Extremists

Reuters reports: Arizona Republican Kari Lake, a far-right ally of Donald Trump, on Tuesday is expected to announce her candidacy for her party’s U.S. Senate nomination, in what could be a highly competitive three-way general election race in November 2024. Arizona is already one of the most politically competitive U.S. states but its Senate race became all the more so …

The Texas Tribune reports: Jonathan Stickland [photo], the ultraconservative leader of a group that has donated millions of dollars to high-profile Texas leaders, hosted prominent white supremacist Nick Fuentes and other right-wing activists for several hours on Friday. Acting on a tip, a Texas Tribune reporter and photographer observed Fuentes and others — including Kyle Rittenhouse — enter a one-story …

Vice News reports: Tensions are growing in a small Canadian town after a cult took over an abandoned school and followers of the so-called “QAnon Queen” sent death threats to local officials. On September 13, the small quiet town of Richmound, Saskatchewan, had its world turned upside down when Romana Didulo—a woman who has convinced a sizeable group of people …

“We live in a nation of potential collaborators. And if we don’t reduce the price of standing up, if we don’t make it less costly and encourage more people to stand, that is what lies ahead for all of us. “Who were the ones that voted for Trump? Who were the ones with Trump signs on their front porch? Who …

Media Matters has the transcript: Trump should violate this gag order. He certainly should violate the gag order. I’m not sure that I would have said a week ago that he should call the members of this judge’s staff big libs, but now he must. He has to do it because all of these prosecutions are a ridiculous farce. None …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Members of the white supremacist Tennessee Active Club provided security for Gabrielle Hanson, a Moms for Liberty-backed alderman in Franklin, Tennessee, and current candidate for mayor, at a recent candidate forum, according to local reporter Phil Williams. The Tennessee Active Club is one of the “prominent cells” in a rapidly growing network of …

Vice News reports: A young man falsely accused of being a federal agent posing as a neo-Nazi by Elon Musk and a bunch of other right-wing trolls has launched a lawsuit against the one-time richest man in the world. Earlier this year, college student Ben Brody, 22, had his life turned upside down when he was accused of being a …

The Guardian reports: Conservative activist Christopher Rufo, who is a close ally of Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, hosted a social media debate in which one participant argued that conservatives should cooperate with a hypothetical white nationalist dictator “in order to destroy the power of the left”. Rufo, a Manhattan Institute fellow who has been a hugely …

CBS News reports: Christopher Worrell, a member of the far-right Proud Boys group who was convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, was taken into custody on Thursday after more than a month on the run. Worrell was captured by FBI agents while trying to “covertly return” to his home in Central Naples, Florida, the …

Mediaite reports: 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to announce he will run as an independent on October 9 in Pennsylvania, Mediaite has learned. Kennedy’s campaign machine is now planning “attack ads” against the Democratic National Committee in order to “pave the way” for his announcement in Philadelphia about running as an independent, according to a text reviewed …

“Kamala, she’s got citizenship issue. Did you see her where she tries to act like she’s human? They’re on the third clone with her. She’s just Obama, so he’s already on his third term destroying our country. And then so if he gets her in there, that’ll be his fourth term. He’s a little tyrant.  I’m not for dictators, but …

ABC News reports: The FBI has arrested a member of the Proud Boys who went missing just before he was set to be sentenced for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a spokesperson for the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. “We can confirm the arrest of Christopher Worrell,” the spokesperson told ABC News in …

The Associated Press reports: A bank recently shut down the accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, citing unauthorized transactions — a move that caused panic at the business when its balances suddenly dropped from more than $2 million to zero, according to a lawyer for the company. The action last week by Axos Bank also exposed worry and …

Media Matters reports: Rumble host Stew Peters yesterday aired a segment calling for the executions of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce over the Kansas City tight end’s promotion of the COVID-19 vaccine. Advertising for the NFL recently appeared on Peters’ X (formerly Twitter) account, which has more than 400,000 followers. Peters is a verified Rumble host with over 500,000 followers. …

Santa Fe’s Fox affiliate reports: A Las Cruces man is pleading guilty to a federal charge of making threats through interstate communications. The plea agreement brought before U.S. Magistrate Judge Damian L. Martinez of U.S. District Court in New Mexico has to do with a telephone call Michel David Fox admits making last May to the Houston office of a …

The Associated Press reports: CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s bodies. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Next month’s test of the nationwide Emergency Alert System uses the same familiar audio tone that’s been in use since …

“So, good thesis to the song, which is, when people talk about racism, it’s just anti-white. Right? The phrase itself is a term of anti-white racism because they say that you can’t be racist against white people. “So, it is okay to be racist as long as you only hate white people. And then he says, I’m not proud to …

The New York Times reports: At the federal courthouse in Washington, a woman called the chambers of the judge assigned to the election interference case against former President Donald J. Trump and said that if Mr. Trump were not re-elected next year, “we are coming to kill you.” At the Federal Bureau of Investigation, agents have reported concerns about harassment …

The Daily Beast reports: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) used his weekly email newsletter—hosted on a .gov domain that is funded by American taxpayers—on Sunday to launch a thinly veiled, homophobic attack on Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, shockingly suggesting Milley should be put to death. “Of course, we now know that the deviant Milley was coordinating with Nancy …

From the Justice Department: A New York man was sentenced today on two felony charges related to his actions 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. Jonathan …