Bombshell reporting blew a massive hole in what was previously known to be the historical record regarding the failed attempted assassin of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. And, as is sadly often the case, the Elitist Media were nowhere to be seen on these new developments.
To wit: there was a lot more about Thomas Crooks that the FBI and Secret Service didn’t know. Per Miranda Devine of The New York Post:
“The danger Crooks posed was visible for years in public online spaces,” says the source. “His radicalization, violent rhetoric and obsession with political violence were all documented under his real name. The threat wasn’t hidden.”
The official narrative claimed he acted alone and without a clear motive, ideology or digital footprint.
Yet the source found reams of information that shows Crooks “was not simply some unknowable lone actor … He left a digital trail of violent threats, extremist ideology and admiration for mass violence. He spoke openly of political assassination, posted under his real name and was even flagged by other users who mentioned law enforcement in their replies. Despite this, his account remained active for more than five years — and was only removed the day after the shooting.
Devine further elaborates that Crooks was at one time a rabid Trump supporter with similarly violent ideations, but that he switched to virulent anti-Trumpism some time around the pandemic. Like Charlie Kirk’s assassin, Crooks left a sizable digital trail- including uttered threats that should have been flagged for authorities. And if they were, there is no evident investigative outcome to show for it.
Like Charlie Kirk’s assassin, Crooks left behind an ample digital footprint that explained with no mystery as to motive and rationale for his attempted assassination. And like Charlie Kirk’s assassin, it appears that Crooks has a thing for furries. Again, per The New York Post:
He described himself with the pronouns “they/them” on the platform DeviantArt, which is one of the biggest online hubs for “furry” art and the “furry” community. (A furry is someone who has an interest in anthropomorphized animal characters, often as a sexual fetish.)
Two accounts linked to Crooks’ primary email were found on DeviantArt, under usernames “epicmicrowave” and “theepicmicrowave.” The account suggests he had an obsession with scantily clad cartoon characters sporting muscle-bound male bodies and female heads.
The column goes on to enumerate glaring deficiencies in the official account, and in federal law enforcement’s handling of the investigation- including the idea that Crooks may have been known to authorities as far back as 2020. In other words, a major botch.
But none of this was deemed worthy enough to run on the Elitist Media evening newscasts. Not a second on ABC, CBS, or NBC.
There was ample time for the usual blend of propaganda, activism, and anti-news, but no accountability for what appears to be another fumble by federal law enforcement. This omission is simply inexcusable.
