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Originally posted by FenderBender:
A tax refund, is not inflationary they're real dollars.

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Fox59.com:Indiana man charged with threatening Elon Musk on X arrested for felony intimidation

By: Joe Schroeder
Posted: Feb 18, 2025 / 06:40 PM EST
Updated: Feb 19, 2025 / 01:37 PM EST

(WXIN/WTTV) — An Indiana man has been arrested for intimidation after allegedly posting threats against Elon Musk on X – the app formerly known as Twitter that Musk now owns.

David A. Cherry, 28, was arrested Tuesday by police in southern Indiana after he allegedly posted life-threatening statements directed at Musk on the billionaire businessman-turned-politico‘s social media site.


Cherry, a Palmyra resident, was officially charged with one count of felony intimidation.
David A. Cherry (via ISP)

Indiana State Police officials were contacted early Tuesday morning by Texas law enforcement regarding an X user they said lived in southern Indiana.

Texas authorities claimed Cherry had posted threats directed toward the richest man in the world earlier this month on X, but did not provide further details.
Indiana man named Peyton Manning charged with threatening to kill pregnant woman

Acting on this information, ISP detectives began investigating and found Cherry in Clarksville. After taking him into custody, police reportedly searched his Palmyra home and found the following:

An AR-15-style rifle
A handgun
Ammunition
A ballistic vest

Cherry was then taken to the Harrison County Jail and booked on one count of Intimidation – a Level 5 Felony. He is currently being held without bond.

ISP Sgt. Carey Huls spoke on the arrest on Wednesday:

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“Obviously it’s a situation where you have somebody makes public statements on a social media network for everybody to see – threats against another person – and that has to be taken very seriously. You know, it was just, December last year, (UnitedHealthcare) CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed walking along the sidewalk in Manhattan. Had there been some type of a social media post prior to that that could have been looked into and prevented something like this? So we can’t take those chances in this day and age to put something that’s very inflammatory, specific towards a person and just expect that to go without us looking into it.

It’s a serious offense. Again, life-threatening statements. Our detectives applied for a search warrant, did go to the individual’s house, where they found some other information that would relate to those statements to basically corroborate and say, yes, this is a possibility. This could have been his thoughts.“

FOX59/CBS4 is now working to obtain more information surrounding Cherry’s arrest, including specifics on the alleged threats made toward Musk and where Cherry will be facing charges. This article will be updated once more information becomes available.

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Originally posted by bdylan:

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Originally posted by FenderBender:
A tax refund, is not inflationary they're real dollars.

That's true but we are broke.

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Originally posted by Rick Lee:
If the checks only go to taxpayers, it wouldn't be as bad as when Covid money went to everyone. But it'd probably be better still to return the money via tax cuts and credits. That would result in less of a consumer spending spree.

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Originally posted by stoic-one:

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Originally posted by bdylan:

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Originally posted by FenderBender:
A tax refund, is not inflationary they're real dollars.

That's true but we are broke.

They ARE real dollars, but they are real dollars the government has already seized that would be introduced into the market. How would that amount of money not cause inflation?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
These two examples are just from today, and showed up in my Twitter TL one after the other, and you can find lots of examples on Twitter and TikTok.

With Sean Curran now in place as head of the USSS and with Kash Patel just a day or two away from being head Of the FBI, there needs to be a message sent to people who issue such threats, in the strongest possible terms, which means investigation, interview, arrest, conviction and incarceration.

This shit must stop. If these people are going to publicly act like the fucking half-wits they are, they should pay the price, as a warning to all others. Threats against USSS protectees are not protected speech...

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Originally posted by chellim1:

When it [Social Security ] "suddenly fails spectacularly" it will be part of the entire government and financial system that "suddenly fails spectacularly".

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Originally posted by chellim1:
Which brings us to why it will fail spectacularly: It's a ponzi scheme that relies on more people contributing than taking out payments. It relies on an increasing population, which we don't have.

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Originally posted by rat2306:
I could use that rumored $5K stimulus at the moment; time to go to the grocery store soon and I need eggs. Thanks, Joe.

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Originally posted by Fly-Sig:
I fear this will be true. The entire house of cards will fail at the same time. The dollar will become worthless, the government will be in total disarray, and society will be in freefall. That's my "zombie apocalypse" scenario that I think could happen.