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.
Given that white nationalists and Christian nationalists worked together on “Stop the Steal,” it is probably safe to assume that they are still working with each other and with Trump in pursuit of their shared objective: toppling American democracy.
The militant “Black Robe Regiment” is set to recruit pastors with Flynn in Pennsylvania. A Christian leader tied to the Regiment will rally for Mastriano Friday.
“This kind of violence is becoming far too common in our society. And I don’t give a damn if it’s coming from one particular side or the other,” Shapiro said. “It has to stop.”
“For all intents and purposes, the funding for the rest of this fiscal year is unavailable,” said Maryam Phillips, executive director of Hosting Solutions and Library Consulting (HSLC).
From Richlandtown to Bristol, Bucks County nursing home patients, home care patients, and the staff who care for them will be directly impacted by expected massive cuts to Medicaid.
“Fact-based, independent journalism is the backbone of engaged communities and informed civic discourse,” said Associated Press Fund for Journalism CEO Rachel White.
Local writer Diana Leygerman reminds us that progressive social change is a bottom-up process that often starts in the streets. The greatest chapters of American history — that Republicans want to ban — proves it.
