Per Jessica Schneider at CNN:
Following developments on evacuation of CNN in NYC, and Time Warner Center. Law enforcement telling me and @ShimonPro:
The device was constructed with a pipe and wires, according to an NYPD source. Law enforcement authorities treating device as real explosive.
As you all know, the Trumpists targeted both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama with explosive devices this week. At the same time, a bomb was sent to George Soros, a progressive donor who has been target of anti-semitic attacks.
Apparently, alt-right terrorists read the polls, too. With democracy now turning against them, they are now turning to violence. We saw some of that earlier outside the Republican Club in Manhattan. Last year we saw it in Charlottesville.
The Trump White House is already trying to deflect blame by floating a rumor that they got a bomb, too. Unfortunately for them, the US Secret Service is too professional to play that game. They just issued a denial.
If we want to know who is truly responsible for this groundswell of conservative violence, we need look no further than the illegitimate occupant of the White House who praised a violent, right-wing thug, saying:
"Greg is smart and, by the way, never wrestle him," the president said, motioning as though he was slamming someone to the ground. "Any guy that can do a body slam — he's my guy."
My advice:
1. Get your friends to the polls, assuming they aren’t part of the Trump cult (get new friends if they are).
2. Assume the polls are NOT in our favor. It’ll be better motivation. Complacency is Democrats’ greatest weakness (see 2016 for further example).
3. If you see a white guy who has Infowars paraphernalia all over his pickup truck or himself anywhere near a post office or public place, maybe go ahead and dial 9-1. Then hold your finger over the final 1.