Extremists

Newsweek reports: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, said she “would be honored” if former President Donald Trump asked her to be his running mate in 2024 if he launches another bid for the White House. Greene’s comments came during an interview with Real America’s Voice. “I defend him all the time. I swear I would fight for that …

Politico reports: Mark Finchem — a poster child for election deniers following the 2020 election — is inching closer to becoming the chief election official in one of the most tightly divided battleground states in the country. Finchem, an Arizona state lawmaker, is running with Trump’s endorsement in Tuesday’s GOP primary for secretary of state there. Should he win on …

Florida Politics reports: Congressional candidate Anthony Sabatini spoke Friday at a Tampa gathering of nationalists. “God bless the nationalist populist movement,” he said during his remarks. At the American Virtue conference, Sabatini trashed Republican Party leaders like Kevin McCarthy as “woke.” He also advocated for a complete moratorium on all immigration and eliminating Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Sabatini, a …

Via email from Gab CEO Andrew Torba: We are forming a Christian Nationalist movement and in order to be in any position of influence or leadership in the movement you must be a Christian. We are no longer going to answer to people who do not share our values and represent a diametrically different worldview that only 2% of the …

The Insider reports: While searching alleged Oath Keeper Thomas Caldwell’s home following the attack on the US Capitol just three days prior, police found a “death list” that included the name of a Georgia election official and their family member. But in court documents, Caldwell’s lawyer, David Fischer, argued the list is a “doodle pad.” “From the search, law enforcement …

Talking Points Memo reports: After coming under intense criticism for allying himself with the anti-Semitic founder of the social media platform Gab, and paying Gab $5,000 for “campaign consulting,” Pennsylvania’s far-right gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano tried to distance himself from the site on Thursday. The Mastriano campaign’s Gab account appeared to have been removed on Thursday. And in a statement, …

Reuters reports: The parent of far-right conspiracy website InfoWars filed for U.S. bankruptcy protection on Friday as the company and its founder Alex Jones face up to $150 million in damages in a trial over longstanding falsehoods he perpetuated about the Sandy Hook elementary school massacre. Three other companies associated with InfoWars filed for bankruptcy protection in April, but they …

The Associated Press reports: Election conspiracy theorist and Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters will get a recount after all, Colorado officials announced today, now that Peters has raised $256,000 to pay for the review of her loss in the Republican primary for secretary of state. But she did not pay the $236,000 the Secretary of State’s office initially charged, insisting …

Law & Crime reports: In Connecticut court documents dated Friday, Infowars host Alex Jones sued his own media company in what his opponents have characterized as yet another last-ditch attempt to stall an upcoming defamation damages trial. The ticking clock in Connecticut appears to have spurred Jones to sue Free Speech Systems, his own media company, according to a filing …

The Insider reports: Thomas Robertson, 49, was a police officer in Rocky Mount, Virginia, but was fired shortly after his arrest in January 2021. In April, he was found guilty by a jury on six counts. “I sat around at night drinking too much and reacting to articles and sites given to me by Facebook algorythms [sic],” he wrote. “The …

Reuters reports: Since late 2020, Michigan Sheriff Day Leaf has been investigating one of Trump’s most fantastical false assertions – that vote-counting machines somehow flipped votes from Trump to Democrat Joe Biden. Leaf is in the vanguard of the so-called “constitutional sheriffs” movement, which asserts that sheriffs, typically elected in counties, possess supreme law-enforcement power in their jurisdictions – exceeding …

Media Matters reports: Tennessee GOP official and congressional candidate Charlotte Bergmann recently said on her online program that the deadly July 4 mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois, was a “planned” and false flag event designed to take away people’s guns. Bergmann has made similar remarks about other mass shootings, including after the Uvalde, Texas, tragedy. Media Matters previously documented …

The Washington Post reports: One of two men charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, chemical-spray assault on three police officers at the U.S. Capitol, including Brian D. Sicknick, pleaded guilty to reduced charges Wednesday. West Virginia sandwich shop owner George Tanios, 40, admitted to two counts of misdemeanor trespassing and disorderly conduct on restricted Capitol grounds, a reduction from an …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) believes “toxic masculinity” should be the “number one requirement” for the military, but it’s being ousted from the ranks thanks to “woke training.” “They’ve purged the military. They’ve purged the military,” she said. “The warriors are leaving,” Graham Allen, an Army veteran, added. “Absolutely. Why do they want to be there?” Greene continued. …

Fox News reports: Turning Point USA issued a scathing cease and desist letter to ABC News on Tuesday, calling for the Disney-owned company to “retract the defamatory statements” made earlier this week on “The View” or face legal action. Fox News Digital has obtained the letter, addressed to ABC News New York bureau chief Joshua Hoyos and ABC assistant chief …

From the Justice Department: An Ohio woman pleaded guilty today to a felony charge for her actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Her 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 election. Christine Priola, 50, of …

Bloomberg News reports: A gathering of US conservatives in Texas next week will still include Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as a speaker despite his recent comments which prompted a long-time ally to resign from his government and compare his comments to Nazism. In a speech over the weekend to supporters in Romania, Orban railed against a “flood” of migrants …

The Associated Press reports: Testimony is set to begin Tuesday in a Texas lawsuit to decide how much Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents for falsely telling his audience that the deadliest classroom shooting in U.S. history was a hoax. Jones arrived at the courthouse wearing a piece of silver tape over …

Newsweek reports: Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert has said the same-sex marriage bill that passed the House last week “undermined masculinity.” Boebert made the remarks on Charlie Kirk’s podcast that was recorded during Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit over the weekend. Boebert slammed the legislation as an “assault on America’s traditional values” on Kirk’s podcast. “I think the federal government …

The Washington Examiner reports: House Sergeant at Arms William Walker plans to offer lawmakers thousands of dollars to safeguard their homes at a time when a growing number of members have received threats. Congressional members and staff were sent a letter announcing the residential security program, an initiative that will pay for up to $10,000 worth of expenses for security …