Postcards from the alt-right

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Retired Major League pitcher Curt Schilling on Monday shared a picture on Twitter that suggested journalists should be lynched and called the image “awesome.” The photo was taken at a rally for Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and showed an individual wearing a shirt that read: “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.” “OK, so much awesome here,” Schilling wrote when tweeting the image. Ok, so much awesome here... pic.twitter.com/qx5rbW2cop — Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) November 7, 2016 He later called the image "funny," said it displayed "sarcasm," and added that "if it offends" readers they should block him or "shut the hell up."

Curt Schilling: Photo suggesting journalists be lynched is 'awesome' - Business Insider

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Only part of the article, what they think at Breitbart about climate scientists..

Bannon Accused Pope Francis Of “Hysteria” On Climate Change, Asked Guest To Explain How Vatican Is “Overrun” By “Cultural Marxists.” While hosting the December 2, 2015 edition of the SiriusXM radio show Breitbart News Daily, Bannon declared that the Pope has “fallen into this hysteria” about climate change. Bannon then interviewed theologist Thomas D. Williams about Pope Francis’ climate change encyclical, which calls for reduced fossil fuel use in order to help the world's poor. Bannon said “a lot of practicing Catholics” were “quite confused” by the encyclical, and stated to Williams: “You mentioned the fact that he has got advisers around him that really crafted this message and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences has been overrun by what you call cultural Marxists.” Williams responded that the Pope’s encyclical is “closely aligned to a redistributionist mentality” and about poorer countries “looking for handouts under the guise” of reducing carbon emissions, to which Bannon replied: “Yes. That’s the climate justice.” [Breitbart News Daily, 12/2/15 via SoundCloud]

Breitbart Editor James Delingpole: NASA, NOAA Scientists Are "Talentless Low-Lives." Breitbart News editor James Delingpole wrote a post listing "twelve reasons why the Paris climate talks are a total waste." One of the reasons Delingpole gave was that the "alarmist climate scientists are talentless low-lives who cannot be trusted," citing NASA, NOAA, the Met Office, and the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia as examples.
[Breitbart News, 11/30/15]

Delingpole: “Most” Of The Scientists, Businesses, And Politicians Who Support Acting On Climate Change Are “Abject Liars.” In a column about the economic value of the “climate change industry” titled, “Climate change: the Hoax that Costs Us $4 Billion a Day,” Delingpole wrote:

In the headline I call the climate change industry a hoax. That’s because, on any objective level it is. I don’t mean that all the scientists and businesses and politicians promoting it are abject liars — just most of them, even if it means that in order to keep earning their living they have to be dishonest with themselves about something they know in their hearts not to be true. [Breitbart News, 8/8/15]

Delingpole: Pope Francis’ Climate Encyclical Includes Language You Would Expect From A "16-Year-Old Trotting Out ... Formulaic Bilge And Accepted Faux-Wisdom." Delingpole criticized Pope Francis’ climate change encyclical for including "hackneyed language and extremely dubious science you might expect from a 16-year-old trotting out the formulaic bilge and accepted faux-wisdom required these days to pass a fairly typical exam paper in Geography or Environmental Sciences." He went on to claim that the encyclical is wrong "scientifically," "morally," "theologically," and "economically." [Breitbart News, 6/16/15]

Delingpole Praised Climate Science Denier For Calling Climate Advocates “Global Warming Nazis.”Delingpole praised Roy Spencer, a scientist who rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus on human-caused climate change, for announcing that he would respond to climate advocates’ use of the term “denier” by calling them “global warming Nazis.” Delingpole praised Spencer for making a “bold move,” and predicted that Spencer would receive criticism “not because anything you are saying here is technically inaccurate but because the climate debate is all about double standards.” Delingpole added that one of the “things you are not allowed to mention if you are a climate skeptic” is that the “environmental lobby uses the same tactics used by totalitarian movements through the ages – fascists, Nazis, communists, there’s really no difference.” [Media Matters, 2/20/14; Breitbart News, 2/21/14]

Delingpole Called Climate Advocates “Eco Nazis,” “Eco Fascists,” And “Scum-Sucking Slime Balls.”Delingpole wrote a column titled, “In Praise of ‘Hate Speech,’” in which he explained why he would not sign a petition asking the British Government to classify the term “climate denier” as “hate speech.” In particular, Delingpole wrote that the petition would make it “much harder” for him to smear climate advocates:

Before Joining Trump White House, Steve Bannon Ran A Website That Viciously Attacked Climate Scientists

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Pizza gate. You can't make this stuff up, oops, that's exactly what they do.. And it has consequences..

Trump transition spokesman Jason Miller said Flynn's son, Michael Flynn Jr., was helping his father with administrative and scheduling duties. The elder Flynn is Trump's incoming national security adviser.

It came a day after a firestorm over Flynn Jr.'s promotion of the "pizzagate" conspiracy theory, which baselessly alleged through fake news stories that a pedophilia ring involving high-level Democratic Party officials — including Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, John Podesta — was operating out of a Washington pizzeria called Comet Ping Pong.

On Sunday, police say, the conspiracy theory led an armed man to come to the pizzeria. The 28-year-old man brought an assault rifle to the restaurant and was looking to investigate the story himself, according to police.

Michael Flynn Jr. 'no longer' involved in Trump transition - Business Insider

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The so-called alt-right movement descended into civil war on Monday after one of its largest figures was booted from an upcoming inauguration event following a series of tweets he wrote about the media being "run in majority by Jewish people." Tim Treadstone, an unabashedly alt-right social media personality better known as "Baked Alaska," was disinvited from the "Deploraball" after publishing the tweets about Jewish people.

Alt-right movement descends into civil war - Business Insider

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Incredible stuff from Über conspiracy theorists Alex Jones:

ALEX JONES (HOST): Trump is so fire-breathing, so energetic, so cunning, so real, and he’s having results so amazing that it just makes me endeared to Trump – I’m ready to die for Trump, at this point. And I’m already ready to die for America, it’s the same feeling I have for America, because he is America, you’re America.

It’s the same way I get endeared to people I know that have fought hard and lost legs or arms for this country and just how hard working and good they are and how compared to the average person who’s lazy and doesn’t care, I just feel humble to be around those type of people. Because I study policy; 

I’m a policy wonk. And I know that Trump and [Stephen] Bannon really know what are happening – what’s happening, they’re really trying to cut taxes, they’re really trying to get loans to small businesses, they’re really trying to get us out of carbon taxes and Obamacare, and they’re doing it, they’re delivering. And it’s so well thought out; it’s so good. I’ve studied history, I’ve covered politics for 25 years, 21 on air. And I’ve never seen anything like this. This is bigger than 1776 if Trump can deliver.

Alex Jones: “I’m Ready To Die For Trump”

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The YouTube video shows girls convulsing in hospital beds, on the floors of their schools, losing control of their bodies, unable to walk or talk.
The young women have allegedly just been given shots of the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer. Instead of a life-saving treatment, they’re left crippled, “chemically lobotomized.”

A voice over the disturbing footage screams: “I am not a slave. You cannot force me to inject my kid with this poison. This is sick!”
That voice belongs to Owen Shroyer, a reporter for Infowars, the right-wing, conspiracy-theory laden “news” site. He’s anchoring a classic Infowars health segment, featuring a passionate rant against mainstream medicine. In this case, the subject is a favorite on Infowars: “vaccines and the damages they do to our youth.”

When Shroyer appears onscreen again, his face is flushed and twisted in rage. “You know what? I’m sorry — but F you! Okay?” he says, squinting at the camera. “F you if you’re going to sit here and watch a video of young girls literally convulsing because of a vaccine that you say is safe and effective. F you! You’re disgusting.”

If you know anything about the HPV vaccine or vaccine safety, it’s easy to dismiss this video as fringe lunacy. But Infowars is no longer a peripheral media player. The website now reaches more than 6 million unique US users each month. The YouTube channel has more than 2 million followers — about as many as Vox.

I watched more than six hours of the show, and came away steeped in a dark view of the world. On Infowars, truth is provisional, science means nothing, and you can’t trust anyone — especially not your doctor, researchers, or experts of any kind. This is a parallel information universe, with deep suspicions of the establishment and government agencies and a deep appreciation for the populist president, Donald Trump.

As a medical reporter, I’ve written a lot about shady peddlers of health misinformation; Infowars felt like familiar terrain. Exaggerated claims, cherry-picked studies reported out of context, and the promise of treatments and foods that will either kill or cure are more the rule than the exception in this corner of journalism.

But Infowars made Dr. Oz and the Food Babe seem benevolent. The show goes so much further than simply misleading people about their personal health choices and a range of other subjects. Jones and Infowars are part of a political movement aimed at undermining and delegitimizing the institutions that are fundamental to democracy — especially science. They also have connections that run all the way up to the White House.

Alex Jones is an ally and champion of President Donald Trump, who told Jones in a 2015 interview, “you have an amazing reputation.” Trump may disparage institutions like the New York Times and Washington Post on Twitter and Fox News, but he shares Infowars articles and videos.

It doesn’t seem to bother the president that Jones has a long history of spreading conspiracy theories through his various media channels. Jones launched his first radio show in 1996, and the day after 9/11, went on the air calling the tragedy “an inside job.”

A theme he returns to again and again is that the US government is actually controlled by an international faction called the “New World Order.” The globalists — big banks, billionaires, mainstream media, pharmaceutical companies — are actively conspiring against the interests of regular Americans.

Jones has said Oprah Winfrey is trying to reduce the African population by half, Sesame Street’s new autistic Muppet was designed to normalize an increasingly common disease that’s caused by vaccines, and that the Atlantic magazine and other leftie periodicals are hinting at an imminent decapitation of President Trump.

I watched Alex Jones give his viewers health advice. Here’s what I learned. - Vox

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In the far-right world, every successive villain has always been worse than the last. It's quaint now to think about how Al Gore was once regarded as the second coming of Lenin, or that John Kerry was a secret communist agent. Then the race element took Obama-hatred to new and horrifying places. But Trumpian license has pushed hatred of Hillary Clinton beyond all reason. If you don't connect with it emotionally, you won't get it. For grown men and women to throw around words like "bitch" and "cunt" in front of their kids, it means things have moved way beyond the analytical. Where is it all coming from? The most generous conceivable explanation is that the anger stems from a sense of abandonment and betrayal by the political class. This doesn't explain the likes of Giuliani and Trump, but if you squint really hard, it maybe explains some of what's going on with his supporters.

The Fury and Failure of Donald Trump - Rolling Stone

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LifeZette was founded in 2015, and throughout the 2016 campaign was an avid participant in the phenomenon now dubbed “fake news,” trafficking in conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton. In a video titled “Clinton Body Count,” released in April 2016, a LifeZette correspondent, over an ominous music track, suggests without evidence that the Clinton family may have had some role in John F. Kennedy Jr.’s plane crash, as well as deaths of various Democratic operatives.

According to The Intercept, the video garnered 400,000 shares and 14 million views. Interestingly, the video — along with another article titled “ 10 People Under the Clinton Curse” that alleged the Clintons were somehow connected to “nearly 90 bodies” — have both disappeared from LifeZette’s website and social media feeds.

Another LifeZette video from October 2016 alleges without credible evidence that voting machines in 16 states could be “compromised,” because the company that made them was purchased by George Soros. In truth, Soros had not purchased the company, and the company didn’t even provide voting machines for use in the general election.

LifeZette also promoted the conspiracy theory — based on a leaked exchange from Wikileaks — that Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta participated in occult rituals involving blood sacrifice. The conspiracy theory was based on emails sent to Podesta’s brother and forwarded to the Clinton aide by Marina Abramovic, inviting him to a dinner party. Notably, Podesta didn’t respond to the email.

White House press secretary calls on pro-Trump fake news site

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Disillusionment is setting in at the Alt-Right:

Like most break-ups, the relationship has been troubled for a while. Many on the alt-right were disappointed in Trump’s rapid embrace of conservative dogma, focusing on heath care and tax cuts rather than building his promised wall on the Mexican border, with his bare hands and a hammer if he had to. Yet the final straw was the 59 missiles Trump fired at a Syrian airbase, which struck the alt-right as 59 daggers in their backs. Trump had not only broken his promise not to engage in any new wars; he was also pissing off Syria’s ally Russia, thereby attacking Vladimir Putin, the alt-right’s favorite strongman. In short, Trump was doing exactly what the alt-right had warned that Hillary Clinton would do.

The Alt-Right and Donald Trump Get a Divorce | New Republic

Putin their hero, that just about sums it up..

Some more.

In the minds of Spencer, Heimbach, and many others in the alt-right, Trump was a mere trial balloon for their ideas. Now that the world has seen the power of populism and ethno-nationalism, they are ready to take their act solo. “We need to have the intelligence to know when to dump Trump,” Spencer told me. “He might still be able to redeem himself, but it’s hard to see how. Once you’ve gone down the path of cuckery, it’s almost impossible to come back.” “Our values, and the ones that helped get Trump elected, can’t be compromised on,” said Heimbach. “Nationalism is basically faith, family, and folk, and you can’t just do 50 percent of that. It’s everything or nothing. Trump is a spectacular failure, but getting him elected proved that people are ready for nationalism.”

The Alt-Right and Donald Trump Get a Divorce | New Republic

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A meatpacking town in Kansas opened its doors to Somali refugees. Then a group of Trump supporters plotted to kill them after Election Day. 

Soon after, Liberal’s police chief was contacted by the FBI. It turned out that the bureau had been tracking Allen and Wright, as well as a third suspect named Patrick Stein, for months. The three men were the founders of a new anti-Muslim white supremacist group that called itself the Crusaders. As their inaugural act, the FBI said, the men were plotting to carry out a Timothy McVeigh–style bombing in Garden City, Kansas, about an hour north of Liberal. Their plan was to detonate two cargo vans loaded with massive amounts of ammonium nitrate in the parking lots of the Garden Spot Apartments, a sprawling complex straddling both sides of West Mary Street. The drab, one-story units were inhabited primarily by Somalis and other refugees, who had come to Garden City to work at the nearby Tyson meatpacking plant..

“The Only Good Muslim Is a Dead Muslim” | New Republic