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World leaders united in equal measures of shock and dismay at Saturday’s attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in Pennsylvania. The shooting killed one bystander and left two other spectators critically wounded, as Breitbart News reported. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday he was “appalled by the shocking scenes” at the rally. “Political violence in any form has no place in our societies,” the premier said. Newly elected Reform MP Nigel Farage and close friend to Trump said: “Mainstream media have spread a narrative of hatred against my friend Donald Trump.

I thought some people might find the front pages of all of Australia's major newspapers interesting today. Descriptions in brackets are my personal assessments of their general slants.I have to say, I am rather surprised to see a lot of this coverage, especially from the left-wing papers.National PapersThe Australian (broadly conservative)The Guardian ('progressive' - actually an Australian edition of a British based paper)New South WalesDaily Telegraph (broadly conservative)Sydney Morning Herald (left-wing)VictoriaHerald Sun (broadly conservative)The Age (left-wing)QueenslandCourier Mail (centrist)South AustraliaAdelaide Advertiser (centrist)Western AustraliaThe West Australian (centre-left)Australian Capital TerritoryThe Canberra Times (left-wing)

RealClearPolitics correspondent Susan Crabtree reported that the Secret Service agents “protecting” former President Donald Trump at yesterday’s rally in which he was shot were “temporary replacements from different field offices. “New info from a source in the Secret Service community — Trump’s usual protective Secret Service detail was worked so hard (working 7 days a week with no days off) that many of agents assigned Saturday were temporary replacements from different field offices,” posted Crabtree on X. “This is not the usual protocol for sitting presidents and vice presidents but ‘typical’ for former presidents, (although no former presidents have run...

One of the craziest break downs I’ve seen so far… https://x.com/GoodLionTV/status/1812499021916774763

This is President Biden's third address following the attempted assassination of President Trump.

More people have condemned the violence former President Donald Trump faced on Saturday after surviving an assassination attempt, expressing their relief that he is OK. Musician Kid Rock, a known supporter of the former president, posted a video on X warning his followers, “You f*** with Trump, you f*** with me.” The musician has also shared a GoFundMe fundraiser on his social media, which has raised over $1.9 million to support the victims of the shooting. *** Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has expressed his sorrow for the victims, and has also expressed his gratitude for Trump’s safety, writing on X...

US Army Sniper Breaks Down Trump Shooting...

The gunman who shot Donald Trump last night is a 20-year-old registered Republican who donated to Joe Biden. Thomas Matthew Crooks was shot dead by a US Secret Service sniper after he opened fire on the former President during a rally in Pennsylvania. His father, Matthew Crooks, 53, told CNN he was trying to figure out 'what the hell is going on' but would 'wait until I talk to law enforcement' before speaking. Crooks had fired at least eight bullets from a rooftop just 130 yards from where Trump, 78, was on stage in Butler speaking to thousands of fans...

The attempt on Donald Trump’s life Saturday night was an unnerving and historic moment in American politics, and the former president’s supporters rose to the occasion with memes celebrating his fighting spirit and lampooning the left’s hysterical hatred. Some of the most widely-shared images of the night were edits on the already-iconic photo of Trump defiantly raising his fist, surrounded by Secret Service agents on the stage of his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Human Events editor Jack Posobiec posted the photo in black and white, with just a splash of color — red laser eyes on Trump — with...

(How is that for an iconic picture?) As surely you know by now, someone attempted to assassinate Trump last night and did succeed in shooting him in the ear. We covered an eyewitness who said he saw the shooter setting up. He says he tried to warn the Secret Service and law enforcement, but he was ignored. And of course, we have much, much more coverage than that. Just keep scrolling. However, Chaya Raichik, a.k.a. Libs of TikTok, is one of many people who is pointing out an uncomfortable fact tonight: Biden said to “put Trump in a bullseye." A...

Law enforcement officials admitted it was “surprising” how the gunman was able to get so many shots off in the attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump before he was taken out by Secret Service snipers. During a press conference early Sunday, officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Pennsylvania State Police deferred several questions about security to the Secret Service — who were notably absent. When asked if he was surprised at the number of shots the gunman was able to take at a former president, Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Pittsburgh field...

I made a few statements about today's assassination attempt with @benfergusonshow tonight. There's still a lot we don't know, but one thing we do know is thank God this would-be assassin failed, and that President Trump is safe. Listen here.

They called him an illegitimate president. They said he was a threat to democracy and had to be stopped. They unleashed a legion of agents to investigate him, searched his home and broke historic barriers by indicting him. Then they rigged a trial in a bid to put him in prison. They called him un-American and worse. Their lawyers and activists fought to keep him off the fall ballots in a dozen blue states as a way — get this — to defend democracy. They are still trying to bankrupt him and confiscate his businesses. And now they have shot...

Shows bullet hole in right side of Pres. Trump's jacket.

CNN: FBI Identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as PA shooter

Ronald Reagan was the last president to be shot in an assassination attempt before Donald Trump was hit at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. When leaving the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981, Reagan was shot at several times and wounded when one bullet ricocheted off a vehicle and struck him under the left armpit. Then-President Reagan spent 12 days at George Washington University Hospital before returning to the White House. Trump, while not currently the U.S. president, is the first to be shot in an assassination attempt since that day in 1981. The gunman is...

https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-news/thomas-matthew-crooks-idd-as-gunman-who-shot-trump-during-pa-rally/

Strong and resilient. He will never stop fighting for America. pic.twitter.com/B9yR3SLQJV— Margo Martin (@margommartin) July 14, 2024

Former President Donald Trump was wounded in an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday months after House Democrats proposed legislation to remove his Secret Service protection. Democrat Bennie Thompson, the ranking member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, introduced the Denying Infinite Security and Government Resources Allocated toward Convicted and Extremely Dishonorable (DISGRACED) Former Protectees Act (HR 8081) on April 19. Democrat Reps. Yvette D. Clarke, Troy A. Carter Sr., Frederica Wilson, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jasmine Crockett, Joyce Beatty, Barbara Lee, and Steve Cohen co-sposnsored the bill. “Former President Donald J. Trump’s unprecedented 91 felony charges in...

1st video link: 3 women secret service agents' response during assassination attempt. These are supposed to be among the most elite, well trained, carefully selected police in the nation. A "zero fail mission". 2nd video link (in comments): CBS story in title, the director of the secret service focusing on diversity hires, women in particular