Neo-Nazis' Richmond plot shows how attacking capitols has become standard far-right tactic

[Nevilledog]

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Now that placing capitols under siege is an established tactic for the radical right (and has the apparent blessing of establishment Republicans) it's only a matter of time before they try it again. Especially since many of them see Jan. 6 as heroic.

Neo-Nazis’ Richmond plot shows how attacking capitols has become standard far-right tactic
This past weekend, CNN began running stories (“Assault on Democracy: The Roots of Trump’s Insurrection”) dedicated ostensibly to examining what motivated the hundreds of people who participated in ...
dailykos.com
10:43 AM · Jun 22, 2021

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/6/21/2036360/-Neo-Nazis-Richmond-plot-shows-how-attacking-capitols-has-become-standard-far-right-tactic

This past weekend, CNN began running stories (“Assault on Democracy: The Roots of Trump’s Insurrection”) dedicated ostensibly to examining what motivated the hundreds of people who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection, but which in the process primarily normalized them. “Before they were at an insurrection, they were regular Americans,” read one promotional headline.

But the more we learn about the insurrectionists and their violent intentions, as evidence appears in the court record of their prosecutions, the more apparent it is that there is nothing remotely normal about the far-right movement into which they have eagerly been swept up. Even more self-evident is that, as we learn more about would-be insurrectionary events in the year leading up to Jan. 6—particularly the failed plans that were laid out to attack state capitol buildings in Virginia and Michigan—that the Capitol siege was not simply a one-off event; rather, the far-right extremists who still have not backed down in their belief that the election was stolen from Donald Trump intend to keep attempting it until they succeed.

The plot to unleash terrorist violence in Richmond, Virginia, was laid out in detail this weekend by the Winnipeg Free Press, which did a deep-dive exploration of the would-be terrorist career of Patrik Mathews, the onetime Canadian reservist arrested by the FBI five days before thousands of gun fanatics gathered in Richmond to protest the state’s looming gun-control laws.

The Press had earlier exposed Mathews’ activities as a budding recruiter for the neo-Nazi terrorist group The Base while serving as an active-duty combat engineer in Canada, leading to an RCMP raid on his home in Beausejour. Mathews fled to the United States in 2019 and began leading the life of a fugitive with other members of The Base, but his activities were being tracked and monitored by federal agents.

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[Moostache]

1. You have to love their "uniform"

Beard and unshaved stubble?
Check!

Hoodie or other head covering?
Check!

Sunglasses on overcast day?
Check!

You might be forgiven if you thought they REALLY don't want to be ID'd as part of their own hate speech nonsense...

My grandfathers both fought the fascists in WWII...there is no doubt which side my family will remain when the time comes to beat these fuckers back into the rocks they crawled out from.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. Liberate Michigan!

[Justice matters.]

3. This tweet should be emailed to these criminal thugs:

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[Kid Berwyn]

4. Kirschner is TOPS.

Were he a special prosecutor, Trump and a whole lot more would be in jail right now.