Homocons

From convicted rioter Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, Two days ago the FBI came back to my place. This time it was to return the things they took when they raided my home. I decided to go LIVE with all of you to be there with me as I saw and touched all of my things that I haven’t seen in …

The Hill reports: Former Trump White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere is reportedly set to testify before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Multiple outlets reported that Deere, who served in the Trump White House for roughly three years, was scheduled to speak with the House panel on Thursday. He is currently …

As the war rages in Ukraine, convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka thought it would be a great idea to beam into the Russian state media channel’s propaganda outlet in the United States from his home confinement in Nebraska. Watch below as he gets a fawning reception from Russia Today’s “Eat The Press” host and basically denies all the charges that …

First, a reminder of who this nutbag is: Republican Tina Forte is running in 2022 to claim the New York seat in Congress currently held by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. We found Forte repeatedly used hashtags related to QAnon conspiracy theories. She took multiple photographs in October, November, and December 2020 with far-right Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio. Her …

Axios reports: Peter Thiel is injecting $1.5 million into a seed round for a new conservative dating app called “The Right Stuff,” a source familiar with the funding tells Axios. Conservatives have been aggressively building their own apps, phones, cryptocurrencies and publishing houses in an attempt to circumvent what they see as an increasingly liberal internet and media ecosystem. The …

The New York Times reports: The wine flowed. Donald Trump Jr. mingled with the guests. And Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire and host of the event, had a message for the well-heeled crowd: It was time to clean house. The fund-raiser at Mr. Thiel’s Miami Beach compound last month was for a conservative candidate challenging Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming …

Atlanta’s NBC News affiliate reports: Buckhead will not become its own city this year. Georgia’s Speaker of the House, David Ralston, basically killed the bill in the legislature Friday. Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan came down officially against Buckhead cityhood. Ralston said Friday, if the Senate won’t take it up, there’s nothing the House can do. Just two weeks ago, Bill …

First, here’s some background on the source of this utterly brilliant music video: Neo Magazin Royale is a German satirical late-night talk show hosted by Jan Böhmermann. Produced in Cologne, it has been aired weekly on the ZDFneo channel since 31 October 2013. The show is made up of recurring segments that are either in-studio pieces moderated by Böhmermann (which …

The New York Times reports: Peter Thiel, one of the longest-serving board members of Meta, the parent of Facebook, plans to step down, the company said on Monday. Mr. Thiel, 54, wants to focus on influencing November’s midterm elections. Mr. Thiel sees the midterms as crucial to changing the direction of the country, this person said, and he is backing …

From convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, So, this is the current state of affairs. For the next three months I’ll be on house arrest. It’s funny how I thought it would be fine and maybe even kind of relaxing- and just over 24 hours later I’m already having thoughts of jumping out of my window to the street …

From convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, Yesterday was very hard. I was sentenced, finally, in my legal case from January 6th, 2021. Please remember, I did NOT enter the Capitol. I did NOT engage in violence, vandalism, theft or destruction. I spent 8 minutes on the steps of the Capitol. I have no prior criminal record. This was …

Here’s what prosecutors asked for last week: Federal prosecutors on Thursday recommended an Omaha man be sentenced to four months of home detention and three years probation for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Additionally, it was also recommended that Brandon Straka serve at least 60 hours of community service and pay $500 restitution. …

From convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, It’s been a long, dark, and twisting road. After a year of delays, I’m hopeful that tomorrow will finally bring my sentencing, and that that will finally bring us to the beginning of the end. It has been a year of indescribable pain, stress, worry, pressure, and fear. My hope is that …

The New York Times reports: For months, the Justice Department has provided little public indication of whether, or how seriously, it is investigating the role played by former President Donald J. Trump in the violent attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6. But on Tuesday, for the first time, evidence emerged in court papers that prosecutors have posed questions to …

From convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, I’ve been hit HARD this past year. It began a year ago with the FBI raiding my home and putting me in jail. Criminal charges were filed against me for the 8 minutes I spent outside the Capitol building on January 6th. The DOJ extended my case FIVE TIMES, dragging things out …

The Omaha World-Herald reports: U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves and his team have recommended that Brandon Straka be sentenced to four months of home detention, three years of probation, 60 hours of community service and $600 in restitution. Graves noted Straka’s large social media following and his efforts to overturn the election. The sentencing recommendation says home detention rather than jail …

From convicted Capitol rioter Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, I wanted to reach out and let you all know that I’m coming to Charleston, South Carolina, NEXT Friday for an intimate evening with all of you who can attend! My legal case, which we may need to start referring to as “The Never Ending Story“, is still not yet resolved- so …

The Daily Beast reports: Popular far-right website The Gateway Pundit, which played a key role in pushing Jan. 6 “false flag” conspiracy theories, has found an unlikely new enemy in Capitol rioter Tim “Baked Alaska” Gionet. The intra-right-wing drama hit its ugly lows with Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft accusing Gionet of being a “fed,” and the far-right streamer’s allies …

Via email from convicted homocon rioter Brandon Straka: Dear Patriots, I’m not sad to see 2021 go. The year started for me with the FBI coming into my apartment, taking my things, putting me in handcuffs and throwing me in a cell for days. That was the beginning of what has been a year long nightmare. Most of you still …

Politico reports: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr. are co-hosting a pair of January fundraisers for Wyoming Republican Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed primary challenger running against GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, according to an invitation to be sent out to GOP donors Thursday. Thiel, a PayPal co-founder and early Facebook investor who has emerged as one of the most …