Mark Maynard | political violence

Five men arrested by the FBI in Ypsilanti for plotting to abduct and assassinate Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

By Mark | October 8, 2020

Last night, there were FBI raids in Wexford County and Hartland, leading to several arrests. At roughly the same time, another five men were taken into custody in Ypsilanti by agents of the FBI. [While they were arrested here, it doesn’t look as though any of the men lived in Ypsilanti.] According to court documents, […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 202 election, 2020, abduction, Adam Fox, assassination, Barry Croft, Brandon Caserta, Civil War, Daniel Harris, domestic terrorism, Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, Hartland, Hyborian Warlord, Kaleb Franks, kidnapping, Michigan Militia, terrorism, Ty Garbin, Wexford County, white supremacy, Wolverine Watchmen | 358 Comments

Mark’s Covid Diary… June 16, 2020

By Mark | June 16, 2020

Since we last spoke,

Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged agent provocateurs, ANTIFA, Arizona, bleach, Boogaloo, Costco, COVID-19, crisis gardens, Donald Trump, Enrique Neblett, Florida, food delivery, George Floyd, gun reform, gun violence, health disparities, inequality, Jaws, kale, Katrease Stafford, Kroger, lungs, lynching, masks, milkshakes, Monica, privilege, public health, race inequality, racism, school shooting, Shake Shack, structural racism, Texas, violence on the extreme right | 42 Comments

They execute babies, don’t they?

By Mark | April 28, 2019

Yesterday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, after referring to leaders of the FBI and DOJ as “scum” and “dirty cops”, Donald Trump went on to reiterate the dangerous falsehood that, after women give birth in the United States, they have the option of killing the child. “(Babies are) wrapped in a blanket,” Donald Trump told the […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, call to violence, Cesar Sayoc, dirty cops, DOJ, enemy of the people, FBI, Green Bay, hate crimes, incitement to violence, infanticide, irresponsible rhetoric, Julia Pulver, MAGA, MAGA bomber, racism, rhetoric, scum, second amendment, Unite the Right, violent rhetoric, white nationalism, Wisconsin | 78 Comments

Putin, Trump, and the killing of journalists

By Mark | February 17, 2019

This morning, the President of the United States took to Twitter to say that the investigation against him and his associates — the investigation that has already yielded multiple convictions and guilty pleas — is “illegal and rigged”. He then went on to add — quoting Rush Limbaugh — that those investigating him “ought to […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged authoritarianism, call to violence, Capital Gazette, Donald Trump, El Paso, enemy of the people, fascism, First Amendment, freedom of the press, future of journalism, Garry Kasparov, gun control, journalism, Limbaugh, Lügenpresse, lying press, mass shootings, Milo Yiannopoulos, Nazi, NRA, potential for violence, retribution, rule of law, Russia, Saturday Night Live, threats to Democracy, threats to journalists, Vladimir Putin | 45 Comments

What the fuck is happening in Florida?

By Mark | November 12, 2018

Claiming that ballots (ostensibly cast by Democrats) had been “forged,” the President of the United States declared this morning that the counting of votes in Florida should stop immediately, and that that Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis should be declared the winners of their respective races. This, Donald Trump reasoned, was the right thing to […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Andrew Gillum, Arizona, Arlington, Bill Nelson, Cesar Sayoc, concessions, conspiracy theories, Craig Holman, Donald Trump, Election Day, election interference, fake news, false accusation, Florida, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Kyrsten Sinema, Mark Warner, midterm elections, Miriam Adelson, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Public Citizen, recounts, Republican lies, Rick Scott, Ron DeSantis, Sheldon Adelson, Veterans' Day, voter fraud, Voting Rights Act, Wayne Allyn Root | 146 Comments

Tag Archives: political violence

Five men arrested by the FBI in Ypsilanti for plotting to abduct and assassinate Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Mark’s Covid Diary… June 16, 2020

They execute babies, don’t they?

Putin, Trump, and the killing of journalists

What the fuck is happening in Florida?

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