There has been a meteoric rise in the number of threats against public officials in recent years

I'm so old I remember when the US Secret Service stopped ' investigating ' all threats against all ' protected persons' ( Snork! ) and started ' assessing " them.  Like Science Officer Ash on the Nostromo. " Collating ".

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  SeamusHughes Having pulled every federal case since 2016, it’s clear there has been a meteoric rise in the number of threats against public officials in recent years.  Some takeaways:

https://twitter.com/SeamusHughes/status/1587215669447229446  <<< Repsnots like left-wing bitcoiners