And putting themselves in harm's way. What a bunch of dumb crackers.
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Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Defendant Richard Barnett Speaks With NBC News
Pussy had to have been PHENOMENAL:
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NFL Star’s Ex Brought Knife to Capitol, Got Framed as Antifa
A woman accused of being an “agitator” at the Jan. 6 riot by “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander is actually a pro-Trump vlogger.
2 more DC police officers who responded to Capitol insurrection have died by suicide
By Whitney Wild, Paul LeBlanc and Rashard Rose, CNN
Updated 9:40 AM EDT, Tue August 03, 2021
(CNN) Two more DC police officers who responded to the US Capitol insurrection have died by suicide, authorities announced on Monday, bringing the total to four officers who have taken their own lives in the aftermath of the January 6 riot.
"Officer Gunther Hashida, assigned to the Emergency Response Team within the Special Operations Division, was found deceased in his residence on Thursday, July 29," Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Kristen Metzger told CNN in a statement.
"We are grieving as a Department and our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Hashida's family and friends," Metzger said.
Metropolitan Police Officer Kyle DeFreytag was found dead on July 10, according to department public information officer Sean Hickman.
Hashida had joined the Metropolitan Police Department in 2003 and DeFreytag had been with the department since November 2016.
The deaths mark four known suicides by officers who responded to the Capitol during the attack, and three known suicides by a DC officer specifically.
Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, a 12-year veteran of the force, and US Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, a 16-year Capitol Police veteran, also responded to the insurrection and later died by suicide. A recent Senate report into the security failures of the day lists both Smith and Liebengood among those who "ultimately lost their lives" following the attack.
Another Capitol Police officer, Brian D. Sicknick, suffered strokes and died of natural causes one day after responding to the attack, Washington DC's chief medical examiner determined in April.
The Justice Department has charged more than 550 people in connection with the insurrection, according to CNN's latest tally, and the attack is at the center of a high-profile House select committee investigation.
During a hearing before the panel last month, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn delivered an emotional plea to officers who defended the Capitol to seek out professional help if they need it.
"I want to take this moment and speak to my fellow officers about the emotions they are continuing to experience from the events of January 6. There is absolutely nothing wrong with seeking professional counseling," Dunn said.
"What we all went through that day was traumatic, and if you are hurting, please take advantage of the counseling services that are available to us."
This story has been updated with additional information Monday.
By Whitney Wild, Paul LeBlanc and Rashard Rose, CNN
Updated 9:40 AM EDT, Tue August 03, 2021
(CNN) Two more DC police officers who responded to the US Capitol insurrection have died by suicide, authorities announced on Monday, bringing the total to four officers who have taken their own lives in the aftermath of the January 6 riot.
"Officer Gunther Hashida, assigned to the Emergency Response Team within the Special Operations Division, was found deceased in his residence on Thursday, July 29," Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Kristen Metzger told CNN in a statement.
"We are grieving as a Department and our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Hashida's family and friends," Metzger said.
Metropolitan Police Officer Kyle DeFreytag was found dead on July 10, according to department public information officer Sean Hickman.
Hashida had joined the Metropolitan Police Department in 2003 and DeFreytag had been with the department since November 2016.
The deaths mark four known suicides by officers who responded to the Capitol during the attack, and three known suicides by a DC officer specifically.
Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, a 12-year veteran of the force, and US Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, a 16-year Capitol Police veteran, also responded to the insurrection and later died by suicide. A recent Senate report into the security failures of the day lists both Smith and Liebengood among those who "ultimately lost their lives" following the attack.
Another Capitol Police officer, Brian D. Sicknick, suffered strokes and died of natural causes one day after responding to the attack, Washington DC's chief medical examiner determined in April.
The Justice Department has charged more than 550 people in connection with the insurrection, according to CNN's latest tally, and the attack is at the center of a high-profile House select committee investigation.
During a hearing before the panel last month, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn delivered an emotional plea to officers who defended the Capitol to seek out professional help if they need it.
"I want to take this moment and speak to my fellow officers about the emotions they are continuing to experience from the events of January 6. There is absolutely nothing wrong with seeking professional counseling," Dunn said.
"What we all went through that day was traumatic, and if you are hurting, please take advantage of the counseling services that are available to us."
This story has been updated with additional information Monday.
MAGA2 more DC police officers who responded to Capitol insurrection have died by suicide
By Whitney Wild, Paul LeBlanc and Rashard Rose, CNN
Updated 9:40 AM EDT, Tue August 03, 2021
(CNN) Two more DC police officers who responded to the US Capitol insurrection have died by suicide, authorities announced on Monday, bringing the total to four officers who have taken their own lives in the aftermath of the January 6 riot.
"Officer Gunther Hashida, assigned to the Emergency Response Team within the Special Operations Division, was found deceased in his residence on Thursday, July 29," Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson Kristen Metzger told CNN in a statement.
"We are grieving as a Department and our thoughts and prayers are with Officer Hashida's family and friends," Metzger said.
Metropolitan Police Officer Kyle DeFreytag was found dead on July 10, according to department public information officer Sean Hickman.
Hashida had joined the Metropolitan Police Department in 2003 and DeFreytag had been with the department since November 2016.
The deaths mark four known suicides by officers who responded to the Capitol during the attack, and three known suicides by a DC officer specifically.
Metropolitan Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, a 12-year veteran of the force, and US Capitol Police Officer Howard Liebengood, a 16-year Capitol Police veteran, also responded to the insurrection and later died by suicide. A recent Senate report into the security failures of the day lists both Smith and Liebengood among those who "ultimately lost their lives" following the attack.
Another Capitol Police officer, Brian D. Sicknick, suffered strokes and died of natural causes one day after responding to the attack, Washington DC's chief medical examiner determined in April.
The Justice Department has charged more than 550 people in connection with the insurrection, according to CNN's latest tally, and the attack is at the center of a high-profile House select committee investigation.
During a hearing before the panel last month, Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn delivered an emotional plea to officers who defended the Capitol to seek out professional help if they need it.
"I want to take this moment and speak to my fellow officers about the emotions they are continuing to experience from the events of January 6. There is absolutely nothing wrong with seeking professional counseling," Dunn said.
"What we all went through that day was traumatic, and if you are hurting, please take advantage of the counseling services that are available to us."
This story has been updated with additional information Monday.
Why did Lauren Boebert lead a late-night Capitol tour three weeks before Jan. 6?
Zachary Petrizzo, Salon
August 04, 2021
On the night of Dec. 12, 2020, the day of the first Stop the Steal rally in Washington and three weeks ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, several guests of then-Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., received an exclusive after-hours tour of the Capitol building from the far-right firebrand.
There are several unanswered questions about this visit, which appears to have violated normal Capitol protocol in various ways. It's not clear who authorized it, since Boebert was not yet a member of Congress and had no official standing in D.C. It's perhaps even stranger that it occurred on a Saturday night, when the Capitol complex is closed. Later, in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack, Boebert repeatedly denied rumors that she had offered "reconnaissance tours" to would-be rioters shortly before that event. But her ambiguous comments appeared to avoid any specific discussion of this unexplained December tour.
According to materials reviewed by Salon, the Dec. 12 tour led by Boebert involved various parts of the Capitol complex, including the staircase in the Senate's empty Brumidi Corridors, Senate room S-127 and the Senate briefing room, as well as the then-vacant Capitol Rotunda.
A maskless Capitol Police officer accompanied Boebert's mother and teenage son to the observation deck at the top of the Capitol Dome for a photo taken by a fourth person, presumably Boebert herself. This is the culmination of any Capitol tour, only available to visitors hosted by a member of Congress, and involves an arduous climb up roughly 300 steep and winding stairs to reach the high perch overlooking the city.
Boebert's guests were clearly enjoying themselves, as can be seen in the photos. But everything about their presence on the observation deck alongside a Capitol Police officer remains unexplained. As mentioned above, the rules for observation deck tours stipulate that a member of Congress and an official guide must accompany each group that climbs the Capitol Dome. There's no indication that either a member or a guide was present on this occasion.
Furthermore, spots for such tours are not readily available, with only eight reservations available on any given day. It's true that Boebert was a member-elect at the time, but that's an important distinction: She certainly was not a sworn member of Congress and had no office, no staff and no official status in the Capitol complex. It's even more puzzling that this tour took place on Saturday night. The guidelines for member-led Capitol tours state they are only available on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and also that all visitors must sign liability waivers and all tours must be led by official Capitol guides, not Capitol Police officers.
U.S. Capitol Police didn't immediately return Salon's request for comment on this story.
After Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and other lawmakers accused Boebert of "involvement in instigating and aiding the violent riot at the Capitol Building" after Jan. 6, Boebert responded by saying that she hadn't given tours to anyone but her family during the 117th Congress, which began on Jan. 3, the day she was sworn in as a member.
Her choice of words was notably specific, and potentially significant: "I haven't given a tour of the U.S. Capitol in the 117th Congress to anyone but family," she said, specifically not addressing the unauthorized tour she seems to have given during the 116th Congress.
In a January interview with Salon, Boebert denied giving "reconnaissance tours" on Jan. 5, the day before the Capitol assault, saying, "I did not. No." She has issued similar denials to numerous other publications.
This video makes clear that Boebert was in Washington on the day of the first "Stop the Steal" rally on Dec. 12, and also that on Jan. 6 Boebert and her mother visited the Save America rally at around 8:15 a.m., posing for photos with VIPs at the front of the stage.
Jan. 6 rally organizer Ali Alexander can be seen directly behind Boebert in the clip. She is visible in the video for about 10 minutes. Around that time, at 8:30 a.m., Boebert tweeted, "Today is 1776."
The House met at 12 noon that day, and Boebert said on the floor during that session, "Madam Speaker, I have constituents outside of this building right now. I promised my voters to be their voice."
Boebert later told the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado, that her mother took no part in the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, declaring, "During the riot, my mother was barricaded inside of my office alongside my staff until the all-clear was given by Capitol Police."
In another report published by the Colorado site News9 after the Jan. 6 attack, Boebert said, "Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, I haven't given any Capitol tours except to show my children around where I'll be working while I'm away from home."
It is unclear whether Boebert or her family members attended the Dec. 12 "Stop the Steal" rally, and exactly how they managed to tour the Capitol Dome that evening without a member of Congress and an official guide. Boebert's office did not respond to Salon's request for comment.
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Trump calls police officer who killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt a murderer: 'We know who he is'
Grace Panetta
Aug 11, 2021, 4:21 PM
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Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric against the law enforcement officer who shot Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt, calling them a murderer and ominously warning that "we know who he is" in a Wednesday statement.
Babbitt died after being shot by a law enforcement officer as she tried to climb through a broken window to get into the Speaker's Lobby during the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
"I spoke to the wonderful mother and husband of Ashli Babbitt, who was murdered at the hands of someone who should have never pulled the trigger of his gun," Trump said. "We know who is he is. If this happened to the 'other side,' there would be riots all over America, and yet there are far more people represented by Ashli, who truly loved America, than there are on the other side."
Trump then added: "The Radical Left haters cannot be allowed to get away with this. There must be justice!"
Trump and Republicans in Congress like Rep. Paul Gosar have tried to turn Babbitt into a martyr, claiming she was unjustly killed and wrongly targeted by law enforcement. GOP lawmakers have cited her death to argue that the insurrection wasn't as serious as it appeared and she didn't pose a threat.
In a previous July 11 call-in to Fox News, Trump called Babbitt a "wonderful woman, young woman, who went to peaceful protest," despite the fact that the insurrection was not peaceful, and suggested without evidence that the person who shot her was "the head of security for a certain high official, a Democrat."
The Daily Beast also reported in mid-July that Trump had privately complained to those around him that he should have lowered the flag in honor of Babbitt's death before leaving office.
The Department of Justice decided not to bring criminal charges against the lieutenant who shot Babbitt after an investigation concluded the officer did not violate her civil rights. Babbitt's family is suing the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC to reveal their identity.
Babbitt, who was 35 when she was killed, was a native of California and an Air Force veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
She went from voting for former President Barack Obama to ardently supporting Trump and then becoming a strong believer of the QAnon conspiracy movement that eventually drew her to storm the Capitol, people who knew Babbitt told Insider's Melkorka Licea.
On January 6, rioters breached the Capitol to prevent Congress from affirming President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Five people — including Babbitt, Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, and three others — died following the riot and hundreds of accused rioters have been charged with crimes.
Grace Panetta
Aug 11, 2021, 4:21 PM
Trump calls police officer who killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt a murderer: 'We know who he is'
Trump said Babbitt "was murdered at the hands of someone who should have never pulled the trigger of his gun."
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Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric against the law enforcement officer who shot Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt, calling them a murderer and ominously warning that "we know who he is" in a Wednesday statement.
Babbitt died after being shot by a law enforcement officer as she tried to climb through a broken window to get into the Speaker's Lobby during the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
"I spoke to the wonderful mother and husband of Ashli Babbitt, who was murdered at the hands of someone who should have never pulled the trigger of his gun," Trump said. "We know who is he is. If this happened to the 'other side,' there would be riots all over America, and yet there are far more people represented by Ashli, who truly loved America, than there are on the other side."
Trump then added: "The Radical Left haters cannot be allowed to get away with this. There must be justice!"
Trump and Republicans in Congress like Rep. Paul Gosar have tried to turn Babbitt into a martyr, claiming she was unjustly killed and wrongly targeted by law enforcement. GOP lawmakers have cited her death to argue that the insurrection wasn't as serious as it appeared and she didn't pose a threat.
In a previous July 11 call-in to Fox News, Trump called Babbitt a "wonderful woman, young woman, who went to peaceful protest," despite the fact that the insurrection was not peaceful, and suggested without evidence that the person who shot her was "the head of security for a certain high official, a Democrat."
The Daily Beast also reported in mid-July that Trump had privately complained to those around him that he should have lowered the flag in honor of Babbitt's death before leaving office.
The Department of Justice decided not to bring criminal charges against the lieutenant who shot Babbitt after an investigation concluded the officer did not violate her civil rights. Babbitt's family is suing the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC to reveal their identity.
Babbitt, who was 35 when she was killed, was a native of California and an Air Force veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
She went from voting for former President Barack Obama to ardently supporting Trump and then becoming a strong believer of the QAnon conspiracy movement that eventually drew her to storm the Capitol, people who knew Babbitt told Insider's Melkorka Licea.
On January 6, rioters breached the Capitol to prevent Congress from affirming President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Five people — including Babbitt, Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, and three others — died following the riot and hundreds of accused rioters have been charged with crimes.
FUCK HIM AND HERTrump calls police officer who killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt a murderer: 'We know who he is'
Grace Panetta
Aug 11, 2021, 4:21 PM
Trump calls police officer who killed Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt a murderer: 'We know who he is'
Trump said Babbitt "was murdered at the hands of someone who should have never pulled the trigger of his gun."
Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric against the law enforcement officer who shot Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt, calling them a murderer and ominously warning that "we know who he is" in a Wednesday statement.
Babbitt died after being shot by a law enforcement officer as she tried to climb through a broken window to get into the Speaker's Lobby during the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
"I spoke to the wonderful mother and husband of Ashli Babbitt, who was murdered at the hands of someone who should have never pulled the trigger of his gun," Trump said. "We know who is he is. If this happened to the 'other side,' there would be riots all over America, and yet there are far more people represented by Ashli, who truly loved America, than there are on the other side."
Trump then added: "The Radical Left haters cannot be allowed to get away with this. There must be justice!"
Trump and Republicans in Congress like Rep. Paul Gosar have tried to turn Babbitt into a martyr, claiming she was unjustly killed and wrongly targeted by law enforcement. GOP lawmakers have cited her death to argue that the insurrection wasn't as serious as it appeared and she didn't pose a threat.
In a previous July 11 call-in to Fox News, Trump called Babbitt a "wonderful woman, young woman, who went to peaceful protest," despite the fact that the insurrection was not peaceful, and suggested without evidence that the person who shot her was "the head of security for a certain high official, a Democrat."
The Daily Beast also reported in mid-July that Trump had privately complained to those around him that he should have lowered the flag in honor of Babbitt's death before leaving office.
The Department of Justice decided not to bring criminal charges against the lieutenant who shot Babbitt after an investigation concluded the officer did not violate her civil rights. Babbitt's family is suing the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC to reveal their identity.
Babbitt, who was 35 when she was killed, was a native of California and an Air Force veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
She went from voting for former President Barack Obama to ardently supporting Trump and then becoming a strong believer of the QAnon conspiracy movement that eventually drew her to storm the Capitol, people who knew Babbitt told Insider's Melkorka Licea.
On January 6, rioters breached the Capitol to prevent Congress from affirming President Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Five people — including Babbitt, Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, and three others — died following the riot and hundreds of accused rioters have been charged with crimes.
Are QAnon followers mentally ill? 68% of them involved in Capitol riot have been clinically diagnosed, says study
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses
By Pathikrit Sanyal
Updated On : 10:34 PST, Apr 1, 2021
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Many who believe in QAnon, the notorious far-right conspiracy, may have mental illnesses. While QAnon followers believe in a lot of things, the central tenet of their complicated and ever-changing belief system is that national Democrats, aided by Hollywood and a group of so-called global elites, are running a ring devoted to the abduction, trafficking, torture, sexual abuse, and cannibalization of children -- rituals of their Satanic faith. And former President Donald Trump is the only person willing and able to mount an attack against them.
Sophia Moskalenko, a research fellow in social psychology, Georgia State University, during research for ‘Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon’, a forthcoming book she co-authored with security scholar Mia Bloom, noticed that QAnon followers are “different from the radicals I usually study in one key way: They are far more likely to have serious mental illnesses.”
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses. This was analyzed by Michael Jensen and Sheehan Kane for ‘Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States’, a research project “dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism”.
The conditions they revealed included post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, paranoid schizophrenia, and Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The same research also found that 44 percent of the 31 QAnon followers who committed crimes before and after the Capitol riot were radicalized after experiencing a traumatic event. These experiences included the premature deaths of loved ones; physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; and post-traumatic stress disorder from military service.
Moskalenko noted, citing research, that “depressed, narcissistic, and emotionally detached people are also prone to have a conspiratorial mindset.” Similarly, “people who exhibit odd, eccentric, suspicious and paranoid behavior” were more likely to believe conspiracy theories.
“QAnon’s rise has coincided with an unfolding mental health crisis in the United States,” Moskalenko said. “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of diagnoses of mental illness was growing, with 1.5 million more people diagnosed in 2019 than in 2018. The isolation of the lockdowns, compounded by the anxiety related to COVID and the economic uncertainty, made a bad situation worse.”
She added, “In my view, the solution to this aspect of the QAnon problem is to address the mental health needs of all Americans -- including those whose problems manifest as QAnon beliefs. Many of them -- and many others who are not QAnon followers -- could clearly benefit from counseling and therapy.”
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses
By Pathikrit Sanyal
Updated On : 10:34 PST, Apr 1, 2021
Are QAnon followers mentally ill? 68% of them involved in Capitol riot have been clinically diagnosed, says study
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses
Many who believe in QAnon, the notorious far-right conspiracy, may have mental illnesses. While QAnon followers believe in a lot of things, the central tenet of their complicated and ever-changing belief system is that national Democrats, aided by Hollywood and a group of so-called global elites, are running a ring devoted to the abduction, trafficking, torture, sexual abuse, and cannibalization of children -- rituals of their Satanic faith. And former President Donald Trump is the only person willing and able to mount an attack against them.
Sophia Moskalenko, a research fellow in social psychology, Georgia State University, during research for ‘Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon’, a forthcoming book she co-authored with security scholar Mia Bloom, noticed that QAnon followers are “different from the radicals I usually study in one key way: They are far more likely to have serious mental illnesses.”
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses. This was analyzed by Michael Jensen and Sheehan Kane for ‘Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States’, a research project “dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism”.
The conditions they revealed included post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, paranoid schizophrenia, and Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The same research also found that 44 percent of the 31 QAnon followers who committed crimes before and after the Capitol riot were radicalized after experiencing a traumatic event. These experiences included the premature deaths of loved ones; physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; and post-traumatic stress disorder from military service.
Moskalenko noted, citing research, that “depressed, narcissistic, and emotionally detached people are also prone to have a conspiratorial mindset.” Similarly, “people who exhibit odd, eccentric, suspicious and paranoid behavior” were more likely to believe conspiracy theories.
“QAnon’s rise has coincided with an unfolding mental health crisis in the United States,” Moskalenko said. “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of diagnoses of mental illness was growing, with 1.5 million more people diagnosed in 2019 than in 2018. The isolation of the lockdowns, compounded by the anxiety related to COVID and the economic uncertainty, made a bad situation worse.”
She added, “In my view, the solution to this aspect of the QAnon problem is to address the mental health needs of all Americans -- including those whose problems manifest as QAnon beliefs. Many of them -- and many others who are not QAnon followers -- could clearly benefit from counseling and therapy.”
Attack of the retardsAre QAnon followers mentally ill? 68% of them involved in Capitol riot have been clinically diagnosed, says study
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses
By Pathikrit Sanyal
Updated On : 10:34 PST, Apr 1, 2021
Are QAnon followers mentally ill? 68% of them involved in Capitol riot have been clinically diagnosed, says study
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses
Many who believe in QAnon, the notorious far-right conspiracy, may have mental illnesses. While QAnon followers believe in a lot of things, the central tenet of their complicated and ever-changing belief system is that national Democrats, aided by Hollywood and a group of so-called global elites, are running a ring devoted to the abduction, trafficking, torture, sexual abuse, and cannibalization of children -- rituals of their Satanic faith. And former President Donald Trump is the only person willing and able to mount an attack against them.
Sophia Moskalenko, a research fellow in social psychology, Georgia State University, during research for ‘Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon’, a forthcoming book she co-authored with security scholar Mia Bloom, noticed that QAnon followers are “different from the radicals I usually study in one key way: They are far more likely to have serious mental illnesses.”
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses. This was analyzed by Michael Jensen and Sheehan Kane for ‘Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States’, a research project “dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism”.
The conditions they revealed included post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, paranoid schizophrenia, and Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The same research also found that 44 percent of the 31 QAnon followers who committed crimes before and after the Capitol riot were radicalized after experiencing a traumatic event. These experiences included the premature deaths of loved ones; physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; and post-traumatic stress disorder from military service.
Moskalenko noted, citing research, that “depressed, narcissistic, and emotionally detached people are also prone to have a conspiratorial mindset.” Similarly, “people who exhibit odd, eccentric, suspicious and paranoid behavior” were more likely to believe conspiracy theories.
“QAnon’s rise has coincided with an unfolding mental health crisis in the United States,” Moskalenko said. “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of diagnoses of mental illness was growing, with 1.5 million more people diagnosed in 2019 than in 2018. The isolation of the lockdowns, compounded by the anxiety related to COVID and the economic uncertainty, made a bad situation worse.”
She added, “In my view, the solution to this aspect of the QAnon problem is to address the mental health needs of all Americans -- including those whose problems manifest as QAnon beliefs. Many of them -- and many others who are not QAnon followers -- could clearly benefit from counseling and therapy.”
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These MF getting snitched on and self snitching and thought they wouldn't get touch 45 left them hanging in the wind with no pardons
Breaking News: Security threat near Capitol building causes evacuation of area
Security threat near Capitol building causes evacuation of area Police evacuated parts of DC near the Capitol building on Thursday after reports broke of a man in a "suspicious" vehicle posing a security threat, AP, AFP and US Capitol Police report. According to the AP, the...
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They're still getting slaps on the wrists, though.
Do any of those traitors realize that if they did this in another country, they'd be thrown under the jail, or executed?
If it is a felony, it will fuck up their ability to vote
Are QAnon followers mentally ill? 68% of them involved in Capitol riot have been clinically diagnosed, says study
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses
By Pathikrit Sanyal
Updated On : 10:34 PST, Apr 1, 2021
Are QAnon followers mentally ill? 68% of them involved in Capitol riot have been clinically diagnosed, says study
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses
Many who believe in QAnon, the notorious far-right conspiracy, may have mental illnesses. While QAnon followers believe in a lot of things, the central tenet of their complicated and ever-changing belief system is that national Democrats, aided by Hollywood and a group of so-called global elites, are running a ring devoted to the abduction, trafficking, torture, sexual abuse, and cannibalization of children -- rituals of their Satanic faith. And former President Donald Trump is the only person willing and able to mount an attack against them.
Sophia Moskalenko, a research fellow in social psychology, Georgia State University, during research for ‘Pastels and Pedophiles: Inside the Mind of QAnon’, a forthcoming book she co-authored with security scholar Mia Bloom, noticed that QAnon followers are “different from the radicals I usually study in one key way: They are far more likely to have serious mental illnesses.”
As per court records of QAnon followers arrested in the wake of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, 68 percent reported that they had received mental health diagnoses. This was analyzed by Michael Jensen and Sheehan Kane for ‘Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States’, a research project “dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism”.
The conditions they revealed included post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, paranoid schizophrenia, and Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The same research also found that 44 percent of the 31 QAnon followers who committed crimes before and after the Capitol riot were radicalized after experiencing a traumatic event. These experiences included the premature deaths of loved ones; physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; and post-traumatic stress disorder from military service.
Moskalenko noted, citing research, that “depressed, narcissistic, and emotionally detached people are also prone to have a conspiratorial mindset.” Similarly, “people who exhibit odd, eccentric, suspicious and paranoid behavior” were more likely to believe conspiracy theories.
“QAnon’s rise has coincided with an unfolding mental health crisis in the United States,” Moskalenko said. “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of diagnoses of mental illness was growing, with 1.5 million more people diagnosed in 2019 than in 2018. The isolation of the lockdowns, compounded by the anxiety related to COVID and the economic uncertainty, made a bad situation worse.”
She added, “In my view, the solution to this aspect of the QAnon problem is to address the mental health needs of all Americans -- including those whose problems manifest as QAnon beliefs. Many of them -- and many others who are not QAnon followers -- could clearly benefit from counseling and therapy.”
GTFOH
Mentally racist is the illness
Police in D.C. Concerned About September 'Justice' Rally for Charged Capitol Rioters
BY MAGGIE GILE ON 8/18/21 AT 3:21 PM EDT
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Police in Washington, D.C. are concerned over a rally planned for September 18 to seek out "justice" for those who have been charged in connection to the January 6 Capitol riot, the Associated Press reported.
Organizers call themselves "Justice for J6" and have told authorities it will be a peaceful event. However, law enforcement officials are apprehensive, fearing the event with thousands of people could quickly become violent.
A January 6 Capitol Police intelligence assessment said that supporters of former President Donald Trump viewed January 6 "as the last opportunity to overturn the results of the presidential election. This sense of desperation and disappointment may lead to more of an incentive to become violent."
Unlike past events, when pro-Trump supporters clashed violently with counter-demonstrations, "Congress itself is the target on the 6th," the assessment added.
Yogananda Pittman, the Capitol Police official who led intelligence operations when thousands of pro-Trump rioters descended January 6, is back in charge of intelligence as officials prepare for what's expected to be a massive rally at the Capitol to support those who took part in the insurrection.
Pittman—elevated to acting chief after then-Chief Steven Sund was forced to resign in the aftermath of the deadly insurrection—was passed over last month for the role of permanent chief. The Capitol Police Board, which oversees the force, instead picked J. Thomas Manger, the former chief of the police departments in Fairfax County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland.
Pittman's tenure as assistant chief was marred by a vote of no-confidence from rank-and-file officers on the force and questions about intelligence and leadership failures—specifically, why the agency wasn't prepared to fend off a mob of insurrectionists, even though officials had compiled intelligence showing white supremacists and other extremists were likely to assemble in Washington on January 6 and that violent disruptions were possible.
But more than six months after the riot, Pittman has been put back in charge as assistant chief of the agency's intelligence operations and supervising officers who protect top congressional leaders.
That Pittman remains in the position overseeing intelligence is notable given the internal leadership upheaval that followed the riot—Sund, the House and Senate sergeants at arms and the only other assistant police chief all resigned after January's attack—though on the other hand, removing her from the job could also represent a concession by the department that there was an intelligence failure on their part.
Capitol Police officials say Pittman was "given the additional responsibility" of being the acting police chief on a temporary basis and never left her old job, though an organization chart obtained by AP shows that the position of assistant chief overseeing intelligence was held by a different official, Sean Gallagher. He is now temporarily in charge of the department's uniformed officers.
"In that temporary position, Chief Pittman led the Department through numerous reviews. She also directed and led improvements to pivot the USCP towards an intelligence based protective agency," the agency said of Pittman's time as police chief.
BY MAGGIE GILE ON 8/18/21 AT 3:21 PM EDT
Police in D.C. concerned about September "justice" rally for charged Capitol rioters
Organizers call themselves "Justice for J6" and have told authorities it will be a peaceful event, but officials fear it could quickly become violent.
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Police in Washington, D.C. are concerned over a rally planned for September 18 to seek out "justice" for those who have been charged in connection to the January 6 Capitol riot, the Associated Press reported.
Organizers call themselves "Justice for J6" and have told authorities it will be a peaceful event. However, law enforcement officials are apprehensive, fearing the event with thousands of people could quickly become violent.
A January 6 Capitol Police intelligence assessment said that supporters of former President Donald Trump viewed January 6 "as the last opportunity to overturn the results of the presidential election. This sense of desperation and disappointment may lead to more of an incentive to become violent."
Unlike past events, when pro-Trump supporters clashed violently with counter-demonstrations, "Congress itself is the target on the 6th," the assessment added.
Yogananda Pittman, the Capitol Police official who led intelligence operations when thousands of pro-Trump rioters descended January 6, is back in charge of intelligence as officials prepare for what's expected to be a massive rally at the Capitol to support those who took part in the insurrection.
Pittman—elevated to acting chief after then-Chief Steven Sund was forced to resign in the aftermath of the deadly insurrection—was passed over last month for the role of permanent chief. The Capitol Police Board, which oversees the force, instead picked J. Thomas Manger, the former chief of the police departments in Fairfax County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland.
Pittman's tenure as assistant chief was marred by a vote of no-confidence from rank-and-file officers on the force and questions about intelligence and leadership failures—specifically, why the agency wasn't prepared to fend off a mob of insurrectionists, even though officials had compiled intelligence showing white supremacists and other extremists were likely to assemble in Washington on January 6 and that violent disruptions were possible.
But more than six months after the riot, Pittman has been put back in charge as assistant chief of the agency's intelligence operations and supervising officers who protect top congressional leaders.
That Pittman remains in the position overseeing intelligence is notable given the internal leadership upheaval that followed the riot—Sund, the House and Senate sergeants at arms and the only other assistant police chief all resigned after January's attack—though on the other hand, removing her from the job could also represent a concession by the department that there was an intelligence failure on their part.
Capitol Police officials say Pittman was "given the additional responsibility" of being the acting police chief on a temporary basis and never left her old job, though an organization chart obtained by AP shows that the position of assistant chief overseeing intelligence was held by a different official, Sean Gallagher. He is now temporarily in charge of the department's uniformed officers.
"In that temporary position, Chief Pittman led the Department through numerous reviews. She also directed and led improvements to pivot the USCP towards an intelligence based protective agency," the agency said of Pittman's time as police chief.
I hate these republican enablers so much
FBI finds little evidence Jan. 6 insurrection was organized attack: report
"There was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones ... to storm the Capitol and take hostages"
JON SKOLNIK
PUBLISHED AUGUST 20, 2021 4:59PM (EDT)
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The FBI has found little evidence that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a coordinated plot to reinstall Donald Trump as president, according to a report, potentially putting to rest months of speculation that far-right militias and white nationalist groups had prepared an organized assault on the nation's capital.
According to Reuters, which interviewed four unnamed FBI officials familiar with the agency's probe into the insurrection, there is scant evidence to suggest that far-right groups, Donald Trump, or any of the former president's allies colluded to incite the unrest.
"Ninety to ninety-five percent of these are one-off cases," a former senior law enforcement official told Reuters. "Then you have five percent, maybe, of these militia groups that were more closely organized. But there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages."
The officials did note that far-right groups – like the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Three Percenters – may have collaborated in breaching the Capitol on the day of the riot. However, there appears to be no evidence of a coordinated plan around what would come after these groups made their way inside the building.
The FBI acknowledged that, ahead of the riot, there was a modicum of planning by one Proud Boy leader, who encouraged the group to stockpile military-style equipment, like bulletproof vests, and instructed them to splinter off into groups while storming the Capitol.
According to Reuters, over 170 people have been charged for assaulting or impeding a police officer during the Capitol riot. A total of over 500 people have been arrested in connection to the insurrection.
Back in late March, Michael Sherwin, the former acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., told CBS' "60 Minutes" that federal prosecutors were "trending toward" sedition charges, saying, "I believe the facts do support those charges. And I think that, as we go forward, more facts will support that."
However, Reuters reported that there has been little to no talk among FBI officials of charging anybody with "seditious conspiracy." The publication added that the agency is likely to steer clear of indicting anyone with racketeering charges, which are often used to break up criminal gangs that carry out organized violence.
FBI officials also suggested that the agency has no reason for charging any one individual with orchestrating or masterminding the riot. This also appears to go against Sherwin's testimony, in which the attorney claimed that Trump was the "unequivocal … magnet that brought the people to D.C."
Several political commentators have casted doubt over Reuters' report, emphasizing that the FBI is downplaying reams of evidence that suggest the riot was organized in advance of Jan. 6.
National security expert Marcy Wheeler, for example, pointed out that multiple far-right groups are already facing conspiracy charges.
"It is false to say (as that Reuters report did) that no group had a central role in organizing the insurrection," Wheeler wrote on Twitter. "The Proud Boys did. And they explicitly were aiming to get 'normies' to behave like them."
Alan Feuer, a legal reporter at the New York Times, echoed Wheeler. "Private communications in the FBI's possession clearly show that leaders of the Proud Boys, for example, discussed on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 their desire to 'rile up the normies' — which is to say, the ordinary people in the crowd that day," Feuer tweeted.
As of this month, 40 members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys have been indicted on conspiracy charges in connection to the riot.
Read The Full Reuters Report Below
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex...ol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/
"There was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones ... to storm the Capitol and take hostages"
JON SKOLNIK
PUBLISHED AUGUST 20, 2021 4:59PM (EDT)
FBI finds little evidence Jan. 6 insurrection was organized attack: report
"There was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones ... to storm the Capitol and take hostages"
www.salon.com
The FBI has found little evidence that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a coordinated plot to reinstall Donald Trump as president, according to a report, potentially putting to rest months of speculation that far-right militias and white nationalist groups had prepared an organized assault on the nation's capital.
According to Reuters, which interviewed four unnamed FBI officials familiar with the agency's probe into the insurrection, there is scant evidence to suggest that far-right groups, Donald Trump, or any of the former president's allies colluded to incite the unrest.
"Ninety to ninety-five percent of these are one-off cases," a former senior law enforcement official told Reuters. "Then you have five percent, maybe, of these militia groups that were more closely organized. But there was no grand scheme with Roger Stone and Alex Jones and all of these people to storm the Capitol and take hostages."
The officials did note that far-right groups – like the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Three Percenters – may have collaborated in breaching the Capitol on the day of the riot. However, there appears to be no evidence of a coordinated plan around what would come after these groups made their way inside the building.
The FBI acknowledged that, ahead of the riot, there was a modicum of planning by one Proud Boy leader, who encouraged the group to stockpile military-style equipment, like bulletproof vests, and instructed them to splinter off into groups while storming the Capitol.
According to Reuters, over 170 people have been charged for assaulting or impeding a police officer during the Capitol riot. A total of over 500 people have been arrested in connection to the insurrection.
Back in late March, Michael Sherwin, the former acting U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., told CBS' "60 Minutes" that federal prosecutors were "trending toward" sedition charges, saying, "I believe the facts do support those charges. And I think that, as we go forward, more facts will support that."
However, Reuters reported that there has been little to no talk among FBI officials of charging anybody with "seditious conspiracy." The publication added that the agency is likely to steer clear of indicting anyone with racketeering charges, which are often used to break up criminal gangs that carry out organized violence.
FBI officials also suggested that the agency has no reason for charging any one individual with orchestrating or masterminding the riot. This also appears to go against Sherwin's testimony, in which the attorney claimed that Trump was the "unequivocal … magnet that brought the people to D.C."
Several political commentators have casted doubt over Reuters' report, emphasizing that the FBI is downplaying reams of evidence that suggest the riot was organized in advance of Jan. 6.
National security expert Marcy Wheeler, for example, pointed out that multiple far-right groups are already facing conspiracy charges.
"It is false to say (as that Reuters report did) that no group had a central role in organizing the insurrection," Wheeler wrote on Twitter. "The Proud Boys did. And they explicitly were aiming to get 'normies' to behave like them."
Alan Feuer, a legal reporter at the New York Times, echoed Wheeler. "Private communications in the FBI's possession clearly show that leaders of the Proud Boys, for example, discussed on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 their desire to 'rile up the normies' — which is to say, the ordinary people in the crowd that day," Feuer tweeted.
As of this month, 40 members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys have been indicted on conspiracy charges in connection to the riot.
Read The Full Reuters Report Below
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex...ol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/
Proud Boys Leader To Be Sentenced For Actions During Pro-Trump Rally In December
Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio is set to be sentenced for his actions during a pro-Trump rally in December, including burning a Black Lives Matter flag taken from a church.
Proud Boys leader Henry "Enrique" Tarrio is set to be sentenced for his actions during a pro-Trump rally in December, including burning a Black Lives Matter flag taken from a church.