Wanda Traczyk-Stawska, 94, fought the Nazis as a member of the Polish Resistance in World War 2, cradling a machinegun during the Warsaw Uprising. Speaking at a pro-European Union rally recently, she was heckled by far-right extremists in the crowd. They were picking on the wrong war veteran and ex-[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Rightwing Extremists’
November 8th, 2021 - 7:14 pm § in Politics
Rep. Gosar is stoking political violence again
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ, photo at left) isn’t just a freak, he’s a dangerous freak. And he’s in Congress, thanks to Arizona Republican voters. His Wikipedia biography (here) alludes to “his espousal of far-right conspiracy theories and ties to white nationalist and anti-governm[...]
This isn’t free speech or protest
Getting up in front of a school board meeting and saying you object to vaccine and mask requirements is free speech. Peacefully marching with signs in front of a school district administration office is protest. The following is NOT free speech of protest: dumping chemicals on a school board member&[...]
It’s legal reckoning time for the Charlottesville neo-Nazis
In Charlottesville, harassment became violence, then injury and death, and now a big lawsuit. Lawyers bankrupted Idaho white supremacist Richard Butler (bio here), bulldozed his Aryan Nations compound, and converted it to a peace park (details here). Now, lawyers are going after the organizers of th[...]
September 4th, 2021 - 7:03 pm § in Law and Courts, Politics
Proud Boy shot in foot
Tusitala Toese (<– this dude) was shot in the foot during an altercation between Proud Boys and alleged “antifa” members in Olympia, Washington, on Saturday, September 4, 2021 (read story here). By unknown person or persons, possibly himself. Boo hoo. The above-linked news repor[...]
This is what happens to businesses who cater to extremists
“Evan Hafer just wants the vitriol to stop. The founder and CEO of veteran-owned Black Rifle Coffee Company has received copious hate mail, social media backlash and disparaging phone calls in the wake of a New York Times’ article profiling the company, which paints itself as an organi[...]
January 8th, 2015 - 10:37 pm § in Politics
5 Georgia militia members charged with domestic terrorism
Three members of a Georgia rightwing militia charged Monday with domestic terrorism could get life if convicted of conspiring to bomb an Atlanta police station and other government offices. They also allegedly tried to recruit others to carry out similar attacks in other states. They were arrested l[...]
December 30th, 2014 - 10:34 pm § in Misc.
Richard Mack wants to be your sheriff
If you live in Navajo County, Arizona, Richard Mack wants to be your sheriff. But he also wants more. A couple weeks ago, at a Few Dozen Gun Nuts Rally in Olympia, Washington, Mack announced his intention of turning Navajo County into a libertarian paradise. To help make this happen, he urged his fo[...]