Extremists

The New York Times reports: In the first round of Brazil’s closely watched elections this month, the polls were off the mark. They significantly underestimated the support for the far-right incumbent, President Jair Bolsonaro, and other conservative candidates across the country. Many on the right were furious, criticizing the pollsters as out of touch with the Brazilian electorate. That response …

Phoenix’s CBS affiliate reports: Multiple incidents of possible voter intimidation have been reported this week, and the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors released a statement saying they will do anything to ensure a fair election. Sheriff’s deputies were called to an incident Friday night at a ballot box in Mesa and said two individuals wearing tactical gear were armed. On …

The Independent reports: Donald Trump held his first rally since being subpoenaed in the congressional investigation into January 6 on Saturday, where the enthusiastic crowd interrupted him by breaking out in song. When attempting to bring up the January 6th committee’s supposed faults, the president was interrupted by his own audience which spontaneously launched into a rendition of the Star …

CBS News reports: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked a Connecticut judge to throw out a nearly $1 billion verdict against him and order a new trial in a lawsuit by Sandy Hook families, who say they were subjected to harassment and threats from Jones’ lies about the 2012 Newtown school shooting. Jones filed the requests Friday, saying Judge Barbara …

The Jerusalem Post reports: A banner declaring that “Kanye [West] is right about the Jews” was hung over a Los Angeles highway on Saturday, according to white supremacist channels and an antisemitism watchdog NGO. Another banner told drivers to “honk if you know,” and a third advertised Goyim TV, a YouTube clone dedicated to antisemitic, white supremacist and neo-Nazi video …

Salon reports: A New York Times reporter confirmed rumors that Donald Trump is considering Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) as his running mate, should he launch a 2024 presidential campaign. Robert Draper confirmed that Trump has been actively discussing Greene as his No. 2 since February, and while the former president has probably discussed other candidates, as well, the Georgia …

Mediaite reports: “The whole Justice Department under Merrick Garland has become radically partisan,” Bannon told Tucker Carlson on Friday night. “I strongly believe you’ll see Merrick Garland impeached next year by the new Congress.” “What do you think this says about our system more broadly?” Carlson asked. “You are saying you’re being sent to prison because you advised Donald Trump, …

Raw Story reports: During an event for the right-wing “ReAwaken America Tour” in Manheim, Pennsylvania, a speaker warned the audience that Bible prophecy about the end of the world is right around the corner. “We are heading into the Third Seal — we are about to witness the Third Seal of Revelations, the financial rebalancing,” Bo Polny said. “The Angel …

The Washington Post reports: As Del. Dan Cox worked the crowd at his primary victory party this summer, a young man wearing a black polo shirt with a Proud Boys insignia offered a handshake and small gift to the newly minted GOP nominee for governor. “Here, this is a present from Maryland Proud Boys to you,” the young man said …

NBC News reports: A Donald Trump supporter who brought two guns to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and dropped one of them on Capitol grounds, was sentenced to five years in federal prison on Friday. Mark Mazza was sentenced to 60 months behind bars by Judge James E. Boasberg. Before he was sentenced, Mazza told the court he got “caught …

“They just sentenced Steve Bannon to found months in prison for contempt of the January 6 committee, a sham committee. Our only hope now is a miracle from God, I’m not going to lie to you. It’s our only hope. “We need a miracle from God or you can consider freedom in America dead and in that regard, the country’s …

Law & Crime reports: One of the faces in the pro-Trump crowd captured by a professional photographer on Jan. 6 who online sleuths referred to as #Midwhitecrisis has now been identified as a Long Island lawyer, the feds say. John L. O’Kelly, a 66-year-old East Williston, New York resident, faces several charges for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 …

Forbes reports: Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon will serve time in prison for contempt of Congress after he defied a subpoena from the House January 6 Committee, a federal judge ruled Friday, imposing a harsher sentence than Bannon’s attorneys had asked for—but also letting the sentence stay paused until Bannon can appeal his case. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols sentenced …

The Hill reports: The Federal Election Commission said in a letter to Greene’s Save America Stop Socialism PAC that there were several financial discrepancies, as well as excessive or prohibited contributions, in the group’s quarterly filing from July. The leadership PAC received a contribution from an individual that exceeded the permitted $5,000 limit and contributed to Ohio Republican congressional candidate …

NBC News reports: Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon is likely facing at least a month behind bars when he’s sentenced Friday in a Washington, D.C., federal court for criminal contempt of Congress. Bannon, 68, was convicted in July on two contempt of Congress charges for ignoring subpoenas from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot. Prosecutors have asked Judge …

Law & Crime reports: On the west side of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes appeared to gloat on tape about the prospect of lawmakers quaking in fear about the breach of Congress by the pro-Trump mob. “They need to shit their fucking pants,” Rhodes could be heard saying in footage entered into evidence on …

The Daily Beast reports: A conservative group led by former Trump national security adviser and election denier Michael Flynn is trying to recruit thousands of police officers to work as poll monitors on Election Day—and reaching out to QAnon conspiracy theorists to aid in its recruitment effort. Dubbed “One More Mission,” the group bills itself as a nonpartisan effort to …

CNN reports: The right-wing channel Newsmax has banned Lara Logan from its air after she went on a QAnon-style rant during an appearance on the network this week. In a bizarre interview, Logan told host Eric Bolling that “the open border is Satan’s way of taking control of the world,” and later added that the world’s elites “want us eating …

“This week, a 24-year old former UCLA student called Christian Secor was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison. |Now by Merrick Garland’s standards, that’s a very long time. Even people who commit acts of terrorism don’t spend that long in jail. “For example, Christian Secor will spend far more time behind bars than the two attorneys …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: A month before the conservative firebrand was sworn into the U.S. House, Greene asked Loeffler to talk “about a plan we are developing on how to vote on the electoral college votes on Jan 6th.” “I need a Senator!” Greene wrote on Dec. 2, 2020, “And I think this is a major help for you to …