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Creating a list of published statements about suspicious letters in the past week (thelemmy.club)
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Over the past week, there has been reports that numerous US politicians have received the same mysterious letter.

The characteristics of the letter are as follows:

  • Return address says DSA with an address that Democratic Socialist's of America does not use
  • Post Office mark says San Antonio Texas
  • Several reports say that the letter contains white powder
  • At least one report says that the powder was identified as harmless

I haven't seen the media do real investigating into this incident.

I would like to create an archived list of public statements published by US politicians. For example, if the politician has tweeted or made a press statement about a mysterious letter in the past week. Some have even posted photos of the letter.

There are 435 congress members and 100 senators. If you know of any public statements, please post a link in a comment.

Please share public information only. No private info, gossip, etc.

Examples:

MA Rep Seth Molten

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/seth-moulton-congress-suspicious-mail/

http://web.archive.org/web/20261020204952/https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/statement-office-congressman-moulton-regarding-suspicious-letter-received-mail

VA Rep Vindman

https://nitter.click/RepVindman/status/2111222038216179791#m

https://web.archive.org/web/20261020205624/https://vindman.house.gov/2026/10/16/vindman-releases-statement-after-suspicious-package-sent-to-district-office/

ME Rep Pingree

https://nitter.click/chelliepingree/status/2112201038853705963#m

This is a related thread I posted 4 days ago
https://hexbear.net/post/9810960

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[–] 4 points 12 hours ago* (3 children)

I ran this through Kimi K3 which in my experience is good at this, it gives me the following:

Archived Public Statements: "Mysterious Letter" / White-Powder Mailings to U.S. Politicians

Compiled: October 21, 2026 Incident window: ~October 13 – October 21, 2026 (ongoing)

Incident summary

  • Letters/envelopes sent to members of Congress (both parties), state election officials, and secretaries of state nationwide, weeks before the Nov. 3, 2026 midterms.
  • Return address lists "DSA" (Democratic Socialists of America) at 75 Maiden Lane, New York City — a defunct DSA address the organization hasn't occupied in over a decade. DSA has denied involvement and condemned the threats.
  • Postmark: San Antonio, Texas (confirmed by multiple recipients, e.g., Moulton, Torres, Al Green, Subramanyam).
  • Contents: white powder in many letters; all tested substances so far determined to be non-hazardous (Ricketts, Torres, Moulton, Wisconsin Elections Commission, etc.).
  • Under investigation by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and U.S. Capitol Police. Reports indicate 100+ letters may be in the mail system; 40+ members of Congress affected per press tallies.
  • Pattern mirrors similar suspicious mailings ahead of the 2024 election.

SENATE

Democrats

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — Senate Minority Leader; office targeted; letter intercepted.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) — letter to NYC office intercepted by U.S. Postal Inspection Service. Statement, Oct 15.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) — office received letter with suspicious substance; intercepted. Office statement.

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) — office targeted; letter intercepted by USPS. Statement to NPR.

Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) — state office received letter containing white powder; not opened.

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) — suspicious letter sent to office; "working with law enforcement."

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) — letter intercepted before reaching office. Statement on X.

Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) — office received suspicious mailing.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) — suspicious letter intercepted en route to Detroit office. Statement on X, Oct 16.

Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) — letter to a former state office intercepted by USPS.

Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) — letter intercepted by USPS.

Republicans

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) — suspicious letter with white powder received at Houston office, Oct 16–17.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) — letter with suspicious substance at Portland office (staff evacuated); second letter to Capitol Hill office intercepted. Chief of staff statement.

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) — Sioux Falls office evacuated after suspicious mail; posted photo of the letter on X. Statement: "This situation is deeply concerning... America is better than this."

Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) — Omaha office received letter with "powdery substance"; law enforcement confirmed not harmful. Statement on X.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) — Milwaukee office received "suspicious envelope" (Oct 13) with return address matching other letters.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Democrats

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) — suspicious letter delivered to Hunts Point district office (Bronx), Oct 20–21. Official statement.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) — House Minority Leader; Brooklyn district office (Neptune Ave) received envelope with white powder; staff exposed (non-hazardous).

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15) — Bronx office; six staffers exposed to white powder (determined harmless). Statement; envelope indicated San Antonio, TX origin; turned over to FBI.

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA-06) — Salem district office, Oct 16; staff did not open letter; white powder found; testing found no substances of concern. Posted photo of envelope (DSA return address, San Antonio postmark).

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA-05) — district office received suspicious mail.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07) — district office received suspicious mail.

  • Boston.com (above)

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-04) — district office received suspicious mail.

  • Boston.com (above)

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA-08) — Brockton office envelope prompted hazmat/bomb team response; "no evidence of contamination." Statement on Facebook; mail rerouted via DC screening.

  • Boston.com (above)

Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA-03) — Lowell office letter contained a "potential threat." Statement on X.

  • Boston.com (above)

Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME-01) — Portland office received suspicious letter Monday morning (Oct 19); FBI, Portland Police/Fire responded. Statement: "We cannot accept threats and intimidation as a normal part of our politics."

Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03) — Grand Rapids office, Oct 16; letter purported to be from DSA with direct reference to "impending 'civil war' after the election." Official press release; staff safe; called on DSA to condemn.

Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA-07) — Prince William County district office evacuated, Oct 16–17. Posted photo of envelope (DSA return address, San Antonio postmark).

Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) — Leesburg office evacuated, Oct 19–20; white powder; letter postmarked Texas with defunct DSA return address. Statement + TV interview.

Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA-03) — FBI intercepted mail with suspicious substance addressed to Newport News district office; statement on social media, Oct 17–18.

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD-05) — Greenbelt office received "potentially hazardous letter"; office evacuated. Official statement.

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    Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) — suspicious envelope addressed to Cherry Hill office intercepted by USPS.

    Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) — Sunrise district office, Oct 19; initial tests negative for hazardous material. Official statement: "It will not work."

    Rep. Al Green (D-TX-09) — Houston office; letter dated Oct 13, postmarked San Antonio; powder deemed not harmful. Held press conference (Oct 19) displaying image of envelope: "This is intolerable. We won't tolerate it and we also won't be intimidated."

    Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO-02) — Boulder County district office, Oct 19; "threatening letter with suspicious substances." Official statement.

    Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO-06) — Aurora office received letter with suspicious substance. Official statement.

    Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-07) — office received letter; FBI retrieved envelope for testing.

    Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO-01) — confirmed suspicious mail sent to district office.

    Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT-AL) — USPS intercepted suspicious letter intended for Brattleboro office. Official statement.

    Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA-09) — Kent district office, Oct 19; powdery substance; staff evacuated. Official statement.

    Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) — Santa Cruz district office; envelope with white powder opened by staffer Oct 16; 911 called. Official statement.

    Official institutional statements (non-member)

    Key national roundups

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 11 hours ago (1 child)

    This seems correct. Thanks.

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    Kimi is shockingly good at research specifically, I tend to avoid short things because it's relatively slow, but for long research things like this Kimi does well as it will do a really long chain of searches and deep dive with secondary searches and multiple passes over information, the output for this took 4-5 minutes of work and at least 15 steps which is quite a long time. I have it running a weekly list of "ruling class who have died" (bit more involved than that as a prompt) because I'm keeping an eye out for suspicious circumstances. Most of your post was pretty good as a prompt, what fed in was:

    spoilerOver the past week or so, there has been reports that numerous US politicians have received the same mysterious letter.

    The characteristics of the letter are as follows:

    1. Return address says DSA with an address that Democratic Socialist's of America does not use
    2. Post Office mark says San Antonio Texas
    3. Several reports say that the letter contains white powder
    4. At least one report says that the powder was identified as harmless

    I would like to create an archived list of public statements published by US politicians. For example, if the politician has tweeted or made a press statement about a mysterious letter in the past week. Some have even posted photos of the letter.

    There are 435 congress members and 100 senators.

    Examples:

    MA Rep Seth Molten

    https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/seth-moulton-congress-suspicious-mail/

    https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/statement-office-congressman-moulton-regarding-suspicious-letter-received-mail

    VA Rep Vindman

    https://x.com/RepVindman/status/2111222038216179791#m

    https://vindman.house.gov/2026/10/16/vindman-releases-statement-after-suspicious-package-sent-to-district-office/

    ME Rep Pingree

    Anyway I won't lie, I like Kimi for this kind of work, it does it well.

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