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mysteryowl

(7,396 posts)
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 03:49 PM Sep 2020

The only house with Trump signs was set on fire.

https://kstp.com/minnesota-news/no-one-hurt-brooklyn-center-house-fire-dogs-puppies-rescued/5871408/?cat=1

https://www.startribune.com/police-suspected-arson-levels-garage-at-home-with-trump-2020-flags/572507431/

The only house in the neighborhood with Trump signs and two huge flags standing up in the back of the huge pick-up truck (you know the type) was set on fire early this morning. Three cars, a camper and garage were burned to the ground. There will be more footage later I would assume.

This is the reason we don't see political signs in yards this year. Wow!

This is but a sign of how hard things will be for this Nov. election.

UPDATE:

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The only house with Trump signs was set on fire. (Original Post) mysteryowl Sep 2020 OP
Magats have done dumber things than set their own house on fire C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #1
Dumbasses shouldn't play with matches BBG Sep 2020 #2
It wasn't the house. It was the garage. They shouldn't have done it, but this is a big difference. Squinch Sep 2020 #3
An orgy of evidence of a political act, no one hurt... pecosbob Sep 2020 #4
I wouldn't put it past Trumpsters to plan this... mysteryowl Sep 2020 #6
Of course, insurance job Captain Zero Sep 2020 #24
Yep, Trump's epic failure has put many in dire financial straits BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #19
I do not like trump signs or trumpers but to do that is just wrong. Doreen Sep 2020 #5
I'll be very keen to see the perps caught and prosecuted, whoever they are. Mister Ed Sep 2020 #12
Because the fire was in the garage and not the main house, I have to wonder ehrnst Sep 2020 #33
Wasn't there some girl with a self-inflicted marks way back there? rzemanfl Sep 2020 #7
Ashley Todd, backwards B lostnfound Sep 2020 #10
Thank you! n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #13
Your post is incoherent mysteryowl Sep 2020 #11
I should have said what post #9 does. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #17
Also going through the ice is how you sink a car in Minnesota. rzemanfl Sep 2020 #23
Well, that is why I don't put bumper stickers on my car, but it is hard to say what/who was behind hlthe2b Sep 2020 #8
Probably did it themselves. RhodeIslandOne Sep 2020 #9
The arsonist wrote Biden/2020 with fresh paint? tavernier Sep 2020 #14
So it was definitely a Trumper... Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #47
Probably an insurance job BannonsLiver Sep 2020 #15
can't say I feel sorry for them gopiscrap Sep 2020 #16
I think that Ukrainian should go back to his own country. rzemanfl Sep 2020 #22
exactly this why I can't stand repukes gopiscrap Sep 2020 #25
Stand, stomach, bear, tolerate, abide? Take your pick. rzemanfl Sep 2020 #26
No, he just cant. nt tblue37 Sep 2020 #27
LOL. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #28
oops sorry was supposed to say can't stand repukes gopiscrap Sep 2020 #42
See the posts above. rzemanfl Sep 2020 #43
Insurance money Miigwech Sep 2020 #18
I think you've got it. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #45
Maybe his electrified fence around the Donnie Dipshit signs had a short circuit maxrandb Sep 2020 #20
This stupid and dangerous felony won't change anyone's mind. CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #21
I agree. cwydro Sep 2020 #30
So first you tag something, then attempt to burn it down? TheCowsCameHome Sep 2020 #29
That's not good BainsBane Sep 2020 #31
They shouldn't burn down their own, either. Mariana Sep 2020 #38
I hope you're right. BainsBane Sep 2020 #39
"The fire was mostly contained to the home's garage." ehrnst Sep 2020 #32
"she said her husband climbed out of a basement window...and picked up a box of matches" uncle ray Sep 2020 #34
"Look! I can explain why my fingerprints are on the matchbox!" struggle4progress Sep 2020 #37
Good thing the arsonists waited until he right as he was done with quarrantine, isn't it? ehrnst Sep 2020 #54
After decades of trying to demonize every Democrat in America via their media.... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2020 #35
Strange hodge-podge of graffiti: struggle4progress Sep 2020 #36
Agreed. mysteryowl Sep 2020 #48
And the signs caused the fire? hatrack Sep 2020 #40
A Repuke ratfuck operation. roamer65 Sep 2020 #41
probably a meth lab bigtree Sep 2020 #44
this is unacceptable if it came from our side (questionable). Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #46
Denis Vladimirovich Molla? struggle4progress Sep 2020 #49
Ukraine language in GOP platform struggle4progress Sep 2020 #52
So a MAGAts garage burns and it is news? rufus dog Sep 2020 #50
Conflicting stories? struggle4progress Sep 2020 #51
They spraypainted "BLM" AND an anarchist symbol and "Biden 2020" (not Biden Harris 2020) ehrnst Sep 2020 #53
There's a gofundme page with a few more details: ehrnst Sep 2020 #55
Thanks for the information mysteryowl Sep 2020 #57
It's a sign of someone burning down their own garage for the insurance kcr Sep 2020 #56
So she got the children out.... flotsam Sep 2020 #58

pecosbob

(7,544 posts)
4. An orgy of evidence of a political act, no one hurt...
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 03:55 PM
Sep 2020

I'd check them for insurance fraud priors...just sayin'

mysteryowl

(7,396 posts)
6. I wouldn't put it past Trumpsters to plan this...
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:00 PM
Sep 2020

to enrage their cult members. Insurance will pay for all new stuff. Just saying, I don't trust trumpsters.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
5. I do not like trump signs or trumpers but to do that is just wrong.
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 03:58 PM
Sep 2020

I actually feel for those people. What happens if any of those cars were their only way to work or go anywhere? Does not matter how much you do not like someone you just don't do that. They almost killed some innocent creatures also while doing something to hurt others.

Mister Ed

(5,944 posts)
12. I'll be very keen to see the perps caught and prosecuted, whoever they are.
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:13 PM
Sep 2020

Until then, I won't assume that it was done by anti-Trumpers, nor will I discount the possibility that it could have been.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
33. Because the fire was in the garage and not the main house, I have to wonder
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 07:28 PM
Sep 2020

if there was something out in the garage that was being incinerated, burned or cooked.

Or if there were insurance claims on the cars that would have been beneficial to collect - if one of the vehicles needed an expensive repair and could not be sold as is.

"Suspicious" means only that it doesn't look like it was something like wiring or a gas leak.

And yes, I'm glad they got the dogs out as well, although I also wonder if they were backyard breeders.

rzemanfl

(29,570 posts)
7. Wasn't there some girl with a self-inflicted marks way back there?
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:01 PM
Sep 2020

Drumpf flags sink boats, why wouldn't they set cars on fire? Sinking a car takes thin ice.

mysteryowl

(7,396 posts)
11. Your post is incoherent
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:11 PM
Sep 2020

This has nothing to do with a girl or ice. I do remember the trump boats sinking, but that has nothing to do with this either.

hlthe2b

(102,378 posts)
8. Well, that is why I don't put bumper stickers on my car, but it is hard to say what/who was behind
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:08 PM
Sep 2020

this for certain. Still, the anger is palpable this year. Ours because of Trump's harm to democracy and to our people. Theirs because of his constant drumming up of lies, hate, and paranoia.

So, I'd not rule out anything.

tavernier

(12,406 posts)
14. The arsonist wrote Biden/2020 with fresh paint?
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:17 PM
Sep 2020

And an A with a circle around it, which I imagine is the republican’s idea of an “antifa” sign??
Oh no, this doesn’t sound like a set up.

gopiscrap

(23,765 posts)
16. can't say I feel sorry for them
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:18 PM
Sep 2020

they would be the kind to be the first to gloat at the misfortune of a liberal or democrat having a fire

rzemanfl

(29,570 posts)
22. I think that Ukrainian should go back to his own country.
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:26 PM
Sep 2020

That's what a Repuke would say if it was a Democrat's garage.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
21. This stupid and dangerous felony won't change anyone's mind.
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 04:26 PM
Sep 2020

I don't care who's responsible.

Especially when innocent animals are in danger.

BainsBane

(53,072 posts)
31. That's not good
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 07:06 PM
Sep 2020

and the graffiti makes it look suspicious. People should not be burning down others' homes because they don't like their politics.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
32. "The fire was mostly contained to the home's garage."
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 07:07 PM
Sep 2020

I have to wonder what was cooking out there in the garage.

uncle ray

(3,157 posts)
34. "she said her husband climbed out of a basement window...and picked up a box of matches"
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 07:49 PM
Sep 2020

not too smart to handle key evidence.

"We heard an explosion that shook the house,” said Deana Molla, who ran to the basement where her husband was finishing up his final day of quarantine after contracting the coronavirus.

She said her husband climbed out of a basement window in his boxers and T-shirt, and saw three people running and picked up a box of matches."

so quick acting sick man crawls out of a basement window in time to see 3 people running? did any neighbors see the suspects?

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
54. Good thing the arsonists waited until he right as he was done with quarrantine, isn't it?
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 11:09 AM
Sep 2020

And used old school matches to light, very close up, something very explosive, which are easily left behind when fleeing...

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
35. After decades of trying to demonize every Democrat in America via their media....
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 07:58 PM
Sep 2020

republicans should not be surprised when there's a small amount of violent blowback.

We must never condone violence and it's time to resist the politicization of everything in our lives.

Let's return to a people who love community and who love our neighbors......

Crunchy Frog

(26,647 posts)
46. this is unacceptable if it came from our side (questionable).
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 08:53 PM
Sep 2020

I hope nobody here is supporting it, as it does nothing but feed into the RW narrative and help the other side.

struggle4progress

(118,355 posts)
49. Denis Vladimirovich Molla?
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 01:16 AM
Sep 2020

Of Minneapolis, formerly of Dayton and Elk River MN?
https://www.whitepages.com/name/Denis-V-Molla/Dayton-MN/16vjwabu

Suspicious Fire
By Esme Murphy
September 23, 2020 at 6:11 pm
... The FBI and ATF have been called in to investigate the fire at Denis and Deana Molla’s home ...


Googling "Denis Molla" Trump hits many Cyrillic alphabet webpages

... Dennis Molla .. was born in Ukraine and moved to the United States at age 4 ...

struggle4progress

(118,355 posts)
52. Ukraine language in GOP platform
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 01:51 AM
Sep 2020

BY LAURA KELLY - 08/30/20 08:30 AM EDT

... The GOP’s decision to preserve the 2016 platform keeps in place toned down language related to Ukraine that was negotiated at the time by Trump’s then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is serving a seven and a half year prison sentence on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the U.S. elections.

Manafort, who was found by the Senate Intelligence Committee to have had direct contacts with Russian intelligence officials during the 2016 campaign, successfully removed any commitments to lethal military assistance to Kyiv as part of efforts to soften language towards Moscow.

That controversy became part of the larger probe into Russian election interference, Kremlin contacts with the Trump campaign and whether Moscow had influence over the then-president-elect.

And how the Trump administration dealt with Ukraine – with Kyiv currently in a fragile ceasefire with Moscow where more than 14,000 people have been killed over six years of fighting in the country’s east – became the benchmark to measure whether the U.S. was shying away from confronting Russia’s aggressive expansionist goals ...

https://thehill.com/policy/international/514164-ukraine-language-in-gop-platform-underscores-trump-tensions


 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
53. They spraypainted "BLM" AND an anarchist symbol and "Biden 2020" (not Biden Harris 2020)
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 09:03 AM
Sep 2020

and then set the garage on fire? Just on the very day that the owner was done with his 14 day COVID quarrantine?

And the conflicting stories about where he was and what he saw when exiting the house...

Smells like insurance fraud to me.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
55. There's a gofundme page with a few more details:
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 11:17 AM
Sep 2020

Misspelled his first name...

Dennis owns his own construction company and also lost thousands in tools/equipment.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/PatriotsForTheMollas?fbclid=IwAR1K1AOhs3uRotMBD2HKaidp0mXd1DmfYiiq0wHhtsSQ7d7K4EA5180O2-4

However his linkedin page also Americanizes the spelling of his name, and states he's a "contractor with VGM construction."

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-molla-82b708160/

flotsam

(3,268 posts)
58. So she got the children out....
Thu Sep 24, 2020, 02:25 PM
Sep 2020

....and formula....and diapers...but not a single animal??? I get my family out, and then the pets, and then, and only if there is no danger the supplies for the infant-though I might very well ignore those ($50 worth of supplies) and save important paperwork or family pictures...

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