Extremists Links: LGBTIQ Community Celebrates Pride Month Despite Threats of Far Right Extremist Violence
Extremists Links: LGBTIQ Community Celebrates Pride Month Despite Threats of Far Right Extremist Violence
The LGBTIQ community has celebrated Pride Month with events throughout the country, despite continued threats of far right extremists violence.
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The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.
*Extremists Links is a weekly round-up of reporting on extremists groups including the White Supremacists and Militia Movements, as well as reporting on the investigations into the January 6th Insurrection. This week, Extremists Links is available to all subscribers to Radical Reports.
White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Far Right Extremists
Communities Continue To Mobilize Against Anti-LGBTQ Attacks As New Fascist Formations Emerge [It’s Going Down]
Pride organizers promise safety at festivities amid anti-LGBTQ rhetoric [ABC News]
Utah Pride Festival security cost $300k this year — up five-fold due to anti-LGBTQ+ hate. [The Salt Lake Tribune]
Police welcome at Motor City Pride [Axios]
Pride Month Begins, as Attacks on LGBTQ+ Rights and Women’s Rights Escalate [Ms. Magazine]
‘Resilience of the community’: Coeur d’Alene’s Pride in the Park stays peaceful after Patriot Front arrests last year [The Spokesman-Review]
‘Reject the hate’: A look at North Idaho’s LGBTQ+ community after Patriot Front arrests [Idaho Capital Sun]
Tennessee pride celebrations showcase queer joy amid neo-Nazi threats and legal attacks [Raw Story]
'Fear and hostility': DeSantis legislation prompts Florida cities to cancel, restrict Pride events [USA Today]
Fight erupts at anti-Pride Day protest outside L.A. school where trans teacher’s flag was burned [Los Angeles Times]
Parents and LGBTQ+ advocates clash at Saticoy Elementary School Pride protest [San Bernardino Sun]
Hate Crime Probe Launched After LGBTQ+ Flag Torched at Elementary School [The Daily Beast]
Anti-drag & Pride protest in suburban Virginia just outside of D.C. [Los Angeles Blade]
Pride Day banner vandalized in Bolton over the weekend; hate crime investigation ensues [MassLive.com]
'It's horrifying,' Individual fires pellet gun toward line of people outside LGBTQ+ bar in Westport [ABC News]
Pro LGBTQ+ Brands Braces for a Right-Wing War on Pride Month [Insider]
More Than 530 Anti-LGBTQ Bills Have Been Proposed Across the Country in 2023 [TruthOut]
Russia Moves to Ban Trans Health Care [Human Rights Watch]
Incel-inspired Toronto massage parlour murder was act of terror, judge rules [CBC]
Prominent figure in German far-right party charged over alleged Nazi slogan [Associated Press]
Report: Even as Militias Disbanded, Anti-Government Groups Surged in US [VOA]
Moms for Liberty listed as ‘anti-government’ group by extremism watchdog [The Guardian]
You might not have heard of a far-right site called Poast. A hack reveals what's happening [USA Today]
The case of an armed far-right operative arrested in Genesee County [The Buffalo News]
Judge dismisses civil rights case against NSC-131, a blow to prosecutors seeking to rein in white supremacist group [NPR]
Utah Patriot Front Homophobe Sentenced for Child Pornography [Advocate]
Chesterfield teen threatened family and warned of death penalty, investigators say [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Failed Republican candidate charged in shooting spree aimed at New Mexico Democrats [Reuters]
Failed New Mexico GOP candidate indicted by federal grand jury in alleged shooting spree targeting Democratic officials’ homes [CNN]
AZ GOP senator proudly flies flag adopted by ‘fringe’ far-right extremists [Arizona Mirror]
12 missing as Oklahoma investigates white supremacist gang. Who are they? [The Oklahoman]
SLO County supervisors clash over how to denounce racism after ‘white pride’ banner [San Luis Obispo Tribune]
Hate crimes are on the rise in Maine [NBC News]
Antisemitic incidents are on the rise in most states [Waco Tribune-Herald]
Leaders call for funding to combat antisemitism and hate [CBS News]
Sacramento Jewish leaders hold event to denounce man giving antisemitic comments at council [The Sacramento Bee]
Sacramento leaders denounce antisemitic speaker frequenting city council meetings [ABC News]
Caught on Camera: More hateful antisemitic flyers show up in OKC neighborhoods [CBS News]
Man charged with hate crime, told convenience store worker 'go back to your country' [ABC News]
January 6th Insurrection Investigations
Jan. 6 Capitol riot's most serious offenders are sentenced. What that means for 2024 [USA Today]
Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Says He’s a Political Prisoner. Republicans Are Listening. [The Intercept]
Trump allies are 'chasing shadows' in Capitol riot footage – but not finding bombshells: analysis [Raw Story]
Marjorie Taylor Greene flip-flops on public release of Jan 6 footage, having proclaimed that selected journalists would get unfettered access [Insider]
'What is real?' Jan. 6 defendant acts as own attorney in 'stream of consciousness' court documents [Raw Story]
Alex Jones lawyer wants to take over appeal for Proud Boy member convicted of seditious conspiracy [Law & Crime]
DOJ counters QAnon Shaman’s bid to toss his Jan. 6 sentence [Politico]
Two Oath Keepers convicted of sedition in US Capitol attack sentenced to prison [Reuters]
Army veteran affiliated with Oath Keepers sentenced to 3 years in prison for role in January 6 riot [CNN]
Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison [Associated Press]
Oath Keepers member who sped to Capitol on a golf cart gets more than four years in prison [CNN]
Medford woman known as Ayla Wolf to soon hear fate for 'commander' role in Capitol riot [Cherry Hill Courier-Post]
Lehigh Valley man who shoved barricade into officers convicted of 7 charges in Jan. 6 insurrection [The Morning Call]
N.J. Oath Keepers member will plead guilty to Jan. 6 charge, lawyer says [NJ.com]
Oath Keepers member pleads guilty to felony in Jan. 6 case [The Hill]
Government wants case against Madison man charged in Capitol Siege dismissed [CBS News]
Former FBI agent who lived in Bend formally charged for his actions during Jan. 6 insurrection [NPR]
Arkansas January 6 insurrectionist Richard Barnett files appeal of federal conviction [NBC News]
Trial underway for Patrick Stedman, Capitol riot suspect from Haddonfield [Cherry Hill Courier-Post]
Chicago January 6th defendant says he was coerced into signing plea deal [ABC News]
The number of veterans, former law enforcement, and ex-FBI officials involved in the insurrection remains stunning.