Extremists

From the Justice Department: Two men from the state of Washington were arrested today on felony and misdemeanor charges 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 and count the electoral votes related to the presidential …

“Alex Jones was patient zero for the censorship regime back in 2018 and now Alex Jones is patient zero for lawfare strategies to be able to shut people up that they don’t like. “Is Alex Jones outlandish? Of course he is. He’s a quasi-entertainer, that’s why he’s so popular, but Alex Jones has been right about a lot of things. …

Politico reports: A social media influencer who implored a crowd to “storm the gates” of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been hired by a Michigan county clerk as the “talent development specialist” working with poll workers in one of the battleground state’s biggest swing regions, according to an email obtained by POLITICO. The talent-development official, Genevieve Peters, …

Posted last night by Alex Jones to the self-avowed Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo: For decades, Alex Jones has been warning the world what is to come. A cashless society, forced medical mandates, implantable chips, man made bio-weapons and cooperate world government. We are currently in the very age Alex warned us about. Now, Alex has been marked for destruction. After …

The Independent reports: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene came out in defense of InfoWars host Alex Jones once again after a jury ordered him to pay nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. The far-right politician, who has spoken for the controversial talk show host in the past as well, said “all …

Mediaite reports: InfoWars founder Alex Jones reacted on Wednesday to the $965 million verdict against him in the defamation suit. “Ain’t no money,” said Jones on his show as the verdict was being read. Jones claimed he is in bankruptcy, before asking viewers to donate to save his company. Jones grossly managed to make light of the devastating verdict with …

From alleged ex-gay Milo Yiannopoulos’s Telegram account: You will know America is serious about saving itself, and that it has absorbed the scale of the undertaking, when you see a president adding his signature to revivified blasphemy laws, which will prevent the open promotion of sedition, institute meaningful penalties for insulting, irreverent or contemptuous language about Our Lord, and moreover …

CNN reports: Plaintiffs in the trial included family members of eight school students and employees, in addition to one FBI agent who responded to the scene. Notably, Jones is not present in the courtroom today. Three cases were all condensed into the single trial. While the families did not seek a specific dollar figure in the trial, an attorney for …

The Washington Post reports: In the hours after former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson shocked the country with her testimony to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attacks, people in the extreme corners of the internet started plotting their revenge. “She’d be fun to smash … with a hammer,” wrote one user on the anonymous forum 4chan. “cassidy hutchison …

Politico reports: A member of the Oath Keepers who traveled with the group to Washington D.C. ahead of the Jan. 6 riot described a massive stockpile of firearms and other weaponry that allies had stashed in an Arlington, Va. hotel. “I had not seen that many weapons in one location since I was in the military,” recalled Terry Cummings, a …

The Daily Dot reports: Emails obtained by the Daily Dot reveal the DeSantis administration’s talking points on the Don’t Say Gay bill, a blend of fact and fiction sent to a slew of reporters, producers, editors, and far-right influencers, who in turn covered it in lockstep with the governor’s views. These documents, articles, and tweets further underscore how the prominent …

The Huffington Post reports: Students at Pennsylvania State University are in an uproar after thousands of dollars in student fees were allocated for a campus event later this month featuring Gavin McInnes, founder of the Proud Boys street gang. The Oct. 24 event, titled “Stand Back & Stand By,” will feature McInnes and far-right media figure Alex Stein for a …

From the Justice Department: A local, self-identified “incel” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio today to attempting to conduct a mass shooting of women. Tres Genco, 22, of Hillsboro, Ohio, admitted he plotted to commit a hate crime, namely, a plan to shoot women at a university in Ohio. He was arrested by federal …

The American Independent reports: Mark Finchem, the Republican nominee for secretary of state of Arizona, stated in an interview that it’s an “outright lie” that five law enforcement officers were killed as a result of the riot by supporters of former President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The interview, conducted by Micajah Jackson, a right-wing …

Media Matters has a roundup of reactions: Infowars celebrated West multiple times on October 9. Host Owen Shroyer said, “I did not hear one thing Kanye West said that was bigoted.” He later added that the backlash to his antisemitic remarks “only proves what he’s talking about is real.” White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes posted on Telegram, “​​Kanye …

“Last year, I established a MAGA America First coalition of secretary of state candidates around the country, and I’m speaking mainly now for the people that are watching livestream and on TV. “We’re going to elect Mark Finchem of Arizona and Kari Lake in Arizona. They are MAGA. We’re going to elect Kristina Karamo in Michigan — she’s one of …

First, some analysis from the Associated Press: Once shunned as a political pariah for her extremist rhetoric, the Georgia congresswoman who spent her first term in the House stripped of institutional power by Democrats is being celebrated by Republicans and welcomed into the GOP fold. If Republicans win the House majority in the November election, Greene is poised to become …

Reuters reports: When voters in Jefferson County, Colorado, cast their ballots in the Nov. 8 midterm election, they will see security guards stationed outside the busiest polling centers. At an election office in Flagstaff, Arizona, voters will encounter bulletproof glass and need to press a buzzer to enter. In Tallahassee, Florida, election workers will count ballots in a building that …

The Associated Press reports: By the time the red, white and blue-colored microphone had been switched off, the crowd of 3,000 had listened to hours of invective and grievance. “We’re under warfare,” one speaker told them. Another said she would “take a bullet for my nation,” while a third insisted, “They hate you because they hate Jesus.” Attendees were told …

Vice News reports: A “patriot group” in Arizona called Lions of Liberty—which is closely tied to the Oath Keepers—is organizing their supporters to go out and conduct round-the-clock surveillance of ballot dropboxes during the midterm elections. It’s the latest sign that groups with clear ties to extremists, galvanized by conspiracy theories, are seeking to take matters into their own hands …