Extremists

Bloomberg Law reports: Alex Jones’ general unsecured creditors—comprised mostly of Sandy Hook families holding about $1.5 billion in defamation judgments against the famed conspiracy theorist—voted 100% in favor of a Chapter 11 plan that would methodically liquidate and redistribute his property and cash, while preserving potential legal actions against parties affiliated with Jones and his Infowars program. Jones filed for …

Arizona Central reports: U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs over the weekend appeared at a rally that was co-sponsored by several extremist organizations, including the state’s chapter of the Proud Boys, and a student group that has promoted anti-Jewish materials. Held in front of Arizona’s state Capitol, the 11th annual Second Amendment Rally featured not only a roster of gun rights advocates, …

Media Matters has the transcript: CHAYA RAICHIK (GUEST): I’m sad because I thought they made up the stochastic terrorism term, like, for me, like, a year ago… ELIJAH SCHAFFER (HOST): No, they did. They did make it up for you. No, they did. I’m giving you the credit. RAICHIK: They did, right? SCHAFFER: I’m saying they accused me of that …

From the Justice Department: A Florida man was sentenced to prison today on two felony charges related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. …

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: Multiple Tennessee lawmakers took to social media Saturday afternoon to notify the Nashville community about a group of masked people marching through downtown with swastika flags. A News 2 employee spotted the group on Broadway shortly afterward and took a video. In that video, you can hear the marchers chanting, with one person yelling, “Deportation,” and …

“There he is serving a multi-decade prison sentence and then magically right after the big Tucker Carlson interview and Russia decisively winning the Ukraine war, this happens. Where is the motive for Putin to have him killed? I’m purely speculating here but how do we know that there wasn’t a bounty on his head by Western intelligence agencies and Russia …

Media Matters has the transcript: CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): By the way, this is the my other problem with the death penalty – it takes too long. Too many appeals — TYLER BOWYER (CO-HOST): It’s too expensive. KIRK: It should be public. It should be quick. And it should be televised. BOWYER: Honestly, that’s, like, what we should be doing. And …

Mediaite reports: During the February 14 edition of The Stew Peters Show, convicted January 6 rioter and current GOP congressional candidate Derrick Evans agreed with conspiracy theorist Stew Peters that “Israel had a whole lot to do with January 6” and that it’s possible “Jews stole the election.” Before entering the race to become the Republican candidate for West Virginia’s …

The CBC reports: Canada’s intelligence agency is warning that extremists could “inspire and encourage” serious violence against the 2SLGBTQI+ community — a threat the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says almost certainly will continue over the coming year. “CSIS assesses that the violent threat posed by the anti-gender movement is almost certain to continue over the coming year and that violent …

NBC News reports: Brooklyn man who had been arrested at anti-vaccine protests at a Burger King, an Applebee’s and a Cheesecake Factory in New York City was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday and charged with assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Mitchell Bosch, 44, was identified with the help of online “sedition hunters” …

Stateline reports: Secretaries of state and state election directors must be ready for potential cyberattacks, both familiar and uncomfortably new, according to the feds. And they must remain vigilant about possible threats to their personal safety. Voter databases could be targeted this year through phishing or ransomware attacks, election officials were told. Bad actors — both foreign and domestic — …

“The central beating heart of this issue is their ability to steal an election. They stole this election in New York, okay? The logistics and mechanics are, these guys are perfecting. The Marc Elias operation is perfecting the ballot harvesting, and the mail-in ballots are still there and they’re stealing this. Like I said in 2020, they’re stealing it by …

“Every institution that we have, because this is the Fourth Turning, they’re collapsing around us. Their rear guard action is to stop Trump, all of them, the lawfare, all of it. And even the financial, which I’m going to get to here in a second. Because they cannot allow Trump to return to the White House savvier, smarter, tougher, more …

Reuters reports: Serious threats to U.S. federal judges have more than doubled over the past three years, part of a growing wave of politically driven violence, according to U.S. Marshals Service data reviewed by Reuters. The agency, responsible for the protection of 2,700 federal judges and more than 30,000 federal prosecutors and other court personnel, has seen a sharp rise …

From the Justice Department: Damon Michael Beckley, 55, of Cub Run, Kentucky, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, 12 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 restitution by U.S. District Chief Judge James E. Boasberg. Beckley was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, both felonies and several misdemeanors, at a stipulated trial on …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Republican Party of Texas’ executive committee voted Saturday to pass a resolution stating that the party will not associate with antisemites — a reversal from December, when a similar measure was narrowly and controversially defeated following outcry over a major donor group’s ties to white supremacists. The antisemitism resolution, which passed unanimously with two abstentions, …

The Wrap reports: Kanye West came under fire on Saturday after Bruce Sudano, the widower of Donna Summer, accused the rapper of illegally sampling her song “I Feel Love” after Ye’s official request was denied. On the Vultures track, the lyric “Oh, I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive” is seemingly set to the melody of Summer’s “I Feel …

NBC News reports: Newly unearthed footage from Jan. 6, 2021, appears to show a rioter — a man identified in an NBC News story nearly two years ago — firing a gun into the air outside the Capitol during the attack. Online sleuths who have aided in hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions say he is the same man they identified …

From the Justice Department: A Florida man was sentenced today on a felony charge related to his conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Steven Miles, …

The New York Post reports: The Osbournes are furious over Kanye West sampling a Black Sabbath song on his new album, with Ozzy claiming he expressly refused permission for the rapper to do so. The former rock star’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, who was raised Jewish, told TMZ on Friday that “Kanye fucked with the wrong Jew this time,” adding that …