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[SVPete]

Austin bar mass shooter possibly motivated by Iran attacks, Quran found in car as FBI eyes terrorism after 2 killed, 14 injured

https://nypost.com/2026/03/01/us-news/austin-mass-shooter-possibly-motivated-by-iran-attacks-quran-found-in-car-as-fbi-eyes-terrorism/

The fiend behind Sunday’s bloodbath at a packed Austin bar was an ex-New York City resident wearing a “Property of Allah’’ hoodie — and possibly out for vengeance over the US attack on Iran, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

Texas shooter Ndiaga Diagne, 53, had a Quran in his car and was possibly also wearing an undershirt featuring the Iranian flag or other Iranian symbols when he opened fire on Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden near the University of Texas-Austin campus, according to sources familiar with the investigation.

Diagne, a US citizen originally from Senegal, was naturalized in 2013 and applied for asylum in 2016, sources said.
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The gunman was a known emotionally disturbed person in both the Big Apple and Texas, sources said.

He also had a history of arrests in New York City and Texas. He is believed to have lived in the Big Apple for years, arriving in 2000 and then racking up a string of arrests between 2001 to 2016, sources said.
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The attack happened about 2 a.m. — closing time for the popular nightspot — as hundreds of people were leaving to head home.

Diagne’s large SUV was spotted traveling around the block several times before he stopped in front of the bar and began shooting out of his front window with a pistol, hitting patrons on the front patio, according to Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis.

He then parked his car, got out and began shooting at people walking by on the street, the chief said.

Police confronted the shooter within less than a minute of the first gunshot at an intersection on 6th Street and shot him, cops said.

Two victims and the shooter died at the scene. First responders rushed 14 other patients to nearby hospitals, three of whom were in critical condition.

The guy had a criminal record from 2001 through at least 2016. Why in Hades was he not deported instead of naturalized?! Oh yeah, Obama.

[SVPete]

Vanguard, World’s 2nd Largest Fund Manager, Settles Coal Lawsuit With States

https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/vanguard-worlds-2nd-largest-fund-manager-settles-coal-lawsuit-with-states-5992001?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReport&src_src=partner&src_cmp=BonginoReport

The longstanding movement to compel corporations to pursue climate and social-justice goals faced a significant setback with the Feb. 26 settlement by Vanguard, the world’s second-largest asset manager, of a lawsuit by 11 state attorneys general, alleging illegal collusion against the coal industry.

Since its origins within the United Nations in 2004, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) industry has risen to become a powerful tool to influence corporate behavior, often with the support of institutional asset managers that were dominant shareholders in many, if not most, S&P 500 companies. The lawsuit being brought by conservative state AGs charged the “Big Three” asset managers, BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, with “conspiring to artificially constrict the market for coal through anticompetitive trade practices,” according to a statement from the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who led the effort.

Enviro-Fascists hardest hit.