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omg: Explosive Found Near Home Of George Soros
Soros has been a frequent target of conspiracy theories and fear-mongering by hyper-nationalist conservatives in the U.S. and Europe.
A Soros employee opened a package containing an explosive device and called police Monday afternoon, prompting bomb squad technicians to come detonate it, The New York Times reported.
Soros has been a frequent target of conspiracy theories and fear-mongering by hyper-nationalist conservatives in the U.S. and Europe, who often rely on anti-Semitic tropes when they characterize him as a shadowy figure encouraging mass migration and torpedoing traditional Christian culture. President Donald Trump has personally attacked him as well.
A spokesman for Soros declined to comment on the record about the role that such rhetoric might have played in inspiring an attempted attack on the billionaire. The Anti-Defamation League did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Soros ― who survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary, fled with the rise of communism and then made his money on Wall Street ― has focused on promoting democratic priorities like freedom of the press, less discrimination in the justice system and a protected role for nongovernmental institutions. He announced last year that he would give his remaining wealth, around $18 billion, to his primary vehicle for philanthropy, the Open Society Foundations. --SNIP--
Republican have increasingly vilified Soros since Trump suggested he was behind popular protests against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Groups that track hate speech warned that such rhetoric could boost extremism, but official GOP organs doubled down.
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The FBI is now investigating the incident, CNN reported Monday night.
Soros has been a frequent target of conspiracy theories and fear-mongering by hyper-nationalist conservatives in the U.S. and Europe, who often rely on anti-Semitic tropes when they characterize him as a shadowy figure encouraging mass migration and torpedoing traditional Christian culture. President Donald Trump has personally attacked him as well.
A spokesman for Soros declined to comment on the record about the role that such rhetoric might have played in inspiring an attempted attack on the billionaire. The Anti-Defamation League did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Soros ― who survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary, fled with the rise of communism and then made his money on Wall Street ― has focused on promoting democratic priorities like freedom of the press, less discrimination in the justice system and a protected role for nongovernmental institutions. He announced last year that he would give his remaining wealth, around $18 billion, to his primary vehicle for philanthropy, the Open Society Foundations. --SNIP--
Republican have increasingly vilified Soros since Trump suggested he was behind popular protests against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Groups that track hate speech warned that such rhetoric could boost extremism, but official GOP organs doubled down.
--snip--
The FBI is now investigating the incident, CNN reported Monday night.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/explosive-found-near-home-of-george-soros_us_5bce89e3e4b055bc9483e2db
We are really at a crisis point... The RW wants nothing more than to sow violence, just like the Nazis did.
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My check for marching in the protest parades and immigrant swarming into Mexico is so late.
It’ll probably be in the mail next week.
