Extremists

The Guardian reports: The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has repeatedly endorsed the Reformation Red Pill podcast, and has appeared on four episodes. But the former pastor who hosts the show, and who attends Hegseth’s theocratic church, has voiced a range of extreme positions in recent months on issues including ICE raids, capital punishment, the racist “great replacement” theory, adultery …

Media Matters has the transcript: CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): Someone in the audience sent an email, [email protected]. They went a step further. They said, “Charlie, when are these people going to be disbarred or penalized for abusing their law licenses?” I mean, is there anything that we can do? I mean, what they’ve put President Trump through, is there any accountability …

“We need to promote nationalism in our country and restore love for country. And what better way to do that than to have some kind of programming, right? You could make it a product of Voice of America if they haven’t already shut down Voice of America. “I mean, if you’re going to have taxpayer funded propaganda, you might as …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: Richard Mack, a former Arizona county sheriff and founder of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, is cheering on President Donald Trump’s takeover of Washington, DC, and urging sheriffs all around the country to follow suit. Mack, a former Oath Keepers board member who teaches sheriffs that they are the highest law …

The Daily Beast reports: Right-wing influencer Laura Loomer, who seemingly has President Donald Trump’s ear, reportedly “loved” being compared to the late GOP Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who launched a decade-long crusade to dispel the government of anyone who was, by his estimation, sympathetic to communism. That nationwide hysteria after World War II has been appropriately named the “Red Scare.” Loomer …

“Why would the left bring down crime rates? They side with criminals all the time. They want more criminals out of jail. They want fewer criminals arrested. Not because they think this will help America, but because they know it will make it worse. This explains Mangione. This explains Mamdani. They are a parasitic force on the United States of …

DAVE COLLUM: “It started when I read a book by Diana West, who would be good if you interviewed her. And it was, it’s this revisionist history of World War II. And you go, well, why would you want to read that? Well, it turns out, I think the story we got about World War II was all wrong.” TUCKER …

The Daily Beast reports: Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has leapt headfirst into a go-to MAGA conspiracy as she works to rebuild bridges with the Trump administration. The GOP congresswoman is groveling to MAGA elites with a new outburst on health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.’s beloved raw milk. Greene is bending the knee as part of her bid to mend …

REPORTER:  “American nationalist circles are hostile to you. You have decided to file a complaint against Candace Owens, the influencer who spreads the rumor that your wife is a man. This breaks with a widespread custom among heads of state, that of not reacting to this kind of attack.” MACRON: “Yes, there was a tradition of saying: we must let …

“The voices that you hear out there are crazy communists who have no roots, no connection to the city, but they’re the ones who have been advocating for the 1% – the criminals, the killers, the rapists the drug dealers. All these demonstrators, all of these elderly white hippies, they’re not part of this city and never have been. I’m …

“There are no lies Megyn Kelly. She’s just a jealous QNT. If you’re going to have [Marjorie Taylor Greene] on to lie about me, then you should have me on to respond. Unless of course your goal is to have her on to lie about me. Come to think of it, you have never asked me to come on.” – Laura …

“This is a screenshot from American Academy of Pediatrics’ webpage, thanking the organization’s top corporate donors. These four companies make virtually every vaccine on the CDC recommended childhood vaccine schedule. “AAP is angry that CDC has eliminated corporate influence in decisions over vaccine recommendations and returned CDC to gold-standard science and evidence-based medicine laser-focused on children’s health. “AAP today released …

The New York Times reports: Federal officials shared a post on social media last weekend that wrongly accused a Connecticut state lawmaker of publishing detailed location information about deportation efforts by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, triggering a torrent of harassment against him. The lawmaker, Corey P. Paris, of Stamford, said that he had received threats against his life …

“Everyone says, ‘Well, we just need immigrants to come legally. We just need immigrants to come legally.’ That’s not true. Omar Fateh came here legally. Ilhan Omar came here legally. Rashida Tlaib, her parents came here legally. Zohran Mamdani came here legally. And I’m not allowed to say that this guy’s not an American. I’m sorry. He’s not an American. …

CHARLIE KIRK: “You’ve taken on the entire kind of climate science world. ‘Energy department attacks climate science in contentious report.’ By the way, you’re in safe company here. We think this is all politicized. This is driven towards a environmentalist agenda that is trying to weaken American energy dominance. ‘The agency asked five client skeptics to write a report criticizing …

“Number one, it is incumbent that the Commerce Department listen to President Trump and get on with it on a mid-decade census, done this time correctly with correct algorithms, correct data analysis — the way it’s collected. Also, no illegal alien invaders. None. Zero. That will show you a true demographic picture of the United States. The massive demographic shifts …

The New York Times reports: Edward R. Martin Jr. did not waste any time. Days after Mr. Martin, a Trump-aligned activist, was tapped by the Justice Department to investigate the New York attorney general, Letitia James, he wrote a letter to her lawyer saying he would take it as an act of “good faith” if she were to resign. Mr. …

NOTUS reports: A blog post attributed to the person listed as the Department of Homeland Security’s speechwriter celebrated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and likened the resulting political fallout for conservatives to slavery and the Holocaust. “American conservatives are, right now, on a course for being every bit as ostracized and alienated from broader society as Jews were in the …

“If somebody like Kim [Davis], who actually gets an accommodation, can be forced into bankruptcy and persecuted for 10 years, then anybody can. So the religious liberty issue goes far beyond this issue or this case to everybody. And finally, Obergefell was wrong.It damaged the Constitution, it damaged marriage, it damaged the family, it has damaged the country. And the …

The New York Post reports: Department of Justice Special Attorney Ed Martin was spotted in Brooklyn Friday inspecting Tish James’ multi-family residential property that is at the center of a federal mortgage fraud investigation. Martin, conspicuous in a beige trench coat, visited the Clinton Hill brownstone a week after being appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi to run parallel mortgage …