Last night, shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. President Trump was rushed off the stage by Secret Service agents. Vice President JD Vance and members of the Cabinet were evacuated. A law enforcement officer was struck, saved only by his bulletproof vest. A suspect, identified as Cole Tomas Allen,Continue reading “We Cannot Call for Violence. Even Now. Especially Now.”
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Why I Care So Much About the Arson Attacks
Youâre probably thinking: why do you care this much about these arson attacks? Why keep talking about it? Why keep coming back to it? Alright. Iâll get a little personalânot too personal, just enough to explain where Iâm coming from. Iâve worked a few jobs at this point in my life. Iâm not going toContinue reading “Why I Care So Much About the Arson Attacks”
When Violence Gets Cheered, the Whole Spectrum Starts to Blur
These arson attacksâand the people cheering them onâkeep reminding me of something I canât shake. It feels eerily similar to the kind of political energy that came out of MAGA culture. And yeah, I know that alone is going to make people jump to conclusions. I know it might sound like Iâm âequating both sidesâContinue reading “When Violence Gets Cheered, the Whole Spectrum Starts to Blur”
How Did We Get Here? The Normalization of Violence Across the Spectrum
Thereâs something bigger going on underneath all of thisâthe arson, the copycats, the cheering, the excusesâand it needs to be said plainly: Violence has been getting normalized. Not overnight. Not because of one single incident. But over the last decade, piece by piece, moment by moment, weâve been pushed closer and closer to a pointContinue reading “How Did We Get Here? The Normalization of Violence Across the Spectrum”
The Charlatan Problem: The Kind of People Even Leftist Thinkers Warned Us About
At this point, Iâm just gonna say it outright. Figures like Luigi Mangione and the copycats and arsonists being compared to him? These are exactly the kinds of people that early socialist and leftist thinkers warned about. Yeah. Even within leftist theoryâwithin the very traditions that some people think theyâre representingâthere has always been aContinue reading “The Charlatan Problem: The Kind of People Even Leftist Thinkers Warned Us About”
Theyâre Not Your Allies: Stop Romanticizing Opportunistic Violence
Iâve talked about this before when the whole Luigi Mangione situation first blew up, but now that these arson attacks are happeningâand people are still making comparisonsâIâm gonna say this again, even more directly: People like him, and anyone being put in the same categoryâwhether itâs arsonists or so-called âcopycatsââare not your allies. They areContinue reading “Theyâre Not Your Allies: Stop Romanticizing Opportunistic Violence”
Fire Doesnât Care Who You Hate: Why This Escalation Is Dangerous as Hell
As of 4/15/26, weâre now seeing more stories of warehouses being targeted, more fires being set, more people apparently deciding that burning shit down is some kind of acceptable form of protest. And on top of that, there was even reporting about Sam Altmanâthe CEO of OpenAIâhaving his home targeted. Let that sink in forContinue reading “Fire Doesnât Care Who You Hate: Why This Escalation Is Dangerous as Hell”
They Broke His Arm. Now Tell Me Again How MAGA Loves the Troops.
There is a video going around right now, and if you have not seen it, you need to. A Marine Corps veteran named Brian McGinnis walked into a Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearing on March 4th, 2026, dressed in his military uniform, and stood up to say what a growing number of Americans have beenContinue reading “They Broke His Arm. Now Tell Me Again How MAGA Loves the Troops.”
When Compassion Gets Dismissed
Iâve been thinking a lot lately about something that happened in the wake of Charlie Kirkâs death. Two people I knew online, one a good friend of mine and the other just an acquaintance through that friend, had a falling out over the whole thing. And honestly, I wasnât surprised. Not because I wanted itContinue reading “When Compassion Gets Dismissed”
When Politics Breaks Friendships: Reflections on the Fallout After Charlie Kirk
Sometimes the most unexpected moments reveal the fault lines that have been hiding beneath the surface of our relationships. Recently, I witnessed two people I knew onlineâone a close friend of mine, and another who was more of a mutual acquaintanceâhave a falling out. The reason? What happened to Charlie Kirk, and the differing waysContinue reading “When Politics Breaks Friendships: Reflections on the Fallout After Charlie Kirk”