DESERTBORDER
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Articles by DESERTBORDER
QANON RALLY FLOPS IN HOLLYWOOD
by DESERTBORDER | September 4, 2022
QAnoners and MAGA cultists rallied in Hollywood on Saturday–but their turnout paled in comparison to the numbers they used to draw. About 50 QAnoners rallied at the corner of Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles, a world-famous tourist hotspot. A roughly equal number of counter-protesters showed up to confront them, leading LAPD to point less-lethal […]
MR. TRUMP GOES TO PRISON TOWN & OTHER ARIZONA TALES
by DESERTBORDER | ARIZONA RIGHT WATCH | January 22, 2022
The fascists were out in force in Arizona on Saturday. Thousands upon thousands of QAnoners, Christian dominionists, white nationalists and other assorted far-right cultists turned out for a large anti-abortion march in the morning, followed in the evening by a rally featuring Trump, the cult leader himself. GATHERING OF THE PREGNANCY UNDERSTANDERS The anti-abortion rally, […]
CALIFORNIA RECALL BALLOT DOMINATED BY FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS
by WATERSPIDER | DESERTBORDER | September 8, 2021
California governor Gavin Newsom, facing a recall election on September 14, often refers to the recall effort as a Republican power grab. He’s right—the recall got off the ground thanks to the tireless efforts of Proud Boys, QAnoners and Covid conspiracy theorists, and is heavily funded by MAGA money. But who are the actual candidates […]
DARK MONEY GROUP HARASSES SCHOOL BOARDS ACROSS CALIFORNIA
by WATERSPIDER | DESERTBORDER | September 5, 2021
San Diego-based organization Let Them Breathe gained attention rallying and disrupting school board meetings up and down California since June of this year. The organization’s founder, Sharon McKeeman, allows far-right extremists to speak at her events and collects dark money from a GoFundMe page tied to her organization. As of today, she has raised over […]
HUGE LA ANTIVAXX RALLY DEVOLVES INTO VIOLENCE AS COPS TURN A BLIND EYE TO PROUD BOYS
by DESERTBORDER | August 16, 2021
Hundreds of antivaxxers, Proud Boys, Capitol rioters and other neo-fascists rallied in Los Angeles Saturday, attacking journalists and counterprotesters while LAPD looked on. Police failed to intervene to curb the right-wing violence despite the fact the event took place directly in front of their downtown headquarters. Antivaxx-related violence has been steadily increasing in Los Angeles, […]
QANONERS ARE RALLYING SATURDAY IN HOLLYWOOD. LAST TIME THEY BEAT A BYSTANDER AND THREATENED A JOURNALIST
by WATERSPIDER | DESERTBORDER | April 22, 2021
HOLLYWOOD RALLY, MARCH 27TH After a series of batshit rallies in Hollywood last summer, SoCal QAnoners briefly quieted down–the Capitol riot and their widespread ban from social media had been disastrous for the movement. Unfortunately, it didn’t take them long to crawl back out of the woodwork. Around 200 QAnoners led by Fresno-area rapper Thaddis […]
PRO-PLAGUE CULTISTS RECEIVE WARM WELCOME FROM LA COPS AND MAYOR
by DESERTBORDER | WATERSPIDER | January 2, 2021
Far-right cult leader Sean Feucht sent his acolytes to spread Covid on purpose to unhoused communities in LA. The police and the city cheered them on. The contrast was stunning: as 50 or so black-clad protesters marched past LA’s Twin Towers jail on New Year’s Eve, dozens of LAPD cruisers surrounded the march, with some […]
A MILITARY IMPOSTER’S VIOLENT CAMPAIGN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by DESERTBORDER | WATERSPIDER | December 24, 2020
Gabriel Anthony Lebaron’s third TikTok of the day took a dark turn. After posting a video of himself wearing a Christmas hat and holding a Baby Yoda toy, followed by a video of himself lip-syncing Calum Scott’s sappy, maudlin mega-hit “You are the reason,” Lebaron stitched himself into a TikTok with a woman wearing a […]