Extremists

Courthouse News reports: Just weeks out from Enrique Tarrio’s seditious conspiracy trial in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, the leader of the far-right Proud Boys told a federal judge that he can’t get a fair trial in Washington. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly appeared unlikely to grant the motion, however, telling Tarrio’s attorney that he faced an …

The Associated Press reports: Someone posting under DePape’s name repeated false claims about COVID vaccines and wearing masks, questioned whether climate change is real and displayed an illustration of a zombified Hillary Clinton dining on human flesh. There appeared to be no direct posts about Pelosi, but there were entries defending former President Donald Trump and Ye, the rapper formally …

NBC News reports: A since-deleted Truth Social account named after the QAnon slogan “Where We Go One We Go All” posted a picture of a tailgate party outside an Arizona drop box on July 29, when early voting was available in the gubernatorial and Senate primaries. Users on Truth Social then began calling for more “mule parties” across the state, …

From the Justice Department: A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to felony charges for destroying media equipment and other illegal conduct 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 …

CBS News reports: Less than two weeks before the 2022 elections, the U.S. government is warning of a “heightened threat” to the midterm contests, fueled by a rise in domestic violent extremism, or DVE, and driven by ideological grievances and access to potential targets, according to a joint intelligence bulletin obtained by CBS News. “Potential targets of DVE violence include …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge Friday refused to bar a group from monitoring outdoor ballot boxes in Arizona’s largest county where watchers have shown up armed and in ballistic vests, saying to do so could violate the monitors’ constitutional rights. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Liburdi said the case remained open and that the Arizona Alliance for Retired …

From the Justice Department: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOSHUA HALL pled guilty to a Superseding Information charging him with making threats to kill a member of the United States Congress. HALL previously pled guilty to wire fraud for impersonating family members of the then-President of the United States …

CNN reports: The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed “out of touch with reality.” Last year, David DePape posted links on his Facebook page to …

From the Justice Department: Joshua Munafo, 35, most recently of Winter Park, Florida, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet T. Neff to 24 months in prison and three years’ supervised release for threatening emergency dispatch personnel and tying up an emergency phone line for three hours. On January 5, 2021, Munafo called the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office demanding to …

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE BANNON (HOST): What word of advice would you give to leadership in the House in the next two weeks and then after they take power? KASH PATEL (GUEST): What I’m going to remind these people of that we’re sending to Washington — the Laxalts, the Blakes, the J.D.s, and everybody else — is that …

The New York Post reports: The NYPD says “elevated vigilance” is needed during the upcoming midterm elections, as “hostile rhetoric” and “generalized threats” swirl on online forums, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post. Officials warned that “malicious actors” in chat and messaging groups, as well as other forums, may create “echo chambers” that promote “false narratives” and …

Just banned by Newsmax, Lara Logan has some thoughts: The reason I believe that people reacted that way is it’s all about the children. The question they don’t want us asking is where are all the missing children? What happens to these children? How can hundreds of thousands of kids go missing in the United States every year and nobody …

From Christian nationalist Gab CEO Andrew Torba: All of this chaos: from the welfare state breaking down the nuclear family to the grotesque assaults and property damages displayed during these so-called protests or to the shameless identity-oriented hatred of white Americans in a country that is 75% Caucasian. All of this is only possible only because masculinity has been silenced …

Media Matters reports: The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh held a rally in Tennessee against gender-affirming care, a follow-up to his targeted misinformation campaign against Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital. Footage from the rally, which included speeches from Walsh, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and other media figures and local politicians, shows that it attracted a cadre of extremists, including members of the violent …

The Associated Press reports: A Tennessee man who dragged a police officer into a mob of rioters, initiating one of the most harrowing acts of violence during the U.S. Capitol attack, was sentenced on Thursday to more than seven years in prison. Albuquerque Cosper Head declined to address the court before U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him to …

Media Matters has the transcript: These are going to be fights, but the way you do that, you get into the room and become a poll worker. This is 100% Owen, within our hands to grasp, this’ll never come again. We have a unique opportunity to have something like 1932 or right after the Civil War when you had these …

The Detroit News reports: Three men have been found guilty by a Jackson County jury of materially aiding a terrorist and being a member of a gang. This verdict comes after a three-week trial where the Michigan Attorney General’s Office had to prove that Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico provided aid to Adam Fox or Barry Croft, both …

Sacramento’s NBC affiliate reports: UC Davis said it canceled a conservative student-run event Tuesday evening because of a fight outside the venue, including some who might have worn Proud Boys apparel. However, the university said it canceled the event ahead of his speech because of a brawl between about 100 protesters and counter protesters led to pepper spray being used, …

The Independent reports: Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has issued a threat to Anthony Fauci, saying the president’s chief medical adviser and his entire family are going to “suffer” after the midterm elections next month. “On 8 November, when we destroy the Democratic party as a national political institution and really end the regime, the hunted become the hunters. The …

“The people out there watching the box. They don’t like the way some people are dressed, they don’t like them in cammies, they don’t like them, you know, in Arizona law you can have the open carry, they don’t like that. “They’re running around, it’s not gonna change, you can run, and do anything you want. The camera and people …