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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 195 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Breaking News: the entire text of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood was found to be engraved on bullet casings left at the scene, according to a source. So we should ban that book from all schools, fr fr.

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 166 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

Transgender ideology? Did they write UWU on the bullet?

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 82 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Linux kernel source code was engraved in the bullet

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago

"I run Arch btw"

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 50 points 3 weeks ago

a bullet but with cat ears and a choker

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 147 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah what the fuck. Just like Luigi's alleged engravings. It doesnt make any sense beyond an emotional response. Why take the time to engrave something no one will see? Its going faster than the speed of sound.

[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 90 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Typically you would engrave the casing. That goes nowhere near the target.

So yeah.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 50 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

Then to the same degree, why engrave the evidence to make it easier to track? It still doesnt make sense.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

So this line of reasoning is a trap. People do dumb ass shit all the time for emotional reasons, including criminals. In fact, people doing dumb ass shit is so reliable that police investigative procedures are almost designed around it.

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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Kurt Cobain wants to know how to add a community comment

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[–] philosloppy@lemmy.world 128 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (7 children)

"transgender ideology" is not a thing. That's the type of shit transphobes pull out of their ass when they're trying to attack trans folks

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 62 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think transgender ideology is "we're human".

It's fucking wild that the Right can be opposed to human rights and anti-fascism and millions of people are somehow still gaslit in believing they're the good guys.

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[–] limer@lemmy.ml 111 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

In related news, doctors were amazed they kept pulling books and scrolls from the body, placed there by the bullets.

“It’s amazing” said the orange as quoted by the wsj, “apparently books like this can kill. I’m sure he could have survived the wound without the additional poisoning.”

In response to this, reaction forces were posed to raid the libraries of all elementary schools within the washington dc area

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 103 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
[–] Naich@lemmings.world 51 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My shocked Pikachu face is shocked at this shocking shock.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can you believe, once upon a tine long long ago The Wall Street Journal actually had integrity in journalism.

Now it's a billionaire's plaything.

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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 84 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Not seeing other outlets report this. So yeah I'm skeptical.

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[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 80 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Total BS. Engraving on a small, curved surface, legibly is hard as hell. Then that bullet is going to get grooved in a rifled barrel, and most likely deform or fragment on impact.

We should probably be talking about how Trump used a fucking AI video to address Charlie Kirk's death. There's a good chance Trump is doing this as a false flag

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

False flag is exactly what this is.

I’d be shocked if this wasn’t a decision directly from Trump and his magat minions they follow him around to distract from Epstein and further slide America in the hell hole of fascism that it’s facing.

Hurry up Americans. You won’t have an America soon at this rate.

Line item number 2.

[–] alcibiades@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

No way in fuck they purposely had Kirk assassinated.

  1. His job as a propagandist / hate spreader is way too important and influential to stop
  2. they could’ve martyred a similarly famous, but less influential, republican and gotten the same response
  3. they’re going to go forward with their plan- they don’t need an excuse
  4. this happened in a red state, why wouldn’t they pick a blue state?
  5. I really don’t think Epstein files matter that much for republicans. A video could come out of Trump raping a child and it would be chalked up to ai and they wouldn’t believe it
  6. the news cycle is so short- this won’t remain a hot topic for a long amount of time

It’s a convenient distraction, sure, but it’s been proven time and time again that they don’t need distractions to carry out policy. If there’s any conspiracy to be had, it would be surrounding the (relatively) unanimous rhetoric that his death was a tragedy. When kids die in Gaza everyday, a regular citizen is shot, or someone kills themselves because of financial strain we don’t debate the morals of their unjust death. However when a famous white man is killed he isn’t just a statistic but an example of how awful people can be.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I doubt it too, but you are exaggerating this man's importance and influence to an absurd degree. He'll be replaced by another grifter in weeks.

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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 31 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

They're almost certainly saying bullet but meaning casing. But yes I have to say that it's pretty unlikely.

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[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 76 points 3 weeks ago

transgender and antifascist ideology

transgender ... ideology

[Squidward voice, but angrier] NO, PATRICK, TRANSGENDER IS NOT AN IDEOLOGY... PREGNANT IS NOT AN IDEOLOGY EITHER.

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 60 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

lol bet they also found The Communist Manifesto engraved on a nano scale on the bullet casing.

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[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 48 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Engraved on ammunition. We're at biblical levels of made up bullshit.

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[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 47 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)
[–] lmdnw@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I hope a trans person did shoot him and I hope they get away with it. Kirk made his living by terrorizing and dehumanizing queer folks and I’m happy he finally got to the FO stage. Hopefully seeing daddy get blown away will ensure his kid doesn’t grow up to be as bigoted and the lesson is learned.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't. I hope it was a MAGA nutjob or similar so the administration doesn't get a good boogeyman

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[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The backpedaling on the WSJ's lie has begun:

On September 11, 2025, The Wall Street Journal issued a caution regarding its earlier report on an internal law-enforcement bulletin concerning the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. The bulletin had mentioned ammunition found near the scene with "transgender and anti-fascist ideology" engravings, but the Justice Department indicated the report might not accurately reflect the messages on the ammunition as the probe was in its early stages.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

might not accurately reflect

I love newspeak

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 38 points 3 weeks ago

Trans-antifascists is something I can support

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Well, we got images of the primary suspect today, so I'm guessing we'll get more pics soon.

Here's what I think we know so far:

I'm guessing the perp isn't a student there, otherwise they would've been able to get a name from school records.

I guess we'll see how close I am, but in the meantime, I hope these sources are of interest to others.

Edit: Looks like they got the guy (Tyler Robinson), and I was pretty close. Some details:

  • attended Utah State (not where the shooting happened) for one semester, then dropped out and attended Dixie Tech in St. George (about 4 hours south)
  • bullets were allegedly engraved and the text is available, though no pictures AFAICT
  • apparently he was conservative, at least a few years prior, though not a fan of Trump or Kirk
  • turned himself in when his parents confronted him

We'll probably learn a ton of additional irrelevant details soon. He doesn't seem like a crazy person, just likely radicalized by the internet.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago

Ideology: fascism is bad, transgender people should have equal rights.

Not ideology: let's kill everybody that doesn't conform to our narrow minded idea of society.

[–] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 31 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

Wait when did they find the weapon?? Last I heard they didn't have the weapon and the 2 people they arrested were the wrong guy. So it sounds like the shooter didn't leave the gun behind, so I would expect them to only get the weapon if they got the shooter unless I missed something between yesterday and today.

Edit: Found the update that I missed from the FBI this morning, they apparently found the weapon in a "wooded area", so shooter still unknown

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[–] potato_wallrus@lemmy.world 30 points 3 weeks ago

Homie wrote an entire manifesto on a 30-06 shell

[–] mcbenavides85@piefed.social 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Also fishy that Trump announced his death and made an AI video of himself. How long does it take to create an AI video like that?

[–] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 30 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

It's just interpolation, so probably all of 5 minutes. There's enough misinformation going around, let's not keep spreading the AI video nonsense.

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[–] athairmor@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

“antifacsist ideology”?

So, what…an American Flag? Right? Right…?

[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah, what is antifascist ideology? Like, equal rights, being nice,... That kind of stuff?

And transgender ideology? What is that? To be nice to transgender people?

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[–] interdimensional_sharts@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I would love to hear what they mean by “transgender ideology” lmfao

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago

Probably didn't even find the rifle responsible. More reason to believe it was a setup.

[–] MrsVeggies@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

They finally released what the casings said, some homophobic shit, but no "transgender ideology".

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[–] Unpeeled3828@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 weeks ago

Kinda like how people write shit on bombs meant for Gaza but on bullets? LMAO yes I don't believe that at all

I wonder what's supposedly written on it. I'll bet FCK NZI in the RUN DMC logo

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