Threat of violent right-wing extremism very real in Nevada, report co-author says
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has not received any credible threats of violence ahead of inauguration day, but that doesn t mean they re not prepared for what could happen. And it doesn t mean the threat isn t very real for violent extremism in Nevada. Jackie Kostek reports.
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) â Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has not received any credible threats of violence ahead of Inauguration Day, but that doesn t mean they re not prepared for what could happen. And it doesn t mean the threat isn t very real for violent extremism in Nevada.
Trumpâs presidency is ending, but his increasingly violent base will remain
By Evan Allen and Zoe Greenberg Globe Staff,Updated January 11, 2021, 11:12 p.m.
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Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington. As Congress prepared to affirm President-elect Joe Biden s victory, thousands gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his baseless claims of election fraud.John Minchillo/Associated Press
In the days after they returned from the Capitol last week, a North Shore couple mulled secession. Nearby, an Essex County beauty marketing consultant who had been in D.C. resolved to march in every rally and protest she could find. And on right wing social media nationally, the organizing had already begun: more insurrection, more firepower, more stormed capitols.
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Of all the photos of the carnage in the U.S. Capitol building yesterday, there are a few I just can t seem to shake. There s the picture of four bullet holes in the glass of the door leading to the House steps, and the one of an insurrectionist with his feet propped on Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi s desk.
And then there s an image as perplexing as it is disturbing, of a man with his face painted with stars and stripes, a horned helmet made of fur pelts on his head, his bare chest and arms displaying Norse-symbol tattoos. In the photo, he stands at the dais on the Senate floor, a spear in his left hand, to which he has affixed an American flag. Where s Pence, show yourself! he boomed from the seat that the Vice President had occupied just moments earlier.
How Political Donors Are Changing Statehouse News Reporting A growing share of statehouse reporting in state capitols across the country comes from conservative groups, blurring the lines between journalism and advocacy. Daniel C. Vock | November 2014
The talk radio segment started with the opening guitar riffs of Guns N’ Roses’ “Paradise City.” Then, over the first drumbeats of the 1987 rock anthem, came the deep, resonant voice of a male announcer, “Holding government accountable for how they spend our money, it’s Illinois Watchdog Radio: Watching the statehouse and cities across the state.”
Finally, host Benjamin Yount took the microphone. He playfully mimicked the driving sounds of the Guns N’ Roses guitar for a few seconds before launching in with his name, a Twitter handle and a number to text. Then, with a cadence common on conservative talk shows rapid succession of escalating questions, dramatic pauses a
Nick Kristof and the Holy War on Pornhub
Having declared victory in its war on Backpage and sex work, the liberal-conservative coalition has pivoted to porn.
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Anyone who wants to know that Pornhub has engaged in abusive and exploitative behavior toward women need only listen to the women whose videos were posted to the free porn site without their consent. That includes the abuse of people like Rose Kalemba, who has written about how she had to impersonate a lawyer to get Pornhub to remove a video that recorded a man raping her more than a decade ago. That also includes the numerous porn performers who have spoken publicly about how Pornhub routinely allows videos they made to be pirated and posted to the site, where it profits off the performers’ work and leaves them with nothing. Journalists who cover the tech company critically and with an eye toward its human costs have all been on this beat for some time. Slate covered the monopolistic model behin