Germany’s largest far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been expelled from its pan-European group Identity and Democracy in the European Parliament following a series of scandals.
The ID group’s leadership has now voted to expel the AfD, two weeks before millions of people head to the polls to vote in the European election.
Another day, another effort by #Republicans to cast themselves as the ultimate #victims. Nothing matters to these people but their own sense of #entitlement.
9 ppl died as a result of#J6 -death toll is rarely discussed in the media -likely bc journalists don't want to argue with gaslighting fascists who want to get into bad faith debates about whether the assault "caused": heart attacks/suicides that took lives.
#TFG's rhetoric & threats are mainstreamed by loyalists:
This doubling down on the MAGA vitriol -linked to school violence -not unique to Walters in OK. NC primary: Rs nominated far-right activist M Morrow for state SUPT, despite history of shockingly violent rhetoric -no experience in EDU-hates public schools, calling them "socialism centers" & "indoctrination centers" & homeschooling her kids instead -has a habit of calling for the violent deaths of Dems-."
Many of #TFG's voters have lived in a RW media bubble most of their adult lives. They truly believe Dems are devils, immigrants are... B/w 2005-24: ~3,000 newspapers in the US: closed.
If Bruce’s main source of news is RW media like Fox News -she might never have heard about TFG's Nazi dinner. In Nov & the 1st half of Dec of 2022, the incident was mentioned in 89 segments on CNN & more than twice that number on MSNBC. On Fox -only mentioned 7X-..
If he's a Republican, he's been elevated to a position of power bc he's corrupt. Corruption leads to low economic growth rates & rising income inequalities, & is responsible for reducing nat. financial stability. It erodes public trust in institutions & govts. Lack of trust undermines democracy & weakens the rule of law.
NC Lt Gov Robinson is the leading R candidate for gov, thinks quoting Hitler shouldn’t be so taboo & derided gay ppl as “filth” & “maggots.”
#MAGA Republican Nazis claim there weren’t any Nazis at the CPAC event. #GOPNazis “NBC editor slams CPAC after group denies Nazis attended: 'The Nazis introduced themselves'.”
@RollingStone Where's the unprecedented rise in arrests? Why are the people making these threats not experiencing consequences? Or at least exposure? #DeathThreats#GOPNazis
Texas Republicans are proud Nazis: In a 32-29 vote today, the Texas Republican Party’s executive committee voted against a proposed ban on associating with Nazi’s and holocaust deniers.
DeSantis’ State Guard partners with combat-training company to recruit, train members.
FL has agreed to pay Stronghold SOF Solutions up to $1.2M to recruit, vet & train volunteer members. Eddie Gallagher, a fmr US Navy SEAL accused of war crimes, is listed as an instructor with a co hired by FL to train its civilian MIL force.
#Hatewatch reports on the dangers of this growing militia, incl. a special police force, and how it could be deployed.
I asked Rep Don Bacon (R-NE) if the House GOP requires any #Speaker to be a 2020 election denier. He said no… but then acknowledged it remains a divisive issue that is splintering the House GOP.
Bacon says he believes the results of the 2020 election
Yes, Rep Bacon says he’ll vote for Rep Johnson to be speaker. Other House Republicans, including Rep Ralph Norman (R-SC) predict overwhelming, if not unanimous, GOP vote for Johnson
Ex-Chief of staff Mark Meadows who exchanged texts with 34 members of congress to overthrow the government then later burned piles of evidence just flipped.
He testified under oath at least three times already
2x before the special counsel’s office
1x to a grand jury