“HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can’t sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics. I’m going in.”For the record, Bowers was an anti-Semite. He was not a fan of President Trump, so this was not a "Trump inspired killing" as much as the left would like to make it as such. He also went in with a variety of weapons, including an assault style rifle and several handguns.
Unlike many synagogues , there was no security present. At local temples here in St Paul, there has apparently been a heavy police presence at most events. Synagogues have long been seen as vulnerable to attacks such as these, based on the largue amount of anti-Semites in the country.
Watching the events unfolding in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Law enforcement on the scene. People in Squirrel Hill area should remain sheltered. Looks like multiple fatalities. Beware of active shooter. God Bless All!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 27, 2018
Events in Pittsburgh are far more devastating than originally thought. Spoke with Mayor and Governor to inform them that the Federal Government has been, and will be, with them all the way. I will speak to the media shortly and make further statement at Future Farmers of America.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 27, 2018
Pres. Trump calls to "stiffen up laws" on the death penalty to deter attacks like the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue: "Anybody that does a thing like this to innocent people who are in temple or in church... they should pay the ultimate price." https://t.co/rIc3B3kOwz pic.twitter.com/6b9dNO7z20— ABC News (@ABC) October 27, 2018
Bottom line: This is another senseless killing from someone who was obviously emotionally distraught. He targeted his victims based on religious bigotry. Unfortunately there was no criminal record or history of mental illness that would have pegged him as a potential killer. No amount of background checks probably would have prevented this from happening.
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You cannot disguise the fact that anti-Semitism and white supremacy violence has peaked, peaked, peaked during the Trump "presidency."
The Stakes Cannot Be Overstated
David Remnick:
“The midterm elections are being held in an atmosphere of immense national stress. It could only be so when the singular actor in the drama is Donald Trump, who thrives on the idea that American life is a daily cliffhanger, in which the hero bravely sets out to deepen the divide between his supporters and everyone else, to dismantle international agreements and alliances, and to protect corporate interests over the interests of working people and the natural world.
“There are, unquestionably, countless local and regional issues being debated, but, above all, this election is a referendum on Trump, a contest between his base and those who feel that it is in the national interest to establish at least some brake—a new majority in the House of Representatives, a new crop of governors and state legislators—to slow his disintegration of American life and his despoilment of the national spirit. Two years ago, the prospect of a Trump Presidency represented an emergency. Tens of millions of voters found a reason to stay home. This year, the polls are tight. The stakes cannot be overstated.”
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Trump’s Base Is Being Radicalized
Rick Wilson:
“Cesar Sayoc isn’t just some loner gone wrong. He isn’t merely a one-in-a-million Unabomber with a cabin in the woods, a crazed manifesto, and too much black powder. Sayoc is the future. Donald Trump’s famously loyal base has been radicalized, and while only the tiniest fraction will resort to political violence, neither the president nor the hollow shell of the GOP will do anything to stop it.
“This is a president with obvious mental and moral deficits who will say and do anything to retain power. He’s backed by a runaway ‘conservative’ media feeding his rabid base a daily dose of conspiratorial lunacy. There is no mechanism to stop Trump’s division, radicalization, and calls to arms against his enemies.
“America was lucky this week; none of the weapons exploded, and the FBI and
Coming soon: Good Trouble: Lessons from the Civil Rights Playbook by Christopher Noxon.
“Revisiting episodes from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s, it highlights the essential lessons that modern-day activists and the civically minded can extract and embrace in order to move forward and create change.”
The Stakes Are Dire
October 27, 2018 at 11:20 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 149 Comments
Josh Marshall: “As a friend pointed out yesterday, 2016 can be seen as a fluke. A series of perfect storm factors coming together to make Donald Trump president with a minority of the popular vote and razor thin margins in three critical states. 2018, if it’s a winning election for the Republicans, will be a choice. A ratification of everything we’ve seen over the last two years. That will be a reality we’ll all have to contend with for what it says about the state of the country. It will send a signal abroad that this is now the American political reality and unquestionably accelerate all the geo-political processes Trump has spurred or which drove state law enforcement moved with amazing speed to apprehend the bomber. We might not always be so lucky, particularly if this president continues to give what future Sayocs see as their marching orders.”
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GOP Moves to Fortify Defenses in Conservative Districts
New York Times:
“Republicans, in defending a 23-seat majority, are likely to lose a handful of open or Democratic-tilting seats as well as another dozen suburban districts that Hillary Clinton carried in 2016, according to political strategists in both parties. But now Republican officials are increasingly concerned about Democratic incursions in some of the remaining 30 competitive districts on the House map where the G.O.P. candidates thought they had an edge.
“For the final two weeks of the election, Democratic campaigns and outside groups are on track to substantially outspend Republicans, strategists on both sides say. Democrats are set to spend $143 million on television advertising in House races, compared with $86 million for the G.O.P.
“Democratic super PACs and other outside groups are poised to outspend their Republican counterparts by a wide margin, erasing an advantage the G.O.P. planned on having.”
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Trump’s Incoherent Rally
The Atlantic:
“A few hours before he went on stage, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of Cesar Sayoc in connection with a series of bombs sent to prominent critics of the president, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Maxine Waters, and George Soros. Trump has spent the last three days cycling rapidly through perspectives on the bombing, from a somber vow to catch the perpetrator to blaming the media to suggesting that the attack was a ‘false flag’ designed to hurt the Republican Party.
“Trump started out measured in Charlotte, and tried to strike a measured tone. The only problem was that someone kept tripping him up: himself.
“In literally the next breath he began a lengthy rhetorical barrage against the press, as though it was the mainstream media and not he that had celebrated and incited violence.”
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A News Cycle Trump Can’t Control
“Donald Trump is living a personal nightmare. Just days before a critical election, he finds himself unable to influence what the political press is covering,” the Daily Beast reports.
“The president has spent the last week attempting to gin up media coverage of a caravan of migrants making their way from Honduras to the Mexico-U.S. border. He’s heralded his signing of a major bill to combat the opioid epidemic. He’s touted additional—though currently nonexistent—legislation to further slash middle-class taxes.
“But a series of real-world events—primarily the dispatch of explosive devices to numerous top Democratic officials by what appears to be an obsessive Trump fan— have overwhelmed that storyline. And it’s left Trump notably churlish.
James you're a disgusting hack.
VOTERS ARE FINALLY 0N T0 THE GOP
Joe Scarborough:
“Is it any wonder that Trump Republicans are so desperate to change the subject from health care? After all, how do you face voters knowing that your primary political goal in Washington has been to wipe out health-care guarantees so multinational corporations and Mar-a-Lago billionaires can fatten their bank accounts and pour even more money into their children’s trust funds?
“That platform won’t even play well in Palm Beach.
“Despite Republicans opposing, denigrating and repeatedly trying to repeal Obamacare, a growing number of scared conservatives are now paying lip service to the preposterous idea that the law’s provision protecting coverage for those with preexisting conditions can remain intact even if the rest of the law is gutted.”
James is disgusting amoral politically obsessed unethical hack.
but then again, what's new?
Can't stand real commentary about a fake "President"?
You know James as much as you want to you can't silence us. We speak with out voices and our ballots.
James said...
VOTERS ARE FINALLY 0N T0 THE GOP
Joe Scarborough
No comment necessary
And "pastor" do you not have any respect for what your side calls "termites" that this thread was actually about ? Obviously not.
Spit.
You know this really does go double for James:
It’s really amazing to watch people who have belittled and demeaned Israel, cuddled up to Farrakhan and tolerated Keith Ellison blame Trump for an anti-Semitic hate crime.
It’s disgusting how he revels and relishes these tragedies for political reasons
Beyond contemptible
Oh I don't want to SILENCE you. Bloviate away like your Dear Leader. I just show you and him up for what you are.
I don't relish Jews being killed anywhere, or Palestinians. But I sure will resist your attempts to put the responsibility where it cannot be placed.
What did the MAGAbomber's van have plastered all over it?
I bet a lot of Jews who were planning to vote for Trump (a minority) will be seriously rethinking THAT.
The "pastor" doesn't know shit.
Well maybe why the fuck he spams threads about a tragedy with irrelevant cut-n-paste idiocy
Must be he doesn't know better
But still ..... spit
And to your irrelevant question about the "bomber". You act like you know a lot so:
Do you know why his twitter feed followed Obama but not Trump?
Do you know why such a van existed for years without any vandalism or confrontations? Did he really drive this daily?
Do you know why such illegal covering of windows was never ticketed?
Why did he do this so close to midterms?
Why did he use a clock timing device for a mail bomb?
Are these really working bombs, or even bombs and not just components.
Did he really change his registration from Democrat to Republican?
Wasn't it even illegal for him to vote?
What do his friends say about his politics?
Or do you really not know anything and you just a stupid POS "pastor"
James said...
I bet a lot of Jews who were planning to vote for Trump (a minority) will be seriously rethinking THAT.
No true "pastor" would even have that on his mind while this is just unfolding let alone post that.
Saying you are a POS is unfair to shit. Crawl back to wherever you came from.
Alky your Trump hating team killed 11 more.
I see the blogs Jew Hater took flight here.
Soar Jane. Your team scored a he'll of a lot of "wins".
James do you even care that 11 people were tragically killed today over and above any political gain that you perceive is to your sides benefit?
A man of God you are not. What a fraud.
I bet a lot of Jews who were planning to vote for Trump (a minority) will be seriously rethinking THAT.
What a horrific and horrid thought
That’s what you thought?
What is wrong with you?
Jane, thank you for again showing your hate. Pure Hate for President Trump.
Impeach him. Your team is running on it. Impeach the sitting US Surpreme Court Justice Bret Kavanaugh.
The Cop Hating Left. Be proud . You got um.
"wounding several police officers before he was taken into custody, officials said."
Always going after the COPS.
The rabbi of that synagogue had earlier called for stronger gun control laws.
You know nothing Jane.
Nice pivot to killing the 2nd Amendment. Run Jane, run.
There are good people on both sides.
Dear Roger,
Today, we saw another horrific act of hate at a house of worship — this time, the murder of at least eleven congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue by a man who reportedly shouted “all Jews need to die” before he opened fire.
It reminds us of the slaughter of nine African American worshipers at Charleston’s Mother Emmanuel Church in 2015, the killings of six Sikh worshipers at a temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, in 2014, and, of course, the bombing of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963 that left four young African American girls dead.
The violence in Pittsburgh follows on the heels of a string of attempted pipe bombings by a white supremacist who targeted frequent critics of President Trump.
Our hearts go out to the families of the victims of the most recent shootings.
Sincerely yours,
Richard Cohen Signature
Richard Cohen
President, Southern Poverty Law Center
The rabbi knows nothing? Is that an anti-Semetic statement?
Idiot Tranny Jane.
Alky your Trump hating team killed 11 more.
Pipe bombs were sent to Obamas and the Clintons .
Not by Islamic extremists or immigrants or Russian operatives...
But someone who idolizes Donald Trump.
Those are the people you should fear.
Lol, the story is a yawn.
Speaking of another failed Mrs. Lynn prediction
"LA Dodgers in 6"
Lol, wrong again. Need all 7 now .
Today they tried to murder two Presidents as well as public servants and journalists. Make no mistake, these terrorists were encouraged and emboldened by the hate speech of Donald Trump. If you can’t see the clear menace of this man’s influence by now then you are a part of it. https://t.co/L7kYcpcPKO
Clown Carrey who painted a assassinated Trump.
You agree with Carrey.
If you can’t see the clear menace of this man’s influence by now then you are a part of it.
"We'll be civil when we win." Hillary Clinton.
One of trumps good nazi's goes really bad....and the sycophants keep slurping....what a group of assclowns who cannot see any connection to the fake leader....another AR killing many.....idiots
No our idiot in chief does nothing to lead the politics of hate that is permeating every aspect of life....The ass clown living in his van plastered with trump propaganda admits trump led him.....so sad not a single asshole here can see. that...
Mail bomb suspect ‘felt that somebody was finally talking to him’: How Cesar Sayoc found inspiration in Trump
Sayoc, a 56-year-old Florida man who friends and other associates say had never shown any interest in politics, suddenly began sharing images of himself on Facebook at Trump campaign events in 2016.
You see the politicians preaching unity against a common evil and then you see politicians preaching hate and blame and you know who to vote for.
evil and then you see politicians preaching hate and blame and you know who to vote for.
Funny, that is exactly what you do cramps...especially when it comes to women and science...
What is sad 2 days after the largest assassination attempt in this country, we suffer the largest attack on a religious group in history.....hate filled mass murder by a trumpian schooled good nazi......and trump wants the death penalty....wow....ya think he is still chasing his base????? assholes, all of you
This was the worst attack on a Jewish population in the history of the United States.
It has been just 14 months since white supremacists protesting the removal of a Confederate statue marched through the University of Virginia campus chanting, “Our blood, our soil!” and “Jews will not replace us!” They were met not with an unconditional rebuke by Trump but a claim by him that there were “very fine people on both sides.” On the far right, the president’s words were taken as an endorsement of their behavior and their ideas and encouragement to pursue them.
This man was a fine person according to the President
Dennis you like James are just a disgusting hack not worth anyone's time.
And I think you are a giant scum bag who is blind to everything in front of your eyes...Your opinions on women rights and your denial of science....That is more than disgusting is abhorrent and just plain stupid....like all cultist assholes...
I guess cramps thought my comments on the worst 2 attacks on the US was facts he wasn't aware of...so sad he just puts his head up trumps fat ass and slurps......yeah...that was my worthless post, while he just apes everything trumpian....stupid...is what stupid does....
Ditto for Roger and his dishonesty.
26 people were killed at First Baptist Church in rural Sutherland Springs
Evil knows no religion. Hate has no political agenda.
Evil knows no religion. Hate has no political agenda.
YOUR STUPIDEST COMMENT EVER, ASSHOLE!!!! Ignoring your asshole in chiefs amoral behavior having another rally the same day these people lost their lives....Society is crumbling and menstral our cramp applauds his stupid ways.....Republican idiocy knows no bounds!!!!
Before going any further I want to address the horrible shooting that took place earlier today. The hearts of all Americans are filled with grief following the monstrous killing of Jewish Americans at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This evil anti-Semitic attack is an assault on all of us. It’s an assault on humanity. It will require all of us working together to extract the hateful poison of anti-Semitism from our world. This was an anti-Semitic attack at its worst. The scourge of anti-Semitism cannot be ignored, cannot be tolerated and cannot be allowed to continue. We can’t allow it to continue. It must be confronted and condemned everywhere it rears its very ugly head. We must stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters to defeat anti-Semitism and vanquish the forces of hate. That’s what it is.
Through the centuries the Jews have endured terrible persecution. And you know that. We’ve all read it. We’ve studied it. They’ve gone through a lot. And those seeking their destruction — we will seek their destruction.
Based on the early evidence, the shooter was not only consumed with a hatred of Jews but possessed a kind of sneering contempt for Trump on the grounds that Trump was basically a Jewish agent or a Jew-lover himself. Trump can only be blamed for the murderous Jew-killing actions of someone who thought of him that way by people who are so consumed by hatred of him that there is nothing they won’t blame him for.
https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/the-slaughter-in-pittsburgh/
Dishonesty by the President has the power of the office.
alky,
if your initial reaction to the synagogue shooting is to blame trump, you're the lowest piece of shit on the earth.
Roger - relax! You are going to give yourself a heart attack with all your hate and rage. I can't even imagine how you live in such a constant state of agitation.
Again, a little irish creme in your morning coffee might take the edge off.
kevin williamson wrote a column with the alky in mind -
Rage Makes You Stupid
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/rage-makes-you-stupid/
Roger's hate and rage at Trump is as irrational as the synagogue shooter's.
He should be on somebody's radar.
Anti-Semitism on rise: Study finds 2014 was worst year for attacks since 2009
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/15/anti-semitism-on-rise-study-finds-2014-was-worst-y/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
You didn't have to tell me that the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooter was white, I figured that out when you said he was taken alive.
I don't own a gun. I'm a patriotic American.
You support a traitorous sob
A group of Jewish leaders told President Trump that he is no longer welcome in Pittsburgh until he denounces white nationalism following the shooting at a synagogue there over the weekend.
Eleven members of the Pittsburgh affiliate of Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice penned a letter to Trump following the Saturday shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
"Our Jewish community is not the only group you have targeted," the group wrote. "You have also deliberately undermined the safety of people of color, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities. Yesterday's massacre is not the first act of terror you incited against a minority group in our country."
Trump was fiercely criticized after he failed to condemn white supremacy and asserted that there is "blame on both sides" after last year's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.
The group also said Trump is not welcome in the city until he also stops targeting minorities, immigrants and refugees.
The president has "spread lies and sowed fear about migrant families in Central America," the group wrote.
"The Torah teaches that every human being is made b'tzelem Elohim, in the image of God. This means all of us," the leaders wrote. "In our neighbors, Americans, and people worldwide who have reached out to give our community strength, there we find the image of God."
Yeah, Bend of Arc is a leftest anti-Trump organization:
Bend the Arc is a movement of tens of thousands of progressive Jews all across the country. For years, we’ve worked to build a more just society. Now we’re rising up in solidarity with everyone threatened by the Trump agenda to fight for the soul of our nation.
Too bad they put their political agemda over and above the people they say they serve.
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