Extremists

MARTHA KELNER: Should the Defense Secretary — MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: What country are you from? KELNER: The UK. GREENE: Okay, we don’t give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don’t you go back to your country where you have a major migrant problem? KELNER: Do you— GREENE: No, no, no, you should care about your own borders. …

The New York Times reports: Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, will face trial on charges that he oversaw a vast scheme to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections, including an attempt to overturn the vote and a plot to assassinate the nation’s president-elect, the country’s supreme court decided on Wednesday. The ruling marks a significant effort to hold …

“I’m looking forward to holding the hearing tomorrow at 10 a.m. where we will be shining an intense spotlight on how Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars have been used by PBS and NPR, and the type of public broadcasting programs and radio shows they have been pushing across the country for decades. “It has leaned further and further left, so much …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: On the most recent episode of the Right Response Ministries podcast, radical Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon and his co-hosts advocated for the government to literally seize control of churches that do not share their far-right theology. “Hear me out,” co-host Wesley Todd said. “The president, the sovereign, the magistrate, Barron Trump, he …

The New York Times reports: President Trump plans to nominate L. Brent Bozell III, a conservative media critic and fierce defender of Israel, to be the U.S. ambassador to South Africa, according to the Congressional website. Mr. Bozell had previously been nominated to lead the United States’ global media agency, but that nomination was withdrawn on Monday, the Congressional website …

“You ain’t so tough now. You’re groveling for government contracts — Paul, Weiss [law firm] — and all your high-falutin, high-moral order, defenders of democracy. All they care about is putting their snout right in the trough. Soon as you mention they ain’t getting government contracts — and guess what, none of their clients — genius move, whoever thought that …

CBS News reports: The pardons of more than 1,500 rioters who seized the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 are expected to leave taxpayers on the hook for most of the damage, cleanup and costs of the insurrection. Although federal judges ordered hundreds of the defendants to make restitution to the federal government to offset the costs of the repairs …

CBS News reports: After weeks in the United States, influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrived early Saturday back in Romania, where they face charges of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Tates, who are dual U.S. and British citizens, were arrested in Romania in late 2022 and formally indicted last year on charges …

“American people do not trust Elon Musk and Elon Musk is incompetent in his position. How do we know? Because they fired tens of thousands of people, it was challenged in court. The court said the people have to go back, and now the people are coming back. He’s incompetent. He’s a thief. He’s a Nazi. And people don’t trust …

“Think about what the Democrat Party is fighting against. What are they trying to stop President Trump from doing? They’re trying to stop him from sending rapists out of the country. They’re trying to stop him from making energy affordable for every single American and every single family. “They’re trying to stop him from ending wars overseas so that we …

CNN reports: Conor McGregor will run for the Irish presidency in elections later this year, the controversial former fighter said on Thursday, as he announced his candidacy for the largely ceremonial role on an anti-immigration stance. McGregor, who in recent years has emerged as a figurehead for the far-right in Ireland, said on social media that he would run for …

CNN reports: The same day Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s estranged daughter, published her second-ever interview with a media outlet, the billionaire media mogul used his X platform to insinuate trans people are behind reports of attacks on Teslas. During her interview with Teen Vogue, Wilson said she doesn’t “give a f**k” about Musk, calling him a “pathetic man-child.” “I don’t …

Reuters reports: The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists. The moves, sources said, are an indication that domestic terrorism investigations, which in recent years have largely involved violence fueled …

The New York Times reports: Elon Musk has made the maximum allowable donation to Republican members of Congress who support impeaching federal judges who are impeding actions taken by President Trump. Mr. Musk has given the maximum hard-dollar donations he could to the campaigns of seven Republicans who have either endorsed judicial impeachments or called for some form of “action” …

Mediaite reports: Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon predicted President Donald Trump would run for and win a third term in the White House on Tuesday, telling NewsNation host Chris Cuomo they were actively “working on it.” “You’re a smart guy. You know he’s term-limited,” replied Cuomo. “How do you think he gets another term?” “Chris, as you know, …

“It’s really comes as quite a shock to me that there was this level of, really, hatred and violence from the left. I always thought the left, the Democrats, were supposed to be the party of empathy, the party of caring and yet they’re burning down cars, they’re firebombing dealerships, they’re firing bullets into dealerships, they’re just, you know, smashing …

The Huffington Post reports: A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack announced Wednesday that he plans to run for a U.S. Senate seat. “Today I am blessed by God to officially announce my candidacy for US Senate in the great State of Florida!!” Edward “Jake” Lang posted on X. Trump …

Politico reports: In a post on his social media platform Truth Social Monday, Trump said he had appointed former national security adviser Michael Flynn to the United States Military Academy’s board of visitors, along with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas); Maureen Bannon, a West Point alum and daughter of MAGA firebrand Steve Bannon; Medal of Honor recipient David Bellavia; and retired …

The right wing Washington Examiner reports: Elon Musk said he found evidence that Democrats spent up to $200 billion on government contracts to “buy” the votes of illegal immigrants to create “one socialist state.” While speaking with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Ben Ferguson for their podcast The Verdict,” Musk outlined the plot his DOGE uncovered and said it is why …

Mediaite reports: Tucker Carlson declared on Friday that Candace Owens was “right” to push the baseless conspiracy theory that the first lady of France is actually a man. Owens presented her theory on her Daily Wire show shortly before she was fired over a series of wildly anti-Semitic comments. “She comes out and she’s like, ‘I will wager my professional …