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Far-right activists converge on home of Idaho judge overseeing Ammon Bundy anti-mask case: report

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--On Monday, The Daily Beast that a group of far-right extremists with a history of violent brawling converged on the home of a judge in Boise, Idaho who is overseeing the case against infamous anti-government demonstrator Ammon Bundy."Many in the crowd on Saturday were not locals," reported Kelly Weill. "[Joey] Gibson, the leader of the far-right streetfighting group Patriot Prayer, had traveled interstate from western Washington. He and others were there to protest outside the home of a judge involved in the case of Ammon Bundy, the leader of a different far-right group. The protest, which Gibson helped promote by sharing the judge's address on the Internet, was a melting pot of fringe activists deeply invested in Bundy's already-contentious court case."Gibson mounted an for U.S. Senate in Washington State in 2018, and was present at a at the Oregon State Capitol after the election.Bundy is best known for his involvement in an of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016, although a jury acquitted him of the charges stemming from that incident."When COVID-19 swept the country in Spring 2020, Bundy returned to the headlines, this time leading a new group called the People's Rights network (web registry records suggest he'd begun work on the group pre-pandemic)," reported Weill. "The People's Rights network championed aggressive demonstrations, often by inserting themselves into elected officials' personal lives. The group temporarily shut down an Idaho health board meeting by swarming health officials' homes in December, and members have also allegedly trespassed into Idaho's State Capitol in an August incident that served as an eerie forewarning to January's attack on the U.S. Capitol.""In March, Bundy was due to appear in court for his trespassing case," said the report. "But he and another defendant refused to wear masks in the courthouse, in violation of the building's rules. They did not enter the building, and were eventually arrested for failure to appear for their court date."Bundy has suggested he believes his crusade against masks is .Report typos and corrections to: .A Tennessee elected official was caught on camera for the second time this year using racial slurs against his neighbor.Body camera video shows Thomas Dillard, a Portland alderman, making racist threats against Edwin Campos, who is Puerto Rican, after he called police to complain about noise from the Campos family, ."Something's got to give," Dillard says in the video, and a woman standing nearby cautions him to be quiet. "Or, you can get him over here, out in the road, across this property line."The officer then warns him to "hold up," and police went to speak to the Campos family, and the incident report shows Dillard called them "porch monkeys" from his own side porch.READ MORE: "He’s also screamed out racial profanities,” an officer tells the Campos family in the video.Police then returned to Dillard's property and told him to stop slurring his neighbors, and the alderman pretended not to know what they were talking about."Racial profanity?" he says in the video. "What is that?"An officer tells him that could be considered disturbing the peace or disorderly conduct, and warns Dillard he could go to jail if he did it again -- and he orders police off his property.“Get the f*ck off my property,” Dillard tells the officer. “Get out of here, dude!”Dillard was not cited in that incident, which took place in August, but he calls to resign in February after admitting to using racial slurs against Campos in a dispute over dogs that live in the area."I called him the n-word, I ain't going to lie," Dillard told police at that time. "It might not be good to say with these cameras, but I'm ready to get this over with, man."personality Monday night tried to defend by scrolling a long list of dozens of investigations into the now-former president, suggesting they are evidence of political persecution rather than actual misdeeds or criminal acts.In a 34-second clip Hannity manages to list about 30 investigations and related actions, including the Mar-a-Lago "raid."Last month published an explainer of the "4 major criminal probes into Donald Trump," including, "The DOJ’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation," "The Justice Department investigation into January 6," "The Georgia election investigation," and "The New York investigations into the Trump Organization."Also last month published what it calls, "The Complete Guide to All the Ways Donald Trump Is Legally Screwed," promising "Every single criminal investigation and civil lawsuit the ex-president is currently facing, including the ones you’ve probably never heard about."The nonprofit and nonpartisan watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) in March published "." They write: "Donald Trump has been credibly accused of committing at least 48 criminal offenses while he was serving as President of the United States or campaigning for that office."And on January 20, 2021, McSweeney's published a 360-page compendium titled, "," which includes 1056 "atrocities."Hannity's list does not include all of those.Civil liberties and national security journalist took to Twitter to thank Hannity "for laying out the reason Trump is so desperate to try to claw back information from the FBI, [because] Trump literally obstructed every single one of these investigations, every time with Hannity's assistance."Journalist Aaron Rupar , "it's remarkable that Hannity doesn't realize he's actually owning Trump with this scroll."National security attorney Brad Moss , "Sean Hannity basically just made a contribution" to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee."Some of these have gotten lost in the mists of time," journalist and professor Bill Grueskin, thanking Hannity "for reminding us of Trump's many crimes."Appearing on MSNBC on Tuesday morning, Sen. Angus King (I-ME) expressed both dismay and surprise at a report from Axios that is heading up a group of Republican senators who want to pass a federal law that would after 15 weeks.Despite the fact that GOP lawmakers have been lauding the Supreme Court's highly controversial decision to dismantle Roe v. Wade and allow state legislatures set their own abortion limits, Graham and some of his colleagues are plunging ahead with a federal limitation.According to the Axios report, is set to hold a Tuesday press conference "with anti-abortion leaders on the introduction of the Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act."The report adds, "Graham has previously introduced bills that sought to ban abortions nationally from . But the new measure is expected to call for a ban from 15 weeks, per the ."READ MORE: Asked by "Morning Joe" regular Katty Kay about Graham's intentions, which runs counter to the Republicans backing off abortion talk as the midterms loom, King admitted he was baffled.'We are looking at Republicans who had taken extreme positions on abortion bans in their own states to win primaries now running in a general election in November and trying to kind of dial back those more extreme positions," Kay prompted. "What do you make of what Senator Graham is proposing?""Well, it's almost amusing if it wasn't so serious," he began. "These are the guys who for years have been talking about states' rights. I think they only like states' rights if the state does what they want. They only like democracy if they win elections.""And the other thing," he continued. "Conservatives always talk about, you know, keeping the government out of your lives, how about keeping the government out of your bedroom and doctors office? And that's what we're talking about here. I think it's a profoundly conservative opinion to say, you know, these are personal decisions. This is not something that the government should be intervening in."Addressing his Senate colleague, he added, "I don't understand what Lindsey Graham is really thinking about here unless he's playing to some constituency in South Carolina or on the right-wing of the Republican Party.""This is more than about abortion," he insisted. "This is really about autonomy, this is about women's ability to have the freedom to control their bodies. I have often thought if men had to randomly have babies, I think they would be viewing this somewhat differently. To see these men leading the charge to impose rules and obligations and dangerous medical conditions on women, it's just -- it doesn't work on any level."Watch the video below or .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Copyright © 2022 Raw Story Media, Inc. PO Box 21050, Washington, D.C. 20009 | | | For corrections or concerns, please email corrections@rawstory.com. | {{ post.roar_specific_data.api_data.analytics }}

--On Monday, The Daily Beast that a group of far-right extremists with a history of violent brawling converged on the home of a judge in Boise, Idaho who is overseeing the case against infamous anti-government demonstrator Ammon Bundy."Many in the crowd on Saturday were not locals," reported Kelly Weill. "[Joey] Gibson, the leader of the far-right streetfighting group Patriot Prayer, had traveled interstate from western Washington. He and others were there to protest outside the home of a judge involved in the case of Ammon Bundy, the leader of a different far-right group. The protest,...

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