'Pansexual' Antifa radical arrested for allegedly setting off nail bomb outside Alabama AG's office



A radical leftist was arrested Wednesday in connection with the Feb. 24 bombing outside the Republican attorney general's office in Montgomery, Alabama. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale has been indicted on two felony counts of malicious use of an explosive and possession of an unregistered destructive device.

Calvert, an anti-Israel "pansexual" and self-described engineer, apparently reckons himself part of the left-wing extremist group Antifa, which former President Donald Trump suggested in 2020 should be designated a domestic terrorist organization. Weeks ahead of the incident, Calvert showcased the same Antifa propaganda that was later found near the bomb site along with pro-abortion and LGBT agitprop.

Republican Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said of Calvert's arrest, "My staff and I are breathing a collective sigh of relief this morning knowing that this individual has been taken off the streets."

"Although more information will be provided in the weeks to come, I think it is safe to say that this was not a random act of violence," continued the Republican attorney general. "We are grateful to our federal and local partners for their assistance in this matter and are pleased that the offender faces federal charges carrying significant prison time."

At approximately 3:42 a.m. on Feb. 24, a nail bomb was detonated outside AG Marshall's office building. Marshall revealed in a statement that "thankfully, no staff or personnel were injured by the explosion."

According to the Department of Justice, there was also no "major damage" reported to nearby buildings.

Days after the bombing, state authorities and the FBI released security camera footage and photographs of the pigeon-footed suspect appending leftist propaganda to state buildings around the time of the bombing dressed in a blue mask, a hat, circular goggles, and a black jacket.

On March 1, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey offered a reward of $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator, underscoring that "every effort should be made to protect the citizens of the State of Alabama."

Court documents alleged that Calvert was spotted making his way to the Republican AG's office at 3:35 a.m. on Feb. 24. Several minutes later, there was a an explosion.

Investigators indicated that the device was fashioned out of a "coffee container-like vessel which contained insulation material soaked in a gasoline or light fluid substance, a mortar, firecrackers and nails."

Nail bombs have long been utilized by terrorists to generate a larger radius of destruction and maximize harm to soft targets. For instance, the Islamic terrorists who murdered 22 people, including children, and injured well over 1,000 at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, utilized such a device.

The charging document stressed that the "action of placing and initiating the IED on the walkway beside a government building demonstrates that this device was used as a weapon against property and/or to cause injury/death."

Calvert made easy work for investigators, failing to disguise his limp and driving his Toyota Camry to and from the scene, which they were able to later identify as his, in part because of the "several uniquely shaped and placed stickers on the rear portion and the rear bumper" of the car and the "poorly matched repair job" on the driver side rear door.

Calvert's apparent sticker obsession connected him to the scene in more ways than one.

Prosecutors indicated that one of the stickers Calvert allegedly posted near the bomb site read, "SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ANTIFA."

Other stickers read, "DEATH TO FASCISM," "MY BODY. MY CHOICE," "ABOLISH ICE," "FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS BECOME COPS," "EAT THE RICH," and "NEVER WORK."

In a Jan. 10 video he originally shared to his TikTok page, referenced in his charging document, Calvert shows off stickers "of identical design to the stickers placed by the subject in and around the Alabama Statehouse and downtown Montgomery," along with stickers that read, "Smash the patriarchy," "Anti-fascism is community defense," and "Queer liberation, not rainbow capitalism."

In the video, Calvert also stated, "I am impulsive by nature in some way that can often be violent, or my impulses are violent."

Calvert made his anger clear in multiple videos.

Court documents also referenced a Dec. 12, 2023, TikTok video wherein Calvert stated, "I don't understand how f**king politicians do this s**t. How the f**k are people okay with this s**t?"

He allegedly went on to say, "How the f**k are we not killing the government right now! F**k!"

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Prosecutors emphasized that "Calvert is violent, and he is dangerous, just as he said. If Calvert is released, the danger to the community from a second offense is greatly increased."

The DOJ noted that if convicted, Calvert faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison and a maximum penalty of 20 years behind bars.

"Federal, state, and local law enforcement agents worked tirelessly to investigate this matter," Acting U.S. Attorney Jonathan Ross for the Middle District of Alabama said in a statement. "The arrest today is a reflection of the way in which close cooperation among law enforcement agencies facilitates the pursuit of justice. I am grateful for the efforts of all involved."

"This explosion was very unsettling to the community and we hope today’s arrest provides reassurance that the FBI will investigate those who target public institutions and will hold them accountable for such illegal acts," said FBI Director Christopher Wray.

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Frequent target of Antifa violence has car ransacked while reporting on Andy Ngo trial where attorney declared 'I am Antifa'



Katie Daviscourt of the Post Millennial has been covering fellow journalist Andy Ngo's trial against Antifa, which came to a troubling conclusion this week.

After the time the radical leftists accused of assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress discovered they would not be held liable by an Oregon jury — which had raised concerns about being doxxed — Daviscourt discovered her car had been ransacked and picked clean.

What's the background?

Ngo, demonized by Rolling Stone and other leftist blogs, has been allegedly attacked by black-bloc militants on numerous occasions, perhaps most viciously on June 29, 2019, in Portland, Oregon.

The journalist tweeted after one the initial beatings he suffered that day, "Attacked by antifa. Bleeding. They stole my camera equipment. No police until after. waiting for ambulance. If you have evidence of attack please help."

Police allegedly refused to intervene or arrest anyone despite extensive video evidence.

One of the unprovoked attacks was caught on video by reporter Jim Ryan.

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In the wake of the attack, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for an investigation and House Leader Kevin McCarthy (R) stressed, "The hate and violence perpetrated by Antifa must be condemned in the strongest possible way by all Americans."

Even liberals conceded the attacks were egregious, with CNN's Jake Tapper observing on Twitter, "Antifa regularly attacks journalists; it's reprehensible."

Ngo filed an action in Portland against Rose City Antifa and alleged Antifa members Benjamin Bolen, John Hacker, Corbyn Belyea, Joseph Evans, Madison Allen, and others, claiming assault and other injuries, seeking at least $900,000 in damages, for the June 29, 2019, assault as well as for other attacks.

Hot Air reported that Rose City Antifa was dropped from the action by a judge on July 14 "on the grounds that an unassociated entity cannot be sued." Three other individuals were found "in default." Ngo reached a settlement with Bolen.

The remaining defendants, John Hacker and Elizabeth Richter — whose attorney reportedly indicated that she "does not like Ngo" and has admitted to making violent threats toward the journalist — were still fair game.

The trial for the alleged Antifa "doxxers" began July 31.

Daviscourt, a troubled courtroom, and an Antifa attorney

Katie Daviscourt is a Seattle-based reporter who previously covered the farmer rebellion in the Netherlands for Rebel News and got her start reporting on the ruinous 2020 BLM riots.

Like Ngo, Daviscourt, now with the Post Millennial, has reportedly been subjected to abuse and harassment by alleged members of Antifa on multiple occasions, including during the trial.

For instance while covering a leftist demonstration on May 1, 2022, in Seattle, she was assaulted on camera by a leftist militant.

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Last December, she was allegedly swarmed and robbed by Antifa thugs.

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Daviscourt covered the Ngo-Antifa trial until the jury reached its verdict Tuesday.

The Oregonian reported that the Multnomah County jury of six men and six women cleared Hacker and Richter of all civil liability after nearly five hours of deliberation.

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Daviscourt noted that the judge presiding over the case, Chanpone Sinlapasai of the 4th Judicial District Circuit Court of Oregon, "informed the court that the trial's jurors have raised concerns about being 'doxed,' and claimed that people have been trying to find out their realities."

Possibly compounding these fears, Michelle Burrows, defense lawyer for the radical leftist defendants, told the jurors she "will remember each one of their faces" and declared, "I am Antifa."

Burrows had also made a point during the trial of making clear, "Resistance in this country has never been peaceful."

Following the jury's verdict, Daviscourt reportedly made her way to her car to find that it had been ransacked.

Another apparent target for the left

Daviscourt noted on Twitter that she found her car by her hotel with its windows "busted out, items were stolen, and personal identification documents were taken—I’m obviously upset."

Her publication intimated that the theft of identifying documents is of great concern, especially since the defendants had taken such a special interest in her reportage.

Richter allegedly labeled Daviscourt a "fascist" and expressed disapproval of her coverage of the trial.

One of Richter's comrades allegedly joined the defendant in urging Daviscourt inside an elevator at the courthouse after castigating her.

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Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk indicated that Daviscourt, threatened earlier in the day, had fled the area to safety upon finding her car smashed up.

The Post Millennial said in a statement, "Looks like the work of Antifa. Her crime? Journalism. @KatieDaviscourt is brave and we need more brave souls like her."

Savanah Hernandez of TPUSA wrote to Daviscourt, "Katie, you're braver than most. Good job reporting on these domestic terrorists. Your journalism is heroic."

Daviscourt's former boss, Rebel News publisher Ezra Levant, tweeted, "Katie is covering Andy Ngo's trial and she has covered Antifa for years -- this is their vengeance on her. I sat in the courtroom for one day and it resembled nothing so much as a mafia trial -- with Antifa thugs menacing the jurors from the public gallery. They're terrorists."

TheBlaze reached out to Daviscourt for comment, but had yet to receive a response at the time of publication.

As for the trial's result, Harmeet K. Dhillon, founder of the Center for American Liberty — the nonprofit that represented Ngo in the case — said in a statement, "We are evaluating the next steps in this case, but hear this: I will not stand by idly while violent criminals seek to silence American journalists, and this is but one stop in a long journey. Thank you to all the people who contributed to Andy's legal fund, and who made this case possible up to this point."

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20 years ago today: Horrific al Qaeda bombings showed the world what global jihad is

On August 6, 1998, very few people knew about Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and their international terrorist enterprise known as al Qaeda. Only a handful of Middle East and Islamic scholars knew of the threat posed by the metastasizing Sunni militant group, which was founded 10 years earlier by bin Laden and his mentor, Palestinian terrorist Abdullah Azzam.

Al Qaeda, founded by bin Laden and Azzam, was originally composed of Arabs who made up the mujahideen who fought against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s. What made al Qaeda unique is that it embraced an offensive posture on the concept of militant jihad.

Al Qaeda sought not only to protect the interests of what it deemed the Muslim world, but also called on its adherents (and every Muslim) to “kill the Americans and their allies.” In February 1998, just six months before the bombings, bin Laden announced a fatwa that claimed it was the “individual duty for every Muslim” to target every American and those who assist the Americans, as well as the “Jews and Crusaders,” or Christians.

In the West, the fatwa went mostly ignored, but just six months later, every calculation about global security threats changed forever. Al Qaeda — and bin Laden’s — global recognition increased exponentially with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.

The massive suicide truck bomb attacks resulted in the deaths of 258 people, along with 4,000 more wounded in the blast. The vast majority of those who perished were African citizens. However, 12 Americans were killed in the attack, including two CIA employees.

The U.S. government issued indictments charging 21 people for various roles in the bombings. Seven of those individuals are locked up in American supermax prisons serving life sentences, while an eighth man began a 25-year sentence in prison as a result of a plea bargain. Ten of the 21 were either killed on the battlefield or died while awaiting trial. Three of the suspects — current al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri and al Qaeda leaders Saif al-Adel and Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah — remain at large. Zawahiri currently has a $25 million bounty on his head, while the other two fugitives’ price tags are at $5 million each.

Al Qaeda remains a fighting force with affiliates across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. But today, al Qaeda is hardly the only radical Islamic group that aspires to achieve a Sunni caliphate and uses offensive jihad as a weapon to impose its will. The global jihadist movement is alive and well, and the “long war” against radical Islamic terror continues without much of a strategy to defeat or mitigate the global threat.

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