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hlthe2b

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8. Like "swatting" attempts, these nasty efforts are not that rare, unfortunately...

Reply to Vinca (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:01 PM

12 hrs ago

I'm sorry they went through that. Horrible...

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Did anyone just hear what Katy Tur reported about Pete Buttigieg??? [View all] Vinca 12 hrs ago OP

Republicans are just plain evil.... Lovie777 12 hrs ago #1

It's long past time . . . Scubamatt 11 hrs ago #19

Yep. Nothing pisses me off more than people still pretending otherwise after the events of the last 10 years alone. Karasu 11 hrs ago #32

(I thought) the chyron said they were SWATTed eShirl 12 hrs ago #2

That's a pretty extreme form of swatting. Little kids being interrogated is different from an unordered pizza. Vinca 12 hrs ago #6

That's not what swatting is EdmondDantes_ 10 hrs ago #42

Chyron may have said that, but spoken and written report words were 'swat-like' Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #65

did you see his substack? orleans 5 hrs ago #69

Simply disgusting. And I fear we will see more of this. Nanjeanne 12 hrs ago #3

Back during Nixon popsdenver 11 hrs ago #30

Donald Segretti. ColoringFool 10 hrs ago #43

What was the name of his group popsdenver 10 hrs ago #45

Skunk Works is Lockheed Martin's super secret aircraft development company... Think SR-71 and is closely LiberalArkie 10 hrs ago #51

rat fucking mokeyz 10 hrs ago #50

Vance was recently quoted as saying... AdamGG 6 hrs ago #68

Links Solly Mack 12 hrs ago #4

Well, I'm 'comfortable' knowing....... MyOwnPeace 10 hrs ago #54

Yep. :( Solly Mack 9 hrs ago #56

I'm sure the report was made by a deeply concerned 'Christian'. sinkingfeeling 12 hrs ago #5

Because all gay men are pedophiles. milestogo 12 hrs ago #7

Don't forget popsdenver 10 hrs ago #47

And if so, I will speculate that the deeply concerned"Christian"... 3catwoman3 11 hrs ago #24

A deeply "concerned" "Christian". calimary 11 hrs ago #35

Yes, most likely someone in the trump admin. sheshe2 11 hrs ago #38

Like "swatting" attempts, these nasty efforts are not that rare, unfortunately... hlthe2b 12 hrs ago #8

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Had to go back nearly half a decade for one of "multiple examples", eh? TheProle 12 hrs ago #13

Message auto-removed Name removed 7 hrs ago #64

really?? hookaleft 12 hrs ago #15

He lasted all of 10 minutes and 3 posts. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #18

Nicole leading with it on her show now. Wiz Imp 12 hrs ago #10

I believe that is against the law and is a felony hookaleft 12 hrs ago #11

bullshit that they can't trace the call hookaleft 12 hrs ago #12

Heh. On the force? orthoclad 12 hrs ago #17

100% agree popsdenver 10 hrs ago #48

It could be a burner phone or one of the services that offers temporary online phone numbers EdmondDantes_ 8 hrs ago #62

Disgusting harassment!!!!! Pisces 12 hrs ago #14

Im actually surprise it took this long Cosmocat 12 hrs ago #16

Sadly I am as well PatSeg 11 hrs ago #21

We can look for it much more often. TommyT139 11 hrs ago #23

100%. I had it done to me as a young single mom by a vindictive family member. Maru Kitteh 11 hrs ago #34

I just saw it on Deadline White House. Ilsa 11 hrs ago #20

I'm only surprised it took this long to happen MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #22

MAGA are cowardly lying sh!tb@g$. I'm surprised it hadn't happened sooner. He's also received threats. ChicagoTeamster 11 hrs ago #25

That was disgusting what they did to this family. Whoever called this in is just pure evil. 😡 TommieMommy 11 hrs ago #26

This happens to gay couples with children all the time Prairie Gates 11 hrs ago #27

This is an extension of those incidents with Republicans confronting same-sex parents in the streets as "groomers." Karasu 11 hrs ago #28

Right! And the "groomers" are in Pedo's administration! City Lights 11 hrs ago #33

For someone that has to act on such LilElf70 11 hrs ago #29

So what the hell is wrong with the Michigan State Police? Rush to judgement based on an anonymous report? Can't be Ninga 11 hrs ago #31

Actually, they have to show up after a call like that. Given what Pete said, the cop thought political, too. Vinca 11 hrs ago #39

It happened to me about 25 years ago mtngirl47 11 hrs ago #36

If dishes in the sink are important, they'd probably take my pets spooky3 10 hrs ago #46

We're in the "rabid wild animal backed into a corner" stage of ending fascism. Zelda_Orchid 11 hrs ago #37

I just read about that online MIButterfly 11 hrs ago #40

Pissed me off BeneteauBum 10 hrs ago #41

The person making the fake report pinkstarburst 10 hrs ago #44

Is There Some Way To Trace These Calls? WiVoter 10 hrs ago #49

There's gotta be -- unless it was from a pay phone with no surveillance Blue Owl 6 hrs ago #66

they do this all the time rampartd 10 hrs ago #52

Probably John Barron spanone 10 hrs ago #53

Never underestimate how low the reich can go. paleotn 10 hrs ago #55

Gay parents are often targeted ... danieljsf 9 hrs ago #57

This a horrific story. Nicolle covered it in detail. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #58

Call them what they are malaise 9 hrs ago #59

REPUBLICANS created the environment that allows this to happen. Do Not Forget That. Republicans created this. dave99 9 hrs ago #60

Sadly this common. Jacson6 9 hrs ago #61

MS NOW-Buttigieg says his family was target of 'politically motivated hoax' LetMyPeopleVote 7 hrs ago #63

I wanna see some heads rolling over this Blue Owl 6 hrs ago #67

This is what silence gets us Akakoji 2 hrs ago #70