Extremists

The CBC reports: Canada’s intelligence agency is warning that extremists could “inspire and encourage” serious violence against the 2SLGBTQI+ community — a threat the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says almost certainly will continue over the coming year. “CSIS assesses that the violent threat posed by the anti-gender movement is almost certain to continue over the coming year and that violent …

NBC News reports: Brooklyn man who had been arrested at anti-vaccine protests at a Burger King, an Applebee’s and a Cheesecake Factory in New York City was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday and charged with assaulting law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Mitchell Bosch, 44, was identified with the help of online “sedition hunters” …

Stateline reports: Secretaries of state and state election directors must be ready for potential cyberattacks, both familiar and uncomfortably new, according to the feds. And they must remain vigilant about possible threats to their personal safety. Voter databases could be targeted this year through phishing or ransomware attacks, election officials were told. Bad actors — both foreign and domestic — …

“The central beating heart of this issue is their ability to steal an election. They stole this election in New York, okay? The logistics and mechanics are, these guys are perfecting. The Marc Elias operation is perfecting the ballot harvesting, and the mail-in ballots are still there and they’re stealing this. Like I said in 2020, they’re stealing it by …

“Every institution that we have, because this is the Fourth Turning, they’re collapsing around us. Their rear guard action is to stop Trump, all of them, the lawfare, all of it. And even the financial, which I’m going to get to here in a second. Because they cannot allow Trump to return to the White House savvier, smarter, tougher, more …

Reuters reports: Serious threats to U.S. federal judges have more than doubled over the past three years, part of a growing wave of politically driven violence, according to U.S. Marshals Service data reviewed by Reuters. The agency, responsible for the protection of 2,700 federal judges and more than 30,000 federal prosecutors and other court personnel, has seen a sharp rise …

From the Justice Department: Damon Michael Beckley, 55, of Cub Run, Kentucky, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, 12 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay $2,000 restitution by U.S. District Chief Judge James E. Boasberg. Beckley was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, both felonies and several misdemeanors, at a stipulated trial on …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Republican Party of Texas’ executive committee voted Saturday to pass a resolution stating that the party will not associate with antisemites — a reversal from December, when a similar measure was narrowly and controversially defeated following outcry over a major donor group’s ties to white supremacists. The antisemitism resolution, which passed unanimously with two abstentions, …

The Wrap reports: Kanye West came under fire on Saturday after Bruce Sudano, the widower of Donna Summer, accused the rapper of illegally sampling her song “I Feel Love” after Ye’s official request was denied. On the Vultures track, the lyric “Oh, I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive” is seemingly set to the melody of Summer’s “I Feel …

NBC News reports: Newly unearthed footage from Jan. 6, 2021, appears to show a rioter — a man identified in an NBC News story nearly two years ago — firing a gun into the air outside the Capitol during the attack. Online sleuths who have aided in hundreds of Jan. 6 prosecutions say he is the same man they identified …

From the Justice Department: A Florida man was sentenced today on a felony charge related to his 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 election. Steven Miles, …

The New York Post reports: The Osbournes are furious over Kanye West sampling a Black Sabbath song on his new album, with Ozzy claiming he expressly refused permission for the rapper to do so. The former rock star’s wife, Sharon Osbourne, who was raised Jewish, told TMZ on Friday that “Kanye fucked with the wrong Jew this time,” adding that …

Mediaite reports: Donald Trump met with controversial UFC star Sean Strickland on Thursday when the two had a brief conversation before posing for a photo op. Strickland has been in the national spotlight recently after using a UFC press conference to go on an obscene rant about gay and trans people. “Ten years ago, to be trans was a mental …

The Washington Post reports: In training poll workers for this year’s presidential election, Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes is preparing them for a series of worst-case scenarios, including combat. His office is coordinating active-shooter drills for election workers and has sent kits to county election offices that include tourniquets to stem bleeding, devices to barricade doors and hammers to …

From the Justice Department: A Montana man was found guilty today of several felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. 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 election. …

Mother Jones reports: Next month presidential candidate and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is going to Vegas to headline RePlatform and Create the Freedom Economy, a conference wherein the indignant, self-proclaimed censored class will gather to commiserate about their unjust treatment and plan for a new world. But this conference is much more than just an anti-vaccine extravaganza. RePlatform …

The Daily Beast reports: Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said on Wednesday that an unnamed but “popular” right-wing media figure recently threatened him for working on a sweeping immigration bill, claiming that the pundit said they’d “destroy” him if he tried to move the legislation before this year’s presidential election. After Lankford made those comments on the Senate floor, MAGA radio …

NBC News reports: NBC News identified 33 instances, starting in November 2020, when people or institutions singled out by Libs of TikTok later reported bomb threats or other violent intimidation. The threats, which on average came several days after tweets from Libs of TikTok, targeted schools, libraries, hospitals, small businesses and elected officials in 16 states, Washington, D.C., and the …

The right wing American Spectator reports: Scott Presler’s name has been floated as a successor to McDaniel for years, particularly after the GOP’s inability to materialize a red wave in the 2022 midterm elections. This week, Trump mega fan Laura Loomer claimed that McDaniel “may” announce her resignation at the Winter Meeting, which starts today. The replies again pressed RNC …

“So people can say, ‘Oh, well, you you you can’t prosecute Joe Biden for opening the border because that’s not a campaign activity, that’s an official activity.’ “Okay, well, what if I find a judge and I find a prosecutor says ‘He opened the border to help him win reelection? To get more illegal aliens to vote. And he fought …