Summary

Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Army veteran from Colorado Springs, has been identified as the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.

Livelsberger died in the blast, which injured seven people with minor injuries.

Authorities are investigating the explosion as a potential act of terror, noting Livelsberger’s military connection to Shamsud Din Jabbar, the suspect in the deadly New Orleans attack hours earlier.

Firework mortars and fuel canisters were found in the truck, with no confirmed motive yet.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Because we don’t judge people on superficial characteristics such as race.

    That, by definition, makes you racist.

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      6 days ago

      It’s a hypothetical war in which the sides are so granular and arbitrary that nobody knows who to fight for. It’s silly.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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        The point is, class war is simpler. Let’s say income taxes doubled, while capital gains become completely untaxed. Are you sad or happy? That’s your class sympathies.