The suspect is still at large - officials earlier said they found a high-powered rifle in woods near where Kirk was shot.

Also, “high powered rifle” essentially means “not a 22”.

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    Cartridges with “transgender and anti-fascist” writing on them were found.

    Why would somebody smart enough to evade capture, and dump the weapon in the woods, leave a cutesy little note on the cartridge clearly identifying their political beliefs?

    Why is this like the 3rd high profile murder that seems to be tipping us towards civil war, where the killer has allegedly done this?

    How did that old man end up in handcuffs if this is the guy they were looking for? Why did it take so long to release this image? So many questions.

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      MAGA will use this transgender piece to put all transgender citizens in camps. They already have the camps made. It begins here.

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      Early reporting on stuff like this is almost always wrong, so take it with a grain of salt. We have no idea who is spreading that info and it could very well be intentional misinfo.

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        A week from now it won’t matter that the reporting was wrong because it’s already fact in the minds of their audience.

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          “A lie travels half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its pants.”

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            Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, according to an internal law-enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation.

            Without the actual text, for all we know, it says “we all have rights”. I would be entirely unsurprised if a right-wing agency head decides that it warrants looking into left-leaning individuals, then someone leaks it to the press to start the dissemination of that narrative that it was proved to be a left-wing shooter before anyone actually caught him.

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              I know it has since come to light that he was alt-right, but anything written on evidence would likely be to throw off the investigation if one was smart. Print an AI manifesto of everything you’re against to throw off the scent to buy time. If I were ever to do such a thing, mine would all say “LOL!” Or “boner” or something. But that’s just cause I’m juvenile, not psychotic, and thus would never really do such a thing in the first place.

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      Cartridges with “transgender and anti-fascist” writing on them were found.

      Unsurprisingly, barely any of the media is reporting that correctly.

      That’s how it was described by government officials when leaked to specific news agencies and kept extremely vague. “Transgender and anti-fascist” writing could mean “we have equal rights” or “gun control is safety” for all we know, but now the narrative is out there for them finding “evidence” that the perpetrator is {insert some trigger word for groups that the right already thinks is trying to destroy them}.

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        They’re dogwhistles for the 3%-ers and proud boys or however they call themselves these days to start hunting leftwingers.

        Keep yourselves safe, people!

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        It’s interesting how the word “ideology” is just a spooky word used. Most people hearing this and getting enraged don’t even know what the fuck it means. It’s like asking a maga person to clearly define the word “economy.”

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      Saw that, too. I am reserving my thoughts on that until more information comes out.

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      How did that old man end up in handcuffs if this is the guy they were looking for?

      That was a long time ago, relatively speaking. Well before they had collected any video whatsoever.

      Why did it take so long to release this image?

      It takes a good deal of time to acquire and scour through all the video available. They initially thought they would be able to identify this person without releasing images, and probably didn’t want another lionization as with Not Luigi. I guess that didn’t pan out.