pcr presents a 'summation' of the shooting. he rounds up various strands and brings us up to date on relevant components;

The Official Narrative of Trump’s Near Assassination is Being Formed

Paul Craig Roberts

The official narrative for Trump’s near assassination that is forming seems to be Secret Service incompetence. The security voids are being attributed to an inexperienced Secret Service team, to a lack of communication between local police and Secret Service, and to the Secret Service director’s statement that the slope of the roof made it too dangerous to have Secret Service agents on the roof. But not too dangerous for the shooter. And without regard to the danger to which Trump was left exposed.

So, if there is an investigation, it will be about whether “diversity, equity, and inclusion” harmed competence, and not about whether the deep state intended Trump’s assassination.

The security lapses are so large that they naturally lead to what are called “conspiracy theories.” Without honest and intelligent investigative reporters supported by news organizations, the general public cannot tell when information is a conspiracy theory and when the charge that it is a conspiracy theory is used to suppress factual information that doesn’t fit the official narrative.

Two pieces of information and one hypothesis have emerged that fall into the difficult to assess zone. One is that Austin Private Wealth, LLC shorted 12,000,000 shares of Trump Media & Technology Group shares. If Trump had been killed, this short would result in massive profit. The investment company explains away its short as a “clerical error.” In other words, just more incompetence. https://www.rt.com/business/601286-blackrock-trump-shooting-stock/

Another piece of information is a report that acoustics indicates two different gunshots. This, if true, implies that the 20-year old was a patsy for a real assassination, which went wrong because Trump turned his head, and explains the police and Secret Service’s tolerance for Thomas Crooks’ armed presence until after he fired his shots.......more...........