The Michigan school shooter story is pretty much a distillation of American decline into one story on so many levels.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 3, 2021
In a rare move, prosecutors filed criminal charges against the parents of 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley, the Michigan teenager accused of fatally shooting four classmates in the deadliest U.S. school shooting of 2021 https://t.co/3ThI3E4cOo pic.twitter.com/3vma3mfJ6X
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 4, 2021
!!BREAKING!! The Marshal's always get their man (and woman). The Crumbleys, parents of the Michigan school shooter, arrested in the Detroit area and will now face the charges of involuntary manslaughter against them. https://t.co/aID8ihXkq7
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) December 4, 2021
Parents of Michigan school-shooting suspect arrested after search, Detroit police say https://t.co/V3ZfU3QMFm
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 4, 2021
NOW: Detroit Police Chief James E. White confirms arrest of James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of alleged Oxford shooter Ethan Crumbley, 15, on the city’s east side.
— Detroit Police News (@detroitpolice) December 4, 2021
We continue to extend our deepest condolences to the the community of Oxford. 🙏 #OneDetroit pic.twitter.com/QAoiolvlFf
A valuable lesson here about not parking in front of the building you’re hiding in https://t.co/TNXvDFwAQA
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) December 4, 2021
Earlier…
UPDATE: Michigan authorities say they’re searching for two parents charged with involuntary manslaughter in a high school shooting. James and Jennifer Crumbley's son is charged with murder and terrorism in the deaths of four students. https://t.co/6owbQGYzVi
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 3, 2021
James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of the MI school shooter, are now considered fugitives after they failed to turn themselves in on the warrants as agreed to by their attorney.https://t.co/Iu4bvy7bBp
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 3, 2021
LATEST: Crumbley family attorney says parents are "not fleeing from law enforcement."
— ABC News (@ABC) December 3, 2021
"The Crumbleys left town on the night of the tragic shooting for their own safety. They are returning to the area to be arraigned." https://t.co/Q92X2DW1Dw pic.twitter.com/LoXILNGwxb
Am thinking tonight as a high school mom of those grieving parents in Michigan who lost their children… and wondering for the millionth time how we can live in a country that has somehow normalized these shootings and does essentially NOTHING to stop them.
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) December 4, 2021
Wow. After news of the shooting broke, Ethan Crumbley’s mom immediately texted him saying, “Ethan, don’t do it.” https://t.co/fKdRa4mURE
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) December 3, 2021
Republicans block bill to expand background checks on guns after Michigan school shooting https://t.co/HJD0SQizPi pic.twitter.com/fFeM2IhD1D
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2021
Someone back home in Michigan told me two school districts were closed. "COVID?" was my honest to God response. No, copycat school shooting threats.
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) December 3, 2021
This American 🇺🇸 feeling: at any moment you may need to run for your life because we can't solve gun control.
— John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton) December 4, 2021
This is the Oxford High School shooting vigil.
Reporter @JasonColthorp says ppl mistakenly thought there was another shooter.pic.twitter.com/UKVTOBRJaU
no words https://t.co/fMkSRpcEsx
— Stephanie Ruhle (@SRuhle) December 4, 2021
Elsewhere…
Just in: Former Trump DOJ official Jeffrey Clark, after agreeing to testify to Jan. 6 committee on Saturday, conveniently now announces he has a medical condition that means he can’t appear tomorrow after all
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) December 3, 2021
"Jeffrey Clark’s Fifth Amendment assertion should be a giant red flag for prosecutors in Georgia investigating Trump for election interference."https://t.co/VYNE7qIe5J via @politicususa
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) December 2, 2021
BREAKING: January 6th Committee finds White House metadata on Jeffrey Clark letter pushing Georgia to overturn Trump's election loss. pic.twitter.com/134Cg9NYZW
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 4, 2021
"He drafted and circulated a letter to the Georgia state election officials, giving them a blueprint to corruptly overturn the election's results. That makes Jeffrey Clark absolutely a member of a conspiracy to commit crimes," Glenn Kirschner says. https://t.co/Zoa8A7EF7D
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 3, 2021
I wrote about why ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark threatened to plead the Fifth to the 1/6 committee: possible vulnerability to criminal charges related to his scheming with Trump. Could it be the same for Eastman?https://t.co/UbgunzgDoQ https://t.co/k5WHAFDrPe
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 3, 2021
Just stop pissing around and move to a criminal investigation?!
— Jamie Osborne (@jmeosbn) December 3, 2021
'Clark demanded that Rosen send Georgia election officials a letter that falsely claimed the justice department had identified fraud – and threatened to push Trump to fire him if he refused'https://t.co/d2FeWfXUP6
NEWS: John Eastman, the attorney who worked with Trump to overturn the 2020 election results, will plead the Fifth to the Jan. 6 committee, his lawyer revealed.https://t.co/qkuMU05UZI
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 3, 2021
I’d bet my cat that @JusticeOIG has interviewed Rosen, Donaghue, & other DoJ officials about the conduct of Eastman & Clark who are about to plead the 5th to the 1/6 committee. I’d bet the other cat the IG will make criminal referrals to Garland, who has sworn to follow them.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) December 3, 2021
DeSantis proposes civilian military force he would control https://t.co/X5F8IcfSqL pic.twitter.com/exBp3TA72l
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2021
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Britain still all over the place; not really news, though…
for now let’s focus on the actual facts ie that taxes are about to go up to their highest level for 70
— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) December 3, 2021
years pic.twitter.com/hGlfwb7Dxj
So we now have a Tory government putting up taxes but pretending it wants to cut them & a Labour opposition which would put up taxes while complaining that taxes are already too high. Neither of them talks about Brexit, a prime cause of the higher taxes
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) December 4, 2021
Time for honest politics
I know it's tempting to write and complain. But there is zero prospect of the Met investigating. The criminal law, as they apply it, has a secret clause exempting the Tories. https://t.co/rwvPWvBFla
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) December 3, 2021
Earlier this week someone on here told me that "nobody cares" about Boris Johnson's Christmas party last year. Well – it would appear that a lot of people and particularly those who lost loved ones last year, do care. A lot.https://t.co/OeaHL3fm1I
— Otto English (@Otto_English) December 4, 2021
+UPDATE+
— Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@nicktolhurst) December 3, 2021
Number of “parties, get-togethers & leaving-dos” held at Downing St during Christmas lockdown last year now said to have been in DOUBLE FIGURES.
Boris Johnson is known to have attended several of these.
People holding parties elsewhere in UK were fined up to £10 000.
“Whilst working late one evening before Xmas, myself and several hundred Conservative colleagues became trapped in a function room with nothing to survive on but alcoholic drinks. I also broke the button on the room’s stereo device and was unable to switch off the Xmas music ..” pic.twitter.com/KEIdPMcxGF
— 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 (@killingbritain) December 3, 2021
Last year Priti Patel told us we should grass up our neighbours if they broke Xmas rules. Why the silence on 10 Downing Street party? Was she in attendance? https://t.co/mrvAt2gJ9N
— POLITICALROUGHSLEEPER 💙 (@POLITICALROUGH1) December 4, 2021
The judgment in this case – about whether Johnson was right to ignore the Ministerial Code and Priti Patel's bullying – will be published on Monday. https://t.co/wgXCCSP2kD
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) December 4, 2021
RNLI staff have received threats, and there has been an attempted hacking of their website. Vileness seems to be running through the veins of this country. https://t.co/v8zwoLgKdJ
— Elinor Elliot (@ElliotElinor) December 4, 2021
#torybrexit Britain
— Simon Gosden. Esq. #fbpe 3.5% 🕷🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴☠️🦠💙 (@g_gosden) December 1, 2021
From a confident, diverse outward looking country in 2012 to a festering, racist cesspit in 2021. pic.twitter.com/efdjAwiXTj
Never mind, though…
The world's first living robots, known as xenobots, can now reproduce — and in a way not seen in plants and animals, scientists say https://t.co/A3goxT2Rul
— CNN (@CNN) December 4, 2021
“A blizzard warning has been issued for Hawaii, with at least 12 inches of snow forecast this weekend.”https://t.co/PbKOktNv5G
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 4, 2021
NASA says huge, "potentially hazardous" asteroid will break into Earth's orbit next week https://t.co/Hti2RpYiqh pic.twitter.com/9aaItsvXet
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2021
The Overnight Note 