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Pointing to Trump's rhetoric, attorneys for Kansas militiaman convicted of mosque bomb plot ask for

Source: WaPo

Pointing to Trump’s rhetoric, attorneys for Kansas militiaman convicted of mosque bomb plot ask for a more lenient sentence

Attorneys representing a Kansas man convicted of a 2016 plot to massacre Somali Muslim refugees by bombing a mosque and apartment complex in Garden City, Kan., have asked a federal judge to consider a more lenient sentence, arguing that President Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric should be taken into account as the “backdrop” for the case.

Patrick Eugene Stein faces life in prison for conspiring with two other men to carry out the attack, which was supposed to take place on the day after the 2016 presidential election. On Monday, his attorneys filed a memo in U.S. District Court in the District of Kansas, requesting that Stein receive a sentence of no more than 15 years. They note that Stein was an “early and avid supporter” of Trump, and argue that the climate in the months leading up to the 2016 election should be taken in account when evaluating the comments prosecutors used to build their case.

During the trial in the spring, prosecutors played back recordings in which Stein described Muslim immigrants as “cockroaches” that needed to be exterminated, and talked about killing Muslims with weapons dipped in pigs' blood. Two months before the conversation took place, The Washington Post’s Abigail Hauslohner noted, Trump had referenced a questionable tale about Gen. John J. Pershing killing Muslims with bullets dipped in pigs' blood.

"The court cannot ignore the circumstances of one of the most rhetorically mold-breaking, violent, awful, hateful and contentious presidential elections in modern history, driven in large measure by the rhetorical China shop bull who is now our president,” James Pratt and Michael Shultz, Stein’s defense attorneys, wrote in their sentencing memo, as HuffPost first reported.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/30/pointing-trumps-rhetoric-attorneys-kansas-militiaman-convicted-mosque-bomb-plot-ask-more-lenient-sentence/?utm_term=.0acfe32aa52a&tid=sm_tw&noredirect=on

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Social media platform used by suspected Pittsburgh shooter banned from PayPal

Source: The Hill

Gab.com, a social media company that was used by the suspect of Saturday's shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, received a notice from PayPal Saturday afternoon saying it would be kicked off the payment platform.

“We are hereby notifying you that we are terminating our relationship with you pursuant to PayPal’s User Agreement. Under the PayPal User Agreement, PayPal, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to terminate your account for any reason and at any time upon notice to you,” the website said in an email to Gab’s CEO, which Gab then posted to its Twitter page.

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Gab, which describes itself as “The Home Of Free Speech Online,” rejected claims it bore any responsibility for Saturday’s shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburg’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood that left 11 dead.

The suspected shooter, 46-year-old Robert Bowers, posted on his Gab page that “jews are the children of satan.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/technology/413488-social-media-platform-used-by-suspected-pittsburgh-shooter

Please join me in giving a collective hug to DU's Jewish members and their loved ones.

The attacks on the Jewish community have soared since Trump took office: bomb threats/vandalism of Jewish community centers, desecration of Jewish graves, chants of "Jews will not replace us", hateful signs and symbols becoming more and more visible on the daily... murder.

I know this is just an internet message board, but I hope you know that there is true feeling behind this small gesture...

Sooo, will Trump cancel his rally tonight:

The Twitcess tweets: America is stronger than the acts of a depraved bigot and anti-semite.