You Might Be Having a Strange Reaction to the Trump Assassination Attempt. You’re Not Alone.

Politics Donald Trump’s Attempted Assassin Had Shocking Motives—Especially What They Weren’t A decade of MAGA has really done a number on us. By Luke Winkie Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Luke Winkie? May 01, 202611:46 AM Dana Verkouteren/AP Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. If Donald Trump is going to face assassination threats for the rest of his term—if the next three years will be intermittently interrupted by incidents like the one on Saturday, in which a gunman with a manifesto was apprehended outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner—it will not be because the revolution is here. That is what I found myself thinking after surveying the social media footprint of one Cole Tomas Allen, a teacher from California who allegedly attempted to kill the president and the rest of his Cabinet, and is now in federal custody. Allen kept an active account on Bluesky, the social media hub preferred by #resistance-honed liberals,