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Three Explosive Devices Sent to Clintons, Obama and CNN Offices
Explosive devices were sent to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as to CNN's offices in New York, sparking an intense investigation on Wednesday into whether a bomber is going after targets that have often been the subject of right-wing ire.
A law enforcement official said the three devices were similar to one found Monday at the home of George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist and liberal donor.
[...] The device sent to CNN was contained in a manila envelope addressed to John Brennan, who was the C.I.A. director in the Obama administration and is a harsh critic of Mr. Trump. The president revoked Mr. Brennan's security clearance in what was seen as an act of retribution. The return address bore the name of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida congresswoman who formerly headed the Democratic National Committee.
In a statement, the White House condemned "the attempted violent attacks."
Update 1: The explosive devices have been described as pipe bombs. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says that a device was also sent to his office.
Update 2:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's spokesman has identified the device sent to his office, originally believed to be suspicious, as a thumb drive containing files on the far right group Proud Boys. It does not appear to be related to the explosive devices.
[...] Another suspicious package has been intercepted at a Congressional mail screening facility in Capitol Heights, Maryland, according to CNN. [...] ABC News reported the package was addressed to Rep. Maxine Waters, a California Democrat.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @05:54PM (31 children)
Are you going to deal with this: by NPC-131072 (7144) on Wednesday October 24, @05:15PM (#753118)
Clearly a bad faith troll at the very least. Likely a paid troll, dropping disqus like quips and spam all over the place.
Do you plan on allowing soylent news to turn into disqus?
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by takyon on Wednesday October 24 2018, @05:58PM (8 children)
1. Who the fuck are you talking to, exactly?
2. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/npc-wojak [knowyourmeme.com]
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(Score: 1, Funny) by NPC-131072 on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:10PM
That was NPC-131073 (7147) posting anon, clearly a Russian bot pushing right wing nutjobbery.
#Resist
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:08PM (6 children)
I know what the meme is.
So we're going to let people create accounts specifically for the purpose of spamming memes?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by takyon on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:18PM
An account is just a name and a login. Anyone can make one. What someone actually does with an account is subject to the moderation system.
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(Score: 4, Funny) by insanumingenium on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:47PM (4 children)
The irony of the day is officially an AC bitching about registering in order to spam memes.
AC, you didn't create an account and still get to waste our time. Why is it more heinous if you create an account to do it with?
(Score: 2, Informative) by crafoo on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:04PM
logic hard. orange man bad. grrrrr.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:14PM (2 children)
You should know better by now than to try logic on idiots. It almost never works.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by insanumingenium on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:31PM (1 child)
If anything I was enjoying my first real belly laugh of the day, and wanted to make sure the kids in the back of the class got to enjoy it too.
Don't worry, I won't read too much into the fact that you are trying to apply logic to me despite your own advice.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:16AM
That wasn't logic, it was wisdom that anyone over the age of majority should have acquired long since. This, however, is a slightly veiled insult.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by insanumingenium on Wednesday October 24 2018, @05:59PM
Feel free to mod him troll.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:07PM (17 children)
Nope - I'm not going to deal with NPC-whateverthefuck. Soylent cannot turn into disqus for multiple reasons. Among those reasons, we don't pay our staff. We just work them to death, then toss their bodies aside to make room for new staff.
Any other questions?
(Score: 3, Funny) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:26PM (6 children)
What's done with the discarded bodies? Can we bid on them?
This sig for rent.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:44PM
I never thought of that. Bid twenty or thirty bucks on a cadaver - for what? Dog food? Unless - have you ever been known as Doctor Lectur?
(Score: 4, Touché) by bob_super on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:45PM
Soylent green, obviously.
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Wednesday October 24 2018, @08:10PM
I thought they were composted for heat which is used to run a turbine on a generator used to power the server.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 3, Funny) by cmdrklarg on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:10PM (1 child)
You do realize one of said staff goes by the callsign "The Mighty Buzzard"? It ain't just because he's an old buzzard.
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.
(Score: 5, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:38PM
Dude, shut up! If I lose a ton of free meat every year and end up having to start fishing more, I won't have time to work on the site.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:48PM
I could run another "sweepstakes" but this time you get mods instead of blackberrys
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:12PM (3 children)
This place will turn into disqus if you allow paid troll posters to sign up. Am I allowed to hawk boner pills here?
I think banning opinions and annoying personalities is a poor fit for a site like this but allowing people to come here with no intent to contribute positively in any way shape or form is a bad idea.
Furthermore I gotta tell you. You will not get a harder erection AT ANY PRICE than what my I offer at such a low price with my revolutionary boner bead pills. It is taking the internet by storm.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:16PM
Where is your evidence for this?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:32PM
You're the worst AC troll on the site.
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Thursday October 25 2018, @04:51PM
Meh. 4chan survived CorrectTheRecord, 4chan survived ShareBlue. When they pay trolls to come in they also expose that troll to other opinions, and at least in the case of 4chan lose a lot of their own people.
>You have been paid .02 for this post.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:56PM (5 children)
Any other questions?
Yes, are you the #MAGAbomber?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:24AM (4 children)
I don't have time for that shit. It takes a lot of time and work to make bombs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:03AM
Like everything else, you farm it out. You can always hire some depressed Arab teenager. He'll probably even deliver them personally..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @08:12AM
Already reported to the proper authorities, with IP and Google location data. Go to ground, Runaway, before the violent imposition is inspecting your lower colon, and not for health reasons!
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday October 25 2018, @10:36AM (1 child)
No it doesn't. It's an exceedingly simple task for the type of folks who make up this community.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday October 25 2018, @07:37PM
And it's getting easier now that bigger cell batteries are protected by fragile glass.
Achieving the optimum phone collision speed to release all the stored energy was a lot harder with plastic and aluminium backs. Extra glass shards are a nice plus, too.
(Score: 5, Informative) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:51PM
Thank you for sticking up for me. For my honor. But, don't worry about me. I've heard worse. And, frankly, I've said worse. You hear it all when you're in the public eye. When you're the biggest Celebrity ever. By the way, I'm not orange, I'm tan. Magnificent Florida tan. And my hair isn't orange. It's the most gorgeous blond hair you've ever seen. Looks orange on the Fake @NBCNews [twitter.com], @ABC [twitter.com], @CBS [twitter.com] & @CNN [twitter.com]. And in the Crooked Failing @nytimes [twitter.com]. Because they use Fake colors. Watch @FoxNews [twitter.com] and you'll see what I REALLY look like. I look fabulous -- absolutely fabulous. But, try not to fall in love with my beauty. Love me for my agenda. For what I'm doing for our great Country!!!!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:35PM
No. If free speech includes speech I don't like then it includes speech you don't like as well.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:07AM
Man, that sounds like another NPC meme: Soylent is going to the dogs! I'm leaving!
It has always been a motley crew. You must be new here.
Washington DC delenda est.