Extremists

Florida Politics reports: In his second try for leadership of the Republican Senate caucus (and the Senate, given the results of Tuesday’s election), Rick Scott has backing from a group of thought leaders on the Right who run the gamut from fellow legislators to commentators and activists. Among the names rolled out Friday as a package: U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson; …

Mother Jones reports: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has set up a website to solicit suggestions for key Cabinet roles. Anyone can submit a name and vote for their favorite nominees across 12 areas of government, including health, food and agriculture, education, technology, and more. Some of the most popular nominees for include: Dr. Simone Gold for the Department of Health …

“We will destroy the Democratic Party, we destroy the U.N., we destroy the NGOs, and we regain America’s soul at the same time. Now that’s my plan, and I can tell you that’s a common sense plan. “And I can tell you that that is the plan that is being prepared right now. And you heard Flynn say, yeah, Alex. …

“You know, here’s one thing I would like to point out. They’ve attacked me continuously, called me radical, fringe, extremist. You know what they found out today? “President Trump will have over 5 million of the popular vote ahead of Kamala Harris. He will, by the time this is done, likely have 312 electoral college votes. “The message that was …

The Daily Beast reports: Trump-aligned lawyer and former Senate aide Mike Davis, who is reportedly on the shortlist for Attorney General in Donald Trump’s new administration, continued his crass insult tour of Democratic enemies Thursday—this time targeting New York Attorney General Letitia James. “I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term,” he …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene argued MAGA loyalists like herself deserve priority consideration for cabinet positions over “brand-new people” in Donald Trump’s circle. “Those are brand-new people,” Greene said. “RFK, Vivek, they both tried to beat [Trump] in the presidential race this year.” “And there’s those of us that have been very loyal,” Greene added. ”We understand …

“You treat the American citizen as a Russian serf. You treat them as a peasant. And, finally, the people with pitchforks and the peasants said, we’ve had enough. And many came to our side because they saw what you and your network and your correspondents and all that. “Chris Hayes. Rachel Maddow. Alex Wagner. You weaponized the institutions, and you …

Axios reports: President-elect Trump’s MAGA allies wasted little time after his election win before openly celebrating that the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 will set the agenda for his administration. Trump repeatedly tried to distance himself from Project 2025 during the campaign, even going so far as claiming he knew nothing about it, despite the fact that it was written by …

Mediaite reports: Mike Davis, a Republican lawyer whom President-elect Donald Trump reportedly considers a candidate to serve as attorney general in his second administration, celebrated Trump’s election with some pugnacious and even disturbing rhetoric on Wednesday. “Fuck unity,” declared Davis on X, formerly Twitter. “We have the votes. And they tried to kill Trump.” In a follow-up post, Davis said …

Wired reports: Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States, and the same far-right extremists emboldened by his first administration are celebrating his win with violent memes and threats. Many of the social media posts reviewed by WIRED reveled in fantasies of Trump locking up and even executing his political opponents in revenge. “Build the gallows!!” urged …

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: Democrat Mo Green has defeated Republican MAGA candidate Michele Morrow in the race to lead North Carolina’s public schools. The Associated Press called the state superintendent of public instruction race for Green on Wednesday. With all precincts reporting, Green had 51.1% of the vote. Morrow had 48.9%. Morrow led for part of the night …

“You stole the 2020 election. You’ve mocked and ridiculed and put people in prison and broken people’s lives because you said this thing was stolen. This entire phony thing is getting swept out. Biden’s getting swept out. Kamala Harris is getting swept out. MSNBC is getting swept out. The Justice Department is getting swept out. The FBI is getting swept …

The Huffingon Post reports: “We have so-called elected officials, people that I call politicians, that are afraid to stand up and fight for what’s right,” Robinson said to a room of supporters. “As soon as they get a little trouble, they tuck tail and run. They’ll send you a message on the phone and say, “Uh, uh, uh, I’m, I’m …

From the Justice Department: Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested by federal agents and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility. “As charged, Skyler Philippi believed he was moments away from launching an attack on a Nashville energy facility to further his violent white supremacist ideology – but …

Politico reports: A white nationalist worked on the Trump campaign in an important position in Pennsylvania for five months — until Friday, when the Pennsylvania GOP fired him after learning about his views from my reporting. Last week, I confirmed that Luke Meyer, the Trump campaign’s 24-year-old regional field director for Western Pennsylvania, goes by the online name Alberto Barbarossa. …

NBC News reports: As Donald Trump yet again tells his supporters he can lose Tuesday only if there’s massive voter fraud and as he ramps up violent rhetoric about Democrats and other “enemies,” members of the far-right group that put more “boots on the ground” than any other at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, say they’re mobilizing. At …

“At the Trump rallies, they’re yelling trash for Trump, trash for Trump. And I saw other people. I saw white guys. I saw Hispanic guys, Hispanic guys inside trash cans jumping out of them with Trump signs, white guys with garbage bags that say trash for Trump. That was the moment when I realized Trumpism was a cult. That was …

“Not since we dropped the atomic bomb in Nagasaki, the second one in August of 1945, and decided that we were gods and that God himself no longer existed — since then, we have been a secular society, and that’s why we’re now being destroyed in my view. “But even if you don’t buy any of that, you have to …

The New York Times reports: Groups backing former President Donald J. Trump recently sent messages to organize poll watchers to be ready to dispute votes in Democratic areas. Some posted images of armed men standing up for their rights to recruit for their cause. Others spread conspiracy theories that anything less than a Trump victory on Tuesday would be a …

“I’m never going to stop. You can send me in prison, you can keep in prison me, you can take me out like you’ve tried to take out Trump, I don’t care. But I’m never going to quit. “And particularly, you greaseballs, the way you sit there and steal it and then talk to people, where are your votes? Where …