Tagged: Capitol Storming
MAD MAGA: FURY ROAD PASSES THROUGH ARIZONA—HERE’S WHAT WE SAW
by ARIZONA RIGHT 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 I: HYPE, LIES AND COMMS FAILURES
by MICHAEL BOORMAN | October 19, 2021
In early October, journalistic nonprofit Distributed Denial of Secrets released a trove of data collected from the Oath Keepers website. LCRW has been studying the material since the release. It reveals an organization mired in dysfunction and distrust – its membership directionless and often paranoid, its administration slipshod and laughably insecure, and its leadership seemingly […]
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 […]
JOURNALIST THREATENED WITH DEATH AT SPRINGFIELD, OR ANTIVAXXER MARCH
by JAMES CROXTON | June 26, 2021
I got to the plaza in front of Springfield Library/City Hall right around 4 p.m. on Wednesday when the anti-mask, anti-vaccine, anti-critical race theory event hosted by Rob Davis and local real estate agent Amanda Crosswhite was supposed to start. Davis has been a constant presence throughout Eugene, Springfield, and Salem, Oregon, mostly organizing pro-Trump […]
PROUD BOY ARRESTED FOR ROLE IN CAPITOL STORMING PREVIOUSLY CHARGED WITH RAPING MINOR
by ABNER HÄUGE | May 29, 2021
Sean Michael McHugh, 34, a Proud Boy from Auburn, California was charged this week in federal court for his role in the January 6th Capitol storming. He’s accused of “assault on law enforcement with a deadly or dangerous weapon; obstruction of justice; and physical violence on Capitol grounds, among other charges.” According to the charging […]
PROUD BOYS ARE EATING THE PATRIOT PARTY ALIVE
| March 21, 2021
JORDAN HOPKINS In the harried days following the J6 Capitol riots, mainstream media boiled about the collapse of the Republican party. Donald Trump raged at “RINO”s (Republicans-In-Name-Only) who had betrayed him and refused to back his attempted coup. Trump loyalists spoke openly of leaving the party entirely and forming a new coalition, separate from the […]
ANALYSIS: THE PROUD BOYS AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
| February 3, 2021
SARLACC ATTACK Late into the morning on January 6, 2021, about 300 men from the far-right fraternity known as the Proud Boys assembled on the eastern side of the Capitol Building across the street from the Supreme Court. They traveled from as far as Washington State to stop the Democrats from “stealing” the presidential election […]
HERE’S THE CALIFORNIANS WE IDENTIFIED AT THE CAPITOL STORMING
| January 19, 2021
DESERTBORDER, WATERSPIDER, JAMES STOUT After four years of amping up his followers on racism and conspiracy theories, Donald Trump brought followers to the Washington, DC, Wednesday, January the 6th. They marched on the Capitol building as Congress was voting to ratify the results of the election Trump lost and pretended was stolen from him. Trump […]