Extremists

The Daily Dot reports: Conservative commentator and self-proclaimed “most censored man on YouTube” Jackson Hinkle is allegedly in a relationship with a former Miss Russia model, according to a blog post by a researcher of right-wing figures. Hinkle has been vocally pro-Russia and anti-Ukraine in recent months. He’s tweeted that he thinks Zelenskyy, not Putin, is “responsible for every death …

Politico reports: In a sit-down interview, Doug Mastriano, who rarely speaks with the mainstream media, made it clear that he is not finished with his quest to win higher office and transform the Republican Party along the way. He said he is “praying” about whether to go forward with a potential Senate run in 2024. After God, his wife, Rebbie, …

Law & Crime reports: Two friends from North Carolina — one of whom wore a backpack embroidered with his last name on it to the Senate floor on Jan. 6 — have been charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol building. Christopher Carnell, 20, of Cary, North Carolina, and David Worth Bowman, 21, of Raleigh, North Carolina, allegedly broke into the …

From the Justice Department: Monday, March 6, 2023, marks 26 months since the attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress in the process of affirming the presidential election results. The government continues to investigate losses that resulted from the breach of the Capitol, including damage to the Capitol building and grounds, both inside …

The Washington Post reports: A Colorado man prosecutors say was affiliated with the right-wing, anti-government Three Percenters movement pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, admitting that he marched with the Proud Boys, a different far-right group, for several hours before attacking officers. Robert Gieswein, 26, of Woodland Park, Colo., stood …

Media Matters has the transcript: I hear from parents all the time, just these horror stories of, you know, I raised my kid, I did everything right. I even homeschooled. I did, whatever. And then one day my daughter at 16 comes home and declares that she’s a boy. And from that moment, it’s just she is devoured by this …

Law & Crime reports: A 26-year-old member of the far-right Proud Boys organization in Oregon was convicted this week of multiple felonies for his role in inciting and participating in a brawl during a “Patriot Rally” he helped organize in the summer of 2021. Following a three-day trial, Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Amy Baggio on Thursday found Tusitala “Tiny” …

The Huffington Post reports: It became clear at CPAC that the Republican campaign against trans kids isn’t just a mere ploy to energize its base — it could also be the beginning of an insurgent fascist campaign to erase trans people from public life altogether.  Michael Knowles, a host on The Daily Wire, gave a speech at CPAC that, at …

“Don’t fall for the primary stuff. You have good and decent people. Governor DeSantis, Mike Pompeo, Tim Scott, you have Nikki Haley. That’s all fine. It’s not relevant. “We don’t have time for on-the-job training instead of a man that gave us fours years – four years – of peace and prosperity! “Show us what Mitch McConnell has given us! …

USA Today reports: White nationalist Nick Fuentes was removed from CPAC over his lengthy history of openly promoting antisemitic and racist rhetoric. Fuentes is a prominent figure among the far-right, known for peddling white supremacist ideals and using his platform to openly promote antisemitism. Trump dined with Fuentes – a Holocaust denier – as well as rapper Ye (formerly Kanye …

The Hill reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Friday said she will reintroduce legislation she sponsored during the last Congress to criminalize the provision of gender-affirming health care to minors, accusing Democrats who support such care of “coming for our children.” “It couldn’t pass last Congress because Nancy Pelosi was the Speaker and she doesn’t believe in gender at …

“She has no clue what the hell she’s talking about. Why do we listen to this crazy fool? Marjorie Taylor Greene, please just shut the hell up. Do us all a favor. “You are an embarrassment to the Republican Party and to the country as a congresswoman. We fought that war. “A Republican president lost his life over trying to …

Newsweek reports: Kyle Rittenhouse has used an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show to request donations to his legal fund. He faces lawsuits from a man he shot and injured, as well as from the father of one of the two men he killed. “If you win in court, you’re acquitted–rightfully so. They’re going to take you to civil …

Detroit’s ABC affiliate reports: Jack Eugene Carpenter III, 43, from Tipton, was arrested and charged with making the threats through social media. The threats were made under a Twitter account in mid-February, and he reportedly wrote, “I’m heading back to Michigan now threatening to carry out the punishment of death to anyone that is jewish in the Michigan govt if …

Raw Story reports: A spokesman for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) offered a profane response when asked to comment on a misleading claim the congresswoman made online. Greene blamed President Joe Biden’s policies for the deaths of two young men from Michigan whose mother testified Tuesday before the House Homeland Security Committee, although they each overdosed in 2020 while Donald …

Media Matters has the transcript: The big issue that they [Media Matters] had yesterday, which was then picked up in other media outlets as well, is that I called to ban transgenderism entirely. They said that I was calling for the extermination of transgender people. They said I was calling for a genocide against – I said, what? I must …

The New York Post reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) claims she was “attacked” Monday night by an “insane” woman and yelled at by her son inside a restaurant. “I was attacked in a restaurant tonight by an insane women and screamed at by her adult son,” Greene said. “They had no respect for the restaurant or the staff or …

Arizona Central reports: On Wednesday, Arizona and America learned, via a long-hidden report, that investigators for the state Attorney General’s Office found no fraud was afoot in the 2020 election. So naturally on Thursday, the election conspiracy crowd at the state Capitol cracked open yet another crackpot theory that the Sinaloan drug cartel bribed Gov. Katie Hobbs, two members of …

NBC News reports: The FBI has arrested a Donald Trump supporter who allegedly stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 while wearing the head of a panda costume. Jesse James Rumson was arrested in Florida on Monday, according to court records, and charged with multiple offenses including assaulting, resisting or impeding an officer and engaging in physical violence in a …

The Associated Press reports: DeSantis spent the weekend huddled behind closed doors at a south Florida luxury hotel for a “Freedom Blueprint” retreat with more than 100 donors, elected officials and conservative influencers. The attendees included former Trump chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton and Texas-based donor Roy Bailey, a former member of …