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SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio stationed state police at Springfield schools Tuesday in response to a rash of bomb threats — the vast majority that officials said came from overseas —- after former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance falsely said legal Haitian immigrants in the small city were eating dogs and cats.

Schools, government buildings and elected officials’ homes in Springfield were among the targets of more than 30 hoax threats made last week that forced evacuations and closures. Two more schools had to be evacuated on Monday, and the high school was threatened on Tuesday. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said a foreign actor was largely responsible, but he declined to name the country.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had to share this when I saw that the AP had the gumption to finally use the 'L' word in the article's headline, instead of some euphemistic bullshit like "misled" or "false claims".

LIED, baby. Lied.

Finally.

[–] Midnitte 5 points 1 month ago

Good on AP, now if only more news outlets would stop sane-washing Trump and Vance.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 1 month ago

Are bomb threats IRL denial of service attack?