Extremists

CBS News reports: Self-proclaimed misogynist social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been allowed to leave Romania on a private jet bound for the U.S. despite facing rape and human trafficking charges that are still pending. Citing sources in Romania, outlets said the Tates, who are dual U.S.-British nationals, were flying to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Financial …

The Guardian reports: The self-styled “misogynist influencer” Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, have left Romania on a private jet and are flying to the US after their travel ban was lifted, officials and local media have said. The pair, who were arrested in Romania in 2022 and face trial on charges of rape, sex with a minor, people trafficking …

“You can protest all you want, but the American people disagree with you. The bureaucracy is not a business. Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. By the way, they’re consuming taxpayer dollars. Those jobs are paid for by the American tax people who work real jobs, earn real income, pay federal taxes, and then pay these federal employees. …

Raw Story reports: Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Department of Justice argues that President Donald Trump’s pardon covered grenades and stolen classified information found at the home of Jan. 6 defendant Jeremy Brown, a member of the Oath Keepers. In a 2023 press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida, said Brown was sentenced to prison for over seven …

Axios reports: The White House asked a judge Monday to allow it to continue barring the Associated Press from some press events, arguing in a new court filing that access to the president is at his discretion and not a constitutional right. Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for D.C., falsely referred to his office as “President Trump’s lawyers” in …

The Guardian reports: Enrique Tarrio confronted a group of police officers who defended the Capitol during the attack, accusing one of them of being a “coward”. A video shared by Tarrio on social media showed him following the officers, Michael Fanone, Harry Dunn, Daniel Hodges and Aquilino Gonell, through the lobby of a hotel that was hosting the Principles First …

CNN reports: A political conference in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the alternative to the Trump-aligned CPAC was evacuated on Sunday after a death threat made against several of its speakers who have been critical of President Donald Trump. Shortly after noon Sunday, organizers of the Principles First Summit received an email threatening several of its high-profile speakers and …

Time Magazine reports: President Donald Trump announced Sunday night that Kash Patel had tapped Dan Bongino to be second-in-command at the FBI, after the Senate confirmed Patel as the bureau’s new director last week. Bongino, like many new leaders across the Trump Administration including Patel, represents a radical departure from tradition for his role. The FBI deputy director, which does …

From a 2023 Christian Post report: As his movie “Sound of Freedom” ranks No. 1 at the box office in Latin America, filmmaker and actor Eduardo Verástegui has officially registered to run as an independent candidate in Mexico’s 2024 presidential election. Believing he can create positive changes in Mexico if elected president, the entertainer and founder of the Viva México …

From a May 2024 report: Björn Höcke, who leads the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the state of Thuringia, was on trial for saying the words “Everything for Germany!” at a May 2021 rally. The slogan is associated with the SA stormtroopers, who played a key role in the Nazis’ rise to power. Höcke – a former history teacher …

The Daily Beast reports: Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene—the evolution-denying, QAnon-promoting conspiracy theorist known for calling the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting a false flag operation and for confusing the name of the secret Nazi police force with a cold soup—gave more oxygen this week to the long-debunked, racist conspiracy pushed by the likes of Donald Trump that former President …

The Hill reports: Enrique Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on Friday following a press conference with other Proud Boys members and Oath Keepers’ founder Stewart Rhodes. A spokesperson for USCP said formal charges have not yet been announced but a statement is imminent. The arrest, which appeared to stem from …

France 24 reports: France’s far-right leader Jordan Bardella said Friday he had cancelled his speech at a right-wing meeting in Washington after a “gesture alluding to Nazi ideology” by conservative firebrand Steve Bannon. “I had been invited … to make a speech on the links between the United States and France, as well as the recent electoral dynamic of patriot …

Mediaite reports: Billionaire Elon Musk made a widely debunked claim that a “massive amount” of tax dollars are “going to legacy media companies” at CPAC on Thursday. This claim originates from President Donald Trump when he stated on Truth Social that billions of taxpayer dollars had “been stolen at USAID, and other agencies” and given “to the fake news media” …

The Hill reports: Elon Musk joined the CPAC stage Thursday wielding a chainsaw, underscoring his efforts to slash the federal budget and workforce through Trump’s so-called DOGE panel. Dressed in a black MAGA hat and sunglasses and chain, Musk walked on stage and was joined shortly after by Argentine President Javier Milei, who gave him a black chainsaw that the …

“The J6-ers are here at CPAC! [Standing ovation.] From the medium-high to high-security prisons! And lemme tell you something else. I’m talking to Ambassador Ric Grenell and the J6 Choir is gonna play the Kennedy Center! [Audience roars.] Honor their families! And in fact, I got an idea, the night that they play and opens the new Kennedy Center – …

Media Matters has the transcript from CPAC: STEVE BANNON (HOST): Jayne let’s talk to some of these good War Room posse folks before they go up to hear the Vice President. JAYNE ZIRKLE: Your name and what brings you here today? GUEST: Hi, I’m Gordon White and I came here to say Trump 2028. ZIRKLE: Oh yeah. BANNON: Alright. Hold …

The Daily Beast reports: Elon Musk called a Danish astronaut “fully ret—ed” in an argument on X. Musk’s used the term, which many in the disabled community consider a slur, as an insult against Andreas Mogensen—a European Space Agency astronaut who in 2023 piloted a mission for Musk’s SpaceX. Mogensen rebuked Musk for claiming that the two NASA astronauts currently …

The Washington Post reports: “Mr. Patel will be a political and national security disaster,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) said at a news conference outside FBI headquarters — a building Patel has said he would shut down and reopen as a museum to the so-called deep state. Durbin and his colleagues emphasized what they’ve repeatedly described in hearings and floor speeches …

“The Ukraine war has always been a deep state funded and controlled money laundering operation and proxy war against Russia. Zelensky is an actor in a green jumpsuit that extorts money from everyone while he canceled elections and destroyed free speech in Ukraine and leads a war that has nearly wiped out an entire generation of Ukrainian men. I have …