Springfield Residents Rocked by Bomb Threats in Wake of Racist Smear Campaign
Last week, Republicans made the town of Springfield , Ohio , the center of a racist smear campaign accusing Haitian migrants of slaughtering and eating local pets. In the subsequent days, what began as gross online misinformation evolved into threats of violence against Haitian residents of Springfield and city officials.
On Thursday, Springfield’s city hall was forced to evacuate after receiving a bomb threat. According to the city commission, the threat was emailed to “to multiple agencies and media outlets.
“City of Springfield received a bomb threat that has prompted an immediate response from local and regional law enforcement,” the city wrote on its Facebook page . “As a precautionary measure, the building has been evacuated, and authorities are currently conducting a thorough investigation. Our primary concern is the safety and well-being of our employees and residents. We are working to address this situation as swiftly as possible.”
It’s unclear what inspired the threats, but the incident took place just days after former President Donald Trump repeated online claims that Haitian migrants were killing and eating people’s pets during Tuesday’s debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. (Cont'd. at linked article)
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“In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs,” Trump said. “The people that came in, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
Trump simply tried to kill two birds with one stone - to criticize the Democratic immigration policies and to get the SPCA and all pet lovers on his side.
The claim has also been amplified by Trump’s running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, and other Republican lawmakers and commentators.
The claim (probably false) is being elevated & contested by the left to deflect from the real issue of 20-30,000 Haitians being sent to a small town of 60,000 people:
The city of Springfield, Ohio , had roughly 60,000 residents as of 2022. In the two years since then, thousands of migrants have arrived, mostly from Haiti . Although some have welcomed the new neighbors, others have lamented the change and said it has taken a toll on city resources.
Since February 2021, more than 470,000 Haitian migrants have been encountered at the border, but only 80,000 of them came through illegally. The remainder, 390,000, were intercepted at ports of entry, including an unspecified number who applied from abroad to be paroled into the country through a Biden-Harris administration program that Republicans have criticized as circumventing congressional authority.
How a small Ohio city became the epicenter of the border debate- Washington Examiner
Ohio Gov DeWine is very sympathetic to the Haitian plight:
"As a result, many Haitians now in Springfield are looking to use the area’s health care services, which DeWine said is straining the local healthcare system and creating longer wait times.
DeWine went on to loosely endorse the country’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program , which has granted much of Springfield’s Haitian community the permission to live in the United States. However, he challenged federal officials to take a more active role in ensuring that communities that end up taking in immigrant populations are supported, which he said is not occurring in Springfield today."
Ohio Gov. DeWine’s deep connections to Haiti inform response to Springfield controversy (daytondailynews.com)
Springfield Ohio has been overwhelmed. That is the issue.
Isolationism is unAmerican. Plain and simple. Demonizing poor, desperate, people ran out of their home country by violence is UNCHRISTIAN and not demonstrative of the love of God. That is, failing to accent the positive while exploiting a negative (real or imagined) against fellow human beings is inhumane.
Nobody wants to face the facts.
Better we use a story about pets to deflect.
Lying is UnChristian and not demonstrative of the love of God. Lying is inhumane, also.
We are not using it-- JD Vance and Trump are using it!
Anyone who is incapable of seeing Vance for the imbecile that he is deserves for him to be VP.
Vance has repeatedly defended his public fear-mongering against Haitian migrants, despite the accusations of animal abuse having been debunked and his own acknowledgment that the reports were dubious.
Trump and Vance are engaged in a racist, hate-mongering campaign unlike anything we've seen in America for a very long time. Before this nightmare is over they will both have blood on their hands. Of course, Trump already promised that his mass deportation terrorism will be "bloody".
Over the years I've noticed that Trump never directly advocates violence. But he does say stuff that "gives people ideas". For example, saying things like
If that idea isn't implemented, there will be violence in the streets
Never directly advocating violence...but saying that "people will be violent".
And his worshippers are ignorant enough to take that "hint" as a command.
Something is seriously wrong and WEIRD about J. D. Vance. He clearly got whatever liar's 'bug' Donald has. Maybe. . .it's the attraction between the two! Donald + J. D., too WEIRD for one country. Oh, the lies they could tell in four years of running this country: "LEGION"!
It's not a joke. These two men, both, are right out of Hell's playbook!
This is why some conservatives wanted the 'gloves' taken off PC speech. Because now in open society they can remind the public of the good old days (of Donald's youth) when Donald openly spewed angry, violent RHETORIC meant to incite others to action. He won't do it. . . being weak himself. But, he needs proper stooges to 'execute' his aggressions. That said, his tongue, his speech is vile and dangerous to men, women, and children alike! Now he has a youthful "mini-me" to rear. J. D. Vance. . . is now Donald's Protege.
(Let's see how long it takes J.D. Vance to become a proper 'replacement' for Roy Cohn in Trump 'world'.)
Wow. So this is so Weird. Our nation is actually, deliberately, and has been placed under threat of NATIONAL violence allowing Crooked Donald to cause all this grief to yet another city on his. . . what shall we call it: "Unapologetic Tour" Donald is so foul that he means nobody he can use any good whatsoever. . .so 'they' catch as catch can!
True.
Occasionally something can be brought to court, but its not enough. The only real cure is to register and vote-- and help other to do that.
Vote EARLY! Vote! EARLY Vote!
For some conservatives its more like this: Dilute the Vote!
Nope.
No one knows!
Well, actually The Shadow knows-- but he ain't tellin'!
Many people here may not know about The Shadow ('ceptin Buzz, natch).
So here's part of the article in Wikipedia:
The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson . Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, [ 2 ] and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibson.
The Shadow has been adapted into other forms of media, including American comic books , comic strips , serials , video games , and at least five feature films . The radio drama included episodes voiced by Orson Welles .
The Shadow debuted on July 31, 1930 ...
Well, actually The Shadow knows-- but he ain't tellin'!
Who Knows What Evil Lurks in The Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows!
Just because you don't know about something doesn't mean it doesn't exist!
(Word of wisdom I learned many Moons ago from aa very enlightened spiritual teacher!)
Considerthis-- you may possibly never know.
Or some day you might!
Some folks would say:
Some Stones are better left unturned!
(OTOH, in that scenario they might never gather some Moss!)
Oh but it does exist!
In fact it exists very much!
Here's what the man you claim you're not voting for but who you vigorously defend at the drop of a hat said (and I quote):
Trump said:
In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, The people that came in, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”
It means 'effing" around with the voting rules and regulations each election season seeking SELECTED and one-sided results which disenfranchise, limit, discount, and dilute minorities and marginalized people voting power (if it leaves said power intact at all)! It means having a RIGHT to vote. . .and yet the 'power' has insignificant effect overall on change for the better and for minorities and 'outgroups' ("undesirables" and yes, women fit into this section).
How Voting Laws Have Changed in Battleground States Since 2020
Most have made it harder to vote, but others have expanded access.
August 15, 2024
Georgia
New laws in effect for the 2024 election: 2 restrictive, 6 interference-related, 1 expansive
Georgia has made it harder to vote and facilitated election interference.
In early 2021, the Georgia legislature passed Senate Bill 202. This 98-page law takes aim at all sorts of ways people vote. On mail voting, it cuts the window to request a ballot by more than half, requires counties to wait longer to mail out ballots, establishes new ID rules, bars officials from mailing ballots that voters have not requested, and severely restricts the availability of drop box locations and hours (especially in large cities). footnote1_slMT86xZhmR1 20
The law also makes it harder for voters who go to the wrong precinct to have their ballots counted and it bans mobile voting centers. Many of these provisions are in response to the 2020 election, when Georgians voted by mail in unprecedented numbers and certain areas (like Fulton County, which includes most of Atlanta) widely distributed drop boxes and brought mobile voting centers to churches, parks, and libraries. footnote2_dCZsWHoQ0dkZ 21
S.B. 202 has faced extensive litigation. A federal court blocked provisions that banned giving food and water to voters waiting in line and required voters to write their birth dates on absentee ballot envelopes, although the food and water decision is currently on appeal. That means the law will be almost entirely in force for this year’s election, where it may have far-reaching disenfranchising effects. The other restrictive law makes it easier to remove eligible voters from the rolls through voter challenges. footnote3_qcIFN8VbNl2X 22
Georgia has also enacted six interference laws, including S.B. 202. These laws increase partisanship on the State Election Board and give the newly partisan State Election Board authority to meddle with local election boards, footnote4_dbmpiCKXTwCn 23 grant the Georgia Bureau of Investigation authority to investigate election issues and recommend them for prosecution, footnote5_xDaJRZTI8ZRh 24 and criminalize election officials taking private grants for running elections. footnote6_jizjnLi2XgXd 25 Three of the laws replace the members of county election boards with partisan appointments. footnote7_iXssKghxQvsu 26
In addition to those three laws, Georgia enacted several laws in 2021 to restructure local boards of election. These laws may have qualified as interference legislation when they were passed. However, the Brennan Center only began comprehensively tracking this category of legislation in January 2022. These types of laws, whether passed in 2021 or 2022, have led to the ouster of Black election officials across the state; in turn, the new boards have taken actions that negatively affect Black voters such as eliminating Sunday voting hours.
The lone expansive law extends state employees’ paid time off for voting to include in-person early voting.
In America it's a gamble, depending on the political makeup of the court and the size of the bribes accepted by the Judges (I almost said "Justices" instead of "judges" thinking about a couple in particular, but I realized that Justice is not an issue).
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Trump-obsessed.
Well peopl;e should be "Trump obsessed" (and should be "Kamal Harris obsessed" as well)/
After all, one of them will be president of the United States (the most powerful person in the entire world!)
Trump-obsessed.
Well peopl;e should be "Trump obsessed" (and should be "Kamal Harris obsessed" as well)/
After all, one of them will be president of the United States (the most powerful person in the entire world!)
So don't you think that justifyibly merits some attention?
Worth repeating
LOL. Personally, I don't give a shit - I, for one, if I were qualified to vote which I am not, wouldn't vote for either one of them.