The rise of menace as a mainstream political tool

essentialsaltes · Sunday at 10:37 AM

essentialsaltes said:
Indiana’s governor and at least 8 lawmakers have been swatted or threatened as state Republicans face redistricting pressure

Threats pile up as Indiana Republicans confront pressure from Trump on redistricting

[It's up to a dozen, now]

It’s a bewildering and frightening experience for lawmakers who consider themselves loyal party members and never imagined they would be doing their jobs under the same shadow of violence that has darkened American political life in recent years.

essentialsaltes · Monday at 9:10 AM

Students form human swastika on San José high school football field

A viral image of San José students forming a human swastika while lying on their high school’s football field has roiled the Silicon Valley community and prompted an outcry from the Jewish community.

The picture of eight Branham High School students was posted Wednesday on social media, accompanied by an antisemitic 1939 quote from Adolf Hitler. The post has since been deleted and denounced by local leaders.

[The quote refers to the annihilation of the Jews in Europe in the context of blaming 'international financial Jews' for world wars.]

timothyu · Monday at 2:08 PM

essentialsaltes said:
[The quote refers to the annihilation of the Jews in Europe in the context of blaming 'international financial Jews' for world wars.]

One would think that bankers would be miffed also.

Akita Suggagaki · Monday at 6:46 PM

Remember when people apologized for incivility?

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/09/rep_joe_wilson_apologizes_for.html

essentialsaltes · Monday at 11:21 PM

essentialsaltes said:
Indiana GOP state senator says he's a no on redistricting after Trump delivers his Thanksgiving execration
Trump's Nov. 27 Truth Social post ‒ one in a series of anti-immigrant comments posted Thursday ‒ referred to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the "r-word." Though the word was formerly used in medical contexts, it's now widely regarded as offensive, and disability advocates seek to end its use.

Per Walz' daughter, cretins are shouting the r-word at their family home.

[You may recall that Walz' neurodivergent son cried during the governor's speech, spurring reactions that highlighted the divide between normal human beings and those who strangled their empathy.]

essentialsaltes · Wednesday at 2:22 PM

Little Rock shocked by Neo-Nazi 'Blood Tribe' march
The group is known as the "Blood Tribe", and they were seen marching down streets like Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Drive and Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive on Saturday.

Shawn Woods, the criminal justice committee chairman of the NAACP Little Rock branch, believes that the locations the group marched on were symbolic. One of which was Central High School, where the Little Rock Nine enrolled at the previously all-white school as a result of the Brown V. Board of Education decision.

After the demonstration, members of the "Blood Tribe" were seen piling into the back of a large U-Haul truck. After driving away from Central High School, they were quickly pulled over by Little Rock Police and Arkansas State Police.

22 people were in the back of the vehicle, and they were all made to find alternate rides home. The driver, identified in a press release by Little Rock Police as 36-year-old as Zachary Platter of Indiana, was issued a citation because of the incident.

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Springfield, Ohio, sues 'Blood Tribe' neo-Nazis over hate and intimidation campaign against Haitians & city officials and locals who defended them

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, accuses the white supremacist organization Blood Tribe, its leaders Christopher Pohlhaus and Drake Berentz, and seven unnamed men of conspiring to interfere with the civil rights of Springfield Mayor Rob...

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timothyu · Wednesday at 2:25 PM

essentialsaltes said:
22 people were in the back of the vehicle, and they were all made to find alternate rides home. The driver, identified in a press release by Little Rock Police as 36-year-old as Zachary Platter of Indiana, was issued a citation because of the incident.

So no seatbelts is considered a menace.

essentialsaltes · Wednesday at 2:28 PM

timothyu said:
So no seatbelts is considered a menace.

That was just the happy ending.

iluvatar5150 · Wednesday at 4:22 PM

essentialsaltes said:
22 people were in the back of the vehicle, and they were all made to find alternate rides home. The driver, identified in a press release by Little Rock Police as 36-year-old as Zachary Platter of Indiana, was issued a citation because of the incident.

So… they hate illegals, but drive like them?

Always in His Presence · 2025-12-11T11:14:49-0600

National Guard member killed in DC shooting laid to rest with honors

A West Virginia National Guard member, Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, fatally shot last month in the nation’s capital, was laid to rest with full military honors in a private ceremony. Her funeral took place Tuesday at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton, Governor Patrick Morrisey said in a statement.

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