Dad of Trump shooter called police after attack with concerns that his son and gun were missing, report says

 The Independent (msn.com)   "The father of the gunman who shot Donald Trump called police after the rally shooting, worried that his son and a firearm were missing, according to reports.

" Matthew Crooks realized his 20-year-old son, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and an AR-style rifle were missing shortly after shots were fired at the former president at a campaign rally on Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.

"Three senior law enforcement officials told NBC News that the father then called police. Law enforcement officials then went to the home where Crooks lived with his parents in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.

"Approximately a day later, they publicly identified Crooks as the gunman who fired from the roof of a building outside the security perimeter of the Trump rally. Because Crooks was not carrying a form of identification, investigators used DNA to confirm his identity. 

"The Independent has asked the FBI for more information on the report.

" The gun was identified as his father’s missing firearm. Crooks used his father’s legally obtained 5.56 caliber AR-style rifle to carry out the shooting, police said." . . .

Thomas Matthew Crooks: What We Know About the Trump Rally Shooter | TIME

Mark Levin sends message to Biden after failed Trump assassination: ‘You owe the nation an apology’

"Mark Levin on Fox and Friends: “Joe Biden, you owe the nation an apology. You spend half a century in Washington, D.C. smearing people, from Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. The things that you said about Ronald Reagan, I was there. The things you say about Benjamin Netanyahu. And you saved your worst for Donald Trump. You’re a desperate man desperately seeking re-election when five days ago your party was trying to get rid of you. It’s amazing how the media turned on a dime.' ”

DEI can get people killed...and did.

 Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle landed job after push by Jill Biden’s office, sources say (NY Post)

"Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who is facing congressional outcry and calls to resign over security lapses leading to former President Donald Trump’s near-assassination Saturday, landed her role thanks largely to a close relationship with first lady Jill Biden, The Post has learned.

Cheatle, 53, is the second woman to lead the presidential protection agency and secured the non-Senate-confirmed role in August 2022 after a three-year stint as senior director of global security at PepsiCo. Before that, she had served 27 years in the Secret Service, beginning in the Clinton administration.

Four sources close to President Biden’s family, including people who interacted with Cheatle during the Obama-Biden administration, said she was well liked by the future first lady and her most senior aides, including top adviser Anthony Bernal.

“ 'Cheatle served on Dr. Biden’s second lady detail and Anthony pushed for her,” a Democratic insider told The Post. “Anthony has no national security or law enforcement experience. He should have no influence over the selection of the USSS director.”

“ 'I heard at the time she was being considered for director that Anthony had pushed her forward as an option,” another well-placed source told The Post.

"Bernal, 51, is widely regarded as rivaling even White House chief of staff Jeff Zients in terms of influence over administration decisions. He has faced allegations of bullying and sexual harassment from colleagues who have likened his sway to that of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin over the Romanov court."

Do You Know What DEI Actually Is? (msn.com)

“ 'Anthony is obsessed with being DEI-compliant,” a third source told The Post, using the acronym for diversity, equity and inclusion — the human resources practice of attempting to ensure diversity in the workforce." . . .

‘Diversity hire’ Secret Service chief blamed for Trump shooting security failings (UK Telegraph )   . . ."Tim Burchett pointed the finger at Kimberly Cheatle, who wants more non-white and female agents but is now facing calls to resign as director of the Secret Service.

The agency has the goal of increasing the number of women to 30 per cent by 2030, but critics claim females make less effective agents than men.

The Left Has Sold Out to Evil, and taken many public servants with them

Wait! Aren't those MSNBC anchors?

 The Left Has Sold Out to Evil - Ted Noel    "Democrat mega-donor Reid Hoffman’s top political advisor, Dmitri Mehlhorn, demonstrates the utter depravity of the Left. And it’s not just today’s Left. It goes back to the days of the Revolution. Before I get into that, I must put Mehlhorn front and center.

"Donald Trump was shot at 6:11 PM. The shooter continued firing, killing one, and critically wounding two others before he was terminated with extreme prejudice. In the words of the ghost of Hamlet’s father, his act was “Murder most foul.” At 7:34 PM, Mehlhorn sent an email to various journalists." . . .

. . ."I know I am prone to bias on this, but this is a classic Putin play and given the facts seems more plausible. Look at the actual shot. Look at the staging. Look at how ready Trump is to rally; this pampered baby s--t his pants when an eagle lunged at his food. Look at how quickly Trump protects himself at the expense of others, but showed few of those lifelong instincts in this moment. And consider how often Putin and his allies run this play. (emphasis added). Entire video here.

. . ."The real regret of the Left is that the shooter missed and that his misses only killed one and critically wounded two other Trump supporters. The only question is whether enough of us are willing to see clearly and act to restore freedom to America.

"Recommended reading: Domestic Enemies by Daniel Greenfield."

Bloodthirsty: Anybody notice how many public 'servants' sided with Trump's would-be assassin? - Monica Showalter   "They're out there. I'm not talking about the mom's basement types who cheered the assassination attempt on President Trump, or Hollywood figures, who went nakedly frontal on the matter, or the media, which ran some disgusting headlines downplaying the crime. They're kind of predictable at this point.

"What's striking are the number of people on the public payroll in various public offices openly coming out to side with Trump's would-be assassin, usually chiding him on his aim. These are the people who are first to tell you that they 'serve' the public, yet here we see them siding with a heinous criminal because their hatred of President Trump and his voters.". . . 

You know, for a guy shot in the face, Trump is having a good week; He made $763 million on Monday

 Don Surber (substack.com)

"The Squad’s support of Hamas rapists, kidnappers and murderers caused Jewish donors to abandon and primary these Democrat anti-Semites. It is called wising up."

"First Jesus saves him from assassination at a rally on Saturday. Then Judge Cannon saved President Trump from the outrageous Mar-a-Lago raid and prosecution on Monday. His political fortune rose, as Democrats have given up on replacing the Guy Who Can’t Draw a Clock. On top of that, his financial fortunes rose too.

"The Hartford Courant reported, “Trump Media shares surge on 1st day of trading after assassination attempt on the former president.”

"The price rose 31% on Monday. He owns 78.8 million shares, which means he made $763 million as the stock closed above $40 a share.

""On top of that, MSNBC kept their Morning Joe off the air on Monday for fear he would continue his ranting about how Trump is like Hitler. But I am giving my readers cuppas of Joe in the form of liberal tears today.

"Where to begin? The witch hunt.

AP whined, “Defense lawyers filed multiple challenges to the case, including a legally technical one that asserted that special counsel Jack Smith had been illegally appointed under the Constitution’s Appointments Clause because he was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland, rather than being confirmed by Congress, and that his office was improperly funded by the Justice Department.”

"The Constitution is just a technicality to modern journalists.

"Oh and AP got the dig on Cannon being appointed by The Donald. It never mentions that the federal magistrate who issued the warrant to raid Mar-a-Lago is a Biden appointee.

"Nor does the media mention that Obama appointed Judge Tanya Chutkan, who presides over another case brought by the illegally appointed prosecutor Jack Smith." . . .

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Vance, on Iran: ‘If you’re going to punch the Iranians, you punch them hard’

 Matthew Kassel (jewishinsider.com)

“I’ve always thought we should be more willing to help Israel. We should recognize that it’s sort of an island of shared values in a sea of really despotic regimes, and that’s important.”

"Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), the newly minted running mate of former President Donald Trump, is embracing a hawkish approach to American engagement in the Middle East.

"Speaking with Fox News on Monday evening, the vice presidential hopeful laid out an aggressive path to countering Iran, arguing that Trump’s decision to assassinate Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in 2020 had “actually brought peace” to the region rather than instability, as critics had warned.

"'If you’re going to punch the Iranians, you punch them hard,” Vance said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity in Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention began on Monday.

"Reiterating his commitment to expanding the Abraham Accords, which he described as “maybe the most important diplomatic breakthrough of the Trump administration,” Vance expressed support for creating conditions to “enable the Israelis and the Sunni Arab states to work together and actually provide a counterbalance to Iran.”

"The Biden administration, he claimed, “has done nothing” to advance such efforts, even as it has long worked to strike a diplomatic agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, which Vance has backed.

"Vance also criticized President Joe Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, alleging that his administration has “prolonged” the conflict and has “made it harder for us to really move towards a sustainable peace.”

"Echoing Trump, Vance, 39, called for ending the war “as quickly as possible” to help “reinvigorate” the “peace process between” Israel and the Saudis." . . .

UPDATE: Eric Trump defends female Secret Service agent after father’s shooting (Washington Examiner )   "Eric Trump is defending the Secret Service agents who protected his father during the attempted assassination of the former president on Saturday, including the female agent who was onstage with Donald Trump when the shots first broke out. 

"During an interview with MSNBC’s Katy Tur at the Republican National Convention, the younger Trump expressed his respect for the agents.

“ 'The female that is in the picture, she’s been with me for a very long time,” Eric Trump said. “I’d do anything for her. She’s one of the greatest human beings you’ll ever meet. I’d do anything for her.”

"Eric Trump said he doesn’t put any fault on his father’s Secret Service detail.

“ 'I applaud them for their courageousness and being heroes that day,” the former president's son said. “They could have easily gotten killed."

"Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has faced criticism for the failure of the security detail to secure the rooftop where suspected shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was perched. The agency has also, to a far less significant degree, been criticized for its hiring of female agents, such as the woman who Eric Trump defended, with some Republicans arguing they were only hired due to diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates." . . .