Tag Archives: white supremacists

Vice News reports: Turns out the American Dental Association might have teeth after all. They’ve finally cut their longtime pal, onetime “Dentist of the year” Congressman Paul Gosar off financially, VICE News has learned. The move comes less than one week after we reported that the issue of the American Dental Association’s ongoing support for the Arizona Republican was dividing …

The East Bay Times reports: When police officers arrested a Los Gatos man on suspicion of prowling around a car lot last week, authorities say they discovered far more troubling threats after they searched his truck, turning up a cache of weapons, a handwritten manifesto about committing genocide and bullets that he personally inscribed, one of them with the words …

The Huffington Post reports: William H. Regnery II, a racist, reclusive multimillionaire who used his inherited fortune to finance vile white supremacist groups in the hopes of one day forming an American whites-only ethnostate, died earlier this month, his family and associates confirmed. He was 80 years old. Regnery, whose family amassed riches from its right-wing publishing empire, died on …

Via press release from the Justice Department: Acting United States Attorney Karin Hoppmann announces the unsealing of an indictment charging 16 individuals with violent crimes in aid of racketeering. The names of the individuals, their charges, and their potential penalties appear in the chart below. According to the indictment, the defendants were members of Unforgiven, a racketeering enterprise engaged in …

The Washington Post reports: He attended the elite La Jolla Country Day School, where a woman entered his life whom he grew to detest. It was his first-grade teacher, whom he referred to in his book as Mrs. Raymond. He caricatured her as “a parody of earth-mother liberalism” who “wore long Indian-print skirts.” “She had little interest in conventional academic …

The Daily Beast reports: With an out-there look that wouldn’t look out of place in a 1980s wrestling ring, Pit Viper sunglasses have become a go-to choice for anyone looking to bring some attitude to the pregame. But Pit Viper has a problem: their reflective glasses are also a hit with far-right extremists. Pit Viper’s problems started on Jan. 6, …

Mediaite reports: White nationalist Nick Fuentes was kicked out of CPAC in Dallas on Saturday. The 22-year-old has not been welcomed at past CPAC events due to his fringe, far-right beliefs. Fuentes entered the conference with a group of supporters chanting “Groyper,” a term based on a meme that now represents a loose group of white nationalists who have worked …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas lawmakers have filed at least three bills targeting how racism, current events and the country’s founding principles are taught in K-12 schools — including a senate bill that would strip out upcoming requirements that students learn white supremacy is “morally wrong” and study particular writings by women and people of color. SB 3, filed by …

Washington DC’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Florida man accused of being at the front of the crowd inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6 could leave court with time served next week as part of a plea agreement. Michael Curzio, of Summerfield, Florida, was arrested along with five others after refusing Capitol Police orders to leave the building. …

“No president in history has been dealt a better hand on day one than President Biden. Think about what President Trump left him and what it’s become. “He left him a Middle East that was at the dawn of a new peace, the most secure border in American history, energy abundance—and we had more energy than we knew what to …

Philadelphia’s NBC News affiliate reports: A group of white supremacists marched in front of Philadelphia City Hall Saturday night, drawing jeers from onlookers, as well as small scuffles. The group of dozens of men wore white face coverings, kakis, blue shirts and tan hats and waved flags with insignias appearing to belong to the Patriot Front organization. They were seen …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is holding a fundraiser with Nick Fuentes, an online commentator who has achieved a following as an open anti-Semite, Holocaust denier, and white supremacist. A flyer posted to a Telegram account linked to Fuentes promoted a July fundraiser with the ardently pro-Trump congressman. Fuentes is a virulent anti-Semite who has denied the Holocaust, defended …

“White rage is not a medical condition, it’s not even a legitimate academic theory. It doesn’t exist. ‘White rage’ is a racial attack. “So here, you have the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a congressional hearing leveling a race attack against American citizens, the guy who’s supposed to be protecting our country. “That is disgraceful, it’s disqualifying, …

The Daily Beast reports: A statue honoring George Floyd in Brooklyn was vandalized with black spray paint and the name of a white supremacist group, Patriot Front, on Thursday morning. The statue’s unveiling took place less than a week ago on Juneteenth, with Floyd’s brother Terence in attendance. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force said it was investigating the incident, …

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Internet broadcaster Paul Miller, known for racially charged rants, admitted Tuesday to stockpiling ammunition in his home in Fort Lauderdale. Miller, a New Jersey native with two previous felony convictions, took a plea deal and pleaded guilty to three weapons charges stemming from an FBI raid of his home in March. Miller was in the …

The Washington Post reports: The Fox News host was elevating a story written for the website Revolver by a former Trump administration official (later fired for links to white nationalists) arguing that “unindicted co-conspirators” referred to in Justice Department charging documents referred to government law enforcement agents. In other words, that the references implied a significant intertwining of FBI agents …

“First off, I’d like to thank Officer Fanone and the other Capitol Hill police officers for their bravery and heroism on that day. And on behalf of the actual sane members of our family — which is everyone but Paul — we apologize on behalf of our family to him for his despicable comments and disgraceful conduct through this whole …

The Associated Press reports: The Supreme Court is leaving in place the convictions of two men who as members of a white supremacist group participated in a white nationalist rally in Virginia in 2017 that turned violent. The high court said Monday that it would not take the case of Michael Miselis or Benjamin Daley, who participated in the rally …

USA Today reports: At least 73 law enforcement officers have been outed in the past decade for being members of white supremacist, anti-government and other extremist groups, or showing support for them, a new report from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism concludes. At least 40% of those officers were allowed to remain on duty, the league found. And while …

Burlington’s CBS News affiliate reports: A self-described white nationalist charged with violating Vermont’s gun magazine capacity law now faces charges of witness tampering. Vermont State Police say Max Misch, 38, of Bennington was arrested after detectives learned that he went to the Walmart in Bennington Friday and spoke with a witness in his pending court case. Misch was charged in …