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Nazi items found at home of Austrian parliament speaker’s aide

René Schimanek, chief of staff to Parliament Speaker Walter Rosenkranz of the far-right Freedom Party, resigns following intense public pressure. A major political scandal has erupted in Austria after weapons, ammunition, and Nazi paraphernalia were discovered at a property linked to René Schimanek, chief of staff to Parliament Speaker Walter Rosenkranz of the far-right Freedom Party. The controversy deepened after Rosenkranz initially refused to dismiss Schimanek despite the alarming discoveries and separately chose to prominently display a painting by a notorious Nazi artist in the parliament building. Schimanek resigned last week following intense public pressure over his alleged connections to far-right extremist organizations in Austria. His resignation followed November arrests by German and Polish authorities targeting members of the “Saxon Separatists” – a far-right group whose initials translate to “SS” and which authorities classify as a terrorist organization. During interrogations, suspects revealed that Schimanek’s residence functioned as a “safe house” for storing ammunition and providing shelter for group members. When Austrian police searched the property, they discovered “forbidden Nazi paraphernalia” alongside 66 pounds of weapons and ammunition, including firearms. Schimanek, whose father was known for neo-Nazi views and considered influential in neo-Nazi circles, has denied living at the property despite being officially registered there. Though Schimanek avoided arrest, subsequent investigations revealed he had signed emails containing coded language commonly used by neo-Nazis to circumvent Austria’s strict laws prohibiting Nazi rhetoric. Evidence showed Schimanek participated in groups where Nazi imagery and messages circulated, and had received an email from his brother containing Nazi slogans, symbols and coded language as “birthday greetings” on Hitler’s birthday.

via israelhayon: Nazi items found at home of Austrian parliament speaker’s aide

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#Chemnitz: Mutmaßlicher Neonazi muss wegen erfundenem #Machetenangriff zahlen – #payday

Wegen eines erfundenen Machetenangriffs in Chemnitz muss ein mutmaßlich Rechtsextremer 4.500 Euro Strafe zahlen. Das teilte die Staatsanwaltschaft Chemnitz auf dpa-Anfrage mit. Der Mann habe den Strafbefehl wegen Vortäuschens einer Straftat akzeptiert, sodass die Entscheidung bereits rechskräftig sei. Der mehrfach vorbestrafte Mann war aus Nordrhein-Westfalen nach Chemnitz gezogen. Dort hatte sich der damals 29-Jährige im August 2023 mit einer verstümmelten Hand bei der Polizei gemeldet. Das vermeintliche Opfer gab bei der Polizei an, es sei von Linksextremen in einem Park mit einer Machete attackiert worden. Ihm seien mehrere Finger abgeschlagen worden. Auch im Telegram-Kanal der rechtsextremen “Freien Sachsen” wurde diese Geschichte verbreitet. Den Ermittlungen zufolge gab jedoch es keinen Angriff von Linksextremen.

via mdr: Chemnitz: Mutmaßlicher Neonazi muss wegen erfundenem Machetenangriff zahlen

siehe auch: ZU GELDSTRAFE VERURTEILT Mann ließ sich verstümmeln, um Linksextremisten-Angriff mit Machete vorzutäuschen. Mit einer verstümmelten Hand hatte sich der mutmaßliche Rechtsextremist bei der Polizei gemeldet – er sei von Linksextremen mit einer Machete attackiert worden, behauptete er. Es stellte sich heraus: Es gab keinen Angriff. Dafür aber den Versuch, den Staat zu betrügen. Für einen erfundenen Machetenangriff im Sommer 2023 in Chemnitz muss ein mutmaßlich Rechtsextremer 4500 Euro Strafe zahlen. Gegen ihn sei Strafbefehl wegen Vortäuschens einer Straftat und versuchter Strafvereitelung erlassen worden, informierte eine Sprecherin der Staatsanwaltschaft Chemnitz auf dpa-Anfrage. Der Mann habe dies akzeptiert, sodass die Entscheidung inzwischen rechtskräftig sei. (…) Den Ermittlungen zufolge gab es keinen Angriff von Linksextremen. Stattdessen hatte das vermeintliche Opfer mit einem Komplizen vereinbart, ihm die linke Hand abzuschlagen, damit er infolge einer Behinderung staatliche Leistungen kassieren kann. Doch erwischte der Helfer nicht die ganze Hand, sondern nur drei Finger. Der Komplize war im Dezember vom Landgericht Chemnitz zu einer Haftstrafe von drei Jahren verurteilt worden wegen absichtlicher schwerer Körperverletzung in Tateinheit mit gefährlicher Körperverletzung.

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#Bayern – Rede bei queer­feindlicher AfD-Demo: Keine Konsequenzen für #CSU-Mann? – #brandmauer #braunzone

In Puchheim demonstrierte das lokale CSU-Vorstandsmitglied Markus Hammer gemeinsam mit Rechtsextremen gegen eine Drag-Lesung. Zunächst reagierte seine Partei mit Entsetzen, jetzt scheint sie den Dammbruch aussitzen zu wollen. Unter den vielen Dammbrüchen der vergangenen Wochen ist einer vielleicht etwas untergegangen: Im bayerischen Puchheim gab es eine von örtlichen AfD-Anhänger*­innen organisierte Kundgebung gegen eine (ausverkaufte) Drag-Lesung in der Stadtbibliothek. Einen Auftritt hatte dort auch Markus Hammer – der nicht für die AfD Politik macht, sondern für die CSU (queer.de berichtete). Das sorgte im Nachgang für Wirbel. Doch Konsequenzen scheint es bisher für Hammer keine gegeben zu haben. Der AfD-Kreisvorsitzende Tassilo Erhardt hatte die queer­feindliche Kundgebung organisiert. Dort erklärte er, die Idee stamme eigentlich von der von vielen als rechts bezeichneten Kleinstpartei Die Basis. Im Publikum standen dann auch Mitglieder der Neonazipartei “Der III. Weg”. Die Redebeiträge drehten sich auch um rechte Schlagworte: Die Kinderbuchlesung sei eine “politische Propagandaveranstaltung mit linker, woker Ideologie für die Allerallerkleinsten”. Unter dem “Deckmantel der Toleranz” wolle die Veranstaltung “unsere Kinder umerziehen”. Wie kommt ein gestandenes Mitglied der zwar konservativen, aber doch im demokratischen Spektrum zu verortenden CSU an so eine Kundgebung? Markus Hammer ist sogar Teil des Ortsvorstands der CSU in Puchheim. Bei der Kundgebung sagte er in einer Rede, er sei hier “stellvertretend für andere Mitglieder, die auch gerne dabei wären.” Auch über die “Brandmauer” gegen rechts soll er sich abschätzig geäußert haben.

via queer: Bayern Rede bei queer­feindlicher AfD-Demo: Keine Konsequenzen für CSU-Mann?

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‘The Hard Reset’: Here’s how the U.S. is exporting terrorism around the world – #terror

A U.S. leader of the neo-Nazi accelerationist network known as the #Terrorgram Collective directly communicated with a 16-year-old who killed four people in a school shooting spree that took place in Brazil in 2022. The link was disclosed for the first time in a filing last month by federal prosecutors opposing bail review for Matthew Robert Allison, one of two Terrorgram leaders who are charged with soliciting the murder of federal officials and conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists, among other alleged offenses. Allison’s co-defendant, 34-year-old Dallas Erin Humber, of Elk Grove, Calif., told him that “she had direct messages with a Terrorgram user who was planning to commit a racially motivated school shooting,” according to the government filing. The reference to the school shooting plot surfaced in “secret chat” between Humber and Allison on Oct. 23, 2022. A month later, the government said, the Terrorgram user carried out the shooting, resulting in the deaths of four people. (…) As a conspiracy case linked to at least three attacks around the world with charges carrying up to 220 years in prison for each defendant, the Terrorgram prosecution is the United States’ most high stakes white supremacist terrorism case. The U.S. State Department designated Terrorgram as a global terrorist group, joining the United Kingdom and Australia, just a week before President Joe Biden left office. So far, the Trump Department of Justice has given no indication that it intends to change course on the Terrorgram case. Two attorneys from the National Security Division and two others from the Civil Rights Division assigned while Biden was still in office remain on the case.

via raw story: ‘The Hard Reset’: Here’s how the U.S. is exporting terrorism around the world

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‘Bonkers’: Hegseth ridiculed as Enola Gay photos swept up in DEI purge over word ‘gay’

Critics unloaded on new Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth after a new report Thursday night that references to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient and even the Enola Gay — the plane that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan — were among tens of thousands of materials designated for deletion by the Department of Defense. A database obtained by The Associated Press flagged the photos and online posts set to be axed. One official told AP as many as 100,000 images or posts could get swept up in Trump’s purge of content it deems related diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI initiatives. Hegseth gave the military a Wednesday deadline to strip content that highlights diversity initiatives. But the report noted the order includes the word “gay” — and in some cases materials appeared to be marked for deletion because they included the word, such as the B-29 plane Enola Gay, which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The report drew widespread condemnation from social media critics. “What a piece of s— you are @SecDef,” chided Fred Wellman, a U.S. Army combat veteran and host of the “On Democracy” podcast. He added: “Enola Gay. These f—ers are bigots and f—ing idiots too.” “Apparently image of ‘Enola Gay’ bomber was removed because it has the word ‘gay’ in it. Ya can’t make this stuff up,” remarked Josh Kraushaar, editor in chief at Jewish Insider. Chris Meagher, former spokesman of the Pentagon, called the reporting “bonkers.”

via rawstory: ‘Bonkers’: Hegseth ridiculed as Enola Gay photos swept up in DEI purge over word ‘gay’

siehe auch: Kampf gegen DEI Erster US-Atombombenabwurf ist jetzt zu schwul für die Trump-Regierung. Mit immer absurderen Entscheidungen versucht die neue US-Regierung, gegen “Wokeness” vorzugehen. Würde dieses Flugzeug “Enola Straight” heißen, hätte die Trump-Regierung damit kein Problem. Das amerikanische Verteidigungsministerium hat nach einer Recherche der Nachrichtenagentur AP mehr als 26.000 Bilder und viele Texte von seiner Website zur Löschung freigegeben, die als “woke” angesehen werden. Darunter befindet sich demnach auch Bilder des Air-Force-Flugzeugs Enola Gay, der 1945 eine Atombombe auf Hiroshima fallen ließ. Die Löschung soll demnach nicht aus Pazifismus erfolgen – sondern weil der Bomber den Namen “gay” im Namen trägt, der heutzutage als Bezeichnung für homosexuelle Menschen steht. Benannt wurde das Flugzeug aber nach den Vornamen der Mutter des Piloten, Enola Gay Tibbets. Grund für die Löschung war der Kampf der Trump-Regierung gegen die Antidiskriminierungsinitiative DEI. Die Abkürzung steht für für Vielfalt, Teilhabe und Inklusion (“diversity, equity, inclusion”). Ziel ist es, dass etwa Menschen verschiedener Herkunft, verschiedenen Geschlechts, verschiedener sexueller Orientierungen oder mit Behinderungen gleiche Chancen am Arbeitsplatz bekommen. Die neue republikanische Regierung hält dies jedoch für überflüssig und behauptet, dass in Wahrheit insbesondere heterosexuelle, weiße Männer Opfer von Diskriminierung würden.

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DOGE Is the Deep State

A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar! The “deep state” is a top-tier conservative bogeyman, right up there with DEI and George Soros. But it seems fair to ask: If a bunch of shadowy, unelected figures, many with shared business interests and connections, took over government functions at the highest levels and directly contravened the will of Congress, what might you call that? How about … DOGE? After years of alarm over unelected bureaucrats pulling the strings, what better example can you find than this moment the US government is in? DOGE is the thing it claims to fear the most. Elon Musk is the problem he purportedly wants to solve. Secretive? The so-called Department of Government Efficiency has never provided an org chart, did not have a publicly documented leader until last week, and refused to reveal the identities of its young staffers in early internal meetings. Check. (…) It’s true that “deep state” is a tricky term to pin down, largely because it’s so often used as shorthand for “things Glenn Beck doesn’t like.” Let’s look, then, at how Elon Musk defines it. “If there’s not a good feedback loop from the people to the government, and if you have rule of the bureaucrat, if the bureaucracy is in charge, then what meaning does democracy actually have,” Musk said at a recent Oval Office visit. And then, moments later: “We have this unelected, fourth unconstitutional branch of government, which is the bureaucracy, which has, in a lot of ways, currently more power than any elected representative. This is … This is not something that people want, and it does not match the will of the people.”

via wired; DOGE Is the Deep State

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Violent Online Networks Target Vulnerable and Underage Populations Across the United States and Around the Globe – #terror #764 #csam

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning the public of a sharp increase in the activity of “764” and other violent online networks which operate within the United States and around the globe. These networks methodically target and exploit minors and other vulnerable individuals, and it is imperative the public be made aware of the risk and the warning signs exhibited by victims. These networks use threats, blackmail, and manipulation to coerce or extort victims into producing, sharing, or live-streaming acts of self-harm, animal cruelty, sexually explicit acts, and/or suicide. The footage is then circulated among members of the network to continue to extort victims and exert control over them. VIOLENT ONLINE NETWORKS Some of the violent actors in these online networks are motivated by a desire to cause fear and chaos through their criminal conduct. However, motivations are highly individualized, and some threat actors may be engaging in criminal activity solely for sexual gratification, social status or a sense of belonging, or for a mix of other reasons that may not be ideologically motivated. TARGETING These networks exist on publicly available online platforms, such as social media sites, gaming platforms, and mobile applications commonly used by young people. Many threat actors systematically target underage females, but anyone — juveniles, adults, males, and females — can be targeted. Victims are typically between the ages of 10 and 17 years old, but the FBI has seen some victims as young as 9 years old. These violent actors target vulnerable populations to include children as well as those who struggle with a variety of mental health issues, such as depression, eating disorders, or suicidal ideation. Threat actors often groom their victims by first establishing a trusting or romantic relationship before eventually manipulating and coercing them into engaging in escalating harmful behavior designed to shame and isolate them. EXTORTION AND SELF-HARM The networks use extortion and blackmail tactics, such as threatening to swat1 or dox2 their victims, if the victims do not comply with the network’s demands. The actors can manipulate or coerce victims to produce Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) and other videos depicting animal cruelty and self-harm. Self-harm activity can include cutting, stabbing, or fansigning.3 Members of the networks threaten to share the explicit videos or photos of the victims with the victims’ family, friends, and/or post the photos and videos to the internet. The networks control their victims through extreme fear and many members have an end-goal of forcing the victims they extort or coerce to live-stream their own suicide for the network’s entertainment or the threat actor’s own sense of fame. RECOMMENDATIONS The FBI urges the public to exercise increased vigilance when posting personal photos, videos, or personal identifying information, or direct messaging online. Although seemingly innocuous when posted or shared, the images and videos can provide malicious actors an abundant supply of content to exploit and manipulate or alter for criminal activity. Victims are vulnerable to embarrassment, harassment, extortion, or continued long-term re-victimization. The FBI recommends looking for warning signs indicating a victim may be engaging in self-harm or having suicidal thoughts.

via fbi: Violent Online Networks Target Vulnerable and Underage Populations Across the United States and Around the Globe

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