Extremists

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 …

Media Matters has the transcript: I definitely discriminate against men that paint their nails and wear dresses. I don’t really care how you feel about that. You can wear your dress and you can paint your nails, but I’d prefer you keeping a hundred feet away from a playground and all of the feet away from my children and me. …

“I think that there has, that a portal, a demonic portal opened above the White House around the time that the Bidens moved in. “If you believe the Bible, and we do, then you believe Satan exists, and he does, and you believe there are demons and therefore a portal in which demons enter this realm is not such a …

“It goes against our fundamental values as a country for a Member of Congress to wish that the carnage of January 6th had been even worse, and to boast that she would have succeeded in an armed insurrection against the United States government. “This violent rhetoric is a slap in the face to the Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, the National …

Popular Information reports: This year, at least 102 books have been removed from the shelves of school libraries in Clay County, Florida. Many of these books were pulled at the request of one man: Bruce Friedman. A conservative activist and longtime resident of New York, Friedman moved to Clay County this May. And Friedman says he is just getting started. …

“She was playing to the crowd. But what she is basically saying is what we’ve been pointing out: without accountability, failed insurrections are just practice. “She’s saying they would have succeeded, and they would have come armed. And that’s a statement with real weight if you’re a member of Congress. “That’s an endorsement of violent sedition. Make no mistake about …

The Associated Press reports: After securing seditious conspiracy convictions against two leaders of the Oath Keepers, the Justice Department will begin Monday to try to make its Capitol riot case against four others affiliated with the far-right extremist group. Openings statements are expected in Washington’s federal court less than two weeks after Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, …

The SPLC’s Hatewatch reports: A collection of radical right figures including white nationalists and ultranationalist European leaders gathered in Manhattan for the New York Young Republicans Club’s (NYYRC) annual gala Saturday night, where that group’s president declared “total war” on perceived enemies. “We want to cross the Rubicon. We want total war. We must be prepared to do battle in …

Newsweek reports: Disgraced rapper Kanye West has been named “Antisemite of the Year” on Sunday by watchdog organization, Stop Antisemitism. On Twitter, the organization posted a video announcing West’s new title. In the video, it chronicles the long list of missteps the rapper, now legally known as “Ye,” has made. “Kanye West’s threats of violence, hateful conduct, and hate speech …

The New York Post reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) entertained Republicans in Manhattan Saturday night with a range of one-liners trolling the political left on hot-button topics. “I want to tell you something, if Steve Bannon and I had organized that, we would have won. Not to mention, we would’ve been armed,” she said of her role at the …

From the Justice Department: Two men – including the founder of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys – were each sentenced today to four years in prison for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain …

The Daily Dot reports: Twitter may have just thrown Trump’s foundering 2024 campaign a lifeline. This week, the company reinstated two of Trump’s most loyal supporters: political operative Roger Stone and Islamophobe Laura Loomer. Since Musk took over the company, it appears that the majority of the accounts Twitter has reinstated have been controversial right-wing figures. Many conservatives believe this …

The Independent reports: Roger Stone, the infamous Republican political consultant and Donald Trump ally, is distancing himself from old tweets after Elon Musk reinstated his Twitter account. Later, on his own podcast, Mr Stone appeared to attempt to apologise for his past conduct on the social media platform. “I am a different person today,” he began while asking for forgiveness …