yeah that thread is embarrassing. I thought about starting a "free speech and creeping fascism" thread to replace it a few years ago but realized I didn't actually feel like talking about it much
― rob, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
NEW YORK — An ex-FBI official who allegedly urged rioters to "kill" officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was previously the supervisory special agent in charge of Homegrown Violent Extremism for the FBI New York Field Office's Joint Terrorism Task Force, a senior law enforcement official told NBC Newshttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ex-fbi-agent-feds-say-urged-jan-6-rioters-kill-police-worked-terrorism-rcna82775
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 4 May 2023 00:13 (one year ago) link
(Couldn’t remember if there was a more appropriate thread for this.)
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 4 May 2023 00:14 (one year ago) link
A guy in charge of catfishing Muslim teenagers was a white nationalist? Color me surprised.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 4 May 2023 00:37 (one year ago) link
Yeah when I saw “homegrown violent extremism” my mind jumped to the Proud Boys but of course you’re right.Where’s that Thread of Institutional Rot?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 4 May 2023 03:00 (one year ago) link
Speaking of those creeps…After a trial that stretched nearly four months, four Proud Boys have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection to the insurrection of Jan. 6.https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/proud-boys-verdict-seditious-conspiracy-jan6-1234723171/
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 4 May 2023 15:29 (one year ago) link
I was very shocked to see nazis at my high school this weekend. Brookline has a large jewish population, I'm a little surprised these idiots were not confronted more aggressively.
Patriot Fronts cars are in BROOKLINE if anyone can get there. pic.twitter.com/61CjG4q5jX— Lauren “Dumpster Fire” Pespisa (@SplendidSpoon) April 29, 2023
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
Wtf? At a high school no less?
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Thursday, 4 May 2023 23:54 (one year ago) link
Lmao someone posted the Proud Boys story thirty minutes after me in the US Politics thread as “Breaking news”. Why do I even bother. Anyway I appreciate you, Moodles.
― recovering internet addict/shitposter (viborg), Friday, 5 May 2023 05:27 (one year ago) link
🐦[Get a real job, Jagger … pic.twitter.com/qB6CLQ4wGt🕸— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) March 15, 2023🕸]🐦
Nick Fuentes got in a fight after being called a “cum hunter” for attempting to locate remnants his roommates ejaculate after discovering he had sex pic.twitter.com/STGWiXKvBw— Right Wing Cope (@RightWingCope) May 11, 2023
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Thursday, 11 May 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
Don’t know why zing put that first tweet in there
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Thursday, 11 May 2023 17:28 (one year ago) link
Got the moves like jaggerGot the cum like hunter Got the jizz like fuentes
― coolgnoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 11 May 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
wait wut?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 11 May 2023 17:55 (one year ago) link
Fights like Joe Besser
― Every post of mine is an expression of eternity (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 11 May 2023 18:02 (one year ago) link
Screw Musk on Twitter or Trump on CNN, that asshole clearly needs a weekly reality show/sitcom. Sitcon?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 May 2023 18:04 (one year ago) link
NEW @RichardHanania is a right-wing star. A @UTAustin scholar, his fans include JD Vance, Thiel, Musk, Sacks, Rufo. @HarperCollins will publish his book "The Origins of Woke" HuffPost found he used a pseudonym for yrs to write for white supremacist sites https://t.co/NOPSmIc0vH— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 4, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 4 August 2023 21:26 (nine months ago) link
That pseudonym? John Barron.
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 5 August 2023 01:32 (nine months ago) link
In his own way he's just trying to emulate the journey from mafioso to licensed casino owner.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 5 August 2023 03:32 (nine months ago) link
Oh, so that's why he was always wearing a hat
Seeking leniency at sentencing in seditious conspiracy case, defense asks judge to consider Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio's detention.. arguing the "isolation has impacted his mental health.. he has seemed very anxious during recent jail visits or telephone conversations" pic.twitter.com/GO2OBKp4Yx— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) August 18, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 August 2023 13:22 (eight months ago) link
David Cross noooooooooo
― Chevy Chase drumming mystery (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 19 August 2023 14:17 (eight months ago) link
I love how these tin soldiers go to pieces while incarcerated.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 19 August 2023 20:53 (eight months ago) link
This fuckin country
“We have got 360 security right now, so we’re just covering all angles” Mike Dunn explained of the various positions taken up by militia members outside the education center, where ‘Boogaloo Boys’ gathered today in response to four individuals being charged with carrying a… pic.twitter.com/AdM5x7GpHI— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) August 20, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 August 2023 13:39 (eight months ago) link
something really disturbing is happening in this country, I genuinely feel government has broken down and we are near Mad Max conditions--why aren't these fuckin' guys disarmed and declared terrorist groups? The government can't even assert its own monopoly on violence. One bright spot is the vigorous prosecution of Jan 6 people, I have to admit.
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 21 August 2023 15:01 (eight months ago) link
the foundation of the monopoly on violence is white supremacy
― rob, Monday, 21 August 2023 15:05 (eight months ago) link
Meanwhile, and, unfortunately, probably not totally unrelated, a bomb threat was called in to (checks notes) “all over Cook county’s highways and librarys." I don't know what to make of the highway part, but there are 73 libraries in Cook County. They closed all of our libraries today out of an abundance of caution, but clearly all it takes are a few seconds of assholery to essentially cause state-wide chaos.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 August 2023 15:19 (eight months ago) link
yeah they've been pretty serious about the J6 stuff, which actually gives me hope that Trump might actually see jail time, for despite their built in political advantages and the fact that the police tend to be on their side it does seem like the criminal justice system takes this shit seriously
― frogbs, Monday, 21 August 2023 15:22 (eight months ago) link
xp Josh - yeah, that's a scary threat, especially coming a day after threats to specific libraries in other northern suburbs. didn't realize the threat you mention was an entirely different one, wtf is wrong with people?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 21 August 2023 15:26 (eight months ago) link
Our local paper reported:
A threat of explosions across Cook County highways and libraries caused the Oak Park Public Library to close Monday. Library officials promptly called the Oak Park Police Department after the threat was received at 7 p.m., Sunday night through the contact page on the OPPL website. A police report has been filed.“There will be a big explosion all over Cook county’s highways and librarys including Chicago gurnee and oak park. It will explode sometime tomorrow 8/21/2023,” the threat reads.Gurnee was not the only northern suburb to receive such a threat, but Oak Park appears to be the only western suburb at this time. Several libraries across the northern suburbs received similar threats on Aug. 17, including in Morton Grove, Park Ridge and Wilmette. No explosives were ever found or detonated, according to Dan Yopchick, spokesperson of the Village of Oak Park.
“There will be a big explosion all over Cook county’s highways and librarys including Chicago gurnee and oak park. It will explode sometime tomorrow 8/21/2023,” the threat reads.
Gurnee was not the only northern suburb to receive such a threat, but Oak Park appears to be the only western suburb at this time. Several libraries across the northern suburbs received similar threats on Aug. 17, including in Morton Grove, Park Ridge and Wilmette. No explosives were ever found or detonated, according to Dan Yopchick, spokesperson of the Village of Oak Park.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 August 2023 15:30 (eight months ago) link
instead we get the heckler's veto on civic life and public goods
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 21 August 2023 16:37 (eight months ago) link
Not sure this is the best thread for it, but since we had some discussions about this upthread... another round of bomb threats against local libraries, including the one in my city:
https://www.wbez.org/stories/libraries-in-chicago-suburbs-receive-bomb-threats/96196768-b467-4e75-bf13-dda8eee99ba8
Libraries in Chicago and surrounding suburbs were closed Tuesday after receiving bomb threats.An employee at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received an anonymous email saying that there was a bomb inside the building, Chicago police said. A bomb squad and canine units were sent to do a sweep of the building at about 3:50 p.m. but did not find any sign of a threat.
An employee at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., received an anonymous email saying that there was a bomb inside the building, Chicago police said. A bomb squad and canine units were sent to do a sweep of the building at about 3:50 p.m. but did not find any sign of a threat.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 September 2023 14:43 (eight months ago) link