If you are even a mildly public figure working in a domain Trump has demonized over the last few years, you have seen the email messages grow more frequent and more threatening. It is honestly surprising we have not had more direct acts of political violence.

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  1. We have had a lot more active shooter drills in my environmental regulatory agency, but we have no cameras, no security, and aren’t allowed to carry any weapons despite receiving many credible threats. We have big printed out signs on the doors of people who made them with “do not let in”

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  2. I have big differences with Democrats but I don't want them to live in fear of being murdered or kidnapped. 🤷‍♂️

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  3. Do you think there's even a remote possibility of anyone on the right speaking out about this? Do you think anyone on the right will tell people to calm down and that judges, federal employees, lawyers, and families of all of the above are not enemies? I'll bet not.

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  4. Why is there so little information in the media on the shooter Patrick Joseph White?? His father "that his son had been upset over the death of his dog and seemed depressed because of the COVID-19 vaccine." That's all we have???

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  5. The fact that the far-right political assassination Russian Roulette drew six straight blanks (Giffords, Scalise, Romney, Pence, Paul Pelosi, Trump) before getting to Sen. Melissa Hortman is a statistical improbability, and I think America has run out of luck on that front

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  6. The cdc did it without Trump's help. The CDC with poor and inconsistent communications did kill thousands and disable millions.

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  7. It's only a matter of time. There are many scenarios that can lead to violence and the MAGA types are one of the more likely ones to light the match.

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  8. Another thing I noticed about the coverage of this... no photos of the shooter splashed on screen to scare viewers, since he's a white guy. Can't give the mainstream a reason to question the narrative that they're fed about all violence coming from minorities now can we?

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  9. Appropriate control of guns, would mean this angry person would not have had the means to act out their anger in such a tragic way. Appropriate control of media, would mean that angry people would be less exposed to disinformation intended to make them angrier.

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