Extremists

Mediaite reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) left many scratching their heads on Monday after she posted a video to Twitter highlighting her apparent role in Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) earning the speaker of the House position — all to the tune of Dr. Dre’s Still D.R.E. featuring noted Donald Trump critic Snoop Dogg. The end of the video highlights …

Mediaite reports: Fox News’ Howard Kurtz confronted Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over her promotion of bizarre and horrific conspiracy theories over the years. Kurtz switched topics to talk about how Greene was stripped of her committee assignments years ago over her violent rhetoric, conspiratorial beliefs, and other repugnant views. Greene’s explanation: “Well, like a lot of people today, I had …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed conservative activist Christopher Rufo and five others to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees in his continuing move to eliminate “political ideology” from public higher education. With the six new members of the school’s Board of Trustees, the DeSantis admin plans to weed out concepts like diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and …

The Washingtonian reports: Micki Witthoeft, whose daughter Ashli Babbitt died during the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, appears to have been arrested Friday in DC at a protest near the Capitol. Asked by a bystander whether she had any comment, Witthoeft said, “Yeah, Capitol Police suck ass!” Washingtonian photographer Evy Mages dropped by the protest at the Supreme Court …

Huntington’s CBS affiliate reports: A former West Virginia delegate who served prison time in connection to his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the United States Capitol Building two years ago officially announced his bid for Congress. Former Delegate Derrick Evans said in a press release that he plans to run in the Republican primary against incumbent Rep. Carol …

The Washington Post reports: Right-wing supporters of the “Jan. Sixers” have formed prayer chains, instigated letter writing campaigns, organized vigils and raised millions for their legal defense — all with the aim of supporting the 932 federally charged defendants they see as valiant patriots, prisoners of conscience persecuted for engaging in their First Amendment rights. They have persevered despite powerful …

NBC Connecticut reports: A judge has suspended the law license of Norm Pattis, Alex Jones’ attorney, for six months after he allegedly released unauthorized Sandy Hook files. The files released include the personal medical records of several Sandy Hook families during the Connecticut defamation case. “Simply put, given his experience, there is no acceptable excuse for his misconduct,” Judge Barbara …

Here’s an interesting interlude amidst the chaos: MAGA activist Ali Alexander went on a sexist offensive against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) by claiming he would have the Georgia representative brought up on criminal charges and expelled from Congress. The progressive watchdog organization Right Wing Watch flagged a portion of Alexander’s latest livestream on Telegram where the “Stop the Steal” organizer …

Axios reports: The incoming Republican majority in the House of Representatives removed metal detectors outside of the chamber floor on Tuesday, just three days before the second anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 riot. The magnetometers were installed outside the House chamber in January 2021 to beef up security after the attack, but some Republicans have vocally opposed the increased …

Click Orlando reports: More hateful words targeting the Jewish community showed up on the side of a building on New Year’s Eve, this time in downtown Orlando. Cell phone video showed the words “vax the Jews” scrolling across the top of an office building on Orange Avenue at Washington Street. The owner of a restaurant on the bottom floor of …

The Washington Post reports: The trial of five members of the Proud Boys on charges of seditious conspiracy, with the defendants including the group’s longtime chairman, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, is heading into its second week without a word of testimony being heard. That is because the federal district court has been struggling to find 12 D.C. residents who can put …

Vice News reports: Chaya Raichik, the woman behind the far-right LibsofTikTok account, may have trespassed at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot, according to newly discovered footage found hours after Raichik appeared in her first on-camera television interview. Raichik appeared in an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday where she called the LGBTQ community a “cult” …

The Daily Beast reports: When advisers for former President Donald Trump were helping to set up the Jan. 6 rally outside the White House, Trump’s inner circle tried to prevent “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander from speaking. Trump confidants were so concerned about associating the president with Alexander that, despite Alexander being a central organizer for the Jan. 6 …

The Daily Beast reports: Six years after his last armed standoff with law enforcement, far-right leader Ammon Bundy appears to be threatening another armed action—this time over a lawsuit from an Idaho hospital he’s accused of harassing. “They’re suing me for defamation. They’re probably going to try to get judgments of over a million dollars and take everything they have …

The Hill reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) brought up QAnon several times with Trump and Mark Meadows, according to newly released transcripts of Cassidy Hutchinson’s depositions. “I remember Marjorie Taylor Greene bringing QAnon up several times, though, in the presence of the president, privately with Mark,” Hutchinson said. “Ms. Greene came up and began talking to us about QAnon and …

ABC News reports: David DePape, the man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer at their San Francisco Home, pleaded not guilty to state charges on Wednesday. The arraignment in San Francisco Superior Court comes two weeks after a judge ruled that DePape will face trial for the October attack. DePape, 42, waived his right to …

“When I was doxxed, someone from Ron DeSantis’s team called me. She said, ‘The governor wanted me to give you a message. If you don’t feel safe, if you need a place to go, to hide, to stay, you can come to the governor’s mansion.’ “She said, ‘We have a guest house for you, and you can stay as long …

Newsweek reports: Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is defending New York Congressman-elect George Santos while he faces backlash for fabricating details of his personal and professional life. Greene, of Georgia, praised her incoming GOP colleague for supposedly “being honest with his district now” in a series of tweets attacking Democrats on Tuesday. Misrepresentations of his heritage prompted the …

“There’s something so unique about — the LGBTQ community has become this cult and it’s so captivating and it pulls people in so strongly unlike anything we’ve ever seen and they brainwash people to join. “And they convince them of all these things and it’s really, really hard to get out of it. It’s really difficult. “I think they’re evil. …

The Daily Beast reports: Far-right Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) has accused Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) of having “crossed a rubicon” after she slammed Republicans who intend to vote against a Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speakership. Responding to Greene’s accusation that he — along with others, including Matt Gaetz, are actively misleading the Republican base by voting against McCarthy—Biggs said: …