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The Gender Jonestown Is Here

Death cult turns deadly

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Matt Osborne
Aug 28, 2025
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Robin Westman, a 23 year-old transgender-identified man, fired on Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota this morning with a rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol, killing two children and wounding 17 others before taking his own life.

Police Chief Brian O’Hara told reporters that Westman fired through the church windows during a mass for children attending the adjacent Catholic school. O’Hara says that although Westman may have entered the church, “I don’t believe we’ve located any casings inside the building.”

In a 20-minute video posted to his YouTube channel, and now deleted by the service, Westman focuses his camera on the handwritten pages of a manifesto as he flips through it, speaking madly in tones ranging from inaudible whispers to angry cursing.

Another video shows a shooting target with Jesus on the head of the silhouette. Westman displays slogans he has put on his ammunition magazines with a paint pen: “Where is your God?” reads one. “Kill Trump now!” reads another…

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