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Apparently, anti-immigration “activist” Shawna Forde (charged in Arizona with the murder of an Arizona man and his 9-year old daughter) had a closer relationship with the Minuteman Project and its president Jim Gilchrist than we were first led to believe. In an E-mail titled “Jim Gilchrist Exposed!!!!” on the ...
Minutemen, Immigration, Crime, DHS, Right Wing, Extremism, Shawna Forde, Minuteman Project
Some interesting stories from the past month that didn’t get much notice in the national media, on the nonexistent right wing extremist topic: Clearfield County man pleads guilty to distributing explosives. Perry Landis admitted that he sold illegal electric blasting caps to undercover police officers. But he denied that ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Crime, Right Wing, Militias
Jonn Lilyea did some digging into claims of military service made by Jason Eugene Bush, the anti-immigration “activist” charged with murder in southern Arizona, and discovered a long criminal record but no military service: LGF’s Rightwing Extremist Veteran. I appreciate Jonn’s work, and I’m very relieved to learn that Bush ...
Minutemen, Immigration, Crime, DHS, Right Wing, Extremism, Shawna Forde
Here’s an update on the story of the anti-immigrant “activists” arrested on suspicion of murdering two people (including a 9-year old girl) in southern Arizona; Jason Eugene Bush (aka “Gunny”) has now been charged with another murder: the 1997 stabbing of a homeless Mexican man. An anti-immigration crusader, who ...
Minutemen, Immigration, Crime, DHS, Right Wing, Extremism, Shawna Forde
Two of the suspects in a murderous home invasion in Arizona have ties to a Washington state anti-immigration group called Minutemen American Defense. Jason Eugene Bush, 34, Shawna Forde, 41, and Albert Robert Gaxiola, 42, have been charged with two counts each of first-degree murder and other charges, said ...
Scott Roeder, under arrest for the murder of Dr. George Tiller, is a poster boy for that DHS report on “right wing extremism” that was so vilified and distorted. He was involved in the “Freemen” movement, and arrested in 1996 with a load of bomb-making equipment in his car: Suspect ...
George Tiller, Abortion, Crime, Extremism, Comments, Hate Speech, Scott Roeder, DHS
After weeks of political grandstanding and misguided ranting from bloggers and talk show hosts over the DHS report on “right wing extremism,” Janet Napolitano announced yesterday that the DHS has removed the report from their websites: Napolitano defends security budget, extremism report. Napolitano, testifying before the House appropriations sub-committee ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Veterans, napolitano
Here’s a very good piece by Deborah Rudacille (author of The Scalpel and the Butterfly and The Riddle of Gender) on the DHS “right wing extremism” report, and the absurd over-reaction from conservative bloggers and politicians, featuring some words from yours truly: Fables of the Reconstruction. The report ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Conspiracy Theories, Alex Jones
Here we go again. Now everyone’s screaming about a DHS memo that was actually recalled “within minutes” of being released, defining a “lexicon” of domestic extremists of all types: Who You Calling an Extremist? This time the lefties can start yelling too. Here’s the memo. (PDF) I can see absolutely ...
Since people continue to rant about the Department of Homeland Security’s report on “right wing extremism,” saying things like: I won’t hold my breath waiting for a “left wing extremist” report. ... here are two more DHS reports on “left wing extremism,” available through Wikileaks, and just like ...
Two deputies were allegedly murdered over the weekend by a member of the Florida National Guard who was “severely disturbed” by the election of Barack Obama, and believed the US government was conspiring against him. The events that led to the shooting deaths of two Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies ...
Florida, Crime, Right Wing, Extremism, DHS, Barack Obama, Militias
“Judge” Andrew Napolitano is at it again, legitimizing the worst people in American politics on his “Freedom Watch” Fox News online show. This time around, he’s pimping for Ron Paul, racialist paleocon Lew Rockwell, and Glenn Beck, and featuring Baptist pastor Steve Anderson (who specializes in provoking border control agents, ...
The newest addition to the FBI’s “most wanted” list: a left wing extremist. WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, an accused domestic terrorist is being added to the FBI’s list of “Most Wanted” terror suspects. Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 31-year-old computer specialist from Berkeley, Calif., is wanted ...
Just when you think the ginned-up outrage over the DHS report on right wing extremism can’t possibly get any sillier, Michael Savage joins with the Thomas More Law Center to file what might be the silliest lawsuit in US history: Ann Arbor-based law center sues Homeland Security over ‘right-wing extremism’ ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Michael Savage, Thomas More Law Center
All you folks seething and yelling about the DHS report on “right wing extremism,” make sure to save some of your anger for the FBI, the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division, the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, because they’re in on the ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Veterans, FBI
An update on the story of the neo-Nazis who were arrested last October for plotting a crime spree that would have ended with assassinating the president: Cowart’s grandfather testifies in federal court. The grandfather of Daniel Cowart testified today that when he saw a sawed-off shotgun, duck tape and ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, White supremacism
Anyone think stories like this might have something to do with the Department of Homeland Security being concerned about right wing extremism? Bomb-maker talked of Obama, Clinton assassination, feds say. A Clearfield County man caught with several homemade bombs told undercover federal agents how he would hope to see ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, White supremacism
Absolutely freaking insane. Pat Robertson urges his drones to jam the phone lines of the Department of Homeland Security, to scream about the “right wing extremist” report, wasting DHS resources and possibly blocking important calls. Then he says that “someone down in the bowels of that organization is either a ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Pat Robertson, Fundamentalism, Christian Right
Anyone think stories like this might have something to do with the Department of Homeland Security being concerned about right wing extremism? Report: ‘Dirty bomb’ parts found in slain man’s home. BELFAST, Maine — James G. Cummings, who police say was shot to death by his wife two months ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Posse Comitatus, Bangor, Dirty Bomb, White supremacism
An editorial in the Washington Times is a perfect example of what I’ve been calling the “distortions” about the DHS report on right wing extremism: Smearing veterans. The whole piece is full of overheated accusations like this: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has defended her department’s outrageous claim that ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Posse Comitatus, Veterans, FBI, Washington Times
The revelation that the FBI’s investigation of white supremacists and militia groups included a focus on veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has prompted another round of outrage from the right wing blogosphere and talk radio—who seem completely unwilling to admit there could be a point to the investigation, and ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Posse Comitatus, Veterans, FBI
The hyperventilating continues, and now the Department of Homeland Security has been forced to respond to the flood of distorted stories. STATEMENT BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO ON THE THREAT OF RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM The primary mission of this department is to prevent terrorist attacks on ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Posse Comitatus
Here we go again. The latest cause for hyperventilation in the right-wing blogosphere is a report from the Department of Homeland Security on the need for vigilance against extreme right-wing groups like Posse Comitatus, militias, “Patriot” groups, and neo-Nazis like the Christian Identity weirdos. Some bloggers, prompted by World Net ...
DHS, Right-Wing, Extremism, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Posse Comitatus
Here’s your cheerful five-year forecast from the Department of Homeland Security. WASHINGTON — The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence ...
Here’s one of those stories that might make you think you’re having a waking nightmare: State Department’s Jihadist Exchange Program. State Department diplomats are taking full advantage of their new rules prohibiting the use of “jihad,” “jihadist,” and “mujahedeen” to describe Islamic extremists and terrorists, which they apparently have ...
LGF, State Department, Jihad, Lexicon, Political Correctness, DHS, IIIT, International Institute of Islamic Thought