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</div><div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">an 2 23</font></div><div><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Donald Trump Junior conjured up a new conspiracy theory over the weekend regarding train derailments. His hypothesis is that hackers working on behalf of the Russian government were responsible for the February 3rd East Palestine, Ohio Norfolk Southern disaster as well as, perhaps, other incidents involving railcars disconnecting from their tracks.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Shortly after the crash that spilled toxic substances like vinyl chloride and forced thousands of residents to evacuate, many began to</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> <b>recall that Junior's father, former President Donald Trump, <a href="https://www.truthorfiction.com/trump-ohio-train-breaks-and-deregulation/" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">loosened regulations on braking mechanisms and safety features during his term</a>.</b></span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But that is not the narrative that Junior was presenting.</p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong>READ MORE: <a href="https://www.alternet.org/why-god-made-pipelines-ohio/" target="self" title="view post: 'This is why God made pipelines': GOP senator gives nonsensical explanation of Ohio train derailment" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">'This is why God made pipelines': GOP senator gives nonsensical explanation of Ohio train derailment</a></strong></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">"No MSDS for the chemicals on train. Yeah, I don't know what that, I don't know what the acronym is.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> I'm sorry. Um, but yeah, there, it's just gonna keep going. And I read about a spill in Houston and another one in Detroit," Junior said. "And again, it feels like a lot. </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Hey, maybe there's a train derailment every day. I, I don't know, but like, it seems like we're having an awful lot of train derailments that we're finally hearing about, uh, in the last few days</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">."</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Statistically, these are common occurrences, with around three per day on average according to the United States Department of Transportation <a href="https://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/officeofsafety/publicsite/summary.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Federal Railroad Administration</a>. Junior also was unaware that MSDS stands for <a href="https://industryrailway.com/content/Safety-Data-Sheet.pdf" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Material Safety Data Sheet</a>, which is used to catalog hazardous materials and the potential harm that they can cause.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>Nevertheless, Junior pressed on, positing that Moscow could be retaliating for the destruction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline last September:</b></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">And all of that happens to come, after, you know, an alleged US attack on a Russian pipeline. And, you know, we know they have very sophisticated, uh, hackers working in the systems and like, does anyone even ask the question? I'm not saying it is. I'll say I'm a conspiracy theorist. Like, uh, I, I don't know, seems like a question we'd wanna ask even if it's refuted with actual evidence. That would be nice. Like, I'd love that for it to not be the case, but </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">maybe it's just a whole sh*t ton of coincidence. Uh, but, I don't believe in that much coincidence anymore.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin-left: 20px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">MSDS material safety data sheet. Ah, yeah. I don't, they have 'em, but they have 'em, but they burned them up. Yeah. That wouldn't surprise me. It seems like the </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">evidence always magically disappears, right? It, it always goes away.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Or it, it's discovered conveniently after the other side gets what they want. Uh, again, if you still believe in this much coincidence, folks, I got some, uh, oceanfront property in Colorado to sell you.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Watch below or <a href="https://www.alternet.org/hackers-working-in-the-systems" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">at this link</a>.</p></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div></div><p>=</p><div><h1 class="widgetheadline h1" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 1em; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); cursor: pointer; overflow-wrap: break-word; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="widgetheadline-text custom-post-headline rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.alternet.org/2022/10/pete-buttigieg-mtg-electric-cars/" aria-label="'Literally don't understand what that means': Pete Buttigieg buries MTG's bizarre attack on electric cars" data-type="text" style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; font-family: " open="Open" sans="Sans" sans-serif="sans-serif" word-break="word-break" break-word="break-word" overflow-wrap="overflow-wrap" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height">Literally don't understand what that means': Pete Buttigieg buries MTG's bizarre attack on electric cars</a></h1><div class="social-author clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-top: 10px; display: inline-block; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 17.6px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a class="social-authorname rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.alternet.org/author/bob-brigham" data-type="text" style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4; display: inline; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif;">Bob Brigham</a> <a class="social-authorname rm-stats-tracked" href="https://www.alternet.org/author/raw-story" data-type="text" style="color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4; display: inline; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif;">Raw Story</a></div><div class="social-date" style="margin-top: 8px; display: inline-block; color: rgb(164, 162, 160); font-size: 1.4rem; vertical-align: top; font-family: Helvetica; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <span class="social-date__text" style="color: rgb(142, 142, 142); font-size: 12px; line-height: 1; position: relative; top: 3px; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; left: -3px;">October 04, 2022</span></div><div class="body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body css-listicle-body-2658386898" style="zoom: 1; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 17px; color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 31px; font-family: Cabin, sans-serif; display: -webkit-box; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; -webkit-line-clamp: 4; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="body-description"><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/pete-buttigieg-blasts-texas-republicans-on-handling-of-migrants-lgbtq-rights/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg</a> responded to fears of emasculation voiced by <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-divorce/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="rm-stats-tracked" style="color: rgb(11, 13, 101); text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)</a> during a Tuesday appearance on Fox News...</p></div></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">619 chao fast lane cult corrupt, crony cap'l</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">basically earmarks revival trms</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/full-fledged-banana-republic-ethics-experts-sound-the-alarm-after-transportation-secretary-chao-secures-millions-for-projects-in-mcconnells-state/">https://www.alternet.org/2019/06/full-fledged-banana-republic-ethics-experts-sound-the-alarm-after-transportation-secretary-chao-secures-millions-for-projects-in-mcconnells-state/</a></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">==</font>

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<a href="http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/">http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/</a></p>

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