Sojourner001d ago
Sen. Patty Murray, who as vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee is central to the talks, said Trump’s demands have made negotiations difficult and added: “We’ve been very clear that if we’re talking about funding any part of ICE and CBP, we absolutely must take some key steps to rein them in. The current Republican offer in front of us does not do that. Reforms must make it into law.”
#meltICE #reformICE #stopdomesticterrorism
mvarioOct 31, 2024

Proud Boy Closure or John Roberts' Get Out of Jail Free Card? - emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/10/31/proud-boy-closure-or-john-roberts-get-out-of-jail-free-card/

#RememberJan6 #StopDomesticTerrorism #ExpandSCOTUS

Proud Boy Closure or John Roberts' Get Out of Jail Free Card? - emptywheel

Some developments in the Proud Boys cases make me wonder whether John Roberts' revision of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) made it difficult if not impossible to hold accountable key players that tie the January 6 crime scene and the Willard together.

emptywheel
mvarioOct 31, 2024

XConspiracies, calls for violence spike online ahead of Election Day

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/extremism-disinformation/2024/10/29/conspiracies-calls-for-violence-spike-online-ahead-of-election-day/

#StopDomesticTerrorism #SaveDemocracyVoteBlue #StopFascism #StopProject2025

Conspiracies, calls for violence spike online ahead of Election Day

Posts about election denialism, the false belief that elections are unfair and could be “stolen,” increased by 317% on Telegram and 105% on Gab in October.

Military Times
mvarioOct 30, 2024

Trump fan charged with plotting to murder FBI agents had a gun on Jan. 6, DOJ says

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-fan-charged-plotting-murder-fbi-agents-gun-jan-6-doj-says-rcna177696

#RememberJan6 #StopDomesticTerrorism

Trump fan charged with plotting to murder FBI agents had a gun on Jan. 6, DOJ says

Edward Kelley, a Donald Trump supporter charged with plotting to kill FBI agents investigating him on Jan. 6 charges, appears to have had a gun during the Capitol attack, DOJ alleges.

NBC News
mvarioOct 29, 2024

An Insurrectionist Once Helped Lead This Police Department. Insiders Speak Out About Its Culture of White Supremacy.

https://theintercept.com/2024/10/29/fontana-police-racism-white-supremacy/

#RememberJan6 #StopDomesticTerrorism #EndRacism #ACAB

An Insurrectionist Once Helped Lead This Police Department. Insiders Speak Out About Its Culture of White Supremacy.

Veterans of California’s Fontana Police Department blow the whistle about the racism within its ranks.

The Intercept
mvarioOct 26, 2024

Thug In MAGA Hat Arrested For Allegedly Punching Election Worker

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/maga-hat-punch-elderly-election-worker-police_n_671c131be4b00589e7dd14df

#NoNazis #StopDomesticTerrorism #SaveDemocracyVoteBlue #StopFascism #StopProject2025

Man In MAGA Hat Arrested For Allegedly Punching Election Worker

Officials called the episode “ugly” and urged calm.

HuffPost
mvarioOct 24, 2024

Judges and Border Police Targeted by Anti-Government Extremists, Doxed as ‘Traitors’ | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/judges-border-police-targeted-extremism/

#StopDomesticTerrorism #PassDomesticTerrorismLaws #SaveDemocracyVoteBlue #StopFascism #StopProject2025

Judges and Border Police Targeted by Anti-Government Extremists, Doxed as 'Traitors'

A report from the US Department of Homeland Security claims that self-identified militia members have posted the names and photos of US government officials in reaction to their work on the US-Mexico border.

WIRED
mvarioOct 19, 2024

His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it.

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-10-18/veteran-extremism-15548252.html

#StopDomesticTerrorism

His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it.

Chris Arthur is one of more than 480 people with a military background accused of ideologically driven extremist crimes from 2017 through 2023, including the more than 230 arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Stars and Stripes
mvarioOct 14, 2024

We Are All Don Bacon's Wife: The Threats Trump Elicits for Personal Gain - emptywheel

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/10/14/we-are-all-don-bacons-wife-the-threats-trump-elicits-for-personal-gain/

#GunControlNow #StopDomesticTerrorism #SaveDemocracyVoteBlue #StopFascism #StopProject2025

We Are All Don Bacon's Wife: The Threats Trump Elicits for Personal Gain - emptywheel

The list of people against whom Trump has elicited threats is perhaps the best indication of what a second Trump term would look like.

emptywheel
mvarioOct 13, 2024

Jewish school in Canada hit by gunfire for second time

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241012-jewish-school-in-canada-hit-by-gunfire-for-second-time

#StopAntisemitism #StopDomesticTerrorism

Jewish school in Canada hit by gunfire for second time

A Jewish school in Toronto was hit by gunfire Saturday for the second time this year, police said, as Canada sees a rise in anti-Semitic attacks since the start of the war in Gaza.

FRANCE 24