Germany was to be a monarchy again. Until they were arrested last week, they had guns and ammunition, intended to force their way into parliament, handcuff its members, and hold off police. (Sound familiar?) “These so-called Reich citizens are individuals … who don’t recognise the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rightwing Extremists’
December 4th, 2022 - 1:32 pm § in Christianity, Politics
Why do we let these people call themselves Christians?
Until his double life was exposed, Thomas Achord (photo below) was headmaster of a Baton Rouge school for “classical Christian education.” Hiding behind a pseudonym, he advocated “Christian nationalism,” a far-right ideology that respects neither democracy nor religious freedom (see [...]
The New Right’s dangerous idea
The New Right, Vox writer Zach Beauchamp says (here), is “a loose grouping of conservative thinkers who advocate aggressively wielding state power to promote a more conservative culture.” One of their apostles is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has presidential ambitions. He has aggressiv[...]
November 9th, 2022 - 10:16 am § in Politics, Republicans
Election post-mortem: First, GOPers need to get their facts straight
As the dust settles on the 2022 elections, and dazed Republicans wonder why their party underperformed, they should begin by getting the facts straight. Conservative commentator Marc Thiessen is a bad person who endorsed torture during the Bush regime, see his profile here, but let’s skip over[...]
What U.S. Civil War 2.0 would be like
Not at all like the 1861-1865 conflict, but potentially just as destructive and bloody. We don’t have to guess how it would play out; Prof. Barbara F. Walter (profile here), who studies political violence, points out that “far-right groups such as the Proud Boys have told us how they pl[...]
The voting machine wars
Voting machines have been breached by Trump loyalists in at least three states. In all these cases, they gained physical access to the machines and/or obtained confidential software and data. The consequences: “Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Copies of confidential voting soft[...]
September 12th, 2022 - 12:01 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Deranged QAnon Trumper even shot the dog after shooting his family
A QAnon Trumper driven insane by Trump’s 2020 election defeat shot his wife and daughters, then shot the family dog, too. Igor Lanis, 53, of Walled Lake, Michigan (a Detroit suburb), was killed by police when he shot at them, too. His wife, Tina Lanis, 56, died at the scene from multiple handg[...]
August 17th, 2022 - 2:16 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Missouri Trumper indicted for threatening Arizona election official
A Missouri man who left a veiled death threat in an Arizona election official’s voicemail is looking at federal prison time, and he should be. Walter Lee Hoornstra, 50, of Tecumseh, Missouri, was indicted by a federal grand jury for making an interstate threat and communicating it by an inters[...]
August 15th, 2022 - 1:09 pm § in Law and Courts
What happens to morons who threaten to kill FBI employees
For purposes of this posting, I’ll assume children under 12 don’t read this blog, and kids over that age already know all the dirty words in the English language. I’m pretty sure that in Soviet days, Russian citizens frustrated with the regime didn’t call up the KGB and say, [...]
What a GOP governor will do to Pennsylvania elections
Doug Mastriano, who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Trump rally (but not the Capitol riot following the rally) and is a persistent election denier, won the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania governor on Tuesday. Here’s what a commenter on HorsesAss.org predicted he’ll do if elected in Nov[...]