Table Of ContentNEW JERSEY MILITIA
NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVII, Issue No. 7 January 2022
All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those of
enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety
and happiness. -- Article 1, Section 1, New Jersey State Constitution
Capitol rioters’ tears, remorse following the crowd into the Capitol. charging four alleged leaders of the far-
don’t spare them from jail They didn’t see any violence or right Proud Boys with conspiring to
vandalism. They thought police were attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress
Florida business owner Robert
letting them enter the building. They from certifying President Joe Biden’s
Palmer cheered on the violence at the
insist they went there to peacefully electoral victory.
U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 before he joined
protest. U.S. District Judge Timothy
the fray. Screaming obscenities, he
But thousands of hours of Kelly rejected defense attorneys’
hurled a wooden plank and a fire
videos from surveillance cameras, arguments that the four men — Ethan
extinguisher at police officers trying to
mobile phones and police body cameras Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl
ward off the mob.
captured them reveling in the mayhem. and Charles Donohoe — are charged
Nearly a year later, Palmer
Many boasted about their crimes on with conduct that is protected by the
fought back tears when he faced U.S.
social media in the days after the deadly First Amendment right to free speech.
District Judge Tanya Chutkan who
attack. Kelly said the defendants had
sentenced him Dec. 17 to more than five
A seemingly genuine display many non-violent ways to express their
years in prison. He said he was
of contrition before or during a opinions about the 2020 presidential
“horrified, absolutely devastated” by
sentencing hearing can help a rioter election.
what he had done.
avoid a jail cell. The judges often cite “Defendants are not, as they
Judges are hearing tearful
remorse as a key factor in deciding argue, charged with anything like
expressions of remorse — and a litany
sentences. burning flags, wearing black armbands,
of excuses — from rioters paying a price
But Chutkan told Palmer that or participating in mere sit-ins or
for joining the Jan. 6 insurrection, even
she couldn’t tell if his remorse was protests,” Kelly wrote in his 43-page
as others try to play down the deadly
genuine. ruling. “Moreover, even if the charged
attack on a seat of American
Some judges have rejected conduct had some expressive aspect, it
democracy. Many rioters have said they
prosecutors’ recommendations for lost whatever First Amendment
lost jobs and friends after their mob of
prison sentences. Judge Trevor protection it may have had.”
Donald Trump loyalists disrupted the
McFadden, a Trump nominee, said it is Defense lawyers also argued
certification of Joe Biden’s presidential
“almost unheard of” for first-time that the obstruction charge doesn’t
victory.
offenders to get jail time for nonviolent apply to their clients’ cases because
So far, 71 people have been
misdemeanors. Howell questioned why Congress’ certification of the Electoral
sentenced: 31 to time served; 18 to
a short jail term for riot defendant Glen College vote was not an “official
home confinement; 22 to probation
Wes Lee Croy, without a longer term of proceeding.” Kelly disagreed.
without house arrest.
court supervision, would be the best way The case against the four men
But rioters who assaulted
to ensure that the Colorado man “stays is a focus of the Justice Department’s
police officers have gotten years behind
on a law-abiding path.” sprawling investigation of the Jan. 6
bars.
Many other prominent cases insurrection. More than three dozen
The Justice Department has
remain unresolved. Dozens of people people charged in the Capitol siege
taken heat for not charging anyone with
linked to extremist groups have been have been identified by federal
sedition or treason.
charged, including more than 20 authorities as Proud Boys leaders,
More than 220 people have
defendants tied to the anti-government members or associates, including at
been charged with assaulting or
Oath Keepers and at least 16 connected least 16 defendants charged with
impeding law enforcement officers at
to the far-right Proud Boys. conspiracy.
the Capitol, according to the DOJ. Three
-- AP January 2, 2022 Last Wednesday, a New York
of them have been sentenced to prison
man pleaded guilty to storming the U.S.
terms from three years to just over five
Judge refuses to dismiss Capitol. Matthew Greene is the first
years.
The rioters’ refrains before the alleged Proud Boys charges Proud Boys member to publicly plead
guilty to conspiring with other members
judges are often the same: They were A federal judge on Tuesday
to stop Congress from certifying the
caught up in the moment or just refused to dismiss an indictment
Electoral College vote. He agreed to Understand this: Gun Free Zones Kill exchanged for cotton swabs," one
cooperate with authorities. Kids.” Weibo user said, while another
Other extremist group [This post] got me "cancelled" described it as a "return to primitive
members have been charged with from my most favorite job ever at NH society".
conspiring to carry out coordinated arts org. First, they gave me a warning, Some were more optimistic
attacks on the Capitol, including more then passed me over for the top job though, and commented on how
than 20 people linked to the anti- they'd promised me & hired someone "touched" they were by their
government Oath Keepers. else while I was out on vacation... neighbours' kindness in sharing their
Nordean, of Auburn, I’ve never spoken about this supplies with them. – www.bbc.com
Washington, was a Proud Boys chapter publicly, because I eschew victim January 4, 2022
president and member of the group’s mentality and, at the time, nine years
national “Elders Council.” Biggs, of ago, I couldn’t really believe it was going U.S. judge blocks Pentagon
Ormond Beach, Florida, is a self- down the way it seemed to be–this was from punishing Navy SEALs
described Proud Boys organizer. Rehl, before there was a term for getting rid of
who refused Covid-19 vaccine
of Philadelphia, and Donohoe, of people in the workplace whose opinions
A federal judge on Monday
Kernersville, NC, served as presidents you didn’t like.
barred the Department of Defense from
of their local Proud Boys chapters, --www.carlagericke.com 12/14/2021
punishing a group of Navy SEALs and
according to the indictment. Carla Gericke is an author,
other special forces members who
On the morning of Jan. 6, activist, and attorney who, together with
refused COVID-19 vaccines on religious
Proud Boys members met at the thousands of libertarian pioneers, is
grounds.
Washington Monument and marched to building a consent-based society in the
U.S. District Judge Reed
the Capitol before President Donald Free State of New Hampshire. In 2014
Trump finished addressing thousands of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in O'Connor, acting in response to a
lawsuit filed on behalf of 35 special
supporters near the White House. favor of Gericke’s lawsuit against
forces service members, issued a
Just before Congress Weare, NH police who claimed that she
preliminary injunction blocking the Navy
convened a joint session to certify the had no right to videotape them during a
election results, a group of Proud Boys traffic stop. and Defense Department from enforcing
the mandate.
followed a crowd of people who
Reed said the Navy had not
breached barriers at a pedestrian China: Xi’an residents in
granted a single religious exemption to
entrance to the Capitol grounds, the [Covid] lockdown trade goods
the vaccine rule.
indictment says. Several Proud Boys
for food amid shortage "The Navy servicemembers in
also entered the Capitol building itself
People quarantined in the this case seek to vindicate the very
after the mob smashed windows and
Chinese city of Xi'an, the epicenter of freedoms they have sacrificed so much
forced open doors.
China's current Covid outbreak, are to protect. The COVID-19 pandemic
More than 700 people have
bartering supplies amid continuing provides the government no license to
been charged with federal crimes
worries over food shortages. abrogate those freedoms," the judge
related to the Capitol riot. At least 165 of
Social posts show locals wrote in a 26-page decision.
them have pleaded guilty, mostly to
swapping cigarettes and tech gadgets First Liberty Institute, a legal
misdemeanor offenses punishable by a
for food. About 13 million have been organization dedicated to defending
maximum of six months’ imprisonment.
confined to their homes since 23 U.S. religious freedoms which
- AP News December 28, 2021
December. represented the plaintiff service
Authorities in Xi'an have been members, hailed the ruling as a victory.
I got "cancelled" years ago
providing free food to households, but "Forcing a service member to
for my opinions on gun
there have been numerous complaints choose between their faith and serving
control on social media. Some residents said their country is abhorrent to the
By Carla Gericke their supplies were running low or that Constitution and America’s values," said
On this day 9 years ago, Dec. 14, 2012 they had yet to receive aid. Mike Berry, the institute's general
on Facebook Videos and photos on social counsel, said in a written statement.
“Children dying in schools - media site Weibo showed people -- www.reuters.com January 4, 2022
government designated gun free zones exchanging cigarettes for cabbage,
- is, of course, tragic. But wake up and dishwashing liquid for apples, and Violent Conflict Expert
smell the reality: criminals and madmen sanitary pads for a small pile of
Envisions Right-Wing
do not obey laws. Creating gun free vegetables.
Dictatorship ‘By 2030, if Not
zones only enables the baddies: When One video showed a resident
guns are outlawed only outlaws have appearing to trade his Nintendo Switch Sooner’
guns. If you want to avoid this type of console for a packet of instant noodles Canadian political scientist
tragedy allow people to carry and two steamed buns. Thomas Homer-Dixon warned that the
EVERYWHERE. The gun is only a tool "People are swapping stuff U.S. could be ruled by a right-wing
that may kill - in the same way a fork can with others in the same building, dictatorship by 2030, “if not sooner.”
make you fat - it is the PERSON, the because they no longer have enough Former President Donald
individual, who pulls the trigger. Want to food to eat," a resident surnamed Wang Trump could be “just a warm-up act,” the
stop this kind of thing from happening? told Radio Free Asia. The news outlet founding director of the Cascade
Ensure individuals have access to also reported that another man had Institute at Royal Roads University in
firearms in "gun free zones" to stop or wanted to trade a smartphone and tablet British Columbia wrote in a Globe and
mitigate the crazies. And, for the record, for rice. Mail op-ed published last week.
those people aren't cops: when seconds "Helpless citizens have arrived Trump could return to the
count the police are only minutes away. at the era of bartering - potatoes are White House and serve as “the wrecking
ball that demolishes democracy” to of the plea, they voluntarily gave up the Hollywood way, the scenario that NYC
produce “a political and social guns. Republican Gov. Mike Parson was a menace to the innocent and law-
shambles,” Homer-Dixon wrote. That granted pardons weeks later. abiding was perfectly plausible.
would set the stage “for a more Mark McCloskey, who is Deja vu. Now comes
managerially competent ruler” to “bring running for the U.S. Senate as a wokeness, Black Lives Matter, and
order to the chaos he’s created,” he Republican, sued St. Louis, the city defund the police. And so in the past few
added. sheriff and state to get back the guns. years, crime in NYC has spiked. (And
“We mustn’t dismiss these He said during Wednesday’s hearing elsewhere, too, of course.)
possibilities just because they seem that the pardons also entitle the couple Now comes news that might
ludicrous or too horrible to imagine,” the to a refund of their fines. make Hollywood think that it’s time for
political scientist continued. “In 2014, The City Counselor’s Office an Escape From New York reboot. On
the suggestion that Donald Trump contends that the pardon obliterated the January 4, the New York Post scooped
would become president would also conviction, but not the plea agreement that the new DA for Manhattan, Alvin
have struck nearly everyone as absurd. in which McCloskey forfeited the guns. Bragg, doesn’t really believe in prison:
But today we live in a world where the Circuit Judge Joan Moriarty In his first memo to staff on
absurd regularly becomes real and the took the case under advisement.-- Monday, Bragg said his office “will not
horrible commonplace.” Associated Press January 6, 2022 seek a carceral sentence” except with
Homer-Dixon, a “scholar of homicides and a handful of other cases,
violent conflict” for more than four Review: Black Eye for including domestic violence felonies,
decades, warned in his essay that America: How Critical Race some sex crimes and public corruption.
Canada is “woefully unprepared” for the We might observe that
Theory is Burning Down the
“terrible storm” that “is coming from the “carceral” is the politically correct way of
south,” having “turned our attention House, by Carol M. Swain and saying “prison.”
inward” during the coronavirus Christopher J. Schorr As the Manhattan Institute’s
pandemic. In schools and workplaces Thomas Hogan points out: “Bragg will
“But now we must focus on the across the United States, Americans are immediately begin de-prosecuting
urgent problem of what to do about the being indoctrinated with a divisive, anti- certain offenses, refusing to punish
likely unraveling of democracy in the American ideology: Critical Race violations of certain duly enacted
U.S,” he wrote. “We need to start by fully Theory (CRT). Based in cultural criminal laws. These include resisting
recognizing the magnitude of the Marxism, CRT bullies and demonizes arrest, trespassing, fare evasion,
danger. If Mr Trump is re-elected, even whites while infantilizing and denying marijuana possession, driving with a
under the more optimistic scenarios the agency to blacks, creating a deep racial suspended license, and any traffic
economic and political risks to our rift. As Abraham Lincoln famously violation. Manhattan apparently must
country will be innumerable.” -- observed, "A house divided against accept disorder on the sidewalks,
www.huffpost.com 1/04/2022 itself cannot stand." CRT aims to divide streets, and subways; and the police
the American nation against itself and must prepare for resistance at every
St. Louis couple who waved burn down the house. arrest.”
guns at protestors want -- Amazon book blurb Yes, resisting arrest is no
longer rated as an offense. Got that,
weapons back
Pinkerton: NYC’s woke crooks?
The city of St. Louis has not
district attorney is creating Yes, Bragg is another one of
destroyed guns seized from the couple
those prosecutors who opposes law
the real-life sequel to ‘Escape
who made headlines by waving the
enforcement. Others include San
weapons at racial injustice protesters, from New York’
Francisco’s Chiesa Boudin, Chicago’s
and the couple is trying to get them By James P. Pinkerton Kim Foxx, and Philadelphia’s Larry
back. Did you ever see the movie Krasner. And in each case, just as night
Robert Dierker of the City Escape From New York? The crime follows day, the local crime rate has
Counselor’s Office told a judge news of today brings that film back to zoomed. Yes too, Bragg is another
Wednesday that the guns taken in 2020 mind. George Soros production. Last year,
from Mark and Patricia McCloskey have Escape From New York, one of the left-wing billionaire’s front
not been disposed of. released in 1981, had a wild premise: groups gave Bragg $1 million.
The McCloskeys, both lawyers Manhattan had become so crime-ridden In the blunt phrasing of Sen.
in their 60s, said they felt threatened by that authorities simply built a wall around Tom Cotton (R-AR), “Soros prosecutors
the protesters who walked onto their it, turning the island into a giant prison. are a threat to the safety of every
private street during protests that That was an okay solution until Air Force American.”
followed the death of George Floyd in One crashes there; the president In the meantime, it’s easy to
Minneapolis. Mark McCloskey emerged survives the crash, and so a motley crew see what’s going to happen in
from his home with an AR-15-style rifle, of commandoes led by Kurt Russell Manhattan. The cops will arrest
and Patricia McCloskey waved a semi- must rescue him. someone for, say, robbery, and the
automatic pistol. Okay, so that’s not the most suspect will be out on the streets again
Cellphone video drew plausible of premises. And yet without a in an hour or two. In return all the bad
widespread attention and made the doubt, the depiction of New York City as guy has to do is check in on some
couple heroes to some and villains to a hellhole was simply true; the crime “counseling” program—although, of
others. No shots were fired, and no one rate at that time was as high as a course, if he doesn’t, well, that’s okay.
was hurt. skyscraper. In 1981, there were 2,166 Soon enough, the cops will get the
The use of weapons led to murders in the city, and 1,214,935 message: why risk a lawsuit or even
charges and the McCloskeys both serious crimes—more than one serious their lives to bust someone when it
pleaded guilty to misdemeanors. As part crime for every six residents. So, in a doesn’t do any good?
And so the crime rate will soar technology to authenticate a user's ‘The Timothy McVeighs are
to 1981 levels—and beyond. identity and disable the gun should still there’: fears over
If the new mayor Eric Adams anyone else try to fire it.
extremism in US military
can’t do something, then the scenario of They could also reduce
Fears are growing among
Escape From New York will once again suicides, render lost or stolen guns
experts, politicians, and former generals
seem plausible. - www.breitbart.com useless, and offer safety for police
about the rise of rightwing extremism in
January 8, 2022 officers and jail guards who fear gun
the US military.
grabs.
Even as the US Department of
Man Who Purchased Gun for The LodeStar gun, aimed at
Defense issues new policies to root out
Kyle Rittenhouse Takes Plea first-time buyers, would retail for $895.
extremism in its ranks, some experts
Most early smart gun
Deal caution that the safeguards don’t go far
prototypes used either fingerprint
The man who bought Kyle enough, leaving the next election
unlocking or radio frequency
Rittenhouse an assault-style rifle when vulnerable to attack as well as fears
identification technology that enables
he was only 17 has agreed to plead no about a broader violent “insurgency” by
the gun to fire only when a chip in the
contest to contributing to the rightwing radicals.
gun communicates with another chip
delinquency of a minor, a non-criminal Paul Eaton and two other
worn by the user in a ring or bracelet.
citation, and avoid convictions on the retired army generals wrote an op-ed in
LodeStar integrated both a
two felonies he’d been facing. the Washington Post last month warning
fingerprint reader and a near-field
Dominick Black, 20, was of the threat of a coup in the 2024
communication chip activated by a
charged with two counts of delivering a election. The generals warned that it
phone app, plus a PIN pad. The gun can
dangerous weapon to a minor, resulting could succeed with the aid of rogue
be authorized for more than one user.
in the death of Joseph Rosenbaum and military elements. They contemplated
The fingerprint reader unlocks
Anthony Huber, the protesters the possibility of a breakdown of the
the gun in microseconds, but since it
Rittenhouse fatally shot the night of Aug. chain of command, along partisan lines,
may not work when wet or in other
25, 2020, in Kenosha WI. in the aftermath of a contested election
adverse conditions, the PIN pad is there
Black was 18 when he with “rogue units organizing among
as a backup. The near-field
purchased the rifle for Rittenhouse. At themselves to support the ‘rightful’
communication would act as a
17, Rittenhouse was too young to legally commander in chief”.
secondary backup, enabling the gun as
purchase the weapon. “It’s the Timothy McVeigh
quickly as users can open the app on
In November, a jury found problem: what did we know about
their phones.
Rittenhouse not guilty, based on his McVeigh and what were we doing about
SmartGunz weapons are
claim of self-defense. On Friday, it?” said Eaton.
secured by radio frequency
Assistant District Attorney Thomas The 1995 Oklahoma City
identification. SmartGunz developed a
Binger filed a proposed plea agreement. bombing killed 168 people and injured
model selling at $1,795 for law
It suggested Black would plead no over 650 when ex-army soldiers
enforcement and $2,195 for civilians,
contest to a pair of citations, and pay a Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
said Tom Holland, a Kansas Democratic
$2,000 fine, and the felony counts would parked a rental truck filled with
state senator who co-founded the
be dismissed. homemade explosives outside a federal
company in 2020.
A hearing is scheduled building and detonated it. It remains the
Skeptics have argued that
Monday morning. The judge could reject deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US
smart guns are too risky for a person
the deal, or dismiss the original felony history. The two men harbored anti-
trying to protect a home or family during
counts based on his ruling about the government and racist beliefs.
a crisis, or for police in the field.
minors-with-firearms law in the “The infection of extremism
The National Shooting Sports
Rittenhouse case. -- AP 1/09/2022 into our state and local police and our
Foundation (NSSF), the firearms
armed forces is a very serious concern
industry trade association, says it does
Exclusive: Smart guns finally that needs to be monitored,” said Eaton.
not oppose smart guns as long as the
arriving in U.S., seeking to government doesn't mandate their sale. Eaton added: “There’s a
recruiting effort going on locally, they’re
shake up firearms market Guns coming to market could
going to school boards, like
trigger a 2019 New Jersey law requiring
Personalized smart guns,
missionaries sent to the islands to
all gun shops in the state to offer smart
which can be fired only by verified users,
convert people. The Proud Boys and
guns. The 2019 law replaced a 2002 law
may finally become available to U.S.
Oath Keepers are definitely recruiting.””
that would have banned the sale of any
consumers.
The 727 defendants charged in
handgun except smart guns.
LodeStar Works on Friday
the 6 January Capitol riot include 81 with
In 2014, German company
unveiled its 9mm smart handgun in
ties to the military, while five were
Armatix put a smart .22 caliber pistol on
Boise, Idaho. And a Kansas company,
active-duty service members. A 35-
the market, but it was pulled from stores
SmartGunz LLC, says law enforcement
year-old woman, air force veteran Ashli
after hackers discovered a way to
agents are beta testing its product, a
Babbitt, was fatally shot while
remotely jam the gun's radio signals
similar but simpler model.
attempting to break the doors into the
and, using magnets, fire the gun when it
Both companies hope to have
House chamber.
should have been locked.
a product commercially available this
Last year army private Ethan
-- reuters.com January 11, 2022
year.
Phelan Melzer confessed to prosecutors
LodeStar co-founder Gareth
in the southern district of New York
Glaser said he was inspired after
about sharing sensitive information
hearing stories about children shot while
about his soon-to-deploy unit with
playing with an unattended gun. Smart
members of a neo-Nazi group in order to
guns could stop such tragedies by using
facilitate an attack that would “result in
the deaths of as many of his fellow they often bring their immediate social "discuss next steps." In a Signal chat to
service members as possible”. circle with them,” said Goldsmith. other members of Oath Keepers
In 2018 marine lance corporal Goldsmith warns that the leadership, Rhodes allegedly said that
Vasillios Pistolis was imprisoned after coming election is vulnerable to a rising "Patriots entering their own Capitol to
assaulting people at the 2017 insurgency. “We saw a violent send a message to the traitors is
Charlottesville “Unite The Right” rally. insurrection, we did not experience a NOTHING compared to what's coming."
Pistolis was discovered to belong the peaceful transfer of power. It was an The charges mark a dramatic
neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen. attempted coup. Every failed coup is just change in the Justice Department's
From 1990 to July 2021 there practice for the next one,” said January 6 probe.
have been at least 354 people with Goldsmith. – theguardian.com 10 Previously, some Biden
military backgrounds that have Jan. 2022 administration officials believed using
committed criminal acts motivated by the sedition charge could politicize the
“political, economic, social, or religious Oath Keepers leader and 10 Justice Department's prosecution of the
goals” according the National others charged with Capitol attackers.
Consortium for the Study of Terrorism Attorney General Merrick
‘seditious conspiracy’ related
and Responses to Terrorism at the Garland said in a speech last week
to US capitol attack
University of Maryland. commemorating the Capitol attack that
From 1990-2010 there was an The Justice Department is the department was "committed to
average of six cases a year, but over the bringing seditious conspiracy charges holding all January 6th perpetrators, at
last decade “that number has more than against 11 Jan. 6 defendants, including any level, accountable under law --
tripled to nearly 21 subjects per year”. the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart whether they were present that day or
The rules adopted by the Rhodes. were otherwise criminally responsible
Pentagon last month specify that The seditious conspiracy for the assault on our democracy."
service members are prohibited from charge is rarely used, politically loaded CNN reported in July that
engaging in extremist activities and and has been difficult for the Justice Rhodes gave a voluntary interview to
could face disciplinary action for even Department to use successfully in the the FBI and that investigators seized his
“liking” extremist content on social past. cell phone. He has denied all
media. The new indictment accuses wrongdoing. – www.cnn.com
An Associated Press the Oath Keepers, who allegedly January 13, 2022
investigation found the new guidelines recruited members, stocked up on * * *
fail to account for racism among the weapons and organized to disrupt Seditious conspiracy is defined
ranks, membership in groups such as Congress' certification of the 2020 as attempting "to overthrow, put down or
the KKK, and longstanding racial election. to destroy by force the government of
disparities in military justice. One Oath Keeper was alleged the United States" and the U.S.
The new guidelines don’t to travel to Washington, DC, for a Department of Justice has been wary of
prohibit membership in extremist groups scouting trip ahead of January 6, lodging such a charge in part because
like the KKK as long as they are not according to the indictment which also of losing a case 12 years ago, a former
“actively participating”. accuses the defendants of stashing government lawyer said.
“Seriously? You want to be in a weapons at a Virginia hotel and were A failed 2010 prosecution
foxhole with a guy who’s a member of prepared to "rapidly transport firearms against a Christian nationalist militia
the KKK? Is that really what we want to and other weapons into Washington, called the Hutaree gave federal
do here?” said Eaton. D.C." to support the efforts to stop the prosecutors pause, said Alan
Experts see the far right and presidential certification vote. Rozenshtein, a former Justice
other extremists as actively trying to Rhodes was arrested Department national security lawyer
recruit members of the military, Thursday in Little Elm, Texas. who teaches at the University of
including foreign agents seeking to "We aren't going through this Minnesota Law School.
promote disruption within the US. without civil war. Too late for that. Members of the Hutaree were
In a 200-page report published Prepare your mind, body and spirit," charged with conspiring to kill a
by Vietnam Veterans of America, Rhodes allegedly said in a November 5, Michigan police officer and then ambush
Kristofer Goldsmith , an Iraq war 2020, Signal message. In December, the officer's colleagues who would have
veteran, found that between 2017 and Rhodes -- according to the indictment -- gathered for the funeral. But the
2019 foreign entities, such as Russian wrote of the electoral college seditious conspiracy charges were
hackers, “coordinated online targeting of certification that "there is no standard dropped after a judge ruled prosecutors
American service members, veterans, political or legal way out of this." had failed to prove that the militia
and their families” in an effort to disrupt "All I see Trump doing is members were doing anything more
American democracy. complaining. I see no intent by him to do than talking about their hatred for
“We found 10 different ways anything," Rhodes allegedly wrote. "So authority.
foreign entities were targeting veterans the patriots are taking it into their own Legal experts said that high-
online,” said Goldsmith, including hands. They've had enough," he profile outcome highlighted a common
through ads, fake veteran accounts that allegedly said on Signal shortly after the issue in seditious conspiracy cases: that
sent friend request to other veterans “in siege had begun. the charges might encroach on the
an effort to influence the election”. Rhodes spent thousands on broad free speech protections afforded
Goldsmith sees anti- firearms equipment en route to DC, by the U.S. Constitution.
democratic, white supremacist and prosecutors allege. In September 2020, amid civil
fascist movements targeting veterans The plotting didn't end with the unrest, then-U.S. Attorney General
for the same reason as foreign Capitol riot, prosecutors say, alleging William Barr urged federal prosecutors
adversaries “because if you get one, Rhodes and other co-conspirators met to consider filing seditious conspiracy
in Virginia to "celebrate" the attack and charges against people who engaged in
violence at anti-police protests. That executives and reporters representing nothing can be used as a political
move drew immediate pushback from every major national television news symbol or trophy celebrating the
civil liberties group, who said the outlet—from ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN shootings.
seditious conspiracy statute should be to FOX and MSNBC—speak frankly, Conservatives across the
reserved for more dire threats to U.S. confiding in Attkisson about the death of nation have praised Rittenhouse, saying
democracy. the news as they once knew it. Their he was defending Kenosha from far-left
"The government has a strong concern transcends partisan divides. militants. Liberals have painted him as a
case against the Oath Keepers," said Most frightening of all, a broad trigger-happy vigilante. -
Joshua Braver, a professor at the campaign in the media has convinced npr.org/2022/01/28
University of Wisconsin Law School. many Americans not only to accept but
Unlike the Hutaree, the Oath Keepers to demand censorship over journalism. Army conducting exercise
"executed their real agreement to It is a stroke of genius on the part of focused on battling ‘freedom
obstruct the peaceful transfer of power." those seeking to influence public
fighters’
-- www.reuters.com January 14, 2022 opinion: undermine public confidence in
By Chris Menahan
the news, then insist upon “curating”
The US Army is conducting a
Gallup poll on guns information and divining the “truth.” The
two-week "guerrilla warfare exercise"
An October, 2021 Gallup poll thinking is done for you. They’ll decide
from Jan. 22-Feb.4 in rural North
found that 52% of U.S. adults want which pesky facts shouldn’t cross your
Carolina focused on battling "freedom
stricter laws on the sales of guns (down desk by declaring them false, irrelevant,
fighters" and putting down a
from 67% in 2018); 19% want a debunked, unsafe, or out-of-bounds.
secessionist movement.
handgun ban (the lowest since 1959 We have reached a state of
The exercise comes after Army
when Gallup first asked this question); utter absurdity, where journalism
General Mark Milley, the chairman of the
88% of gun owners say they buy guns schools teach students that their own,
Joint Chiefs of Staff, embraced
for self-protection. -- America’s First personal truth or chosen narratives
indoctrinating the military with critical
Freedom February 2022 matter more than reality. In Slanted,
race theory propaganda to help soldiers
Attkisson digs into the language of
understand the "white rage" that led to
Book review: Slanted, How propagandists, the persistence of false
Jan 6.
media narratives, the driving forces
the News Media Taught Us to According to the Charlotte
behind today's dangerous blend of facts
Love Censorship and Hate Observer, the exercise, called Robin
and opinion, the abandonment of
Journalism, by Sharyl Attkisson journalism ethics, and the new, Sage, serves as a final test for Special
Forces Qualification Course.
New York Times bestselling Orwellian definition of what it means to
Advance public notice of "the
author Sharyl Attkisson takes on the report the news.
U.S. military's premiere unconventional
media’s misreporting on Black Lives -- www.harpercollins.com
warfare exercise" became a priority in
Matter, coronavirus, Joe Biden, Silicon
2002, after one soldier was killed and
Valley censorship, and more. Kyle Rittenhouse is going to
another wounded when a Moore County
When the facts don’t fit their court to get his gun back
sheriff's deputy mistook Robin Sage
Narrative, the media abandons the
A Wisconsin judge was set to exercises for criminal activity.
facts, not the Narrative. Virtually every
hear arguments Friday on whether Pineland covers three counties
piece of information you get through the
prosecutors should return to Kyle in South Carolina and 24 counties in NC.
media has been massaged, shaped,
Rittenhouse the assault-style rifle he They could tell these soldiers
curated, and manipulated before it
used to shoot three people during a they're battling the Chinese, Russians,
reaches you. Some of it is censored
street protest. Iranians, North Koreans or other foreign
entirely. The news can no longer be
Rittenhouse shot the men enemies but instead they have them
counted on to reflect all the facts.
during the protest in Kenosha in 2020. training to kill "freedom fighters" with
Instead of telling us what happened
He killed two men and wounded one. A "Liberty" flags.
yesterday, they tell us what’s new in the
jury last year acquitted him of multiple A recent poll from Sept 2021
prepackaged soap opera they’ve been
charges, including homicide. found that 52% of Trump voters and
calling the news.
Rittenhouse's attorney, Mark 41% of Biden voters support secession.
For the past four years, five-
Richards, filed a motion Jan. 19 asking -- informationliberation.com Jan. 18,
time Emmy Award–winning
prosecutors to return Rittenhouse's rifle, 2022
investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson
his ammunition, his face mask and other * * *
has been collecting and dissecting
clothing he was wearing the night of the “A Winchester rifle should have a place
alarming incidents tracing the shocking
shooting to him. David Hancock, a of honor in every black home.” – Ida. B.
devolution of what used to be the most
spokesman for Rittenhouse, said that Wells (1862-1931), anti-lynching activist
respected news organizations on the
Rittenhouse wants to destroy the rifle
planet. For the first time, top news
and throw the rest of the items away so
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