Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  2 months ago
Judge Tanya #Chutkan will allow #SpecialCouncil#JackSmith to file a 180 page brief laying out all the evidence against Trump in support of the lawsuit against Trump for interfering in the 2020 election.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #obstruction#Jan6#Insurrection#StochasticTerrorism#ElectionInterference#FakeElectors#Extremism#DomesticTerrorism#MAGA#NationalSecurity#TrumpIsAThreatToNationalSecurity#TrumpIsAnInsurrectionist

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Trump’s political #incitement more broadly—[that has] increasingly focused on a supposed grand conspiracy to steal the #election from him—has made potential #violence from #MAGA #extremists a top concern. As one source put it, “they’re piling on the idea that the opposition is so out to get Trump that they even tried to kill him, & therefore retaliation is justified.” Another described #ConspiracyTheories about the shooting gives extremists “a really big plot point” for retaliatory violence.
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
The blame narrative from #Trump & his allies also expanded this week when #Republican Reps #CoryMills of FL & #EliCrane of Az convened an “independent” hearing they called the “J 13 Forum” at the #HeritageFoundation (home of #Project2025). They & several colleagues conducted congressional testimony-style interviews w/participants including fmr Secret Service agent & #FarRight media personality #DanBongino, & fmr Blackwater CEO & Trump political operative #ErikPrince.

#Incitement #extremism

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Ever since the July 13 assassination attempt against #Trump, he & his allies have promoted unfounded #ConspiracyTheories & blamed #Democrats directly for the violence. The effort appears highly coordinated: From #JDVance to Trump’s sons & #MAGA#Republicans in #Congress, many have used the same rhetoric to declare that Trump’s political opponents sought to have him murdered at his campaign rally in Butler, PA.

#FactCheck#TrumpLies
#Incitement #extremism #radicalization#PoliticalViolence

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
He further suggested they [#Biden & #Harris] played a role in undermining his #security: “They were making it very difficult to have proper staffing in terms of Secret Service.” [←bald-faced #lie]

“I’m not saying they wanted you to get shot,” Dr. Phil said, “but do you think it was OK w/them if you did?”

“I don’t know,” #Trump replied. “There’s a
lot of hatred.” (Biden, Harris, & other Democratic leaders condemned the shooting in the aftermath & Biden phoned Trump to offer prayers & support…)

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
The deceased 20-yr-old gunman was a registered #Republican voter, as noted throughout national media coverage…, there appears to be NO solid #evidence that he was driven by partisanship or ideology. A sweeping #FBI investigation, including analysis of his digital devices & interviews w/ >450 people, has found no clear motive, acc/to congressional testimony from FBI Dir Christopher Wray.

#FactCheck#TrumpLies#Incitement #extremism #radicalization#PoliticalViolence#ConspiracyTheories

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
NO ONE has furnished ANY #evidence to support that claim. And while #Trump himself was relatively quiet in this regard during the initial aftermath, he has since been POURING FUEL on the fire, starting w/a campaign speech on Aug 5 in Atlanta, where #JDVance introduced him by emphasizing that Trump’s opponents had “even tried to kill him.”

#FactCheck#TrumpLies
#Incitement #extremism #radicalization#PoliticalViolence#DomesticTerrorism
#ConspiracyTheories

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Later in the interview, #Trump returned to the shooting unprompted, focusing blame on President #Biden & MVP #KamalaHarris.

“I think to a certain extent it’s Biden’s fault & Harris’ fault. And I’m the opponent. Look, they were weaponizing govt against me, they brought in the whole DOJ to try & get me. They weren’t too interested in my health & safety,” he claimed w/o evidence.

#FactCheck#TrumpLies#Incitement #extremism #radicalization#PoliticalViolence#DomesticTerrorism#ConspiracyTheories

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#SCOTUS won't allow #LGBT #student #protection in certain states

The U.S. #SupremeCourt declined on Friday to let President Joe #Biden's admin enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBT students from #discrimination in #schools & #colleges based on #gender identity in 10 #Republican-led states that had challenged it.

#law#TitleIX #education#Hate#FarRight #extremism#ActivistCourt#SCOTUSreform
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-wont-allow-lgbt-student-protection-certain-states-2024-08-16/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
In one video, Bethany Kozma, a #conservative activist & fmr deputy chief of staff at the US Agency for International Development [#USAID] in the #Trump admin, downplays the seriousness of #ClimateChange & says the movement to combat it is really part of a ploy to “control people.”

“If the American people elect a conservative president, his administration will have to eradicate climate change references from absolutely everywhere,” Kozma says.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation#FarRight

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
In the video, Kozma calls the idea of #gender fluidity “evil.” Another speaker, Katie Sullivan, who was an acting asst AG at the #DOJ under #Trump, takes aim at executive actions by the admin of President #Biden that created gender adviser positions throughout the #federal govt. The goal, Biden wrote in one order, was to “advance #EqualRights & opportunities, regardless of gender or gender #identity.”

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
The #Project2025 videos coach future appointees on everything from the nuts & bolts of governing to how to outwit bureaucrats. There are strategies for avoiding embarrassing #FOIA disclosures & ensuring that #conservative #policies aren’t struck down by “left-wing judges.” Some of the content is routine…. Other segments of the training offer guidance on radically changing how the #federal govt works & what it does.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Project2025, the controversial playbook & #policy agenda for a #RightWing presidential admin, has lost its director & faced scathing criticism from both Democratic groups & Trump. But Project 2025’s plan to train an #army of #PoliticalAppointees who could battle against the so-called [mythical] deep state govt bureaucracy on behalf of a future #Trump admin remains on track.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
One centerpiece of that program is dozens of never-before-published videos created for #Project2025’s #PresidentialAdministrationAcademy. The vast majority of these videos — 23 in all, totaling >14 hrs of content — were provided to #ProPublica & #Documented by a person who had access to them.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Inside #Project2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate #ClimateChange references”; only talk to #conservative #media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover [ #criminal activity]. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second #Trump admin would operate.

#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Project2025, the controversial playbook & #policy agenda for a #RightWing presidential admin, has lost its director & faced scathing criticism from both Democratic groups & Trump. But Project 2025’s plan to train an #army of #PoliticalAppointees who could battle against the so-called [mythical] deep state govt bureaucracy on behalf of a future #Trump admin remains on track.

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Inside #Project2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate #ClimateChange references”; only talk to #conservative #media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover [ #criminal activity]. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second #Trump admin would operate.

#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
US prosecutors & lawyers for #Trump will return to federal court on Aug 16 to decide how his #2020election #obstruction case can proceed after #SCOTUS ruled last month that presidents have broad #immunity from prosecution.

US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan set the hearing in Washington after the #SupremeCourt returned the case to her control on Friday.

#law #legal #criminal #conspiracy#ElectionInterference#TrumpTrial#Extremism#DomesticTerrorism#MAGA#Insurrection#Jan6#NationalSecurity

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
But the inspiration for that #extreme language can be found in #JDVance’s foreword, which ends w/a call for followers to “circle the wagons & load the muskets,” & describes Roberts’s ideas as an “essential weapon” in the “fights that lay [sic] ahead.”

…#Vance does not explicitly mention #Project2025 in his foreword. He does, however, make clear that he is extremely close w/ Roberts & that he sees him as a strong ally in a shared political project.

#Trump#MAGA#PoliticalViolence #extremism

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
The foreword opens w/the parallels in their biographies: Both are from poor families & had difficult childhoods, both are Catholic, & both are now working in Washington, DC, to remake the country.… #Vance singles out…the areas where the 2 most strongly align politically. First, he praises Roberts for his willingness to criticize #corporations & break w/the #GOP’s #FreeMarket orthodoxy; then, for his strong emphasis on the #family.

#Trump#MAGA#Project2025 #extremism

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
“Roberts is articulating a fundamentally #Christian view of #culture & #economics,” #JDVance writes, by “recognizing that virtue & material progress go hand in hand.”

#Vance’s foreword is also, notably, a call for #revolution. “The old conservative movement argued if you just got government out of the way, natural forces would resolve problems,” he writes. “We are no longer in this situation & must take a different approach.”

#Trump#MAGA#Project2025 #extremism

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
That is where the muskets come in:

“As #KevinRoberts writes, 'It’s fine to take a laissez-faire approach when you are in the safety of the sunshine. But when the twilight descends & you hear the wolves, you’ve got to circle the wagons & load the muskets.'

“We are now all realizing that it’s time to circle the wagons & load the muskets. In the fights that lay ahead, these ideas are an essential weapon.”

#Trump#JDVance#Project2025#MAGA#PoliticalViolence#DomesticTerrorism #extremism