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Alt-Right Seizes on Purported Manifesto to Blame Chelsea Bombing on ‘Crazed Leftist’

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Conspiracists try to pin attack on ‘SJW who hates Trump’ even as police continue to, you know, actually investigate.

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The morning after an explosive device injured 29 people in Chelsea, one of Manhattan’s most LGBT-friendly neighborhoods, prominent members of the alt-right community began circulating an unlikely online manifesto that credits liberals and the LGBT community itself for the attack.

The manifesto consists of two Tumblr posts that went up Sunday,...

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