White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman
‘assembled long weapon in unsecured
room’ before firing near ballroom, volunteer reveals
Posted By: Dreadnought, 4/25/2026 10:40:35 PM
A White House Correspondents’ Dinner volunteer said the suspected gunman appeared to assemble a “long” weapon in a lightly monitored area near the terrace-level entrance before opening fire and rushing toward the ballroom. The witness, Helen Mabus, a volunteer working the event who said she is from Harrisburg, Pa., described a “makeshift room” near the entrance where bar carts were being stored and where “there was no security” at the time. “He was in that room […] he grabbed it out of a bag or something,” Mabus said, adding that the weapon “was long” and “didn’t look like a typical gun.”
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Saturday evening's White House Correspondents' Dinner was bound to make headlines, if for no other reason than that President Donald Trump was attending the event for the first time in his presidency (either one). News would be made.
What wasn't anticipated was the dark turn that news took as a would-be assassin attempted to shoot his way into the event. The blessing in all of that is that all in attendance, including the President and First Lady, the Cabinet, members of Congress, and members of the media, escaped unharmed, with the exception
After hearing the news about the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, most people responded with concern for President Donald Trump and the other people who were in danger at the event.
Trump himself held a briefing a half hour later, spoke about unity, and called on people to be committed to acting. Hell froze over as even the media seemed to acknowledge his humanity and strength, including reaching out to a reporter to see how he was. But in a moment where so many came together in concern for the president and others, there was immediately craziness from some on the left and the anti-Trump crew.
The suspected White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, signal boosted posts on the left-wing social media platform Bluesky arguing that President Donald Trump should be "immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes" and criticizing a "Freedom of the Press" pocket square that many journalists donned at last night’s dinner as "a white flag that no one can read unless you pull it out and wave it in defeat," a Washington Free Beacon review found, suggesting he thought a stronger message of opposition to the president was called for.
"the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury
Defunding the Secret Service
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Naive me. I genuinely thought that the day after the night before would see more attention paid to the basic fact that the U.S. Secret Service (part of the Dept. of Homeland Security, DHS) has gone without funding for the past 71 days on account of Senate Democrats.
The only outlet that I’ve seen discuss the matter is Fox News.
A shooting near President Donald Trump and several Cabinet members Saturday night is putting a spotlight on the Secret Service’s funding shortfall amid an ongoing standoff in Congress.
To which a Democratic Fox News contributor replies
The Gunman’s Manifesto
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Cole Allen sent a “manifesto” to members of his family minutes before he launched his attack at the Washington Hilton. You can read it here, it isn’t long. Allen’s brother received a copy and turned it over to his local police department. I have two observations about the document.
First, it is entirely predictable. Allen recited the Democratic Party’s indictment of President Trump and his administration. This is how he described Trump:
I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.
President Donald Trump has already released photos and surveillance footage of the shooter at the White House correspondents’ dinner, emphasizing the importance of transparency at this time.
The president confirmed during a press conference late on Saturday evening that the shooter was a man from California, that he was in federal custody, and that the video on the president's account does show him rushing a security checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel. Trump did not say specifically if the name released on several websites is the shooter's name, all PJ Media can confirm at this time are the photos and videos below.
A White House Correspondents’ Dinner volunteer said the suspected gunman appeared to assemble a “long” weapon in a lightly monitored area near the terrace-level entrance before opening fire and rushing toward the ballroom.
The witness, Helen Mabus, a volunteer working the event who said she is from Harrisburg, Pa., described a “makeshift room” near the entrance where bar carts were being stored and where “there was no security” at the time.
“He was in that room […] he grabbed it out of a bag or something,” Mabus said, adding that the weapon “was long” and “didn’t look like a typical gun.”
President Trump has called off sending a US delegation to Pakistan Saturday for peace talks with Iran – canceling a trip he said would be a waste of time and telling a Post reporter in Islamabad to “come home.”
“I’ve told my people a little while ago they were getting ready to leave, and I said, ‘Nope, you’re not making an 18 hour flight to go there. We have all the cards,” Trump told Fox News in a phone call Saturday. “They can call us anytime they want, but you’re not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner’s featured entertainer, Oz Pearlman, is worth spelunking down the YouTube rabbit hole to learn more about. Pearlman was born in Israel and worked briefly at Merrill Lynch before launching his second career as a mentalist. Currently, he’s the biggest, most sought-after mentalist on the planet.
If you didn’t know better, you’d swear he was psychic.
He “guessed” Joe Rogan’s ATM PIN in an interview. (Rogan’s shocked response: “Yeah… that’s weird. Yeah, I don’t like that.”) He’s baffled all the top news and entertainment TV shows. With clockwork precision, he plucks your deepest, darkest secrets straight out of your
The Department of Justice dropped its criminal investigation into the Federal Reserve and its chairman Jerome Powell on Friday. The investigation centered on questions about renovations to the central bank’s Washington, D.C., campus.
“This morning the Inspector General for the Federal Reserve has been asked to scrutinize the building costs overruns – in the billions of dollars – that have been borne by taxpayers,” Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said in a post on X. “Accordingly, I have directed my office to close our investigation as the IG undertakes this inquiry.”
Pirro said she expects a comprehensive report detailing the inspector general’s findings.
There Is Simply Too Much Schadenfreude
in This New York Times Profile of Former
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in This New York Times Profile of Former
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I am 100% for sure going to hell for enjoying this New York Times article as much as I am. There but for the grace of God go I, I remind myself. But then, I would never have put myself in that position, devoting my professional life to making six figures off the taxpayer to work on "nice-to-haves" rather than creating actual, useful products that must survive in the marketplace.
Anyhoo, the article that is bringing me so much guilty pleasure is entitled "A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss." The subtitle tells the tale:
In today’s legacy media newsroom, there are two sides to every story: the one they want the public to see, and the one they’re trying to hide. As often as not, the one they want the public to see is untrue, and the one they are trying to hide is true.
The news coverage of the mess the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has gotten itself into this week provides a perfect opportunity to compare and contrast the way something like this manifests itself.
To set the stage, you have to know the actual facts, which are:
A grand jury in Montgomery, Al., indicted the SPLC with 11 counts of wire fraud, false
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Accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen sent a sprawling, crazed manifesto to family members 10 minutes before Saturday’s attack, sources told The Post.
In the 1,052-word missive obtained by The Post Sunday morning — signed Cole ‘coldForce’ ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen” — and outlined his “rules of engagement” for the shooting and stated he believed it was his righteous duty to target administration officials.
Cole Allen’s manifesto in full:
Hello everybody!
So I may have given a lot of people a surprise today. Let me start off by apologizing to everyone whose trust I abused.
I apologize to my parents for saying I had an interview without specifying it was
Saturday, following reports of an apparent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, CNN’s Van Jones raised the possibility of the suspect being made into “some sort of hero.”
The left-leaning Jones cited efforts to lionize Luigi Mangione, and he urged all to condemn political violence.
Jones said, “I’m starting to worry about something, though, which is that the shooter survived, which means on Monday he’s going to court, which means there is a danger that people try to make him some sort of hero. You watch what happened with Luigi [Mangione], who shot a CEO to death and somehow became a hero.
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The fleet of Ceres Air C31 drones, which are about the size of an ATV, were ripped off March 24 by a bogus delivery driver who duped shipping and logistics company CAC International in Harrison, according to The High Side substack.
The four-armed flyers can carry and spray up to 40 gallons of liquid chemicals, such as fertilizers and pesticides, and unleash the payload over a 15-acre span in just seven minutes. The FBI is concerned the chemical-spraying drones could be used to disperse biological or chemical
The gunman who opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night has been identified as Cole Allen of Torrance, Calif.
The 31-year-old, who federal law enforcement source confirmed is a teacher, was in custody after gunfire broke out near the event’s main security screening area just after 8:30 p.m.
Allen appeared to assemble a “long” weapon in a lightly monitored area near the terrace-level entrance before opening fire and rushing toward the ballroom.
A described a “makeshift room” near the entrance where bar carts were being stored and where “there was no security” at the time.
TORRANCE, California — The FBI raided the home of suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen late Saturday after swarming the property in the quiet Los Angeles suburbs.
Allen, a 31-year-old CalTech mechanical engineering grad, was subdued after he rushed a security checkpoint and opened fire with a shotgun inside the Washington Hilton during the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening, according to law enforcement sources.
An FBI convoy, including armored trucks and agents clad in camouflage tactical gear, descended onto Allen’s home in Torrance, Calif. late Saturday night — hours after The Post arrived on the scene. observed that occupants briefly interacted with federal agents
Suspected WHCD Shooter Boosted Bluesky
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High Crimes' 18 replies
Posts Saying Trump Should Be 'Tried For
High Crimes' 18 replies
The suspected White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, signal boosted posts on the left-wing social media platform Bluesky arguing that President Donald Trump should be "immediately removed from office and tried for high crimes" and criticizing a "Freedom of the Press" pocket square that many journalists donned at last night’s dinner as "a white flag that no one can read unless you pull it out and wave it in defeat," a Washington Free Beacon review found, suggesting he thought a stronger message of opposition to the president was called for.
"the president of the united states is personally looting the treasury to the tune of
Greta Thunberg and apparent beau skip
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Never mind saving the planet — they just wanted to rock on the boat. Lefty activists reportedly got frisky on the so-called freedom flotilla meant to bring aid to Gaza — becoming the subject of a recent sex scandal. And even the Swedish queen of sanctimony herself is rumored to have chosen to “seas” the day aboard the vessel.
The DC Metropolitan Police announced during a press conference on Saturday night that the armed gunman who opened fire inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was a registered guest at the Washington Hilton hotel, the venue hosting the high-profile black-tie event attended by President Donald Trump.
Speaking after the event, interim DC Police Chief Jeffery Carroll confirmed the suspect, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, had checked into the hotel as a guest before the chaos erupted.
A White House Correspondents’ Dinner volunteer said the suspected gunman appeared to assemble a “long” weapon in a lightly monitored area near the terrace-level entrance before opening fire and rushing toward the ballroom.
The witness, Helen Mabus, a volunteer working the event who said she is from Harrisburg, Pa., described a “makeshift room” near the entrance where bar carts were being stored and where “there was no security” at the time.
“He was in that room […] he grabbed it out of a bag or something,” Mabus said, adding that the weapon “was long” and “didn’t look like a typical gun.”
Suspected White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter Cole Tomas Allen is facing at least three charges, authorities said.
Allen, 31, is accused of opening fire as the President gathered with senior cabinet members and thousands of journalists for the annual event on Saturday night.
The dinner at the Washington Hilton was barely underway when the Secret Service was forced to leap into action after a series of shots rang out. They managed to apprehend the suspect after he breached a security checkpoint and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement, authorities said.
The alleged shooter has since been identified as Allen, a teacher from Torrance, California.
Federal prosecutors have moved quickly and already
President Donald Trump survived two assassination attempts during the 2024 election, and Saturday night he was whisked away again from another lethal threat when a heavily armed gunman briefly breached a security checkpoint at one of Washington's most famous black-tie galas and exchanged gunfire before being subdued by the Secret Service.
But Trump would not recoil.
First he wanted to return to the White House Correspondents' Dinner before it was canceled, hoping to send a signal to a nation gripped by political vitriol and shaken by recent assassinations — from Charlie Kirk to Minnesota legislators – that “sick people” cannot “change the fabric” of the United States.
Iranian Media Suggests White House Correspondents’
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Dinner Shooting Was Staged to Help Trump 16 replies
In the immediate aftermath following the apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency was quick to question whether the shooting was staged.
Tasnim, which has close ties with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), suggested that the shooting at the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., as the Correspondents Dinner was commencing, may have been a “big show” intended to bolster President Trump’s approval ratings.
The news agency speculated that it could have been staged to improve President Trump’s position ahead of the upcoming mid-term elections or perhaps to “use it against Iran or another country”.