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The Independent reports: The outspoken conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has called Greta Gerwig’s widely praised Barbie movie “horrific” and one of the worst films he’s ever seen. The 39-year-old, who has previously criticised the likes of Glass Onion and The Last of Us, did not hold back on the critically praised film, which he “shitshow” and accused it of using …

Talking Points Memo reports: Alejandro Velasquez, an activist associated with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes’ far-right “Groyper” movement pleaded guilty on May 16 to a charge of making a “threatening communication” directed at a conference held by the group Turning Point USA. Velasquez, a 19-year-old Texas man who was known by the online alias “LatinoZoomer,” had written a post on …

Media Matters has the transcript: KARA MCKINNEY (HOST): We’re not the first culture to experiment with, you know, free sex. That’s something that’s actually been tried many, many times before, and what you see through a lot of — especially a lot of ancient and pagan societies, is that the most high status of men, that they’re going to get …

From the Justice Department: A local, self-identified “incel” pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio today to attempting to conduct a mass shooting of women. Tres Genco, 22, of Hillsboro, Ohio, admitted he plotted to commit a hate crime, namely, a plan to shoot women at a university in Ohio. He was arrested by federal …

Law & Crime reports: A 25-year-old California man who police say posted videos online showing him assaulting women has been arrested on hate crime charges related to the self-described involuntary celibacy that investigators believe motivated the attacks. Johnny Deven Young had been wanted since May after police in Costa Mesa identified him as the man who’d pepper sprayed several women …

The Washington Post reports: The most prominent forum for men who consider themselves involuntarily celibate or “incels” has become significantly more radicalized over the past year and a half and is seeking to normalize child rape, a new report says. The report, by the Quant Lab, is the culmination of an investigation that analyzed more than 1 million posts on …

San Antonio’s ABC affiliate reports: A 19-year-old San Antonio man was arrested after threatening a mass killing at the Student Action Summit in Florida, the FBI said. According to a federal complaint, Alejandro Richard Velasquez Gomez made social media posts that the FBI determined were similar to another one posted before an actual mass killing and investigators allege he was …

The New York Daily News reports: A Brooklyn “incel” with a grudge against the vegan community threatened a mass shooting at the upstate Woodstock Fruit Festival if its organizers didn’t cancel the event or prevent people he hated from attending, the feds say. William Swift, 32, made his threats in e-mails and audio recordings to one of the week-long festival’s …

Los Angeles’s Fox affiliate reports: Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man accused of harassing women outside Costa Mesa bars. According to the Costa Mesa Police Department, Johnny Young is a “self-described incel” and is wanted for attacking several people after he allegedly confronted a group of women using vulgar and explicit language. Costa Mesa PD …

“The moral standards of Hollywood are weird. Will Smith is fine with other dudes and his wife having sex. He’s not fine with someone making a joke about his wife at the Oscars. “We have a general rule in this country that when someone makes a joke you don’t like, you don’t get to smack them upside the head. I …

Salon reports: A new Secret Service report highlights a concerning rise in terrorism threats posed by men who called themselves “involuntary celibate,” often refered to as “incels.” The 26-page report, released on Tuesday by the Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), documents a sharp uptick in incel-fueled attacks against women over the past decade. “The term ‘incel’ is often …

From the Department of Justice: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MALIK SANCHEZ, a/k/a “Smooth Sanchez,” pled guilty to making a hoax threat to detonate a bomb at a restaurant in the Flatiron neighborhood in New York, New York, on or about February 13, 2021. SANCHEZ pled guilty before United …

The Daily Beast reports: The man suspected of killing five people before turning the gun on himself in a mass shooting in England on Thursday night was an incel Trump supporter who posted about “devil worshipers” in government. The suspected shooter has been named by police as Jake Davison, a 22-year-old who is reported to have worked in construction. Davison …

The New York Times reports: An Ohio man who was part of an online community of “incels,” or misogynists who blame women for denying them what they believe is their right to sexual intercourse, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with plotting to shoot students in sororities, federal prosecutors said. The man, Tres Genco, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio, was charged …

The New York Daily News reports: A popular YouTuber accused of live-streaming a bomb threat in Manhattan is out on bail to get psychiatric treatment, a federal judge ruled. Malik Sanchez, who uses the online moniker “Smooth Sanchez,” was released from the Essex County jail in New Jersey. Sanchez, 19 was locked up after arrest on April 14 for proclaiming …

The New York Daily News report: A self-proclaimed “incel” YouTuber who previously grabbed headlines for climbing the Queensboro Bridge was arrested Wednesday for making a bomb threat at a Manhattan restaurant, authorities announced. Malik Sanchez, known online as “Smooth Sanchez,” walked into an outdoor seating area in the Flatiron on Feb. 13 and announced the hoax threat, prosecutors said. He …

Heavy.com reports: A manhunt is underway for a man who appeared in surveillance footage outside one of two spas where shootings occurred in the Atlanta area in Cherokee County, Georgia. At least four people have died in two separate shootings. Police have not said whether the two shootings are related. Police told Channel 2 Action News that all four victims …

The Toronto Star reports: The man who planned and carried out the Yonge Street van attack in April 2018 is criminally responsible for his actions, a judge ruled Wednesday. Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy found Alek Minassian guilty of 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder. “He made a choice,” Molloy said in her decision live-streamed …

The New York Daily News reports: An avowed white supremacist pleaded guilty to illegally purchasing guns in preparation for a “racial holy war,” federal prosecutors said Friday. Joseph Miner, 30, was arrested in May right after he and buddy bought a cache of weapons from an undercover federal agent in a hotel room in Bayside, Queens. Miner not only went …

The New York Post reports: A sexually frustrated Virginia man blew off a hand while trying to make homemade explosives — ones he planned to use on a revenge attack on “hot cheerleaders,” according to federal prosecutors. Cole Carini, 23, went to a health clinic in Richlands last Wednesday suffering from an amputated hand, amputated fingers on the opposite hand, …