ADL Finds 1,100 People Donated to Both Canada Freedom Convoy and Jan. 6 Demonstration
“For the second time since February 13, an unknown hacker leaked information from GiveSendGo, a Christian-oriented crowdfunding website, revealing identifying information of people donating both to Canada’s “Freedom Convoy” protest and the January 6 demonstration outside the U.S. Capitol. The leak also revealed donations to plan a similar convoy in the United States and contributions to the defense fund for Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who fatally shot two people during unrest in Kenosha, Wis., in 2020.”
“The biggest funder of both campaigns is Jim Hoft, the editor in chief of Gateway Pundit, a far-right news site. Earlier in February 2022, Hoft was permanently suspended from Twitter for violating its civic integrity policy due to promoting disinformation about the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Hoft is also associated with the Justice League of America Vote Fraud Investigation, American Gulag for Jan 6 Political Prisoners, Help Gateway Pundit Fight GA (Georgia) Left Group’s Assault, Justice League of America Audit Reporting, TGP (The Gateway Pundit) Fights Back Against Big Tech Censorship, and Justice League for America Against Tech Censorship. As of the time of the leak, Hoft has raised $345,000 from these campaigns.”
Josh Hawley Defends Selling Merch of His Fist-Pump Salute to Jan. 6 Rioters: It’s ‘Not A Pro-Riot Mug’
This is sad:
Republicans closely resemble autocratic parties in Hungary and Turkey – study
“Swedish university finds ‘dramatic shift’ in GOP under Trump, shunning democratic norms and encouraging violence“
‘Show up armed’ to protect GOP election observers, Michigan candidate suggests
“Lansing — Republican Mike Detmer, a candidate for the Michigan state Senate, told a crowd Saturday that people should “show up armed” to protect Republican election observers’ access to monitor the counting of ballots.”
The Jan. 6 insurrection was a pitiful performance of white victimhood
“The largely white gathering of Capitol rioters desperately wanted to depict themselves as victims. Here’s why their plan has failed.”
January 10, 2021:
Exclusive: Far Right’s Growing Anti-Government Rage Put Security Agencies on Alert
A great twitter thread:
Sad,
34% of Americans say violence against government is sometimes justified, new poll finds
“Washington (CNN) Thirty-four percent of Americans think violent action against the government is sometimes justified, according to a new poll from The Washington Post and the University of Maryland released days ahead of the one-year anniversary of the insurrection at the US Capitol.
The new figure “is considerably higher than in past polls by the Post or other major news organizations dating back more than two decades,” according to the newspaper. The survey, conducted between December 17 and 19, revealed stark partisan splits on the question: 40% of Republicans and 41% of independents said violence against government is sometimes justified, compared to 23% of Democrats.
In a separate CBS News-YouGov poll released Sunday, 62% of Americans said they expect violence over losing in future presidential elections; 38% said they expect the losing side will concede peacefully. At least a quarter of Americans said “force might be justified,” depending on the situation, regarding issues like civil rights, gun policies, election results and labor.”
“Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the January 6 attack, during which supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an attempt to stop lawmakers from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election.”
An internet friend with a great (and sad!) twitter thread:
The GOP Has Its Own Squad—of Stupid Sycophants and Sickos
The Military
Likes, shares and posts now prohibited in Pentagon’s new anti-extremism policy
“Membership in extremist groups is still not prohibited by the Defense Department, but an updated instruction released Monday seeks to prohibit pretty much everything that one might do in association with an extremist group.”
and Bigotry
Ignorance
And Lies
Rage
Paul Gosar responds to House censure by posting a #gosarlife meme on Gettr and retweeting the same anime video about AOC that got him censured
Louie Gohmert Suggests People ‘Go to the Streets’ and Be ‘Violent’ After Judge Throws Out Baseless Election Suit
Causes this:
that leads to this
A Man Was Arrested For Threatening A Republican Who Voted For Democrats’ Infrastructure Plan
Ignorance, From Critical Race Theory to Masks to Vaccines
How COVID Broke the Way We Respond to Crises
“The country failed to come together during the pandemic. Can it come to together to stop climate change?“
“The COVID-19 pandemic has not, however, been a time of national healing and unity in the U.S. Debates over lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccination only exacerbated divisions. Polarized politics maimed the public health response to COVID. The pandemic brightened the spotlight on how tribal America has become.
“What’s so strange about what happened with COVID is the world handed Republicans and Democrats a common enemy—of the COVID virus—and everyone could have joined together to fight it,” Jon Krosnick, a social psychologist at Stanford University told The Daily Beast. “In fact, it went the opposite way.”
Psychologists like Krosnick have been stunned by this outcome. And they fear it is a stark warning for what may happen when climate change—one of the biggest existential threats humanity has ever faced—becomes a greater threat in our daily lives.”
What used to be my party until Trump has no desire to govern,
Just give donors tax breaks and deregulation,
