31 members of neofascist group Patriot Front arrested for conspiracy to riot in Couer d'Alene Idaho. They are residents of 11 states: Texas, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, S. Dakota, Illinois, Arkansas, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon, Virginia. Names not yet released. #PatriotFail
When asked about federal law enforcement involvement, Chief of police Lee White responds "We've been contact with our federal partners all day, we had a member of a federal agency who was with us at the command post all day."
Video of the arrest. They were planning to do something to disrupt the Pride event in a park and one other location.
Incredible gif
There may be Patriot Front members from other states, seems during the press conference they only had booked some of the individuals. I’ll update this thread.
NAMES of potential Patriot Front from Kootenai County website, arrested on conspiracy today at that location.
MORRIS, KIERAN PADRAIG
ROUSSEAU, THOMAS RYAN
SMITH, DEREK JOSEPH
TABLER, DAKOTA RAY
TUCKER, STEVEN DERRICK
WHITTED, ROBERT BENJAMIJN
CORIO, DYLAN CARTER #PatriotFail
MORE NAMES:
BUSTER, JOSIAH DANIEL
HANEY, BRANDON MITCHEL
JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL
JOHNSON, JAMES JULIUS
OLEARY, JUSTIN MICHAEL
RANKIN, FORREST CLARK
SIMPSON, SPENCER THOMAS
WHITFIELD, NATHANIEL TAYLOR #PatriotFail
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Thomas Rousseau, a founder of Patriot Front, among those arrested today. He was present at Unite The Right in Charlottesville.
MORE NAMES:
CENTER, DEVIN WAYNE
DURHAM, WINSTON WORTH
GARLAND, GARRET JOSEPH
BOYCE, JARED MICHAEL
BRENNER, NATHAN DAVID
BROWN, COLTON MICHAEL
BUSTER, JOSIAH DANIEL
BUSTER, MISHAEL JOSHUA
CENTER, DEVIN WAYNE
CORIO, DYLAN CARTER
DURHAM, WINSTON WORTH
GARLAND, GARRET JOSEPH
HANEY, BRANDON MITCHEL
JESSOP, RICHARD JACOB
JOHNSON, JAMES JULIUS
JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL
MORAN, CONNOR PATRICK
MORRIS, KIERAN PADRAIG
NORMAN, LAWRENCE ALEXANDER
OLEARY, JUSTIN MICHAEL
PRUITT, CAMERON KATHAN
RANKIN, FORREST CLARK
ROUSSEAU, THOMAS RYAN
RYAN, CONOR JAMES
SIMPSON, SPENCER THOMAS
SISENSTEIN, ALEXANDER NICHOLAI
SMITH, DEREK JOSEPH
TABLER, DAKOTA RAY
TUCKER, STEVEN DERRICK
VAN HORN, WESLEY EVAN
WAGNER, MITCHELL FREDERICK
WHITFIELD, NATHANIEL TAYLOR
WHITSOM, GRAHAM JONES
WHITTED, ROBERT BENJAMIJN
UPDATE: Thomas Rousseau, founder and leader of Patriot Front, has been released from jail on bond, according to sources. Bond was listed at $300 on county website. #PatriotFail
18 of 31 names in public booking website so far:
MORRIS, KIERAN PADRAIG
ROUSSEAU, THOMAS RYAN
SMITH, DEREK JOSEPH
TABLER, DAKOTA RAY
TUCKER, STEVEN DERRICK
WHITTED, ROBERT BENJAMIJN
CORIO, DYLAN CARTER
BUSTER, JOSIAH DANIEL
HANEY, BRANDON MITCHEL
cont.... #PatriotFail#Pride
JOHNSON, JAMES MICHAEL
JOHNSON, JAMES JULIUS
OLEARY, JUSTIN MICHAEL
RANKIN, FORREST CLARK
SIMPSON, SPENCER THOMAS
WHITFIELD, NATHANIEL TAYLOR
CENTER, DEVIN WAYNE
DURHAM, WINSTON WORTH
GARLAND, GARRET JOSEPH
will update this thread #PatriotFail
Quick thread, story coming shortly: Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine have been staging events showing attacks on civilians, and may have even used human corpses to make them look more convincing. ⚠️thread contains graphic imagery.⚠️
About a day ago, the official Donetsk People's Republic Telegram account posted the images below and accused “Ukrainian saboteurs” of “detonating an explosive device on the Donetsk-Gorlovka highway,” killing three.
2. A few hours later, media, escorted by DPR officials, arrived at the scene. One American journalist posted high-resolution images of one of the badly burned bodies.
Trucker convoy update: organizers now saying that they will *not* be entering DC proper, but will stage somewhere in the DC beltway area. People do not seem happy about this in the Telegram group.
Some are suggesting blocking roads leading in to DC, "You don't storm a fortress, you starve it out."
Some seem to agree with the organizer's decision, arguing a blockade of DC would be more effective.
Thread: The Pentagon is AGAIN trying to weaken FOIA, something they have tried every year since 2015. Congress has rejected this proposal each time. If the Pentagon gets its way, this new exemption will almost certainly be abused.
This continues a trend of the Pentagon towards secrecy, treating the press and FOIA requesters as potential adversaries, and attempting to withhold information based on some ill-defined notion of "operational security." I wrote about this trend here. pogo.org/analysis/2019/…
If the proposal were approved, the DoD would almost certainly abuse the new exemption, breaking an already broken FOIA system. Last year, the department's backlog grew from 13,215 to 16,000 a 21% increase. open.defense.gov/Portals/23/Doc…
According to Stop The Steal's "national organizer" Ali "Alexander" Akbar's Instagram story, he has lost access to his @venmo, @CashApp, and @PayPal. He had been fundraising post Capitol storming, citing his need for 24/7 security guards.
He is still raising money using Bitcoin, where he's raised tens of thousands of dollars worth since the Capitol was stormed.
self proclaimed mastermind behind Jan. 6 Stop The Steal protest Ali Akbar is using a platform built by @podia to fund raise and advertise his bitcoin address. cc: @ohjoy@spencerfry
Organizer @ali claims he organized the insurrection "with congressman @RepGosar@RepMoBrooks and @RepAndyBiggsAZ. We four schemed up putting maximum pressure on congress while they were voting..."