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Fireworks and smoke blamed for the recent terrorist attack on federal building. This is why everyone hates and has no trust in the news media. If Kamala Harris was in the White House this would be the story.New York Times:DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK:Anti-Government Extremist Targets Federal Building in Shocking Assault on Nation’s InstitutionsBy the National Satire Accountability DeskNEW YORK CITY, NY: In what officials are calling one of the most alarming acts of domestic extremism in recent memory, an anti-government attacker targeted a federal building in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, setting fires, deploying explosive devices, firing projectiles and injuring multiple people in an assault apparently aimed at federal immigration authorities.President Kamala Harris addressed the nation from the White House within hours, calling the attack “an assault on democracy, public servants and the rule of law itself.”“This was not protest,” Harris said solemnly, flanked by the attorney general, homeland security secretary and several carefully positioned American flags. “This was political violence. And political violence has no place in America.”Cable networks immediately suspended regular programming.A red BREAKING NEWS banner remained on-screen for seventeen consecutive hours as anchors repeatedly described the incident as a “chilling escalation,” a “dark day for democracy” and “a direct attack on the federal government.”One network analyst compared the smoke rising outside the building to “images Americans hoped they would never see again.”Another warned that the assault “raises troubling questions about the growing climate of anti-government rhetoric in the United States.”The suspect allegedly brought gasoline, weapons, incendiary materials and anti-administration literature to the scene. Witnesses reported hearing explosions, gunfire and screams as smoke poured from the entrance.“This was clearly not a neighborhood fireworks accident,” one anchor explained, staring gravely into the camera. “This was a coordinated ideological assault on the very people charged with protecting our democracy.”The phrase DOMESTIC TERROR ATTACK? appeared beneath the footage for most of the afternoon.By evening, journalists had assembled panels of former federal officials, extremism researchers, political strategists, psychologists, historians and one deeply concerned celebrity to discuss how criticism of federal immigration policy may have created “an atmosphere of permission.”Several outlets published timelines linking the attack to years of increasingly hostile language toward government agencies.One newspaper ran the headline:“From Rhetoric to Ruin: How Anti-Government Anger Exploded in Manhattan”Another published an interactive graphic titled:“The Growing Threat Against America’s Public Servants”Editorial boards demanded immediate action.“This is not the time for both-sides journalism,” one editorial declared. “Silence is complicity.”Late-night hosts abandoned their opening monologues and addressed the incident with unusually serious expressions. One host told viewers, “Tonight, we are not Democrats or Republicans. We are Americans standing against hate.”The White House announced the formation of an interagency task force, a national summit on political extremism, new federal grants for threatened government facilities and a presidential commission to examine dangerous anti-government speech online.Members of Congress held a candlelight vigil on the Capitol steps.The building remained surrounded by cameras well into the night.Every hour brought another expert, another special report, another breathless reminder that the attack was not merely an isolated crime.It was, viewers were told, a warning.A turning point.A test of the nation’s soul.=-=And under no circumstances whatsoever it to be described as:“Fireworks set off outside federal plaza, sending smoke billowing.”