“Christ is king in this country. We don’t want illegal aliens from Mexico or outer space!” Ryan Sanchez shouted to his viewers online. He gestured with a smirk to a tall metallic box he called an ‘oh-ball-eqsque,’ probably meaning to say ‘obelisk.’
Read moreSunday Afternoon at Denny’s from Xavier Rotnofsky on Vimeo.
On September 22nd, Harim Uzziel, a minor figure in the Trump/far-right protest scene in Southern California, held a meetup at a Culver City Denny’s. It seemed like it’d be a boring event where a dozen or so Trump supporters ordered chicken tenders, heard speeches and learned how to register voters.
But it wasn’t.
Read moreFriday night April 26th while I was watching my friend DJ at someone’s 16th birthday, FBI agents arrested an ex-Army Infantryman named Mark Domingo. Feds spent weeks pretending to plot an attack with him. Beats thumped, my friend took a break to check on his infant son, and I ate pizza and stared at my phone. Meanwhile, the FBI persuaded Domingo to carry his attack out. They gave him a fake bomb. He bought nails for shrapnel. He thought he was going to plant it at a far-right rally in Long Beach I’d come to report on.
Read moreOn April 27th and 28th, two right wing extremist rallies are going to be held Southern California.
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