Trump cultists

CNN reports: From the halls of Congress to the dark corners of the internet, charged and violent rhetoric is echoing among some Donald Trump sympathizers ahead of the former president’s appearance in a Miami court on Tuesday FBI special agents across the country assigned to domestic terrorism squads are actively working to identify any possible threats, four law enforcement sources …

ABC News reports: Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump’s most ardent defenders on Capitol Hill, argued Sunday that in the wake of the former president’s unprecedented federal indictment most conservatives see the case as politically motivated and Trump will emerge “stronger” in his reelection campaign. Graham, at times testy in his back-and-forth with ABC “This Week” anchor George Stephanopoulos, …

The Guardian reports: Two and a half years after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, an estimated 12 million American adults, or 4.4% of the adult population, believe violence is justified to restore Donald Trump to the White House. Though the number of adults who believe this has declined since the insurrection, recent survey data from the University of …

“I have a message tonight for Merrick Garland, and Jack Smith, and Joe Biden. And the guys back there in the fake news media, you should listen up as well, this one’s for you. If you wanna get to President Trump, you’re gonna have to go through me, and you’re gonna have to go through 75 million Americans just like …

Courthouse News reports: A Hawaii resident claiming the state infringed on his right to free speech after recalling a personalized license plate bearing the letters “FCKBLM” asked the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to consider whether license plates are truly representative of government speech or if it becomes messaging merely associated with a private citizen. According to the initial complaint, Edward …

“This is going to disrupt this nation because it goes to the core of equal justice for all, which is not being seen today. And we’re not going to stand for it. This is a very dark day in America when you think about what they’re trying to indict President Trump on. “You’ve got a sitting president right now in …

The Associated Press reports: A Virginia man who told his wife — and a federal jury — that he had “fun” at the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison for attacking police as he stormed the building. Markus Maly’s prison sentence is significantly lower than the punishment that prosecutors sought for his role in …

Vice News reports: In what is becoming a now all-too-familiar trend, former President Donald Trump’s far-right supporters have threatened civil war after news broke Thursday that the former president was indicted for allegedly taking classified documents from the White House without permission. “We need to start killing these traitorous fuckstains,” wrote one Trump supporter on The Donald, a rabidly pro-Trump …

CNN reports: Federal prosecutors are investigating conservative-backed efforts in Wyoming to infiltrate the Democratic National Committee ahead of the 2020 election, according to people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors have subpoenaed Richard Seddon, a former British intelligence official, and Susan Gore, a Republican donor and heiress to the Gore-Tex fortune, as part of the investigation. One of the subpoenas, which …

Punchbowl News reports: The House Ethics Committee has restarted an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the latest legal problem for the controversial Florida Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The secretive panel hasn’t decided yet whether to move ahead with a special investigative subcommittee. That would require a vote by the Ethics Committee members and would …

Mediaite reports: Right-wing commentator and activist Charlie Kirk is calling on former president Donald Trump’s competition for the Republican presidential nomination to suspend their campaigns in “solidarity” with him after he was indicted on Thursday. “Every ‘Republican’ running for President should suspend their campaign and go to Miami as a show of support. If you don’t, you are part of …

The New Republic reports: Republicans are quadrupling down on defending the man who has helped them lose election after election. Ohio Senator J.D. Vance said the indictment is somehow Biden “using the justice system to preemptively steal the 2024 election,” in order to attack “his most likely 2024 opponent.” A wild suggestion given the basic fact that a grand jury …

“If the President in power can just jail his political opponents, which is what Joe Biden is trying to do tonight, we don’t have a Republic anymore. Nobody should be in doubt of what’s happening tonight. Joe Biden and his cronies are trying to take out their chief political opponent. This has never happened before in American history—we are in …

“Then there’s the final issue here which is going to get really wicked. That is Trump could run on pardoning himself. You know, for people that feel that this is biased, that this is part of a pattern. “He could turn this on his opponents and actually run on his right to pardon himself. So, if he’s elected, even if …

Via press release from GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik: The exact same day that the FBI is forced to turn over to Congress absolutely damning and credible allegations regarding Joe Biden’s illegal, egregious, and treasonous corruption, Joe Biden weaponizes his Department of Justice to indict Donald Trump. The American people are smart and understand this is the epitome of the illegal …

“This is a documents case! Is this some kind of a sick joke on the American people?! I don’t want to hear from the legal analysts, the technicalities about false statements and obstruction. “This should never have been a criminal case! Willful retention of documents! Well, what’s the un-willful retention of documents mean? “They’re throwing all these process crimes and …

From the Quisling Cabin Republicans: The HRC’s latest PR stunt is so ignorantly detached from the incredible LGBT progress over the past decade that we’d be shocked if their donors even buy it. Bipartisan legislation codifying gay marriage was signed into law just last year, public support for equal rights for LGBT Americans has never been higher, and LGBT Americans …

The Washington Post reports: An unhappy reality of being a Republican these days is that the things Donald Trump does, by and large, must be defended. That’s true even if you are trying to defeat him for the GOP presidential nomination. And even if you don’t really know what you’re vouching for. A case in point: the telling exchange Mike …

Axios reports: The Republican-led House Oversight Committee on Wednesday dropped its plans to advance a measure holding FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. The contempt push was the closest House Republicans have come to direct action against an executive branch official as part of their vast array of probes into the Biden administration. The House Foreign Affairs Committee …

ABC News reports: The exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, who was charged by U.S. prosecutors in a $1 billion fraud conspiracy, will go to trial in April. U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres set the trial date at a hearing Tuesday in New York City. She also granted Guo’s request for access to a government-provided computer to review evidence. Federal authorities …