Maxwell

The photos of WHCD shooter Cole Allen in an IDF shirt are UNCONFIRMED. It’s worth emphasizing this in the time of AI and deepfakes we now live in… The viral photo allegedly showing Cole Allen wearing an IDF sweatshirt originated from social media posts claiming it came from his now-deleted Instagram. It was amplified heavily in conspiracy threads and Meta reportedly removed the original post, but no law enforcement agency or major news outlet has authenticated it, to be clear. The Pakistan rugby shirt version also circulating (probably a counter-narrative) uses the exact same base photo, has the same lack of verification, just a different agenda. All this is noise until authorities give us reason to believe otherwise. We’re sharing what we see, in the moment, but will always make the effort to be completely transparent when we believe something to be fake. That is very likely the case here with this.

Here’s a list of all the theories floating around about last night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner: 1/ The boring one: Cole Allen, 31, registered Democrat from California, traveled by train, studied the hotel layout, found an unmonitored entry point, wanted to target Trump and cabinet members, lone wolf, political hatred, case closed, move along 2/ The reasonable one: How does a man with a shotgun, handgun and knives get anywhere near the most press-covered event in Washington? The Secret Service just took an L on venue security and nobody wants to say it out loud 3/ The IDF one: Allen supposedly posted a photo wearing an IDF sweatshirt before deleting it, Google Trends apparently showed a spike in searches for his name in Israel before the event. Both these could NOT be confirmed, with no credible sources. 4/ The time travel one: A dormant X account posted only his name in 2023 and nothing else ever, SUPER WEIRD. That account had a "TIME MACHINE" header… could it be just a coincidence? 😂 5/ The MKUltra one: Caltech grad, NASA AI intern, a schoolteacher in LA County, someone on X asked "does this trajectory make sense to you?" and thousands of people agreed it does not 6/ The staged one: "Who tries to assassinate a president at an event full of press and Secret Service?" is apparently a compelling argument for a lot of people, Fox News allegedly cut off a reporter mid-sentence on this topic, which was either significant or a technical glitch, the internet has decided which 7/ The time-traveling son of Erika Kirk one: this exists, we will not explain further, X is a free country Investigation is ongoing, Allen is not cooperating, and the rational explanation remains the most likely, but this is 2026 and we live in a batsh*t times, so who the hell knows 😂 My position: I don't believe any of the theories, definitely don't think it was staged, and from my discussions with analysts, there doesn't seem to be any security failures.

🚨 🇺🇸 Congressmen Abe Hamadeh, Stutzman & Andy Ogles were sitting there when gunshots erupted just 50-75 feet away, everyone dove under tables, drinks flying everywhere

🚨🇺🇸 Trump brags the U.S. produces more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined: "We're producing more oil than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined. Ships are coming to the United States instead of using the Hormuz Strait. Venezuela is sending us millions and millions of barrels."

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