Extremists

Mother Jones reports: Musk offered people money to register to vote and then subsequently got sued by the Philadelphia district attorney and warned by the Justice Department that the scheme is likely illegal. And in late August, he made a $1 million donation to a political action committee founded by Scott Presler, a man who even the RNC has declined …

“Douglass MacKay, as we’ve talked about on the show many times — if you listen to the show, you’re familiar with the case — he posted a meme, encouraging Hillary supporters to vote by text, and apparently, some of them were dumb enough to actually do it. But it was a joke because, of course, you can’t vote by text. …

USA Today reports: Some prominent pro-Trump Republicans are already saying supporters will go to ballot counting locations if the winner of the presidential election isn’t clear on Election Day, Nov. 5. Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Trump’s first White House national security advisor who played a central role in 2020 efforts to overturn the election results, said on Oct. 20 …

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: A polling company sued Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign on Tuesday over a $114,000 bill it claims was never paid. The company, Vox Insights LLC, claims that the campaign “without excuse or justification” failed to pay for polling data it provided last month within a 30-day deadline set out in its contract. …

“This is the difference between Trump and his opponents. It’s maybe the key difference. Of all the many differences, this is maybe the key difference. There’s so much incessant discussion about Trump’s rhetoric, his insensitive language, his crass comments, etc, etc. “When’s the last time he even said anything shocking? You know, I mean, even by their — obvious, it’s …

“Desperate people do desperate things. So now we all have to look out for really desperate measures, whether in the days before Election Day or in the days after a Trump victory. Here are a few scenarios I believe may be coming. “Option number one I suspect we may experience a false flag mass shooting or supposed domestic terrorist attack …

Media Matters reports: Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) campaigned for his reelection bid and for the Republican Senate leader position on the streaming show of Laura Loomer, who said a few months ago that Puerto Ricans shouldn’t be allowed to serve as federal judges because they supposedly aren’t “from this country.” (They are.) The bigoted remarks are part of a long …

“So he made fun of Puerto Ricans, Black people, Jews, and Arabs. You know, that’s — pretty equal opportunity offender. Were they offensive jokes? I mean, yeah, if you’re a whiny little baby, they’re offensive to you. If those jokes are offensive to you, then you’re just a whiny, pathetic, ridiculous, sad sack of a human being. “If you heard …

The New York Times reports: Stephen K. Bannon, the combative and calculating strategist who helped elect Donald J. Trump to the White House and became one of the most influential voices of the hard right, was released from federal prison early Tuesday. He wasted little time reprising his role as one of the leading provocateurs of the former president’s political …

“Curious how you can call me a racist for saying ‘the White House will smell like curry’ and call for me to be silenced and banned from Trump world… but then you can defend and laugh at @TonyHinchcliffe’z comment about Puerto Ricans being trash. Can you just be honest that you are a jealous bitch with Roid Rage and you …

CNN reports: British far-right political activist Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 18 months after he admitted to being in contempt of court by repeating false accusations about a Syrian refugee, according to court documents. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, admitted on Monday to breaching UK court rules 10 times. Robinson, the founder of the now-defunct anti-immigration English …

ProPublica reports: A key ally to former President Donald Trump detailed plans to deploy the military in response to domestic unrest, defund the Environmental Protection Agency and put career civil servants “in trauma” in a series of previously unreported speeches that provide a sweeping vision for a second Trump term. In private speeches delivered in 2023 and 2024, Russell Vought, …

NOTUS reports: Steve Bannon is getting out of prison, just in time for Election Day. As Trump ramps up violent rhetoric about weaponizing the Justice Department against judges, prosecutors and journalists while simultaneously utilizing the U.S. military against his perceived adversaries he calls “the enemy within,” his 2024 presidential campaign will soon have one of its loudest and fiercest surrogates …

Australia’s national broadcaster reports: Right-wing American commentator Candace Owens has been refused entry to Australia for her upcoming speaking tour. Immigration Minister Tony Burke confirmed the conservative online influencer would not be granted a visa, saying “Australia’s national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else”. “From downplaying the impact of the Holocaust with comments about [Nazi physician …

Wired reports: According to emails shared exclusively with WIRED by the nonprofit group American Oversight, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf has run a militia training course advising “potential jurors, homeschoolers, ladies and gentlemen” to “get a standard AR-15 type military grade weapon” and “500 rounds of ammo.” The emails also show that, ahead of the most consequential election in a generation, …

“I actually wouldn’t want Kamala to babysit my kids, and not just because I’m afraid that her husband might come over and complicate matters. Kamala has no children of her own. “There’s nothing maternal about her. And when I’m looking for a babysitter for my kids, I’m definitely not looking for a weird cackling spinster like Kamala, especially not one …

“I worked hard to get the SAVE Act introduced. Chip Roy and Mike Lee introduced it and then I kept badgering Speaker Johnson and then he embraced it and went to Mar-A-Lago, got the president, they endorsed it.  “So now people are aware of the threat of noncitizen voting and the same is true for the overseas voting.  It is …

The Guardian reports: Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s embattled Republican gubernatorial candidate, suggested that people who can’t take care of their children should be sterilized, according to one of a series of incendiary and racist social media posts from 2014 through 2019. The commentary made in reference to Black families, which used terms a white supremacist would find appropriate, predates his …

Media Matters reports: North Carolina Republican gubernatorial nominee Mark Robinson spoke on the Trump-backed “ReAwaken America” tour, where he compared fighting the news media to battling Nazis at Normandy Beach. His speech was well-received by Trump ally and ReAwaken America co-organizer Mike Flynn, who asked the audience to donate to Robinson’s campaign. Robinson’s rhetoric echoes that of former President Donald …

Via press release from America First Legal: Today, on behalf of its client, Stefan Passantino, America First Legal (AFL) filed a D.C. bar complaint against former Congresswoman and Vice Chair of the U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, Elizabeth “Liz” Cheney, following findings by House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk revealing that the former Congresswoman used …