Extremists

The Meidas Touch reports: In a 2007 interview on C-SPAN, Pete Hegseth, the former Army National Guard officer and Fox News host nominated to become Trump’s Secretary of Defense, offered a defense of the United States’ actions at Abu Ghraib prison while dismissing the incident as an “absolute exception” to military conduct during the Iraq War. Hegseth not only characterized …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) argued that 2024 would end with the last Christmas “under Democrat communist control.” In a Christmas Eve message on her official government X account, Greene wished her followers a happy holiday. “Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!” she exclaimed. “It’s the last Christmas under Democrat Communist control. Freedom is coming!” Greene added. Read the …

Newsweek reports: Elon Musk has urged his followers not to donate to Wikipedia, which he branded “Wokepedia,” until “they restore balance to their editing authority.” The tech billionaire made the claim on X, which he owns, in response to another user who shared a graph from the online encyclopedia’s 2023-4 annual report that showed 29 percent of its budget had …

“I’m strongly urging Matt Gaetz to return to Congress and on its first day next year, take a page from that old song The Harper Valley PTA and expose all the hypocrites in the House who have used tax money to cover up their sexual depravity. “Screw their rules. Screw them. They have destroyed this country. And Gaetz has to …

German outlet Der Spiegel reports: The alleged [Christmas market] perpetrator is obviously a fan of the AfD, as revealed by an analysis of several of his social media accounts by SPIEGEL. Eight years ago, he wrote on Twitter that he wanted to start a project together with the AfD: an academy for ex-Muslims. When another user asked why he was …

The Guardian reports: Elon Musk has caused outrage in Berlin after appearing to endorse the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland. Musk, who has been named by Donald Trump to co-lead a commission aimed at reducing the size of the US federal government, wrote on his social media platform X: “Only the AfD can save Germany.” The German health minister, Karl …

“She served in the U.S. military for 20 years. So, by the way, if she was a foreign agent, how exactly was she carrying a gun in the U.S. military? It’s absurd. You will know who’s on which side by the reaction of Tulsi Gabbard. “If there are Republican senators who are voting against Tulsi Gabbard confirmation, then either in …

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE BANNON: Clearly, Johnson’s not up to the task and he’s gotta go. Right? He’s gotta go. Should Johnson be speaker of the House? President Trump, these are your people. It’s not just Johnson. Clearly, he has to go. He doesn’t have that — he doesn’t have what we call the right stuff. Right? That …

Reuters reports: U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, set to join President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, waded into Germany’s election campaign on Friday, calling the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) the country’s savior. The AfD is running second in opinion polls and might be able to thwart either a center-right or center-left majority, but Germany’s mainstream, more centrist parties have vowed to shun …

Chicago’s WBEZ radio reports: Nick Fuentes, a far-right streamer known for his racist, sexist and antisemitic views, claimed Thursday that he was the target of a “would-be assassin” who was fatally shot by police near his home in Berwyn after allegedly killing three people downstate. Fuentes made the jarring claim shortly after his first hearing on a battery charge that …

“The Academy Awards announced the shortlist for documentaries. These are their top 15 films in the genre that will be whittled down to 5 nominees. ‘Am I Racist?’ did not make the top 15 even though it is the highest grossing doc of the decade and easily the most talked about, most watched, and most influential documentary of this year. …

Politico reports: At least a dozen senators are pushing to see the FBI’s background check on Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s embattled pick for Pentagon chief — a rare move for the committee that oversees his confirmation and a sign the former Fox News host still faces hurdles in the Senate. Unlike some other committees, the Senate Armed Services usually limits …

“I’m going to tell you right now that if they try to tell us all to stay inside, stay home, shelter in place ‘FOR OUR SAFETY’ from the drones, there is no way in hell I will comply with that absolute bullshit.  Not doing it. No way. I’ll shoot the drones down myself along with every other red blooded freedom …

Rolling Stone reports: Stew Peters — the prominent, far-right shock jock — was arrested for a DWI in his Minnesota hometown earlier this month after he allegedly upended an ATV while driving drunk. Peters has long hosted more mainstream MAGA figures, including GOP congressmen, on his show. His past guests have included fellow antivaxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now Trump’s …

The New York Times reports: When Pete Hegseth visited senators on Capitol Hill this month in an effort to show that he has the qualifications and judgment to lead the Defense Department, he was escorted by a security guard with a dark episode in his past. The guard, a former Army Special Forces master sergeant named John Jacob Hasenbein, left …

Raw Story reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) drew instant ridicule on Monday when she posted a repeatedly debunked claim linking vaccines to autism. “I fully believe vaccines cause Autism,” Greene wrote on X. “It’s another example of crimes against humanity. And innocent babies, children, and their families are the victims.” A community note posted after Greene’s X post provided …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Republican firebrand Randy Fine has filed a bill in the Florida Senate to ban local governments, public schools and state universities from displaying flags promoting a “fictional” Palestine, “pro-violence” Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights and other “woke” topics. Fine, who lives in Melbourne Beach, has resigned from the Florida Legislature effective March 31 to run for …

Politico reports: Pete Hegseth has pushed for years to steep American education in patriotic principles and Christian theology — and he could implement that vision for thousands of military families if he’s confirmed to lead the Defense Department. Tucked inside the Pentagon’s nearly $900 billion-per-year bureaucracy is a network of 161 schools in 11 countries, seven states, Guam and Puerto …

The Daily Beast reports: Comedian Roseanne Barr stepped off the deep end by connecting the [drone] sightings to a conspiracy championed by Infowars founder Alex Jones called “Project Blue Beam.” The decades-old conspiracy posits that the government will stage a fake alien invasion as a way to create mass panic and institute authoritarian controls over society. Jones and others have …

The Daily Beast reports: Steve Bannon is pushing Donald Trump to consider a third presidential term in 2028. The controversial political strategist suggested the two-term limit on U.S. presidents doesn’t count in Trump’s case because his terms in office were not consecutive. “I don’t know, maybe we do it again in ’28,” Bannon told the New York Young Republican Club …