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To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1304489)	6/18/2021 12:21:42 PM
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He's a Trumper, dummy.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1304489)	6/18/2021 12:22:42 PM
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I know how you Trumpscum love racial stories - Coming up are two for you.

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1304489)	6/18/2021 12:24:03 PM
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1: Man pleads guilty to shooting Black girl at Iowa Trump rally FILE - This Dec. 6, 2000 booking photo from the Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa shows, Army veteran Michael McKinney. McKinney, a supporter of former President Donald Trump pleaded guilty Wednesday, June 16, 2021, to felony charges for firing his handgun into a carful of Black girls who were arguing with pro-Trump agitators near the Iowa Capitol last December, injuring one. (Polk County Jail via AP File)More RYAN J. FOLEY Thu, June 17, 2021 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A supporter of former President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to felony charges for firing his handgun into a carful of Black girls who were arguing with pro-Trump agitators near the Iowa Capitol last December, injuring one. Michael McKinney, 26, pleaded guilty Wednesday to intimidation with a dangerous weapon and willful injury, charges that each carry up to 10 years in prison. He's expected to receive a prison term at his Aug. 9 sentencing, but the parole board may determine how long he actually serves. Under a plea agreement that a prosecutor called “generous,” the state will dismiss four charges including attempted murder and won't seek sentencing enhancements that would require McKinney to serve a mandatory minimum of five years on each count before becoming eligible for parole. McKinney, an Army veteran and resident of Saint Charles, Iowa, admitted that he intentionally fired into the girls’ vehicle, “causing the occupants to fear serious injury from my action.” He acknowledged that one of the girls, 15, was shot in the leg and seriously injured. His trial had been scheduled for Monday and McKinney had been expected to argue he fired in self-defense after the girls’ car backed into a Trump supporter’s pickup truck. McKinney was wearing body armor and heavily armed when he participated in a pro-Trump parade of slow-moving vehicles through Des Moines on Dec. 6. Police say he had a pistol, another firearm in his vehicle and was carrying two loaded magazines. A car carrying four Black teenage girls began following the caravan as it passed through the heavily Democratic city, with occupants trading epithets with Trump supporters. A confrontation broke out between the teenagers and the much larger group of Trump supporters at a Capitol parking lot. Witnesses and the teen driver’s mother say the clash included racial and political taunts on both sides. Trump supporters surrounded the girls' car, yelling and honking horns, so the driver put the car in reverse and struck a pickup. Bystander video shows McKinney pulling a handgun from his waistband and firing into the car from 15 feet (4.5 meters) away. The girl who was shot had been arguing with the crowd through the vehicle’s sunroof. Authorities downplayed the political and racial context of the shooting, saying it grew out of a traffic dispute. The rally had been sponsored by Women for America First, the pro-Trump group that later hosted the Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C., before the Capitol insurrection. Trump supporters blasted authorities for charging McKinney, arguing that his shot protected rallygoers by scaring the car away and noting that McKinney frequented pro-police “Back the Blue” rallies. Assistant Polk County Attorney Olubunmi Salami pushed McKinney to accept the plea deal, which he noted in a filing would drastically reduce his prison sentence. Had McKinney been convicted on all counts at trial, he would have been required to serve 32 years behind bars. McKinney’s lawyer can argue at sentencing that whatever prison terms he receives on each count should run concurrently. news.yahoo.com

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1304489)	6/18/2021 12:25:14 PM
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2: Man pleads guilty to hate crime after stabbing of Black man at Oregon Arby’s, feds say Mike Stunson Fri, June 18, 2021 A man who admitted to trying to kill a Black man in an unprovoked attack at an Arby’s restaurant pleaded guilty Thursday, federal officials say. Nolan Levi Strauss, 27, pleaded guilty to a hate crime involving an attempt to kill following the 2019 incident. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. The stabbing occurred December 2019 at an Arby’s within the Pilot Travel Center in Ontario, Oregon. A 48-year-old Black man came to the restaurant to give documentation for a job application, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Strauss entered the restaurant and approached the man, who was sitting in a booth by himself with his back facing Strauss, officials say. “Suddenly, unprovoked and without warning, Strauss stabbed the man twice in the neck,” the Department of Justice said. “The man tried to grab Strauss’s hands and take the knife, and, in the process, managed to prevent Strauss from stabbing him again.” The victim broke free from Strauss’s grip and collapsed on the other side of the restaurant. A maintenance worker, who had directed Strauss to drop his knife, used a belt to secure his hands behind his back before police arrived, federal officials said. Asked by the worker why he stabbed the man, Strauss replied, “Because he was Black, and I don’t like Black people,” federal officials said. After being arrested at the scene, he allegedly said he was trying to kill the man “because he was Black.” The victim was flown to a hospital in Boise, Idaho, where he received emergency surgery for his stab wounds. Scott Erik Asphaug, acting U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon, said the incident is a “horrifying reminder that racism and bigotry still exist.” “Everyone deserves to go to work without fearing they will be a victim of violence because of how they look or how they live,” added Kieran L. Ramsey, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon. “ Racist attacks like this one — powered by hate and grounded in ignorance — strike at the heart of our community. We should all draw strength from our diversity and work together to protect our neighbors.” Strauss will be sentenced Sept. 9. news.yahoo.com

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6/18/2021 12:31:03 PM

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"This remarkable alignment led Alexei Naumov from the Russian International Affairs Council to conclude that, “For Republicans, Vladimir Putin is more of an ally than Biden. This is a death sentence for America’s leadership and its foreign policy.”" twitter.com

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1304489)	6/18/2021 12:31:50 PM
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Remember this?

To: Winfastorlose who wrote (1304489)	6/18/2021 12:35:29 PM
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TheValuesVoter Any day now on Fox News … “Juneteenth is a celebration of the Government coming to take away the property of white people! And why did the radical liberals vote to make it a national holiday now? So they can next take away your AR-15s and your F-150s!” (Cue sponsors)