They Don’t Want You to Read This Manifesto

The Minneapolis massacre wasn’t random chaos — it was political rage with Catholic kids in the crosshairs.

Good Morning, it’s Thursday, August 28th, 2025.

Good morning. While the media scrambles to bury the shooter’s “Kill Trump” scrawls, the FBI is calling it what it is: domestic terror against Catholics. Add in Schumer’s instant gun-control spin and Trump’s showdown with SCOTUS over foreign aid, and you’ve got a day where the stakes are raw, high, and hiding in plain sight.

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Manifesto Madness: Minneapolis Shooter Scrawled ‘Kill Trump’

A Catholic school massacre, a transgender shooter, and a manifesto dripping with far-left rage.

What You Need to Know:

Robin Westman, 23, stormed his former Catholic school in Minneapolis during a back-to-school Mass, killing two children and injuring 17. Hours earlier, the self-identified transgender shooter posted videos flaunting a manifesto and weaponry marked with “Kill Trump” and “For the children.”

Why It Matters:

• The media will bury the anti-Trump obsession and identity politics angle.

• Conservatives see the truth: far-left rhetoric is radicalizing unstable individuals.

• This isn’t just mental illness — it’s ideology meeting violence.

The Real Story:

Westman — born Robert, later identifying as Robin — left behind a chilling manifesto. Pages praised Sandy Hook killer Adam Lanza, fantasized about slaughtering children, and raged against Trump, Musk, and “Zionist Jews.” He plastered a trans pride sticker with an AK-47 over it, then scribbled “FREE PALESTINE” in the margins.

He knew exactly where to strike: Annunciation Catholic School, his old grade school where his mother once worked. He mapped it out, boasting about how to “maximize tragedy” while sparing parents. On his gun magazines? “For the children” — the same twisted slogan Democrats have used to push gun bans.

The shooter was no shadowy figure on a watchlist. Police said Westman bought his rifle, shotgun, and handgun legally. He walked straight into a house of God, shattered stained-glass windows, and turned a Mass into a massacre. His final video: a notebook dripping with coded ramblings, admiration for past mass shooters, and one key line — “Kill Trump.”

This wasn’t random. This was politically marinated madness. And yet the same corporate media that breathlessly labels every conservative as “radicalized” will work overtime to avoid connecting this killer’s leftist obsessions to the blood on the church floor.

What They Don’t Want You To See:

In his manifesto, Westman scribbled: “Targets like Musk, Trump or some significant exec.”

Bottom Line:

The Minneapolis shooter wasn’t just broken — he was weaponized by an ideology that glorifies violence, demonizes Trump, and laughs at murdered kids. The Left will call it “mental health.” But when the manifesto literally says Kill Trump, pretending this wasn’t political is the biggest cover-up of all.

FBI: Anti-Catholic Terror Probe

FBI treating Minneapolis massacre as a hate crime.

FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau is investigating the Annunciation Church shooting as domestic terrorism and an anti-Catholic hate crime. The gunman, Robin Westman (born Robert), fired through stained-glass windows during an 8:15 a.m. back-to-school Mass, killing two children (8 and 10) and injuring 17 others before taking his own life.

Patel confirmed Westman was male, with prior transgender identification. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem posted that Westman scrawled “For the Children,” “Where is your God?” and “Kill Donald Trump” on a rifle magazine — calling him a “deranged monster” who “targeted our most vulnerable.” Patel added the tally: 14 children and 3 adults wounded.

Why this matters: the bureau’s framing — terror + hate crime against Catholics — elevates the case from lone-wolf horror to ideological violence against a faith community. It also undercuts the predictable media spin that tries to bleach out the shooter’s anti-Catholic and anti-Trump fixation.

Bottom Line: When the FBI labels it domestic terror and anti-Catholic hate, the narrative changes. This wasn’t random carnage — it was ideology with a body count.

FBI Data Buries Armed Citizen Saves

New report: civilians with guns stop nearly half of mass shooters.

The Crime Prevention Research Center says the FBI has severely undercounted how often armed citizens stop active shooters. From 2014–2024, civilians intervened in at least 36% of cases — but the FBI’s official data claims just 3.7%. In 2024 alone, nearly half of all active shooters (47.8%) were stopped by armed civilians, even as the bureau recorded zero.

The CPRC report, citing local news stories, found case after case where legally armed Americans prevented bloodshed — only to see the FBI credit law enforcement instead. One example: a North Carolina man opened fire on a group in 2024, but bystanders shot back and killed him. The FBI didn’t log it as “civilian intervention.” Another: a West Virginia woman scared off shooters at her apartment complex with her handgun. Again, no credit.

Why it matters: The FBI’s downplaying of these saves fuels the media narrative that armed citizens “rarely” help — conveniently backing Democrat gun control pushes. But the real data shows the opposite: concealed carriers are often the difference between a headline about dozens of dead kids and one about a stopped shooter.

Bottom Line: The FBI’s “baseline” data erases the lifesaving role of armed citizens. The truth: a good guy with a gun isn’t a talking point — it’s nearly half the story.

Today’s briefing shows you the headlines. The Ledger — our weekly classified drop — exposes the system behind them.

Last Sunday’s issue revealed how the surveillance state has gone borderless: U.S., Israeli, and Five Eyes agencies trading capabilities to spy on Americans, spyware reborn under new names, and churches flagged as “risk clusters” in a machine built to survive elections or oversight.

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D.C. Was Just the Starter Pistol in Trump’s Nationwide National Guard Tour

Trump has already armed the National Guard in D.C.—and now he’s eyeing more cities, executive orders in hand. The spree includes nixing cashless bail and criminalizing flag burning—yes, even though the Supreme Court shot that down in Texas v. Johnson.

Bottom Line: It’s not public safety—it’s a political power play dressed in fatigues.

Chicago Pastor Swears Democrats Are Lying—Cries for Trump Guard

Project H.O.O.D. founder Pastor Corey Brooks called out Democratic politicians for spouting rosy crime stats. With 266 homicides in 233 days, he’s begging Trump to send the National Guard. “Our sons are dying,” he said. Mayor Pritzker and Governor Johnson say “thanks, but no thanks.”

Bottom Line: Grassroots anger is real—far louder than White House polls.

Americans Flee the Israel War—but Washington Won’t Follow

A new Quinnipiac poll shows 60% of U.S. voters oppose sending more military aid to Israel, the lowest support level since the Hamas attack. Major opposition cuts across demographics—independents, Democrats, and even some moderate Republicans.

Bottom Line: U.S. wavering on Israel is real—and DC’s beltway inertia is going to catch a political headache.

• Schumer Rushes Gun Control Spin - Sen. Chuck Schumer pushed new gun restrictions hours after the Minneapolis Catholic school shooting — before victims were even named. Facts be damned, narrative first. (Breitbart)

• Trump to SCOTUS: Freeze USAID - Trump asked the Supreme Court to uphold his order freezing billions in foreign aid, saying taxpayer money should go to Americans, not corrupt regimes abroad. (Fox News)

• Democrats Exploit MN Shooting - Within minutes of the massacre, Democrat lawmakers demanded sweeping new gun laws — politicizing tragedy before families even buried their children. (Fox News)

• Trump Meets Israel After Gaza War - Trump met with Israeli leaders to chart post-war Gaza policy, signaling tighter U.S.–Israel coordination as Hamas remnants regroup. (Washington Examiner)

• Venezuela: Narco-Troops Exposed - U.S. intel confirms Venezuelan soldiers are working with cartels to push tons of cocaine north. Border crisis isn’t random — it’s state-sponsored. (Newsmax)

FBI Briefing Note, Aug. 27, 2025]

“The shooter scrawled the following phrases on firearm magazines recovered at the scene: ‘For the Children,’ ‘Where is your God?,’ and ‘Kill Donald Trump.’”

— FBI Director Kash Patel, preliminary terrorism briefing

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