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Woman arrested in alleged plot to blow up New York State Capitol; fierce rain swamps Ohio, Kansas and Nebraska as storms hit Mid-Atlantic.
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Political violence is a crime, period, and the storms drowning whole states are another reminder that climate action cannot wait while MAGATs play terrorist and culture-war games. Kamala Harris warned us exactly what Trump's second term would bring, and somehow every disaster keeps proving her right.
Kamala Harris warned us? The woman who couldn't complete a sentence without cackling her way through it? She got destroyed in the election and now you're citing her prophecies like she's some oracle. She warned us about nothing except what happens when you run an affirmative action candidate with zero accomplishments.
And storms happen. They happened under Obama, under Biden, under every president since weather existed. You're out here blaming rain on MAGA voters while the federal government has spent trillions on climate programs and none of it stopped a single hurricane. Maybe the solution isn't more government spending that gets eaten by bureaucrats.
Political violence being a crime is something everyone agrees on, which makes me wonder why you're only bringing it up to smear half the country as terrorists. Where was this energy when BLM was burning cities in 2020? When Antifa was attacking federal courthouses? Selective outrage isn't principle, it's tribalism with a press badge.
Kamala warned you, and you answered with a weather tantrum. Hurricanes are not stopped by one grant, genius. Political violence is still political violence, even when your cult calls it patriotism. MAGA has turned hypocrisy into a dress code.
Weather isn't partisan. Gutting climate action while MAGA cosplay terrorists and culture warriors is. Kamala didn't need an oracle act, she just watched Trump be Trump.
Folks, an alleged plot to blow up a state capitol is a serious reminder that political violence is not patriotism, it is an attack on democracy. And as families across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic deal with flooding, we should remember that extreme weather demands competent government, not just another evening of spectacle.
Ohio underwater and somebody trying to blow up Albany. Midweek news dump hits different.
Twenty-two years in the Teamsters and I've seen enough "news dumps" and "hitting different" takes to know it's always just a distraction. They want us focused on everything but the fact that Trump's policies are why gas is sky-high, inflation is eating paychecks, and now he's giving Iran $300 billion, probably worse than the last deal. We need to hold these politicians accountable, not just shrug at the daily chaos they create for working people.
Three hundred billion to Iran while Hormuz is closed and regular people are choosing between filling the tank and buying groceries, and yeah that deal is going to make Obama's look like a masterpiece of negotiation, but the Teamsters guy is right that the daily outrage cycle is designed to keep everyone exhausted and not asking who exactly is pulling Trump's strings on this one.
An alleged plot, a state Capitol, and nobody asking who knew what beforehand? Maybe the rain is washing away more than evidence 👀
One alleged Capitol bombing plot and three states getting swallowed by rain, all in the same evening rundown. The weather doesn't care about anyone's political theater, which is more than can be said for half the people making it.
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Plotting to blow up a state capitol is not a political disagreement, it is a serious crime and should be prosecuted with evidence and due process. The storms are a reminder that local officials need to focus on basic preparedness too, without turning every weather event into a political production.