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ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:51 PM Jan 2019

Has Anyone Seen Anything About This Man Recently?



He seems to have dropped off the national radar rather abruptly considering he has 30 indictments against him, all in the name of the orange shitstain. The last article I could find was from November 18th.

Do ya think maybe, just possibly they want to make him go away because he represents the base?
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Has Anyone Seen Anything About This Man Recently? (Original Post) ProudLib72 Jan 2019 OP
Burried the story real good. 2naSalit Jan 2019 #1
Put a tarp over the van and the story. sarcasmo Jan 2019 #2
An American Terrorist isn't news in the Age of the Donald. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #3
But that van! ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #5
Of course it should be, and definitely would be if we lived in normal times. BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #21
We are living in a dystopian shitstorm of crazy news. slumcamper Jan 2019 #4
This is sort of a chicken and egg dilemma... ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #6
The M$M isn't interested in home-grown, domestic terrorism. Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #7
His preliminary trial date was set for July 15th. toddwv Jan 2019 #8
We could also talk about all the shootings that seemed to disappear ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #9
What news would you expect? jberryhill Jan 2019 #10
Now come on Jberry, there is still plenty of meat left on the bone ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #11
Oh, you want him acquitted? jberryhill Jan 2019 #12
No, I don't want him acquitted ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #20
With all the talk about the MSM.... quickesst Jan 2019 #13
Not all of us are visual. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #14
Mail bombing suspect Cesar Sayoc faces life in prison after grand jury indictment Cha Jan 2019 #15
Trump will appoint him to a Cabinet position soon. Nt TeamPooka Jan 2019 #16
Which one is he again? Polybius Jan 2019 #17
The MAGAt mail bomber from this past fall. nt PunkinPi Jan 2019 #18
We are saturated mercuryblues Jan 2019 #19

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
5. But that van!
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:01 AM
Jan 2019

BP, it was literally a shrine to the Rump! It was a testament to what sort of person he appeals to. Lives in a van. Idolizes the Rump. Makes bombs in said van to send to the Rump's political opponents. Personally, I think his face should be plastered all over billboards.

BigmanPigman

(51,585 posts)
21. Of course it should be, and definitely would be if we lived in normal times.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 09:25 PM
Jan 2019

BT (before tRump) a person trying to kill politicians, etc wouldn't have fallen off the front page in a nanosecond only to be replaced by the next manufactured distraction/disaster via tweet. If we had any other person as POTUS that attempted murderer would be known and remembered by everyone. How many really horrendous things have disappeared due to the 24/7 news drops? Tons! This country is very different than it was only three years ago. I doubt we will ever be as respected as a nation in my lifetime.

slumcamper

(1,606 posts)
4. We are living in a dystopian shitstorm of crazy news.
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:01 AM
Jan 2019

NOTHING gets traction for more than a few days before it is subsumed by a new tidal wave of outrage, and the what momentarily gripped our attention is smothered from consciousness. What we are experiencing must fit the definition of existential crisis.

Yes, this is the face of the GOP base. Good on ya for reminding us!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
6. This is sort of a chicken and egg dilemma...
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:15 AM
Jan 2019

Does the MSM manipulate the news because it benefits them or because it's the way their audience wants it? And I ask that in all seriousness because it gets at an important issue: We manufactured this crisis. Sure, we can blame Russia for playing their part, but if we really had it together, the Rump would never have happened. So are we hell bent on feeding our existential crisis? Is there something in our collective psyche that yearns for the terror of being constantly on the verge of destruction? We have climbed to the top of the Sears Tower, are looking out over all of Manhattan, and our predominant impulse is to jump.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
9. We could also talk about all the shootings that seemed to disappear
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:09 AM
Jan 2019

Parkland lasted quite a while. Florida? Las Vegas?

The real question is whether or not his trial will receive any publicity.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
10. What news would you expect?
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:21 AM
Jan 2019

He’s being held without bail for a trial prelimarily scheduled for July.

I would imagine that he’s not up to much, and I would further imagine the prosecution would not prefer a lot of prejudicial coverage before trial.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
11. Now come on Jberry, there is still plenty of meat left on the bone
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:29 AM
Jan 2019

if the MSM were willing to analyze the connection between MAGAbomber and the Rump's rhetoric. Why, I remember a time when dozens of shrinks would analyze the Rump and declare that he was insane. Those analyses would be published. Granted, the largely went ignored. So have we thrown up our hands and resigned ourselves to this being the new norm?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
12. Oh, you want him acquitted?
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:30 AM
Jan 2019

You want him found not guilty by reason of insanity? Not sure I understand why, but okay.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
20. No, I don't want him acquitted
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 12:38 PM
Jan 2019

False dilemma. Discussing the ramifications of Rump's rhetoric on his base does not guarantee that people like this will be acquitted.

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
13. With all the talk about the MSM....
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 02:54 AM
Jan 2019

.... in your thread burying the story, and generally not doing their job because they're not interested in homegrown terrorism, it occurs to me that Rachel Maddow, Joy Reid, Chris Hayes, and Lawrence O'Donnell etc, are members of the MSM. It begs the question as to whether they are burying the story, not interested in homegrown terrorism, or is there another legitimate reason they are doing the same thing other members of the MSM are doing? If someone in this thread was face-to-face with Rachel Maddow and asked her why she isn't still covering this, I'd like to know what they think her answer would be. I actually think it is probably loss of Interest, coupled with being overwhelmed by the daily cascade of drumpshit rolling out of the White House. That's just my opinion.

Cha

(297,155 posts)
15. Mail bombing suspect Cesar Sayoc faces life in prison after grand jury indictment
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 04:30 AM
Jan 2019

November 9, 2018..

Sayoc was indicted on 30 felonies, including use of a weapon of mass destruction, by a grand jury in New York on Friday in relation to bombs sent to prominent critics of President Trump.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mail-bombing-suspect-cesar-sayoc-faces-life-prison-after-grand-n934581

Good Question!

Polybius

(15,390 posts)
17. Which one is he again?
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 05:09 AM
Jan 2019

There are so many mass shootings in this country that I can no longer keep track.

mercuryblues

(14,530 posts)
19. We are saturated
Wed Jan 30, 2019, 09:08 AM
Jan 2019

with the crazy. I am at the point where old info is getting stored away to make room for all the new stuff.


What used to be Breaking news and reported on quite a bit is old news in 4 hours.


The 1st headline I saw yesterday was about 4 cops getting shot in a drug raid in Houston. Last night, I was wondering how the cops were doing and what happened. I had to search for it to find out more about it, it was off my feed completely. I didn't even see it posted here.

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