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calguy

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10. Here is a copy & paste I took from a Facebook post (make your own assumptions)
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 11:15 PM
Sep 2025

I’m No Conspiracy Theorist, But… The Strange Case of the Plane That Took Off After Charlie Kirk’s Shooting…
I am not someone who jumps at shadows. I do not believe every rumor, and I do not think every tragedy is secretly a plot. But I do believe in patterns, and I believe in asking questions when the timing is just too clean. And the story floating around about the plane that lifted off from Utah less than an hour after Charlie Kirk was shot is the kind of detail you cannot just brush aside.
Here are the facts as reported online: a private plane with tail number N888KG took off around 3:20, less than 45 minutes after the shooting at Utah Valley University. No manifest filed. No crew listed. The transponder blinked out west of Salt Lake, only to pop back in near Wendover. The ADS-B data looks like it skipped a chapter in the flight log. And the company tied to the registration? A shell outfit called Lehi LLC. If that sounds like a front, that’s because it smells like one.
Now, none of this proves anything. Planes fly every day. Transponders drop off. LLCs own jets all the time. But the timing is the thing. Forty-five minutes after the most politically explosive assassination in decades, a ghost flight takes off and goes dark over the desert. No cameras. No paperwork. Just an empty trail. That is not a “conspiracy theory.” That is a legitimate question begging for answers.
And here is where my skepticism collides with my instincts: if this was a true extraction, it fits into a pattern we have seen a hundred times before. When regimes, corporations, or intelligence services need someone out of a hot zone, they don’t send a parade. They send a ghost. No manifest. No trail. A quick vanishing act into the desert sky. It’s not proof, but it is familiar.
What worries me most is not just the possibility of an extraction. It is how quickly the right has mobilized their propaganda machine around this killing. They were screaming “civil war” before Kirk’s body was cold. They have blamed Democrats, antifa, and the “radical left” without a shred of evidence. They are already calling for mass arrests, martial law, and labeling half the country terrorists. If the shooter was whisked away on a private jet, that is not just a crime. It is a stage being set for something bigger.
Because here is the truth. Authoritarians thrive on chaos. They need their martyrs. They need the appearance of a crisis too big for democracy to handle. And what better way to cement that narrative than to make Kirk’s killing look like the opening shot of a war, rather than what it may really have been: either an inside job, or a tragic act of individual violence now being weaponized for political gain.
I am not saying I know who was on that plane. I am not saying I know who pulled the strings. What I am saying is that the official story is moving at lightning speed to blame Democrats while ignoring very real anomalies that deserve scrutiny. If we let the propaganda wave drown out those questions, we will miss the truth.
Kirk once said gun deaths were “worth it” to preserve the Second Amendment. Now his own death is being spun as “worth it” to sanctify Trump, weaponize the state, and declare war on political opposition. If there is even a chance that someone was quietly extracted from Utah that day, it tells us the real game is not justice. It is control.
We do not need wild theories. We need answers. Who owned the plane? Who was on it? Why did the transponder blink out? Why no manifest? And why the rush to blame the left before the facts are even clear?
I am no conspiracy theorist. But when smoke this thick rolls in, you don’t laugh it off. You look for the fire.

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It's possible he is left, can't discount it. But more likely an incel looking for 15 minutes, or some Silent Type Sep 2025 #1
I don't think he was from right or left CanonRay Sep 2025 #2
I've read comments on Facebook (taken with a grain of salt) calguy Sep 2025 #6
Heard same on MTN. Heading toward MX and transponder went dark over AZ. roamer65 Sep 2025 #7
I haven't heard a peep about this from Patel's Keystone Kops. CanonRay Sep 2025 #9
Here is a copy & paste I took from a Facebook post (make your own assumptions) calguy Sep 2025 #10
That is indeed interesting. hamsterjill Sep 2025 #20
Given the way global professionals work for global interests, this is entirely plausible. ancianita Sep 2025 #33
Yes, that's why I emphasized the source from which it came calguy Sep 2025 #42
In a country that is hurtling towards fascist dictatorship Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #39
The private jet story on FB... MuirHero Sep 2025 #31
Why wear any identifiable shirt or cap? Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #3
Possibly because he's planning to ditch them? Vogon_Glory Sep 2025 #5
Me neither. But i would have worn plain cap and shirt in the first place. Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #8
Yep, it's just to mislead the public who will then mislead the FBI. Guy just change his outfit on the plane. ancianita Sep 2025 #34
He's probably from "the left"? What history is there of "the left" engaging this way? live love laugh Sep 2025 #4
Well, if he isn't brought in alive, gab13by13 Sep 2025 #13
None. But whoever benefits from this knows that most of the public isn't aware of that, just past antifa propaganda. ancianita Sep 2025 #35
The Red Army Faction, the Weather Underground.... Kaleva Sep 2025 #38
Impressed by his skill descending from roof unc70 Sep 2025 #11
And where was the gun?? Both his knees bent. And it looked like a jacket or fabric in his hand. still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #12
They are claiming the rifle was in his jacket. gab13by13 Sep 2025 #14
He uses both hands to hang off the building though. I just can't see him maneuvering like that with a long rifle in his still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #15
I put nothing past Stephen Miller who is the head of the FBI. gab13by13 Sep 2025 #16
Right? And I'm not saying this dude wasn't the shooter, but he doesn't seem to have a long rifle with him at the time of still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #18
It would be virtually impossible to hide a 30-06 long rifle under a short jacket. MuirHero Sep 2025 #37
I am not understanding why this is referred to as a "political assassination" NoMoreRepugs Sep 2025 #17
Totally agree, it's so ridiculous. Social media influencers are not assassinated. still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #19
Correct. They're murdered, not assassinated. roamer65 Sep 2025 #22
Agreed. Obviously, still terrible, but use the correct word. still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #28
It serves the narrative. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #40
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This message was self-deleted by its author LoveSucky Sep 2025 #25
Professional, eh? usonian Sep 2025 #24
Once again, most of these people's political spectrum Johonny Sep 2025 #26
They said it was an older mauser 30-06 drray23 Sep 2025 #27
Agreed, or quickly broken down to a relatively small size as some have suggested. still-prayin4rain Sep 2025 #30
are you happy to see me NJCher Sep 2025 #36
Job done . . . Aussie105 Sep 2025 #29
Who is this radical left they all talk about? Can they name someone who leads or is even a member? Bev54 Sep 2025 #32
They're talking about the Democratic Party and liberals on MSNBC. Crunchy Frog Sep 2025 #41
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