Leftist Groups Turn To Threats To Get Out The Vote

Maryland's attorney general is warning the Voter Participation Center to stop sending 'threatening' mailers to residents.

Black woman charged with hate crimes after reportedly calling white arresting officer 'racist a** mother******,' racial slur



A black Louisiana woman was charged with hate crimes after she was accused of calling a white Baton Rouge police officer who arrested her over the weekend a "racist a** mother******" and a racial slur, WVLA-TV reported.

Crystal Harris, 43, of Baton Rouge, was arrested Sunday and also was charged with illegal use of the 911 emergency communication system, resisting a police officer with force or violence, public intimidation and retaliation, false communication with the intent to cause an emergency response, and misrepresentation during booking, the station said.

Harris during the transport reportedly 'made multiple comments about the officer being white and that was the reason for her arrest,' the station said, citing the affidavit. They included calling the officer a 'racist a** mother******' and a 'union [N-word] boy,' WVLA reported.

Police dispatchers reportedly told the responding officer that Harris “had consistently been calling in on 911 demanding an officer come out stating that she would keep calling until one arrived on scene,” WVLA said, citing the affidavit. Dispatchers also told the officer that Harris was “very aggressive towards them during the calls," which are recorded, the station said.

The officer arrived at the scene in the 1100 block of Spanish Town Road around 6:30 a.m., WVLA said.

Turns out the same officer brought Harris to the same location previously, the station said, adding that Harris reportedly was attempting to retrieve her belongings from an apartment complex. The affidavit indicated that the officer previously advised Harris “to call the constable’s office to set a time to recover her belongings if she was not able to do so today," WVLA noted.

During the officer's Sunday encounter with Harris, the officer found her outside the complex and told her no one would help her break into the locked unit, the station said, adding that she previously had been provided with instructions on how to appropriately handle the issue.

WVLA reported that Harris was arrested at the scene on charges of misusing 911 and intimidating dispatchers, placed into a police vehicle, and transported to a first district booking site.

Harris during the transport reportedly “made multiple comments about the officer being white and that was the reason for her arrest," the station said, citing the affidavit. They included calling the officer a “racist a** mother******" and a “union [N-word] boy," WVLA reported. In addition, she reportedly said her arrest “wasn’t proper protocol," the station noted.

More from WVLA:

Harris let the officer know she would not get out of the vehicle and, at first, did not do so.

During transport, she reportedly dared the officer “to put hands on her” and, once at the booking site, did not let herself be shackled and led into the holding area.

BRPD said the officer had to guide Harris to the holding area. She reportedly refused to be fingerprinted multiple times, according to the affidavit.

Harris on Sunday was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison; jail records examined Wednesday morning indicate she's still there.

Anything else?

Baton Rouge police in 2016 arrested a 35-year-old woman named Crystal Harris for calling 911 11 times, WBRZ-TV reported. The station said she repeatedly called 911 without requiring medical or police assistance; on the tenth call she was told that she would be arrested if she made another nonemergency 911 call. She was charged with illegal use of 911 and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, WBRZ said.

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Kansas City 'apologies' for doxxing star kicker Butker over Catholic beliefs — but that's not enough for the Missouri AG



Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, 28, gave a commencement speech last weekend at Benedictine College wherein he dared to articulate beliefs anchored in the millenniums-old moral teachings of the Catholic Church, now codified in the Catechism and followed by millions of Americans nationwide.

The three-time Super Bowl champ drew the ire of radicals in the liberal media and political establishment for doing so — for echoing the late Pope John Paul II in noting that "abortion, IVF, surrogacy, euthanasia, as well as a growing support for the degenerate cultural values and media all stem from pervasiveness of disorder."

The kicker further enraged leftists by celebrating the institution of marriage, the vocation of motherhood, the link between male weakness and cultural dysfunction, the sinfulness of pride and Pride month, and by highlighting the incompatibility of President Joe Biden's professed faith and his views on abortion.

After all, the Catholic Church has made clear that abortion "is gravely contrary to the moral law"; "formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense" carrying the canonical penalty of excommunication; and Catholic political leaders have an obligation to stand up for the rights of the unborn.

Besides upsetting talking heads on cable news shows, Butker's expression of Catholic views at a Catholic school evidently enraged the person running Kansas City's social media accounts.

Doxxed

Kansas City's X account posted, "Just a reminder that Harrision Butker lives in ...," then provided the location where the kicker could be found.

This tweet, which was posted at 7:41 p.m. on Wednesday, qualifies as textbook "doxxing," defined as the public identification or publication "of private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge."

There was a swift backlash against the city online as it was widely understood this tweet amounted to an effort to punish and possibly endanger Butker over his opinions.

'Use of government social media to retaliate against an individual based on their religious beliefs amounts to discriminatory behavior that is not tolerated under our Constitution or Missouri statute.'

Matthew Peterson, editor in chief at Blaze News, noted, "If our cities are revealing private information about the residents they are supposed to be serving simply because local government officials disagree with their political views and statements, that's a call to action. Solving this problem will take a lot more than complaining on the internet. Americans need to band together and work locally to hold their local governments accountable."

Just hours later, at 9:21 p.m., the Kansas City account posted, "We apologies [sic] for our previous tweet. It was shared in error."

That tweet ostensibly served to draw further attention to the now-deleted doxxing effort, prompting even more outrage.

Catholic conservative commentator Michael Knowles wrote, "@KansasCity: not only criminal but also illiterate."

Some social media users have suggested that the author of the tweet may have been Andrea Watts, whose LinkedIn profile similarly contained a rather glaring spelling error — "Social Media Mangement [sic]" — and was recently been deactivated.

Michael Caputo, a former Department of Health and Human Services official in the Trump administration, said, "The City of Kansas City, MO must fire its entire social media team immediately."

Twenty minutes after the initial apology, Mayor Quinton Lucas joined in the damage-control effort, writing, "A message appeared earlier this evening from a City public account. The message was clearly inappropriate for a public account. The City has correctly apologized for the error, will review account access, and ensure nothing like it is shared in the future from public channels."

Lucas' response was also met with ridicule.

'Your office apparently believes it is appropriate to denigrate a devout Catholic for comments he made about his own faith at a religious college.'

Garrett Henson, chairman of the Kansas Federation of College Republicans, mocked the mayor's response, writing, "'We now realize that it's bad to dox people with the Kansas City X account. Rest assured that there will be no consequences for this action moving forward.'"

Missouri AG weighs in

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey was not impressed by the city's apparent effort to intimidate a Christian over his deeply held beliefs — and he didn't need a tweet to know where to direct his ire.

Bailey indicated on Thursday, "My office is demanding accountability after @KansasCity doxxed @buttkicker7 last night for daring to express his religious beliefs. I will enforce the Missouri Human Rights Act to ensure Missourians are not targeted for their free exercise of religion. Stay tuned."

Bailey subsequently penned a letter to Mayor Lucas noting, "It has been reported that the city of Kansas City has retaliated against a well-respected local resident and member of the Kansas City Chiefs after he spoke about his religious views."

"Your office's X account likely publicly released residential location information on a private citizen, Harrison Butker, in an attempt to retaliate against him for expressing his sincerely held religious beliefs at a religious college's commencement ceremony — to an audience that largely shares his views," continued Bailey. "Use of government social media to retaliate against an individual based on their religious beliefs amounts to discriminatory behavior that is not tolerated under our Constitution or Missouri statute."

The AG underscored that America is founded upon a commitment to the free exercise of religion and that Missouri law "specifically prohibits faith-based discrimination against Missouri residents."

Bailey added, "Your office apparently believes it is appropriate to denigrate a devout Catholic for comments he made about his own faith at a religious college."

Extra to indicating the city may have violated state law, Bailey made abundantly clear to the NFL, without naming it outright: "I assure you that I am prepared to use the authority provided in statute to defend the principle of free religious expression."

"Mr. Butker was well within his rights to discuss his religious views — views which are shared by millions of members of his faith tradition," wrote Bailey. "Sadly, history is filled with examples of people of religious faith being targeted for their beliefs by government officials."

Radicals have targeted Butker, and the NFL has reportedly hung him out to dry. On the flip side, Butker's jersey is now reportedly among the most popular in the league.

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Blaze News investigates: These 25 firms sponsored employee MBAs from Columbia — where Jews are harassed. Where do they stand?



New York City's Columbia University arguably has been ground zero for pro-Palestinian protests in the United States in recent weeks, as demonstrators captured headlines for their outrage and resistance against authority figures while influencing students on other campuses to follow suit.

Claiming the state of Israel has been committing "genocide" against Gaza in the months since terror group Hamas — which controls Gaza — carried out the deadly Oct. 7 surprise attack against Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters want Columbia University to divest from Israel, among other demands.

“The encampment has been the center of round-the-clock harassment of Jewish students, who have been punched, shoved, spat upon, blocked from attending classes and moving freely about campus."

To make their point, Columbia students broke out their tents and erected illegal encampments on the Manhattan campus and even took over Hamilton Hall — just like anti-Vietnam War protesters did in 1968.

But along the way, a big problem has arisen at Columbia: reports of anti-Semitism. Jewish students getting harassed and intimidated — and worse.

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While Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has disputed claims that she's allowed anti-Semitism to grow on campus, the Associated Press reported that some Jewish students insist anti-Semitism goes unchecked there, noting one was beaten while putting up posters of Israeli hostages — not to mention the continuous chants of "there is only one solution" and "from the river to the sea," which call for the destruction of Israel.

'Punched, shoved, spat upon, blocked from attending classes'

NewsNation said an anonymous student is suing Columbia, saying some pro-Palestinian protesters are “continuing to commit acts of violence, they are intimidating and harassing Jewish students and faculty members, they are inciting demonstrators to engage in hate speech and also commit acts of violence, which has been taking place, and they have even called for terrorist attacks against the United States and the State of Israel.”

NewsNation's Leland Vittert read more of what's in the lawsuit: “The encampment has been the center of round-the-clock harassment of Jewish students, who have been punched, shoved, spat upon, blocked from attending classes and moving freely about campus."

Blaze News spoke to first-year Columbia student Parker De Dekér, who said just days before Passover week he was on his way to a gathering at the Chabad house when someone hollered at him, "You f***ing Jew!"

"The only way they could identify me as Jewish was my yarmulke," De Dekér recounted to Blaze News, noting that a friend soon advised him to cease wearing it as doing so was "not safe."

De Dekér told Blaze News, "I took off my yarmulke and put it in my pocket." When he arrived at the gathering, he said he put it back on — but then removed it again when he left the Chabad house.

The experience of feeling "powerless" was "emotionally upsetting," De Dekér recalled — and he said he shed tears that night.

25 companies

Blaze News has taken a look at the executive masters of business administration program at Columbia Business School for working professionals.

One of the program's requirements is that the companies who employ the eMBA candidates must "sponsor" them. Not necessarily financially — although Columbia Business School notes that the "total cost of the Executive MBA Program for May 2023 and August 2023 entry is $239,880."

Certainly not a dollar amount most individuals can easily shell out on their own.

Columbia Business School says "more than 800 organizations — across industries, in countries around the world — have sponsored one or more students" for the eMBA program.

Blaze News went through the list and picked out 25 readily recognizable companies and reached out to them with a question: Do they want to continue sponsoring employees through this program when Jewish students have been harassed, intimidated, and victimized by anti-Semitism on Columbia's campus?

The companies we questioned are:

  1. Accenture
  2. Aetna Inc.
  3. American Express Company
  4. Amtrak
  5. AT&T
  6. Bank of America, N.A.
  7. Citigroup Inc.
  8. Deutsche Bank Securities, New York
  9. Google Inc.
  10. Honeywell International
  11. IBM Corp.
  12. Johnson & Johnson
  13. Lockheed Martin
  14. Marriott International
  15. Mastercard International
  16. MetLife Inc.
  17. Microsoft Corporation
  18. Morgan Stanley
  19. Nickelodeon
  20. PepsiCo International
  21. Philip Morris USA
  22. Pfizer Inc.
  23. Samsung Electronics America Inc.
  24. Verizon Wireless
  25. Xerox Corporation

How did the companies respond?

CitiGroup Inc. told Blaze News it "will decline comment at this time." Philip Morris USA referred Blaze News' question to Altria, its parent company — and Altria did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

None of the remaining companies immediately responded to Blaze News' request for comment, either.

What does Columbia have to say?

Columbia University didn't immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

'Straight-out calls for the genocide of Jews'

Jay Edelson, one of the attorneys representing the student in the aforementioned lawsuit against Columbia University, noted that "there are straight-out calls for the genocide of Jews. This has happened because of complacency and appeasement by our academic institutions. This isn't the 1930s. We're not in Germany. We're going to stand up, and we're gonna fight back."

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Blaze News original: Mob rules — pro-Hamas campus protesters' most disgusting behavior caught on video



Mobs of pro-Palestinian, Hamas-loving, Israel-hating protesters have wreaked havoc on dozens of college campuses across America, with the most intense displays taking place in the last week.

Practically without exception, they hide their faces with masks and hoods — curiously, just like violent leftists Antifa — and wear keffiyeh scarves to visually announce their allegiance to the "intifada revolution."

They continually call for the destruction of Israel with chants such as "there is only one solution" and "from the river to the sea" — which can't be very endearing for Jewish students to hear.

They rarely act alone — and get noticeably braver and more strident when they mob around and gang up on individuals. Again, just like Antifa.

Arguably worst of all, they bully and intimidate anyone who stands in their way — and as usual, pretty much without exception as part of a mob.

The following are some of their worst behaviors caught on video.

Columbia mob manhandles two students who try to protect Hamilton Hall

Rory Wilson and his friend Charles Beck stood in front of the doors of Hamilton Hall — the target of a pro-Palestinian student takeover.

"It was a matter of trying to stand for what I believe is right, even if ultimately we weren't able to stop the mob," Rory Wilson — a Christian who has some Jewish lineage and Israeli relatives — told Fox News.

One thing the pro-Hamas, bullying students love to do is line up in pathways and doorways on campus to prevent other students from passing through — a power move that shows who's boss that doesn't seem to elicit much pushback.

This time Wilson and Beck tried the same thing — just the two of them. Here's how that played out:

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The mob soon dragged Beck away, and Wilson stood his ground for a while until things got too dangerous, the cable network said.

Wilson added to Fox News that an aging leftist chewed him out, too: "She was harassing me the entire time. She was attacking me, saying, ‘Do you guys think you’re white saviors? Check your white male privilege. Who do you think you are? This isn't doing anything.’"

UCLA pro-Palestinians nauseatingly prevent free movement on campus

When the mob rules, its members apparently get to decide who gets to go where. Here's what that looked like, over and over again, in chilling instances caught on video at the University of California, Los Angeles:

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Same student, different instance — again just trying to walk on campus:

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KCAL-TV took a look at the human blockades:

Their territorial bent wasn't reserved for students, either.

Check out UCLA freedom fighters gang up on and press up against an independent journalist, preventing him from moving an inch. By the end, it looks like an advantage of 15 or so against one. So stunning and brave:

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Unofficial gatekeepers block stairs with metal gates — and even hand out wristbands to those deemed worthy to pass through like ticket-takers. Where are the authorities?

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The following videos lay bare the privilege on overdrive that the pro-Hamas protesters at UCLA exhibit — and kudos to this guy, who calls them out and gets it all on camera:

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'Israel must fall!' 'Long live the intifada!'

How do you imagine Jewish students must feel if they're courageous enough to go outside and walk to class?

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Or here:

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An Israeli flag infuriates thug at UC Berkeley

Watch the action here at the University of California, Berkeley — you know, the epicenter of free speech and tolerance — when a violent male lays his eyes on an Israeli flag:

'It's the cool thing to be against Israel, to be against the Jewish people'

A Jewish freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison told MacIver News Service that he's feeling "a little scared" in the face of the pro-Palestinian protests happening on campus.

He told the outlet when he tried to document what was happening with his phone, "I was surrounded by 10 people with scarves, jackets, and they were pushing me around, getting very close. ... As a Jewish student here, I feel that it's the cool thing to be against Israel, to be against the Jewish people. And I see it happening more and more throughout classes, I see it happening with faculty and staff, and I think it's terrible that the campus hasn't done anything about it. I'm all for free speech; I'm all for the freedom to come together and stand up for what you believe in, but everything with the right intentions and keeping everybody safe."

Watch what happens soon after when pro-Palestinian freedom fighters notice the kid is freely talking to a journalist:

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The journalist confronts their lack of civility — and their responses are predictable. But hey, at least they're not covering their faces:

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Here's more UWM fun, courtesy of MacIver News Service:

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Jewish students reportedly locked in NYC college library for their safety as pro-Palestinian protesters apparently bang on doors, chant 'long live the Intifada!'



Staff at a New York City college reportedly locked Jewish students inside a school library for their safety as pro-Palestinian protesters apparently banged on doors and chanted "long live the Intifada!" Wednesday afternoon.

What are the details?

WCBS-TV reported that pro-Israel students at Cooper Union in Manhattan said they felt unsafe as pro-Palestinian demonstrators banged and chanted outside the library and that school staff locked them in the library due to safety concerns.

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"No big deal, just a few Jewish kids barricaded in a library while a mob tries to break the doors down to get them," Republican City Councilwoman Vickie Paladino posted on X. "At a prestigious university in New York City. In 2023. Things are going swimmingly in our progressive city."

Jewish students told WPIX-TV they believe the pro-Palestinian protesters were trying to intimidate them.

“They were chanting, ‘Long live the Intifada,'” one student told WPIX.

Jacob, a senior, added to WPIX, “I genuinely don’t know what would have happened if the doors were left open."

Video shows a group of Jewish students standing in the Cooper Union library as other students chant "free Palestine" and hold up signs on the other side of the library's glass wall, WCBS said.

"It was tense. People were nervous," one student told WCBS. "They were specifically acting very aggressive in those spaces where outwardly Jewish students were sitting."

Pro-Palestinian rally at Cooper Union leads to tense moments at library youtu.be

"The librarians ran over to us and they were like, 'We tried to warn you, but we just got notice that they're coming down,'" sophomore Taylor Lent told WCBS.

A Cooper Union representative told WCBS that the library was closed for about 20 minutes and that students chose to stay in the library until the protest was over.

"Security escorted us from the library to this building or outside to where people left to go home," one student added to WCBS.

WPIX reported that despite 911 calls from students and their parents, police said they didn't believe any lives were in danger.

Police said there were no injuries, arrests, or property damage and that this was a planned demonstration, WCBS reported, adding that police are reviewing surveillance video. WPIX reported that no charges are expected because no threats were explicitly made at Cooper Union.

What did the pro-Palestinian students have to say?

Several pro-Palestinian students told WCBS off camera that they didn't target or threaten the Jewish students in the library.

WCBS added that students with the pro-Palestinian rally sent the station a statement that reads in part:

We, students of Cooper Union, planned a peaceful protest to demand our institutions acknowledgement of the Israeli apartheid. This was in response to the school's one-sided stance and participation in the occupation of Palestine. We planned to peacefully protest outside the building before walking in and continuing our protest outside the president's office. We concluded our protest by calling out our demands through the hallways of the entire foundation building. When we reached the library, we were told that it was closed so we continued chanting outside the glass window of the library. Many different students of all backgrounds were in the library at the time. We would like to make it clear that our protest was not targeting any individual students or faculty, but the institution itself. We would like to reiterate that we DO NOT under any circumstance condone antisemitism and many members of the protest were Jewish.

Anything else?

WCBS said Mayor Eric Adams tweeted in part, "We have been in contact with the NYPD and Cooper Union leadership ... While the students at Cooper Union have a right to peacefully protest, hate has no place in our city."

One student added to WCBS, "I'm actually very upset. We've been speaking with the school for two and a half weeks. We've been telling them that, you know, this is an escalating situation."

WCBS reported that Cooper Union said the NYPD was on site throughout the day.

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Hundreds of threatening letters containing white powder sent to GOP lawmakers in states that passed laws unfavorable to LGBT activists



Hundreds of suspicious packages containing white powder and threatening notes have been sent to GOP lawmakers in three states where Republicans have recently passed legislation unpopular with fringe LGBT activists, such as laws protecting children from sex-change mutilations and puberty blockers.

The latest was addressed to Montana House Speaker Matt Regier, bearing exterior post markings that "follow the pattern of the other letters."

It appears that not only has the same stamp been used in a number of instances, but the names of slain or prominent transvestites have been repeatedly inscribed on the letters, reported the Wichita Eagle.

Kansas

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation noted that as of June 18, around 100 letters containing suspicious white powder had been received by Republican lawmakers and other public officials across the state.

"Preliminary tests have returned from this lab indicating the substance is presumptively negative for common biological agents of concern. Further and more complete testing will be conducted on this sample, as well as on additional letters that have been collected, in an effort to determine the components of the substance," said the KBI in a statement.

"Our focus remains on ensuring the safety of Kansans, and holding those responsible for these crimes accountable," said KBI Director Tony Mattivi. "The KBI is so appreciative of the incredible coordination and outstanding response by countless federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, as well as by fire departments, and hazmat teams to this unprecedented event."

17 hazmat teams and 12 bomb squads initially responded upon the receipt of the threatening letters.

Over 60 special agents, forensic scientists and other specialists have been tasked with collecting or screening evidence.

While the KBI has not publicly identified a motive, State Rep. Tory Marie Blew, among those targeted, told CNN that Kansas Republicans' successful overrides of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's vetoes on bills — including a bill banning transvestites from women's sports teams from kindergarten through college and another bill that defined an individual's sex as that comporting with biological reality — may have drawn the ire of those behind the letters.

Kansas Rep. Stephen Owens agreed that Republican lawmakers may have been targeted as a result of their legislative successes on the transgender and abortion fronts.

"It's really terrifying to think that because of someone’s political beliefs that they can be a target," said Owens. "Violence and acts of violence and threats do absolutely nothing, nothing to change one’s perspective. As a matter of fact, that strengthens the resolve of myself and my colleagues and of our party to continue the work that we’re doing."

The names of dead transvestites were reportedly written on the back of the letters sent to both Owens and Blew.

This intimidation campaign was not limited to Kansas.

Tennessee

On June 22, threatening letters containing white powder sent to Republican lawmakers in Tennessee prompted a temporary lockdown of the sixth floor of the Cordell Hull Building, a legislative office building connected to the state Capitol in Nashville, reported the Associated Press.

Firefighters with the Nashville Fire Department were among those who responded to test the substance.

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House Republican Caucus spokeswoman Jennifer Easton said the letters "contained obvious threats made by a liberal activist specifically targeting Republicans."

The FBI indicated it is looking into the Tennessee incident, reported KECI.

Montana

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) noted Friday that "Montana legislators are receiving anonymous, threatening letters containing white powder."

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Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen revealed Friday that his mother, state Rep. Rhonda Knudsen, had opened one such letter addressed to her at her home address, which contained a white powder substance.

Rep. Knudsen said, "I will not be intimidated by these kinds of tactics."

House Majority Leader Sue Vinton and Rep. Neil Duram were also among the Montana Republicans targeted.

The letter addressed to state Rep. Neil Duram (R), an image of which was obtained by KECI, appears to be written in various fonts.

"Salutations, to honor your recent accomplishments I send to you a gift from the exclusive astruc Baruch collection," says the letter. "It is important not to choke on your ambition."

The letter is signed, "your secret despiser."

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The Montana Senate GOP indicated Sunday that another suspicious letter had been identified, this time addressed to House Speaker Matt Regier.

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Further afield, cybercriminals attacked the Texas city of Fort Worth's computer systems over the weekend, citing the state's restrictions on child sex-change mutilations as cause.

TheBlaze previously reported that the alleged hackers stated in a recent Telegram post concerning the Fort Worth attack, "We have decided to make a message toward the U.S. government. It just happens to be one of the largest states banning gender affirming care, and for that we have made Texas our target."

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White House Press Secretary ‘Encourages’ Angry Mobs Surrounding Supreme Court Justices’ Homes

The mobs 'have been peaceful to date. We certainly continue to encourage that outside of judge’s homes,' Jen Psaki said.

Psaki confronted over left-wing protesters intimidating SCOTUS justices — but she has no 'official US government position'



White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused on Thursday to condemn left-wing protesters who are intimidating Supreme Court justices by protesting near their personal residences.

What did Psaki say?

Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Psaki about the Biden administration's position on the protesters — but all she did was affirm that they are "peaceful" protests.

"You guys had some time yesterday talking about what you think are the extreme wings of the Republican Party. Do you think the progressive activists that are now planning protests outside some of the justices’ houses are extreme?" Doocy asked.

"Peaceful protest? No. Peaceful protest is not extreme," Psaki replied.

When Doocy noted that some of the Supreme Court justices have young kids, Psaki still refused to condemn the protests.

"Look, I think our view here is that peaceful protest — there’s a long history in the United States and the country of that, and we certainly encourage people to keep it peaceful and not resort to any level of violence," Psaki said.

05/05/22: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki youtu.be

The fact that protesters have even circulated the addresses of the justices online, which Doocy pointed out, did not stir Psaki to condemn the intimidation tactics.

Instead, Psaki focused on the "sadness" and "fear" that Americans have over U.S. abortion rights — which are among the most extreme in the world — potentially being scaled back.

"Look, I think the president’s view is that there’s a lot of passion, a lot of fear, a lot of sadness from many, many people across this country about what they saw in that leaked document," Psaki said. "We obviously want people’s privacy to be respected. We want people to protest peacefully if they want to protest. That is certainly what the president’s view would be."

"So he doesn’t care if they’re protesting outside the Supreme Court or outside someone’s private residence?" Doocy fired back.

"I don’t have an official U.S. government position on where people protest," Psaki conceded.

"But I think we shouldn’t lose the point here: The reason people are protesting is because women across the country are worried about their fundamental rights that have been law for 50 years," she continued. "Their rights to make choices about their own bodies and their own health care are at risk. That’s why people are protesting. They’re unhappy. They’re scared."

The intimidation tactics have resulted in each Supreme Court justice receiving extra security. CBS News reported that, in addition to their homes being targeted, some justices have even received "more targeted personal phone threats."

Big Businesses Are Silent On California’s Voter Intimidation Efforts

Major corporations, which fed hysteria over mild election reforms in Georgia with boycotts, have gone silent on California legislators in pursuit of actual voter intimidation.