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| Terrorist tried to assassinate billionaire George Soros. The attacks by far-right agitators like Sean "Softball" Hannity could inspire these incidents. |
A package containing what appeared to be an explosive device has been found in a mailbox outside the New York residence of billionaire financier George Soros.
An employee at the home in Katonah, New York, opened the package, revealing what appeared to be an explosive device, police said on Monday.
Soros was not home at the time, the New York Times reported.
Soros, one of the world's biggest donors to liberal groups and causes, has become a hated figure for right-wing campaigners in the United States and Eastern Europe, and the target of a hostile media campaign by the nationalist government in his native Hungary.
Bomb squad technicians detonated the package in a nearby wooded area, police told the newspaper. The FBI was looking into the incident, police said.
A federal law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press news agency on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the investigation said the device contained explosive powder.
Another federal official who also spoke on condition of anonymity said it resembled a pipe bomb and was in a package placed in a mailbox outside the gates of the compound.
A Soros employee opened it just inside the gates, nowhere near Soros' quarters, the official said.
In a statement on Facebook, Soros' Open Society Foundations (OSF) said the philanthropist deplored violence and urged "politicians across the political spectrum to tone down their rhetoric".
The organisation blamed the US' toxic political environment for the incident.
"The hateful rhetoric that dominates politics in the U.S. and in so many countries around the world breeds extremism and violence," said OSF. "In this climate of fear, falsehoods and rising authoritarianism, just voicing your views can draw death threats."
A Hungarian government spokesman said: "The matter falls under the jurisdiction of US authorities. After all, the incident occurred there." He declined to comment further.
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Restore sanity to the country. Under Trump, people of color are suffering. With white people calling the law on Black people minding their business, it becomes infuriating that we allow our lawmakers to continue to justify this. Paul Ryan, Steve King, Louie Gohmert, Mark Meadows, Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Greg Gianforte, Devin Nunes and the rest of the Republicans are getting their talking points from the same bunch of folks who profit off dividing this country.
The Republicans are using the same old tired playbook given to them by Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity, The Drudge Report, Fox News and Breitbart. They are fully engaged in the culture war.
Republicans refuse to talk about the economy, the demise of Sears/Kmart, gun violence, the continuous Brett Kavanaugh hearing or the agenda to fix immigration. They rather get you upset over comments made by entertainers and opinion agitators. The Republican Party is accepting white extremism within its ranks.
The Republican Party has control of the White House, Congress, state governorships and the junk food media. Why are they complaining about the obstruction from the Democrats? You keep complaining about the junk food media. They are holding you accountable for the racism, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant and climate change denial rhetoric.
C'mon folks, the Republican Party isn't doing anything to help Americans. They've been in favor of the "status quo" and "white male privilege."
They control almost everything.
They won't if we don't get our asses out to vote this Midterm. The price is too great to allow Trump continue the course he's going.
The Republicans are going to win on the culture war. We can stop them if we get off our asses and vote this Midterm election.
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