Extremists

ABC News reports: Guo Wengui, an exiled Chinese billionaire with business ties to Steve Bannon, has been arrested on federal charges out of New York. Wengui owned the 152-foot-long yacht Lady May on which Bannon was arrested in August 2020. Guo and Bannon have been under investigation in connection with GTV Media Group, which the Securities and Exchange Commission previously …

“You have to have a real committee, like the Watergate Committee, like the Pearl Harbor commissions, like the 9-11, like the financial meltdown of 2008. You have to have a formal one. Like I’m arguing in appeals court that this was not a real committee because you didn’t have a ranking member and you didn’t have minority counsel. I’m gonna …

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A federal judge denied a Jan. 6 defendant’s third motion to be released from pretrial custody on Tuesday – saying he found no violations of constitutional rights at the D.C. Jail that would warrant his release. Last month, Christopher Quaglin – a New Jersey electrician the Justice Department says is a member of the Proud …

From the Justice Department: Tristan Chandler Stevens, 27, of Pensacola, Florida, was sentenced to 60 months in prison on four counts of assaulting or aiding and abetting in assaulting law enforcement officers, one count of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, all felonies, and four misdemeanor charges. Stevens was found guilty on September 13, 2022, following a …

CBS News reports: The Justice Department can seize money that has recently flowed into the prison inmate account of white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr., the Ohio man who in 2017 rammed his car into a group of anti-racism protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one. According to prosecutors, he has amassed “significant funds” in his prison inmate account at the …

The Daily Beast reports: Over his controversial years in politics, David Clarke has worn several hats: Milwaukee sheriff, right-wing firebrand, prominent Donald Trump surrogate, cowboy. (Literally.) But there’s another hat Clarke might want to add to the collection: U.S. Senator. As Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) gears up for her 2024 re-election campaign, Clarke has courted speculation in the Badger State …

The SPLC’s Hatewatch reports: Jury selection started today in the trial of 33-year-old Douglass Mackey, a man who prolifically spread hate and politically charged disinformation under the pseudonym “Ricky Vaughn” during Donald Trump’s political rise. The DOJ charged Mackey with election interference in January 2021, accusing him of a conspiracy to spread “misinformation designed to deprive individuals of their constitutional …

The Independent reports: Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar has said “heads have to roll” over the January 6 Committee’s now-concluded investigation into the Capitol riot. In an interview with the right-wing outlet The Gateway Pundit published on Sunday, Mr Gosar agreed that former Wyoming Representative Liz Cheney, the vice chair of the committee and one of only two Republicans in the …

Monkeypox pretty much stopped being a thing months ago, largely thanks to the Biden administration and the quick response of gay men, but that hasn’t stopped Marjorie Taylor Greene from launching a $34 “made in USA, unisex fit” t-shirt ridiculing those who contract the disease. In a post made last night to Truth Social, Greene announced a new line of …

“He went begging the CCP, that’s why they have the joint venture in Shanghai, the Tesla, which is 100% of his value. This guy lives on government contracts and taxpayer subsidies. You’re a running dog for the greatest enemy this nation has ever had. You’re a war profiteer and you’re sleeping with the enemy. You’re not an American nationalist, you’re …

“He’s owned by the Chinese Communist Party. What are you talking about? Tesla, the only thing of real value is Tesla. He uses it for margin loans. He sells the stock. The Shanghai joint venture is a hundred percent controlled by the CCP. This is why he never goes after the CCP. This is why he always backs off. This …

The Detroit News reports: A man from the Adrian area accused of threatening to kill members of state government was indicted Thursday and could face more severe punishment because a federal grand jury alleges he intentionally targeted Jewish politicians. The indictment of Tipton resident Jack Eugene Carpenter III, 41, was filed eight days after Carpenter was charged in the most …

“Let’s just put this plainly. The Pride flag does not deserve our respect. In fact, it deserves our disrespect. It deserves our contempt and mockery. “It is not the flag of gay people. Okay? That’s not what it is. Gay people in America, they already have a flag. It’s called the American flag. It’s the flag we all share or …

Politico reports: No Jan. 6 defendants should be able to delay their pending criminal trials based on speculation that the 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage — recently made available by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Fox News’ Tucker Carlson — might contain exculpatory evidence, the Justice Department argued Tuesday. “The United States does not know the extent of any material …

The Associated Press reports: Alex Jones’ media company has proposed a plan in its bankruptcy case to pay the conspiracy theorist $520,000 a year while leaving $7 million to $10 million annually to pay off creditors, including relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims. Free Speech Systems, owned solely by Jones, filed a proposed reorganization plan Tuesday in its Chapter 11 …

“I’ve been able to speak out against these individuals and the homosexuality in the right wing movement and still maintain some friendships in that sense. I don’t condone what they do. I want to make it clear I don’t agree. I am a Trump supporter. “All this pro-Log Cabin Republican stuff really grosses me out and makes me want to …

Rolling Stone reports: Former Trump National Security Advisor and retired US. Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is suing the U.S. government on grounds of wrongful prosecution, according to a new legal filing obtained by Rolling Stone. He is seeking $50 million in damages. The lawsuit stems from a 2016 FBI investigation during the Obama administration over Flynn’s suspected ties to …

NBC News reports: In text messages with Bannon on Nov. 10, 2020, Fox News host Maria Bartiromo said, “Omg I’m so depressed. I can’t take this,” and lamented how upsetting it was to watch the “world move forward.” “I want to see massive fraud exposed. Will he be able to turn this around,” she added, referring to Trump. “I told …

The Washington Post reports: A Northern Virginia military reservist assigned to do intelligence work was found guilty Tuesday of obstructing Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 presidential election results in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Hatchet M. Speed, a Navy Reserve petty officer first class formerly assigned to Naval Warfare Space Field Activity at the National Reconnaissance Office in Chantilly, Va., …

Vice News reports: Among the colorful cast of characters surrounding scandal-plagued New York congressman George Santos, one of the more prominent is Joe Murray, his personal attorney and de facto spokesperson. Journalists covering Santos’ various legal headaches frequently seek Murray’s comment, which is almost as frequently given, and the lawyer appears to be close to his client, with the pair …