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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums****Breaking News**** DOJ Charges MAGA Who Attacked Ilhan Omar
Anthony Kazmierczak faces a count alleging that he forcibly assaulted, opposed, impeded, intimidated and officer and employee of the United States while she was engaged in official duties.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/doj-files-federal-charges-man-accused-attacking-rep-ilhan-omar-rcna256511
MAGAS are practically feral.
Walleye
(44,002 posts)Trump called her garbage. That is unacceptable. she was actually giving a pretty good talk, reasonable, and full of American values.
look at her skin"....trump
leftstreet
(39,332 posts)Suddenly the DOJ has time for this, but not the Epstein files
IcyPeas
(25,078 posts)Bluetus
(2,434 posts)And that allows the DoJ to say, "Look at how we are even protecting enemies of Trump (wait, was I not supposed to say that last part out loud?"
UTUSN
(77,247 posts)surfered
(12,181 posts)leftstreet
(39,332 posts)That's the ticket
ret5hd
(22,295 posts)public performance without a license?
bad busking?
or do you truly recognize his actions?
popsdenver
(1,818 posts)the pettiest legal misdemeanor..........This incident will give ALL KINDS of MAGAots ideas.....
Torchlight
(6,445 posts)while sober and awake
Doodley
(11,754 posts)Volaris
(11,476 posts)'...opposed....an employee...of the United States...' = every ICE scumbag on payroll.
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,685 posts)Volaris
(11,476 posts)Besides, if DOJ leaves this to the locals, he can't be pardoned by trump THE INSTANT he's found guilty.
This is ass-covering, they're just (finally maybe) getting better at calling it Something Else.
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,685 posts)Volaris
(11,476 posts)Tasmanian Devil
(61 posts)Does nobody proof read anymore?
I thought maybe it was an NBC typo, but the ABC coverage has the same typo:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-faces-federal-assault-charge-attack-rep-ilhan/story?id=129675896
So maybe the error is in the original. I'm no lawyer, can the charges be dismissed because of a typo?
littlemissmartypants
(32,431 posts)Of punctuation.
Just more of their idiocy and possibly haste at creation of the document with poor proof reading.
An AI proofreading program may not catch that and humans rarely proof read anymore. Plus stress can affect visual processing.
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,685 posts)llmart
(17,409 posts)BaronChocula
(4,135 posts)I get biopsy results back faster than this!
littlemissmartypants
(32,431 posts)dflprincess
(29,243 posts)Local news reported that yesterday. At least it wasn't harmful, but it might have been & should be treated as if it was.
BaronChocula
(4,135 posts)Not exactly a mastermind. Dangerous person nevertheless.
Thx for the update.
Moostache
(11,085 posts)The RWNJs are testing the system to find weaknesses when they begin targeted assassinations of Democratic office holders and leaders. This time was to get close enough and to test the response time of security. The next time will be to smuggle in weapons and see if they are detected. The last time will be to assassinate the target.
This is NOT some back-page story. In the past, when we had independent media and news organizations that actually INVESTIGATED stories, this would have been a plum assignment. Now? I see more chatter about Bezos bankrolling "Melania" for $35M than actual reporting. Pathetic.
BaronChocula
(4,135 posts)Seems totally plausible. Oxy-rush lover limbaugh really ginned those dipshits up.
And the media? PBPBPBPSHHH. There's more time devoted to news broadcasts with fewer stories being covered. The availability of true journalism has been a casualty of the reich-wing scare machine.
Moostache
(11,085 posts)No, this is just the kind of thing that does not need a payroll or membership vote to foster assassinations. Just gin up the hate, broadcast the efforts, play down the humanity of the targets and let the bigotry and malice take over...
Imagine the outrage and uproar if someone had done similar to Noem or Bovino or Miller... compare and contrast.
This nation is in the darkest place its been since 1865, and the people in charge are NOT concerned with the republic or the Constitution or the opposition. In fact, they are arresting reporters to intimidate others. They are labelling murder victims as 'domestic terrorists' and they are flooding the zone with everything imaginable to avoid answering for ANY of this (or releasing files on previous pedos and rapists and criminals).
I have seen this film before (in Russian and the original German) and the ending is always the same - jail, dehumanize, gravity-assisted suicides from high windows, and out right murder when necessary.
2na fisherman
(267 posts)This kind of stochastic terroristic threat needs to be taken seriously. And it is not paranoid to think some nut with a rudimentary knowledge of chemistry and biology may be motivated to try something like this but with lasting consequences to the intended target and bystanders. The poisoning of dissidents in Russia comes to mind. How about a cup of polonium tea or giving someone a virus?
ProfessorGAC
(76,052 posts)...make this very dangerous.
Everyone knows drain cleaner is dangerous and every supermarket sells it.
HCl is available at every hardware store.
It doesn't require knowing how to make a lachrymator or nerve agent to be a major threat.
Johonny
(25,700 posts)Because Trumps DOJ likely to lose any case. Seems like they got morons that barely passed the bar working there these days.
Conjuay
(2,949 posts)I wish she had.
BaronChocula
(4,135 posts)https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/01/29/anthony-kazmierczak-who-sprayed-vinegar-on-rep-ilhan-omar-faces-charges
Mary Moriarty's office is on it. Their plate is full.
Warpy
(114,467 posts)thatn the brown slush that builds up on urban street corners between snow storms. It's nasty but the most dangerous component of it is the green salt they spread on streets to melt the ice.
I also hope she sends Fatso the dry cleaning bill.
Marie Marie
(11,013 posts)I hear that Guilianni, Habba or that other one just removed are all available and looking for work.
Bev54
(13,290 posts)barbtries
(31,191 posts)if the state tried him. krasnov just loves passing out pardons to magats who do violence in his name.
markodochartaigh
(5,186 posts)"Divorce records from 2017 showed that he was unemployed at the time and was receiving disability insurance benefits of nearly $40,000."
Almost twice my pension for thirty years of nursing. And he is allied with the party which wants to get rid of disability benefits.