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Midnight Writer

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8. This was not a political killing. It is a turf war among criminal gangs.

Reply to Submariner (Original post)

Sun Sep 14, 2025, 12:05 PM

Sep 14

It is all about criminal gangs running the same hustle, destroying their competition and consolidating their power.

This is more akin to the St Valentine's Day Massacre than to any political assassination.

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Plot Twist! New Evidence Ties Kirk's Accused Killer to Far-Right Leader Fuentes [View all] Submariner Sep 14 OP

There's a thread JustAnotherGen Sep 14 #1

I am still under the impression it was a Mafia family hit. Initech Sep 14 #11

I think his wife ordered it Mblaze Sep 14 #13

"...consumed content..." markodochartaigh Sep 14 #2

you are what you eat...physical or digital ret5hd Sep 14 #7

Night of the Long Knives Redux no_hypocrisy Sep 14 #3

"Digital forensics"? C'mon man... Fiendish Thingy Sep 14 #4

Fuentes dweller Sep 14 #5

Do you have a more mainstream source? LostOne4Ever Sep 14 #6

This was not a political killing. It is a turf war among criminal gangs. Midnight Writer Sep 14 #8

More like the Rollin 60s and Eight Tray Gangster Crips feuding over the same street corner. sop Sep 14 #15

This incident has really exposed the "news" network in this country as being completely unreliable. still-prayin4rain Sep 14 #9

For what it's worth (not much), I personally lean towards a Groyper general internet brain rot mixed with familial gun c Lanius Sep 14 #18

Interesting, but AFP/Reuters/Guardian/AP sourcing would be appreciated. hatrack Sep 14 #10

this article makes a lot of claims, but sourcing is vague to nonexistant fishwax Sep 14 #12

Regardless of the veracity of the OP's source or the mainstream media's ad nauseum reporting... llmart Sep 14 #14

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That would make sense.. kentuck Sep 14 #17

Progressives are merely observers to a civil war Sneederbunk Sep 14 #19

K&R UTUSN Sep 14 #20