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Defend. Deny. Depose.

Words etched on bullets for billionaires

🌬️Mitch
Open Microphone
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8 min readDec 6, 2024

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I know you’ve seen this bit of news.

Was it a professional hit?

Over the last couple days an assassination took place in the middle of New York. It’s everywhere on the news and social media. The Wealthy CEO of an insurance company was brutally murdered on a busy morning sidewalk.

But on social media, though there are platitudes expressing empty thoughts and prayers, no one seems to be genuinely sorry for what looks like a professional hit that targeted a businessman.

What do you think about that? Given the past few months, I have to ask: how many murder attempts do we need before we discover a pattern?

Can you remember any other assassination attempts on businessmen? One guy in a red hat survived two.

I’m not virtue signaling or trying to be politically correct. Far from it. But I find it at the very least…interesting that people seem to be taking out their ire on the…

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🌬️Mitch
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Just the guy next door, glad to meet you. Pull up a chair let's stir the pot together. Reach me at: lacks@mail.com.

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