QOTD: "Tarrio Was A Stain"

 

The Miami Herald's editorial board on Miami-bred seditious fascist gusano Enrique Tarrio, former head of the "Proud" Boys after yesterday's sentencing:

"Tarrio was a stain on this community long before Jan, 6, when he was parading around with a bullhorn and a bunch of other black-shirted men, his extremism on full display during gatherings at places like Versailles. As far back as 2018, we knew the ugliness that he harbored inside: He was in that infamous GOP mob pounding on the door of the Miami campaign headquarters for congressional candidate Donna Shalala when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was visiting, screaming expletives and yelling: 'Open up, it’s the Proud Boys in here.' [snip]

That Miami allowed someone like this — a two-bit criminal-turned-police-informant and then hatemonger — to exist in plain sight is both reprehensible and an embarrassment. Community leaders keep trying to cast Miami as the city of the future. How does that forward-looking ideal square with tolerating an Enrique Tarrio, who — until he was charged — was happy to stand with those who tried to subvert the peaceful transition of power for the first time in U.S. history? And where was the Miami GOP’s condemnation of Tarrio back when he was pounding on doors or shouting through a bullhorn? [snip]

The attempted overthrow of our government must be met with serious consequences, and that’s what happened Tuesday. Tarrio deserved every year he got.

Still, Miami let him flourish." (our emphasis)

Since the 1960s, Miami has been a hotbed of right-wing Cuban exile politics, helping to elect right-wing Republicans statewide ever since. The editorial mentions Versailles, the Cuban restaurant where the Malignant Loser was cheered and welcomed after his indictment in the stolen classified documents case. What you saw in that scene was a reflection of the community's right-wing extremism, a hateful cauldron that nurtured the cocky, violent street thug Enrique Tarrio, a felon who's probably seen as a hero by them.

 

Proud Boy Leader Turns On His Führer

The seditious conspiracy trial of five so-called Proud Boy leaders is in the closing arguments phase, and the Malignant Loser's brown shirts are (surprise!) pointing to him as the reason for their attack on the Capitol. As their judgement day approaches, the street thugs are adopting the "just following orders" defense from the Nuremberg trials, with Proud Boy founder Enrique "Gusano Cubano" Tarrio's lawyer  making it clear who was heading the conspiracy:

“'It was Donald Trump’s words. It was his motivation. It was his anger that caused what occurred on January 6th in your amazing and beautiful city,' said Nayib Hassan, Tarrio’s lawyer, during closing arguments in a seditious conspiracy trial stemming from the Jan. 6 attack.

Hassan leaned heavily into the role Trump played in ginning up the crowd at his rally the morning of Jan. 6, just minutes before rioters began breaching police barricades at the Capitol. Trump urged his supporters to 'fight like hell' just 36 minutes before the first wave of the mob charged at police, Hassan noted.

'It was not Enrique Tarrio. They want to use Enrique Tarrio as a scapegoat for Donald Trump and those in power,' Hassan said."  (our emphasis)

Prosecutors have laid out the case that the Proud Boys saw the Malignant Loser as key to their survival in the future, and his defeat as a fatal blow to their vision of an authoritarian America under him:

"Prosecutors say the leaders, loyal to Trump and fearful of the Proud Boys’ survival in a post-Trump America, devised plans to keep Trump in office. And throughout the four-month trial, the Justice Department repeatedly emphasized how Tarrio and the Proud Boys keyed off and drew energy from Trump’s own bid to subvert the 2020 election. The group’s plan went into overdrive, prosecutors said, after Trump’s Dec. 19, 2020 tweet calling on supporters to descend on Washington on Jan. 6, 2021 to challenge the election results." (our emphasis)

The fascist nimrods were jacked up like little fanboys by the Malignant Loser's call for them to "stand back and stand by" during a September 2020 Presidential debate, even incorporating the slogan on their patches and shirts. Now they face years in prison on nine counts felony counts (defendant Dominic Pezzola faces an additional robbery charge) as they watch their cult leader campaign for President.

(photo: Tarrio holding cult leader's sign)

 

Proud Boys Convicted Of Seditious Conspiracy

 

After months of trial, a jury in Washington, DC has convicted so-called Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three of his associates of seditious conspiracy in the January 6 Trumpist insurrection at the Capitol. The seditious conspiracy charge against the right-wing street thug army of the Malignant Loser was considered to be the most complicated to prove, especially in Tarrio's case as he wasn't on the Capitol grounds that day. From the Washington Post:

"Former Proud Boys chairman Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and three other members of the extremist group were found guilty Thursday of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Over nearly 15 weeks of trial, prosecutors alleged that the Proud Boys on trial saw themselves as Donald Trump’s “army.” Inspired by his directive to “stand by” during a September 2020 presidential debate and mobilized by his December 2020 call for a “wild” protest when Congress met to certify the election, prosecutors said the men sought to keep Trump in power through violence.

Defense attorneys for Tarrio fought back by blaming the former president, saying prosecutors made the five defendants scapegoats for an unplanned riot triggered by Trump’s incitement of angry supporters.

The jury, which began hearing testimony in January, deliberated about 30 hours over seven days in Washington.

Tarrio, 29, and the others were charged in a 10-count indictment. The charges included conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transition of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election, conspiring to obstruct Congress’s confirmation of the election result, and actually obstructing the joint session of Congress. The legal maximum penalty for either seditious conspiracy or the obstruction charges is 20 years in prison.  (our emphasis)

This is a breaking story and may be updated. 

(photo: Gusano Cubano Tarrio in Proud Boys costume. Allison Dinner / AP)

Sentencing The Insurrectionists: Proud Boys' Tarrio Gets 22 Years

 

Leader of the incel man-babies Proud Boys, gusano Enrique Tarrio, had his well- deserved comeuppance today:

"Former Proud Boys leader Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio, convicted of leading the group that one judge called “the tip of the spear that allowed people to end up getting into the Capitol” on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison, the longest sentence yet among the hundreds convicted of disrupting the peaceful transfer of presidential power.

Tarrio, 39, was convicted of seditious conspiracy and obstructing the congressional proceeding meant to confirm the 2020 presidential election as part of a riot that U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly said last week broke America’s long democratic tradition of peaceful transfers of power. Tarrio was the last of five Proud Boys to be sentenced after all were convicted in May following a 15-week trial."  (our emphasis)

According to the report, he was tearful and superficially remorseful, saying that what happened on January 6 was "not acceptable." Trust us, that sentiment likely only lasted a few seconds after the sentence was given. We'll see how "proud" he stays in a Federal slammer.

(Photo: "War boy" Tarrio /Allison Dinner, AP)

"Proud Boy" Brownshirt Leader Charged With Conspiracy

 

The leader of the brownshirt-emlulating far-right group "Proud Boys" has been charged with conspiracy in connection with his role in the January 6 Trumpist insurrection, which attempted to overthrow the legitimate election of President Biden. Cubano gusano Henry "Enrique" Tarrio becomes the second leader of a pro-Trump far-right domestic terrorist group to be charged with conspiracy, following the charging of "Oath Keepers" leader Stewart "Aargh Matey" Rhodes in January. Tarrio, in a particularly cowardly move to distance himself from his group, recently has been describing himself as a "former" leader.

The indictment against Tarrio was unsealed in Federal court earlier today:

"An indictment unsealed in federal court in Washington on Tuesday accuses Tarrio of conspiring with other senior Proud Boys leaders, including Ethan Nordean and Joe Biggs, both of whom are already charged in connection with Jan. 6. The charges against Tarrio include conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding — in this case the formal tallying by Congress of electoral votes in Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory. The charges against Tarrio were added to the previously filed indictment against Nordean, Biggs, and other Proud Boys followers. [snip]

The new indictment pointedly ties Tarrio to Rhodes, noting that, even after Tarrio was ordered by a court to leave Washington, he did not do so right away. On Jan. 5, the indictment says, he met in a parking garage in the city with Rhodes and other individuals 'known and unknown to the grand jury, for approximately 30 minutes. During this encounter, a participant referenced the Capitol.'”

Prior to the January 6 insurrection, Tarrio had been arrested for stealing and burning a Black Lives Matter banner from a church during a Trumpist rally in Washington, DC on December 12, and for possession of a high-capacity magazine, serving four months in jail. 

(photo: Tarrio, center, and Rhodes, right, conspiring in a parking garage on Jan. 5  Saboteur Media/Reuters)

Felon Proud Boy "Leader" Busted

 

By now, you've probably read that a low-life punk named Enrique Tarrio, the "leader" of the misogynist, racist Stormtrumper group Proud Boys was arrested yesterday by D.C. Metropolitan Police as he arrived in town from the airport.  Tarrio was, by his own admission, the vandal who tore down and burned a Black Lives Matter banner that Asbury United Methodist Church, a historic black church in Washington, had displayed last month. As he was arrested, police discovered two high capacity magazines for a firearm, which he was charged with possessing. It's worth noting that Tarrio is a convicted felon who served 16 months in prison several years ago on various felony charges:

"Tarrio was convicted in 2013 of multiple felonies (two class C, one class D and one class E) for stealing and reselling $1.2 million worth of diabetes test strips from Abbott Labs. He served 16 months in federal prison and served two years on parole. As a felon, he is forbidden from possessing firearms or ammunition. D.C. also has strict laws forbidding possession of ammunition for any gun that is not registered in the district." (our emphasis)

With this latest arrest, Tarrio faces some serious prison time as a repeat offender after he appears in DC court in June. As a danger to the community, he'll be out of action by order of the judge for tomorrow's Trump riot in DC, as the sedition caucus in Congress protests the election of President-elect Joe Biden. We hope the U.S. attorney's office will prosecute Tarrio to the maximum for his latest felony.

Since the banner burning incident, Tarrio has been quoted as saying he's not anti-black, just anti-Communist (which he falsely ascribes to the Black Lives Matter movement). Tarrio is what some call a "Cubano Gusano", the cohort of far-right Cuban refugees and their descendants who bravely fled Fidel Castro's Cuba for Miami rather than stay and fight for their country. He and the other misnamed Proud Boys are half-wit cowards whose bravery is in direct proportion to their number and to booze consumption. May law enforcement find cause to crack their heads tomorrow.

 

Feds Want 33 Year Sentence For Proud Boy Tarrio

Federal prosecutors have asked the court to sentence seditious conspirator Enrique Tarrio, former head of the fascist street gang Proud Boys, to 33 years in prison for his part in planning and executing the Malignant Loser's assault on democracy on January 6. As reported by the Associated Press:

"The Justice Department is seeking 33 years in prison for Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents.

The sentence, if imposed, would be by far the longest punishment that has been handed down in the massive prosecution of the riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy in a separate case, has received the longest sentence to date — 18 years. [snip]

“They unleashed a force on the Capitol that was calculated to exert their political will on elected officials by force and to undo the results of a democratic election,” prosecutors wrote in their filing Thursday. “The foot soldiers of the right aimed to keep their leader in power. They failed. They are not heroes; they are criminals.”  (our emphasis)

Gusano Cubano Tarrio and several of his Proud Boy thugs will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly in Washington, DC later this month. We'll be watching them go down. Go for the max.

(photo: We'll be sending him soap-on-a-rope for those awkward prison showers. Hannah McKay/Reuters]

MAGA Crime Blotter: Gusano Cubano Arrested

 

Confirming the maxim that a criminal always returns to the scene of the crime, yesterday U.S. Capitol police arrested street thug, and neo-fascist Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio on the grounds of the Capitol after he assaulted a female heckler. From the Associated Press:

"Capitol police said officers saw Tarrio strike the protester’s cellphone and arm after the woman placed the phone close to his face as they walked near the Capitol. Tarrio had just left a news conference that had ended 'without incident,' police said.

'The woman told our officers that she wanted to be a complainant, and the man was arrested for the simple assault,' police said in a statement.

An attorney who represented Tarrio in his Capitol riot case didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Tarrio, of Miami, was serving a 22-year sentence — the longest among hundreds of Capitol riot cases — when President Donald Trump granted clemency last month to all 1,500-plus people charged in the Jan. 6 attack." (our emphasis)

Raised in Miami's Little Havana, Tarrio is one of several January 6 coup participants (e.g., here and here) who have been in scrapes with the law since the lawless Malignant Fascist pardoned them. 

(photo: CNN)

 

Arresting The Insurrectionists -- "Hey Brother"

Hey, brother, you're in deep shit now:

A D.C. police lieutenant was arrested Friday on charges that he warned the leader of the far-right Proud Boys of his imminent arrest just days before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, and then lied to investigators afterward about the scope of their interactions.

Shane Lamond, a 24-year veteran of the D.C. police and then the department’s head of intelligence [ed.: !!], entered a not guilty plea to an indictment on one count of obstruction of justice and three counts of making false statements. Prosecutors allege that Lamond leaked information to Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio as they discussed the group’s protest plans in D.C. in 2020 and January 2021, when Lamond’s duties included monitoring extremist groups.

Lamond, 47, of Stafford, Va., falsely denied tipping off Tarrio about the progress of an investigation and that he would be arrested on Jan. 4, 2021, for his part in burning a Black Lives Matter flag stolen from a historic African American church during a pro-Trump rally weeks earlier, according to the indictment.  [snip]

The indictment states that in key moments after the November 2020 presidential election and after Jan. 6, Lamond appeared to commiserate and trade information with Tarrio.

“Hey brother, sad, sad news today. You all planning anything?” Lamond asked on Nov. 7, 2021, the day news media declared Joe Biden the election winner. “Yep,” Tarrio replied, according to the indictment.

“Need to switch to encrypted. Alerts are being sent out to LE [law enforcement] that [Parler social networking] accounts belonging to your people are talking about mobilizing and ‘taking back the country,’” Lamond added later that day. “Getting people spun up. Just giving you a heads up.”

On Jan. 7, one day after the violence, Tarrio confessed to Lamond in a Telegram message, “I think I could have stopped this whole thing,” Friday’s indictment alleged.

Lamond expressed sympathy, alluding to another person whose name was redacted and identified by prosecutors only as “Person 6,” whose actions appear to align with those of Infowars.com founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

“I don’t know, bro. You know it’s f---ing bad when [Person 6] was the voice of reason and they wouldn’t listen to him. He got on the bullhorn and urged everyone to stop attacking the police and march around the US Capitol and they ignored him.”

“Of course I can’t say it officially,” Lamond added on Jan. 8, “but personally I support you all and don’t want to see your group’s name or reputation dragged through the mud.”  [snip]

Lamond faces a mandatory three-year minimum sentence and up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the obstruction of justice charge. The false statement counts are each punishable by up to five years.

There are more incriminating details at the link.

Lt. Lamond and his "brother" right- wing MAGAt insurrectionists -- the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, the Three Percenters, etc. -- are being flushed out one by one and prosecuted for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election.  His defense that he was "just doing his job" gathering intelligence is belied by the number of false statement he made to cover his tracks.  Maybe once he's behind bars with his "brother" Tarrio, they can make him an open, full- fledged member of the Proud Boys.

BONUS:  Wonkette has more detail, including a few transcriptions, if you're of a mind to delve a bit deeper.

(Photo:  "Brother" Lamond/ Patrick Semansky, AP)

"Proud Boy" Leader Ordered Held In Jail

The leader of the brownshirt-like far right street thug group the "Proud Boys," Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, was ordered by a U.S. Magistrate Judge in Miami to remain imprisoned pending trial. U.S. prosecutors argued that Cubano gusano Tarrio was a clear flight risk and danger to the community, adding:

“'There is overwhelming evidence that Tarrio organized a plot to corruptly obstruct, influence, and impede the certification of the electoral college vote, an offense that strikes at the heart of our democracy,' Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason McCullough argued in court filings. Even as Congress’s proceedings were still suspended Jan. 6, Tarrio posted to other members, 'They’ll fear us doing it again,' prosecutors said. When a member asked, 'So what do we do now?' he allegedly answered at 4:14 p.m., 'Do it again.'”  (our emphasis)

Tarrio, along with "Oath Keepers" thug leader Stewart Rhodes and others, has been charged with seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 attempt to overturn our democracy and install the Malignant Loser as president-for-life. In one of the Presidential debates, the Malignant Loser infamously declined to denounce the "Proud Boys" and instead asked them to "stand back and stand by."

(photo: Tough guy Tarrio looking for trouble. Gamal Diab / EPA)

 

"Proud Boy" Street Thug Leader Sentenced

On December 12, 2020, a far-right, belligerent group of street thugs assembled in Washington, DC for the "Million MAGA March" to demonstrate their rage that their autocratic and delusional Dear Leader had lost the election to President Biden. Leading the parade of "Proud Boy" brown shirts was their leader, low-life Cubano gusano Henry "Enrique" Tarrio of Miami. During the course of the day, as his thugs roamed downtown Washington looking to start fights, they stopped at the Asbury United Methodist Church, an historically black congregation. There they ripped down a Black Lives Matter banner on church property and set it on fire. Weeks later, Tarrio was arrested for burning the banner, and on a weapons charge.

Yesterday, DC Superior Court Judge Harold Cushenberry, Jr. sentenced Tarrio to five months in DC jail for the crimes, ordering him to report to jail in two weeks (hope they put an ankle monitor on him). Prosecutors had only asked for three months imprisonment. The victim's impact statement read at the sentencing says much about the pain he and his thugs caused to the congregation:

"In a victim impact statement, Asbury’s senior pastor, the Rev. Ianther M. Mills, wrote of the 'emotional and psychological impact' of the banner-burning on the church’s 'aging congregation, many of whom, if not part of it themselves, are direct descendants of individuals who traveled north during the Great Migration' in the early and mid-20th century, when millions of African Americans fled oppression in the Jim Crow South.

'They migrated here in search of opportunity, but also to escape the stress, fear and anxiety of terror, including acts of social and racial injustice,' Mills wrote.

'Imagine, if you please, a marauding band of seemingly angry white men moving about the city, apparently looking for trouble,' she added. 'Now imagine the images conjured up in the minds of Asbury’s congregants as a result of these white men burning the BLM banner: visions of slavery, the Ku Klux Klan, cross burnings. . . . '”  (our emphasis)

Tarrio's "Proud Boys" were active during the January 6 violent insurrection at the Capitol, and although he was not physically present that day (he had been arrested two days earlier on the weapons charge in DC), investigators are looking at the group's leaders' and organizers' role in the January 6 insurrection. As the judge noted during Tarrio's trial, additional charges may be brought against Tarrio in connection with January 6. Let's hope so.

(photo: Proud Boy brown shirts burning church's banner. Books next?  CNN ) 

Half Measures On ICE Won't Work, Dems

 

As funding for this fiscal year runs out on January 30, the push to eliminate the funding for ICE  is a demand among most in the Dem base and a plurality of the population.  However, some Dem "leaders" are seeming to cave on the issue of ICE / Border Patrol funding, calling for tighter "regulations" (no masks, visible nameplates, body cams, etc.) and more "training":

"Behind the scenes, top Democrats are feverishly working to fund the agency — with strings attached.

The mismatch between the anti-ICE rhetoric and the actions of Democratic appropriators reflects a Catch-22 of congressional power: The only way lawmakers can put guardrails on the controversial agency and curb President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda at this moment is to hand it billions of taxpayer dollars.

As they negotiate fiscal 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security with Republicans ahead of a Jan. 30 shutdown deadline, Democrats are demanding new rules for DHS agents, such as forcing them to use body cameras, refrain from wearing masks and go through more extensive training." (our emphasis

Dem "leadership" is once again behind public sentiment by years. "Training" them to be more efficient thugs and to set rules for them that they will immediately violate and mock is spineless.  They have yet to recognize that the Malignant Fascist has formed ICE and the Border Patrol into his own army of brownshirts sent to intimidate and beat up residents of cities that are strongly Democratic and diverse.  Many see his action as a dress rehearsal for the mid-term elections and beyond, to help him consolidate illegitimate power. 

Dems might want to take their green eyeshades and white gloves off and look at the recruitment part of ICE, not "training" them to say "please" before beating someone up.  There seem to be very few restrictions on the hiring of these thugs, to wit:

After a document leak from DHS outed him, Enrique Tarrio, head of the Proud Boys militia group, acknowledged that he was now an ICE officer. www.telemundo.com/noticias/not...

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— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) January 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM

Proud Boy leader Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other felonies related to the January 6 insurrection.  You can be damn sure that ICE is a magnet for Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Militia, Patriot Front and other fascist group members.  They got that sweet $50,000 signing bonus, too (which Dems should put a stop to in whatever budget they're negotiating).  Dems have to focus on that end of the equation before continuing to fund ICE "with conditions."

 

Tweets / Xeets Of The Day

 

Officials were told Maine shooter was a risk. Nothing happened. Then the massacre -- 

The Maine mass shooter was recently hospitalized for a psychotic episode and his family told military and police he was a danger to himself and others, but he was still able to buy a sniper rifle legally.

He did nothing illegal until he opened fire: https://t.co/9i9F8IUt5S pic.twitter.com/QpOyUZGMWz

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 28, 2023

 

Coup leader House Speaker Mike "Shriveled" Johnson wants a return to the 1700s --

Yeah, too bad the Civil War changed that. https://t.co/TUn2dAjhMp

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 27, 2023

The Malignant Loser's sick affinity for terrorists and der Führer-- 

Trump Posts Article Praising Hitler and Himself as "Smart," Doubling Down on Hezbollah Comments

Trump's article: "Hezbollah is Smart— And So Is Trump" https://t.co/zeAVIJaxYv

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 27, 2023

Speaking of terrorists, ask Hamas to explain why they're punishing their people in Gaza -- 

Absent from the all of the statements decrying the humanitarian crisis in Gaza are any demands for Hamas, the actual governing body, to distribute its supplies to the civilian population. Why does Hamas get away with having 0% of the responsibility for taking care of its people? https://t.co/XGactufZxt

— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) October 28, 2023

 

A reminder that 32 Americans were killed by Hamas, making it the deadliest foreign terrorist attack on Americans since 9/11. At least 10 more are hostages in Gaza, and hundreds more are being used as human shields by Hamas. https://t.co/wLiVynpxPj

— Simon Rosenberg (@SimonWDC) October 28, 2023

Right-wing money appears to be backing Rep. Dean Phillips' "campaign" -- 

 

NEW: Dean Phillips told The Daily Beast that he doesn't remember receiving a max campaign donation from conservative financier Harlan Crow, but allowed that it was possible he solicited it personally. Me w/@JakeLahut https://t.co/7TTweHRhPR

— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) October 27, 2023

 

Hey, go buy some Chinese-made Body Bags by Ivanka before they run out --

Ivanka Trump’s fashion company received trademarks for voting machines, body bags, and caskets from China while she was working as a Senior White House advisor to her father and business partner, Donald Trump.

Who else wants an investigation? 🤚 🤚 🤚 pic.twitter.com/uqTCStRidL

— Lara reads banned books in Florida 🟦 (@MadeInTheUSANJ) October 27, 2023

Russian humanitarians are shocked! by Gaza bombings, as their war crimes in Ukraine continue -- 

⚡️ Lavrov says Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza is against international law.

Israel's bombing campaign against Hamas in Gaza goes against international humanitarian law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Oct. 28 on Belarusian state-run news agency BelTA.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) October 28, 2023

"Proud" Boy Tarrio sent to notorious Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He'll need soap-on-a-rope -- 

US Bureau of Prisons report shows Enrique Tarrio is now serving time in the US federal prison in Atlanta. Estimated release date: Dec 5, 2040

In his seditious conspiracy case pic.twitter.com/e7r2PW4Yi7

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) October 27, 2023

"I'm stuffed" ? -- 

pic.twitter.com/yOy1PwPUFD

— Out of Context Human Race (@NoContextHumans) October 28, 2023

 

Tweets / Xeets of the Day

 

Start asking the question, and demand that the answer be "no" --

"We have reached the point at which every politician in every democracy beginning with the U.S. must be asked: Should the U.S. continue to subsidize the businesses of a man who is actively working for our enemies and against our interests?" @djrothkopf https://t.co/mOVe2D6nfo

— LibertyBansTrumpism 🌊 (@YesWeCan4Us) September 9, 2023

 

The Logan Act makes it a federal crime for private citizens to conduct foreign policy on their own — not to mention making military decisions that contradict U.S. strategic goals. Elon Musk is doing both and should be locked up.

— howardfineman (@howardfineman) September 8, 2023

Overdue, but welcome --  

BREAKING:

ABC reports that the U.S. is now likely to send ATACMS to Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/8ILdgEdzpZ

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 8, 2023

More fascist visions from immigrant's son Rama-smarmy -- 

NEW -- Vivek Ramaswamy is saying that if elected president, he'll deport American-born children of undocumented immigrants (even though they're U.S. citizens) https://t.co/pKJdTIBoPZ by @AlexanderTabet @kekoretski

— Amanda Terkel (@aterkel) September 8, 2023

Maybe he could ask Javanka for a loan --  

Wait til he meets his son-in-law. https://t.co/YwLR4WtlBV

— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) September 9, 2023

Gov. Sarah "Hucksterbee" Sanders would like y'all to have some COVID. Bless her heart! --

This is great news for Covid https://t.co/KCSxyGG1NX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 9, 2023

Known by the company you keep -- 

Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle photographed with Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys.

Tarrio was recently sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy. pic.twitter.com/8jwoUTaFiE

— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) September 9, 2023

MAGA cult lunatic the Pillow Guy goes ape over insult to his pillows. Hee hee --

I guess Lindell really doesn’t like it when people insult his pillows. pic.twitter.com/9TNeCoWpSK

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 9, 2023

Twenty one too many, we'd say -- 

 

pic.twitter.com/kCOk6gFwoi

— Poorly Translated Shirts (@translatedtees) September 9, 2023

 

Tweets Of The Day

 

Doors Don't Kill People, Assault Rifles Kill People -- 

Not the doors, the guns https://t.co/XdYzvdxtk0

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) May 28, 2022

At NRA, Malignant Loser Trump mangles names of Uvalde victims, then dances -- 

A speech where Trump read the names of the victims ends like this pic.twitter.com/fQZxrB9OiI

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 27, 2022 

Imagine if the NRA supported howitzer ownership for 18 year-olds --  

 

19 armed police officers refused to enter a building to save children because because they were afraid of the amount of firepower an 18 year old was legally able to acquire.

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) May 28, 2022  

 

Another bogus "Cancun Ted" Cruz claim demolished  --

"Atheism causes murders!"

Non-religious people:
US: 26%
Germany: 40%

Homicides: (per 100k people)
US: 6.3
Germany: 0.8

— Django Wexler (@DjangoWexler) May 28, 2022

Lock him up! (Read entire thread) --  

ALERT: Judge orders Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to remain in pretrial jail in Jan 6 conspiracy case

"Tarrio is charged with very serious offenses that created an obvious danger to the peaceful transfer of power.. safety of members of Congress and law
enforcement officers "

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 28, 2022

And he still managed to score a run --  

This is the most disrespectful move in baseball history 🤣 pic.twitter.com/yZf9e7oKHS

— Overtime (@overtime) May 27, 2022

 

Tweets Of The Day

 

Fulton Co. judge denies severing motions from Crackers and Cheese --

 

Judge McAfee DENIES severing the two speedy trial defendants: When it comes to the question of severing Powell and Chesebro, there are guardrails and RICO doesn't negate those, but the factors favoring severance don't seem to be at play. #gapol

— Anthony Michael Kreis (@AnthonyMKreis) September 6, 2023

 

Are they getting it?  No?  Hope this helps --

 

Yes, seditious conspiracy is a very serious crime.
Yes, the conspiracy part of the charge refers to planning and organizing the attack on the govt, which is why a jury convicted Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio even though he wasn't at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
You're getting it now https://t.co/8QrTY47pL5

— Nicholas Grossman (@NGrossman81) September 6, 2023

 

“Biden Regime” lol? The *judge* who sentenced Tarrio is Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee, former counsel to Chuck Grassley, and member of the Federalist Society. https://t.co/lvUfpVInvg

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 6, 2023

 

I must have missed the part where those protesters attacked police officers, invaded the Capitol and attempted to assassinate the Vice President and the Speaker of the House. 🙄 https://t.co/LJRJljqekS

— Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) September 6, 2023

 

Hi. The place where people plot a criminal conspiracy IS the crime scene.

Hope this helps. https://t.co/94R5X4gRlh

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) September 6, 2023

 

Cool, cool --

 

The coolest thing your lawyer can say right before you go to jail https://t.co/A7Zsbqz9cD

— elle hardy (@ellehardy) September 6, 2023

 

This should go over well on the yard https://t.co/cn3GhcLAgN

— Jeff Smith (@JeffSmithMO) September 6, 2023

 

Not Ok in OK (PragerU Kids?!?)  --

 

Actual grooming. https://t.co/wqGyEuCfmW

— Schooley (@Rschooley) September 5, 2023

 

Coup Congressman's conflict of interest --

 

Firearms equipped with stabilizing braces have been used in several recent mass shootings. Rep. Andrew Clyde is trying everything to overturn regulations on those braces.

His gun company sells those braces, so he stands to profit. We filed a complaint. https://t.co/tk1Jzh5U00

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 6, 2023

 

The truth hurts --

 

Vivek Ramaswamy is hit with the truth pic.twitter.com/0jF3o7oUHl

— Outspoken™️ (@Out5p0ken) September 6, 2023

Let's retire Sen. Marsha "4,000 Holes In" Blackburn --

Holy shit. THIS is how you launch a campaign for US Senate in deep Red Tennessee. Gloria Johnson is running, she’s not pulling back any punches, & she’s going to make Marsha Blackburn & Tennessee Republicans find out. This ad is amazing. Watch & share👇 pic.twitter.com/d8yLPDKDjB

— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) September 5, 2023

 

Someone needs a walk, baaaad --

 

Wakey-wakey..😅 pic.twitter.com/ZkK0rN9Y3i

— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) September 5, 2023

 

 

Sentencing The Insurrectionists -- Stewart Rhodes Gets 18 Years (UPDATED)

 

One of the leaders of the January 6 insurrection, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, gets his comeuppance:

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison Thursday in the first punishment to be handed down for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

The sentence is the longest given to any of the hundreds of people found guilty of involvement in the pro-Trump riot.

“You sir, present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country, to the republic and the very fabric of our democracy,” Judge Amit P. Mehta told Rhodes.

The judge said he had never before expressed such a belief about a defendant appearing in his court. He described Rhodes, who founded his far-right, anti-government group in 2009, as a disturbingly charismatic figure who manipulated dozens of his followers into coming to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

“They too are victims, victims of the lies, the propaganda, the rhetoric and ultimately the intention that you conveyed,” Mehta said.

Noting that Rhodes has continued to spread conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric in interviews from behind bars, Mehta predicted, “The moment you are released you will be prepared to take up arms against your government.”...

The seditious shit was unrepentant:

“I’m a political prisoner, and like President Trump, my only crime is opposing those who are destroying our country,” he told the court. Comparing himself to Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn, he promised that from prison he would “expose the criminality of this regime.”

That sure validated what the judge said, and the sentence Rhodes received. 

Next up for sentencing:  Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. 

UPDATE:  Another Oath Keeper, Jessica Watkins, was sentenced on May 26 to 8 1/2 years for her actions on January 6.

(Photo:  Susan Walsh/AP)

Trump Under Investigation By DOJ

 

As was noted yesterday (see below), and as reported in the Washington Post, the Justice Department is focusing a grand jury on the efforts of the Malignant Loser to attempt to overturn the 2020 election.  Here are salient passages from that blockbuster Post report:

The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Prosecutors who are questioning witnesses before a grand jury — including two top aides to Vice President Mike Pence — have asked in recent days about conversations with Trump, his lawyers, and others in his inner circle who sought to substitute Trump allies for certified electors from some states Joe Biden won, according to two people familiar with the matter. Both spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

The prosecutors have asked hours of detailed questions about meetings Trump led in December 2020 and January 2021; his pressure campaign on Pence to overturn the election; and what instructions Trump gave his lawyers and advisers about fake electors and sending electors back to the states, the people said. Some of the questions focused directly on the extent of Trump’s involvement in the fake-elector effort led by his outside lawyers, including John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani, these people said.

In addition, Justice Department investigators in April received phone records of key officials and aides in the Trump administration, including his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, according to two people familiar with the matter. That effort is another indicator of how expansive the Jan. 6 probe had become, well before the high-profile, televised House hearings in June and July on the subject.

(Ed.: as we and others have noted, DOJ investigations and prosecutions aren't 60- minute Law and Order episodes;  they unspool slowly, in secret without public drama, as the article goes on to note.)

Federal criminal investigations are by design opaque, and probes involving political figures are among the most closely held secrets at the Justice Department. Many end without criminal charges. The lack of observable investigative activity involving Trump and his White House for more than a year after the Jan. 6 attack has fueled criticism, particularly from the left, that the Justice Department is not pursuing the case aggressively enough.  [snip]

Many elements of the sprawling Jan. 6 criminal investigation have remained under wraps. But in recent weeks the public pace of the work has increased, with a fresh round of subpoenas, search warrants and interviews. Pence’s former chief of staff, Marc Short, and lawyer, Greg Jacob, appeared before the grand jury in downtown Washington in recent days, according to the people familiar with the investigation. Both men declined to comment.

The article notes the Malignant Loser's primary areas of vulnerability:

There are two principal tracks of the investigation that could ultimately lead to additional scrutiny of Trump, two people familiar with the situation said, also speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.

The first centers on seditious conspiracy and conspiracy to obstruct a government proceeding, the type of charges already filed against individuals who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 and on two leaders of far-right groups, Stewart Rhodes and Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, who did not breach the Capitol but were allegedly involved in planning the day’s events.

The second involves potential fraud associated with the false-electors scheme or with pressure Trump and his allies allegedly put on the Justice Department and others to falsely claim that the election was rigged and votes were fraudulently cast.  (our emphasis)

Keep in mind also that the Georgia grand jury led by Fulton County DA Fani Willis is running on a parallel track looking at the Malignant Loser's criminal efforts to pressure Georgia officials to "find him" enough votes to win the state, a request that was helpfully recorded.

In the meantime, Attorney General Garland is trying to make it as clear as he can that the Malignant Loser isn't exempt from prosecution:

 

We know there are many out there that have a healthy skepticism about AG Garland's willingness to ultimately press charges against the Malignant Loser.  He's taken a lot of angry criticism, generally from folks who are impatient and/or who don't know how the Department operates, especially in high profile cases.  But with these recently reported developments, we should at least afford him some slack, while the wheels of justice grind.   

Sentencing The Insurrectionists: The Choirboy Tool

Yesterday, Proud Boy insurrectionist and member of the J6 prison choir William Chrestman was sentenced to 55 months in prison for his violent actions during the Trumpist insurrection on January 6. The Kansas seditionist was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee who is known for giving lighter sentences to the January 6 insurrectionists. 

From the Washington Post's account:

"Chrestman stood out among rioters. He was a tall, bearded man who brought tactical gear, a helmet, gas mask and hard knuckle gloves. And he thanked followers 'for helping us — Proud Boys' as he moved with members of the far-right group who marked themselves with orange tape.

He was also notable as one of the lower ranking 'tools' who prosecutors claimed were used by four Proud Boys leaders — including Henry “Enrique” Tarrio and others convicted of seditious conspiracy — to spearhead the attack. [snip]

Holding a wooden club with an American flag attached that he bought after he learned he could not bring a firearm to D.C., Chrestman repeatedly waved rioters forward and urged them to stop arrests. He threatened and pursued retreating police officers and interfered with a security barrier that would have sealed the Capitol basement, according to court filings.

Chrestman bragged in a call he recorded later about how 'cops were legitimately scared' for their lives." (our emphasis)

This s.o.b. came to the Capitol prepared for armed combat. Unrepentant following his arrest and jailing, he joined his fellow insurrectionists in the D.C. jail in a choir that recorded songs that the Malignant Loser would play at his cult's rallies. He needs to be sent with his fellow Proud Boys to a tough Federal Prison where his singing talents won't be appreciated.

(photo: Chrestman holding an ax handle and inciting the crowd. Department of Justice)

Meet The Trumpist Lunatic Opposing AOC

If you want another example of how the Trumpist Republican Party was rotted to the core and taken over by lunatics and fascist seditonists, you need look no further that the radical nutjob who is running against Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Republican ticket in 2022: Tina Forte. Forte was identified as a participant and instigator of the violent January 6 Trumpist insurrection at the Capitol. Moreover, she's a low IQAnon cultist, and a "Proud Boy" hanger on, which completes the picture of what Republican candidate profiles need to look like these days. From Snopes:

"During a recent investigation into QAnon activity on Facebook, our research led us to social media accounts managed by Forte, which included heavy promotion of the deadly Jan. 6 'Save America' rally, the event that resulted in the Capitol riot that left law enforcement officers bloodied. Five people died just before, during, or after the riot, and dozens were injured.

We found Forte repeatedly used hashtags related to QAnon conspiracy theories. The QAnon mentions even included cries of 'Save the Children,' referring to the debunked conspiracy theory that makes claims of mass pedophilia and 'Satanic blood-drinking' by Democrats. She took multiple photographs in October, November, and December 2020 with far-right Proud Boys leader Henry 'Enrique' Tarrio. Further, we uncovered evidence that Forte pushed false election conspiracy theories, including the phrase 'Stop the Steal.'”  (our emphasis)

Her Facebook account had live stream videos of her at the Capitol urging the insurrectionists to "get your asses to the Capitol."  Here's another vignette of Forte at the Capitol insurrection:

"....a third fan recognized Forte from social media and seemed happy to see her. She then told viewers of her livestream: 'Do not comply.' A man on a bullhorn then asked that vulgar language be toned down because of the presence of 'young children.' Forte responded: 'Please, if you’re sensitive, go home.' She then added: 'If I want to fucking curse, I’ll fucking curse.' Before the video ended, she claimed to be wearing a bulletproof vest."  (our emphasis)

Sounds nice. Snopes has a comprehensive look at this dangerously violent radical, someone who should be charged in the Capitol insurrection on several violations (parading on Capitol grounds, obstruction of an official proceeding, etc.). She can run her losing campaign and give her concession speech from a jail cell.

(image: Insurrectionist Tina Forte. Snopes via YouTube / Facebook Live)