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The Shooter's Manifesto Was Uncomfortably Normal

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Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch | 4.27.2026 5:56 PM

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The Shooter's Manifesto Was Uncomfortably Normal

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This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the media coverage that followed. They examine the shooter's manifesto, why it struck some observers as uncomfortably normal, and what that says about the mainstreaming of extreme political........

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