Morning Briefing: Capitol Rioters File Lawsuit Against Capitol Police for Excessive Force
Supporters of President Donald Trump that attacked the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 are now reportedly “suing Capitol and D.C. Police for excessive force.”
The Briefing: Supporters of President Donald Trump that attacked the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 are now reportedly “suing Capitol and D.C. Police for excessive force.” A lawsuit filed in the the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida alleges that members of the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police attacked a “peaceful crowd.”
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order to allows the U.S. Justice Department to “move forward with dismissing a criminal case” against Steve Bannon, who was “convicted after defying a congressional subpoena.”
Kaleb Christopher Merritt pleaded guilty to “leading a child exploitation enterprise connected to an internet-based extremist group that entices and targets children into producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and images of self-harm,” according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
Known online as “eTerror,” Merritt admitted his participation as a member and leader of an online group which “espoused neo-Nazism, nihilism and pedophilia as core principles and was dedicated to exposing children, primarily young girls, to material depicting and promoting these ideas.”
Legislation that would allow anyone to file a lawsuit over the removal of Confederate monuments failed to pass by a “whisper-thin margin” in the Republican-controlled Georgia State House.
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Amogh Dimri writes that “there is increasing concern on the left and in parts of the MAGA right about the rise of Groypers, a term for the growing number of people, most of them conservative young men, who follow [Nick] Fuentes, a man who has denied the Holocaust, defended Jim Crow, and argued that women should be denied the vote and that many of them ‘want to be raped.’ But Fuentes also appears to be gaining a following on the left. Thanks to an army of fans bent on broadening his audience, clips of Fuentes sounding well mannered and oddly agreeable now regularly go viral on the very social-media platforms that have officially banned him for his hate speech and anti-Semitism… Many left-wing social-media users are as mistrustful of mainstream-media outlets as Fuentes’s usual fans, which may prime them to reconsider a figure the usual gatekeepers have dismissed. People on the outer edges of the political spectrum also tend to share anti-elitist, anti-establishment views, which can shade into the hatreds that Fuentes is so skilled at tapping.” [The Atlantic]
Jason Wilson writes that the “newly appointed College Republicans of America political director Kai Schwemmer has made racist, antisemitic, homophobic and sexist statements while espousing extremist rightwing views on abortion, a Guardian review of livestream recordings can reveal. Schwemmer said he would accept a world in which slavery was legal if abortion was criminalized, describes himself as ‘very much an anti universal suffrage guy’ and accepts a supporter’s description of him as ‘our Mormon Nick Fuentes’ – referring to the white nationalist influencer whose platform he streamed on for years. The comments were made after Schwemmer’s return from a two-year Mormon mission to Argentina, a period he recently claimed had seen him undergo a “process of growth” that led him to abandon previous racist beliefs. Schwemmer had previously expressed extremist and bigoted views.” [The Guardian]
Rachel Monroe writes that “when Trump first announced his Presidential run, evangelical élites, like other institutionalists, were slow to embrace the crude, multiply divorced New Yorker who struggled to name his favorite Bible verse. Much of Trump’s initial support came from the nondenominational charismatic world. (Charismatic Christianity is centered on worshippers’ direct, personal encounters with the Holy Spirit, and maintains that the prophetic revelations and demonic attacks of the Church’s early era are still active forces today.) These churches, which largely existed outside established hierarchies, were quicker to tap into their congregants’ interest in Trump. Many key figures were associated with a movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which aims to establish Christian dominion over American society and government.” [The New Yorker]
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Current events DO NOT aid the Jewish cause IMHO. The relentless indiscriminate bombing of the right wing Netanyahu regime Gaza causing perhaps 100 thousand deaths, The economic collapse in 2007 caused greatly by our friend Jeffrey Epstein. AND the nearly 30 year reign of a massive international child sex exploitation ring that has ensnared the world most influential/powerful people.....ALL COORDINATED BY JEFFREY EPSTEIN & GHISLANE MAXWELL....both agents of Israel??
The U.S. sending hundreds of billions of dollars to support Israel (a noble cause but still..) providing military support & ancillary benefits like FREE HEALTH CARE & NEARLY FREE COLLEGE like most European nations & Canada.
WHO ensnared the U.S. in a war that will negatively impact the WORLD economy for decades (& other geopolitical probs)?? Why our good friend & zionist (like Schumer), Bibi Netanyahu. Saudi Arabia also helped in convincing us too.....Saudis were the same ones that sent 19 hijackers to fly planes &,do damage. But apparently, we don't hold grudges cause they still been our buddies since 2001 Thoughts...???