UPDATED 9:15 a.m. 10/26: The FBI says there's yet another suspicious package found in — are you kidding us? — Florida, addressed to New Jersey senator Cory Booker. That brings the total to 11 such packages.
October 25
An unknown terrorist sent pipe bombs to high-profile Democrats and liberals mentioned personally by President Donald Trump in tweets and during various rallies and other public appearances. Various authorities are still investigating.
This is terrorism, and here's the list of known targets thus far.
Monday, October 22
• George Soros, New York
Tuesday, October 23
• 2016 presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, New York
Wednesday, October 24
• President Barack Obama, Washington, D.C.
• Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, Washington, D.C. and California (two bombs)
• John Brennan, former CIA director under President Barack Obama, sent to CNN's Manhattan headquarters, New York
• Eric Holder, former Attorney General under President Barack Obama (addressed incorrectly, sent to return address, which was Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Florida office*)
Thursday, October 25
• Robert DeNiro, New York City
• Vice President Joe Biden, Delaware (two bombs)
"Suspicious packages" were also discovered at U.S. Representative (and former Democratic National Committee chair) Debbie Wasserman Schultz's office in Sunrise, Florida.
And here's the presidential twitter response:
"A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!" (transcribed as tweeted from @realDonaldTrump's Twitter account)
While some of the bombs came through the USPS, the CNN bomb was delivered by courier and investigators suspect the bomb intended for Soros was put in his mailbox not by a postal worker, but someone else. While investigators say the pipe bombs are real, they also describe them as trumped up with over-the-top accessories, including digital clocks they call "unnecessary" and used to "ratchet up dramatic tension," the New York Times reports.
The story is trending online with the hashtag #magabomber. Some conservatives are calling "false flag," suggesting that Democrats have staged this… for more blue midterm votes? …because they're losing? We're… we're not really sure.
This article appears in Oct 25 – Nov 1, 2018.
