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The social media company owned by former President Donald Trump in March tipped off the FBI about threats made by a Utah man who was fatally shot Wednesday by FBI agents as they attempted to arrest him for threatening to kill President Joe Biden, NBC News reported.

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[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 112 points 1 year ago

It’s like a honeypot for dumb extremists! It’s the same with that rentAHitman website, they get like 20 requests a month!

[-] GunnarRunnar@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago

Yeah, anyone with a brain uses rentTHEHitman and X.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Wait, is that real? A literal "RentAHitman" website?

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

IIRC it's a clear satire site, but you know what George Carlin said about the average American.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Apparently Carlin was an optimist.

[-] corvaxL@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

It's a bit of a parody, but it is indeed a real website that has caught several would-be murderers

[-] ZombieZookeeper@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago

Surprising. Those people fantasize about murdering liberals.

[-] bucho@lemmy.one 47 points 1 year ago

Hah! Bet that'll go over a treat with that crowd.

[-] rafadavidc@ttrpg.network 17 points 1 year ago

don't worry, it's fake news and the god emperor's true platform would never betray them.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

No, the deep state infiltrated their public platform with socialist tricks like... signing up for an account.

[-] Snowpix@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago

I bet it was the 5G microwaves them darn libruls sent to infiltrate our minds and control us into signing up! adjusts tinfoil hat

[-] atticus88th@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Im just going to form my own social media now! With blackjack and hookers!

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

Something tells me they’re all too stupid to note the irony in this.

[-] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 year ago

Looks like some poor scapegoat will be fired soon.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Being a snitch is on brand for Trump.

Gun culture in America is so ironic. People buy these weapons for protection and to feel powerful, but having them makes you a target for violent crime; justifies deadly force by the State; and makes you a threat to yourself. This guy posts photos of his wall-o-guns and ghillie suit to look like a badass threat, and it sure did. To the feds!

In the civilized countries of the world. A 74 yo man can be rolled into custody by a pair of officers with a can of mace between them. In America, they have to go in like it's the rebel camp in Predator(1987).

[-] Lemmylaugh@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

The article ends with this? Is it a hint at twitter employees to do like what that truth social employee did here, especially next year?

Twitter, now known as X, made the decision because it feared Trump might incite further violence on the heels of the Capitol riot by a mob of his supporters two days earlier.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Twitter decided to ban him. Didn't Musk reverse that?

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

lol it's the AshleyMadison.com of violent right wing traitors.

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