Four presidents were killed while in office:

• Abraham Lincoln (1865)

Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre just days after the Civil War effectively ended. The timing alone makes it feel like history couldn’t wait to pivot.

• James A. Garfield (1881)

Shot by Charles J. Guiteau. Garfield didn’t die immediately. He lingered for weeks, and many historians believe poor medical treatment contributed to his death as much as the bullet did.

• William McKinley (1901)

Shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition. Another delayed death, another moment where medicine lagged behind the crisis.

• John F. Kennedy (1963)

Shot in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald. This is the one that never really settled into history. It still hums in the background of American culture like an unresolved chord.

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Presidents Who Survived Assassination Attempts

A longer list, and in some ways, a more revealing one.

• Andrew Jackson (1835)

The first attempted assassination of a sitting president. The attacker’s guns misfired. Jackson reportedly responded by beating the man with his cane. Not exactly a Secret Service moment.

• Theodore Roosevelt (1912, while campaigning)

Shot in the chest, then delivered a speech anyway. The bullet was slowed by a folded speech manuscript and a glasses case in his pocket. A literal case of paperwork saving a life.

• Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933, president-elect)

Shot at in Miami. He wasn’t hit, but Chicago mayor Anton Cermak was killed. A reminder that these events rarely stay contained.

• Harry S. Truman (1950)

Puerto Rican nationalists attacked Blair House, where Truman was staying. A White House police officer was killed in the firefight.

• Gerald Ford (1975, twice in one month)

Two separate attempts in California, both by women, both failing. Statistically bizarre, historically overlooked.

• Ronald Reagan (1981)

Shot by John Hinckley Jr.. Reagan survived, but the bullet came terrifyingly close to killing him. The incident reshaped modern presidential security.

• Bill Clinton (1994)

Shots fired at the White House by Francisco Martin Duran. Clinton wasn’t harmed.

• George W. Bush (2005)

A grenade was thrown during a speech in Georgia (the country). It failed to detonate. One of those moments where history hinges on a mechanical malfunction.

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MAGA has been under siege since 2016. And Democrats have made it clear that they have no qualms about going the extra mile to hurt the movement from top to bottom.

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Democrats cannot separate themselves from Cole Allen. He is affixed to them in ways they hoped would never happen. The Party of Death

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Democrats don’t hate Trump because he’s bad at the job…

They hate him because he makes the job look… embarrassingly simple.

Fix the border?

Enforce the law?

Say what you mean?

Washington hears that and goes, “Whoa whoa whoa… slow down, cowboy. That’s at least a 9-year pilot program.”

Trump treats it like a weekend project.

And that’s when the panic sets in.

Because now the question isn’t, “Can government work?”

It’s “Why didn’t you make it work?”

That’s a dangerous question in D.C. That’s the kind of question that gets people… very interested in changing the subject.

And wow… do they change the subject.

We’ve got real issues stacking up like unread emails:

Cities where crime isn’t a statistic, it’s a survival skill.

Billions floating around like Monopoly money with no owner.

Scandals popping up like popcorn in a microwave nobody’s watching.

And right when you think, “Hey, maybe we should focus on that…”

BAM.

New headline. New outrage. New reason to stop paying attention to anything measurable.

It’s like the country’s running on Windows 95… and every time Trump opens a useful program, somebody hits CTRL-ALT-DEL on the entire conversation.

And Trump even joked about it—basically said, “If I were terrible at my job, I’d probably be safer.”

That line right there? That’s not just funny. That’s a mirror.

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I’m sure the distributors of Ilhan Omar’s wine are devastated at the news that the company shut down.

And all the parents who had children attending the “learing” centers of Omar’s friends are all looking for new schools.

And what of the people who’s loved ones are in all those hospice centers, how will they COPE?!

[X] SB – RFK Jr on 500 fake hospices

[X] SB – Woman testifies on CA fake hospices

Burrito stand. Tire store.

Watching Democrats is like watching a Jason Statham movie. You MUST suspend reality to enjoy it.

Who consistently beats up 10 guys who all have guns, you only have a blade of grass?

[X] SB – Tim Walz on why he’s not running again

Fallout from that situation the reason

2 terms are enough.

MN had a tough year

Evenly divided.

Melissa Hortman…partner

Now, speaking of things that don’t quite add up…

We’ve got a ceasefire with Iran being extended. Extended. That’s an interesting word. It’s like saying a pause button is now a lifestyle choice.

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Ladies and gentlemen, we have officially entered a timeline where classical music is controversial.

Not lyrics glorifying violence. Not explicit content. Not even political propaganda. No, the problem—according to the ever-vigilant outrage patrol—is that stores like Walgreens and 7-Eleven are playing Bach and opera… and it’s working. Fewer people loitering. Fewer encampments. Fewer disruptions to customers trying to buy toothpaste without stepping over a human tragedy.

And somehow, that’s the scandal.

[X] SB – Classical music to keep Blacks away

Science behind it?

Let’s just say it out loud: at least it’s not water cannons and German shepherds. Nobody’s getting sprayed off the sidewalk like it’s a 1960s newsreel. No one’s being chased down an alley. It’s violins, people. Cellos. A harpsichord having a quiet little moment.

Johann Sebastian Bach is now apparently the face of systemic oppression.

The psychology of why this works. The Left’s selective compassion, which somehow has more energy for critiquing playlists than fixing homelessness. The economic reality for businesses stuck in the middle. And finally, the cultural irony of declaring classical music—arguably one of humanity’s highest artistic achievements—as a tool of dehumanization.

Because if Bach is the problem… then what exactly is the solution?

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You ever notice how the biggest disasters in history don’t begin with explosions… they begin with a memo? A quiet little decision. A “let’s not mention this yet.”

Remember how much cover was given to Hunter Biden.

Here’s Swalwell protecting Comey:

And before you know it, that small omission grows teeth, learns how to run, and suddenly it’s chasing the entire country down the street wearing a lab coat.

That’s where we are with this Fauci adviser indictment.

Because this isn’t just about one guy, Dr. David Morens, allegedly playing hide-and-seek with emails like a teenager dodging chores. This is about the origin story of a narrative. The Patient Zero of misinformation didn’t come from a wet market or a lab. It came from a decision to control what you were allowed to know.

And let’s be honest, the moment you hear that a top insider allegedly learned “how to make emails disappear” before FOIA requests hit, you don’t need a PhD to understand what’s happening. That’s not science. That’s stagecraft. That’s a magic trick where the rabbit isn’t in the hat because somebody already ate it.

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Corruption, corruption, and more corruption. That’s what crooked Leftist administrations gave us. I’m including any that fit, regardless of political persuasion.

The Bush administration was corrupt. In many ways, they built the blueprint exploited by Obama.

The crisis of the World Trade Center towers is what led to massive budgets and lack of freedoms.

Our government started actively spying on us. Imagine how much you can control a person when you know literally everything about them?

Pick winners and losers. And how do you think winners are picked in corrupt governments. Do you nice guys and gals win? Or do the most cutthroat and ruthless win?

The abuse we’ve taken as citizens should be put in the Smithsonian. And not for its sheer volume, but for how we missed it, and allowed it.

In no country has a group of people believed themselves to be so free, only to learn how little freedom we truly have.

Free people would not tolerate the fraud that is happening in this country. We pay taxes so other people can steal it?

In LA they likely knew the fire was coming.

Leaked phone call from January 4, 2025 (3 days before the devastating Palisades Fire)

The call is between Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and John Alle, a property manager and whistleblower in the Pacific Palisades, Westlake and MacArthur Park areas

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