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Judge cements block on Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship

A federal judge Wednesday furthered a block of President Trump’s executive order preventing the children of migrants without legal status from receiving birthright citizenship.  U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman at the conclusion of a hearing in Greenbelt said Trump’s order “runs counter to our nation’s 250-year history of citizenship by birth” and likely violates an 1898 Supreme Court decision on the issue.  “The United States Supreme Court has resoundingly rejected the president’s interpretation of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment,” Boardman said. “In fact, no court in the country has ever endorsed the president’s interpretation. This court will not be the first.”  A separate federal judge in Seattle previously put Trump’s executive order on hold. But that ruling will expire Thursday, when that judge will hold another hearing.  Boardman’s ruling, unless overturned by an appeals court, will remain intact until she can issue a final ruling on the merits of the plaintiffs’ constitutional claims, which is likely to take months. Trump on his first day in office signed the executive order narrowing birthright citizenship so that it doesn’t extend to children born on U.S. soil to parents without permanent legal status, beginning with babies born Feb. 19. It is part of a flurry of immigration actions Trump has taken during his first few weeks in office.  Eric Hamilton, deputy assistant attorney general for the civil division, insisted at the hearing that the Trump administration’s position aligned with the 1898 Supreme Court precedent central to the case, United States v. Wong Kim Ark.

via thehill: Judge cements block on Trump’s order restricting birthright citizenship

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Proud Boys lose name’s trademark to members of Black Washington church. Florida leader reacts

The Proud Boys, a white nationalist group whose members were instrumental in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol, lost control of its own name to a historic Black church. On Monday, D.C. Superior Court Judge Tanya Bosier stripped the extremist group of control over the trademark “Proud Boys” and barred them from selling any merchandise with the name or its symbols without permission of the new owners, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church, that Proud Boys members vandalized in 2020, the New York Times reported. The church, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the group in June 2023, also may have the option to try seizing any money the Proud Boys may make from merchandise such as hats and t-shirts. Florida former leader Enrique Tarrio slams decision The organization’s former leader, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio of Miami, issued a “lengthy statement,” the New York Times said, calling for the judge to be impeached and for the church to lose its nonprofit status. “Their actions are a betrayal of justice,” he wrote. “I hold in contempt any motions, judgments and orders issued against me.” Tarrio, who was named in the initial $2.8 million judgment against the Proud Boys after he and other members of the group jumped the fence of two churches in Washington, D.C., pulled down Black Lives Matter banners and burned them, publicly acknowledged burning another banner that prosecutors said was stolen from Asbury United Methodist Church. The ruling was a default judgment issued after the Proud Boys failed to show up in court to defend themselves, The Associated Press reported. Tarrio was recently pardoned of a 22-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy and other charges by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riots, along with nearly 1,600 others. Several members of the Proud Boys in Florida were charged in the Jan. 6 riots. Volusia County Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs of Ormond Beach was not pardoned for seditious conspiracy but instead saw his 17-year prison sentence commuted. One group of Proud Boys that was singled out to spearhead the assault included Gilbert Fonticoba and Gabriel Augustin Garcia of Miami.

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FBI turns over details of 5,000 employees who worked on January 6 cases to Trump Justice Department, as agents sue

The demand has caused consternation among FBI employees who fear it is meant to amass a list of line-level personnel for possible termination by the Trump administration. Mark Wilson/Getty Images CNN  —  FBI officials have complied with demands to provide the Justice Department with details of thousands of employees who worked on investigations related to the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot, according to people familiar with the situation. The demand has caused consternation among FBI employees who fear it is meant to amass a list of personnel for possible termination by the Trump administration. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, in a Friday memo with the subject line “Terminations,” had given FBI officials a noon deadline Tuesday to submit the details of thousands of agents and analysts. Bove previously ordered the firing of eight senior FBI officials, including those who oversaw cyber, national security and criminal investigations. More than 5,000 employee details were submitted, including employee ID numbers, job titles and their role in the January 6 investigations, sources said, but not their names. There are more than 13,000 agents and 38,000 total FBI employees. Meanwhile, officials dispatched by Elon Musk have been seen at FBI headquarters. Musk has headed up efforts by President Donald Trump’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

via cnn: FBI turns over details of 5,000 employees who worked on January 6 cases to Trump Justice Department, as agents sue

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Nelson teen who shouted Nazi slogan at police found with knife, nunchucks and screwdriver

When police stopped a vehicle being driven without its headlights on, they found more than they expected. Sol Allen was seated in the back, wearing gloves, and a red bandana, barking like a dog and yelling the Sieg Heil slogan. The German phrase and salute adopted by the Nazi Party translates to “Hail Victory” and is widely regarded as indicative of fascist sympathies. Despite the weapons found in Allen’s possession and concerns he was planning to commit a crime, there was no evidence that was his intention, the Nelson District Court heard today. Police also said there was no evidence the 18-year-old was connected with any gang. The court heard that on the night of January 8 Allen was a back-seat passenger in a car police stopped in Nelson. They subsequently searched him and found him in possession of a large knife, nunchucks he said were part of a Japanese tribute wall he had at home and a screwdriver in his jersey.

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Trump’s nominee to lead counterterrorism efforts has white nationalist ties

Joe Kent, a former CIA officer, has engaged with white supremacists and neo-Nazis. President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the National Counterterrorism Center has ties to white nationalists and neo-Nazis who supported him during two unsuccessful runs for Congress. In his announcement on Monday, Trump praised Joe Kent, a retired Green Beret and former CIA officer, as a “great American hero” who will help the administration “keep America safe by eradicating all terrorism.” The Senate would have to confirm Kent to lead the Center, an agency within the office of the Director of National Intelligence responsible for coordinating national and international counterterrorism efforts. The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Who is Joe Kent?  Kent, 44, has twice run unsuccessfully for a House seat to represent districts in the state of Washington. In 2022 during his first bid, Kent was interviewed by a neo-Nazi YouTuber who once called Adolf Hitler “a complicated historical figure which many people misunderstand.” He also engaged with a representative of another white nationalist group, during which he reportedly complained that America was anti-white. He also met with Nick Fuentes, an anti-Zionist white supremacist and Holocaust denier, to seek his support during a GOP primary. He later disavowed Fuentes’ “politics, especially in regards to our ally Israel.” During that campaign, Kent was endorsed by GOP Reps. Paul Gosar, a far-right Republican from Arizona who employed ardent followers of Fuentes and has repeatedly associated with white nationalists; and Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Trump loyalist who has been accused in the past of making antisemitic remarks — including her suggestion that a Jewish-funded space laser had sparked wildfires in California in 2018. Kent’s website also featured an endorsement from Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, who was censured by the Arizona senate after she spoke at a white nationalist conference and invoked an antisemitic trope about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is Jewish. Kent also hired a member of the Proud Boys as a campaign consultant.

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Dreieinhalb Jahre Jugendstrafe – 20-Jähriger wegen rechtsextremer Anschlagspläne verurteilt – #terror

Ein Mann in Hessen ist unter anderem der Vorbereitung einer schweren staatsgefährdenden Gewalttat schuldig gesprochen worden. Der 20-Jährige hat laut Gericht eine antisemitische und rassistische Grundeinstellung. Das Landgericht Limburg hat einen 20-Jährigen wegen rechtsextremer Anschlagspläne zu einer Jugendstrafe von drei Jahren und sechs Monaten verurteilt. Der Mann aus dem Kreis Limburg-Weilburg verfüge über eine verfestigte antisemitische und rassistische Grundeinstellung, heißt es in der Begründung des Gerichts. Er habe den Umsturz der demokratischen Grundordnung in Deutschland geplant, auch unter Einsatz tödlicher Gewalt, etwa gegen Polizeibeamte. Sein Ziel sei die Errichtung einer Gesellschaft auf nationalsozialistischem Fundament gewesen. Der 20-Jährige habe eine Gaspistole so verändert, dass aus dieser Geschosse abgefeuert werden konnten, führte das Gericht weiter aus. »Auch hatte er sich einen 3D-Drucker zur Waffenherstellung beschafft, mit welchem er bereits wesentliche Teile einer automatischen Maschinenpistole hergestellt hatte.« In der Urteilsbegründung heißt es weiter: »Zur Erreichung seiner Ziele vernetzte sich der Angeklagte mit Gleichgesinnten und plante die Herstellung und Beschaffung von Waffen und Munition.«

via spiegel: Dreieinhalb Jahre Jugendstrafe 20-Jähriger wegen rechtsextremer Anschlagspläne verurteilt

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Rechtsextremist Martin #Sellner verbreitete seine Propaganda am #Wiener #Polizeiball – #polizeiproblem

Der Rechtsextremist Martin Sellner tanzte am Freitag beim Wiener Polizeiball im Rathaus und legte ein rechtsextrem-konnotiertes Lied über eine Rede von Innenminister Gerhard Karner. Freitag, 31. Jänner, war eigentlich kein erfolgreicher Tag für Rechtsextreme: Das umstrittene „Zustrombegrenzungsgesetz“ fand im deutschen Bundestag keine Mehrheit. (…) Hunderttausende Menschen demonstrierten in ganz Deutschland gegen das Gesetz, für das sich Rechtsextreme im ganzen deutschsprachigen Raum starkgemacht hatten. Zumindest ein Unterstützer des Gesetzes feierte am Freitag dennoch: Der Rechtsextremist Martin Sellner tanzte im Wiener Rathaus auf – beim Wiener Polizeiball. Sellner war bis 2023 Sprecher der rechtsextremen „Identitären Bewegung“ in Österreich, deren Symbole hierzulande verboten sind, deren französische Schwestergruppe in Frankreich aufgrund ihrer Aufrufe zu „Diskriminierung, Hass und Gewalt“ verboten wurde und deren völkischen Positionen aus Sicht des deutschen Verfassungsschutzes nicht mit dem deutschen Grundgesetz vereinbar sind. Auf der Feststiege des Wiener Rathauses konnte Sellner beim Wiener Polizeiball am 31. Jänner aber offenbar unbehelligt seine Propaganda verbreiten – obwohl sich die heimische Exekutive regelmäßig mit dem amtsbekannten Rechtsextremisten und seiner Bewegung beschäftigen muss: „Sei’s drum, ich bin auf einem Ball“, feixt Sellner und hebt ein Sektglas in die Kamera. Sechs Minuten lang ist das Video, das der Rechtsextremist Freitagnacht auf der Feststiege des Rathauses filmt. „Ich bin auch beim Polizeiball, weil ich unsere Ordnungskräfte generell schätze“, sagt Sellner, wenige Meter von mehreren Beamtinnen und Beamten in Uniform entfernt, und: „In Österreich ist die Polizei noch weniger politisiert als in der BRD.“

via profil: Rechtsextremist Martin Sellner verbreitete seine Propaganda am Wiener Polizeiball

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