Extremists

Harrisburg’s PBS affiliate reports: Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro is thanking voters for giving him a win in Pennsylvania’s governor’s race. But the Republican nominee, state Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin) had not conceded as of late Wednesday afternoon. Mastriano’s campaign was quiet Wednesday. The retired Army colonel posted a few times on Twitter and Facebook. One post criticized Democrats while …

“They’re trying to blame President Trump today. And I want to tell you how shortsighted and ridiculous that is, it is pathetic the people that are running out saying it’s his fault. No, that is a lazy, pathetic, wimpy, easy mindset. “They just want one thing and then they want to carry on without doing the hard work – the …

“Are you new covering this race? Because we have talked about this before. I’ve answered this question. I’m going to not only be the governor of Arizona for four years, I’m going to do two terms. I’m gonna be your worst freaking nightmare for eight years, and we will reform the media as well. We are going to make you …

The Washington Post reports: Misleading videos, recirculated months after they were shot, carried unfounded claims that Republican voters were being barred from the polls. Viral tweets spun early-morning mechanical problems with vote tabulators into elaborate claims of systematic fraud. And users on the pro-Trump extremist forum The Donald urged armed intervention at ballot counting centers in Georgia, advising, “If it …

Law & Crime reports: A 37-year-old defendant and video editor associated with Infowars, the website owned by right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has admitted to illegally entering the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. Samuel Christopher Montoya pleaded guilty on Monday to a single count of parading, demonstrating, and picketing in a Capitol building, a misdemeanor punishable by up to …

Vice News reports: “You cannot preach the Bible without the United States Constitution. Period,” Michael Flynn announced to a crowded hall on stage of the QAnon-infused evangelical “ReAwaken America” July tour stop in Virginia Beach. Thousands were in attendance, and Flynn’s speech was full of fire and brimstone, espousing a Christian nationalist ideology about how the church should be at …

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: A Dane County man with a history of making threats against public officials has been accused in federal court with threatening to kill Gov. Tony Evers. Michael Yaker, 52, of DeForest, was charged last week after saying Evers is “a Dead Man Walking” and “Marked For Elimination” in emails to the governor. He later told …

The Associated Press reports: Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes told jurors on Monday there was no plan for his band of extremists to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as he tries to clear his name in his seditious conspiracy trial. Taking the stand in his defense for a second day, Rhodes testified that he had no idea …

CBS News reports: Steve Bannon, former President Donald Trump’s chief White House strategist and 2016 campaign CEO, will remain free from serving a four-month prison sentence as he appeals his recent conviction on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress. Judge Carl Nichols filed the expected ruling on Monday delaying the prison term after Bannon filed a notice appealing his …

And of course, Joe Rogan thinks the lie is funny: Daily Wire host Matt Walsh claimed “millions” of kids have now been put on hormone blockers before getting fact checked by Joe Rogan’s producer. “How many people have had this done?” Rogan asked. “Depends on what — I don’t think we have exact numbers, but it’s — if we’re talking …

Vice News reports: America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS), the pseudo-medical group that rocketed to pandemic infamy by spreading bad information about COVID, advocating for discredited treatments, fearmongering about vaccines, and attempting to influence state legislation, is suing one of its founders in federal court, months after her release from prison. AFLDS filed suit on November 4 against Dr. Simone Gold, accusing …

“They’re going to pull every trick in the book. They’re not going to – they will not lose graciously, this is going to be very nasty and it’s going to be very tough and we’re going to be gentlemen and gentlewomen about it but steely resolve. There’s no chance they’re going to steal any of this. This is not happening …

Media Matters has the transcript: The FBI is totally infiltrated by the Chinese Communist Party, and we’re going to prove it. And every traitor and yes, I use that word specifically, every traitor in the FBI, every traitor in DOJ, every traitor in the administrative state is going to be turfed out and you’re going to be not just gotten …

The Texas Tribune reports: State Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, announced Friday he is running for speaker, challenging fellow Republican Dade Phelan. Tinderholt is one of the furthest-right Republicans in the chamber, and in a statement, he made clear he would be running on his opposition to Democratic committee chairs. Even before Texas’ latest restrictions, he has been an ardent opponent …

Reuters reports: France’s far-right Rassemblement National (RN) elected Jordan Bardella as its new president on Saturday, overwhelmingly backing the 27-year-old European Parliament member to succeed Marine Le Pen in the post. Bardella, a party loyalist who had already been interim president for a year, won nearly 85% of party members’ votes, against 15% for his challenger Louis Aliot, who is …

NBC News reports: Troy Faulkner, of Ohio — who smashed in a window at the Capitol while he was wearing a jacket bearing his painting company’s name and phone number — was handed a five-month sentence by Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell. Faulkner told the court he supported former President Donald Trump because he believed Trump was “combating human …

Vice News reports: The Dutch government has banned the controversial British conspiracy theorist David Icke from entering the Netherlands and basically all of the EU over concerns he poses a threat to public order, officials announced on Thursday. Icke, a former footballer and sports broadcaster who is one of the world’s most high-profile conspiracy theorists, had been scheduled to speak …

From the Justice Department: A Baltimore man pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for his actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Narayana Rheiner, 41, …

The New York Daily News reports: Gov. Hochul on Thursday ripped her Republican rival, Rep. Lee Zeldin of Long Island, after he declined to denounce a far-right, pro-Trump political group. “I would just say it’s important to meet some of these people,” Zeldin said when asked about the group, the Long Island Loud Majority, and whether he condemns extremists in …

The Associated Press reports: The Michigan Supreme Court agreed to take an appeal from two conservative political activists who were charged with crimes for robocalls that tried to discourage Black Detroit voters from mailing their ballots in the 2020 election. The court said Wednesday it wants to focus on whether a state law used against Jack Burkman of Arlington, Virginia, …