They’re Calling It a Mystery. It’s Not.
When Christians are murdered, the media’s first instinct is cover-up.
Good Morning, it’s Friday, August 29th, 2025.
Wednesday’s Minneapolis massacre wasn’t just another tragedy — it was a manifesto in bullets, a trans shooter targeting kids at prayer, and a media machine working overtime to erase the motive. While the Times shrugs “no clear reason,” we’ve got the receipts. Today’s briefing cuts through the spin: the cover-up, the economy roaring past predictions, and why Trump’s enemies are suddenly on their heels.
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Motive of Trans Shooter “Not a Mystery” — Media Just Won’t Say It
When Christians are killed, the press hides the hate.
A male identifying as a woman stormed a Minneapolis Catholic school Mass, murdering Christians — including children at prayer — while armed with a manifesto, Satanic scrawlings, and open contempt for faith. Yet the New York Times insisted his motive is “a mystery.”
The press shields anti-Christian violence because it collides with their trans-affirming narrative.
Democrats like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey rushed to defend “the trans community” instead of mourning Christian victims.
The shooter literally carved anti-Christian hate and “kill Donald Trump” into his weapon, but legacy outlets still twisted the facts.
Robert “Robin” Westman wasn’t shy about why he opened fire. His gun carried phrases like “Where is your God?” and words lifted from the Last Supper. He plastered Satanic symbols across his gear, posted rambling YouTube confessions of self-hatred over being trans, and drew targets of Jesus Christ. His journals detailed resentment toward Christians and regret over mutilating his own identity.
But here’s how corporate media spun it:
NYT: “Motive is a mystery.”
CNN: Claimed it wasn’t “specific hate” — maybe just “hating everybody.”
ABC: Even tried to portray him as a Trump supporter, ignoring the “kill Trump” inscriptions.
Meanwhile, trans activists online celebrated the slaughter under the slogan “death before detransition.” Instead of outrage, the left mocked prayer itself — with Psaki, Bash, and others sneering at the very act the victims were engaged in when bullets ripped through stained glass.
Westman’s manifesto made clear he hated Christianity and regretted transitioning. He admitted: “I regret being trans … I just know I cannot achieve that body with the technology we have today.” Those words alone destroy the “affirmation is healing” dogma the media and Democrats cling to.
Bottom Line:
This wasn’t a mystery. It was a hate crime against Christians, fueled by trans-ideology collapse, Satanic obsession, and contempt for faith. The cover-up tells you everything: the regime would rather protect a failed narrative than face the reality that radical gender ideology is breeding violence — and Christians are in the crosshairs.
Trump’s Economy Leaves Experts Eating Their Forecasts
3.3% growth, record investment, and inflation tamed.
The American economy just blew past expectations again. Q2 GDP surged at a 3.3% annualized rate — stronger than the 3.0% first estimate and well above Wall Street’s 3.1% forecast. For all the hand-wringing about tariffs and Trump’s policies, businesses are doubling down, and consumers are still swiping cards.
Receipts:
Business investment spiked in software, R&D, light trucks, and commercial construction.
Imports dropped after tariffs, giving U.S. producers more breathing room.
Inflation? A steady 2.0% on the Fed’s preferred gauge, with core at 2.5% — exactly where central bankers want it.
Corporate profits rebounded after a weak Q1, while real gross domestic income shot up 4.8%.
Meanwhile, government spending actually fell, as state and local outlays pulled back — meaning this growth isn’t Uncle Sam juicing the numbers. It’s real demand.
The same outlets that screamed “recession” in 2024 now have to explain why America’s economy looks like it downed a Red Bull under Trump 2.0.
Bottom Line:
Growth is hot, inflation is cool, and businesses are betting on America again. Trump’s critics promised economic collapse — instead, he’s delivering an economy the experts said was impossible.
White House Walks Back “600,000” Chinese Students
Base erupts. Team Trump says: not an increase.
Trump’s off-the-cuff “600,000 students” line lit up MAGA world — then the White House clarified: no surge, no new policy. The figure refers to roughly two years’ worth of visas under existing rules, not an expansion.
Receipts:
Trump’s remark came standing beside South Korea’s President Lee Jae-myung; critics pounced, noting just ~277,398 Chinese students were in the U.S. in 2023–24.
Context matters: In May, Sec of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. would “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students tied to the CCP or sensitive tech fields, with tougher screening going forward. That policy still stands.
Conservative backlash was real (Bannon, MTG, others), but the clarification underscores continuity — not a U-turn.
Twist: Media framed it as Trump swinging the doors wide open, then quietly ran the correction when the White House spelled out the math. Also true: U.S. colleges crave full-pay internationals — which is why the education lobby cheers the ambiguity every time.
Bottom Line:
Trump world isn’t handing Beijing a student-visa bonanza. The Rubio hard screen + revocations remain intact; the “600K” line was political noise, not policy. Keep the aperture tight, welcome the best — and don’t blink on security.
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Ilhan Omar’s Gun Grab
Rep. Ilhan Omar says only “federal legislation” can save kids after the Minnesota Catholic school massacre. Translation: more gun control, less freedom. She ignores that the shooter broke laws already on the books, and that police still call his motive “unclear” despite his anti-Christian rants. The left never lets a tragedy go to waste — especially when it’s a chance to disarm law-abiding Americans. Read More »
DC School Massacre Averted
Hours after the Minneapolis horror, the White House revealed a potential DC-area school shooting was foiled by law enforcement. Details remain thin, but the timing is chilling — back-to-back school shooting plots in a week where the media blames everyone except the ideology fueling the killers. The Biden years saw chaos metastasize in schools; Trump’s DOJ is now racing to shut these threats down before they erupt. Read More »
Big-City Crime Still a National Crisis
A new poll shows Americans overwhelmingly view big-city crime as a “major problem” — and want the feds to step in. No surprise: from New York to Chicago, Soros-backed DAs let criminals run wild while average families suffer. Even liberals admit they feel unsafe walking after dark. Democrats once promised “reimagine policing.” Voters now want actual policing. Read More »
DNC Staffers Carjacked in Crime Capital
Two DNC staffers were carjacked at gunpoint in D.C. this week — the latest example of elites living under the same crime wave they downplay. Newsmax reports the victims were left shaken but unharmed. Democrats keep lecturing about “equity” while their own employees can’t even drive home safely. If even the DNC can’t protect its own, what chance do regular citizens have? Read More »
Media Tiptoes Around Catholic School Massacre. Coverage of the Minneapolis Catholic school shooter still refuses to name the obvious: the killer’s trans identity and anti-Christian hate. Newsmax lays out the receipts the NYT and CNN buried. Read More »
Pritzker vs. Trump on Chicago Chaos. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker snapped back after Trump threatened to deploy the National Guard to curb violent crime in Chicago. The standoff underscores a simple fact: blue-city leaders would rather fight Trump than criminals. Read More »
Flag-Burning “Ban” Isn’t a Ban. National Review notes Trump’s executive order on flag desecration has little teeth — more symbolic than sweeping. Still, it forces Democrats into defending burning the American flag. Read More »
Sen. Tina Smith Blames RFK Jr. for Violence. After the Catholic school shooting, Minnesota’s Sen. Tina Smith blasted RFK Jr. for “peddling bull” on guns and mass shootings. The political left wasted no time spinning tragedy into a campaign attack. Read More »
“Take this, all of you, and eat.”
— Inscription scrawled on the Minneapolis shooter’s rifle, lifted from the words of Christ at the Last Supper.
Stamped across a weapon aimed at children in prayer. The press called the motive a “mystery.”
[CLASSIFIED UNTIL NOW] — pulled from the shooter’s recovered weapon log, omitted from NYT and ABC coverage.
Together with The Ledger
This week’s Ledger issue pulls the curtain back on something bigger than Big Brother: the borderless surveillance state.
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Cross-Border Spying: U.S. intel launders surveillance on Americans through Mossad, GCHQ, and Unit 8200.
Spyware as Infrastructure: Pegasus didn’t die — it mutated into Paragon, Cytrox, Intellexa, and more.
Faith Communities Tagged: Churches and mosques flagged as “risk clusters” for pro-life or anti-mandate beliefs.
Media as Intel Arm: Aspen Institute, NewsGuard, GDI pre-clear narratives to keep leaks contained.
Systemic Capture: Intelligence + tech + media fused into one machine designed to survive elections, lawsuits, and exposure.
📡 Forecast: Lawsuits and whistleblowers abroad… normalization at home. The regime isn’t hiding anymore.
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Thanks for locking in with us today. While the media ties itself in knots pretending hate has no motive and crime has no cause, we’ll keep cutting through the noise with facts they’d rather bury. Every issue we put out is about sharpening your edge — because an informed movement can’t be gaslit into silence. The truth isn’t comfortable, but it’s the only weapon that works.
~ Scott 🇺🇸
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