Extremists

“So let’s talk about children. Children are in the greatest danger in America today because traditional family values are being destroyed. “The idea that mom and dad together – not fake mom and fake dad, but biological mom and biological dad – can raise their children together and do what’s right for their children. “Raising them to be confident in …

The New York Times reports: Around 5 in the afternoon on Christmas Day in 2020, as many Americans were celebrating with family, President Donald J. Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., on the phone with a little-known conservative lawyer who was encouraging his attempts to overturn the election, according to a memo the lawyer later wrote …

Law & Crimes reports: Two men from upstate New York who unloaded cans of chemical spray directly upon police officers trying to protect the Capitol on Jan. 6 will spend more than three years behind bars. Cody Mattice, 29, and James Mault, 30, traveled with several other people from the area of Rochester, New York, to Washington, D.C., making the …

The Huffington Post reports: Mere hours after a white supremacist massacred 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in October 2018, Andrew Torba, CEO and founder of the social media site Gab, gloated about all the web traffic his platform was receiving. “We have been getting 1 million hits an hour all day,” Torba wrote via Gab’s Twitter account. Gab had …

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Kayleigh McEnany, a White House press secretary under former President Donald Trump, is scheduled to speak Saturday at an event hosted by Ché Ahn, a California-based pastor and leader of the dominionist New Apostolic Reformation. “Reforming California: Taking a Stand for Life, Liberty & Family” will also feature dominionist Dutch Sheets. McEnany’s appearance …

Talking Points Memo reports: A half dozen sheriffs from across the country addressed a far-right conference focused on bogus claims of voter fraud this week. The event, hosted by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, featured speeches from several Republican state lawmakers as well as fringe election deniers including MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, ex-Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. The sheriffs …

CNBC reports: A federal judge on Thursday once again denied former Trump advisor Steve Bannon’s attempt to delay his trial on criminal contempt of Congress charges stemming from the House investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Bannon’s trial is set to begin Monday, after Judge Carl Nichols of U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., rejected a motion from Bannon …

Newsweek reports: The House has approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to compel government officials to prepare a report on combating white supremacists and neo-Nazi activity in the police and military, despite every Republican voting against the measure. The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Brad Schneider, was passed in a 218-208 party-line vote on Wednesday. All 208 votes …

Law & Crime reports: In a flurry of court papers filed Tuesday and Wednesday, attorneys for Infowars host Alex Jones asked a Connecticut superior court judge to shove back a swiftly approaching trial date to determine the level of damages appropriate in a defamation lawsuit brought by the families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre. One …

“It actually doesn’t matter whether or not you believe in man-made climate change. I obviously don’t. Maybe you do. That’s not the point. It doesn’t matter what you believe, left, right, Democrat, Republican, it doesn’t matter. “If your politicians in charge of you are saying to you that they intend to get rid of oil, get rid of gas, go …

Portland’s CBS affiliate reports: A ninth person with ties to Oregon and Southwest Washington has been arrested and accused in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Lilith Saer was arrested on July 7 in Portland. She’s facing charges for entering and remaining in a restricted building with the intent to impede or disrupt an official proceeding and disorderly …

NPR recaps a moment from yesterday’s hearing: On Dec. 19, the former president tweeted “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 election. Big protest in D.C. on january 6th. Be there, will be wild!” This tweet and its message proliferated across right-wing media platforms from print to broadcast, Rep. Jamie Raskin said. “He is now calling for we the people …

First, this from NBC News: After months of lauding Elon Musk’s planned acquisition of Twitter, conservative news pundits and influencers continue to back the tech billionaire despite the collapse of the $44 billion deal. Tim Pool, who has over 1 million subscribers on YouTube, said in a video Monday that Musk’s decision could be “4D chess,” which refers to a …

Law & Crime reports: A Maryland man who counted himself among the first Donald Trump supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was convicted on Tuesday of a felony and six misdemeanors. Nicholas Rodean, a 28-year-old from Frederick, broke windowpanes next to the Senate door, leading to his felony charge of destruction of government property, prosecutors say. U.S. …

The Associated Press reports: The Jan. 6 committee is set to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally, as some now face rare sedition charges over the deadly U.S. Capitol attack and effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol siege …

The Independent reports: Right-wing conspiracy theorist is known for making wild claims to followers of his Infowars network, but a Sunday episode of The Alex Jones Show took his brand of out-there entertainment to shocking new heights. Mr Jones unsheathed a knife and said he wanted to cut off one of his fingers to show how grateful he was to …

The SPLC’s Hatewatch reports: Steve King, who represented Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2003 to 2021, and Laura Loomer, a self-described “#ProudIslamophobe,” are set to address American Renaissance’s annual gathering on Nov. 18-20, according to promotional material from the group that Hatewatch obtained. Loomer is currently running for U.S. House of Representatives in Florida. The event, which …

From the editor of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune: The Herald-Tribune erred Sunday in publishing a guest column on our opinion page and website with the headline “Attacking Proud Boys does disservice to caring parents.” A guest column from June 24 had criticized the author of Sunday’s column, and an editor felt it fair to give her a chance to respond. We …

The right wing Daily Caller reports: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will travel to the U.S. in August to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Texas, the Daily Caller has learned. Orban’s appearance comes after CPAC hosted a May conference in Budapest. Orban spoke there about Hungary’s “12-point recipe” for success. Orban is expected to discuss similar …

Mediaite reports: Newspaper opinion pages are often criticized for having a political bias, but one Florida paper showed the pitfalls of a poorly-executed attempt to tell both sides of the story. An op-ed published on Sunday by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune defended local school board candidates’ alleged association with the Proud Boys by claiming the group’s members were simply “caring parents” …