Tagged: Capitol Riot
MAD MAGA: FURY ROAD PASSES THROUGH ARIZONA—HERE’S WHAT WE SAW
ARIZONA RIGHT WING WATCH | ELI KNÉSÓL | ABNER HÄUGE | February 27, 2022
“The People’s Convoy” began their journey towards Washington D.C. in Adelanto, California, with plans to hold a vehicle protest styled after the recent blockade in Canada. For weeks, a series of noisy blockades occupied the capital city of Ottawa and international border crossings between the United States and Canada, including the Ambassador Bridge. As a […]
OATH KEEPERS THEATRE ACT IIIA: THE MAN IN THE ROOM FULL OF GUNS
MICHAEL BOORMAN | January 21, 2022
A new detention memo for one of the Oath Keepers defendants charged with seditious conspiracy sheds more light on the group’s plans for J6. While Rhodes stood outside the Capitol directing his troops into battle (albeit not very effectively) another member of the team, Edward Vallejo, was standing by across the Potomac with a cache […]
BRUCE BOYER: HOW A LITIGIOUS CONSPIRACY THEORIST SPENT DECADES BRUTE-FORCING HIS WAY INTO SOCAL POLITICS
SEAN BECKNER-CARMITCHEL | January 20, 2022
Public comment at city council meetings throughout Ventura County often feature a man with a cowboy hat who introduces himself with “good evening! My name is Bruce Boyer. I’m candidate for Sheriff here in Ventura County…” Boyer, often dressed with a Gadsden flag t-shirt underneath a black blazer and a black Stetson, mouths off about […]
OATH KEEPERS THEATRE ACT III: FALL OF THE HOUSE OF RHODES
MICHAEL BOORMAN | January 17, 2022
2022 is off to a rough start for the right wing. In the last week, several prominent right wing figures have found themselves behind bars. First up, Proud Boy Tiny Toese, arrested in his home state of Washington and held without bail on – count ’em – 15 charges. Three of the charges related to […]
CAPITOL RIOT REUNION IN BEVERLY HILLS POORLY ATTENDED, FAILED COUP SUPPORTERS MENACE JOURNALISTS
SEAN BECKNER-CARMITCHEL | January 8, 2022
On the first anniversary of the Capitol Riot of 2021, a group of about 40 pro-Trump rally-goers went to Beverly Gardens Park in Beverly Hills to speak glowingly of the day in Washington where two pipe bombs were placed and nearly 150 officers and uncounted others were injured in clashes with a crowd that breached […]
OATH KEEPERS THEATRE ACT II: FLORIDA MAN DEMANDS YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER or I WAS A TEENAGE OATHKEEPER
MICHAEL BOORMAN | November 2, 2021
In our first installment on the Oath Keepers data dump, we met Ed Durfee Jr and Brett Wynkoop, respectively the membership director and system administrator for the Oath Keepers. When the organization was abruptly deplatformed in the wake of the Capitol riots on January 6, they worked night and day to get the website back […]
CALIFORNIA RECALL BALLOT DOMINATED BY FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS
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 […]