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WHEN A PORTLAND TRANS WOMAN WAS ATTACKED, A PATRIOT PRAYER ASSOCIATE APPARENTLY CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY AND ANOTHER HARASSED HER GOFUNDME
by ABNER HÄUGE | February 16, 2019
“A beloved member of our community was violently attacked from behind with a baseball bat possibly by multiple individuals in the Buckman neighborhood near S.E. Morrison,” the GoFundMe page for “Trauma recovery fund for our girl” reads. The attack occurred sometime around 1AM on Sunday the 10th. The survivor, Sophia, said she was ambushed. “I […]
MAGA GIRL ORGANIZATION SET TO HOLD ANTI-LGBT EVENT ON A HIGHWAY OVERPASS
by ABNER HÄUGE | February 4, 2019
“Are you sick and tired of watching perverted mentally ill pedophiles brainwash our youth and society with their idiologies [sic]? They have abused the rainbow for the last time!!!” reads the description of MAGA Girl founder Denise Ruiz’s latest rally, the “The Rainbow Event.” Ruiz, who organized the Las Vegas “Alpha March” counter to the […]
LAURA LOOMER DRESSES UP AS RACIST CARICATURE AND GETS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING AT GOVERNOR’S MANSION
by ABNER HÄUGE | January 31, 2019
“How many people do we have on the livestream so far?” Laura Loomer asks, standing on the sidewalk by the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento. It’s Wednesday January 30th. Ben Bergquam grins in the foreground. “I have to do my botox smile.” He says. They’re both dressed as racist caricatures of Mexican people, wearing ponchos and […]
ALL WEST COAST “ALPHA MARCHES” CANCELLED EXCEPT FOR LAS VEGAS
by ABNER HÄUGE | December 28, 2018
Denise Ruiz, self-identified III% member and official MAGA Girl store owner, announced a change of plans recently. In the description of a livestream interview Sunday, fellow III% supporter Erin A. Gooch said that the only west coast rally for the nationwide “Alpha March” on January 19th would be in Las Vegas. In the livestream, Ruiz […]
UPDATE–THE YELLOW VESTS AND FAR-RIGHT INFILTRATION
by ABNER HÄUGE | December 23, 2018
This is an updated version of an article that ran on December 21st. It includes comment from a Maine-based organizer with American Yellow Vests (AYV) who did not give a name. For over a month now, the gilets jaunes or Yellow Vests, a popular uprising in France that started in response to a gas tax, […]
THE YELLOW VESTS ARE COMING TOMORROW–AND FAR-RIGHT ACTIVISTS ARE LOOKING TO JOIN
by ABNER HÄUGE | December 21, 2018
For over a month now, the gilets jaunes or Yellow Vests, a popular uprising in France that started in response to a gas tax, has captured international attention. Protests have been violent, with police often firing less-lethal munitions at demonstrators. Like the Arab Spring and Occupy movements before it, the Yellow Vests have spread across […]
FAR-RIGHT ACTIVISTS ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR WOMENS’ MARCH COUNTER PROTEST IN FRESNO
by ABNER HÄUGE | December 14, 2018
On January 19th the “Alpha March” is set to counter what its organizers call the “Anti-American haters” of the nation-wide Womens’ March. “They might be a women’s organization that is paid & funded by leftist foundations but we have the man power to march along side our real women’s National Community of Alpha’s who know […]
ALLEGATIONS OF PROUD BOYS VIOLENCE LEAD BAY AREA VENUES TO CANCEL SHOWS
by ABNER HÄUGE | December 10, 2018
Ollie Cline’s band, White Lighter, is having some bad luck lately. Last month, they were booted from historic Berkeley venue 924 Gilman. Two other Bay Area venues cancelled their shows shortly after. Why? It started with a hoodie. White Lighter was on the bill at Gilman on November 3rd. They loaded their gear in and […]