Jerrod Sessler, 55, wants a seat in Congress. He’s not qualified for the job. And he’ll probably lose. Sessler is challenging Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), who represents a central Washington district that includes Tri-Cities and the Hanford reservation, which means a lot of scientists, engi[...]
Posts Tagged ‘White Supremacists’
February 14th, 2023 - 6:52 pm § in Law and Courts, Racism
Good riddance
“Teddy Von Nukem, a southwest Missouri man featured prominently in photos from the infamous 2017 Charlottesville white-supremacist rally, died Jan. 30 this year, the same day he was scheduled to go trial for allegedly trafficking fentanyl across the Mexico border,” a local newspaper repo[...]
November 10th, 2022 - 10:59 am § in Politics, Republicans
Confederate candidate refuses to concede after losing by 20 points
Michael Peroutka is fighting mad. He’s still angry that Maryland was kept from seceding in 1861 by the state’s then-governor and Lincoln’s machinations (e.g., planting artillery batteries on a hill overlooking Baltimore after federal troops were attacked there; see historical detai[...]
August 23rd, 2022 - 6:26 pm § in Law and Courts
Another guilty plea in Lynnwood skinhead assault case
Randy Aaron Smith, 42, of Eugene, Oregon, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, to federal charges for participating in a skinhead gang’s brutal beating of a black disc jockey in 2018 at a Lynnwood, Washington bar (read story here). He was one of a group of at least 16 belligerent white [...]
Clown parade (video)
“Patriot Front, a group widely considered to be White nationalists, marched at the National Mall in Washington, DC, wearing white masks and carrying plastic shields. CNN’s Laura Jarrett and John Avlon react to the scene.” — CNN, December 6, 2021 Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
November 27th, 2018 - 3:33 pm § in Politics
Heather Heyer’s killer claims self-defense!
Really? Is he serious? James Fields Jr. will claim “he thought he was acting in self-defense” when he drove his car into a crowd, killing Heather Heyer and injuring 28 others, according to his defense attorney. Fields is charged with murder, hate crimes, hit and run, and other felonies.[...]