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WhiskeyGrinder

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4. It was a car bomb.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat May 17, 2025, 04:35 PM

Yesterday

https://thepalmspringspost.com/one-dead-after-bomb-explodes-outside-reproductive-center-in-downtown-palm-springs/

One person is confirmed dead after an explosion rocked the American Reproductive Services building on North Indian Canyon Drive near East Tachevah Drive just before 11 a.m. this morning.

Lt. William Hutchinson with the Palm Springs Police Department confirms it was a bomb in or near a vehicle parked at the building.

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Explosion rocks Palm Springs reproductive health facility [View all] RandySF Yesterday OP

Car bomb? MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #1

AgendaFree is now covering it live (youtube link) eShirl Yesterday #2

Judging by what I'm seeing in the video, MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #3

It was a car bomb. WhiskeyGrinder Yesterday #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Rebl2 Yesterday #5

Disgruntled customer? Mosby 23 hrs ago #6

Time traveler? Renew Deal 20 hrs ago #14

Like someone who spent a fortune with fertility treatments Mosby 20 hrs ago #15

A lot of possibilities Renew Deal 20 hrs ago #17

Mental illness or typical tourist behavior? IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #7

So a crazy pro lifer? RJ-MacReady 22 hrs ago #8

The place specialized in IVF and surrogacy. Igel 22 hrs ago #10

pro life extremists RJ-MacReady 21 hrs ago #11

More like the exact opposite LoveSucky 11 hrs ago #29

I don't think so RJ-MacReady 10 hrs ago #30

The bomber was a anti Natalist/pro mortalist LoveSucky 8 hrs ago #32

Update. It's a bomb. bronxiteforever 22 hrs ago #9

Looks like pro job: shaped charge into clinic, vehicle blown back to garbage bins at back, not much sideways force. nt Bernardo de La Paz 18 hrs ago #22

MAGA did this, period the end NNguyenMD 21 hrs ago #12

Link? Renew Deal 20 hrs ago #16

You want to be a party that can control a narrative, then NNguyenMD 19 hrs ago #18

That's not controlling the narative Renew Deal 18 hrs ago #19

Controlling narrative without facts is most likely to blow up in your face Bernardo de La Paz 18 hrs ago #23

It's not news it's a reaction and opinion, just like any of... NNguyenMD 18 hrs ago #24

You did NOT state it as an opinion. You stated it with finality. Bernardo de La Paz 18 hrs ago #25

Premature conclusions are most likely to be flat out wrong. You have nothing. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 18 hrs ago #20

Why? One wonders/ Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 20 hrs ago #13

Most likely 1) Angry customer, 2) Jilted partner, 3) maga thought "abortion clinic", 4) anti-IVF christian absolutist Bernardo de La Paz 18 hrs ago #21

Or a religious or political group that oppose in vitro fertilization. We'll learn more Emile 10 hrs ago #31

Maybe an EV battery blew up k_buddy762 17 hrs ago #26

No way. EV batteries burn, they don't explode other than a burst of flame out at the start Bernardo de La Paz 17 hrs ago #27

That was sarcasm k_buddy762 5 hrs ago #33

Okay, thanks. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 5 hrs ago #34

Last report I saw Mountainguy 16 hrs ago #28