Timcast IRL · August 29, 2025 · 2h 0m
Corporate Press Refuses To Mention Minneapolis Shooter Was Trans w/ Amber Duke
Featuring: Amber Duke
Episode Recap
Tim Pool hosted Timcast IRL on August 29, 2025, with co-hosts discussing the corporate media's refusal to report that the Minneapolis church shooter, Robin Westman, identified as transgender. The episode opened with ad reads for Chumba Casino and Cast Brew Coffee before diving into the main story. Tim and the panel analyzed the New York Post reporting on Westman's manifesto, where he confessed being tired of being trans and wishing he had never 'brainwashed' himself. The discussion examined how major outlets including the New York Times omitted the shooter's trans identity despite it being central to understanding the attack. The panel debated whether this was politically motivated or spiritually/demonically influenced, touching on decentralized radicalization groups like Order of the Nine Angles and Telegram-based grooming networks that aim for violence without ideological motivation. The conversation explored the media's selective reporting and the broader implications for understanding such tragedies.
TL;DR
- →Timcast IRL discussed corporate media's refusal to mention Minneapolis church shooter Robin Westman's trans identity despite it being central to the attack
- →Westman's manifesto revealed he was 'tired of being trans' and wished he 'never brainwashed' himself into transitioning
- →Major news outlets including the New York Times omitted key facts about the shooter's gender identity from their coverage
- →Panel debated whether the attack was ideologically, spiritually, or psychologically motivated, mentioning occult groups like Order of the Nine Angles
- →Discussion covered decentralized radicalization networks on Telegram that groom individuals toward violence without political ideology
- →Guest Amber Duke and co-hosts analyzed media bias and the implications of omitting relevant shooter identity information
Key Moments
- 0:00Ad Reads and OpeningChumba Casino and Cast Brew Coffee ads, introduction of Amber Duke as guest and co-hosts Mary Morgan and Philibonte
- 2:48Main Story IntroductionTim introduces the Minneapolis church shooting and media's omission of the shooter's trans identity
- 3:21Shooter Manifesto DetailsReading from Westman's manifesto confession about being tired of being trans and wishing he never transitioned
- 5:49Guest AnalysisAmber Duke discusses political point-scoring and the need to understand the full context before drawing conclusions
- 7:19Radicalization DiscussionPanel discusses decentralized occult groups and Telegram radicalization networks targeting individuals toward violence
- 9:30Media Bias DebateAnalysis of why corporate media omits key facts about shooters' identities and what this reveals about journalistic standards
Notable Quotes
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— Tim Pool · opening ad read for Chumba Casino
“Corporate media is avoiding all mention of the Minneapolis massacre shooter being trans and all that entails. Major news outlets avoided or failed to report that the killer who massacred Catholic students at the Annunciation Church and school in Minneapolis on Wednesday identified as transgender.”
— Tim Pool · main story introduction
“He confessed that he was tired of being trans and wished he'd never brainwashed himself. I only keep the long hair because it's pretty much my last shred of being trans. I'm tired of being trans. I wish I never brainwashed myself.”
— Tim Pool · reading from shooter's manifesto
“I just have a gut feeling that the trans aspect of this, while it is important to talk about and is not to be discounted for one combination, factor in why this happened, it does not explain the whole story. I don't think this was a politically or ideologically motivated attack. I think it is spiritual in nature. It's definitely demonic.”
— Amber Duke · guest analysis on the attack
“There's definitely something that rings to me like this person was communicating with a group or maybe a decentralized fragmentation of groups, including ones that I've just heard about in recent weeks, which includes 764 and Order of the Nine Angles, 09A.”
— Tim Pool · discussing radicalization networks
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About the Guests
Amber Duke is the senior editor at the Daily Caller, co-host of Hills Rising and Reason's Free Media podcast. She appeared as the episode's guest to discuss media coverage of the Minneapolis church shooting and corporate press refusal to report the shooter's trans identity.