💯 No national news reporters I've spoken to seemed surprised when I said Trump is leaning hard into this framing & awful policy bc Rs have an advantage over Dems around crime & "safety," 2nd only to border security.

Wow, just wow.

Mangione likely inspired this recent trend of writing on shell casings. However, messages on assault rifles and magazines have been seen in many high-profile shootings, including Parkland, Christchurch, Buffalo, and most recently, Minneapolis

Dallas police says shooter opened fire from a nearby building.

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons said appears it was “a sniper from an elevated position.”

Sen. Ted Cruz: “This needs to stop. Violence is wrong. Politically motivated violence is wrong."

John Miller at CNN reports "shooter opened fire into a van belonging to another federal agency, not an Immigration and Customs Enforcement van, that was bringing detainees into the Dallas ICE facility, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the case. Those vans are typically not marked."

The CAP article also mentions how the Trump admin recently cut more than half of federal funding for gun violence prevention programs and the FY 2026 budget request eliminates all funding for firearm injury and mortality prevention research grants.