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“So as part of this larger debate about how to keep the president safe, how to keep senior officials safe, the president and his senior advisers are all arguing that this incident only shows how badly they need to finish construction of the White House Ballroom. This is a larger fight that, you know, has been going on for months about whether this is really necessary or proper and whether the president can do it on his own without congressional approval. A judge has said no, but that legal fight is still going on.”

“Republican congressman Tony Gonzalez of Texas says he will retire from Congress as he faces bipartisan calls to expel him. Gonzalez is admitted to an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide, and seven term California Democratic congressman Eric Swalwell says he will resign following multiple sexual assault allegations made against him. He had been seen as a front runner in California's gubernatorial race before dropping out yesterday after the accusation surfaced.”

“I think here, though, there is a big difference between, for example, the assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania in 2024 and what happened here. Because I think there was a clear security failure in Butler where you had a rooftop with a sight line toward the candidate that was not protected, that was not guarded. Here, the situation, I think, is quite different in that this person tried to essentially bum rush a fancy black tie gala. He made it a matter of steps past the initial security screening, but he never even got onto the floor where the event was happening.”

“The thrust of my statement was really wait and see. We don't know all the facts. The department will update the public and the commission when we do and would discourage people from reading the fear mongering and the politicization and things on Twitter, including things by the CEO of Twitter. So I got home. I went to bed and woke up to dozens, maybe over a 100 negative responses and mentions directly in emails, including threats.”

“The data show that all reported crime in San Francisco is at a twenty year low. During those early years of the pandemic, crime was also trending down overall according to SFPD data. The exceptions that stand out include car thefts, burglaries, and homicides, all of which increased a little. But the homicide rate is still among the lowest of major cities in The US.”

“But I also think part of the challenge here for law enforcement is making the public feel like the president is safe, making the public feel the senior government officials are safe. And if a guy with a shotgun can just sort of storm a security checkpoint and cause a great deal of panic and fear, in that sense, it may be becoming harder and harder for law enforcement to prevent that kind of incident.”

“Our homicide investigators developed information that identified the suspect as 38 year old Neema Momeni of Emeryville, California. We can confirm that mister Lee and mister Momini knew each other. Mister Momini was taken into custody without incident in Emeryville, California. He was transported to the San Francisco County Jail and booked on one charge of murder.”

“And so in late April, he gets on a train from Los Angeles, and that goes to Chicago. Once he gets to Chicago, he buys a ticket to Washington, DC. He arrives in Washington, DC on Friday and checks into the hotel, the Washington Hilton. That's the same hotel where this big gala dinner is going to be held.”

“Elon Musk tweets, very sorry to hear that. Many people I know have been severely assaulted. Violent crime in San Francisco is horrific. And even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately. Is the city taking stronger action to incarcerate repeat offenders? At Brooke Jenkins s f.”

“But San Francisco suffers from a persistent gap between what the data show and how people feel. This has prompted questions about how crime data is gathered, and some prominent tech voices have suggested throwing out the stats altogether. This topic is kind of a minefield, and many people who are much more knowledgeable than I am have made a go at it. But what I want to get at is a feeling, a disconnect between the data and people's experiences.”

“So on Monday, there were a few key developments. First, the suspect, Cole Allen, was formally charged in a criminal complaint. He was charged with attempting to assassinate the president. That wasn't the only charge, but it's the most important charge by far because that charge carries a potential life sentence. The other two charges in the criminal complaint are transportation of a firearm over interstate commerce, and that's a reference to him allegedly bringing the weapons across country, and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.”

“One thing has definitely increased, and that is the number of threats just floating around the Internet, the number of threats that go after not just politicians, but, for example, judges and schools and hospitals and all manner of American public life have a much larger increase in just threats being thrown around. There's sort of a sea of hostility out there online, a sea of angry, threatening language that makes it harder and more time consuming to figure out who is really dangerous and who is just sort of a keyboard commando.”

“Bolsonaro's former spy chief, Alexandre Hamaging, fled Brazil last year, crossing the border from the Amazon into Guyana before heading to The US. When authorities moved to arrest him and found he'd escaped, Hamaji shared a video on social media saying he and his family were, quote, safe in The US, the world's freest democracy. Brazilian authorities consider him a fugitive and requested his extradition last December.”

“The US Postal Service usually automatically stamps postmarks when a process is mailed that's dropped off. But exactly when that processing happens has become more complicated in more parts of the country. As part of the postal services reorganization, USPS has cut back how often it picks up mail in certain areas more than 50 miles from one of its regional processing centers. That means some first class mail may not get postmarked until the day after it's collected.”

“According to the PSC order, a moratorium would be put in place to pause any shutoffs due to unpaid or late utility bills as the shutdown continues. Georgia officials say TSA agents would need to verify their employment status to be eligible. The order states employees must pay off any past due balances within thirty days after the shutdown ends and when back pay is completely restored.”

“Like many people, I read the letter that he wrote, and it is apologizing for what he's done. It's sort of a goodbye letter to people that he loves. It is imagining, at times, a q and a where he imagines criticism, and then he imagines what he would say in response to that criticism about his actions.”

“Chesa Boudin and the criminal loving city council that enabled him and a lawless SF for years have Bob's literal blood on their hands. This last tweet was referencing Chesa Boudin, a progressive DA who ran on policies like bail reform and reducing the prison population. He was removed from office after a very contentious recall vote.”

“While we're not going to release any additional facts at this time, I must point out that reckless and irresponsible statements like those contained in mister Musk's tweet that assumed incorrect circumstances about mister Lee's death serve to mislead the world in their perceptions of San Francisco and also negatively impact the pursuit of justice for victims of crime as it spreads misinformation at a time when the police are trying to solve a very difficult case.”

“President Trump says The US has begun a blockade of the Iranian ports. He's trying to get Tehran to open the Strait Of Hormuz and accept a deal to end the war. We can't let a country blackmail or extort, the world because that's what they're doing. They're really blackmailing the world. We're not gonna let that happen.”