Opinion
Part 6: The ‘Big Deflection’
“Stop the Steal” distracted from Trump’s grotesque mishandling of the George Floyd protests and the pandemic.
Jennifer Cohn
May 25, 2023
“Stop the Steal” distracted from Trump’s grotesque mishandling of the George Floyd protests and the pandemic.
New context for Roger Stone’s infamous decree: “Let’s get right to the violence.”
When Trump posted a photo of himself wielding a bat near the head of Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, it was reminiscent of Stone’s 2019 Instagram post with a threatening image of the judge presiding over his own criminal trial.
Scott Presler is an openly gay, MAGA activist who works with the anti-gay Christian Right. He’ll be in Bucks County April 8 to push their new crusade: GOP ballot harvesting. “I don’t want 2,000 mules. I want 2 million mules.”
This is the third installment of our series examining how Stone and his web of pro-Trump miscreants have fractured the United States using a combination of information warfare, physical intimidation, and violence.
This is part 2 of a 3-part series exposing political fixer Roger Stone’s central role in creating the climate of hate, division, disinformation, and physical intimidation that culminated in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
Stone incorporated violent extremist groups into the “Stop the Steal” effort, which was itself a product of his warped political mind writes columnist Jennifer Cohn in the first of a three-part series.
Ben Carson rallied for Doug Mastriano last week. He’s revered within a powerful Christian nationalist network that leaked voter data and was part of the Stop the Steal movement.
The New Apostolic Reformation, a dominionist movement, was more involved in Jan. 6 than is generally known.
The MAGA millionaire whose PAC bankrolled right-wing school board candidates in 55 school districts across Pennsylvania last election cycle thinks people need to “protect” Central Bucks School District from outsiders’ influence. Maybe it’s his money and politics we need protecting from?
It’s no coincidence that advocates for loosening child labor restrictions also push for expanding charter schools and voucher programs.
A review of Matthew Dallek’s “Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right.”
Organizers say Thursday’s event is meant to serve as a message to local politicians to pass meaningful common sense gun legislation in the commonwealth.
In Butler, Lancaster, and Schuylkill counties, these candidates will likely hold a majority on their board of election.