A Portland man charged with sending threatening letters to Gov. Paul LePage admitted to agents that he sent those and other threatening letters to national political figures, including Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and U.S. Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, according to testimony Wednesday in U.S. District Court.
Authorities also found a gun and an ammunition clip in Michael Thomas’ desk drawer when he was arrested Friday, FBI Special Agent Pamela Flick testified; and Thomas told her that if they had showed up later, he would have launched a shootout with police.
LePage received three letters attributed to Thomas, saying among other things that the author was willing to sacrifice his life to shoot the governor. Thomas told agents on Friday that he would follow through on the threats if he had the means, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Stacey Neumann.
“This is escalating behavior. This is a very dangerous individual,” she said. “The defendant has done nothing but instill fear in the victim and in the community.”
All of his targets are Republicans.
And Chicago:
Abortion activists protested a weekend event honoring pro-life advocate Joe Schiedler of the Pro-Life Action League and the protests involved more than just holding signs or chanting, they included violence.
Shortly after the event, pro-abortion stalwarts slashed the tires of three pro-life advocates and another abortion advocate threatened more violence against him. As posted on the Chicago Independent Media Center website, one pro-abortion person wrote:
On the night of April 2nd, shortly after the pro choice demo against Joe Scheidler, another attack from pro-choice militants was carried out against him and his followers. Three cars of pro-life activists had their tires slashed….Aside from wanting Joe to remove that Indiana Jones [deleted] lookin hat, we hope, and will see to it, that his punk-a** receives constant and aggressive confrontation until he quits the ridiculous anti-choice bull****. Those who attempt to take away ones freedom deserve it not for themselves.
Michael Thomas, who threatened Governor LePage, has past convictions for threats to politicians AND for sending white powder through the mail during the Anthrax scare post 9/11. And further convictions for violating the terms of his probation from his past convictions. He describes himself thusly “Thomas told the agents that he is a liberal Democrat and a communist“. Yet, he was still on the streets, to make this latest series of threats. After all, all he did was threaten to kill Republicans. According to the Left, that is not a “Crime, crime”. I think it is reasonable to assume that at the very least the Anthrax threats reached felony level. If he was a convicted felon, in possession of a .45 caliber handgun, there is another Felony charge. Expect this case to be dropped and/or plea bargained down.
As far as the threats and vandalism against pro-Life advocates, do not expect any charges to be filed. It is not like those threatened or attacked are under the protection of the law. At least not Attorney General Holder’s conception of the law.
Mr. Preston, it would be a good thing if you would track these cases on our behalf; and confirm or disprove my thesis.
Subotai Bahadur
Even pro-lifers would like to nab Joe Scheidler’s trademark hat and run around the living room with it!
Where is President Obama’s call for civility now??? In the trash with all of his other calls for civility and integrity and transparency and honesty and ….
Michael Thomas, a Jared Loughner wannabe.
Mr. Thomas is obviously more than a little addled, but let’s be fair. How does one distinguish a liberal from a socialist and a communist in these confused times? There is a Maine communist party by the way, headquartered in South Paris. Billy “the Bomber” Ayers spoke at the University of Maine in Farmington last month. Blue Hill, a trust-funder colony, invited the Commissar-in-Chief of the CPUSA to lecture at the town library last year.
Slashing tires is not violence, it is vandalism. Saying you will confront someone when they publicly speak is not a threat of violence. Should someone call a waaaambulance?
Violence: 1. Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. (Merriam-Webster)
A tire = something.
Slashing a tire = damaging something.
Hodge Mann needs a dictionary.
Let me guess that Hodge Mann is one of those charming fellows who claims that putting “crosshairs” over a person’s district, targeting them for voting drives, is an Act of ReThuglican Violence.