https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/us/immigration-raid-mask-ban-california.html

California state lawmakers passed a bill on Thursday that would bar most law enforcement officers from covering their faces while interacting with the public, a direct response to immigration raids by masked agents who have been difficult to identify.

California’s Legislature is believed to be the first to pass such a bill, though similar proposals have been introduced in other states and Congress.

The legislation now goes to Gov. Gavin Newsom, whose support is not certain.

#ice #Gestapo #secretpolice #California #MAGA #fascism #USPol #capol #trump #sturmabteilung #squadristi

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/09/notorious-proud-boys-brawler-serving-10-years-in-oregon-prison-loses-appeal.html

A man who drew a pistol and fired a paintball gun into a restive crowd of protesters in downtown Portland will remain in state prison, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled, rejecting most of his appeal. 

Alan J. Swinney is serving a 10-year sentence in the Oregon State Penitentiary after he was convicted of second-degree assault and unlawful use of a weapon for his actions during several “flag wave” protests held on the steps of the Multnomah County Justice Center in August 2020. 

Swinney, 55, had traveled from Texas to the protest as a self-proclaimed member of the Proud Boys, a far-right group that frequently clashed with black-clad counterprotesters in prior years.

#fascism #MAGA #proudboys #nazi #racism #racist #trump #brownshirts #sturmabteilung #squadristi #silvershirts #nazis #alanSwinney #pdx #portland #Oregon #orpol #USPol

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/us/newsom-la-immigration-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eE8.32Sp.oLf2OMuzcTQv&smid=url-share

“This is just completely unacceptable,” Ms. Bass said. “This is a Customs and Border Patrol that has gone amok. This absolutely has to stop. There was no danger here. There was no need to detain anyone here, and there was certainly no need to have a provocative act right here.”

this shit is really indistinguishable from the kinds of intimidation tactics used by alt right fascist groups like Patriot Prayer & the Proud Boys during Trump 1.

#USpol #MAGA #fascism #ICE #Gestapo #brownshirts #squadristi #patriotprayer #proudboys #nazi #nazis #gavinNewsom #giftLink #California #GiftArticle

This is really good and well worth the 19 minutes, even if you don't think the history of fashion in fascist Italy sounds like your cup of tea. Some of it seems obvious, in a way, but it's a topic I'd never given much thought to, and there were a number of surprises that never would've occurred to me. Good stuff well researched.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAfiCV-7QEw

#fascism #fashion #textiles #Italy #Mussolini #blackshirts #squadristi #histodon

Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized - The New York Times

Under a ruling by a Washington judge on Monday, the infamous far-right group was stripped of control over the trademark “Proud Boys” and was barred from selling any merchandise with either its name or its symbols without the consent of a Black church in Washington that its members vandalized. In June 2023, the church won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys after the organization’s former leader, Enrique Tarrio, and several of his subordinates attacked it in a night of violence after a pro-Trump rally in December 2020.

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In a lengthy statement, Mr. Tarrio said the church should have its nonprofit status revoked and Judge Bosier should be impeached. “Their actions are a betrayal of justice,” he wrote, adding, “I hold in contempt any motions, judgments and orders issued against me.”

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The church called the Proud Boys’ actions “acts of terror” in its lawsuit and said they had been meant “to intimidate the church and silence its support for racial justice.” A judge agreed, calling the Proud Boys’ conduct “hateful and overtly racist.”

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One lingering effect of that episode was that it turned the Proud Boys against the police after years of having troublingly close relationships with officers across the country. Another was that Mr. Bertino eventually became a government witness and testified against his compatriots at the trial of Mr. Tarrio and his co-defendants.

#fascism #proudBoys #MAGA #Sturmabteilung #Trump #ElonMusk #markZuckerberg #jeffBezos #peterThiel #oligarchy #bootlickers #corruption #coup #uspol #squadristi #nazi #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #racism

Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence

In one incident, "Huttle spanked his 3-year-old son so hard that he left bruises all over the child's backside and the child's neck, and the child had such extreme pain on his backside that he could not sit properly for a week," prosecutors said. "Huttle was sentenced to 2.5 years of imprisonment."

Theodore Middendorf was accused by Illinois prosecutors of "Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child." Prosecutors said in a court filing obtained by NPR that Middendorf "committed an act of sexual penetration." Indiana state records indicate that Middendorf's victim was 7 years old.

When those prosecutors made their sentencing recommendations to the judge, they described a 1994 disorderly conduct case for throwing a "lit cigarette at a victim" and striking her "near her eyes"; a 2004 case for assault with a deadly weapon; a 2019 case for "terroristic threats" for threatening police while under arrest for domestic assault; and a 2020 case of assaulting his wife "including by biting her on the forehead and punching her multiple times."

David Daniel of Mint Hill, N.C., is charged with "Production of Child Pornography" and "Possession of Child Pornography," which allegedly "involved a prepubescent minor" and a child under 12 years old.

Arrest warrant records alleged that Daniel Ball of Florida threw an "explosive device that detonated upon at least 25 officers" during the Capitol riot and also "forcefully" shoved police trying to protect the building. According to charging documents, Ball had a criminal record before his arrest for Jan. 6, including for "Domestic Violence Battery by Strangulation," "Resisting Law Enforcement with Violence," and "Battery on Law Enforcement Officer."

The Harris County District Attorney in Texas has said that Taake is wanted on 2016 charges of soliciting a minor online. "We are already in the process of tracking Taake down," District Attorney Sean Teare said in a statement shared with NPR. Taake allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl, but was, in fact, an undercover law enforcement officer, prosecutors alleged as part of his Jan. 6 case.

Kasey Hopkins, "has a lengthy and troubling criminal history" including a 2002 conviction for "forcible rape," which resulted in a seven-year prison sentence, according to prosecutors' sentencing memorandum for his Jan. 6 case.

In 2004, Edward Richmond Jr. was serving in the U.S. Army when he "was convicted of manslaughter after shooting a hand-cuffed Iraqi cow herder in the head with his rifle," prosecutors said in their arguments about sentencing in Richmond's Jan. 6 case. For the manslaughter conviction, "Richmond was sentenced to three years of military confinement and dishonorably discharged."

Jonathan Gennaro Mellis had a previous felony criminal conviction for drug trafficking — conspiracy to manufacture or sell methamphetamine — which resulted in a 20-year prison sentence, court documents state. Prosecutors said he also had a history of arrests, which did not result in conviction, including for domestic assault.

Benjamin Martin pled to obstruction of a public officer in 2003, a 2016 battery charge where he repeatedly struck his 14-year-old daughter, and a 2018 battery charge where Martin choked his girlfriend and dragged her back into the house after she tried to flee," prosecutors wrote.

Edward Hemenway "has a serious criminal history, dating back to 2004," prosecutors said in their arguments during sentencing in the Jan. 6 case. In 2006, Hemenway pleaded guilty to "Sexual Battery and Criminal Confinement" and was initially sentenced to three years in prison. "His probation was revoked, however, and he was re-sentenced to 5 years imprisonment," prosecutors said.

#MAGA #jan6 #j6 #Trump #fascism #nazi #CSAM #childsexualabuse #sexualAssault #rape #sadism #ElonMusk #markZuckerberg #jeffBezos #oligarchy #freikorps #uspol #squadristi #Sturmabteilung #coup #putsch #farRight #altRight

#ProudBoys #TrumpRegime #squadristi #déjà_vu #PrideMonth

"An analysis of Proud Boys’ social media channels by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism identified a surge in online activity following the January 6 pardons, including discussions of ramping up real-world activism to help further the Trump administration's agenda. 'Posts from Proud Boys groups reveal an emboldened network, with members fantasizing about mass deportation schemes and threatening to escalate their attacks during Pride Month,' the GPAHE said in a statement. 'These developments point to a broader alignment between extremist groups and the Trump regime, raising urgent concerns about public safety and the normalization of far-right violence.'"

https://www.wired.com/story/proud-boys-comeback-revenge/

[Clackamas] county, which shares a border with the City of Portland, Oregon, had been a flash point of far-right activity as less urban communities were tested for their tolerance of far right extremists such as the Proud Boys–who were central participants in the January 6, 2021 attacks on both the US and Oregon Capitols that day. On June 18th, five months after January 6th, [Proud Boy and Vice Chair…] the Vice Chair of the Clackamas Republican party, Daniel Tooze, who was present in the park that day, told park staff that he and the Proud Boys were going to attack any counter-protestors that showed up.

https://cldc.org/press-release-jury-misses-mark-and-finds-independent-journalist-alissa-azar-guilty-of-riot-disorderly-conduct/

#oregoncity #proudboys #fascism #nazis #JAN6 #J6 #clackamascounty #clackamas #CLDC #pdx #portland #Oregon #orpol #uspol #maga #clackamascountygop #clackamascountyrepublicans #dantooze #racism #bigotry #gordoncronk #sonnenrad #altright #joshcutino #joshuaCutino #gothboyscouts #sturmabteilung #squadristi #squadrismo #freikorps #ccso #ocpd #pnw #DanielTooze #proudboy #kkk #klan #klansman #klansmen