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Pennsylvania governor’s residence set ablaze in ‘act of arson’, police say
(www.theguardian.com)
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PA resident here. Shapiro is as left as left gets these days without being actively snuffed by the Democratic establishment, so naturally the right sees him as a plant for the deep state or whatever they're calling 'the ones we don't like' these days. Republicans have a healthy majority in State Congress here after the 2024 elections, and they are towing the party line and implementing Project 2025 despite resistance from constituents and the Governor.
Shout-out to Senator Doug "Literal Insurrectionist Traitor" Mastriano for being an all-around piece of shit, by the way.
Either way, this is a physical attack on the current political minority. Combine that with the timing (the first night of Passover), this has all the signs of an act of domestic terrorism.
The fact they're not using that word right now, either they're being abundantly cautious and just not ready to confirm that yet, or they are trying minimize the story because of who was involved and/or why it happened in the first place.
Other than his unconditional support for a fascist apartheid ethnostate leading to cracking down on constitutionally protected free speech and freedom of association.
And his being a proponent of further empoverishment of public schools to benefit poorly regulated for-profit charter schools that are usually either religious, of much lower educational standards than advertised, or both.
Also he's advocated for lowering corporate tax rates.
Fair, I guess 🤷
Yup!
Yup!
According to the article, terrorism is one of the likely charges.