad 6 hrs ago #47
Is anyone surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #33
I saw one photo of pops sitting in what looks like the Oval Office MagickMuffin 10 hrs ago #34
Tell me again the exact time and date that multigraincracker 10 hrs ago #35
If he were Muslim central scrutinizer 10 hrs ago #37
yes for straight white males it's a "mental health issue" Skittles 4 hrs ago #48
Of course they are 🙄 Clouds Passing 10 hrs ago #38
image Demovictory9 10 hrs ago #40
First they kill Dem politicians now Nigrum Cattus 10 hrs ago #41
There's another pic, of the mom and kid stollen 8 hrs ago #42
Message auto-removed Name removed 7 hrs ago #44
It wouldn't surprise me if the shooters upbringing was similar to the Gilgo beach killer Renew Deal 6 hrs ago #46
I just watched a YouTube video and the comments BigmanPigman 4 hrs ago #50

Torchlight

(4,909 posts)
6. My Bingo card has Leavitt as the first one to imply it's photoshopped
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 04:15 PM
13 hrs ago

She won't make the assertion directly mind you, she's far too timid and passive for that; she'll dress it with doubts first, and then make vague remarks. Whiter House press secretaries hate reality.

sop

(14,904 posts)
8. I can't wait to hear how Trump will try to convince everyone this latest murder of public officials isn't his fault.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 04:26 PM
13 hrs ago

He literally founded his own terror group, sold them wearing apparel and loosed them on America.

erronis

(20,396 posts)
10. They are just another cult that will celebrate their son's death as righteous. A martyr for maga.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:21 PM
12 hrs ago

Only good thing is that this particular zealot won't be procreating anymore.

Dr. T

(281 posts)
16. Law-abiding gun owners. They're very proud of their son.
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:34 PM
11 hrs ago

Let's amend that to former law-abiding gun owners. They've crossed a fine line and are now criminal gun owners because they're likely complicit.

ZDU

(487 posts)
17. Homegrowns
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 05:38 PM
11 hrs ago

Something, something, something about "ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC...".

cksmithy

(345 posts)
29. My mind/brain is a little fuzzy but,
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:18 PM
11 hrs ago

I am pretty sure I heard this live. I heard it constantly on the radio, thanks for posting. We do have to teach our children well.

orleans

(36,178 posts)
22. i was googling for a pic of the kid, found a fb page "fox 9" or something like that
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:06 PM
11 hrs ago

was reading the comments

jeeze. from possible photoshop hats, just b/c we voted for trump doesn't mean ..., blaming dems, BLA BLA FUCKING BLA

i read a lot of comments and then had enuf of that shit.

denial -- a river that runs thru republican mentality

IcyPeas

(23,824 posts)
23. In other words.... this story will disappear within 24 hours
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:07 PM
11 hrs ago

Just like the double murder of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband and dog. And the shooting of Sen. Hoffman and his wife.

Political violence is no big deal if the murderers are maga.





Cha

(312,499 posts)
25. Fuck them and their Cult Culture of
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:15 PM
11 hrs ago

Terror That spawn assassinated two Fire 🔥 Fighters and sorry I don’t know who else?

🕯️🕊️💙🇺🇸😢

jmowreader

(52,491 posts)
32. The whole thing is photoshopped together
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:30 PM
10 hrs ago

Look at her right hand where it touches his face...and why are they straight when the White House is sloping off at a 20-degree angle?

Also inspect the bottom of the fence. On the real White House front fence the square-section uprights are welded at the bottom to another piece of square section tubing. It's missing in this photo.

IcyPeas

(23,824 posts)
36. Her hand is around the fence bar, not touching is face
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:50 PM
10 hrs ago

I don't know about the rest of your points.

Ms. Toad

(37,189 posts)
47. The White House AND the fence have a keystone effect (wider at the top, narrower at the bottom)
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:26 PM
6 hrs ago

The keystoning is the same angle for both the fence and the White House. It's much harder to judge buildings against people, since people can stand at an angle, can lean in or out, etc. But the two things in the photo which have straight edges appear as they would with keystone distortion caused by the camera image plane not being parallel to the scene being photographed.

From the side of the building this is taken from, there is no cross bar at the bottom of the fence - there is a cement curb, but no cross bar. The curb is below the image.



As another poster noted, she has her hand on the fence, not his face.

I can't vouch for the validity of the photo, or the identity of the people in it, but - as one who uses photoshop regularly, and who just spent a semester working with a large format camera to both capture and correct keystoning - the angles you are mentioning are more consistent with someone who doesn't know what they were doing with a camera, than someone using Photoshop.

MagickMuffin

(17,738 posts)
34. I saw one photo of pops sitting in what looks like the Oval Office
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:49 PM
10 hrs ago


He has on his red maga hat and the black one is sitting on the desk in front of him.

This was doing a search for the assassin and they popped up. There is also reports that his parents filed Enforcer reports because he hated them for being magas.

central scrutinizer

(12,588 posts)
37. If he were Muslim
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:51 PM
10 hrs ago

Journalists would be sticking microphones in the faces of every Muslim official asking for a response. But it’s a white MAGAt so he’s a lone wolf, no repuke will be asked for a response.

Skittles

(165,501 posts)
48. yes for straight white males it's a "mental health issue"
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 12:47 AM
4 hrs ago

as if repukes care about mental health any more than they care about guns

stollen

(850 posts)
42. There's another pic, of the mom and kid
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 08:40 PM
8 hrs ago

when he was about 13 years old, both holding assault rifles. It's so sad, but it's part and parcel of what has led to this country ending up as a failed experiment.

Response to Swede (Original post)

Renew Deal

(84,187 posts)
46. It wouldn't surprise me if the shooters upbringing was similar to the Gilgo beach killer
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 11:19 PM
6 hrs ago

Who was berated and abused as a child.

BigmanPigman

(53,253 posts)
50. I just watched a YouTube video and the comments
Tue Jul 1, 2025, 01:14 AM
4 hrs ago

about Idaho were interesting. I didn't realize that the state's residents are similar to Floridians. A lot of people who are familiar with the area said this is not a surprise to them. They say it is a MAGAT breeding ground. That is one state I will never, ever visit.

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