‘WAKE UP!’ Read the Trump Hotel Bomber’s Chilling Messages Calling on ‘Militias’ to ‘Purge’ D.C. of Democrats
By: Kipp Jones (Mediaite)
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Kipp JonesJan 3rd, 2025, 9:46 pm Twitter share button
Police say the man who detonated a Tesla Cybertruck on Wednesday morning in front of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas called on Americans to use violence if necessary to get Democrats out of power.
Seven people were hurt in the blast that investigators said 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger planned for days and carried out just as he took his own life with a firearm.
According to KLAS, the Las Vegas CBS affiliate, Livelsberger left behind two notes police were able to recover from phones and a laptop in the burned-out vehicle. In those notes, which investigators made available, the Green Beret called on fellow service members and anyone else who believed the country was on the wrong track to engage in a "purge" of the country's capital. The decorated combat veteran specifically called on Democrats to be culled from Washington.
One note, which KLAS reported police confirmed was left behind on a "note-taking application," Livelsberger allegedly wrote:
Fellow Servicemembers, Veterans, and all Americans,
TIME TO WAKE UP!
We are being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves.
Military and vets move on DC starting now. Militias facilitate and augment this activity.
Occupy every major road along fed buildings and the campus of fed buildings by the hundreds of thousands.
Lock the highways around down with semis right after everybody gets in. Hold until the purge is complete.
Try peaceful means first, but be prepared to fight to get the Dems out of the fed government and military by any means necessary. They all must go and a hard reset must occur for our country to avoid collapse.
-MSG Matt Livelsberger 18Z, 10th Special Forces Group
In a separate note published by KLAS that police made public, Livelsberger was said to have laid out the bleak way in which he viewed the world. The message potentially reveals the mindset of a man who resented the country's wealthy and the direction of its culture.
Livelsberger praised President-elect Donald Trump and Trump allies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk. He also wrote critically of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The full and unedited message reads:
We are the United States of America, the best country people to ever exist! But right now we are terminally ill and headed toward collapse.
We are crumbling because of a lack of self respect, morales, and respect for others. Greed and gluttony has consumed us. The top 1% decided long ago they weren't going to bring everyone else with them. You are cattle to them.
We have strayed from family values and corrupted our minds and I am a prime example of having it all but it never being enough.
A lot of us are just sitting around waiting to die. No sunlight, no steps, no fresh air, no hope. Our children are addicted to screens by the age of two. We are filling our bodies with processed foods. Our population is too fat to join the military yet we are facing a war with China, Russia, North Korea and Iran before 2030.
We must take these actions if we are going to make it past the next few years in one piece:
We must end the war in Ukraine with negotiated settlement. It is the only way.
Focus on strength and winning. Masculinity is good and men must be leaders. Strength is a deterrent and fear is the product.
Weeded out those in our government and military who do not idealize #2.
The income inequality in this country and cost-of-living is outrageous. The number of homeless on our street is embarrassing and disgusting. Have some pride and take care of this.
Stop obsessing over diversity. We are all diverse and DEl is a cancer.
Thankfully we rejected the DEl candidate and will have a real President instead of Weekend at Bernie's.
We must move on from the culture of weakness and self enrichment perpetuated by our senior political and military leaders. We are done with the blatant corruption. Our soldiers are done fighting wars without end states or clear objectives.
This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wake up call. Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives? Why did I personally do it now? I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.
Consider this last sunset of '24 and my actions the end of our sickness and a new chapter of health for our people. Rally around the Trump, Musk, Kennedy, and ride this wave to the highest hegemony for all Americans! We are second to no one.
Watch above via KLAS.
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Well, the Pete Hegseths of the world can at least say he wasn't "woke."
I will assume this guy was sincere and his death is a sorrow. But he was misled by Trump. MAGA is not the answer to the nations troubles, and Trump doesnt give a single damn about "income inequality". Income inequality is the air Trump breathes.
I agree. Average income for a Federal employee is about $107,000. Average income for a regular US citizen is about $38,000.
Lets fix that income inequality toot sweet.
Sparty
What does that have to do with the average income for a Federal Employee?
Something tells me your fix is to put them all on unemployment.
Something tells me you don’t know what you are talking about
Do tell then. The disparity you speak of will be fixed how?
That’s John’s problem, ask him. He’s the one concerned about income inequality. See #1 above.
“Lets fix that income inequality toot sweet.”
Apparently you are also concerned, since those are your words. So how would you propose we fix it … toot sweet? You guys won, so now you have to govern.
I didn’t stutter. Are you afraid of him?
Interesting.
Afraid of who and what is interesting? Did you just glitch? I’ll chalk that up to some bad AI coding.
What does that have to do with the average income for a Federal Employee?
WellI would have thought it was obvious, but I will clarify the largest majority of "federal employees" is the U.S. military so their salaries are certainly relevant to your statistic. The average you give is greatly distorted by the salaries of the very highest paid federal employee but the gap between the military and the "regular citizen" you reference is much more relevant
Reading comprehension. Do it.
Not obvious.
Military is not included in the number I gave you. They are not considered federal employees in this calculation. If they were the income number would be much lower. A lot more Privates making 24k than Generals making 200k plus.
A lot more.
If you were an authority of reading comprehension you’d just answer the simple questions posed to you. Clearly that will never happen.
Military are federal employees contrary to another opinion. They are paid by the Department of Defense (DFAS) who in turn is a cabinet position of the United States Executive Branch
Doesn't pass the smell test, or any other test.
Why would a special forces operative (who could have constructed an explosive device that brought down half of the Trump International Hotel at least), who is supposedly a rabid supporter of Trump (who is close to Musk, who will be a key part of making up policy for the Trump administration)- drive a Tesla truck to Las Vegas and set it off at a Trump establishment?
Where were the posts all over social media like the Bourbon St terrorist stating his goals?
The only evidence recovered and released were two messages reconstructed from the fire damaged cell phone and lap top inside the truck.
The information is rapidly released from the same law enforcement agencies that have been extra tight lipped about two of Trump assassins; that came the closest to getting the job done.
I have heard the BS that the vet had PTSD (which he may have). But he still should have been smart enough not to rely on the FBI and law enforcement to release his messages. Both which could have been easily posted all across social media before he killed himself and set off his "bomb". No chance for anyone to stop it; or him from still going on with his deranged plan. It would have been out there for the world to see- and reposted and shared millions of times by both sides of the political spectrum.
When it comes to credibility the federal government and law enforcement acting on their behalf have none.
Convenient this occurred right as the FBI/Law enforcement is taking it on the chin for the Bourbon St terrorist attack.
Maybe he didn't want to?
I think his goals were obvious. Kill as many as he could in the shortest amount of time. Thank christ his bombs didn't work.
Oh, yeah....I think he had a problem with the United States being the Great Satan. There's only one Great Satan in this country
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Matthew Livelsberger's unhinged 'suicide note' explaining why he blew up Cybertruck outside Trump...
Nic White 13-16 minutes 1/3/2025
Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger claims China is stalking the US with advanced drones launched from submarines in an unhinged suicide email.
Two other notes recorded on his phone and recovered by police made clear his motive was not terrorism or violence, just to draw attention to his manifesto.
The former Green Beret and still active soldier shot himself in the head seconds before an improvised explosive detonated in the back of his rented truck.
Explosive blast injured seven bystanders when it went off outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Livelsberger sent the suicide email or 'manifesto' to retired US Army intelligence officer Sam Shoemate shortly before the bombing.
The email claimed the mysterious drones seen flying over New Jersey and sometimes other parts of the east coast were Chinese weapons.
Livelsberger warned they could be well armed, attack anywhere, and were 'most dangerous threat to national security that has ever existed'.
Investigators probed if the bombing was connected to the terrorist attack in New Orleans, or if it was motivated by Livelsberger's personal issues.
. . .
The FBI said in a press conference on Friday afternoon that he acted alone and his behavior was fueled by PTSD and various personal grievances.
'Although this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide, involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who is struggling with PTSD and other issues,' Spencer Evans, special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas division, said.
Las Vegas police also shared excerpts from two other writings, recorded in the notes app on his phone, that indicated the bombing was to get attention for his concerns.
'We (the US) are terminally ill and headed towards collapse. This was not a terrorist attack, it was a wakeup call,' the letter read.
'Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence - what better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives.
'Why did I personally do it now? I need to cleanse my mind, the brothers I've lost, and relieve myself of the burden of the lives that I took.'
Las Vegas Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren said another letter listed 'a variety of other grievances and issues, some political, some personal, a variety of other things which we will do our best to release very quickly'.
Part of it told veterans and Americans it was 'time to wake up, we are are being led by weak and feckless leadership who only serve to enrich themselves'.
Livelsberger, a former Green Beret and active US Army Ranger, shot himself in the head seconds before an improvised explosive detonated in the back of his rented truck
Photos shared of Livelsberger from his days in the military
A photo of Livelsberger in camouflage gear and a drone, which was the area he was working in when he died
The email sent to Shoemate, which the FBI said it believed to be from Livelsberger, made even more fanciful claims and portents of doom.
'What we have been seeing with 'drones' is the operational use of gravatic (sic) propulsion systems powered aircraft by most recently China in the east coast, but throughout history, the US. Only we and China have this capacity,' the email read.
'China has been launching them from the Atlantic from submarines for years, but this activity recently has picked up.
'As of now, it is just a show of force and they are using it similar to how they used the balloon for sigint (signals intelligence) and isr (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), which are also part of the integrated comms system.
'There are dozens of those balloons in the air at any given time.
'The so what is because of the speed and stealth of these unmanned AC, they are the most dangerous threat to national security that has ever existed.
'They basically have unlimited payload capacity and can park it over the [White House] if they wanted. It's checkmate.
'USG needs to give the history of this, how we are employing it and weaponizing it, how China is employing them and what the way forward is.
'China is poised to attack anywhere in the east coast.'
. . .
UAPs spotted off New Jersey coast as drones mystery deepens
The email claimed the mysterious drones seen flying over New Jersey and sometimes other parts of the east coast were Chinese weapons
Livelsberger also claimed he was being 'followed' by authorities because he helped cover up 'war crimes' in Afghanistan.
'I've been followed for over a week now from likely homeland or FBI, and they are looking to move on me and are unlikely going to let me cross into Mexico, but won't because they know I am armed and I have a massive VBIED,' it claimed.
VBIED stands for vehicle-borne improvised explosive device - which is what detonated at the front of the hotel.
'I've been trying to maintain a very visible profile and have kept my phone and they are definitely digitally tracking me,' the email continued.
'I have knowledge of this program and also war crimes that were covered up during airstrikes in Nimruz province Afghanistan in 2019 by the admin, DoD, DEA and CIA.
'I conducted targeting for these strikes of over 125 buildings (65 were struck because of CIVCAS [civilian casualty]) that killed hundreds of civilians in a single day.
'USFORA (the command that conducted airstrike in Afghanistan) continued strikes after spotting civilians on initial ISR, it was supposed to take 6 minutes and scramble all aircraft in CENTCOM.
'The UN basically called these war crimes, but the administration made them disappear. I was part of that cover-up with USFORA and Agent [Redacted] of the DEA. So I don't know if my abduction attempt is related to either.
. . .
Tesla Cybertruck explodes in front of Trump hotel in Las Vegas
Livelsberger with his squad during what appeared to be military training
'I worked with GEN Millers 10 staff on this as well as the response to Bala Murghab. AOB-S Commander at the time. [Redacted] can validate this.'
Livelsberger's account of the mission correlates with a 2019 UN report criticizing the airstrikes as unlawful.
The report said a UN investigation verified 39 civilian casualties including 14 children and one woman at more than 60 sites that the US claimed were drug production facilities.
The UN was also working to verify another 32 civilian casualties in the May 5, 2019, strikes, the majority of which were women and children.
Livelsberger's email concluded: 'You need to elevate this to the media so we avoid a world war because this is a mutually assured destruction situation.'
Shoemate said he received the email on December 31 and turned it over to the FBI, but later chose to release it on his friend Shawn Ryan's podcast on Friday.
Ryan, a former US Navy Seal in 1994 to 2016 and CIA contractor, is now an author and runs a podcast similar in style to Joe Rogan.
'I knew taking this public would insert me into the 'glowy boi' conspiracy cycle, especially since I'm an intelligence officer,' Shoemate wrote on Twitter.
'I had no choice. Dude dumped it in my inbox. When I saw his name in the news, I had little choice but to hand it over to the feds.
'I knew the FBI wouldn't release it, or at least without an agenda attached, so I took it to Shawn Ryan because he has the platform to handle the magnitude of this information and will do so as objectively as possible.'
Shoemate said he received the email on December 31 and turned it over to the FBI, but later chose to release it on his friend Shawn Ryan's (pictured) podcast on Friday
The contents of the Cybertruck's tray, where the bomb was stored and detonated
Surveillance footage of Livelsberger driving the Cybertruck in Las Vegas
The email tried to verify that it came from Livelsberger himself by including details about his life only he would know.
They included his first car being a 2006 Black Ford Mustang V6 and 'I have an active TSSCI with UAP USAP access'. Shoemate was not sure what that meant.
Evans said the FBI believed the email to have been written and sent by Livelsberger, but had not yet conclusively proven that to be the case.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill said police were aware of the email for some time, but had not yet verified its authenticity.
'We still have not completely gone all the way through that and verified that entirely,' he said.
'While I understand all of that is out there, I believe it is our responsibility to give you what we know to be a fact, and that is what I will continue to do.'
McMahill said Livelsberger was a highly decorated soldier who served five tours of combat and was suffering from PTSD.
'They're exposed to things, they see things, they hear things, they feel things, and they smell things that most normal people don't have to do,' he said.
'And the heroes that are serving in the military and on the front lines of America's policing are challenged that way.'
Livelsberger was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with Valor, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with Valor and three Army Commendation Medals
Livelsberger was a master sergeant attached to Special Operations Command and on leave from the military at the time of his death.
He was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with Valor, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal with Valor and three Army Commendation Medals.
Livelsberger left his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on December 30 and arrived in Las Vegas about an hour before the bomb exploded.
He rented the Cybertruck from its owner in Denver through the Turo car-sharing platform - the same website used by the New Orleans terrorist.
The FBI said he acted alone and there was no link to the attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people celebrating New Year's Eve at 3.15am on Wednesday.
'We know we have a bombing, absolutely, and it's a bombing that certainly has factors that raise concern,' Evans said.
'It's not lost on us that it's in front of the Trump building, that it's a Tesla vehicle. But we don't have information at this point that definitively tells us or suggests it was because of this particular ideology or any of the reasoning behind it.'
. . .
The route Livelsberger took from where he rented the Cybertruck in Denver, and stops along the way to Las Vegas
Local police also showed video of Livelsberger at charging stations and other stops on his route from Denver to Las Vegas.
They said one of the phone notes was called 'surveillance logs' and was 'more of a journal' that covered his activities in the 10 days before before the bombing.
Police said the 'journal' matched with CCTV and reports of his activities on the route to Las Vegas, including buying guns and camping equipment.
They also revealed the exact way Livelsberger took his own life seconds before the blast, as determined by the medical examiner.
They said he put a pistol in his mouth and fired, with the bullet exiting out the left side of his head, killing him instantly.
Special Agent Evans reiterated that there was no connection between Livelsberger's bombing and the New Orleans terrorist attack.
He said there was no communication of any kind between Livelsberger and the ISIS terrorist Shamsud Din Jabbar, and any similarities were coincidental.
A gun damaged by the blast and resulting fire that Livelsberger bought on the way
Investigators comb through the Cybertruck wreck and debris surrounding it
Pieces of the Cybertruck and its contents extracted from the wreck
They included Jabbar and Livelsberger both being military veterans, and renting their cars through Turo and using Airbnb.
'We've identified no telephonic or email communication between the subjects. No information that suggests that they knew each other,' he said.
'That they ever served in the same unit, that they were ever assigned at the same place at the same time and had interaction, and no witness interviews have cooborated or provided any information that the two events are connected in any way.
'We have not identified any connection between this subject, and any terrorist organization.'
Evans said Livelsberger, whose family and friends repeatedly said he was a huge fan of Donald Trump, held 'no animosity towards the president-elect'.
'He likely suffered from PTSD and we are aware that there were potential other family issues or personal grievances in his own life that may have been contributing factors,' he said.
His views, IMO, are all over the place
So he is acknowledging "war crimes" committed by the Trump administration. Thats gotta sting Trump.
This guy had so much confidence in Donald Trump that he killed himself before Trump even takes office. At least he won’t have to face the ensuing embarrassment of how fucking wrong he was.
Could it be that the guy was simply out of touch with reality, perhaps damaged by the service and situations he was placed in by his service to our country?
Every act of idiocy is not a conspiracy
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar!
But when is a cigar not just a cigar?
:Monica Lewinsky
Another example of the inexplicable cult-like phenomenon of Trump. This soldier takes the most extreme measures (kills himself) in protest and his reasoning is an indictment of Trump and the Trump-infected GOP yet he sees it only applying to Biden and the Ds.
It is indeed crazy talk yet this guy actually believed this. What on Earth can this nation do if so many people literally believe Trump is actually a force of good for this nation in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary?
This person was not well. Kinda like another who shot up a Republican softball practice.
It has little to do with this politician or that. It’s mental illness
One who kills oneself is not well ... almost by definition.
But he stated perceptions that are shared by tens of millions. It is beyond mere partisanship — it is cultish to believe that Trump cares about the American people and that he is going to deliver on the many absurd promises he made. But they will wind up buying whatever bullshit spin he puts on his failures to deliver.
For example, if he goes through with his tariff idiocy, it is not at all clear that his supporters will hold him accountable for the subsequent increase in prices and reduced availability.
This soldier is not the only partisan who believes the other side is 'the problem' for our nation and is blind to the fact that Trump and cronies are much worse.
You’re gonna find out. I doubt any words will be taken back when Trump triggered revelations being parroted here daily don’t come true.
If Trump imposes his stated across-the-board tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, do you think prices and availability will be negatively affected; do you approve of this act?
Too simplistic of an analysis.
One must first weigh potential positives of revitalizing local business/industry and jobs. Also realignment of trade unbalances. Which are significant in some cases.
To allude that proposed tariffs would only hurt Americans is just simplistic but yes. There might be some pain involved in higher costs and less available. One would think that wouldn’t a big deal since I’ve heard little about higher costs the last four years. Interesting that some folks are suddenly concerned about it now when they weren’t before.
Interesting indeed.
What a load of crap. You offer generalities and ignore the fact that we are talking about an across-the-board tariff of 25%/10%. This is not a targeted tariff seeking to protect a particular industry for a specific period of time. Further, Trump did not try to negotiate, he is trying to (stupidly) bully trade partners. This has and will continue to blow up in his (and thus our) face.
It is not simplistic, it is well-established cause and effect. Again, pay attention to what we are talking about: an across-the-board tariff of 25%/10%. You are yet again engaging in the 'no big deal' defense for Trump by ignoring the specifics and ignoring well-established causal relationships.
Well once again we disagree on virtually everything you said. Your analysis is still sophomoric at best.
My comments as usual, stand as is.
Yet again you make general unsupported claims and merely declare you are right rather than offer a rebuttal with substance.
One would be hard pressed to find a credible expert who would endorse a gratuitous 25/10% across-the-board tariff on Canada, Mexico, and China. In contrast, one can easily find plenty of well-founded criticism of this brain-dead stupid move.
More bullshit. My rebuttal is already there. Your “analysis” talks about things that haven’t even happened yet.
Hilarous!
It's really unbelievable that any Trumper actually believes pasty faced nerd South African Musk is "manly". Trump wears make-up and clearly is no specimen of macho by any masculine standards. These spoiled baby oligarch billionaires have zero intention of making America great. They used patriotic symbols and talk to con the masses into buying a total delusion.
On my worst days I'm more manly than Musk or trmp....but I don't wear make up