How Did David DePape Get into the Pelosis' House?

And why aren't we supposed to ask?

First things first: Paul Pelosi is currently in the hospital recovering from his attack, and here’s wishing him a speedy recovery. It sounds horrible and I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. Crime in America is spiraling out of control.

Now…

The Pelosis are worth somewhere north of $100 million. Nancy Pelosi is the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and second in the line of presidential succession. You’re telling me her husband Paul was alone in a house with no security or surveillance cameras? This lunatic David DePape just walked right up to the house and broke in?

I’ve got other questions. The initial report was that DePape was in his underwear when the police caught him beating Pelosi with a hammer. Now we’re told that’s not true.

Evan Sernoffsky @EvanSernoffsky

I’m now told by other sources that DePape was NOT dressed only in his underwear. Working to clarify https://t.co/pkierHW3ZO

Wait, what? How do you get that detail wrong? Did it come from the police? I can understand misremembering the color of his pants. But the cops couldn’t tell whether he was wearing any?

And then there’s this:

Tom Winter @Tom_Winter

MORE: The SFPD also says that there were only TWO people inside the Pelosi home (Paul Pelosi and DePape) when they responded, clarifying statements made at Friday’s press conference which seemed to indicate there was a third person inside the home who opened the door. (2/2)

Okay, I’m just trying to picture the scene that the two responding officers saw: They entered the Pelosi home, found DePape attacking Pelosi, and stopped him.

How did they get into the house? Did they break down the door? Was it unlocked, or already open? Did DePape or Pelosi open it?

The story is that the police encountered DePape in the middle of beating Pelosi. So if DePape opened the door for them… why? Or if Pelosi opened the door for them… how?

I see a lot of people speculating that this was some sort of lovers’ quarrel, or a Grindr date gone wrong, or something along those lines. Doesn’t seem likely to me, but is it really outside the realm of possibility? Are you a homophobe? I thought we were supposed to accept all genders and preferences and whatnot. It’s 2022.

As for the claim that DePape is some sort of MAGA QAnon guy, and this attack is evidence of the ever-present evil of those Republican Party Nazis…

New York Post @nypost

Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape lived in a school bus trib.al/7yBQR7L

Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD

And, as I discovered yesterday, DePape lived with a notorious local nudist in a Berkeley home, complete with a Black Lives Matter sign in the window and an LGBT rainbow flag, emblazoned with a marijuana symbol, hanging from a tree.

John McCormack @McCormackJohn

Man who violently attacked Paul Pelosi wrote on a blog last week that “an invisible fairy attacked an acquaintance and sometimes appeared to him in the form of a bird”

washingtonpost.comAlleged assailant filled blog with delusional thoughts in days before Pelosi attackSan Francisco Bay area resident David DePape wrote that an invisible fairy had attacked an acquaintance and sometimes appeared to him in the form of a bird.

San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle

NEW: The ex-girlfriend of David DePape, the suspect in the Paul Pelosi attack, says that mental illness and drug use caused him to deteriorate so profoundly that he grew convinced that “he was Jesus for a year.”

trib.alEx-girlfriend of suspect in Paul Pelosi attack says he struggled with mental illness, drugs, believed he was ‘Jesus for a year’Oxane “Gypsy” Taub, the imprisoned longtime partner of David DePape, the suspect in...

I dunno, sounds like a typical San Francisco resident to me. Blaming Republicans for this is grasping at straws. But WaPo and the NYT and the rest have gotten their marching orders, I guess.

Oh, one last question: Presumably the responding officers had body cams. Showing us the footage would shut down all these conspiracy theories, wouldn’t it?

Hello? Anybody?

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jimtreacher.substack.com @jtLOL

Day 426 of Americans stranded in Afghanistan.

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Here’s another crime victim:

John Fetterman @JohnFetterman

This happened last night on a farm in deep red Lawrence County. There is no place for violence and intimidation in politics. Our campaign is about bringing people together and rejecting hate + extremism. All Pennsylvanians should feel safe to show their political support.

I’ve got questions about this one too:

1. Who took the photo?

2. How long does it take to burn down a sign that size?

3. Did the person who took the photo see who did it? The culprit couldn’t have gotten far, right?

4. Did the Fetterman campaign go to the police about this act of violence and intimidation? If not, why not?

5. Does anybody in the whole entire world actually buy this obvious hoax?

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There’s nothing better than bad things happening to bad people:

Washington Examiner @dcexaminer

Chris Cuomo in search of new time slot amid sinking ratings: Report

washex.amChris Cuomo in search of new time slot amid sinking ratings: ReportNewsNation’s Chris Cuomo is searching for solutions to the dismal ratings of his weekday 8 p.m. show.

Hi, Chris! So, you’ve been at your new job for four weeks and you’re already failing? Oof. I dunno what to tell ya, paisan. Maybe it’s a branding issue. Maybe the Cuomo name ain’t what it used to be. Maybe it’s time to change it. How about…

Corleone?

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Ladies and gentlemen: the Master of Horror.

Stephen King @StephenKing

$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I’m gone like Enron.

I guess you could say Mr. King is taking a... STAND. He’s sick of... IT. He’s feeling some... RAGE. He’s gonna take a... LONG WALK. His timeline is about to be a lot... THINNER. He’s a bewildered old man, and being thwarted fills him with... MISERY. Etc.

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Streaming Pick: The Devil’s Hour on Prime Video.

Peter Capaldi playing a creepy crank who has an unusual relationship with time? That’s new!

But seriously, this is an ingenious little mystery/horror/sci-fi show, with a premise that’s not quite like anything I’ve seen before. Kind of like Minority Report meets Groundhog Day. The more I think about how the world of the show functions, the less sense it makes. But it really messes with my head, which I don’t mind, and it ain’t boring. It’s not just another “mystery box” show where random crap keeps happening because the writers have no idea where the story is going.

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Capaldi is great, as usual. And Jessica Raine, who I’d never seen before, is absolutely terrific as a young mother who gradually discovers that her life isn’t at all what she thought it was. I don’t want to give away more than that. Check it out.

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Happy Halloween, I guess? Every year, this holiday becomes more and more like Christmas. There’s so much hype that by the time the actual day comes around, I’m already sick of it. Here, take your dang candy and get out of my face.

1. I’m looking at you, JJ.