@Render Harvey, starring Jimmy Stewart, 1950

"We also found threepercentpatriots.com No. 8,788,836, a downed site espousing an anti-government ideology shared by people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. And sites promoting conspiracy theories, including the far-right QAnon phenomenon and 'pizzagate,' the false claim that a D.C. pizza joint was a front for pedophiles, were also present."

"The Post found that the filters failed to remove some troubling content, including the white supremacist site stormfront.org No. 27,505, the anti-trans site kiwifarms.net No. 378,986, and 4chan.org No. 4,339,889, the anonymous message board known for organizing targeted harassment campaigns against individuals."

Inside the secret list of websites that make AI like ChatGPT sound smart

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/

My favorite recipe.

https://www.barleyandsage.com/cara-cara-orange-margarita/

@LordyIHopeTheRTapes Indeed they are.

My blue check is gone! I think margaritas are in order.

Members of New Mexico Civil Guard (armed militia) get $300K from city in settlement

https://www.abqjournal.com/2591948/new-mexico-civil-guard-gets-300k-from-albuquerque.html

Fortunately, local news has written about this group. National publications aren't interested.

An older story from the Atlanta newspaper. https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/i-could-die-any-second/V6DIBNPG35DBBPDXK42ZRESLSY/

Black Hammer started out as a sovereign citizen-ish group running a land-back grift in Colorado and quickly moved to become a cult in Georgia that preyed on at-risk street kids, using rape as a punishment for those who wanted to leave. The Russian stuff is just another layer on their crazy-cake.

A United States Capitol breach defendant who allegedly fired several shots towards law enforcement days before his first court appearance has been charged with a federal firearm crime, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton.

Nathan Donald Pelham, 40, of Greenville, Texas, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/us-capitol-breach-defendant-charged-texas-after-firing-handgun-towards-law-enforcement

MyPillow founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell made a bold offer ahead of a “cyber symposium” he held in August 2021 in South Dakota: He claimed he had data showing Chinese interference and said he would pay $5 million to anyone who could prove the material was not from the previous year’s U.S. election.

He called the challenge “Prove Mike Wrong.”

On Wednesday, a private arbitration panel ruled that someone did.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/04/20/mike-lindell-prove-wrong-contest/

Every now and then, I get a message from a Boog emphatically stating that they are still relevant and super dangerous.

Timothy Teagan, a prominent member of the far-right anti-government Boogaloo movement, pleaded guilty to gun- and drug-related charges Wednesday following an investigation by FBI counterterrorism investigators and could spend 13 months in federal prison.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/04/19/boogaloo-boy-tim-teagan-guilty-after-probe-that-raised-extremism-fears/70130845007/

If you followed me on Twitter, you read quite a bit about the Black Hammer group.

Omali Yeshitela (fka Joseph Waller) traveled to Russia.

Really interesting reading:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flmd.404120/gov.uscourts.flmd.404120.12.0.pdf

4 members of Uhuru group in St. Petersburg (FL) indicted in Russian influence case https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2023/04/18/4-members-of-uhuru-group-in-st--pete-indicted-in-russian-case

It's always a good idea to tip the bathroom attendant if you want a fresh hand towel.