MARTIN HACKWORTH: We all just dodged a bullet. “Trump wasn’t the only person in America to dodge a bullet this afternoon. He was one of about 350 million of us. Had the attempt to assassinate Trump succeeded, I’m confident that there’d be gunfire in cities around the nation tonight. Including, possibly, my small mountain town in the northern Rockies. That’s how close we are to being out of control in 2024, America. . . . There are an awful lot of people in this country who think that they can go to bed every night, no matter what they do or how they conduct themselves, and wake up the next day in a relatively safe, free, and prosperous nation. That’s not so.”

This may be a case of God looking after fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.

An Insane Photo by New York Times Photographer, Doug Mills showing a Bullet wizzing by the Head of Former President Donald J. Trump at today’s Campaign Rally in Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/zHy6OX7JPp

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) July 14, 2024

Not sure if this is right, but it’s clear that if Trump hadn’t moved his head a few inches at the right time, he’d be dead now and we’d be in the deepest of deep shit.

UPDATE: Apparently real.

I’ve analyzed many images of high speed projectiles. Based on typical camera shutter speed and bullet velocities for AR rifles, the streak has the correct length, and the shadowing based on the Sun-angle is correct. It does look like a bullet. https://t.co/BeiNdsfADr

— Dr. Phil Metzger (@DrPhiltill) July 14, 2024

OPEN THREAD: Make it happen.

RESIGN:

I want to repeat, and can absolutely confirm, the USSS Director Kim Cheatle has repeatedly turned down requests for a larger security footprint around President Trump. Despite knowing the threat level is catastrophic.
Resign tonight. https://t.co/v3UQyTt1dK

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) July 14, 2024

Agreed.

If Trump didn't move his head, he most likely would be dead right now. pic.twitter.com/nnzJNbOSR4

— Censored Men (@CensoredMen) July 14, 2024

BATYA UNGAR-SARGON: It’s Suddenly Coup O’Clock for the ‘Defenders of Democracy.’

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BIDEN’S STATEMENT:

HMM: “The shooter, identified as a Chinese man, was in a sniper position located hundreds of yards away from Trump’s podium in Butler, Pa.”

UPDATE:

As American as apple pie https://t.co/EcWybKls1Y

— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) July 13, 2024

ANOTHER UPDATE: Now the Post story has been changed to identify the shooter as a “white male.”

YES: “We have expected this for years. You can’t spend a decade falsely painting him as Orange Hitler without this happening. The more responsible types will soon tell us that we shouldn’t say what I’m about to say. But I said it when Rep. Scalise was shot and I say it again now: YES, I BLAME THE LEFT.”

YES:

The Reid Hoffman’s of the world got their dearest wish … but then the martyr lived pic.twitter.com/laaRBc5yol

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 14, 2024

IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW HE DOES AT THIS HOUR ON SHORT NOTICE:

President Biden is about to give a statement. It is not clear if he will take questions. Many will want to ask about his own over-heated, ill-considered rhetoric, including his recent statement "we're done talking about the debate, it's time to put Trump in a bullseye." …

— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) July 14, 2024

Related:

BREAKING: A source familiar with Trump’s security detail tells @FDRLST that the former and future president’s detail has been asking for beefed up protection and resources for weeks, but has been rebuffed time and again by Biden’s DHS.

DHS, which oversees Secret Service…

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 14, 2024

FLASHBACK: Biden Regime Denies RFK Secret Service Protection. Think they’ll rethink this?

DON SURBER: They Tried to Assassinate Trump.

Related:

I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery pic.twitter.com/ZdxkF63EqF

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 13, 2024

TRUMP RELEASES STATEMENT FROM HOSPITAL.

Meanwhile, from a friend: “I’m thinking the folks sponsoring the bill to take away Trump’s secret service protection need a little talking to. . . . On a more somber note, I have a sinking feeling that was very nearly our Ft. Sumter. It may still be.”

UPDATE: “There was a minute there where we didn’t know if he had been killed or was dying, and we were in great distress. The relief when he stood up was insane.”

Plus: “Biden needs to make a statement.” No can do, it’s after 4 pm.

And: “I’m seeing a lot of criticism of the press, especially the CNN headlines ‘Trump speech interrupted by Secret Service’ and ‘Secret Service rushes Trump off stage after he falls at rally.’ And don’t tell me that’s a just-the-facts approach, because it’s easy to see in the video that Trump did not fall, he crouched. The NYT headline at the moment is: ‘Trump Rushed Off Stage After Chaos at Rally.'”

UPDATE:

President Trump made his protectors stop. He then took the moment to stand right back up. In that moment of courage & clarity – he spoke for all of America. pic.twitter.com/nryPSvBjO0

— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) July 13, 2024

HMM: Meta lifts restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts.

DO TELL: Just a Reminder: The Left Is Getting More Shrill and Violent.

DONALD TRUMP IS NOT AMUSED, NOR IS HE COWED;

Ever been in combat? Ever been shot at? I haven’t. Neither, until today, has President Trump.

But one thing that combat veterans tell me, over and over, is that combat reveals character. The experience of being under fire exposes who you are in fundamental ways. You don’t really… pic.twitter.com/6dBjrqX3Vi

— Brooke Rollins (@BrookeLRollins) July 13, 2024

THAT’S GOOD, BECAUSE MY CASE WAS A REAL NOTHINGBURGER: Study suggests reinfections from the virus that causes COVID-19 likely have similar severity as original infection.

WITH A DELIVERY LIKE A BRICK THROUGH A PLATE GLASS WINDOW: The Walther PPK/S: Back in .32 ACP.

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WHEN EVEN LABOUR TURNS AGAINST YOUR IDIOCY: New Brit Government to Permanently Ban Puberty Blockers.

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NOT SURE ABOUT THIS: Neuralink Will Offer Telepathy and then Brain Control of Teslabots.

UNGLAMOROUS BUT ESSENTIAL: Cornell researchers unveil urine collection, filtration system for astronaut spacesuits.

HEALTH CARE: Thousands of Oregon hospital patients may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV.

FAKE DRUGS ARE BAD, AND TOO COMMON: Fake Botox shots sicken 17 women in 9 states.