Tag Archives: MAGA

NBC News reports: Some users on pro-Trump internet forums told users to “lock and load,” agitated for civil war and urged protesters to head to Mar-a-Lago in the hours after news broke that former President Donald Trump’s Florida compound was searched by the FBI on Monday. One user posting about the “civil war” shortly after the search was Tyler Welsh …

Politico reports: President Joe Biden on Wednesday escalated his rhetorical attacks on the Republican Party and rebuked former President Donald Trump’s enduring grip on the GOP. “This MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that’s existed in American history, in recent American history,” Biden told reporters at the White House, referring to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement. …

The Daily Beast reports: “Hell, we’re fighting Bill Gates and Fauci and Biden and the New World Order and Psaki and the Davos Group,” Alex Jones fumed, “and now we’ve got Trump on their team!” Alleged QAnon ringleader Ron Watkins fired back at Trump, calling the vaccines “subscription suicide shots” while telling his loyal QAnon adherents to “choose life” rather …

Yahoo News reports: Al Schmidt, a Republican city commissioner on the Philadelphia Board of Elections, told the committee he received several threats, including one that said: “Tell the truth or your three kids will be fatally shot,” along with the names of his children, his address, and a photo of his home. Schmidt said other messages he received included: “Cops …

ABC New York reports: The scene on Andrea Dick’s front lawn in Roselle Park has become either a neighborhood attraction or an eyesore, depending on your political beliefs. The issue is not her strong support for Donald Trump, rather it is her signs in her yard — full of profane language and one showing the former president giving the two-finger …

From a new op-ed by James Comey: The longer it goes on, the less it means. The impact diminishes, the power of it shrinks. It no longer feels as though the most powerful human on the planet is after you. It feels as though a strange and slightly sad old guy is yelling at you to get off his lawn, …

Politico reports: Rank and file troops sharing candidates’ positions on social media. MAGA ball caps on display at military bases. Former soldiers, pardoned of war crimes charges, appearing on stage with the commander-in-chief at a political fundraiser. These and other examples of partisanship seeping into the armed forces are prompting generals and admirals to confront what they see as a …

The Wall Street Journal reports: The U.S. Army is prepared to move Col. Vindman and his family onto a military base in the area to ensure their security if it is determined that they are in physical danger, according to U.S. officials. Army security officials in recent weeks conducted a security assessment at Col. Vindman’s request, reviewing both his and …

The Washington Post reports: A judge in Upstate New York was forced off the bench after posting online the image of a noose and a Trump campaign slogan, which a state commission concluded showed political or racial bias, officials said Tuesday. Kyle R. Canning, a part-time judge in Altona, N.Y. posted an image to his Facebook account of a noose, …

The lawyer for the man accused of murdering a New York City mafia kingpin say their client was obsessed with QAnon and was trying to execute a citizen’s arrest at the time of the killing. The New York Times reports: Mr. Cali’s murder was the highest-profile mob killing in decades, an event so significant that in the days between Mr. …

Hillary Clinton this morning tweeted a link to a Huffington Post article, noting, “The white nationalists certainly think MAGA is a white nationalist slogan.” From the article: Alexandre Bissonette wore the hat. A Canadian, Bissonette hadn’t voted for Donald Trump. He lived in a French-speaking province, far from the U.S. president’s campaign rallies and “America first” appeals. But some of …

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: A sword-wielding assailant wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat slashed a man in the hand during an altercation outside a popular roller-skating rink in San Francisco’s Western Addition on Friday, officials said. Police are searching for the attacker, who fled the scene outside the Church of 8 Wheels on Fillmore and Fell streets, …

In his first court appearance, earlier this week Anthony Comello, the suspect in the slaying of a New York City mob leader, displayed pro-Trump and QAnon slogans scrawled on his hand. Today more of his recent past is coming to light. The New York Times reports: Whatever his criminal inclinations, they escalated from bland to bizarre in February, when United …

The Associated Press reports: The man charged with killing the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family wrote pro-Donald Trump slogans on his hand and flashed them to journalists before a court hearing Monday. Anthony Comello, 24, was arrested Saturday in New Jersey in the death of Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali last week in front of his Staten Island home. …

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: A recently released app, billed by Fox News as “Yelp for conservatives,” has been removed from app stores after security flaws that left users’ personal information vulnerable were made public. “63red Safe” is meant to be a review site of businesses and restaurants from the perspective of conservatives, “helping insure [sic] you’re safe when you …

ZDNet reports: A new mobile app described as the “Yelp for conservatives” is leaking user records and business reviews, according to a French security researcher. According to Baptiste Robert, a French security researcher who goes online under the pseudonym of Elliot Anderson (the name of the main character from the Mr. Robot TV show about hackers), the 63red Safe app …

The Daily Beast reports: Trump supporters who want to grab dinner but are terrified of getting punched by an antifascist “antifa” activist can pull up the app, “63red Safe,” and find a list of Trump-friendly businesses—or at least ones that don’t discriminate against conservatives. 63red Safe works like a conservative Yelp. Instead of reviewing the lighting and ambience, though, the …

Baltimore’s NBC affiliate reports: Christopher Hasson, 49, of Silver Spring, a self-described white nationalist, was arrested Feb. 15 at his Coast Guard office in Washington. He was charged with gun violations and illegal drug possession. A federal grand jury indicted Hasson today on federal charges for unlawful possession of silencers, for possession of firearms by a drug addict and unlawful …

NBC News reports: A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of plotting to kill prominent journalists and Democratic politicians was ordered Thursday to remain behind bars without bail for at least two more weeks as prosecutors build their case. Christopher Paul Hasson, 49, was arrested last week on drug and gun charges, but prosecutors filed court papers Tuesday describing him as a …

Heavy.com reports: In September 2017, he wrote a letter directed to a “known American neo-Nazi leader,” prosecutors said. He identified himself as a white nationalist for more than 30 years. The letter was sent seven weeks after the Charlottesville rally. In the letter, he said he has “been a skinhead,” since before his time in the military. He wrote, that …