Extremists

Media Matters has the transcript: ALEX JONES (GUEST): Well now what they do is they do a default. So they sue you in one of these key jurisdictions that they control, if you’re dumb enough to live in one of them — still, they’ll just do it in DC and make you go there. They’ll sue you in the jurisdiction …

New from the Anti-Defamation League: The past two years have seen a significant increase in extremist related incidents both nationwide and in the state of Florida. These incidents have been driven, in part, by widespread disinformation and conspiracy theories which have animated extremists and fueled antisemitism. The result: unrest and violence, from the January 6 insurrection to white supremacist activity …

“We will see this continue leading into November because they believe the way to drive people to the polls is by scaring them. “They’re lying to women all over America saying that they can’t have an abortion anymore, which that’s a lie. There’s plenty of places that women could easily get an abortion. “They’re lying too to gay Americans saying …

CNN reports: Three January 6, 2021, rioters involved in one of the most brutal assaults on police during the attack at the US Capitol were found guilty on Tuesday of several felonies following a bench trial before a federal judge. Patrick McCaughey was found guilty of nine counts, including assault with a deadly weapon, for an attack against Washington, DC, …

Mediaite reports: Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for the governor of Arizona, compared MAGA supporters to another embattled figure in history during a recent speech. Lake invoked the persecution of none other than Jesus Christ, even pointing at a cross while doing so, as a parallel for how MAGA supporters were characterized by President Joe Biden in recent remarks. “You …

Vice News reports: Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward shared a tweet from an account rife with white racist content and conspiracy theories on Monday evening. Ward retweeted a violent video that appears to show a white child being savagely beaten by a larger boy with a darker complexion, with the caption “homeschool your children.” “Violent, hate-filled predators are loose …

Law & Crime reports: Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones stands trial yet again today in civil court in a defamation case brought by families of the Sandy Hook mass shooting victims. This time, the trial is in Connecticut. Plaintiffs are eight families and an FBI agent. Jones already lost the case by default. Jurors will determine the money to be awarded. …

Vice News reports: Former President Donald Trump has now shared his most explicit endorsement of the QAnon conspiracy movement to date. Trump shared a picture of himself wearing a Q lapel pin, overlaid with the QAnon phrases “The Storm is Coming” and “WWG1WGA,” on his Truth Social account on Monday evening. The post had been originally shared on Truth Social …

Changing America reports: A bar in Denton, Texas, canceled its Disney-themed drag brunch open to all ages after management say they received “aggressive phone calls and hateful comments.” The event at Cool Beans Bar and Grill was scheduled for Sunday and canceled Thursday. The canceled event comes two weeks after a drag brunch at another Denton County bar drew both …

Reuters reports: Thousands of religious and right-wing activists marched through Serbia’s capital on Sunday calling for authorities to ban a Gay Pride march planned for next weekend. The protesters – who carried a massive Serbian flag – included groups who also shouted slogans backing Serbia’s long-term ally Russia, as well as nationalistic and far-right causes. A column of bikers who …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: In addition to spending tens of millions of dollars pushing the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, Lindell has long used his MyPillow company to provide financing to right-wing media outlets and activists by allowing broadcasters to receive a portion of the profits whenever their audience …

Via email from Gab’s CEO and founder Andrew Torba: Thanks to your help our new book, Christian Nationalism, has dominated the Amazon best-selling charts. It is currently sitting at number 3 behind Stephen King (who has sold hundreds of millions of books in his career) and Colleen Hoover (who has sold millions of books.) With your help, you can push …

The Colorado Newsline reports: In a raucous speech at a Christian conference in Woodland Park on Friday, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert called for conservative churchgoers to put “God back at the center of our country” and defeat “the enemy” that she said is destroying it from within. “God is on our side. The blood has been applied,” Boebert told the …

The Detroit Free Press reports: Two of the men convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hired a private investigator to go to a juror’s workplace and investigate the juror’s potential bias, according to a newly unsealed court filing. The men — Adam Fox of Michigan and Barry Croft Jr. of Bear, Delaware, who were found guilty last month …

CNN reports: Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas presented an honorary American flag recently flown above the US Capitol to a convicted January 6 rioter after she was released from prison Friday. Gohmert, a Trump ally who has previously promoted debunked conspiracies about the January 6, 2021, insurrection, met Dr. Simone Gold upon her release from federal prison in Miami …

Reuters reports: An Illinois man on Friday pleaded guilty to assaulting a Reuters journalist and a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Shane Jason Woods, 44, of Auburn, pleaded guilty in a federal court hearing in Washington to one felony count of assaulting, resisting or impeding police …

The Texas Tribune reports: More than 3,000 Texans — including four police chiefs, two county sheriffs, two constables and two county commissioners — have been members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group that played a prominent role in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, according to an analysis of leaked membership rolls. At least six law …

Bloomberg News reports: Federal law enforcement officers scoured social media to identify threats to FBI buildings and agents and issued internal warnings about possibly armed protests in the days after the FBI searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, according to emails and other records obtained by Bloomberg. Intelligence officers at the Federal Protective Service, an arm of the US …

“These things are all been in the works and so they declared war then they immediately go, they obviously can’t get to President Trump so they going to get to Alex Jones, they’re going to Steve Bannon. “They’re going to get to everybody that’s got a platform. They’re trying to shut our platforms down. And they’re trying to stop our …

From the Justice Department: Two men – including the founder of the Hawaii chapter of the Proud Boys — pleaded guilty today to a felony charge 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 …