March 18, 2023 Extremists, Republicans
Posted this morning by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: If the Manhattan DA indicts President Trump, he will ultimately win even bigger than he is already going to win. And those Republicans that stand by and cheer for his persecution or do nothing to stop it will be exposed to the people and will be remembered, scorned, and punished by the …
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March 18, 2023 Crackpots, Trump cultists
Mediaite reports: Elon Musk predicted Donald Trump being arrested would end in a landslide victory for the president in 2024. In an early Saturday morning Truth Social post, Trump ranted that he may be arrested on Tuesday and encouraged his supporters to protest. Also posting about a potential Trump arrest on Saturday was Musk. The Twitter head reacted to a …
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March 18, 2023 Extremists, Nazis
Melbourne’s News Corp affiliate reports: Large crowds of protesters from two competing rallies have clashed in the streets of Melbourne over LGBTQI+ issues as an anti-transgender activist, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, continues her speaking tour of Australia. Ms Keen-Minshull, who goes by the moniker Posie Parker, is a British woman who founded group Standing for Women. She describes herself as a women’s …
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March 18, 2023 Christianists, Extremists
The Houston Chronicle reports: A Houston area doctor and prominent GOP activist was kicked out of a Texas State Senate session on Thursday after he insisted upon calling all transgender people and their supporters ‘pedophiles.’ Video captured an escalating exchange between Democratic Sen. José Menéndez and Houston M.D. and Republican backer Steven Hotze. “Doctor Hotze, I know you’re a medical …
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March 18, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
From this morning’s all-caps raging Truth Social post: OUR NATION IS NOW THIRD WORLD & DYING. THE AMERICAN DREAM IS DEAD! THE RADICAL LEFT ANARCHISTS HAVE STOLLEN OUR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND WITH IT, THE HEART OF OUR OUR COUNTRY. AMERICAN PATRIOTS ARE BEING ARRESTED & HELD IN CAPTIVITY LIKE ANIMALS, WHILE CRIMINALS & LEFTIST THUGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THE …
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March 18, 2023 Crime, Trump cultists
The Charlotte Observer reports: A North Carolina man, the second youngest defendant in more than 1,000 arrests linked to the deadly riot at U.S. Capitol, will spend the next three years of his early adulthood behind bars. Aiden Bilyard of Cary was 18 when he sprayed chemical agents at police and broke out a window in the Capitol during the …
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March 18, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
The Texas Tribune reports: Texas is the first stop on the 2024 presidential campaign trail for Donald Trump, the former president’s team announced Friday. In this third consecutive bid for the White House, Trump will hold a rally March 25 at the Waco Regional Airport. While facing criminal charges and less vocal support from Texas GOP leaders, Trump hopes to …
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March 18, 2023 Christianists, Republicans
The New York Times reports: Wyoming on Friday night became the first state to ban the use of abortion pills, adding momentum to a growing push by conservative states and anti-abortion groups to target medication abortion, the method now used in a majority of pregnancy terminations in the United States. Medication abortion is already outlawed in states that have total …
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March 17, 2023 JMG Community, Open Thread
Yahoo Entertainment reports: Lance Reddick, the lanky, stalwart character actor whose no-nonsense demeanor was on full display in the John Wick franchise opposite Keanu Reeves and acclaimed series like The Wire, Oz and Lost, died on Friday. Mia Hansen, the actor’s representative at Portait PR, told Yahoo that Reddick “passed away suddenly of natural causes.” “Lance will be greatly missed,” …
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March 17, 2023 Republicans, Trump cultists
Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A federal judge ordered a Maryland man Thursday to spend three-and-a-half years in prison for forcibly resisting police who were trying to remove him from the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Egtvedt, 59, of Garrett County, was convicted in January of four felony counts and three misdemeanors, including obstructing the joint session …
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