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Monday, April 27, 2026

WHCA Shooter's Tweets Found, Suggesting Radicalization Fueled By Democratic Messaging

 Update: 

  • Shooter's archived tweets emerge 

  • Shooter's Manifesto explained about Trump admin target kill list. He wrote, "prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest" ... 

  • Shooter's intent was to Target Trump & admin officials 

  • Shooter donated to "Harris for President" via ActBlue 

  • Shooter apprehended and taken into custody. Carrying shotgun, handgun and several knives. 

  • The shooter has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance California

  • No injuries to Trump or any guests.

  •  Incident near lobby magnetometer screening.

  • Trump praised Secret Service rapid response.

Shooter's Achieved X Posts Emerge

What is particularly alarming about WHCA dinner shooter Cole Allen is that his social media footprint does not reflect a fringe left-wing extremist, but rather an ordinary Democrat who appears to have been conditioned over the past decade by left-wing corporate media and radical left-wing NGOs. This toxic ecosystem manufactured an artificial informational environment in which President Trump was labeled, around the clock, as a "fascist," a "Nazi," and worse, inciting an existential crisis among weak-minded Democrats who have decided to take up violence in response.

We all remember that top Democrats have spent years calling Trump "fascist" and "Nazi" in an information war to delegitimize the president.

Democrats have one strategy: it's a color revolution. 

Shooter's Manifesto 

CBS News' Jennifer Jacobs has confirmed that the WHCA dinner shooter, Cole Allen, wrote a manifesto stating he was targeting Trump officials:

Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel): they are targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest

Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible (aka, I hope they're wearing body armor because center mass with shotguns messes up people who aren't

Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me)

Capitol Police: same as Hotel Security

National Guard: same as Hotel Security

Hotel Employees: not targets at all

Guests: not targets at all

In order to minimize casualties I will also be using buckshot rather than slugs (less penetration through walls)

I would still go through most everyone here to get to the targets if it were absolutely necessary (on the basis that most people chose to attend a speech by a pedophile, rapist, and traitor, and are thus complicit) but I really hope it doesn't come to that.

The manifesto also said:

And I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.

(Well, to be completely honest, I was no longer willing a long time ago, but this is the first real opportunity I've had to do something about it.)

Fox News' Will Ricciardella made the point that Allen "wasn't some nut job lurking on the fringes of society, forgotten by the system."

Ricciardella said Allen was "well-educated, credentialed, employed, and institutionally formed. That's what makes this so disturbing."

In reality, Allen is a byproduct of the Democratic Party's psychological operation via corporate media to delegitimize Trump (color revolution), which has pushed many liberals into an existential crisis, making them believe they must act with violence.

* * * PSST - new ranch. Wagyu. Tomahawk. You have no idea... 

This is similar to MSM's climate propaganda, where liberals actually believed the planet would burn in a few years unless more taxes were imposed and cow farts were banned.

The propaganda:

Allen must've had CNN playing on every device for ten years... 

Even the globalist publication The Atlantic recently admitted...

MSM propaganda against Trump has pushed some liberals into an existential crisis mode, leading them to feel that violence is the only answer.

Report says Shooter's Intent: Target Trump Admin Officials

New details have emerged about Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, who opened fire at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night.

Fox News' Bill Melugin posted on X early Saturday:

Per federal law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation who spoke to @FoxNews, Cole Allen told investigators after his arrest that his intent was to target Trump administration officials at the WHCD.

GOP activist Scott Presler published Allen's profile data, showing that he is a teacher in California and that he donated to the "Harris for President" campaign through the left-wing funding platform ActBlue.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Bloomberg's Annmarie Hordern that Allen "acted alone after traveling by train from California and had been staying at the Washington Hilton, which was hosting the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner."

Let's not forget that the globalist publication The Atlantic was recently forced to admit ...

Shooting strengthens the case for President Trump's new White House ballroom, which would make events like this safer. But activist judges have repeatedly halted construction.

Shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner

President Donald Trump was evacuated from the head table at the White House correspondent's dinner on Saturday night after a gunman, allegedly 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen, 31, of California - stormed the event and fired shots in the lobby. Authorities confirm the suspected shooter has been apprehended and is in custody after shots fired near the lobby screening area. President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and all protectees were safely evacuated with no injuries reported. The Secret Service continues investigating.

Trump posted a picture of the suspect on Truth Social along with a video: 

According to Just the News, the gunman was not wounded and was carrying a shotgun, a handgun and several knives. 

In a White House press conference held shortly after the incident, Trump praised the Secret Service and law enforcement for their “fantastic job” and rapid response, describing the shooter as a “lone wolf” and “very sick person” from California who was armed with multiple weapons and charged a security checkpoint. He revealed that one Secret Service officer was shot at close range but was saved by his bulletproof vest and is “doing great,” while confirming the suspect was swiftly apprehended and taken into custody without harming any protectees. Trump noted he had “fought like hell to stay” at the dinner but deferred to security protocol, adding that the frightening event unexpectedly unified the ballroom and brought journalists and politicians together; he announced the White House Correspondents’ Dinner will be fully rescheduled within the next 30 days

This video was taken outside the venue: 

According to Fox News' Karol Markowicz, the suspect is a 31-year-old from Torrance, California. 

 

According to Deadline’s on-site reporter Ted Johnson, who was present in the ballroom near the area of the incident: “I heard what sounded like four shots, and it seemed to come from the hall just outside the ballroom near my table.”

Key details from initial reporting:

  • President Trump and dignitaries—including the First Lady, Vice President, WHCA President Weijia Jiang, and entertainer/mentalist Oz Pearlman—were quickly hustled out of the ballroom.
  • Secret Service agents jumped onto the stage amid the chaos.
  • Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s security detail told CNN live that there was a shooter in the lobby and that the shooter is dead.
  • A separate White House Pool Report from Jeff Mordock of the Washington Times stated that Secret Service indicated the alleged shooter is in custody - however CNN is reporting that the shooter is dead. the shooter is in custody. 

Attendees described loud noises (consistent with gunfire), panic, people ducking, the room being placed on lockdown, and police/Secret Service sweeping the hotel. Trump and the First Lady were reported safe after a rapid evacuation shortly after arriving at the event. No injuries to attendees or dignitaries have been confirmed in initial accounts.

This was President Trump’s first appearance at the WHCD as sitting president (he had boycotted the event during his first term). The dinner is an annual black-tie affair organized by the White House Correspondents’ Association that traditionally features journalists, politicians, and celebrity guests.

More

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-evacuated-shots-fired-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooter-dead

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"This Is Not Normal": China's DeepSeek Cuts New AI Model Fees, Again

 DeepSeek senior researcher Victor Chen announced on X that the company's newly released DeepSeek-V4-Pro model will be offered at a huge discount over the next week, a move that threatens to unleash an AI platform price war just as Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google are rolling out newer, more expensive models.

"Second price drop in two days! On top of the base 75% off, stack an extra 90% discount for cache hits. That brings it down to just 0.003625 USD/0.025 RMB per 1M input tokens with cache hit ~ 🎉💰 Go wild and have fun ~," Chen wrote in a post on X late Sunday night.

He added, "Just a heads-up: the cache discount is permanent, while the base 75% off promo runs until May 5, so make the most of it while you can!"

The long-awaited V4 model was released at the end of last week, ending months of silence from one of China's most closely watched AI labs and arriving a year after its R1 release sparked U.S. equity market turmoil.

The open-source model comes in the V4 Flash and V4 Pro series, with DeepSeek saying its V4 "leads all current open models, trailing only Gemini-3.1-Pro."

DeepSeek's hefty discount is aimed at luring developers, startups, and enterprise users away from expensive U.S. models like those from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google by offering lower prices, easier access, open-source availability, and a 1-million-token context window.

X user thehype pointed out that the Chinese AI lab's discount "is starting a price war in the AI market," adding:

they just slashed input cache prices to 1/10th of what they already were.

and there's a separate 75% off promo on v4-pro running until may 5th.

but even ignoring the sales – the normal api prices tell the story. output per 1M tokens (real weighted avg, no discounts):

  • gpt-5.5: $30.21
  • claude opus 4.7: $25.00
  • deepseek v4-pro: $1.73

that's ~17x cheaper than gpt-5.5 and ~14x cheaper than opus 4.7.

now add the 75% promo: deepseek output drops to $0.87/M. that's 35x cheaper than gpt-5.5 and 29x cheaper than opus 4.7.

and the benchmarks? v4-pro isn't that far behind. artificial analysis intelligence index:

  • gpt-5.5: 60
  • claude opus 4.7: 57
  • deepseek v4-pro: 52

13% lower score. 35x lower price.

after releasing v4 on open weights (mit license, free to self-host), deepseek is now aggressively competing on cloud api pricing too. own both ends of the market.

it's a dangerous game. when a model is 87% as capable at 6% of the cost, "we're better" stops being a pitch

ai is starting to commodify. the price war has begun.

Another X user asked what DeepSeek's actual motive is behind the price drop:

AI price war it is.

https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/not-normal-chinas-deepseek-cuts-new-ai-model-fees-again

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Microsoft Slides After Amending OpenAI Partnership, Will No Longer Pay Revenue Share

 Microsoft and OpenAI announced an amended agreement to "simplify" their partnership structure and to change Microsoft’s license to be non-exclusive and it no longer paying a revenue share to OpenAI.

As a result of the amendment, Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will ship first on Azure. Microsoft will continue to have a license to OpenAI IP for models and products through 2032. Revenue share payments from OpenAI to Microsoft continue through 2030. Microsoft will also continue to participate directly in OpenAI’s growth as a major shareholder.

Here is the brief press release: 

The rapid pace of innovation requires us to continue to evolve our partnership to benefit our customers and both companies. Today, we are announcing an amended agreement to simplify our partnership and the way we work together, grounded in flexibility, certainty and a focus on delivering the benefits of AI broadly. The greater predictability in the amended agreement strengthens our joint ability to build and operate AI platforms at scale while providing both companies the flexibility to pursue new opportunities. The agreement spells out:   

  • Microsoft remains OpenAI’s primary cloud partner, and OpenAI products will ship first on Azure, unless Microsoft cannot and chooses not to support the necessary capabilities. OpenAI can now serve all its products to customers across any cloud provider. 
  • Microsoft will continue to have a license to OpenAI IP for models and products through 2032. Microsoft’s license will now be non-exclusive.  
  • Microsoft will no longer pay a revenue share to OpenAI. 
  • Revenue share payments from OpenAI to Microsoft continue through 2030, independent of OpenAI’s technology progress, at the same percentage but subject to a total cap.  
  • Microsoft continues to participate directly in OpenAI’s growth as a major shareholder.  

While this amendment simplifies the partnership, the work we’re doing together remains ambitious. From scaling gigawatts of new datacenter capacity, to collaborating on next-generation silicon, to applying AI to advance cybersecurity, and more, we’re excited to keep partnering to advance and scale AI for people and organizations around the world.

The news spooked MSFT stock, which briefly tumbled just shy of $400, its lowest price in 10 days, before recovering much of the drop.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/microsoft-slides-after-amending-openai-partnership-will-no-longer-pay-revenue-share

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China blocks Meta's purchase of Manus

 China's National Development and Reform Commission blocked on Monday Meta Platform Inc.'s planned acquisition of Manus, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform created by Butterfly Effect Pte Ltd.

In a statement, the commission insisted that the decision to halt foreign investment in Manus was based on China's laws and regulations. It instructed Meta and Butterfly Effect Pte Ltd. to cancel all transaction plans.

Butterfly Effect Pte Ltd. was founded in Beijing, but has since relocated to Singapore. Meta announced its intention to buy Manus, an AI agent based on large language models (LLMs), in December 2025. In January, China started its review of the procedure.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/China-blocks-Meta's-purchase-of-Manus/66153723

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Iran may be using 'junk storage' to save oil space

 Facing a severe shortage of storage due to the US blockade, Iran is turning to unusual and never-before-used tactics to hold onto its crude, according to current and former Iranian officials, The Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing them.

The media claimed that Tehran is now using shipping containers and "junk storage" in oil hubs of Ahvaz and Asaluyeh in the south of the country, as it depends on oil exports for most of its revenue, and tanks are filling up as shipments cannot leave ports.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Iran-may-be-using-'junk-storage'-to-save-oil-space/66155378

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United CEO says he contacted American for merger talks

 United Airlines Inc. CEO Scott Kirby (pictured) confirmed on Monday that he had reached out to American Airlines Inc. to discuss a potential merger.

"By combining our airlines and using that scale to revolutionize our customers' experience, we'd create a new, thriving US airline that would be the very best in the world for customers – full stop," Kirby said in a statement. However, he underlined that United's pursuit of talks with the rival air carrier is now over.

Kirby's statement comes after American Airlines CEO Robert ​Isom publicly rejected the idea of a merger with United, claiming that combining the two largest airlines would be "bad for customers" and "bad for the industry."

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/United-CEO-says-he-contacted-American-for-merger-talks/66154741

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Iran lawmakers to discuss bill on Hormuz control

 The Iranian parliament will consider legislation establishing Tehran's control over the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Legislature's national security commission head Ebrahim Azizi said on Monday. The 11-point draft bill states that the General Staff of the Armed Forces will be the "authority for action" in the strait, according to Iran International.

Additionally, the legislation aims to limit the passage of vessels from "hostile" nations, while those linked to Israel will be completely banned. It also states that countries that have "caused damage to the Islamic Republic, blocked Iranian resources, or taken actions against us in previous years" must pay compensation to Tehran.

https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Iran-lawmakers-to-discuss-bill-on-Hormuz-control/66155081

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