{"id":2436491,"date":"2025-05-19T14:08:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palm-springs-fertility-clinic-bombing-suspect-identified-he-left-behind-a-twisted-anti-christian-manifesto\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T14:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T18:08:48","slug":"palm-springs-fertility-clinic-bombing-suspect-identified-he-left-behind-a-twisted-anti-christian-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/palm-springs-fertility-clinic-bombing-suspect-identified-he-left-behind-a-twisted-anti-christian-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bombing Suspect Identified &#8211; He Left Behind a Twisted Anti-Christian Manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpalm-springs-fertility-clinic-bombing-suspect-identified-he-left-behind-a-twisted-anti-christian-manifesto%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2436491&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A bombing incident at a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, involved a 25-year-old suspect named Guy Edward Bartkus, who was killed in the explosion. the FBI reported that Bartkus left behind a manifesto with anti-Christian sentiments and nihilistic views, indicating it was a targeted act of terrorism. He expressed &#8220;pro-mortalist&#8221; and anti-natalist ideologies, advocating for the cessation of life to avoid suffering.Bartkus&#8217;s his beliefs were linked to the suicide of a close friend, which he described as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-professor-scorches-alvin-bragg-in-nyt-op-ed-calls-trial-historic-mistake-legal-embarrassment\/\" title=\"Legal Expert Criticizes Alvin Bragg in NYT Op-Ed, Labels Trial as &#039;Historic Mistake&#039; and &#039;Legal Embarrassment\">pivotal moment leading<\/a> to his decision to attack the clinic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/human-remains-found-in-minn-homicide-investigation-launched\/\" title=\"Human remains found in Minn., homicide investigation launched\">law enforcement noted<\/a> the complexity of the improvised explosive device used in the bombing, suggesting substantial planning was involved. Bartkus had a history of sharing his extremist views on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platforms<\/a>. His father expressed surprise at his son&#8217;s actions, recalling his compassionate nature in childhood.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The suspect in Saturday&rsquo;s bombing of a California fertility clinic left behind a manifesto containing anti-Christian views after he was killed in the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, California, &nbsp;was killed in the massive explosion when a car filled with explosives detonated outside of the American Reproductive Centers, a local IVF clinic, according to FBI Assistant Director Akil Davis of the Los Angeles Field Office.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The subject had nihilistic ideations and this was a targeted attack,&rdquo; Davis said during a media briefing, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/palm-springs-explosion-riverside-county-southern-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a>.&rdquo;We believe he was attempting to livestream it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Make no mistake, this is an intentional act of terrorism,&rdquo; Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>In his writings online, Davis expressed what the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desertsun.com\/story\/news\/local\/palm-springs\/2025\/05\/18\/guy-bartkus-palm-springs-fertility-clinic-bombing-suspect\/83710302007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palm Springs Desert Sun<\/a> called &ldquo;pro-mortalist&rsquo; &nbsp;ideologies, which argue that life should be ended as soon as possible because it only results in suffering and death, and &lsquo;anti-natalism,&rsquo; the belief that having children is unethical because it only exposes more people to future suffering and death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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A manifesto allegedly written by the man was posted online before the bombing.<\/p>\n<p>It has some similarities to the rantings of the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/30FaRJdoS0\">pic.twitter.com\/30FaRJdoS0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1923927309351886907?\">May 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A manifesto allegedly written by the man was posted online before the bombing. It has some similarities to the rantings of the far-left, who also hate Christianity and view being pro-life as fascist,&rdquo; journalist Andy Ngo <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1923927309351886907\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bartkus wrote online that the death of a woman named Sophie helped lead to the bombing, according to the Desert Sun.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Recently my best friend Sophie killed herself (she got the guy she was living with to shoot her while she was sleeping, her preferred method),&rdquo; Bartkus wrote.<\/p>\n<p>On April 20, Sophie Tinney, 27, in Fox Island, Washington, was shot to death. Her boyfriend, Lars Eugene Nelson, has been charged with second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I really knew how much it was going to affect me,&rdquo; Bartkus wrote under a heading that read, &ldquo;What finally put you over the edge?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bartkus said on his website that he and Tinney were both anti-sex, opposed to men, what he called &nbsp;&ldquo;VegAntinatalist,&rdquo; meaning vegan and against having children, &nbsp;(vegan and against procreation), and against suffering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Palm Springs, has been formally identified as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pro-abortion\/anti-natal suicide bomber<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bartkus was extremely active on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reddit?\">@Reddit<\/a>, like other recent violent extremist suspects. He posted regularly on the r\/antinatalism subreddit. A purported online&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jlOXIN4MfJ\">pic.twitter.com\/jlOXIN4MfJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1924174547999457359?\">May 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Richard Bartkus, Guy&rsquo;s father, said he had little contact with his son since a divorce from Guy&rsquo;s mother 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Guy had a good heart. He always looked out for people, especially children. I don&rsquo;t know what snapped,&rdquo; he said, relating a story that when Guy was 8, he started a fire that led to the loss of an adjacent shed and his family&rsquo;s house.<\/p>\n<p>CBS law enforcement analyst Richard Esposito said the IED used in the bombing, which extensively damaged the fertility clinic &ldquo;does require some planning and some skill to build.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, from Twentynine Palms, was killed when a car packed with explosives detonated outside the American Reproductive Centers IVF clinic. According to FBI Assistant Director Akil Davis, this was a deliberate act of terrorism and Bartkus had nihilistic beliefs. He reportedly intended to livestream the attack. His writings included &#8220;pro-mortalist&#8221; ideologies that advocate for ending life to avoid suffering and &#8220;anti-natalism,&#8221; which argues against having children due to potential future suffering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2436492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CA-Clinic-bombing-.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[55529,38154,55457,55458],"class_list":["post-2436491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-christian-manifesto","tag-bombing-suspect","tag-fertility-clinic","tag-palm-springs"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CA-Clinic-bombing-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2436491"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436495,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2436491\/revisions\/2436495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2436492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2436491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2436491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2436491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}