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Remember this guy? — Stewart Rhodes, infamous founder of the ultra-radical, anti-government Oath Keepers militia, who is now serving an 18-year prison sentence for sedition stemming from the January 6, 2021, “Capitol Riot.” Now meet his 27-year-old...
by Irontortoise
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on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 01:48 PM PDT
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President Biden was asked this morning whether Iran was responsible for the recent deaths of three U.S. service personnel in Jordon along with the very serious injuries to 8 others — injuries caused by a drone attack on the U.S. base at Tower 22 near...
by ARodinFan
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on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 09:02 AM PST
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Steven Spainhouer’s son worked at one of the stores in the Allen, Texas shopping mall chosen by America’s most recent mass shooter (as of Saturday: there were seven this weekend). He arrived at the mall just after the neo-nazi murderer had slaughtered...
by thomhartmann
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on Mon May 08, 2023 at 08:04 AM PDT
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Trump plans Waco, Texas rally coinciding with 30th anniversary of child-raping cult's armed standoff Say what you want about now-seditionist Donald Trump, but nobody, anywhere has ever accused him of being subtle. Next Saturday Donald Trump will be holding a rally in Waco, Texas. It corresponds to the 30th anniversary of the federal siege of the...
by Hunter
103 comments
on Tue Mar 21, 2023 at 12:45 PM PDT
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Facebook has active policy in place that targets “organizations or individuals that proclaim a violent mission or are engaged in violence.” This policy should ban from the site border militias and associated figures that frequently suggest armed...
by Gabe Ortiz
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on Tue Jan 24, 2023 at 11:53 AM PST
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While other far-right paramilitary groups who played key roles in the Jan. 6 insurrection, such as the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, have remained highly active in its aftermath, the followers of the antigovernment Boogaloo civil-war movement have...
by David Neiwert
127 comments
on Thu Nov 03, 2022 at 11:19 AM PDT
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On Thursday 29 September 2022, Thom Hartmann published an article on Daily Kos entitled Why Do So Many Americans Believe the Lies Pushed by the GOP? In it, he considered a long list of lies ...
by Liberal Thinking
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on Sun Oct 02, 2022 at 04:00 PM PDT
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The arrests this week of five Florida militiamen who called themselves the “B Squad” for their violent actions on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol serve as a helpful reminder that the Justice Department is still in the process of bringing the...
by David Neiwert
166 comments
on Thu Aug 25, 2022 at 01:28 PM PDT
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When a Michigan jury last April acquitted two of the key players in the plot by a group of far-right militiamen to kidnap and execute Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, it appeared that federal prosecutors once again had bungled a clear case of far-right criminal...
by David Neiwert
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on Tue Aug 23, 2022 at 03:34 PM PDT
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[add your voice to the poll at bottom] While Trump may have lusted at the thought that he could perhaps just arrive at the Capitol and complete his coup out of sheer force of will on Jan. 6th with his mob at his heels, others knew that it would take...
by ProgToddNorCal
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on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 02:00 PM PDT
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The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has released its report on the American assault rifle industry in the wake of more mass murders than it is possible to even remember at this point, and its discoveries aren't exactly surprising. But they do...
by Hunter
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on Wed Jul 27, 2022 at 12:05 PM PDT
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We here at Daily Kos are irritatingly familiar with the goings-on of the "Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officer Association," the Richard Mack-led hive of anti-government conspiracy theories that all vaguely revolves around a central premise...
by Hunter
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on Wed Jun 15, 2022 at 02:47 PM PDT
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When a retired Wisconsin judge was murdered in his home in the town of New Lisbon last Friday by a Trump supporter who shot himself but survived, police found a “hit list” on his person indicating he intended to target a number of prominent...
by David Neiwert
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on Tue Jun 07, 2022 at 01:32 PM PDT
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On this date in both 2019, 2020, as well as 2021, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” profiled David Eastman, a current member of the Alaska House of Representatives first elected to office in 2016 after a failed attempt to win a seat on the...
by republicinsanity
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on Wed May 04, 2022 at 04:39 PM PDT
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In New Mexico on March 3rd the founder of a Paramilitary Group that called itself the “New Mexico Civil Guard” was forced to give a deposition in a Civil lawsuit brought by the Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez. According to the article:...
by commander ogg
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on Sun Apr 17, 2022 at 05:42 PM PDT
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You’ve seen the plot in plenty of movie Westerns: a peaceful town is besieged by outlaws, often working for some powerful interest, and struggles to overcome the threat. That is also the plot of Patrick Strickland’s The Marauders: Standing Up to...
by DebtorsPrison
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on Tue Feb 22, 2022 at 06:00 PM PST
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A day after Sunday's successful (and uneventful) clearing of an anti-vaccine protest blocking the Ambassador Bridge border crossing between Canada and the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked the Emergencies Act to respond to...
by Hunter
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on Tue Feb 15, 2022 at 11:39 AM PST
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California recall race bellwether of far-right militia groups pivoting from fringe to local politics In a major victory for far-right extremists across California, a militia-backed movement has moved to replace moderate Republican leaders. On Tuesday night, it appeared all but assured that ultra-conservative Shasta County voters had successfully...
by Rebekah Sager
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on Thu Feb 03, 2022 at 06:06 AM PST
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Tasha Adams met Stewart Rhodes, fresh out of high school at 18, when she was working as a dance instructor at Arthur Murray Studios in Las Vegas. A Mormon girl from an ordinary upbringing, she had no idea when she began dating the good-looking ex-Army...
by David Neiwert
100 comments
on Tue Feb 01, 2022 at 10:38 AM PST
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The best antidote for�hot takes is hard data, and the � latest Daily Kos/Civiqs poll � is here with your cure. � This survey of � 1,390 registered voters was conducted online from Jan.
by Carolyn Fiddler
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on Fri Jan 28, 2022 at 05:05 AM PST
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