Extremists

The Daily Beast reports: Gay New York City council member Erik Bottcher has told The Daily Beast that Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD have offered “any and all support and protection” after his apartment building was besieged by anti-Drag Queen Story Hour protesters, and the sidewalk defaced with hateful, homophobic slurs directed against him, including “OK Groomer,” “Child Predator,” …

Reuters reports: Alex Jones drew a $1.3 million salary from Free Speech Systems before its bankruptcy, and his attorney asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez to restore his salary to that level at a hearing Monday. Jones has been paid a reduced biweekly salary of $20,000 since his company filed for bankruptcy on July 29, just over a third of …

Media Matters has the transcript: JAMES LINDSAY (TURNING POINT USA PANELIST):  This is what they do in unconventional warfare. They make these provocations. Drag queens are a provocation. It’s been an escalating provocation. First, they’re just dressing up in kind of somewhat you know, careful dress with their clown makeup, groomer clowns or whatever reading stories. They’re dancing, they’re grinding, …

The New York Daily News reports: Two people were arrested Monday for breaking into a New York City Council member’s apartment building as crazed anti-LGBTQ activists targeted the pol, police said. The individuals, said to be furious over a recent drag story time session at a Manhattan library, targeted Councilman Erik Bottcher’s home and office, according to cops. The group …

The New York Times reports: Almost two years later, the notion that the Proud Boys wanted to provoke violence among the “normies” — or the normal people — in the crowd that day rests at the heart of the government’s case against five members of the group who are facing trial on charges of seditious conspiracy in connection with the …

The Michigan Advance reports: Immediately after the infrastructure vote, far-right U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), called Rep. Fred Upton and the other 12 Republican House members who voted for the bill “traitors” in a tweet. In another tweet, Greene posted the phone numbers of those 13 Republicans. After that, a flood of phone calls rushed into Upton’s office — …

From the DOJ’s Minnesota office: A Savage man has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint for possession of a machine gun and for attempting to receive and possess unregistered destructive devices, specifically hand grenades, announced U.S. Attorney Andrew M. Luger. According to court documents and a law enforcement affidavit, on September 27, 2022, the FBI received a …

“Walmart, many of your customers in my district are reaching out to me about sex toys being sold in your Dalton store. They’re extremely upset and absolutely horrified that sex toys are being sold openly right next to children’s toothbrushes! “This is grooming. Because no matter how hard you try to twist your perverse ideas into reasons any of this …

From the Justice Department: A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to a federal hate crime and a firearms violation for shooting into two Clayton County convenience stores in an attempt to kill those inside because of their race and ethnicity. According to information presented in court, on July 30, 2021, Larry Edward Foxworth, 48, of Jonesboro, fired numerous rounds from …

The New York Daily News reports: Two anti-abortion activists known for creating chaos when they visit New York were indicted Friday [DOJ link] for blocking access to a lower Manhattan Planned Parenthood clinic, federal prosecutors said. Bevelyn Beatty Williams and Edmee Chavannes surrendered in their home state of Tennessee to face charges that they tried to stop women from getting …

“Unofficially, it also codifies slavery for the red states, to make it clear that henceforth they are going to be beholden to whatever new licentious hotness of the day California and the blue states come up with. “Fun fact. Even when this was a very strong Judeo-Christian nation, the reality is there was never anything technically, legally stopping a state …

NBC News reports: A QAnon believer who chased U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman on Jan. 6, 2021, and apparently believed he was storming the White House was sentenced Friday to five years in prison. A jury found Doug Jensen, of Iowa, guilty on seven counts, including felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding officers, in September. …

The Texas Tribune reports: A Republican lawmaker and Texas House speaker candidate has hired a self-described Christian nationalist who called for the public execution of people who take children to drag events. State Rep. Tony Tinderholt [photo], hired Jake Neidert, 22, last month as his office’s legislative director amid a wave of anti-LGBTQ violence and rhetoric, and ahead of an …

“I can’t do this anymore. He’s one of the greatest presidents in history, but I gotta tell you – whoever– what business partner and anybody on the comms team and anybody at Mar-a-Lago – and I love the folks down there – but we’re at war. They oughta be fired today.” – Steve Bannon, joined by self-described “hardcore” Trump cultists …

Boston’s ABC affiliate reports: Tufts University Police are alerting students and faculty that a bomb threat has been reported affecting the Tufts University Medford/Somerville campus. University Police are asking everyone to take their belongings with them. Authorities are searching East Hall, Anderson Hall, Bendetson Hall, 7th floor of the Dowling building, Paige Hall, Miner Hall, Joyce Cummings Center, SEC Complex, …

The New York Times reports: It was as quick as it was brutal — captured in just a few seconds of grainy video from a police body camera. Arriving at the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, two officers find an intruder and Ms. Pelosi’s husband, Paul, standing calmly, each with a hand on a hammer that the police demand …

Texas Public Radio reports: Several dozen demonstrators gathered outside the Aztec Theatre in downtown San Antonio on Tuesday night. Some were there to condemn the holiday themed drag show scheduled to take place inside, and others were there to support the show. Some shouldered weapons. Alongside them were armed San Antonio police officers, eyeing both sides as the crowds grew. …

The Guardian reports: Fanatical supporters of Brazil’s outgoing president, Jair Bolsonaro, have torched cars and buses and tried to storm the federal police headquarters in the country’s capital in what one commentator called a botched attempt to spark a January 6-style turmoil. The violence erupted on Monday evening after the leftwing politician who defeated Bolsonaro in October’s historic election – …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Jeremy Brown, a former U.S. Army Special Forces master sergeant linked to the Jan. 6 insurrection, was found guilty Monday on six of 10 federal criminal charges related to weapons and classified information that authorities found in his Tampa home. After a weeklong trial, a jury of six men and six women deliberated about five …

CNN Business reports:   Twitter’s former head of trust and safety has fled his home due to an escalation in threats resulting from Elon Musk’s campaign of criticism against him, a person familiar with the matter told CNN on Monday. Yoel Roth, who resigned from the social media company in November, has in recent weeks faced a storm of attacks …