WTF Just Happened Today?

Day 650: Maximum harm.


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1/ The suspect in the shooting that left 11 people dead at a Pittsburgh synagogue was charged in a 44-count indictment with murder, hate crimes and other offenses that could bring the death penalty. Robert Bowers entered the Tree of Life synagogue armed armed with Glock .357 handguns and a Colt AR-15 rifle, and told police he was there to “kill Jews.� (Washington Post / Associated Press)

2/ Pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc “conducted a domestic terror attack,� according to federal prosecutors. Sayoc researched the addresses of his targets online and had photos of them on his cellphone. Sayoc allegedly intended to “maximize harm� to his 15 targets. Justice Department prosecutors said Sayoc began planning the “domestic terror attack� in July while living in his van, which was covered with photos praising Trump. (NBC News / ABC News)

3/ The Trump administration doesn’t plan to renew the anti-domestic terror program, which funds the development of new approaches to prevent terrorism before it begins. The Department of Homeland Security said it has no plans to continue the program past the end of its funding in July 2019 and has told grant recipients that the funding was a “one-time� opportunity. (NBC News)

4/ Jamal Khashoggi was strangled and dismembered as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as part of a premeditated plan to kill the Saudi journalist and dispose of his body, according Turkey’s public prosecutor. The statement from Irfan Fidan is the first official description by a Turkish official about Khashoggi’s death and follows two days of meetings with Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor, Saud al-Mojeb. A senior Turkish official said Mojeb did not give Fidan the location of Khashoggi’s body or the identity of the “local collaborator� who helped dispose of the Khashoggi’s remains. The Saudis have shifted their story about Khashoggi’s fate, initially denying any knowledge, then suggesting that “rogue� killers were responsible for Khashoggi’s death, before acknowledging that Khashoggi was killed in a premeditated murder. (CNN / Bloomberg / Washington Post / Associated Press)

  • A group of Republican senators want to stop to talks on selling U.S. nuclear power equipment to Saudi Arabia in response to the Khashoggi killing. (Bloomberg)
  • 5/ Trump may deploy 10,000 to 15,000 military personnel to the border with Mexico in response to the caravan of Central American migrants. The deployment would double the number of active-duty troops operating the...

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