Today's Cartoon Twofer - Unplanned Indictments

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(Matt Davies, Newsday)

 
(Jim Morin, The Miami Herald)

Still blissing in the schadenfreude from the indictment of the extremist auteurs of the doctored "baby parts" anti- Planned Parenthood video!

Here Come The Vandals (UPDATED)

After weeks of incitement by Republicans, the violent knuckle dragging vandals of the right are on the loose.

In Coachella, California:

A person of interest has been detained in the investigation of a suspected arson fire at a Southern California mosque, authorities said.

Riverside County sheriff's officials said late Friday that the person was being questioned but declined to provide further details. No arrests were announced.

Earlier the department released a statement calling the blaze "an intentional act" and saying it would use all available resources to investigate.

Flames were reported just after noon Friday at the Islamic Center of Palm Springs. The fire was contained to the small building's front lobby, and no one was injured.

People at the mosque described hearing a "loud boom" and seeing flames, said Reymundo Nour, the mosque's acting imam, who was not on the site at the time. He said the mosque had been "firebombed."

In St. Louis, Missouri:

Glass windows and a door at a Planned Parenthood facility in St. Louis, Missouri have been busted out in an apparent act of vandalism, St. Louis Public Radio reports.

The windows and doors were shattered with rocks in what appears to be a targeted attack on the women’s health facility on Saturday morning, Mary Kogut, head of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, to the radio station.  [snip]

The vandalism caused “thousands of dollars” worth of damage, she said.

Kogut told SLPR that a suspect was in custody.

In Florida:

A Muslim woman was nearly shot Thursday as she left a Florida mosque, and another woman was nearly run off the road.

Someone fired at least one gunshot at the woman as she drove away from the mosque in east Tampa, near Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, reported WTSP-TV.

She was not injured, and police have not identified or arrested a suspect.

Another Muslim woman reported a man threw rocks and other items at her and tried to run her off the road as she drove away from a mosque in New Tampa.

Then there are these drooling, heavily armed peabrains:

They are known as "Three Percenters," followers of a movement that has rallied against gun control efforts nationwide, patrolled the U.S. border with Mexico and recently begun confronting Muslim Americans.

Followers describe themselves as armed "patriots." But some of their leaders have been blamed for threats and vandalism against lawmakers, police and Muslims. One prominent member from Phoenix prompted an FBI alert in November after posting an expletive-filled Facebook video saying he was headed to upstate New York with guns to challenge a Muslim group. A Three Percenter in suburban Dallas led a mosque protest by armed, masked men that same month.  [snip]

"We will interfere with every move they (Muslims) make towards taking over our country," Dallas protest organizer David Wright said in response to questions the Associated Press sent to his personal Facebook page. "We are ready to fight back if they come at us violently."

These Three Percenter clowns are more apt to accidentally shoot holes in the pavement than they are to stop imaginary Mooslim hordes from "taking over."  But unfortunately, they like to strut around with their penis compensators near places where they can terrorize innocent people, including women and children.  If they have so much time on their hands, why don't they enlist and volunteer to parachute into ISIS territory?  After all, they have a lot in common with them.

UPDATE:  Here's a list of the anti-Muslim attacks since Paris;  and here is a multi-decades long list of anti-abortion violence.  Brought to you by "real Amurricans!"

Tweet Of The Day - Republicans Still Demagoguing On Planned Parenthood

Shorter GOP: Just because killer believed in & repeated our lies about PP, doesn't mean we are  responsible. https://t.co/CFRq3yCfkW

— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 29, 2015

When they finally do come out of their holes to say anything, it's just to repeat vicious lies.

UPDATE:  And make up a few more hateful, despicable ones.

Anti-Planned Parenthood Smears Leading to Violence (UPDATED)

As we noted in an update to our post yesterday, the killer at yesterday's Colorado Springs' Planned Parenthood site, Robert Dear, is reported to have said "no more baby parts" in a rambling interview with police while in custody, a clear indication that he was targeting the facility over the false fetal tissue stories produced by anti-choice zealots . Over the past year, the right wing has mounted an intensive and deceitful attack on Planned Parenthood, posting highly edited and misleading videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood officials "selling" the body parts of aborted fetuses. These attacks on Planned Parenthood are also believed to have prompted cases of arson at several clinics recently.

Rethuglican politicians and candidates have been bashing Planned Parenthood in the most inflammatory way, perhaps none more than failed businesswoman and cynical opportunist Carly "Snarly" Fiorina.  In the second Rethug debate, Snarly repeatedly lied about seeing a nonexistent video  showing an abortion at a Planned Parenthood facility for the purpose of fetal tissue donation. Her graphic (and knowingly false) version was the low-light of the debate, but allowed the media to gush initially about her "knowledge" and "passion," before a factual examination (you know, actual journalism) unraveled Snarly's fictional account days later.

Radical rhetoric by the anti-choice movement in this country encourages violent actions by unbalanced domestic terrorists. Rethuglican politicians won't call for a halt to it because it would be a betrayal of their most rabid, motivated base, for whom life begins at conception, but ends at the impact of a bullet.

UPDATE:  A portrait is emerging:  he's a "conservative, religious, anti-abortion" nut, according to his ex-wife, who also was fond of handing out anti- Obama leaflets.  Knock us over with a feather.