Staff writer at The Atlantic. Cat guy, democracy defender. Actor for a day on Succession, Jeopardy champ. New Englander and curmudgeon.https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkg4zuaat22mI don’t have very many questions about Butler, other than the gap between local law-enforcement and event security. Otherwise, I think it’s exactly what it looks like: a weirdo took a shot at the president, shattered some glass that cut the president’s ear and that was that. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg4zuaat22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfxnnuvck25Correctamundo [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfxnnuvck25https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfxmvsjws25A free country of 350 million people, awash in guns and paranoia. Surprised it hasn't happened *more* often. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfxmvsjws25https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfxkwers225So it goes. I'm just a guy in Rhode Island who writes. If you want to say crazy stuff, I'm not your therapist or your confessor, I'm just another guy listening to you on your soapbox. (Much as David Simon does, but from Baltimore.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfxkwers225https://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfwr3cyjc2n [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 16:06 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfwr3cyjc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfv4xepxc2nNo, I'm saying you're hysterical right now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfv4xepxc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfug7i7m22mI am going to belittle people who need to act like adults and think about the lunacy of what they're saying. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfug7i7m22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfu4mx3ys2mTwo women tried to kill Ford within weeks of each other and one of them almost made it. C-O-N- spiracy [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfu4mx3ys2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfswdggfs2lMe and a few other guys [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfswdggfs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkfsvebjzc2lI guess I can go back to reorganizing my office, or I can sit here and start blocking en masse the hysterics who think this was all a set-up and a false flag and that Butler was fake too and that the lizard people and the Trilateralists and Cancer Man are all rigging the WHCD https://media.tenor.com/aoj7XwFWcXMAAAAC/i-will-not-be-cut-out-like-this-william-bruce-davis.gif?hh=281&ww=49826 Apr 2026 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfsvebjzc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkeqopbwgc2uAllow me to introduce you to Sara Jane Moore [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeqopbwgc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkeqezmmrc2gYes, tonight was a strange lapse in security. POTUS and VPOTUS are never in the same place at the same time.* *they are often in the same place at the same time in public [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:39 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeqezmmrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkeqc7xibc2gThis is why it's okay to just sit for a moment and wait for more details. "He couldn't have been a shooter! He went to Cal Tech!" [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:38 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeqc7xibc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkeprzpoms2gWhat's a gunman look like? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:29 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeprzpoms2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkeppm32ss2gThanks, Columbo, we'll get back to you [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeppm32ss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkepkhq5ns2gYou don't need a designated survivor for an event like this, because so many of the possible presidential successors are not at the event. The SOTU is different; everyone in the line is there. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:24 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkepkhq5ns2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkephdkpgs2gBecause Wolf Blitzer, among others, said on live TV "he had a gun and he fired it off just a few feet from me," but other than that, I'm just guessing [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkephdkpgs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkepeidhgc2gNo. I expect more from sane American citizens than I do from Trump. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkepeidhgc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkepd344xs2g"I'm not paranoid, I just assume that major events like a gunman at a hotel are faked" [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:20 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkepd344xs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkep7u62ss2g [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:18 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkep7u62ss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkep4prbak2gYes. Happens all the time. That's why we have a "continuity of government plan" and a line of succession. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkep4prbak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkep2x4w4s2gThank you for making my point [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:16 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkep2x4w4s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkep2cf5vc2gum, okay [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:15 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkep2cf5vc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkeoz5p7ic2gI'm not here to be helpful for your paranoid theories. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:15 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeoz5p7ic2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkeoyddgj22gIt's true. The White House and the WHCA are in cahoots with the reverse vampires and the RAND corporation [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeoyddgj22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkeml7c6zk2iPOTUS and VPOTUS each have their own details. It's possible Vance's guys were closer to him. But don't let that stop you from saying reckless and stupid things. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeml7c6zk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkemifrvsc2i"A thing happened at a major event and there's lots of confusion and no one was able to explain it in 20 minutes so I HAVE QUESTIONS" Jesus. People, deep breaths. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkemifrvsc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/radiofreetom.bsky.social/post/3mkemgrhhrc2iHe's not dead. This is why it's good not to speculate. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:kbmf4lv4o6uvuvrfzpw2jbhj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkemgrhhrc2i