So close

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    Authorities said he has apprehended a block away from the residence by members of the U.S. Marshals Service and the Montgomery County Police Department after he made a 911 call in which he said had homicidal thoughts, and he traveled to attack Kavanaugh, officials said.

    :fedposting:

    Seriously, I have to wonder how many FBI agents were talking to this guy on Instagram in the 24 hours prior to this event.

    Hell, I'd almost chalk this up to some MKULTRA shit, with the :cia: doing a shot across the bow to keep old Brett in line. "Oh, hi Brett. I know you've got some big cases on your docket this year. Please keep in mind that some people could snap at any moment and you're never truly safe without our protection."

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Difference is that MKULTRA assassins actually completed their missions (the ones that weren't totally destroyed mentally / turned into serial killers in the process) and anyone who makes it to the Supreme Court doesn't need the reminder.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        Difference is that MKULTRA assassins actually completed their missions

        I mean, in this theory the guy was just a "warning". So he did complete his mission.

        anyone who makes it to the Supreme Court doesn’t need the reminder

        I'd guess the folks at the highest levels of authority are the ones who need the most reminders.

    • Norm_Chumpsky [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      What are the odds the FBI bought him the weapons and paid for his cab there?

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I don't know I think 3 letter agency people are more likely to lean democrat than republican

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        It depends heavily on the agency, the age of the agent, and the family/region of origin for the individual.

        But party affiliation doesn't really matter when one's loyalty is to one's agency first and to any partisan politics only distantly and abstractly. The FBI and DEA have fights over jurisdiction all the time, regardless of the party affiliation of its members. Military officers will align with this or that party based on electoral benefit, while championing their branch above the others once in office regardless of partisan inclination.

        • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Is the FBI still mostly Mormons or has its enormous growth made that less feasible now.

          • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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            2 years ago

            I couldn't tell you definitively, but from what little I've heard the younger people tend to be less likely to be Mormon.

        • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I'm a Cisgender Millenial Female with G.A.D., and I'm a CIA agent.

  • MerryChristmas [any]
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    2 years ago

    What exactly was the point of calling the police on himself and taking an unloaded gun? Was it this guy's first time doing crime?

    • CommunistBear [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      News headlines will read "Attempted assassination attempt on Justice Kavanaugh thwarted by brave law enforcement" and no one will bother reading more about it.

    • mrcumpress [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      He was clearly going through an episode of something. The gun was also in a safe in his car and he confessed immediately, after having warned them in a call beforehand

    • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      The thrill of the chase! Taunting the police because he knows that he is too smart to ever be caught by them! Sportsmanship!

      He was leveling the playing field, knowing that even with an unloaded gun and having given away his identity and location, the police would soon find out who was the hunter and who was being hunted. Something like that, I assume.

      • regul [any]
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        2 years ago

        "I gave you all the clues mr policeman" but literally

    • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      The only people I've known to do shit like this were very suicidal and wanted someone else to do it.

  • SerLava [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I don't know who here is unstable enough to need to hear this:

    Biden will just appoint a younger, more right wing replacement unless the guy chokes on his corn flakes.

    • Shoegazer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yes but it would be funny to see someone get yoinked from existence

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        A worse Supreme Court justice getting appointed would be business as usual, while a bit of stochastic violence would at least be funny.

        That said, there's more effective and important shit for those who want to do something than getting thrown in prison.

        • Ligma_Male [comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          That said, there’s more effective and important shit for those who want to do something than getting thrown in prison.

          yeah but if i go get thrown in prison i don't have to talk to thousands of shitty people in my town to find a half dozen comrades.

    • SadStruggle92 [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I agree with saying this online, or anywhere else that a public record exists. That's my position.

  • SerLava [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    "Hey uh, whatcha doin sir"

    "Oh I'm, I'm here to, I have a gun on me and I'm trying to kill Justice Kavanaugh. Hey am I being detained?"

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      This is the first time I've read something that made me think, 100% for certain,

      :fedposting:

      And it probably won't be the last

  • MeatfuckerDidNothing [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Seems like he was having murder fantasies that he was acting on but didn't want to act on, so he called the cops on himself

  • happybadger [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I wonder how Biden would fuck that up. There would definitely be instant fortifications around the remaining justices. No opportunity for the adventurism to spread. Biden would get to appoint the replacement with a frothing right wing calling for retaliatory violence and I feel like that would compel him to find another republican. I just can't see the democrats saying "sad, anyway let's appoint a 30 year-old liberal before 2024." They would make the worst decision in the interest of civility.

  • CrimsonDynamo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Gun Restrictions vs: making abortion illegal

    Liberals heads are splitting in half all over the country today

  • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Wow, can't exercise your 2A right near a Supreme Court Judge. This says a lot about society.

  • CrimsonDynamo [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Reading all the snarky "I thought that's what Patriots do" comments at :reddit-logo: has given me major psychic damage.