Two arrested over bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio attended by millions

The Rio police chief, Luiz Lima, said the group disseminated hate speech and violent content online "aimed at gaining notoriety in order to attract more viewers, more participants – most of them teenagers, many of them children"...

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/may/05/lady-gaga-concert-rio-bomb-plast-arrests

 

Election security bolstered in U.S. as poll worker arrested over bomb threat

A Georgia poll worker was arrested and charged with mailing a bomb threat to election workers on Monday, the Department of Justice announced…

https://www.axios.com/2024/11/05/election-security-poll-workers-bomb-threat

Russia blamed for bomb threats that briefly shut Georgia polling stations - The Washington Post

"The FBI is aware of bomb threats to polling locations in several states, many of which appear to originate from Russian email domains," the agency told The Washington Post. "None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/11/05/russia-blamed-bomb-threats-that-briefly-shut-ga-polling-stations/

Elon Musk boosts fake Trump rally bomb threat and false claims about the election | CNN Business

Elon Musk is using his social media platform to promote misinformation about the presidential candidates in the lead up to the November election, amplifying false claims Wednesday about a Trump rally bomb threat and immigrants eating pets in Ohio...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/18/media/elon-musk-trump-rally-bomb-election-misinformation/index.html

More bomb threats hit Springfield after Trump elevates false claims about Haitians

Saturday's threats came even after the woman who started the rumors acknowledged to NBC News that they were unfounded and publicly apologized...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/14/more-bomb-threats-hit-springfield-ohio-after-trump-elevates-false-claims-about-haitians

Michigan man charged over threats to kill Biden, Harris, bomb D.C., FBI HQ

Russell Douglas Warren, 48, of Prudenville appeared in federal court Monday afternoon in Bay City, Michigan, and was ordered temporarily detained, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan told Axios...

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/michigan-man-charged-threats-kill-biden-harris-dc-fbi-bomb

New bomb threats prompt evacuations in several state government buildings - The Washington Post

The threats also come as officials prepare to mark the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, when a pro-Trump mob overran the U.S. Capitol in a bid to stop the certification of Joe Biden's electoral win. The unprecedented attack left five people dead, including a police officer and a woman shot by police. Two other officers who were on duty that day later died by suicide, and more than 100 officers were injured...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/04/bomb-threats-courthouses-government-buildings/

Chabot Elementary School in Oakland, California, Evacuated After Bomb Threat Following Libs Of Tik Tok Tweet

"Not only have we been continuously getting hate mails, the school has been receiving calls nonstop and Trump supporters and other unhinged racists have been spreading the school's info by posting the address of our kids' school for the whole internet to see," Chabot's equity and inclusion committee said in a statement to KRON4. "We have received a threat that has triggered an investigation by OPD which is now being considered a hate crime."…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/chabot-elementary-school-in-oakland-california-evacuated-after-bomb-threat-following-libs-of-tik-tok-tweet

Racist bullying shook a small US town. Then came the bomb threats

The debate that consumed the town for two years and culminated in threats of violence illustrates how a Republican strategy to mischaracterize discussions of race and gender as political indoctrination can prevent schools from protecting students from documented acts of racism and bullying…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/wisconsin-us-race-culture-war-gender-schools

Boston Children's Hospital receives bomb threat following harassment over transgender care - ABC News

Boston Children's Hospital received a bomb threat late Tuesday night following weeks of harassment and threats against doctors for providing gender-affirming care, according to officials...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/boston-childrens-hospital-receives-bomb-threat-harassment-transgender/story

FBI reports at least 57 bomb threats at HBCUs, other institutions since January - The Washington Post

Historically Black schools, places of worship and other faith-based and academic institutions have received threats, officials said…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/02/23/fbi-bomb-threats-hbcu-worship/

Howard, Bowie State and other HBCUs receive bomb threats - The Washington Post

It's the second time this month that numerous HBCUs reported such threats in a single day…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/01/31/university-bomb-threats-hbcu/

After DC bomb scare, Rep. Mo Brooks sympathetic for 'citizenry anger'

… He added that the way to stop socialism is for "patriotic Americans to fight back" in upcoming election cycles...

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/after-capitol-hill-bomb-threat-gop-lawmaker-expresses-sympathy-for-citizenry-anger.html

Spokane County Democrats office damaged after man with manifesto threatened to detonate a bomb - The Washington Post

...The incident comes after elected officials in at least seven states have warned about the threat of escalating violence as President Trump attempts to overturn the election results with baseless fraud claims defeated in multiple states. On Saturday, armed protesters massed outside the Michigan secretary of state's house in an incident that other officials described as "terrorizing" her family. Last week, a Georgia elected official warned that "someone's going to get killed" over the election rhetoric...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/10/spokane-county-democrats-bomb-threat/