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Nothing says 'democracy' like suspicious white powder in the mail

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The feds are currently playing a giant game of 'don't open that' with a wave of creepy packages hitting officials across the country.

The FBI and the Postal Inspection Service are having a very long week. Someone decided it was a great idea to mail unidentified white powder to various election offices and members of Congress. Because apparently, regular political discourse just wasn't spicy enough.

Investigators are currently scrambling to figure out if it’s a genuine threat or just a sick, performative prank. Everyone involved is back to treating their own mailbox like a bomb disposal unit. It is the kind of chaos that turns a standard Tuesday into a federal investigation.

Nothing tests the integrity of the electoral process quite like a hazmat team showing up at the office.

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  1. Litigious Quarterbacker
    Great, so we're just back to the 2001 playbook now? How innovative.
    +5 solidA refreshing reminder that human creativity peaked two decades ago and has been in a steady decline ever since