Mark Maynard

This is fascism, right?

By Mark | July 22, 2020

[above: U.S. Attorney General William Barr winks at Donald Trump moments after the President announces that, as part of his new Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities initiative, federal officers will be deployed to more American cities to put down what he describes as a “radical movement” to “defund, dismantle and dissolve our police departments.”] […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, caravans, Chad Wolf, chaos, Chicago, Civil War, Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities, COVID-19, DEA, defund the police, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Donald Trump, fascism, FBI, gangs, grievance, Homeland Security, hospital capacity, ICU, law and order, law enforcement, Lori Lightfoot, martial law, police, police state, Portland, public health, racism, states rights, threats to Democracy, Tom Ridge, U.S. Marshals Service, violent crime, white grievance, William Barr, wink | 158 Comments

More than just calling for a ban on assault weapons, Obama moves to reinstate federal research on gun violence over the NRA’s objections

By Mark | January 16, 2013

The gun control debate in the United States went into overdrive today, as the President, surrounded by children who had written letters to the White House about gun violence, called on Congress “to renew a prohibition on assault weapons sales that expired in 2004, require criminal background checks on all gun purchases, including closing a […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other | Also tagged arming kids, Art Kellermann, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conspiracy theories, crisis actors, data, David Barton, FEMA, gun control, gun violence, guns, guns in schools, knowledge, National Rifle Association, National Violent Death Reporting System, NRA, Obama, research, research findings, research funding, Sandy Hook, Todd Tiahrt | 15 Comments

The Southerm Poverty Law Center’s Mark Potok puts Michigan hate groups in context

By Mark | October 13, 2012

This evening, I had the occasion to speak briefly with Southern Poverty Law Center Senior Fellow Mark Potok. I’d reached out to Potok, who serves as editor-in-chief of the Center’s quarterly journal, the Intelligence Report, and its blog, entitled Hatewatch, as I hoped that he might be able to shed a little light on William […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Third Position, anti-government, bullying, Census Bureau, conspiracy theories, crazy white people, Daniel Johnson the racist not the musician, domestic terrorism, educational materials, entrapment, Family Research Council, FBI, Federal Reserve, FEMA, Fort Stewart, hate groups, Hatewatch, homophobia, Hutaree, KKK, Libertarianism, Mark Potok, Michigan Militia, Michigan's 11th congressional district, militias, Natural Law Party, patriot groups, racism, radicals, Rand Paul, ricin, Ron Paul, sexism, Southern Poverty Law Center, tea party, Teaching Tolerance, Terry Jones, the long suffering whites, the White Disenfranchised Male, white, white enclaves, white nationalism, white power, William Daniel Johnson | 39 Comments

Alleged domestic terrorists thwarted near historic Monkey Power Trio recording site

By Mark | November 2, 2011

Remember the Christian militia folks from here in Michigan that were locked up not too long ago for allegedly plotting to kill state and local law enforcement officers? Well, it looks as though something similar is unfolding right now in Georgia, where four right-wing militia members have been arrested for planning attacks on IRS and […]

Posted in Monkey Power Trio, Observations, Politics | Also tagged Absolved, angry old white men, angry white men, Christian soldiers, Civil War, gay marriage, gun control, Hutaree, IRS, kraken, Mike Vanderboegh, militias, self-publishing | 6 Comments

Tennessee Mosque Attack

By Mark | August 29, 2010

I dont think there’s any way you can argue that there’s not a heightened anti-muslim sentiment in this country in the wake of the manufactured controversy over the so-called 911 mosque. Since the big protest in New York last week, I know of at least two violent attacks. First, there was the stabbing of New […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Observations, Politics | Also tagged a wall of separation between Church & State, Ahmed Sharif, Andy Anderson, anti-Muslim violence, arson, Ben Goodwin, domestic terrorism, Evy Summers, fear mongering, freedom of religion, Islam, Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Sharia law, stabbing, tea party, Tennessee, terrorism, xenophobia | 35 Comments

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This is fascism, right?

More than just calling for a ban on assault weapons, Obama moves to reinstate federal research on gun violence over the NRA’s objections

The Southerm Poverty Law Center’s Mark Potok puts Michigan hate groups in context

Alleged domestic terrorists thwarted near historic Monkey Power Trio recording site

Tennessee Mosque Attack

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