Insurrection Detection

       The reason Governor Tim Walz's "weird" insult against Trump and his minions has stuck is perhaps due to how true it is, how well it encapsulates all the years of pent-up frustration at these Bananas Republicans. For all the violence and all the pain, January 6th, too, had a lot of weird people. There was a Florida man who stormed the Capitol dressed as a panda, a New Jersey Nazi and robber who stormed the Capitol with a binkie in his mouth, and so many other strange people.      The latest arrest details perfectly another example of a weirdo arrested for storming the Capitol on January 6th. The details of his actions that day aside from the fact that he entered the Capitol are slim, as all that has been made public is his criminal complaint. However, a few public records searches give you ebough of a clue what type of person Oregon resident Matthew Mglej is.       Known to online sleuths as "#ScraggleTooth," Mglej was one of ...

Exposed as part of a long-running series on far-right extremism in Ohio        Two years of probation and $525 of restitution and fees. That's apparently the price for trying to end American democracy. If you were to ask an average American what a milquetoast, overweight redneck not worth his weight in fried shit looked like, you'd probably elicit Steven Billingsley.      On January 6th, this cornfed inbred decided to storm the Capitol. While holding a camera, he shouted, "Yeah baby, storm the Capitol. That's where the thieves are." He insulted and threatened police, saying, "Fuck you people... We can do it the nice way or the hard way. You guys turned on us." When police began using pepper spray, he shouted, "We're gonna have three million bomb y'all," "This is war," and, "You're in trouble," while helping to undo a metal barricade. He screamed, "Push" as other rioters pushed past law enforcement. This...