‘Consider This A Light Warning,’ Alleged Arsonist Warned In Note To Texas Dems | Talking Points Memo

In the aftermath of an alleged attempted arson aimed at the Travis County, Texas Democratic Party headquarters last Wednesday, investigators said they recovered a note from the remnants of the blaze. 


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No items on Facebook morning-long outage?

TPM writers must all be on Twitter making FB jokes

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Lotsa fun, eh asshole, wearing stipes and getting mug shot?
Too bad the max may only be 2 yrs.
ETA: I hear it’s 5 yrs.

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I didn’t know about the FB outage until just now since I don’t use it.

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Maybe we shouldn’t keep Austin weird? Just a thought …

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Someone should tweet this story to Patrick Ruffini.

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So, in terrorism parlance, we have a “lone wolf,” acting on his own to sow terror.

Throw the book at him.

And, we need a new federal domestic terrorism statute. Charging this guy with even high level felony arson isn’t enough for this dope.

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Ryan Faircloth, a 30-year-old Austin resident, was arrested Friday on suspicion of setting the fire…

Faircloth?!?

Is that a synonym for white sheet?

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This n00b mentioned peaches?

hmmmm yumm

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And Instagram and WhatsApp. And reportedly some issues at Twitter because everyone’s there talking about how Facebook is down :smiley:

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I only knew because my spouse (working from home) was complaining about DNS going out intermittently and we were trying to figure out whether it was our end or the provider.

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Lemme say that was a yummy peach

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The note read like a bitter country song,

Got yer sentencing enhancement right here, bro.

After initially facing state charges of second-degree felony arson and third-degree felony prohibited weapon, Faircloth was charged in a federal criminal complaint with a single charge of arson and attempted arson, according to online court records.

Interesting. Why’d they make a federal case of it, and so quickly?

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I don’t use any of those platforms.

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Now if law enforcement in Texas would just keep doing their job, and arrest the homicidal lunatics who deliberately tried to run a Biden/Harris bus off the interstate last Fall – and who did deliberately smash into one of the vehicles accompanying it – then we might actually get somewhere.

(Hell, they wouldn’t even have to arrest them; I’d be happy if they just investigated those attempted murders…)

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RyANne FAIrclOth is A poLItiCal pRISonEr wHo WAs oNly trYINg to GIve hUGs aND KISses to THe pEOple in tHe oFFiCe!

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Can’t wait for the pyrotechnics when he debuts at Antone’s

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I haven’t used platforms since high school.

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Too busy sniffing out rape and all

In honor of Todd Aiken’s recent promotion to wormfood

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Geesh!
PLATFORMS!!??!!
Sooo… 80’s

My era was when The Maker™ was a pup (that’s before dirt). Besides I wasn’t too short of stature at 5’9". Woodstock was our gathering…


We could gather a crowd in numbers trump would be jealous of but could never come even close to.

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