https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...3284b6-59c8-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html QAnon adherents discussed posing as National Guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to FBI intelligence briefing The FBI privately warned law enforcement agencies Monday that far-right extremists have discussed posing as National Guard members in Washington and others have reviewed maps of vulnerable spots in the city — signs of potential efforts to disrupt Wednesday’s inauguration, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Washington Post. The document, a summary of threats that the FBI identified in a Monday intelligence briefing, warned that both “lone wolves” and adherents of the QAnon extremist ideology, some of whom joined in the violent siege on the Capitol on Jan. 6, have indicated they plan to come to Washington for President-elect Joe Biden’s swearing-in ceremony. The FBI also said it had observed people downloading and sharing maps of sensitive locations in Washington and discussing how those facilities could be used to interfere in security during the inauguration.
Y'allQueda confirmed https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us...ol/ar-BB1cT81o Self-styled militia members planned on storming the U.S. Capitol days in advance of Jan. 6 attack, court documents say Self-styled militia members from Virginia, Ohio and other states made plans to storm the U.S. Capitol days in advance of the Jan. 6 attack, and then communicated in real time as they breached the building on opposite sides and talked about hunting for lawmakers, according to court documents filed Tuesday. U.S. authorities charged an apparent leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group, Thomas Edward Caldwell, 66, of Berryville, Va., in the attack, alleging that the Navy veteran helped organize a ring of dozens who coordinated their movements as they “stormed the castle” to disrupt the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral college victory. “We have about 30-40 of us. We are sticking together and sticking to the plan,” co-defendant Jessica Watkins, 38, an Army veteran, said while the breach was underway, according to court documents. “You are executing citizen’s arrest. Arrest this assembly, we have probable cause for acts of treason, election fraud,” a man replied, according to audio recordings of communications between Watkins and others during the incursion. A man then responds, “Get it, Jess,” adding, “This is . . . everything we f---ing trained for!” The FBI said it recovered the exchange from Zello, a push-to-talk, two-way radio phone app. A search of Watkins’s home in Ohio found numerous firearms, cellphones, pepper spray, a radio, a bag with a helmet and respirators, paintball guns, pool cues cut down to baton size, and zip/cable ties, as well a camouflage hat and jackets, the FBI said. Some messages, according to the FBI, included, “Tom all legislators are down in the Tunnels 3floors down,” and “Go through back house chamber doors facing N left down hallway down steps.” Another message read: “All members are in the tunnels under capital seal them in. Turn on gas,” the FBI added. Meanwhile, the group was making contingency plans and focused on security, the FBI said. Caldwell said he would probably “do pre-strike on the 5th” and expected that a man named Paul “will have the goodies in case things go bad and we need to get heavy.”
Almost as bad as antifa, eh? Trump encouraged them, even told the Proud Boys to stand by a while back. He should be grouped with them for all intents and purposes, and be prosecuted accordingly.
https://www.nbc15.com/2021/01/20/supreme-court-being-evacuated-for-bomb-threat/ U.S. Supreme Court receives bomb threat, not evacuated
Glad the apple fell far from the tree in that family. Common theme about individuals that become radicalized is that they have anger management issues, revengeful and make threats involving politics, social issues or religious concerns... Regardless to the country, side of the coin or ethnicity. The dangerous ones are hiding it or denying it under the façade of intelligence (critical thinking). wrbtrader
The Racist Guy Behind One Of The Most Influential Pro-Trump Twitter Accounts Was Arrested For Election Interference Douglass Mackey, a white nationalist troll who ran a Trump-boosting Twitter account as “Ricky Vaughn,” is accused of using memes to spread misinformation and disenfranchise voters during the 2016 election. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...-twitter-troll-arrested-election-interference Douglas Mackey, a white nationalist troll who ran a racist and highly influential pro-Trump account on Twitter using the name “Ricky Vaughn,” has been charged with election interference. Mackey, a 31-year-old from Vermont, was arrested in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Wednesday. Federal prosecutors allege he conspired with others to use memes and social media platforms to spread misinformation aimed at depriving people of their right to vote during the 2016 presidential election. “With Mackey’s arrest, we serve notice that those who would subvert the democratic process in this manner cannot rely on the cloak of Internet anonymity to evade responsibility for their crimes,” Seth D. DuCharme, acting US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a statement. If convicted, Mackey faces up to 10 years in prison. He is set to appear via videoconference at a West Palm Beach federal court on Wednesday. In 2016, Mackey amassed a huge Twitter following across multiple troll accounts using anti-Semitic memes and racist messages. At the time, MIT Media Lab listed the anonymous personality as one of the top 150 influencers of the 2016 presidential election, placing him ahead of NBC News, Stephen Colbert, and Newt Gingrich. The complaint alleged that between September and November 2016, Mackey used his @TheRickyVaughn account to tweet fraudulent messages designed to encourage those who supported Donald Trump’s opponent to vote via text message or social media so that they would fail to cast legal ballots. While the complaint did not identify which candidate’s supporters Mackey was targeting, BuzzFeed News reported at the time that at least one of his tweets sought to spread misinformation about voting among Hillary Clinton's Black and Spanish-speaking supporters. On Nov. 1, 2016, Mackey allegedly tweeted an image of a Black woman standing in front of a sign that said “African Americans for Hillary Clinton.” The image falsely claimed that voters could “avoid the line" and "vote from home" via text. The image was made to appear as if it had been created by the Clinton campaign, even displaying a fine print at the bottom: "Paid for by Hillary for President 2016.” At least 4,900 telephone numbers texted the candidate’s first name to the false number that was listed in multiple deceptive campaign images tweeted by Mackey, the complaint states. The complaint also describes how, starting in 2015, Mackey and his unidentified coconspirators used group DMs to discuss how to influence the election and disseminate political memes and hashtags, often describing their actions as “psyops.” For instance, in December 2015, Mackey allegedly discussed making a meme to suggest that certain voters were hiding their desire to vote for their preferred presidential candidate. “It’s actually a great meme to spread, making these shitlibs think they’re [sic] friends are secretly voting for [Candidate 2],” Mackey said in one group discussion at the time. (The complaint does not identify the candidate, but “Candidate 2” apparently refers to Trump.) He later said, “We’ve hit upon meme magic motherlode.” In another group chat, Mackey and others discussed making memes that would alter celebrities’ images to falsely suggest they were supporting “Candidate 2.” According to the complaint, Mackey then tweeted the meme, which stated, “BREAKING NEWS: [CELEBRITY 1] JOINS THE #[CANDIDATE] TRAIN!!” apparently referring to the popular hashtag #TrumpTrain. Mackey and others also allegedly contributed memes to #DraftOurDaughters, a fake online ad campaign created by pro-Trump and alt-right groups to falsely suggest that Clinton would draft American women into the military as part of her platform. The complaint describes how excited Mackey allegedly was to create and share memes to spread misinformation. “WE ARE THE MEMES WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR,” Mackey said in one group chat. In other chats, he said, “THE MEMES ARE SPREADING” and “I’m starting to believe in Meme Magic.” Mackey and his coconspirators also created other deceptive messages intended to disenfranchise voters, such as falsely claiming that one candidate's supporters could vote from home on Nov. 8, 2016, by tweeting the candidate’s first name, the complaint states. Mackey maintained numerous accounts on Twitter, according to prosecutors. In October 2016, the social media site shut down @Ricky_Vaughn99, according to HuffPost, but allowed other accounts to remain. Days before the 2016 presidential election, Twitter suspended @TheRickyVaughn, one of Mackey’s anonymous accounts, following a BuzzFeed News story that highlighted its clear attempts at voter suppression. After the story was published, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted that he was “not sure how this slipped past us, but now it’s fixed.” On Wednesday, Twitter said it had permanently suspended the "accounts at issue" for violating its rules. "Consistent with our ongoing relationship and collaboration with law enforcement and government partners, we’ve worked closely with the appropriate authorities on this issue," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement. After a BuzzFeed News reporter called a cellphone number associated with Mackey and identified himself, a man on the line said "oh, sorry" and hung up. Further attempts to reach the number were unsuccessful. In 2018, HuffPost revealed Mackey as the man behind the accounts and outlined his connections to the far right as “Trump’s most influential white nationalist troll.” Last year, BuzzFeed News revealed that Mackey had worked as a contractor for Smartcheckr, the predecessor to Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition firm. As a Smartcheckr consultant, Mackey pitched ad microtargeting and “extreme opposition research” to Paul Nehlen, a white nationalist candidate who was running to fill departing House speaker Paul Ryan's congressional seat in Wisconsin. "[Mackey] worked for 3 weeks as a consultant to Smartcheckr, which was the initial name of Clearview in its nascent days years ago," Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That told BuzzFeed News last year. Ton-That also said at the time that Clearview was unaware of Mackey’s Twitter personas while he worked for the company. “What Mackey allegedly did to interfere with this process — by soliciting voters to cast their ballots via text — amounted to nothing short of vote theft,” William F. Sweeney of the FBI said in a statement. “It is illegal behavior and contributes to the erosion of the public’s trust in our electoral processes. He may have been a powerful social media influencer at the time, but a quick Internet search of his name today will reveal an entirely different story.
DHS uses federal alert system for 1st time in a year to warn of domestic terrorist threat The warning comes in the days after Biden's inauguration. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-federal-alert-system-1st-time-year-warn/story?id=75517886 Using a federal system designed to warn all Americans about terrorist threats to the U.S. homeland, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that anger "fueled by false narratives," especially unfounded claims about the 2020 presidential election, could lead some inside the country to launch attacks in the coming weeks. "Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence," according to a bulletin issued Wednesday through the DHS National Terrorist Advisory System -- or NTAS. The system was last used to issue a public warning a year ago, when DHS issued a bulletin over potential retaliation by Iran for the U.S. assassination of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq days earlier. A year before that, DHS issued a bulletin through the same system to highlight the threat from foreign terrorist groups like ISIS or al-Qaida. But over the past year, domestic terrorists "motivated by a range of issues, including anger over COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 election results, and police use of force have plotted and on occasion carried out attacks against government facilities," and "long-standing racial and ethnic tension -- including opposition to immigration -- has driven [domestic terrorist] attacks," the bulletin issued Wednesday said. "DHS is concerned these same drivers to violence will remain through early 2021 and some [domestic terrorists] may be emboldened by the January 6, 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. to target elected officials and government facilities," the bulletin added. Violent supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol three weeks ago, many of them believing -- based on unfounded claims from Trump himself -- that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen from Trump through fraud. Wednesday's public warning echoes what intelligence bulletins sent privately to law enforcement officials in recent weeks have said, underscoring a continued threat from violence-prone individuals who still believe President Joe Biden's election was illegitimate. The NTAS system "recognizes that Americans all share responsibility for the nation's security, and should always be aware of the heightened risk of terrorist attack in the United States and what they should do," DHS says on its website. The system was created in 2011, replacing the color-coded alerts that were implemented in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
eh...that's a BS charge that shouldn't stick. I'm free to influence people however I want w/my speech. If it's foreign entities, that's a different thing altogether.