rightwingwatch--2020-02-03--Hiding in Plain Sight: The White Nationalist Who Toiled Inside a Right-Wing Media Powerhouse

The following article was reported in collaboration with Angry White Men .
It also appears on Angry White Men .
Michael J. Thompson demanded that someone turn down the “ horrifying music ” so that he could introduce Scott Greer , then editor of The Daily Caller , whose first book Thompson had helped publish .
He took nervous pulls from a can of Coors Light beer as he addressed the crowd assembled in the offices of the right-wing publication , mixing self-deprecating jokes about the “ Walmart spread ” of food offered to guests and seemingly earnest calls to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ value of your voice in influencing people in the Trump administration .
You ’ ve got to keep fighting , because guess what , no one else is gon na do it .
You have to do it , ” Thompson told the crowd of people assembled on a March 2017 evening in downtown Washington , D.C. , in remarks captured in a Periscope video .
Less than 24 hours before the party , an article appeared on a blog operated by Thompson ; the author , writing under the name Paul Kersey @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposedly afraid to go travel to Baltimore , Maryland : “ Blacks .
Nothing more .
Nothing less.
” The closing kicker of the blog post stated the writer ’ s prejudice in stark terms : “ No blacks , know peace ; know blacks , no peace .
It ’ s really this simple.
” It is just one of more than 3,500 analogous articles that exist today on Thompson ’ s blog , “ Stuff Black People Don ’ t Like.
” Thompson is just one of many members of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that attempted to reinvent its public image with the “ alt-right ” moniker and rose to a flash of influence in Republican politics amid the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump .
Leading up to that political moment , a clique of the movement ’ s believers had situated themselves inside GOP-aligned institutions and media outlets in and around Washington , where they used the resources at their disposal to advance their cause .
Thompson ’ s career took him inside the Leadership Institute , a pillar of the conservative movement for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the right-wing tabloid-style website , WorldNetDaily .
The story of Thompson ’ s career is not one of a random internet blogger ; it ’ s a blueprint that others have followed .
A barely underground member of the white nationalist movement , Thompson has toiled undisturbed , until recently , in conservative spaces , even as a number of his associates have since been exposed for supporting the movement that left blood in the streets of Charlottesville , Virginia , at the 2017 Unite the Right white supremacist gathering .
Right @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a not-for-profit blog tracking figures in the white supremacist movement , can report that Thompson is the previously unknown author of racist material that has appeared on blogs and the best-known white nationalist publications for more than a decade under the Paul Kersey pen name .
Angry White Men contributed in-depth research to this article while Right Wing Watch completed the investigative reporting .
The halls of The Leadership Institute ’ s headquarters are lined with photographs of its distinguished alumni , visual markers of its place in conservative politics .
Headshots of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jim Jordan , and even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Mike Pence , among others–are arranged in a single row on each side of a long corridor , all in identical frames .
On any given week , young conservatives can attend events in its offices in Arlington , Virginia , for training in skills like public speaking , creative design , campaigning , and fundraising , and opportunities to hear distinguished guests from Capitol Hill and conservative media .
On its website , the Leadership Institute claims to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , leaders , and students ” since its founding in 1979 .
It was there that Michael Thompson appears to have entered conservative politics , working as a member of the organization ’ s Campus Services Program , according to a 2010 press release .
During his tenure at the Leadership Institute , it also appears Thompson wrote articles for its Campus Reform media outlet .
Articles bearing his byline have since been deleted but were cached via Google site-search results .
Working at the Leadership Institute , Thompson grew close to white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader of the Leadership Institute ’ s campus leadership program and began writing his blog , “ Stuff Black People Don ’ t Like ” ( a play on the name of an internet-famous early 2000s satire blog , “ Stuff White People Like ” ) .
In 2011 , Thompson authored his first column for the racist publication VDARE , whose editor , Peter Brimelow , is a regular speaker at far-right conferences and has participated in panel discussions with Jared Taylor , founder of the white supremacist American Renaissance website , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impresario who led the 2017 tiki-torch march at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on the eve of a violent gathering of far-right groups in the center of town .
You will barely find a trace of Thompson ’ s years at the Leadership Institute on its website—or anywhere , really .
Neither Leadership Institute Communications Coordinator Sarah Morrison nor Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Cabot Phillips responded to inquiries from Right Wing Watch seeking basic information on Thompson ’ s position with the organization .
After he left the Leadership Institute , Thompson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right-wing conspiracy-theory website aligned with the Republican Party , where he worked in the marketing department .
The site is helmed by founder Joseph Farah , a Trump associate who helped the then-presidential hopeful advance the false claim that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States .
Thompson ’ s name appeared on WorldNetDaily ’ s masthead as early as Jan. 29 , 2012 , and as late as Nov. 18 , 2018 , as preserved in online snapshot archives .
Throughout his entire tenure at the digital publication run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boosters , Thompson was moonlighting under a pseudonym at racist and white nationalist publications run by Brimelow and Taylor .
Thompson ’ s work was scrubbed from the WorldNetDaily site , but some of it was archived .
WorldNetDaily editors , including Farah , failed to respond to Right Wing Watch ’ s emailed requests for comment .
Thompson found himself at WorldNetDaily during the pinnacle of its ascendance in the Republican Party .
In its heyday , Farah sought to expand WorldNetDaily into a conservative media powerhouse , publishing books by Rep. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee , and right-wing activist Phyllis Schlafly , who died in 2016 , not long after she endorsed Trump for president .
Farah even launched a documentary filmmaking company that produced feature-length movies about gun issues , Christianity , and the supposed secret plots to undermine Western civilization .
When Thompson was employed there , Farah and his outlet were enjoying a renaissance of sorts , establishing WorldNetDaily as a mill for the “ birther movement , ” as the racist narrative questioning Obama ’ s birth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his WorldNetDaily position for access , Thompson rubbed shoulders with high-profile Republican politicians and publishers .
In 2012 , Thompson interviewed Joe Arpaio , then the sheriff of Arizona ’ s Maricopa County , about Barack Obama ’ s birth certificate and other birtherism theories for WorldNetDaily ( the video has since been deleted from WorldNetDaily ’ s website ) .
During an appearance on “ The Hagmann Report ” in 2017 , Thompson boasted that he had been in contact with former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon before Bannon joined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ respond to our request for comment .
“ You know , I used to share emails three or four times a week with Steve Bannon before he was invited to become part of the Trump campaign , ” Thompson told “ The Hagmann Report ” hosts Joe Hagmann and Jon Robberson .
In one email provided to Right Wing Watch and Angry White Men by former Breitbart editor Katie McHugh , Thompson can be seen pitching conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi as a potential guest on the SiriusXM radio program produced by Breitbart News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Bannon declined , writing back , “ Zero interest , ” and “ Not a fan.
”  However , Bannon also instructed Thompson to send “ all your other books ” from WorldNetDaily authors , presumably for their radio-guest potential .
Thompson also appeared once on Alex Jones ’ Infowars in 2017 using his real name .
Early on , Farah and WorldNetDaily stumped hard for Trump ’ s campaign , naming Trump the WND man of the year in 2015 , which Trump called an “ amazing honor.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ address at an Arizona event honoring Farah ’ s career , which first became notable for the effectiveness with which Farah advanced conspiracy theories alleging that the Clintons had been involved in the death of White House aide Vince Foster .
In 2011 , Trump reportedly solicited advice from Farah regarding the strategic use of birther attacks on Obama , and Vice President Mike Pence recently employed Farah ’ s daughter as his press secretary .
( Farah ’ s daughter is now the Pentagon press secretary and deputy assistant to the secretary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For seemingly other reasons , Thompson was at least as excited about Trump ’ s candidacy as was his boss .
Appearing in his “ Paul Kersey ” guise with the white nationalist , alt-right Spencer on the podcast AltRight Radio , Thompson reportedly said , “ Make America Great Again…That ’ s a synonym for Make America White Again.
” Spencer did not respond to our request for comment .
McHugh , the former Breitbart editor , was friends with Thompson in his WorldNetDaily days—she dated Thompson ’ s buddy DeAnna .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 for anti-Muslim tweets she posted after a terror attack in London .
On June 6 , 2019 , McHugh tweeted a photo of VDARE founder Peter Brimelow and his wife Lydia Brimelow that McHugh said was taken at Thompson ’ s 2014 wedding .
In a follow-up tweet , McHugh alleged that Thompson was the author of Stuff Black People Don ’ t Like .
I met McHugh for the first time at an apartment in Virginia ; we sat together on a balcony that overlooked an unremarkable patch of grass and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personal stories from her time involved in white nationalist politics and the trauma she experienced while separating herself from those circles .
Her voice was drenched in personal regret ; she feared that the hate she had participated in was gaining meaningful political power in America .
She drank Diet Coke .
McHugh provided Right Wing Watch with copies of emails in which Thompson is seen interacting , primarily using his personal email account , with other white nationalist activists and people associated with Breitbart News .
Right Wing Watch was able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are authentic .
( McHugh also provided emails to the Southern Poverty Law Center that appeared in a multi-part investigative series examining White House policy adviser Stephen Miller ’ s allusions to white nationalism in communications with Breitbart staffers . )
“ It ’ s not enough to apologize .
If you exit these movements , you must expose every member for [ the sake of ] public transparency , ” McHugh told Right Wing Watch and Angry White Men .
“ In my view , this is a public service.
” McHugh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ writing and publishing racist columns was common knowledge among his circle of friends in Washington , who would often refer to his alter-ego simply as “ PK.
” Thompson emailed McHugh in March 2016 to ask her to forward a question to DeAnna about whether “ PB ” —initials that McHugh said were meant to stand for VDARE ’ s Brimelow—was expecting an article from Thompson .
Marcus Epstein , an anti-immigrant activist who in 2007 pleaded guilty to assaulting a black woman after calling her the “ n-word , ” is also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which the group discusses evening get-together plans .
According to SPLC , DeAnna claimed the title of founder of the now defunct far-right Youth for Western Civilization student group , where Epstein , who has authored columns for VDARE , served as national vice president .
At its founding , DeAnna ’ s group received enthusiastic support from white nationalists .
SPLC reports that DeAnna also worked in WorldNetDaily ’ s marketing department , but his byline stops appearing on the site in October 2012 .
Articles written under the Paul Kersey byline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Renaissance cite him as the author of Stuff Black People Don ’ t Like .
Thompson also fundraised through these platforms .
Through VDARE ’ s nonprofit status , fans of Paul Kersey could make tax-deductible contributions to their favorite writer ( Thompson ) on VDARE ’ s website , according to a Nov. 9 post on Stuff Black People Don ’ t Like .
In the same blog post ,  “ Kersey ” tells readers they can also send cash , check , or money order to the same post office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thompson settled into his status as a white nationalist columnist , he began appearing as Paul Kersey more frequently on cause-aligned podcasts and radio programs .
Right Wing Watch hired one of the nation ’ s leading certified forensic audio consultants to perform biometric voice identification , comparing recordings of Thompson speaking on video for WorldNetDaily with audio samples of the voice recorded as Paul Kersey on different web-hosted audio programs—The Political Cesspool , Red Ice TV , and American Renaissance—over a multiyear span .
The audio forensic expert hired by Right Wing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ named due to this report ’ s subject matter and the possibility that he and his employees would be targeted for threats and violence , has consulted for many national media outlets and testified as an expert witness in local , state , and federal courts across the United States .
SIS II software was used to determine that the three “ Paul Kersey ” voice recordings provided by Right Wing Watch matched the Thompson voice recording with probabilities of 92.9 percent , 98.5 percent , and 99.3 percent .
The forensic consultant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to disguise their voice , ” the software can still map data points and do comparative analysis “ independent of subjective interpretation.
” The forensic consultant told Right Wing Watch that if they were called to testify under oath before a court and asked what the odds were that the results from the comparison between samples of Thompson and Paul Kersey voices were inaccurate , that they would say , “ there are no odds that the voices are different .
They are the same voices.
” Additionally , in podcast appearances where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it aligned with that of Thompson .
Today , Thompson is in his mid-thirties .
“ There is an infiltration of conservative media by white nationalists , especially those working in D.C. , and publications either ignored it or were complicit , ” McHugh explained .
“ I think that they ’ re aware , and they choose to do nothing about it except quietly fire people when it becomes too publicly embarrassing.
” Michael J. Thompson poses at Scott Greer ’ s 2017 book party at The Daily Caller ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ / Twitter.com ) It was not so long ago that WorldNetDaily was among the most-read conservative publications online , but its impact is waning , and the company is bleeding funds .
Thompson appears to have departed the company during a time period where the site was reportedly having financial trouble and laying off employees .
But before he left , Thompson used his position inside the company to turn a former coworker into a published author .
Thompson and Scott Greer , a former editor and columnist at The Daily Caller , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personality Tucker Carlson , were personal friends who lived together in Arlington in a home they sarcastically dubbed the “ hate house , ” McHugh said .
( The home has since been acquired by new owners . )
In 2017 , with Thompson ’ s assistance , Greer wrote a book called “ No Campus for White Men : The Transformation of Higher Education into Hateful Indoctrination ” for WND Books , the publishing arm of Farah ’ s media enterprise .
Milo Yiannopoulos wrote the book ’ s foreword and enthusiastic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media personality Mike Cernovich , and right-wing columnist Diana West appear on the book ’ s jacket .
Between the covers is Greer ’ s ode to aggrieved white men on college campuses who believe diversity and inclusion efforts will lead to their peril .
A year later , Rosie Gray , writing for The Atlantic , publicly revealed Greer as the author behind a pseudonym that appeared in Spencer ’ s white nationalist publication Radix Journal , causing Greer to resign as contributor to The Daily Caller .
Emails show that Thompson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racist political ideology before he worked with Greer to publish his book with WorldNetDaily .
On Jan. 31 , 2016 , Thompson emailed a group of his like-minded friends , including Greer , telling them to read an article on Occidental Dissent , the blog operated by Bradley Dean Griffin of the neo-Confederate hate group League of the South .
The next day , the email conversation turned to predictions for the results of the 2016 Iowa caucus , and Thompson referred to “ Michael McGregor , ” the name Greer used in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to our request for comment .
When it came time to celebrate Greer ’ s book launch at The Daily Caller offices in downtown D.C. on March 31 , 2017 , Thompson invited a laundry list of white nationalists , including then-Breitbart reporter Ian Mason , American Renaissance editor Devin Saucier , former Media Research Center staffer Tim Dionisopoulos , ex-DHS analyst Ian Smith , Epstein , and McHugh .
Saucier and Epstein are confirmed to have attended , the latter of whom Thompson gave a shout-out during his remarks introducing Greer , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by longtime far-right operative Jack Posobiec  ( now a host for One America News Network ) .
Thompson thanked people from Breitbart and CNS News for attending the party , and told them that they “ have to keep fighting.
” Thompson went on to recount meeting Greer shortly after Greer ’ s college graduation and said he had watched him become “ one of the top polemicists ” at The Daily Caller and a voice for “ the emerging new right.
” Thompson used his speech to give a shout-out to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a coalition of white nationalists and Trump supporters who sought to game social media in support of Trump ’ s candidacy .
Posobiec reportedly helped lead the loosely defined MAGA 3X coalition but declined answer our questions about Thompson .
The room filled with mostly khaki-clad young white men broke out into chants of “ Build the Wall !
” and “ CNN sucks !
” after Thompson ’ s remarks .
Attendees flaunted images popularized within the alt-right , including “ Kekistan ” flags and images of Pepe the Frog .
Flacking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Thompson repeatedly emailed McHugh to ask that Greer be featured as a guest on Breitbart ’ s SiriusXM radio program and asked her to publish a review of the book on the Breitbart site .
Greer never was booked on Breitbart ’ s radio program , and McHugh did not write a review of his book ; however , Greer appeared across conservative media at the time—including on Carlson ’ s Fox News show .
McHugh said that Thompson approached her about the opportunity to write a book , as Greer had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the opioid crisis to be called “ White Death.
” McHugh says she declined the offer .
White nationalists apparently believed they could count on Thompson to do their bidding inside the conservative media system , vis-a-vis his day job at WorldNetDaily .
On March 15 , 2016 , Taylor , editor of American Renaissance , emailed an embargoed copy of a report called “ Color of Crime ” to McHugh , DeAnna , and Thompson , asking if they could get the report mentioned in their respective publications : Neither McHugh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Century Foundation ’ s report , but the email makes clear that Taylor saw Thompson as an individual who could help him break his racist propaganda “ into the mainstream.
” More Than a Decade of Racist Material Paul Kersey is the name of the main character in the “ Death Wish ” film series .
Kersey is a bleeding-heart liberal who roams the streets searching for criminals to murder in the name of vigilante justice after his wife and daughter are beaten and raped .
In a scene from the first film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be heard discussing the vigilante murders .
“ I ’ ll tell you one thing , the guy ’ s a racist .
You notice he kills more blacks than whites , ” a male guest says .
“ Oh , for Pete ’ s sake , Harry , more blacks are muggers than whites , ” a woman replies .
“ What do you want us to do , increase the proportion of white muggers so we ’ ll have racial equality among muggers ?
” Black crime is a favorite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stuff Black People Don ’ t Like , which he launched in May 2009 , as noted in a post celebrating its 10th anniversary .
On the blog , Thompson presents misleading content designed to further arguments for reintroducing racial segregation in America , which he believes the country was foolish to abandon , and for reorganizing the powers of the government to enforce a ruling white supermajority in the United States .
Tweets citing Paul Kersey blog posts have been retweeted by far-right commentator Ann Coulter , who could not be reached @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as “ Paul Kersey ” on the white supremacist web outlet Red Ice , Thompson said that his blog began as a joke between friends but quickly became more serious after he was convinced that Detroit had been destroyed by African Americans who moved there during the Great Migration .
The blog , which began on the Google-owned Blogspot site , is currently hosted on a website owned by far-right writer Ron Unz .
To this day , Thompson uses his Kersey byline to advance falsehoods asserting the genetic inferiority of black people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black people to justify the creation and implementation of racist government policies .
He has called black men “ the biggest terror threat to America ” and claimed that black people are more prone to violence than white people for biological reasons .
He once described black people as “ America ’ s greatest liability , dragging down western civilization to the black mean wherever they are found.
” When Barack Obama was president , Thompson spun into meltdown after meltdown , repeatedly railing what he called “ Black-Run America ” and claiming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solidified “ the United States ’ permanent decline.
” That kind of repulsion for black people carries into Thompson ’ s vision of the United States .
In one article Thompson , writing as Kersey , co-authored with Taylor for American Renaissance , the pair argued that the anniversary of the United States Naturalization Law of March 26 , 1790 , which limited the acceptance of immigrants to the United States to free white people , should be recognized as American Independence Day , rather than July 4 .
Thompson has also denounced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which did away with racial quotas for immigration .
Thompson has repeatedly promoted the white supremacist “ Great Replacement ” myth—the notion that the white populations of various countries are being “ replaced ” by black- and brown-skinned immigrants .
He ’ s currently writing a book under the Kersey byline called “ The Great Replacement in the USA , ” according to a recent Kersey blog post .
Since the Christchurch , New Zealand , massacre on March 15 , 2019—where a white supremacist uploaded a manifesto crediting the myth as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in two mosques—Thompson has promoted the “ great replacement ” myth in at least twelve Kersey blog posts .
“ The Great Replacement is not only real , but leveling the civilization our ancestors built in the United States and slowly – but surely – erasing the rights we were granted .
Sadly , we are learning they are not inalienable , but easily defeated simply because demography is destiny .
And democracy is nothing more than a racial headcount , ” Thompson wrote in November .
“ Kersey ” has published a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some of the country ’ s most prolific white supremacist propagandists .
He has appeared on podcasts alongside well-documented white nationalists , including Spencer and Greg Johnson , and regularly co-hosts the American Renaissance podcast with Taylor .
The pavement was wet and the suburban sidewalks quiet in a middle-class neighborhood sprung from the ruins of a coal-mining town after the mine closed down .
Most of the white wood mailbox posts display the last name of the family that resides in the home they belong to , but the post is blank @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Midlothian , Virginia .
Tracking down Thompson was a difficult task , due to how diligent he has been in obscuring his identity and maintaining a low profile in conservative society since his time at WorldNetDaily .
When I drove by the home , I caught only a glimpse of a man who I thought looked like Thompson , and who withdrew inside his garage after I stopped my vehicle in front of his home .
Multiple attempts to reach Thompson via email failed .
His neighbors declined to talk to us .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ continues to work anywhere using his real name , or if his income comes primarily from his role within the white nationalist movement .
Thompson ’ s former colleagues , employers , and friends declined to speak with us , except for Epstein , who called us and then declined to be interviewed after we informed him about this report ’ s subject matter .
Thompson seemingly maneuvered himself into the heart of right-wing politics in Washington and escaped without a scratch , unlike many of his peers who saw their careers implode @ @ @ @ @ @ @ knew about Thompson ’ s moonlighting and to what extent he is still in communication with employees at right-wing media outlets and The Leadership Institute .
I tried to imagine Thompson coming back to the two-story home in the suburbs of Richmond , Virginia , turning into the gentle curves of the road and rolling up the driveway to greet his children ; it ’ s a serene picture of an unassuming American life .
But online , Thompson authors vitriolic material for racist websites that Trump ’ s top policy adviser on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can no longer hide .

The following article was reported in collaboration with Angry White Men. It also appears on Angry White Men.
Michael J. Thompson demanded that someone turn down the “horrifying music” so that he could introduce Scott Greer, then editor of The Daily Caller, whose first book Thompson had helped publish. He took nervous pulls from a can of Coors Light beer as he addressed the crowd assembled in the offices of the right-wing publication, mixing self-deprecating jokes about the “Walmart spread” of food offered to guests and seemingly earnest calls to action.
“Do not underestimate the value of your voice in influencing people in the Trump administration. You’ve got to keep fighting, because guess what, no one else is gonna do it. You have to do it,” Thompson told the crowd of people assembled on a March 2017 evening in downtown Washington, D.C., in remarks captured in a Periscope video.
Less than 24 hours before the party, an article appeared on a blog operated by Thompson; the author, writing under the name Paul Kersey, claimed to know why people were supposedly afraid to go travel to Baltimore, Maryland: “Blacks. Nothing more. Nothing less.” The closing kicker of the blog post stated the writer’s prejudice in stark terms: “No blacks, know peace; know blacks, no peace. It’s really this simple.” It is just one of more than 3,500 analogous articles that exist today on Thompson’s blog, “Stuff Black People Don’t Like.”
Thompson is just one of many members of the white nationalist movement in the United States that attempted to reinvent its public image with the “alt-right” moniker and rose to a flash of influence in Republican politics amid the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump. Leading up to that political moment, a clique of the movement’s believers had situated themselves inside GOP-aligned institutions and media outlets in and around Washington, where they used the resources at their disposal to advance their cause. Thompson’s career took him inside the Leadership Institute, a pillar of the conservative movement for more than 40 years, and ultimately to the right-wing tabloid-style website, WorldNetDaily.
The story of Thompson’s career is not one of a random internet blogger; it’s a blueprint that others have followed.
A barely underground member of the white nationalist movement, Thompson has toiled undisturbed, until recently, in conservative spaces, even as a number of his associates have since been exposed for supporting the movement that left blood in the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, at the 2017 Unite the Right white supremacist gathering.
Right Wing Watch and Angry White Men, a not-for-profit blog tracking figures in the white supremacist movement, can report that Thompson is the previously unknown author of racist material that has appeared on blogs and the best-known white nationalist publications for more than a decade under the Paul Kersey pen name. Angry White Men contributed in-depth research to this article while Right Wing Watch completed the investigative reporting.
Entering the Nucleus of Conservative Media
The halls of The Leadership Institute’s headquarters are lined with photographs of its distinguished alumni, visual markers of its place in conservative politics. Headshots of notable graduates–figures including Ralph Reed, Rep. Jim Jordan, and even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Mike Pence, among others–are arranged in a single row on each side of a long corridor, all in identical frames. On any given week, young conservatives can attend events in its offices in Arlington, Virginia, for training in skills like public speaking, creative design, campaigning, and fundraising, and opportunities to hear distinguished guests from Capitol Hill and conservative media. On its website, the Leadership Institute claims to have “trained more than 200,000 conservative activists, leaders, and students” since its founding in 1979. It was there that Michael Thompson appears to have entered conservative politics, working as a member of the organization’s Campus Services Program, according to a 2010 press release.
During his tenure at the Leadership Institute, it also appears Thompson wrote articles for its Campus Reform media outlet. Articles bearing his byline have since been deleted but were cached via Google site-search results. Working at the Leadership Institute, Thompson grew close to white nationalist Kevin DeAnna, who was a leader of the Leadership Institute’s campus leadership program and began writing his blog, “Stuff Black People Don’t Like” (a play on the name of an internet-famous early 2000s satire blog, “Stuff White People Like”). In 2011, Thompson authored his first column for the racist publication VDARE, whose editor, Peter Brimelow, is a regular speaker at far-right conferences and has participated in panel discussions with Jared Taylor, founder of the white supremacist American Renaissance website, and Richard B. Spencer, the alt-right impresario who led the 2017 tiki-torch march at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville on the eve of a violent gathering of far-right groups in the center of town.
You will barely find a trace of Thompson’s years at the Leadership Institute on its website—or anywhere, really. Neither Leadership Institute Communications Coordinator Sarah Morrison nor Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Cabot Phillips responded to inquiries from Right Wing Watch seeking basic information on Thompson’s position with the organization.
After he left the Leadership Institute, Thompson joined the staff of WorldNetDaily, a right-wing conspiracy-theory website aligned with the Republican Party, where he worked in the marketing department. The site is helmed by founder Joseph Farah, a Trump associate who helped the then-presidential hopeful advance the false claim that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.
Thompson’s name appeared on WorldNetDaily’s masthead as early as Jan. 29, 2012, and as late as Nov. 18, 2018, as preserved in online snapshot archives. Throughout his entire tenure at the digital publication run by one of Trump’s loudest boosters, Thompson was moonlighting under a pseudonym at racist and white nationalist publications run by Brimelow and Taylor. Thompson’s work was scrubbed from the WorldNetDaily site, but some of it was archived. WorldNetDaily editors, including Farah, failed to respond to Right Wing Watch’s emailed requests for comment.
Thompson found himself at WorldNetDaily during the pinnacle of its ascendance in the Republican Party. In its heyday, Farah sought to expand WorldNetDaily into a conservative media powerhouse, publishing books by Rep. Devin Nunes, who is now the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, and right-wing activist Phyllis Schlafly, who died in 2016, not long after she endorsed Trump for president. Farah even launched a documentary filmmaking company that produced feature-length movies about gun issues, Christianity, and the supposed secret plots to undermine Western civilization. When Thompson was employed there, Farah and his outlet were enjoying a renaissance of sorts, establishing WorldNetDaily as a mill for the “birther movement,” as the racist narrative questioning Obama’s birth certificate came to be known.
Using his WorldNetDaily position for access, Thompson rubbed shoulders with high-profile Republican politicians and publishers. In 2012, Thompson interviewed Joe Arpaio, then the sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, about Barack Obama’s birth certificate and other birtherism theories for WorldNetDaily (the video has since been deleted from WorldNetDaily’s website).
During an appearance on “The Hagmann Report” in 2017, Thompson boasted that he had been in contact with former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon before Bannon joined the Trump campaign. Bannon did not respond to our request for comment.
“You know, I used to share emails three or four times a week with Steve Bannon before he was invited to become part of the Trump campaign,” Thompson told “The Hagmann Report” hosts Joe Hagmann and Jon Robberson.
In one email provided to Right Wing Watch and Angry White Men by former Breitbart editor Katie McHugh, Thompson can be seen pitching conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi as a potential guest on the SiriusXM radio program produced by Breitbart News, which Bannon hosted at the time. Bannon declined, writing back, “Zero interest,” and “Not a fan.” However, Bannon also instructed Thompson to send “all your other books” from WorldNetDaily authors, presumably for their radio-guest potential.
Thompson also appeared once on Alex Jones’ Infowars in 2017 using his real name.
Early on, Farah and WorldNetDaily stumped hard for Trump’s campaign, naming Trump the WND man of the year in 2015, which Trump called an “amazing honor.” The next year, Trump delivered a keynote address at an Arizona event honoring Farah’s career, which first became notable for the effectiveness with which Farah advanced conspiracy theories alleging that the Clintons had been involved in the death of White House aide Vince Foster. In 2011, Trump reportedly solicited advice from Farah regarding the strategic use of birther attacks on Obama, and Vice President Mike Pence recently employed Farah’s daughter as his press secretary. (Farah’s daughter is now the Pentagon press secretary and deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for media affairs.)
For seemingly other reasons, Thompson was at least as excited about Trump’s candidacy as was his boss. Appearing in his “Paul Kersey” guise with the white nationalist, alt-right Spencer on the podcast AltRight Radio, Thompson reportedly said, “Make America Great Again…That’s a synonym for Make America White Again.” Spencer did not respond to our request for comment.
Demystifying ‘Paul Kersey’
McHugh, the former Breitbart editor, was friends with Thompson in his WorldNetDaily days—she dated Thompson’s buddy DeAnna. McHugh was fired from Breitbart News in 2017 for anti-Muslim tweets she posted after a terror attack in London.
On June 6, 2019, McHugh tweeted a photo of VDARE founder Peter Brimelow and his wife Lydia Brimelow that McHugh said was taken at Thompson’s 2014 wedding. In a follow-up tweet, McHugh alleged that Thompson was the author of Stuff Black People Don’t Like.
I met McHugh for the first time at an apartment in Virginia; we sat together on a balcony that overlooked an unremarkable patch of grass and a two-lane road. She recounted painful personal stories from her time involved in white nationalist politics and the trauma she experienced while separating herself from those circles. Her voice was drenched in personal regret; she feared that the hate she had participated in was gaining meaningful political power in America. She drank Diet Coke.
McHugh provided Right Wing Watch with copies of emails in which Thompson is seen interacting, primarily using his personal email account, with other white nationalist activists and people associated with Breitbart News. Right Wing Watch was able to determine that the emails shared by McHugh are authentic. (McHugh also provided emails to the Southern Poverty Law Center that appeared in a multi-part investigative series examining White House policy adviser Stephen Miller’s allusions to white nationalism in communications with Breitbart staffers.)
“It’s not enough to apologize. If you exit these movements, you must expose every member for [the sake of] public transparency,” McHugh told Right Wing Watch and Angry White Men. “In my view, this is a public service.”
McHugh said that Thompson’s side-gig of writing and publishing racist columns was common knowledge among his circle of friends in Washington, who would often refer to his alter-ego simply as “PK.”
Thompson emailed McHugh in March 2016 to ask her to forward a question to DeAnna about whether “PB”—initials that McHugh said were meant to stand for VDARE’s Brimelow—was expecting an article from Thompson. Marcus Epstein, an anti-immigrant activist who in 2007 pleaded guilty to assaulting a black woman after calling her the “n-word,” is also included on the email chain, in which the group discusses evening get-together plans.
[Mar. 12, 2016] Michael J. Thompson: “Bull Run Winery. Tomorrow. 1 p.m. It’s quite nice and over looks the battlefield.” Marcus Epstein: “Actually, it says it’s going to rain all day tomorrow. Come over to our house tonight.” Katie McHugh: “Kevin’s having Avi over tonight. It’s going to be a Minecraft marathon ;)” Michael J. Thompson: “Hey, Ask Minecraft Kevin if he still needs this piece for PB.”
According to SPLC, DeAnna claimed the title of founder of the now-defunct far-right Youth for Western Civilization student group, where Epstein, who has authored columns for VDARE, served as national vice president. By 2011, DeAnna’s group had received support from white nationalists such as American Renaissance founder Jared Taylor. SPLC reports that DeAnna also worked in WorldNetDaily’s marketing department, but his byline stops appearing on the site in October 2012.
Articles written under the Paul Kersey byline at the racist publications VDARE and American Renaissance cite him as the author of Stuff Black People Don’t Like. Thompson also fundraised through these platforms. Through VDARE’s nonprofit status, fans of Paul Kersey could make tax-deductible contributions to their favorite writer (Thompson) on VDARE’s website, according to a Nov. 9 post on Stuff Black People Don’t Like. In the same blog post, “Kersey” tells readers they can also send cash, check, or money order to the same post office box used by American Renaissance.
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As Thompson settled into his status as a white nationalist columnist, he began appearing as Paul Kersey more frequently on cause-aligned podcasts and radio programs. Right Wing Watch hired one of the nation’s leading certified forensic audio consultants to perform biometric voice identification, comparing recordings of Thompson speaking on video for WorldNetDaily with audio samples of the voice recorded as Paul Kersey on different web-hosted audio programs—The Political Cesspool, Red Ice TV, and American Renaissance—over a multiyear span.
The audio forensic expert hired by Right Wing Watch, who asked not to be named due to this report’s subject matter and the possibility that he and his employees would be targeted for threats and violence, has consulted for many national media outlets and testified as an expert witness in local, state, and federal courts across the United States.
SIS II software was used to determine that the three “Paul Kersey” voice recordings provided by Right Wing Watch matched the Thompson voice recording with probabilities of 92.9 percent, 98.5 percent, and 99.3 percent. The forensic consultant said that “even if somebody tries to disguise their voice,” the software can still map data points and do comparative analysis “independent of subjective interpretation.”
The forensic consultant told Right Wing Watch that if they were called to testify under oath before a court and asked what the odds were that the results from the comparison between samples of Thompson and Paul Kersey voices were inaccurate, that they would say, “there are no odds that the voices are different. They are the same voices.”
Additionally, in podcast appearances where “Paul Kersey” announced his age, it aligned with that of Thompson. Today, Thompson is in his mid-thirties.
“There is an infiltration of conservative media by white nationalists, especially those working in D.C., and publications either ignored it or were complicit,” McHugh explained. “I think that they’re aware, and they choose to do nothing about it except quietly fire people when it becomes too publicly embarrassing.”
Pulling Levers at WorldNetDaily
It was not so long ago that WorldNetDaily was among the most-read conservative publications online, but its impact is waning, and the company is bleeding funds. Thompson appears to have departed the company during a time period where the site was reportedly having financial trouble and laying off employees. But before he left, Thompson used his position inside the company to turn a former coworker into a published author.
Thompson and Scott Greer, a former editor and columnist at The Daily Caller, a conservative website founded by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, were personal friends who lived together in Arlington in a home they sarcastically dubbed the “hate house,” McHugh said. (The home has since been acquired by new owners.)
In 2017, with Thompson’s assistance, Greer wrote a book called “No Campus for White Men: The Transformation of Higher Education into Hateful Indoctrination” for WND Books, the publishing arm of Farah’s media enterprise. Milo Yiannopoulos wrote the book’s foreword and enthusiastic blurbs from Tucker Carlson, pro-Trump social media personality Mike Cernovich, and right-wing columnist Diana West appear on the book’s jacket. Between the covers is Greer’s ode to aggrieved white men on college campuses who believe diversity and inclusion efforts will lead to their peril.
A year later, Rosie Gray, writing for The Atlantic, publicly revealed Greer as the author behind a pseudonym that appeared in Spencer’s white nationalist publication Radix Journal, causing Greer to resign as contributor to The Daily Caller.
Emails show that Thompson was fully aware of Greer’s racist political ideology before he worked with Greer to publish his book with WorldNetDaily. On Jan. 31, 2016, Thompson emailed a group of his like-minded friends, including Greer, telling them to read an article on Occidental Dissent, the blog operated by Bradley Dean Griffin of the neo-Confederate hate group League of the South. The next day, the email conversation turned to predictions for the results of the 2016 Iowa caucus, and Thompson referred to “Michael McGregor,” the name Greer used in Radix Journal. Greer did not respond to our request for comment.
[Feb. 1, 2016] Michael J. Thompson: “You sound just as conspiratorial as those claiming Trump is in the race to pave the road for Hillary! They won’t steal this election. Trump will win, or else it’s a bottle of Jack for everyone (a Diet Coke for Marcus [Epstein]).” Kevin DeAnna: “The new one is out – [link to pro-Trump video compilation]” Michael J. Thompson: “Oh, and if I’m right about Trump winning, we get to see Michael Mcgregor return to RJ [Radix Journal]! At least for one article.”
When it came time to celebrate Greer’s book launch at The Daily Caller offices in downtown D.C. on March 31, 2017, Thompson invited a laundry list of white nationalists, including then-Breitbart reporter Ian Mason, American Renaissance editor Devin Saucier, former Media Research Center staffer Tim Dionisopoulos, ex-DHS analyst Ian Smith, Epstein, and McHugh. Saucier and Epstein are confirmed to have attended, the latter of whom Thompson gave a shout-out during his remarks introducing Greer, as seen in a Periscope broadcast uploaded by longtime far-right operative Jack Posobiec (now a host for One America News Network). Thompson thanked people from Breitbart and CNS News for attending the party, and told them that they “have to keep fighting.”
Thompson went on to recount meeting Greer shortly after Greer’s college graduation and said he had watched him become “one of the top polemicists” at The Daily Caller and a voice for “the emerging new right.” Thompson used his speech to give a shout-out to “MAGA3X,” which was a coalition of white nationalists and Trump supporters who sought to game social media in support of Trump’s candidacy. Posobiec reportedly helped lead the loosely defined MAGA3X coalition and told Right Wing Watch he was unaware of any role Thompson held within that alliance.
The room filled with mostly khaki-clad young white men broke out into chants of “Build the Wall!” and “CNN sucks!” after Thompson’s remarks. Attendees flaunted images popularized within the alt-right, including “Kekistan” flags and images of Pepe the Frog.
Flacking “No Campus for White Men,” Thompson repeatedly emailed McHugh to ask that Greer be featured as a guest on Breitbart’s SiriusXM radio program and asked her to publish a review of the book on the Breitbart site. Greer never was booked on Breitbart’s radio program, and McHugh did not write a review of his book; however, Greer appeared across conservative media at the time—including on Carlson’s Fox News show.
McHugh said that Thompson approached her about the opportunity to write a book, as Greer had, for WorldNetDaily’s publishing arm about the opioid crisis to be called “White Death.” McHugh says she declined the offer.
White nationalists apparently believed they could count on Thompson to do their bidding inside the conservative media system, vis-a-vis his day job at WorldNetDaily. On March 15, 2016, Taylor, editor of American Renaissance, emailed an embargoed copy of a report called “Color of Crime” to McHugh, DeAnna, and Thompson, asking if they could get the report mentioned in their respective publications:
[Mar. 15, 2016] Jared Taylor: “Dear Michael, Kevin, and Katie, We are about to release the updated Color of Crime and I thought you might want to take a look at an advance copy. The report is embargoed until this Friday, but it would, of course, be great if WND or Breitbart could mention it. This is all based on very sober analysis of government statistics, and I think the data and conclusions are bullet proof. The report is by New Century Foundation and doesn’t say AmRen on it anywhere, though the link to us is easy to find. I think it’s damn good and I just wish it could break into the mainstream. Chief author is Ed Rubenstein. Best regards, Jared”
Neither McHugh nor Thompson published articles directly citing New Century Foundation’s report, but the email makes clear that Taylor saw Thompson as an individual who could help him break his racist propaganda “into the mainstream.”
More Than a Decade of Racist Material
Paul Kersey is the name of the main character in the “Death Wish” film series. Kersey is a bleeding-heart liberal who roams the streets searching for criminals to murder in the name of vigilante justice after his wife and daughter are beaten and raped. In a scene from the first film, released in 1974, cocktail-party guests can be heard discussing the vigilante murders.
“I’ll tell you one thing, the guy’s a racist. You notice he kills more blacks than whites,” a male guest says.
“Oh, for Pete’s sake, Harry, more blacks are muggers than whites,” a woman replies. “What do you want us to do, increase the proportion of white muggers so we’ll have racial equality among muggers?”
Black crime is a favorite topic on Thompson’s blog, Stuff Black People Don’t Like, which he launched in May 2009, as noted in a post celebrating its 10th anniversary. On the blog, Thompson presents misleading content designed to further arguments for reintroducing racial segregation in America, which he believes the country was foolish to abandon, and for reorganizing the powers of the government to enforce a ruling white supermajority in the United States. Tweets citing Paul Kersey blog posts have been retweeted by far-right commentator Ann Coulter, who could not be reached for comment.
During a 2016 appearance as “Paul Kersey” on the white supremacist web outlet Red Ice, Thompson said that his blog began as a joke between friends but quickly became more serious after he was convinced that Detroit had been destroyed by African Americans who moved there during the Great Migration. The blog, which began on the Google-owned Blogspot site, is currently hosted on a website owned by far-right writer Ron Unz.
To this day, Thompson uses his Kersey byline to advance falsehoods asserting the genetic inferiority of black people and spin reports of crimes committed by black people to justify the creation and implementation of racist government policies. He has called black men “the biggest terror threat to America” and claimed that black people are more prone to violence than white people for biological reasons. He once described black people as “America’s greatest liability, dragging down western civilization to the black mean wherever they are found.”
When Barack Obama was president, Thompson spun into meltdown after meltdown, repeatedly railing what he called “Black-Run America” and claiming that electing an African American president had solidified “the United States’ permanent decline.” That kind of repulsion for black people carries into Thompson’s vision of the United States.
In one article Thompson, writing as Kersey, co-authored with Taylor for American Renaissance, the pair argued that the anniversary of the United States Naturalization Law of March 26, 1790, which limited the acceptance of immigrants to the United States to free white people, should be recognized as American Independence Day, rather than July 4. Thompson has also denounced the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which did away with racial quotas for immigration.
Thompson has repeatedly promoted the white supremacist “Great Replacement” myth—the notion that the white populations of various countries are being “replaced” by black- and brown-skinned immigrants. He’s currently writing a book under the Kersey byline called “The Great Replacement in the USA,” according to a recent Kersey blog post. Since the Christchurch, New Zealand, massacre on March 15, 2019—where a white supremacist uploaded a manifesto crediting the myth as his reason for killing 51 Muslim worshipers in two mosques—Thompson has promoted the “great replacement” myth in at least twelve Kersey blog posts.
“The Great Replacement is not only real, but leveling the civilization our ancestors built in the United States and slowly – but surely – erasing the rights we were granted. Sadly, we are learning they are not inalienable, but easily defeated simply because demography is destiny. And democracy is nothing more than a racial headcount,” Thompson wrote in November.
“Kersey” has published a volume of columns and books that rivals some of the country’s most prolific white supremacist propagandists. He has appeared on podcasts alongside well-documented white nationalists, including Spencer and Greg Johnson, and regularly co-hosts the American Renaissance podcast with Taylor.
His Nearly Clean Getaway
The pavement was wet and the suburban sidewalks quiet in a middle-class neighborhood sprung from the ruins of a coal-mining town after the mine closed down. Most of the white wood mailbox posts display the last name of the family that resides in the home they belong to, but the post is blank where Thompson is thought to live in Midlothian, Virginia.
Tracking down Thompson was a difficult task, due to how diligent he has been in obscuring his identity and maintaining a low profile in conservative society since his time at WorldNetDaily. When I drove by the home, I caught only a glimpse of a man who I thought looked like Thompson, and who withdrew inside his garage after I stopped my vehicle in front of his home. Multiple attempts to reach Thompson via email failed. His neighbors declined to talk to us.
We were unable to determine whether Thompson continues to work anywhere using his real name, or if his income comes primarily from his role within the white nationalist movement. Thompson’s former colleagues, employers, and friends declined to speak with us, except for Epstein, who called us and then declined to be interviewed after we informed him about this report’s subject matter.
Thompson seemingly maneuvered himself into the heart of right-wing politics in Washington and escaped without a scratch, unlike many of his peers who saw their careers implode. It’s not clear who knew about Thompson’s moonlighting and to what extent he is still in communication with employees at right-wing media outlets and The Leadership Institute.
I tried to imagine Thompson coming back to the two-story home in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, turning into the gentle curves of the road and rolling up the driveway to greet his children; it’s a serene picture of an unassuming American life. But online, Thompson authors vitriolic material for racist websites that Trump’s top policy adviser on immigration apparently reads. That much he can no longer hide.
Update: This article previously stated that the Youth for Western Civilization student group received support from white nationalists at its founding. The story has been updated to reflect that the group reportedly received such support in 2011.


rightwingwatch--2020-01-31--The Trump Circus Came to the Jersey Shore

Wildwood appeared deserted except for the cars , parked everywhere within a mile distance of the town ’ s convention center .
Flags sporting the president ’ s image or campaign branding spotted on the way to the South New Jersey beach town offered a sign of life , but the motels—with themes such as Caribbean , American Safari , Bel Air—looked depressed and empty in the gloomy January afternoon , despite reopening to meet the unusual offseason demand .
Hours before President Donald Trump arrived to headline a campaign rally , the Wildwood Convention Center was filled to capacity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the number of people outside in the thousands .
Hundreds camped out the night before .
In typical fashion , Trump would grossly exaggerate the crowd size in his speech .
“ We have tens of thousands of people outside , ” Trump said .
( Fox News host Sean Hannity , in his segment following the rally , one-upped him , baselessly claiming 100,000 attended . )
Wildwood , a conservative town , typically closes down for the winter , but reopened its businesses for Trump ’ s arrival on Jan. 28 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rep. Jeff Van Drew , who did the president the favor of being one of two Democrats who voted against both articles of impeachment before changing parties a day later .
Just half a mile away , the boardwalk by the convention center was packed with the presidents ’ ardent red-hatted supporters , bundled up against the cold wind that whipped across the beach and parking lot and kept Trump flags , stacked on top of each other , flying high .
The tables of merchants hawking Trump-themed merchandise lined the boardwalk , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Make Wildwood Great Again ” and “ Impeach This ” above an image of Trump holding up two middle fingers .
Another vendor displayed T-shirts with Trump slogans stacked next to gear touting the Q ’ Anon conspiracy theory .
Trump didn ’ t need to come to Wildwood , yet he did so for Van Drew , who won New Jersey ’ s 2nd District as a Democrat in 2018 .
His impeachment vote and party-switch offered Trump a convenient narrative on impeachment , one that Trump harped on Tuesday night , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate .
“ They ’ re trying to steal that election , ” Trump said , referring to Democrats .
“ And Jeff had the guts to defy the left-wing fanatics in his own party and to stand tall in defense of our Constitution , our freedom , and democracy itself.
” Trump didn ’ t win New Jersey in 2016—the state went to Clinton by 14 points—and he ’ s not likely to win in 2020 .
But Cape May County , the southernmost part of Van Drew ’ s district and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And Trump ’ s supporters had no problem turning out for a rally nominally in support of Van Drew , a man some Republicans dismissed as “ fake ” and “ a weasel ” just a month before , and they did so in the thousands , demonstrating Trump ’ s flexed muscles in a state considered a Democratic stronghold .
Outside the convention center , the Trump rally had the feel of a tailgate , with supporters celebrating their favorite teams , some drinking alcohol to fend off the cold .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ at least one white nationalist handed out flyers , seeing Trump ’ s base as a sympathetic audience .
As the sky darkened , discarded camp chairs littered the path along the temporary metal barriers that routed the lines , piles of trash overflowed waste bins .
Hawkers sold $ 10 hats bearing the slogan “ Keep America Great Again , ” promising , tongues in cheeks , that those with red hats would get seated in the first two rows .
The snaking line began to shorten as attendees peeled off to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their homes or a local bar , while those in line speculated whether they had any hope of getting in .
A man leaving the line told those still waiting that he ’ d been in the queue since 9 am that morning , still failing get in .
A row of teenage boys set up camp in abandoned chairs to watch the jumbotron ; one , dressed in a sweatshirt and shorts , snoozed , slumped over .
Cheers erupted as an early speaker at the rally , featured on a jumbotron @ @ @ @ @ @ @ isn ’ t so blue anymore.
” In his speech , Trump touted his accomplishments and referred to impeachment only briefly in vague terms , condemning Democrats as “ obsessed with demented hoaxes.
” He made no mention of former national security adviser John Bolton ’ s bombshell admission directly tying Trump to the president ’ s reported demand to place a hold on aid appropriated by Congress for Ukraine until Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that his government would investigate Trump ’ s most feared 2020 rival , former Vice President Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name only as Mark , a resident of New Jersey ’ s Gloucester County in his 40s , came to attend the rally with his friend and his friend ’ s teenage son .
He was hopeful that Jersey would become “ more purple than blue , ” and said that in listening to arguments by Trump ’ s impeachment trial defense attorneys over the weekend , “ [ retired Harvard professor Alan ] Dershowitz really clarified a lot of things for me.
” Dershowitz had argued that the president could pretty much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as long as he thought it in the public interest .
The Fox News segment after the rally , hammered on four key points , with guests Rep. Jim Jordan and Louie Gohmert repeating the arguments they made in the House impeachment inquiry .
“ When the other side explained their case , it didn ’ t make as much sense , ” Mark added .
Seeing the writing on the wall—no one else was going to get in—the Right Wing Watch team peeled away from the rally .
We were shooed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporters where we ’ d been greeted by a life-size cardboard cutout of the president .
( It was at capacity . )
The streets were empty and quiet , save for a few others returning to their cars , and the sound of a helicopter circling overhead .

Wildwood appeared deserted except for the cars, parked everywhere within a mile distance of the town’s convention center. Flags sporting the president’s image or campaign branding spotted on the way to the South New Jersey beach town offered a sign of life, but the motels—with themes such as Caribbean, American Safari, Bel Air—looked depressed and empty in the gloomy January afternoon, despite reopening to meet the unusual offseason demand.
Hours before President Donald Trump arrived to headline a campaign rally, the Wildwood Convention Center was filled to capacity at 7,400 people, and estimates put the number of people outside in the thousands. Hundreds camped out the night before. In typical fashion, Trump would grossly exaggerate the crowd size in his speech. “We have tens of thousands of people outside,” Trump said. (Fox News host Sean Hannity, in his segment following the rally, one-upped him, baselessly claiming 100,000 attended.)
Wildwood, a conservative town, typically closes down for the winter, but reopened its businesses for Trump’s arrival on Jan. 28 for a campaign rally on behalf of Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who did the president the favor of being one of two Democrats who voted against both articles of impeachment before changing parties a day later. Just half a mile away, the boardwalk by the convention center was packed with the presidents’ ardent red-hatted supporters, bundled up against the cold wind that whipped across the beach and parking lot and kept Trump flags, stacked on top of each other, flying high. The tables of merchants hawking Trump-themed merchandise lined the boardwalk, featuring shirts brandishing such phrases as “Make Wildwood Great Again” and “Impeach This” above an image of Trump holding up two middle fingers. Another vendor displayed T-shirts with Trump slogans stacked next to gear touting the Q’Anon conspiracy theory.
Trump didn’t need to come to Wildwood, yet he did so for Van Drew, who won New Jersey’s 2nd District as a Democrat in 2018. His impeachment vote and party-switch offered Trump a convenient narrative on impeachment, one that Trump harped on Tuesday night, as his impeachment trial continued in the Senate.
“They’re trying to steal that election,” Trump said, referring to Democrats. “And Jeff had the guts to defy the left-wing fanatics in his own party and to stand tall in defense of our Constitution, our freedom, and democracy itself.”
Trump didn’t win New Jersey in 2016—the state went to Clinton by 14 points—and he’s not likely to win in 2020. But Cape May County, the southernmost part of Van Drew’s district and where Wildwood resides, is solidly red. And Trump’s supporters had no problem turning out for a rally nominally in support of Van Drew, a man some Republicans dismissed as “fake” and “a weasel” just a month before, and they did so in the thousands, demonstrating Trump’s flexed muscles in a state considered a Democratic stronghold.
Outside the convention center, the Trump rally had the feel of a tailgate, with supporters celebrating their favorite teams, some drinking alcohol to fend off the cold. Local politicians, their lackeys, and at least one white nationalist handed out flyers, seeing Trump’s base as a sympathetic audience. As the sky darkened, discarded camp chairs littered the path along the temporary metal barriers that routed the lines, piles of trash overflowed waste bins. Hawkers sold $10 hats bearing the slogan “Keep America Great Again,” promising, tongues in cheeks, that those with red hats would get seated in the first two rows.
The snaking line began to shorten as attendees peeled off to watch the rally from the warmth of their homes or a local bar, while those in line speculated whether they had any hope of getting in. A man leaving the line told those still waiting that he’d been in the queue since 9 am that morning, still failing get in. A row of teenage boys set up camp in abandoned chairs to watch the jumbotron; one, dressed in a sweatshirt and shorts, snoozed, slumped over.
Cheers erupted as an early speaker at the rally, featured on a jumbotron, told attendees, “New Jersey isn’t so blue anymore.”
In his speech, Trump touted his accomplishments and referred to impeachment only briefly in vague terms, condemning Democrats as “obsessed with demented hoaxes.” He made no mention of former national security adviser John Bolton’s bombshell admission directly tying Trump to the president’s reported demand to place a hold on aid appropriated by Congress for Ukraine until Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that his government would investigate Trump’s most feared 2020 rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
An attendee who gave his name only as Mark, a resident of New Jersey’s Gloucester County in his 40s, came to attend the rally with his friend and his friend’s teenage son. He was hopeful that Jersey would become “more purple than blue,” and said that in listening to arguments by Trump’s impeachment trial defense attorneys over the weekend, “[retired Harvard professor Alan] Dershowitz really clarified a lot of things for me.” Dershowitz had argued that the president could pretty much do anything he cared to with impunity, as long as he thought it in the public interest. The Fox News segment after the rally, hammered on four key points, with guests Rep. Jim Jordan and Louie Gohmert repeating the arguments they made in the House impeachment inquiry.
“When the other side explained their case, it didn’t make as much sense,” Mark added.
Seeing the writing on the wall—no one else was going to get in—the Right Wing Watch team peeled away from the rally. We were shooed out of a bar packed with Trump supporters where we’d been greeted by a life-size cardboard cutout of the president. (It was at capacity.)
The streets were empty and quiet, save for a few others returning to their cars, and the sound of a helicopter circling overhead.


rightwingwatch--2020-01-31--Right Wing Round-Up: Republicans Don’t Care

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rightwingwatch--2020-01-31--Chris McDonald Asks the Question on Everyone’s Mind: Could Hillary Clinton Have Killed Kobe Bryant V

Chris McDonald Asks the Question on Everyone’s Mind: Could Hillary Clinton Have Killed Kobe Bryant Via Witchcraft?

Right-wing broadcaster Chris McDonald dedicated the first hour and a half of his “ The MC Files ” program last night to asserting that the recent death of former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant was an occult “ ritual sacrifice ” that may possibly have been orchestrated by Hillary Clinton , who everyone knows is a witch .
McDonald , an unmitigated conspiracy theorist who was recently welcomed to Capitol Hill by Republican Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee , interviewed self-proclaimed “ political occultist expert ” Cory Daniel about Bryant ’ s death .
After Daniel asserted that Bryant was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his death was obviously a “ ritual sacrifice , ” McDonald asked the question that was on everybody ’ s mind : Could Hillary Clinton have orchestrated Bryant ’ s death through witchcraft ?
“ This is the only wild conspiracy theory I am going to ever toss out there on this program , ” McDonald laughably asserted .
“ I normally don ’ t do this , but this is just a food for thought question.
” “ We all know that it is pretty much a given that Mrs. HRC … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Can a witch cast a spell on something like this to cause death and not be [ known ] ?
I ’ m just throwing that out .
I don ’ t know anything about this stuff , you do .
Is that possible if she wanted to get rid of Kobe ?
Please , Right Wing Watch , don ’ t be putting in that me and Cory are saying this ; this is just a food for thought question .
Do you think Hillary would be able to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
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Right-wing broadcaster Chris McDonald dedicated the first hour and a half of his “The MC Files” program last night to asserting that the recent death of former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant was an occult “ritual sacrifice” that may possibly have been orchestrated by Hillary Clinton, who everyone knows is a witch.
McDonald, an unmitigated conspiracy theorist who was recently welcomed to Capitol Hill by Republican Rep. Phil Roe of Tennessee, interviewed self-proclaimed “political occultist expert” Cory Daniel about Bryant’s death.
After Daniel asserted that Bryant was undoubtedly a witch and McDonald declared that his death was obviously a “ritual sacrifice,” McDonald asked the question that was on everybody’s mind: Could Hillary Clinton have orchestrated Bryant’s death through witchcraft?
“This is the only wild conspiracy theory I am going to ever toss out there on this program,” McDonald laughably asserted. “I normally don’t do this, but this is just a food for thought question.”
“We all know that it is pretty much a given that Mrs. HRC … is a witch,” McDonald continued. “Can a witch cast a spell on something like this to cause death and not be [known]? I’m just throwing that out. I don’t know anything about this stuff, you do. Is that possible if she wanted to get rid of Kobe? Please, Right Wing Watch, don’t be putting in that me and Cory are saying this; this is just a food for thought question. Do you think Hillary would be able to do it if she wanted to do it?”


rightwingwatch--2020-01-31--Right-Wing Leaders Urge Senate to Shut Down Impeachment Trial Without Witnesses

Dozens of religious-right and right-wing leaders and their political allies “ emphatically ” urged the Senate to shut down the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump without hearing from any witnesses Thursday .
They described Democrats ’ desire to have senators hearing from witnesses—something supported by a super-majority of Americans—as “ nonsensical.
” The right-wing activists repeated White House talking points , calling referring to the impeachment has a “ sham.
” They described calls for the Senate hear testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton a “ bizarre demand ” because the House of Representatives hadn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Bolton and fight in the courts to have it enforced .
The statement says that signers ’ affiliated organizations are included for identification purposes only , but the groups represented reflect the breadth of the right-wing institutional infrastructure that is being deployed on behalf of Trump ’ s administration and his reelection .
The letter was publicized by the Conservative Action Project .
Among the signers are former Attorney General Edwin Meese and right-wing publisher Alfred Regnery ; Meese was the Conservative Action Project ’ s founding chairman and Regnery is its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way they are identified on the statement : The Honorable Bob McEwen U.S. House of Representatives Former Member , Ohio The Honorable Donald Paul Hodel U.S. Secretary of Energy ( 1982-1985 ) U.S. Secretary of Interior ( 1985-1989 ) The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell President The Leadership Institute The Honorable James C. Miller III Budget Director for President Reagan Dr. John C. Eastman Founding Director , The Claremont Institute ’ s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence

Dozens of religious-right and right-wing leaders and their political allies “emphatically” urged the Senate to shut down the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump without hearing from any witnesses Thursday. They described Democrats’ desire to have senators hearing from witnesses—something supported by a super-majority of Americans—as “nonsensical.”
The right-wing activists repeated White House talking points, calling referring to the impeachment has a “sham.” They described calls for the Senate hear testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton a “bizarre demand” because the House of Representatives hadn’t taken the time to issue a subpoena to Bolton and fight in the courts to have it enforced.
The statement says that signers’ affiliated organizations are included for identification purposes only, but the groups represented reflect the breadth of the right-wing institutional infrastructure that is being deployed on behalf of Trump’s administration and his reelection. The letter was publicized by the Conservative Action Project. Among the signers are former Attorney General Edwin Meese and right-wing publisher Alfred Regnery; Meese was the Conservative Action Project’s founding chairman and Regnery is its current chairman.
The signers and the way they are identified on the statement:
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Chairman, Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund
William L. Walton
President
Council for National Policy
David Bozell
President
ForAmerica
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
Thomas Fitton
President
Judicial Watch, Inc.
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project
Executive Director, Conservative Partnership Institute
Rachel Bovard
Senior Director of Policy
Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
Tom McClusky
President
March for Life Action
Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Adam Brandon
President
FreedomWorks
Mary Vought
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
Scott T. Parkinson
Executive Director
Republican Study Committee (2016-2018)
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Noah Wall
Vice President of Advocacy
FreedomWorks
Christopher Malagisi
Executive Director of Outreach
Hillsdale College
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
Marjorie Dannenfelser
President
Susan B. Anthony List
The Honorable Matt Schlapp
Chairman
American Conservative Union (ACU)
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
President and CEO, First Liberty Institute
Lisa B. Nelson
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
The Honorable Donald Paul Hodel
U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
U.S. Secretary of Interior (1985-1989)
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
L. Brent Bozell, III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
The Honorable James C. Miller III
Budget Director for President Reagan
Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Steve Berger
Pastor
Grace Chapel
The Honorable Scott Walker
President-elect
Young America’s Foundation
Charlie Copeland
President
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Caroline Wetherington
President
Women for Trump Florida
Dr. John C. Eastman
Founding Director, The Claremont Institute’s
Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence
Floyd Brown
Chairman
America Fighting Back PAC
Willes K. Lee
President
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Glenn Preston Story
Co-founder & President
Patriot Mobile
Ron Robinson
President
Young America’s Foundation
Jim Simpson
Author & Journalist
Congressional Candidate (MD-2)
Jim Backlin
Vice President of Legislative Affairs
Christian Coalition of America
Eunie Smith
President
Eagle Forum
Jake Hoffman
President & CEO
Rally Forge
Phil Kerpen
President
American Commitment
Matthew Tyrmand
Principal
Matthew Tyrmand LLC
Craig Dance
President / CEO
Champion Coach
Austin Ruse
President
C-Fam
Debbie Georgatos
Host, America Can We Talk
CWT Publications, LLC
Richard H. Wright
Owner
R & S LLC
Rick Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
William W. Pascoe, III
Board Member
Tea Party Patriots Action
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
Robert Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
Jim Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Khadine Ritter
President
Eagle Forum of Ohio
Eric Georgatos
President
America Can We Talk Enterprises
Kathleen Patten
President and CEO
American Target Advertising
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
CorsiNation.com
Kent Glesener
President
Paradigm Construction & Engineering, Inc
William H. Shaker
CEO
Washington Marketing Group
Jeff Hunt
Director
Centennial Institute
Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc. C.
Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Thomas Pyle
President
American Energy Alliance
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Rebekah Gantner
Executive Director
Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
Ed Martin
President
Phyllis Schlafly Eagles
Andresen Blom
President
Hawaiian Values
Allen Roth
President
Secure America Now
John F. Tate
President
America’s Liberty PAC
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Automotive Group
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Dr. Tim Daughtry
Author
Daughtry & Company
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
George C. Landrith
President
Frontiers of Freedom
Richard Norman
President
The Richard Norman Company
Bob Carlstrom
President
AMAC Action
Reverend Gregory Quinlan
President
The Center for Garden State Families
Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio
Randy M. Long
Founder
Long Business Advisors, LLC
J. Christian Adams
President
Public Interest Legal Foundation
Richard D. Hayes
Partner
Hayes Berry White & Vanzant LLP
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Amapola Hansberger
President
Legal Immigrants for America
Lisa G. Calvert
Christian Speaker
Rabon-Calvert Int.
Dr. Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
Media Research Center
Ralph A. Rebandt II
Lead Pastor
Oakland Hills Community Church
Ralph Benko
Chairman
The Capitalist League
William Bortins
Marketing and Promotions
The NAV
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
The Honorable Penny Pullen
State Representative 1977-1993
Illinois General Assembly
Donna Hearne
CEO
Constitutional Coalition
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
Lori Roman
President
ACRU Action Fund
The Honorable Mike Hill
Representative
Florida State House
Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Allen Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
Philip B. Haney
Customs & Border Protection Officer (CBPO – Ret)
Dept. of Homeland Security (Founding Member)
Jessie Jane Duff
Gunnery Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.)
Sr Fellow London Center for Policy Research
Barry Meguiar
President
Ignite America
Terry Schilling
Executive Director
American Principles Project
Tim Wildmon
President
American Family Association


rightwingwatch--2020-01-31--Bolton’s Book Is Sign of ‘Demonic Battle’ in Washington, Says Trump ‘Prophet’ Lance Wallnau

Lance Wallnau , a Trump-promoting “ prophetic ” author and speaker , denounced former National Security Advisor John Bolton for writing a book about his time in the Trump White House in a video posted to YouTube Friday .
Wallnau , a proponent of Seven Mountains dominionism , portrayed Washington , D.C. , as a center of spiritual warfare and said the media , “ under the influence of darkness , ” is “ weaponized ” against President Donald Trump .
“ This isn ’ t fair at all , ” Wallnau said of the impeachment process .
“ This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of individuals in Washington , and Bolton failed that great test , to pass up the money and the opportunism with an offended ego and put principle above his own personal prosperity.
” Discussing Bolton ’ s decision to publish his book , Wallnau said , “ how cheap , how tawdry , how reprehensible , how sick.
” Bolton had submitted “ The Room Where it Happened : A White House Memoir ” to the National Security Council for a review to determine whether it contained classified information .
Leaks from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into impeachment proceedings this week , adding to calls for the Senate to hear from witnesses , but Republican senators have closed ranks around Trump and appear to be heading for a Friday afternoon vote to end the impeachment trial without hearing from Bolton or any other witnesses.The White House has reportedly threatened Bolton and his publisher over the book .
Wallnau portrayed Bolton ’ s book as a betrayal and a “ cash grab.
” He said he had once been supportive of Bolton ’ s hiring and his reputation as “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ someone with a sense of “ mission and purpose and clarity.
” But , Wallnau said , Trump made the mistake of bruising Bolton ’ s ego while pushing him out the door .
Wallnau attributed Bolton ’ s “ betrayal ” of Trump as a sign of “ the same madness that happens to other people in the Beltway , ” citing conservative columnist George Will ’ s advice to Democrats on how to defeat Trump .
“ Imagine the immense pressure of spiritual warfare in that center of power that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than any other city , ” Wallnau said .
Seven Mountains dominionists like Wallnau argue that society can be transformed by putting what they consider the right kind of Christians in control of the “ mountains ” of influence in society , like government , education , media , and entertainment .
“ The higher you go up in the mountain , the more exposure you have to warfare , ” Wallnau said .
“ And what does that warfare do ?
It ’ s a bombardment in your thought process to warp @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s why intercession is so critical.
” Wallnau praised Trump ’ s combativeness , saying , “ This man was built for this moment in history , ” though he recognized it could sometimes cause him problems .
Wallnau embraced some Trumpian insults , describing CNN ’ s Don Lemon as “ a low IQ guy.
” And Wallnau even claimed , without explanation , that Chief Justice John Roberts had revealed himself during the impeachment trial to be a “ never Trumper.
” Wallnau acknowledged that most Americans have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but he attributed that to most people being “ low-information voters.
” Trump didn ’ t want Bolton to testify , he said , because he doesn ’ t want him revealing what Trump thinks about foreign leaders .
“ And , ” Wallnau added , “ these demonic inquisitors , they ’ ll needle this data out , they ’ ll tease out everything they can to perplex and harass and destroy this president ’ s efficiency and effectiveness .
So we don ’ t need , and Trump doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having Bolton revealing his thoughts .
”

Lance Wallnau, a Trump-promoting “prophetic” author and speaker, denounced former National Security Advisor John Bolton for writing a book about his time in the Trump White House in a video posted to YouTube Friday. Wallnau, a proponent of Seven Mountains dominionism, portrayed Washington, D.C., as a center of spiritual warfare and said the media, “under the influence of darkness,” is “weaponized” against President Donald Trump.
“This isn’t fair at all,” Wallnau said of the impeachment process. “This is a demonic battle over the minds of individuals in Washington, and Bolton failed that great test, to pass up the money and the opportunism with an offended ego and put principle above his own personal prosperity.” Discussing Bolton’s decision to publish his book, Wallnau said, “how cheap, how tawdry, how reprehensible, how sick.”
Bolton had submitted “The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir” to the National Security Council for a review to determine whether it contained classified information. Leaks from the book’s manuscript threw a bombshell into impeachment proceedings this week, adding to calls for the Senate to hear from witnesses, but Republican senators have closed ranks around Trump and appear to be heading for a Friday afternoon vote to end the impeachment trial without hearing from Bolton or any other witnesses.The White House has reportedly threatened Bolton and his publisher over the book.
Wallnau portrayed Bolton’s book as a betrayal and a “cash grab.” He said he had once been supportive of Bolton’s hiring and his reputation as “someone we could rely on,” someone with a sense of “mission and purpose and clarity.” But, Wallnau said, Trump made the mistake of bruising Bolton’s ego while pushing him out the door.
Wallnau attributed Bolton’s “betrayal” of Trump as a sign of “the same madness that happens to other people in the Beltway,” citing conservative columnist George Will’s advice to Democrats on how to defeat Trump. “Imagine the immense pressure of spiritual warfare in that center of power that is the city that has more global impact than any other city,” Wallnau said.
Seven Mountains dominionists like Wallnau argue that society can be transformed by putting what they consider the right kind of Christians in control of the “mountains” of influence in society, like government, education, media, and entertainment.
“The higher you go up in the mountain, the more exposure you have to warfare,” Wallnau said. “And what does that warfare do? It’s a bombardment in your thought process to warp and twist the way that you think. That’s why intercession is so critical.”
Wallnau praised Trump’s combativeness, saying, “This man was built for this moment in history,” though he recognized it could sometimes cause him problems. Wallnau embraced some Trumpian insults, describing CNN’s Don Lemon as “a low IQ guy.” And Wallnau even claimed, without explanation, that Chief Justice John Roberts had revealed himself during the impeachment trial to be a “never Trumper.”
Wallnau acknowledged that most Americans have wanted the Senate to hear from witnesses, but he attributed that to most people being “low-information voters.” Trump didn’t want Bolton to testify, he said, because he doesn’t want him revealing what Trump thinks about foreign leaders.
“And,” Wallnau added, “these demonic inquisitors, they’ll needle this data out, they’ll tease out everything they can to perplex and harass and destroy this president’s efficiency and effectiveness. So we don’t need, and Trump doesn’t need, that additional complexity by having Bolton revealing his thoughts.”


rightwingwatch--2020-01-31--Rick Wiles Blames ‘News Nazis’ in the ‘Jewish-Controlled News Media’ for Allegation That He’s Anti-S

Rick Wiles Blames ‘News Nazis’ in the ‘Jewish-Controlled News Media’ for Allegation That He’s Anti-Semitic

When right-wing conspiracy theorist and End Times broadcaster Rick Wiles and the team from his TruNews network were granted press credentials by the White House to cover President Donald Trump ’ s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos , Switzerland , last week , it understandably generated news because Wiles and his network are virulently anti-Semitic .
On last night ’ s episode of his “ TruNews ” program , Wiles lashed out over the criticism that he and his network received , and predictably did so by blaming “ the Jewish-controlled news media ” for trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three constitutional rights at play here , ” Wiles said .
“ We ’ re a news organization right here , this is freedom of the press .
I have freedom of speech , I have a right as an American to express my views .
And freedom of religion , I can express my religious beliefs also.
” Wiles said that the “ news Nazis ” are not only violating his rights , but are actively working to crush him and his network .
“ They ’ re crushing all alternative voices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The Zionists are saying , ‘ We will control what can be said , what you can think , everything . '
” “ Wake up and realize what is happening to your country , ” Wiles warned .
“ There is very little time left to stop the complete takeover .
This is a takeover of the United States .
You are being brought into slavery , you are being brought into captivity .
It ’ ll be 100 years before you can break out of this .
Look what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 70 years when the Jews took over Russia in 1917 … so it ’ s happening to America right now.
” Wiles ’ co-host , Edward Szall , added that when the Jews took over Russia , the royal family “ was killed in a blood sacrifice .
”

When right-wing conspiracy theorist and End Times broadcaster Rick Wiles and the team from his TruNews network were granted press credentials by the White House to cover President Donald Trump’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, it understandably generated news because Wiles and his network are virulently anti-Semitic.
On last night’s episode of his “TruNews” program, Wiles lashed out over the criticism that he and his network received, and predictably did so by blaming “the Jewish-controlled news media” for trying to shut him down.
“I have three constitutional rights at play here,” Wiles said. “We’re a news organization right here, this is freedom of the press. I have freedom of speech, I have a right as an American to express my views. And freedom of religion, I can express my religious beliefs also.”
Wiles said that the “news Nazis” are not only violating his rights, but are actively working to crush him and his network.
“They’re crushing all alternative voices in this country,” he said. “The Zionists are saying, ‘We will control what can be said, what you can think, everything.'”
“Wake up and realize what is happening to your country,” Wiles warned. “There is very little time left to stop the complete takeover. This is a takeover of the United States. You are being brought into slavery, you are being brought into captivity. It’ll be 100 years before you can break out of this. Look what happened to the Russians. They went 70 years when the Jews took over Russia in 1917 … so it’s happening to America right now.”
Wiles’ co-host, Edward Szall, added that when the Jews took over Russia, the royal family “was killed in a blood sacrifice.”


rightwingwatch--2020-02-03--Right Wing Round-Up: Moral Decency

Right Wing Round-Up: Moral Decency


rightwingwatch--2020-02-03--Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Trump or Death

Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Trump or Death


rightwingwatch--2020-02-03--Ben Shapiro Accuses Bernie Sanders of Playing ‘I’m a Jew’ Card

Ben Shapiro , right-wing podcaster and editor in chief of The Daily Wire , accused Democratic presidential primary front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders of playing “ the ‘ I ’ m a Jew ’ card ” to “ pretend he ’ s not just a white guy ” Monday .
If elected in 2020 , Sanders would become the United States ’ first Jewish president .
On Monday ’ s episode of “ The Ben Shapiro Show ” podcast , Shapiro took issue with reporting that noted Sanders has spoken more frequently on the 2020 campaign trail about his Jewish faith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policymaking and worldview .
Despite this , Sanders has been attacked by some Jewish advocates who disagree with Sanders ’ criticisms of the Israeli government .
“ Let me say as someone who didn ’ t have to up their Jewish identity—right , it ’ s been pretty clear from the beginning because I wear the funny hat on my head and everything , right—as somebody who doesn ’ t need to actively up my Jewish identity—as though I ’ m leveling up in a video game just in time to pretend that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he has any serious association with Judaism while campaigning with Linda Sarsour , open anti-Semite , Ilhan Omar , open anti-Semite , Rashida Tlaib , open anti-Semite , hanging out with the Jeremy Corbyn-ites of the party , promulgating an agenda that includes funding of Hamas—he can stick it , ” Shapiro said .
He continued , “ I don ’ t want to hear about Bernie Sanders ’ Jewish identity when that has basically amounted to conveniently pulling out his Jewish identity to pretend he ’ s not just a white guy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretty much his only association with Judaism.
” “ You don ’ t get to play the ‘ I ’ m a Jew ’ card after your association with Judaism has basically been campaigning with anti-Semites throughout your entire career , undermining the state of Israel , and covering for the anti-Semitism in your own party .
Sorry , you don ’ t get to do that .
That does not hold any water at all , ” Shapiro said .
Shapiro has often attacked other Jewish people who disagree politically with him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegitimate Jews or , as he put it in 2011 , “ Bad Jews .
”

Ben Shapiro, right-wing podcaster and editor in chief of The Daily Wire, accused Democratic presidential primary front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders of playing “the ‘I’m a Jew’ card” to “pretend he’s not just a white guy” Monday. If elected in 2020, Sanders would become the United States’ first Jewish president.
On Monday’s episode of “The Ben Shapiro Show” podcast, Shapiro took issue with reporting that noted Sanders has spoken more frequently on the 2020 campaign trail about his Jewish faith and how his Jewish identity informs his policymaking and worldview. Despite this, Sanders has been attacked by some Jewish advocates who disagree with Sanders’ criticisms of the Israeli government.
“Let me say as someone who didn’t have to up their Jewish identity—right, it’s been pretty clear from the beginning because I wear the funny hat on my head and everything, right—as somebody who doesn’t need to actively up my Jewish identity—as though I’m leveling up in a video game just in time to pretend that I’m intersectional—Bernie Sanders pretending that he has any serious association with Judaism while campaigning with Linda Sarsour, open anti-Semite, Ilhan Omar, open anti-Semite, Rashida Tlaib, open anti-Semite, hanging out with the Jeremy Corbyn-ites of the party, promulgating an agenda that includes funding of Hamas—he can stick it,” Shapiro said.
He continued, “I don’t want to hear about Bernie Sanders’ Jewish identity when that has basically amounted to conveniently pulling out his Jewish identity to pretend he’s not just a white guy every few minutes. That’s pretty much his only association with Judaism.”
“You don’t get to play the ‘I’m a Jew’ card after your association with Judaism has basically been campaigning with anti-Semites throughout your entire career, undermining the state of Israel, and covering for the anti-Semitism in your own party. Sorry, you don’t get to do that. That does not hold any water at all,” Shapiro said.
Shapiro has often attacked other Jewish people who disagree politically with him, frequently accusing them of being somehow illegitimate Jews or, as he put it in 2011, “Bad Jews.”


rightwingwatch--2020-02-03--Inspired by Trump, Mike Heath Announces Launch of ‘F*ggots are Maggots’ Tour

On Friday ’ s episode of Dave Daubenmire ’ s “ Pass The Salt Live ” livestream , right-wing activist Mike Heath announced that President Donald Trump ’ s willingness to insult people has inspired Heath to launch his own “ Faggots Are Maggots ” national tour .
Heath , a long–time anti-LGBTQ activist in Maine who now runs Helping Hands Ministries , has been a regular participant in Daubenmire ’ s daily program .
On Friday , Daubnemire turned the mic over to Heath so that he could announce his plans .
“ I ’ m going to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The theme is ‘ Faggots are Maggots.
’ The tour is inspired by the work of Donald Trump .
This isn ’ t satire .
I ’ m serious .
I started supporting Donald Trump early in the 2016 primary for one reason : He insults his enemies .
He makes things personal that deserve to be personal .
The decades of leftists being the only ones allowed to make everything personal are over .
It ’ s long past time for WASP manners to take a back seat to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Faggots are indeed maggots , ” he continued .
“ Maggots consume the rancid flesh of rotting dead things .
Faggots are no different.
” Heath said that he intends to launch his tour in Washington , D.C. , on June 26 , 2020 , which is the anniversary of the Supreme Court ’ s Obergefell ruling that legalized same-sex marriage , and then take the tour to every capital in all 50 states .
“ The subtitle for my world tour in 2020 is ‘ Stump for Trump , ' ” Heath @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stump from Trump or it ’ s all going to be over.
” “ I am beyond sick and tired of being told that I can ’ t call sodomites faggots , ” Heath declared .
“ For heaven ’ s sake , why not ?
When are we going to tell the truth ?
”

On Friday’s episode of Dave Daubenmire’s “Pass The Salt Live” livestream, right-wing activist Mike Heath announced that President Donald Trump’s willingness to insult people has inspired Heath to launch his own “Faggots Are Maggots” national tour.
Heath, a long–time anti-LGBTQ activist in Maine who now runs Helping Hands Ministries, has been a regular participant in Daubenmire’s daily program. On Friday, Daubnemire turned the mic over to Heath so that he could announce his plans.
“I’m going to do a world tour,” Heath announced. “The theme is ‘Faggots are Maggots.’ The tour is inspired by the work of Donald Trump. This isn’t satire. I’m serious. I started supporting Donald Trump early in the 2016 primary for one reason: He insults his enemies. He makes things personal that deserve to be personal. The decades of leftists being the only ones allowed to make everything personal are over. It’s long past time for WASP manners to take a back seat to the truth. Long past time.”
“Faggots are indeed maggots,” he continued. “Maggots consume the rancid flesh of rotting dead things. Faggots are no different.”
Heath said that he intends to launch his tour in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2020, which is the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Obergefell ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, and then take the tour to every capital in all 50 states.
“The subtitle for my world tour in 2020 is ‘Stump for Trump,'” Heath said. “We all need to stump from Trump or it’s all going to be over.”
“I am beyond sick and tired of being told that I can’t call sodomites faggots,” Heath declared. “For heaven’s sake, why not? When are we going to tell the truth?”