Extremists

Teabagger US House Rep. Steve King, whose relentless loonery (see below) is just a half-step behind Louis Gohmert, began the day by mocking the health of Hillary Clinton, just as White Jesus would want. Also getting attention today is King wishing luck to Frauke Petry, the chairwoman for Germany’s far-right and virulently anti-LGBT Alternative für Deutschland party, which currently holds …

Mediaite reports: In a BBC report that aired Thursday, a white nationalist leader named Richard Spencer explained that Donald Trump is following in the footsteps of what the white nationalist movement has been doing for years. “Donald Trump came along and I feel like my movement and ideology, we can be a kind of vanguard for a presidential candidate,” Spencer …

The totally not racist level heads at Breitbart have decided that it’s totally not racist to illustrate a story about the black president of the United States with an image of Harambe, the gorilla recently put down at the Cincinnati Zoo. As you surely know, Breitbart is run by Stephen Bannon, who last month became the third and latest Trump …

Buzzfeed reports: Louisiana Senate candidate and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke says he’s pleased that vice presidential nominee Mike Pence declined to call him “deplorable” in an interview on Monday. “It’s good to see an individual like Pence and others start to reject this absolute controlled media,” Duke told BuzzFeed News. “The truth is that the Republican Party …

Mamba Online reports: Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba has announced that American gay hate pastor Steven Anderson, and his followers, will not be allowed into South Africa. The historic move follows a determined campaign by LGBT activists, led primarily by GaySA Radio, to stop the preacher, who calls for the execution of gay people, from spreading his shocking views …

“America, we like our guns. We want to start shooting again. And Donald gives us the opportunity to feel like we can shoot again. Americans are tired of being pushed around by Muslims and Mexicans. Everywhere you look, the Muslims, the Mexicans. I mean, my God…. Americans are tired of it… We want to start shooting again. And Donald says …

Remember when the Family Research Council was exposed by yours truly for lobbying the US House in support of Uganda’s infamous “kill the gays” bill? Tony Perkins thinks you don’t. Via press release: “Hillary’s use of the phrase ‘deplorable’ is as revealing as it is insulting. Hillary Clinton’s foundation has received donations from countries all over the world that imprison …

Trump surrogate Roger Stone this afternoon tweeted out the above image with this message: “I am so proud to be one of the deplorables.” Depicted in Stone’s image (from the left) are Stone, Dr. Stabby, Chris Christie, Eric Trump, Mike Pence, Donald Trump, white supremacist “mascot” Pepe, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump Jr., Alex Jones, and homocon racist Milo Yiannopoulous. Earlier …

The Family Research Council’s annual Values Voter Summit begins this morning with a cavalcade of crackpot anti-LGBT activists and extremist politicians. Watch their live stream below. Among the first speakers are debunked “historian” David Barton, loony Louie Gohmert, FRC president Tony Perkins, former FRC president Gary Bauer, Fox News host Todd Starnes, and wackadoodle “filmmaker” Kirk Cameron. Later today self-proclaimed …

Vessel News reports: Recent comments made by Philipino President Duterte where he labeled President Obama the “son of a whore” overshadowed the outgoing leader of the free world’s G20 jaunt. It appears another head of state is jumping into the fray, adding further insult to injury. According to Zimbabwe Today, reporters asked Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday his thoughts …

Via Mediaite: The lawyer for Bundy son Ammon Bundy argued in court Tuesday that his client has the right to wear cowboy boots when facing a jury in his upcoming trial. Bundy, who was arrested with his father Cliven Bundy after seizing control and occupying Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, was informed by the U.S. Marshals that he wouldn’t be able …

Vox reports: Appearing on CNN, former anchor Soledad O’Brien appeared to criticize the network and other news outlets for normalizing white supremacy through their coverage of Donald Trump. “Listen, I’ve seen on air white supremacists being interviewed because they are Trump delegates,” O’Brien said. “And they do a five-minute segment — the first minute or so talking about what they …

Glenn Beck has apparently seen ABC News’ evisceration of homocon bully Milo Whatisopoulos. From his Facebook page: You want the truth Milo? You are a hurt 13 year old boy. I don’t know what pain you had to go through to make you so cold and distant from any feelings of compassion and basic kindness but causing hurt makes you …

The interview didn’t go as Breitbart expected and they are very upset about it. They write: ABC’s Terry Moran launched a full scale attack on Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos as part of a feature for ABC Nightline, calling Milo an “idiot,” “revolting” and comparing him to a “13-year-old” child. The piece centered around the topic of trolling, with ABC …

On Wednesday night the person running the Twitter account for Breitbart called me a “normie” and although I track right wing sites all day, that term was new to me. As it turns out, the neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer has a lengthy post titled A Normie’s Guide To The Alt-Right. And there we find this definition: “Normie” is a term …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: David Duke and other white nationalists loved the speech Donald Trump delivered about immigration and the former KKK leader continued to shower praise on the GOP presidential nominee on his radio show today. And who better to discuss it with than Andrew Anglin, the editor of the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer and …

Via Right Wing Watch: Confident of Donald Trump’s imminent victory, Alex Jones speculated wildly yesterday about “October Surprise false flags” meant to dislodge Trump and put Hillary Clinton in the White House. Jerome Corsi, a right-wing author and vocal promoter of the birther conspiracy theory, warned that “there’s going to be some unexpected wars, there’s going to be another terrorist …

David Duke wasn’t the only well-known white supremacist who triumphantly live-tweeted last night’s speech by Donald Trump. Via the Huffington Post: Prominent members of the white supremacist movement applauded Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s immigration speech Wednesday. Jared Taylor, editor of the white nationalist publication American Renaissance, said it was a “hell of a speech. Almost perfect.” “Trump is back,” …

Earlier this week the Trump campaign disavowed David Duke’s pro-Trump robocalls to Louisiana voters, saying there’s no place for his message “in the Republican Party or our country.” Unswayed, last night Duke gleefully live-tweeted every anti-immigrant utterance made during Trump’s speech in Arizona, concluding with the above “ecstatic” summation. A poll released yesterday shows Duke at 6% in a crowded …

From the Southern Poverty Law Center: The two political operatives chosen earlier this month to lead Donald Trump’s presidential campaign after two former managers departed have been members of the secretive Council for National Policy (CNP), Hatewatch has learned. Longtime Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Bannon, executive chairman of the far-right Breitbart News operation, were named on Aug. 17 …