Jacob Engels, who is Roger Stone’s longtime assistant & a Proud Boys associate, “will have to produce… evidence of any payment he received … from… a consultant tied to [Florida’s] 2020 ‘ghost’ candidate scandal…” 4/21/23 #flapol 1/ orlandosentinel.com/politics/heres…
“Liz Cornell, a Republican who lost her August primary for a Lake County state House seat, is suing… Engels for libel > he published articles on his website accusing her of carrying on an extramarital affair & preying on an elderly client in her financial advising business.” 2/
“As part of her suit, Cornell sought a bevy of records from Engels, including any records of payment he received since the start of 2022 from her primary opponent’s campaign and several political operatives, including Stafford Jones.” 3/
“Jones played a role in Florida’s 2020 ghost candidate scandal, as a group under his control transferred $630k to a dark money organization, Let’s Preserve the American Dream, that funded an advertising blitz promoting the independent ‘ghost’ candidates…” 4/
Clay Yarborough authored Florida’s new anti-trans bill that wld enable the state to steal trans kids from their parents if they receive gender affirming care. He calls himself a “Christ follower.” The hate is coming from Christian zealots. It just is, & voters deserve to know. 1/
3/ “The Get Outspoken website… blasted Yarborough [a self-described “follower of Christ”] for a 2010 comment in which he said he wasn’t sure if Muslims should hold political office and that he’d ‘prefer’ that ‘homosexuals’ did not.” #Christofascismfloridapolitics.com/archives/43958…
If ur thinking, “At least the system was robust enough to have discovered the breach,” think again. The breach was discovered only bc one of the perpetrators bragged about it in a phone call to @MarilynRMarks1, which she was smart enough to record. Otherwise, no one wld know. 1/
Which is why @FBI and @doj shld have conducted a nationwide investigation to see where else these MAGA operatives have breached voting systems. They have apparently NOT done so. 2/
The FBI and DOJ have not even apparently launched an investigation into the Coffee County, GA breach. 3/
“Outrage as Florida Republicans pass ‘fascist’ bill to remove trans kids from parents’ custody” 4/21/23 (Meanwhile, the Christofascists leading the anti-LGBTQ crusade loathe Child Protective Services bc Christofascism & child abuse go hand in hand.) 1/ independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Much of this anti-LGBTQ “parental rights” garbage originated w/ an influential evangelical extremist lawyer named Michael Farris who leads several Christofascist nonprofits, including the Alliance Defending Freedom, the Parental Rights Foundation, & HSLDA. 2/
3/ Slide from my Christian Nationalism presentation today. Farris is a big deal. His groups lead the legal crusades v abortion rights and LGBTQ rights. Farris also ghost wrote Ken Paxton’s brief that sought to overturn the election. He is a mentor of censured lawyer Jenna Ellis.
Under AZ’s book banning bill, “any time any parent complained, ADOE would have to mount a full investigation.” MAGA Fascists wld use this bill not only to erase LGBTQ people, but also to harass public school teachers, causing public educators to flee. 1/ azcentral.com/story/opinion/…
These bills are inspired by Christofascism. The goal is to destroy public schools & replace them w/ private Christian schools & homeschooling. 2/
I assume AZ’s Democratic Governor will veto this bill if it comes to that. Texas & Florida won’t be so lucky. 3/
In Oct 2018, the Proud Boys landed in hot water due to their attack on anti-fascist protesters in Manhattan. Video showed that the Proud Boys had initiated the attack. Stone became the gang’s unofficial advisor in the attack’s aftermath. @BucksCoBeacon 1/ buckscountybeacon.com/2023/04/roger-…
2/ “In December 2018, Stone and Tarrio had ‘stood together in a video address to the gang, and Stone called on the Proud Boys to fight back against … Mueller,’ per HuffPost’s report.”
It was also in December 2018 that Roger Stone provided the opening address at the first annual American Priority Conference. Tarrio and Biggs apparently also attended the conference, & posed for photos there w/ KellyAnne Conway & Sarah Huckabee Sanders. 3/
Fox News “had tortured [Seth] Rich’s parents by spreading unfounded, incendiary claims about their dead son to millions of viewers on a nightly basis. This relentless smear campaign had caused the Rich family to sue the network.” 1/ buckscountybeacon.com/2023/04/roger-…
“Fox later paid millions of dollars to resolve the lawsuit. They agreed to the settlement right before Hannity and Dobbs were scheduled to testify.” 2/
“Fox insisted that its settlement with the Rich family remain confidential until after the 2020 election because that’s the sort of thing that a politically biased phony news show would do.” 3/