Extremists

Courthouse News reports: A former top lobbyist for the National Rifle Association said in court Thursday that he was “disgusted” to learn that the group’s longtime CEO Wayne LaPierre put more than $250,000 in luxury clothing expenses on the NRA’s tab. Christopher Cox was once viewed as the likely successor to LaPierre. He ran the NRA’s lobbying arm, the NRA …

The Daily Beast reports: Moms for Liberty’s New York City event drew a large protest from local parents and the LGBTQ community Thursday evening—as well as guests including disgraced former Rep. George Santos and Rudy Giuliani’s son Andrew. Protesters flocked to Manhattan on Thursday to oppose the right-wing extremist group, which hosted a “town hall” for “an honest conversation on …

Courthouse News reports: Safety is a top priority for Wayne LaPierre, the soon-to-be-retired CEO of the National Rifle Association. According to his defense team, it’s the reason he had to fly private on chartered jets instead of public airliners. It’s also the reason the NRA was helping him procure a $6.5 million Texas mansion in 2018. “There’d been a number …

Mediaite reports: Sean Strickland’s comments on the LGBTQ community have proven to be incredibly divisive, with some criticizing the UFC star and others – notably on the right – supporting him. Ahead of his Saturday bout against South African fighter Dricus Du Plessis, Strickland spoke at a press conference and became contentious toward a reporter. The reporter asked Strickland about …

“Okay. I’m not making this up. I’m not making this up. They’re taking a snow day tomorrow. They’re taking a snow day tomorrow. The House votes are canceled tomorrow with snow on the way. It has snow. “I mean, you got a couple inches from that. It’s quite cold. It’s called winter. They’re taking a snow day tomorrow. So taking …

“Do we have that clip from Johnson saying about, uh, Biden being the will of God? Yo, bro, get focused here. Johnson needs some help. Be prepared to have your heads blow up. Let’s go ahead and hear it. [Clip plays.] Yeah. Dude, he’s an illegitimate president. Have you lost your freaking mind? This election was stolen. Don’t, don’t start …

NBC News reports: When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis entered a hotel in Iowa on Friday, he was immediately ambushed by a woman who peppered him with questions about when he would “drop out” of the race and whether he’s “already wasted enough of people’s money” as she followed him with a camera. Afterward, the encounter found its way to social …

“Now, you hear from people on the right also that you do that in the private — we can’t judge someone based on that. Whatever you do in your private life is your business. But no. “We need to normalize, once again, judging people for their private lives. Especially considering that for most people, everything you do is part of …

Mediaite reports: The Capitol Police are investigating remarks made by pro-Trump political operative Roger Stone discussing the assassination of two prominent House Democrats. A source told Mediaite the FBI is aiding with the investigation. Last week, Mediaite published an audio recording of the comments, which were made weeks before the 2020 election in a conversation between Stone and his associate, …

The Houston Chronicle reports: A small group displaying Nazi symbols gathered Saturday on a bridge above Interstate 45 near downtown and City Hall in Houston. The group also held a banner that read, “make America white again” alongside one red and one black Nazi flag. The group also was seen outside Houston’s City Hall. A man was seen confronting the …

The Texas Tribune reports: For more than three months, Republican Party of Texas Chair Matt Rinaldi has vigorously attacked critics of Defend Texas Liberty, and rebuffed calls to distance the state party from the powerful group over its ties to white supremacists. As he did so, Rinaldi was also working as an attorney for one of the group’s two billionaire …

Rolling Stone reports: Andrew Torba, Gab’s CEO, first previewed his company’s AI agenda in a Jan. 2023 post declaring that “Christians Must Enter the AI Arms Race.” Torba added: “If the enemy is going to use this technology for evil, shouldn’t we be on the ground floor building one for good?” One year later, what does “good” AI look like …

Mediaite reports: Roger Stone has contested Mediaite’s reporting this week regarding comments he made on tape floating the assassination of two members of Congress. “I never spoke about assassinating anyone,” Stone wrote in an X post Thursday. “Fake Mediaite can’t produce the recording they claim to have.” In another post he wrote that Mediaite “has produced NO audio of me …

“Is the Deep State activating HAARP to disrupt the Iowa Caucus? We all know Nikki Haley has a lot of friends in the defense industry and Military industrial complex. She’s losing in Iowa, and now Iowa is set to get hit with a ONCE IN A DECADE blizzard as Donald Trump is set to dominate the Iowa Caucus. Is the …

From the Justice Department: Gilbert Fonticoba, 49, of Hialeah, Florida, was sentenced to 48 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly. Fonticoba was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, both felonies, following a stipulated bench trial before Judge Kelly on Oct. 6, 2023. According to court …

“In reality outside of the bubble of Washington, D.C., regular Americans could care less about a shutdown, because they view the Capitol, they view this town as the exact complete cause of all of their woes. They don’t care if it shuts down. They don’t care if federal employees are not receiving a government-funded, taxpayer-funded paycheck. They want the government …

The Daily Beast reports: Publicly, the Trump-loving lieutenant governor of North Carolina, Mark Robinson, has embraced the role of a zealous 2020 election denier. In April 2021, for instance, Robinson told a crowd that President Joe Biden “stole the election.” Days before making that declaration, however, Robinson was privately meeting with one of the highest-profile election deniers in the country: …

“He looked like he was on drugs. His eyes were very wild. He shifted his eyes a lot. I think he’s trying to play the victim of Republicans but he can’t play the victim. The Trump family – Eric, Don Jr., Ivanka – they all had to come in and they sat for these subpoenas and were questioned for over …

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A Florida man whose younger half-brother was convicted last year of participating in the Capitol riot was arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting police on Jan. 6. David Kennedy Homol, 55, of Umatilla, Florida, faces felony charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police. According to charging documents, investigators …

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