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Judge in Trump civil fraud case sent envelope with white powder, source says

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Judge in Trump civil fraud case was sent envelope with white powder, source says

www.nbcnews.com /politics/donald-trump/judge-trump-civil-fraud-case-sent-envelope-white-powder-officials-say-rcna140938

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Stop treating domestic terrorists with kid gloves and maybe they'll be afraid to terrorize again.
- Wel it’s not really as straight forward as all that. A lot of leftists are abolitionists. The concept of a state jailing someone isn’t something to be advocated for when every other day you don’t believe the system should exist. Your ideals being flexible based on who gets hurt means they aren’t ideals at all.
misleading headline. The judge was sent a tainted envelope, he did not send the envelope.
- I wouldn't have interpreted as the judge being the sender.
  
  That's how I interpreted it. There are many ways to write that which completely avoid confusion, but they chose the only way that allows that confusion.
  
  I interpreted your interpretation differently
- As I've said for years, English is a shit language.
  Bob sent a birthday card
  Means Bob mailed it to someone
  Bob was sent a birthday card
  Means Bob received it.
  We still keep headlines short, so the "was" gets dropped, and we're left with an ambiguous sentence that literally means the opposite of what context clues tell us it means.
  It makes sense when you realize headlines start out as full sentences but then get trimmed down as short as possible.
  
  Headlinese
  
  @davel is right though.
  Envelope With White Powder Sent To Judge In Trump Civil Fraud Case, Source Says
  Exact same length and unambiguous.
MAGAts are terrorists.
- I agree but let's not forget that less than a year ago nearly 100 letters containing white powder sent to Trump and senior Republicans
  
  Yeah that's very not cool
Probably Don Jr. trying to make some layaway payments with cocaine

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