Trump cultists

First, a reminder about this notorious cultist from 2021: The man who kept hanging “Trump Won” banners at baseball games said he’d been barred from MLB ballparks indefinitely. Dion Cini had gone to Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, Fenway Park, and Citizens Bank Park to hang the banners. He was ejected from them, but he said security officials told him he …

From the Justice Department: A Virginia man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement, related to his actions 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 …

The Associated Press reports: Concern for U.S. democracy amid deep national polarization has prompted the entities supporting 13 presidential libraries dating back to Herbert Hoover to call for a re-commttment to the country’s bedrock principles, including the rule of law and respecting a diversity of beliefs. The statement released Thursday, the first time the libraries have joined to make such …

“Do you know how political opponents to those in power are dealt with in Third World dictatorships, banana republics and communist regimes? “Well, it’s simple. The people in power use their police agencies to arrest their opponents for made up crimes in an attempt to discredit them, bankrupt them, imprison them, exile them, or all of the above. “And if …

Congress Minutes reports: House Oversight Chair James Comer is asking the National Archives to provide records from President Joe Biden’s time as vice president as part of a sweeping probe into the Biden family. Comer (R-Ky.) is hunting for Obama-era White House records involving Hunter Biden or his business associates, as part of a broader push to find a smoking …

CBS News reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a full list of fugitives wanted over their alleged role in the January 6, 2021, uprising at the U.S. Capitol amid reports of a growing number of defendants who have absconded instead of facing trial. Seven individuals are still being sought by federal investigators after being indicted on charges relating …

“In the time of my life, I’ve seen an enormous change in this country and it’s all been quite disturbing. The agenda of the KGB was listed as we’re going to divide the United States, divide the citizens of the United States, through the press, through the schools, take God out of the schools, and divide the country by race …

From the Justice Department filing issued yesterday: In the months prior to January 6, Shroyer spread election disinformation paired with violent rhetoric to hundreds of thousands, if not millions of viewers. He presciently warned in November 2020 that, if Joe Biden became president, “it’s not going to be a million peaceful marchers in D.C.” And on Jan. 6, 2021, Shroyer …

“It’s so disheartening, the examples that you’ve given, Eric. It makes the populace lose a lot of faith in our government and that’s an understatement. “Unfortunately, what this leads to, when we recognize the examples that you just gave, the two-tier different justice systems that apply according to politics, you know it makes the good guy think what’s the use …

The Hill reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Tuesday forecast upcoming moves to force House votes on impeachment, while sending a warning shot to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Gaetz said that when the House returns to Washington next week, Republicans have to “seize the initiative.” “That means forcing votes on impeachment. And if Speaker McCarthy stands in our way, he …

The Associated Press reports: Former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio was be sentenced on Tuesday for a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Tarrio was be the final Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack …

The Hill reports: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Tuesday subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas along with three other DHS employees and two Secret Service staffers as the House panel expands its inquiry into whether the Justice Department improperly tipped off the protective agency while investigating Hunter Biden over alleged tax crimes. The six subpoenas …

“Over 100 years ago, I think it was in 1917, a populist governor of Texas was impeached. This is the first time since then. Remember this impeachment, as we said on the Saturday special, is not really about Ken Paxton. “This is once again in our 30 front war, this is a massive front. And that is because the ascendancy …

The Messenger reports: People who were stuck at the Burning Man festival this past weekend had a pretty terrible time, thanks to the inclement weather, and Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee has an interesting theory about why — but it’s got nothing to do with climate change. In a post to his personal page on X, formally Twitter, Lee shared …

Reuters reports: A former chairman of the right-wing Proud Boys group is set to be sentenced on Tuesday for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump trying to overturn his election defeat. Enrique Tarrio was convicted of charges, including seditious conspiracy, for his role in planning the storming …

Rolling Stone reports: Marjorie Taylor Greene and Kari Lake have been locked in what one source close to Donald Trump describes to Rolling Stone as a “death race” to become his 2024 vice presidential pick. The two view one another with intense distrust and disdain, each seeing the other as direct competition for Trump’s political affections. Exacerbating the situation is …

Courthouse News reports: House Republicans have faced pressure from news outlets in recent months over access to the Jan. 6 tapes, after then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced this past February that he had been given access to roughly 44,000 hours of closed-circuit television footage from the day of the Capitol riot. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who made the decision …

CNN reports: Wisconsin Republicans, after a string of losses in hotly contested statewide races, are taking steps toward sidelining the state’s nonpartisan elections chief and undercutting the new liberal majority on the state Supreme Court. Their actions – an escalation of bitter, partisan feuds that have rankled the state government in one of the nation’s most important swing states for …

Far-right extremist Laura Loomer writes: But wait! There’s even more! This Nazi rally in Florida took place one day after #BanTheADL trended globally. Suspiciously, the ADL also has an entire page on their website about Jon Minadeo and the GDL, which organized this rally yesterday where a CIA affiliated Ukrainian passport carrying Nazi was in attendance. If the ADL truly …

“I think the one that deserves our attention at the top of the list is President Biden, who is to be the leader of the free world And when you see Joe Biden struggle with words, with days, with times, with places, then it drives home the point of how important it is to have someone who is capable in …