Critical link in radicalization uncovered of the failed Trump assassin

The suspect who tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner with a plan to assassinate President Donald Trump and a bunch of top administration officials was potentially motivated by anger about the war in Iran, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

A DHS intelligence report obtained by Reuters on Wednesday concluded that the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran “may have contributed” to Cole Allen’s “decision to conduct the attack.” Posts on a social media account linked to Allen raged against the U.S. government’s actions in Iran and recently called for Trump to be impeached over the president’s warning that “a whole civilization will die.”

A DHS spokesman told Reuters that the intelligence report was created to “notify our partners of the latest available information following significant incidents that have impacts to homeland security.”

Allen wrote out some of his motivations in a manifesto that he shared with family members minutes before he attempted to charge into the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, according to federal prosecutors. In a 1,000-word document, the suspected would-be assassin referred to Trump as a “pedophile, rapist, and traitor” and wrote that his goal was to murder Trump administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, targeting them from “highest-ranking to lowest.”

While Allen did not mention any frustrations about the Iran war in his manifesto, in a criticism of the security at the Washington Hilton, the suspect wrote, “If I was an Iranian agent, instead of an American citizen, I could have brought a damn Ma Deuce in here and no one would have noticed sh*t.” [A 'Ma Deuce' is a .50-caliber heavy machine gun used by many militaries. Doesn't Allen sound like totally cool and macho.]

In the manifesto, Allen condemned other U.S. military action, highlighting strikes on suspected drug runners in the Caribbean. Allen said the suspected drug runners were “fisherman executed without trial.”

In the manifesto, the suspect called himself the “Friendly Federal Assassin” and invoked his Christian faith, arguing that “Turning the other cheek when someone else is oppressed is not Christian behavior; it is complicity in the oppressor’s crimes.”

Minutes after President Trump arrived at the Washington Hilton for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, Allen ran through a security checkpoint and fired one shot from his Mossberg 12-gauge pump-action shotgun that struck a Secret Service agent, according to the Justice Department. A Secret Service agent returned fire, and Allen was detained shortly after he got past the security checkpoint when he fell to the ground. Allen was not hit by any of the agent’s shots, and the agent who was shot by Allen was protected by a bulletproof vest.Allen was also carrying a fully-loaded Rock Island Armory 1911 .38 caliber pistol and multiple knives when he attacked, the Justice Department said. Allen was initially charged with attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, transportation of a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors added an additional charge of assault on a federal officer. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Sunday that the Secret Service agent was “definitively” shot by Allen.

“He had every intention to kill him and anyone who got in his way on his way to killing the president of the United States,” Pirro said.

Earlier this week, the judge overseeing Allen’s case apologized to the suspect for the conditions he has faced in jail. Judge Zia Faruqui, who has a soft-on-crime record, grilled jail officials for placing Allen on a temporary suicide watch that required 24-hour isolation.

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Luigi Mangione planned mass casualty event, killed UnitedHealthcare CEO for headlines

Luigi Mangione, the dude who shot UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Brian Thompson in the back, wasn’t just out here playing vigilante, he was cooking up a full-on manifesto to torch the healthcare industry’s greedy, and it’s wilder than a fever dream in a hospital billing department. 

Court documents, per the New York Post, lay it bare: this guy’s notebook, found in his backpack when the cops snagged him at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s (because of course), reads like a pissed-off anarchist’s Reddit thread crossed with a horror flick script. He didn’t just want Thompson dead; he was this close to pulling a bombing “catastrophe” to flip the bird to the “greed-fueled health insurance cartel.” 

Yes, he said that.

Mangione’s writings are chilling, like he’s auditioning for the villain in a Saw movie. He was obsessed with making “headlines” and settled on “wack[ing] the CEO” to send a message that’d hit harder than a denied claim. “So say you want to rebel against the deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel. Do you bomb the HQ? No. Bombs=terrorism,” he scribbled, all cool and calculated. 

Instead, he went for “wack [sic] the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention. It’s targeted and precise and doesn’t risk innocents.” That’s some ice-cold, Dexter-level planning right there.

It gets darker, because of course it does. Mangione was livid, calling out UnitedHealthcare and their ilk for “[extracting] human life force for money.” He flirted with a mass casualty event, real dark stuff, but backed off, writing he was “glad — in a way — that [he] procrastinated because it allowed [him] to learn more about UHC.” 

He scrapped a Maryland attack, saying it “would’ve been an unjustified catastrophe that would be perceived mostly as sick, but more importantly unhelpful.” Also, it would be a lot more dangerous than shooting an unarmed person in the back and he seems to be quite cowardly.

His endgame was crystal clear: “The point is made in the news headline Insurance CEO killed at annual investors conference. It conveys a greedy bastard that had it coming.” So now what does Mangione have coming after committing a cold-blooded murder just to grab headlines?

He even gamed out how the public would chew it over: “Members of the public can focus on greed, on the event through reasonable acceptable discussion.” The coward was playing 4D chess with the court of public opinion,  and get this, he name-dropped Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, giving him props but also shade: “For example, Ted K makes some good points on the future of humanity, but to make his point he indiscriminately mailbombs innocents. Normies categorize him as an insane serial killer, focus on the act/atrocities themselves, and dismiss his ideas.” Mangione’s like, “I’m not that guy, I’m smarter.”

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When the feds nabbed him, he had another note, doubling down on his lone-wolf energy: “To the Feds, I’ll keep this short because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly I wasn’t working with anyone. This was fairly trivial, some elementary social engineering, basic [computer aided design], and a lot of patience.” 

Then he drops the mic: “I do apologize for any strife or trauma, but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.” What a POS to normalize murder.

Now his lawyers are out here tap-dancing, trying to get the notebook tossed, saying he wasn’t read his rights when they cuffed him. Good luck with that. One thing’s for damn sure: Mangione was ready to burn the whole system to the ground and kill people just to make his point. 

What do you think should happen to him?

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Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO murderer restrained as he tries to shout to reporters

Luigi Mangione Restrained By Deputies
As He Shouts At Crowd Before Extradition Hearing

Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old social justice warrior charged in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was restrained by multiple law enforcement officers as he tried to speak to reporters on his way to his extradition hearing on Tuesday.

As Mangione was being escorted into the building for his extradition hearing at Blair County Courthouse in Pennsylvania, he shouted, “It’s completely [inaudible in the spirit of Joe Biden] and an insult to the intelligence of the American people.” NewsNation Senior National Correspondent Brian Entin reported that Mangione said, “It’s completely an injustice,” but it’s difficult to decipher the exact quote.

Mangione has been charged with second-degree murder after being arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday. He is expected to be extradited to New York following his hearing. His charges include second-degree murder, possession of a loaded firearm, possession of a forged instrument, and criminal possession of a weapon.

According to a law enforcement source cited by CNN, Mangione was found with a manifesto where he expressed his anger towards healthcare companies, particularly targeting "United." A senior law enforcement official told The New York Times that Mangione accuses UnitedHealthcare of favoring profits over patient care.

Mangione is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution, where he earned a degree in computer science. Post-graduation, he briefly worked as a head counselor at a pre-college program at Stanford University before relocating to Hawaii in 2022.

In Hawaii, he worked remotely and resided in a co-working and co-living space in Honolulu. His former roommate, R.J. Martin, told CNN that Mangione had a surfing accident that left him "in bed for about a week." Martin also mentioned that Mangione claimed to have a misaligned spine.

The suspect was in regular contact with his family and friends until about six months ago when communication ceased, according to The New York Times. It seems that none of Mangione’s relatives were aware of his location until he was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday and charged with murder.