I don't think the first was a drone. Earlier reporting was that they wanted to test the laser by the airport, FAA said no. They started shooting at things anyway and came up with the balloon answer when first questioned by the press. There's no proof of a trespassing balloon or any otherl object as far as I know, though I imagine they would send up targets when test-firing. This seems like they got trigger happy again but since nobody at any of these agencies knows what the fuck they're doing, they shot someone's equipment out of the sky. Could have easily been a small plane instead.
Saw someone who's a web developer explain it. It's an error from the department tasked with transcribing/archiving them. Something about a line-break being misread and replacing characters when it shouldn't. Kind of like when you see "&&" and junk like that.
What has been "low key" about any maga stuff? They are the loudest motherfuckers. The biggest crybabies. Why would you believe a single word of their after-the-fact excuses? It's always "I didn't think that meant me!" or "I just wanted those people to pay, not the ones I like". They are lifelong self appointed victims and want everyone else to suffer. Fuck them.
Some brand at CES this year boasted about having done this to quash negative side effects of their drug they were marketing. It's already known in the industry.
It's indicative of the fact that they are always this wrong and if it's a topic you aren't that familiar with you'll likely be told some nonsense that sounds rational.
I assumed they'd turn up in the Epstein files. He funded tons of adjacent shit.