Forgotten highlights of 2024 (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by AnExcellentSteelHorse@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Everything moves so fast nowadays that its easy to forget some of the funny events from the year. I posted the financial columnist getting scammed article recently, that happened in February, seems like a million years ago! Even the Trump assassination attempt barely stuck in my mind. Please share your faves!

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago

Trump almost getting got TWICE has to take the cake. I always knew Harris was going to lose but I didn't see someone trying to kill Trump. I always thought it was going to be Biden and some chud boomer shooting at him.

[-] axont@hexbear.net 7 points 2 weeks ago

There was a third assassination attempt, right? But I think it got caught by the feds first. Something about explosives?

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

Oh shit I forgot about that!

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wait really?

[-] axont@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

I looked into it a little more. The feds accused a 51 year old Afghan national named Farhad Shakeri of being hired by Iran to kill Trump, but arrested him before anything happened. The accusation says that Shakeri was part of a wide network of Iranian hired spies and assassins. Iran denies all of it.

Now that I read into it more it sounds more like nonsense that someone in the FBI or state department cooked up to saber rattle against Iran