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Just read this on twitter. Can anyone confirm?
CincyDem
(6,363 posts)Are you seeing something new or is it possibly old news ?
brush
(53,792 posts)to justify the Muslim ban and probably "another chance to get Iraqi oil", as trump hinted at.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)bathroommonkey76
(3,827 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/sd-me-jewish-bomb-20170131-story.html
http://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2017/01/bomb_threat_at_jewish_community_center_2nd_one_this_month.html
http://www.9news.com/news/crime/bomb-threat-leads-to-evacuation-of-boulder-jewish-community-center/394966221
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)They just take classic Rove/Republican tactics and add the threat of explosives.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Sickeningly there is a significant segment of the population that have cheered him on and have become even further emboldened in their expressions of hate and bigotry.
Sadly, there is a larger group than I ever would have imagined that embrace the idea of make "America White (and Christian) again"
Behind the Aegis
(53,961 posts)By my count (without looking at other articles), the number of states affected now stands at 17.
ETA: Jewish Centers In Several States Targeted With Bomb Threats (Jan. 9)
Jewish centres across US evacuated after hoax bomb threats Jan. 19 (On DU)
At least 17 bomb threats called in to JCCs nationwide in third wave of harassment Today
From that article: On Jan. 18, some 30 Jewish institutions in at least 17 states received bomb threats. On Jan. 9, such threats were called into 16 JCCs across the Northwest and South, forcing the evacuation of hundreds. (I have a good memory! But, apparently we are both wrong, it is 20 states!)
New York, Utah, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Missouri, Texas and Kansas.
40% of the United States!