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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: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 26 2018, @01:35AM
Great post - sorry I've missed it until now. Naturally, I disagree with some of what you say. An assassination possibly does change history.
Let's consider Grant. He was part of a "dynamic duo". Neither Grant nor Sherman were really super, but as a team, they wreaked havoc on the South. Before Grant, the Grand Old Army changed commanding generals like most people change socks or underwear. It was one incompetent leader after another. When Grant and Sherman were given the go ahead, the end result became almost inevitable. Had they been appointed to their respective positions at the beginning of the war, it may well have been a two year war, instead of what we know happened.
Hitler? You seem to dismiss his charisma. So very much of what happened before and during the war depended on that charisma. It's almost certainly safe to go with your points, but only up to a point. The Germans were certainly going to revolt against an untenable situation, with or without Hitler. But, without Hitler's influence, that revolt would probably have been very different from our history. Try to imagine WW2 WITHOUT the Jewish genocide, or killing off all the other groups that Hitler considered to be subhuman. I know, it's really hard to separate that racial hatred out, and hard to imagine how things "might have been". But, try it. Without that racial hatred, the Germans would have feared defeat a lot less, and they might have accepted a surrender. Maybe.
Individuals matter. Some individuals matter a lot more than others. In the case of Soros and the Koch brothers, they matter so much because they can channel huge amounts of money into undermining the will of the people. Without their mountains of money, they wouldn't matter any more than any other communist, or white supremacist. Removing their monetary influence wouldn't remove either communism or white supremacy, but it would remove a lot of influence.
People matter - a lot.