Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Fight them, without becoming them!

Dumb motherfuckers cannot understand a consequence that most 4 year olds have fully sorted out.

Humiliatingly small and eclipsed by the derision of millions.

They want us to be overwhelmed and exhausted. Focus. Resist. Oppose.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

It is not hopeless, and we are not helpless.

75% of people clapping liked the show!

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

To the privileged, equality seems like oppression.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Stand up, dammit!

The real work of an opposition party is to oppose.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Never give a known liar the benefit of the doubt.

No one could have predicted…

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

So many bastards, so little time.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

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Shooting in Munich: All Clear is Given

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Earlier today a single perpetrator went on a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Munich, Germany. The Munich Police have now issued an all clear, confirming a single shooter, and indicating that public transportation has resumed and the shelter in place order is lifted. A press conference is ongoing, so we’ll hopefully have more information soon. As of right now we know that there are 10 dead, including the shooter who committed suicide, and 21 wounded. The only current indication of who the shooter might be and what he wanted is from an eye witness who indicated that the shooter “yelled an anti-foreigner slur”. As always this is an ongoing situation and the information is likely to change over the next 24 to 48 hours.

Update at 8:20 PM EDT

Here’s the link to the Munich Police press conference.

Update at 8:25 PM EDT

The Guardian has reported, based on a translation of the Munich Police’s press conference, that the shooter was an 18 year old German of Iranian descent. His body was found at 8:30 PM local time. They have confirmed that he shot himself.

Update at 8:40 PM EDT

The Guardian is reporting that the Munich Police have indicated that the shooter had lived in Munich for a long time and had no criminal record. The investigation is ongoing and no motive has been reported yet.

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    Keith G

    If she feels he is ready to govern and that she can work with him that’s all that matters. Wish it wasn’t such an inside the box pick, but the image of stability will be a good contrast with what’s happening on the other side

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    Adam L Silverman

    @Baud: Unless he’s gone on a shooting spree, or he’s rampaging around rending attendees at a political rally limb from limb, no! I only do violent breaking news.//

    Fine…

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    Peale

    @Cacti: I believe he’s pointing towards Vienna, telling those Hapsburgs to fuck off and let some Wittlesbach love rule the empire for a change.

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    Adam L Silverman

    @Cacti: That’s the Munich Coat of Arms – standard. There’s a fancier one for special occasions because of course there is.

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    Mnemosyne

    Some outlets were reporting that today is the 5th anniversary of the Norway massacre. Curious to find out if this is related or just an eerie coincidence.

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    Miss Bianca

    Damn. Just damn. Well, Munich seems to have contained the situation and then opened things up remarkably quickly and efficiently. Damn…such a sad thing for the city. I do wonder what the broader German reaction is likely to be, so quickly after Nice. If I didn’t somehow suspect that Daesh’s organizational capacities are both overrated and overworked right now, I’d start to wonder if there was some sort of concerted campaign of theirs . More erosion of that “grey zone” you were referring to the other day.

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