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Springfield City Hall, school, county hit by threats tied to Haitian immigration concerns

City Hall evacuated, county offices closed, parents at one Springfield school asked to pick up children early. Multiple city, county and school buildings around Springfield were closed Thursday after a bomb threat “to multiple facilities throughout Springfield,” according to a city statement released Thursday morning. Springfield City Hall was evacuated around 8:30 a.m. Springfield Police Chief Allison Elliott said at a Thursday afternoon press conference that City Hall, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the Springfield Driver’s Exam Station, Ohio License Bureau on the south side, Springfield Academy of Excellence and Fulton Elementary School were all named in the threat and cleared using explosive-detecting canines. “I would like to stress that we are deeply committed to the safety of our entire community,” Elliott said. “Safety is a shared responsibility and it takes all of us; I encourage the public, if you see something, say something.” Springfield Mayor Rob Rue said everyone who was in the City Hall building was moved out and is safe. Rue would not comment on the precise language of the threat but said it came from someone claiming to be from Springfield, and mentioned frustration with the city related to Haitian immigration issues. (…) The city statement said the bomb threat prompted “an immediate response from local and regional law enforcement. As a precautionary measure, the (city hall) building has been evacuated, and authorities are currently conducting a thorough investigation. Our primary concern is the safety and well-being of our employees and residents. We are working to address this situation as swiftly as possible.”

via spingfield news sun: Springfield City Hall, school, county hit by threats tied to Haitian immigration concerns

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Prosecutors seeking 18 years for woman who conspired to attack power grid – #terror

Prosecutors will seek 18 year in prison for Sarah Beth Clendaniel, the Catonsville woman who pleaded guilty to conspiring to attack energy stations around Baltimore. (Handout) Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the Catonsville woman who conspired with neo-Nazis to knock out Baltimore’s power grid to 18 years imprisonment and three years of supervised release. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 36, a Catonsville woman who admitted to scheming with a neo-Nazi accelerationist leader to “lay this city to waste” by attacking power stations around Baltimore, is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 25 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. Prosecutors made the request for prison time in recently filed federal court documents. Prosecutors described Clendaniel as “an unrepentant, violent white supremacist and recidivist who is a true danger to the community” in their sentencing memo. She pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to damage an energy facility and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. A public defender for Clendaniel did not return a request for comment. Advertisement Prosecutors intend to call three witnesses to the sentencing, they said: a ballistics expert, a senior engineering manager from BGE and an FBI agent. The plot Clendaniel confessed to being a part of targeted energy stations around Baltimore, in areas including Reisterstown and Perry Hall. In a recorded phone call, Clendaniel said the attacks would have to “destroy” the cores of transformers, “not just leak the oil.”

via the baltimore banner: Prosecutors seeking 18 years for woman who conspired to attack power grid

siehe auch: Prosecutors seek 18-year prison sentence for woman accused in Neo-Nazi plot to destroy Maryland’s power grid, mother speaks to WJZ. Federal prosecutors are seeking an 18-year prison sentence for Sarah Beth Clendaniel, 36, who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up power stations around Baltimore to destabilize the government in a white supremacist plot.  WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren spoke exclusively to the defendant’s mother Friday.  Lanette Clendaniel said the sentence recommendation for her daughter is in line with the 15 to 20 years her daughter expected. She previously told Hellgren she does not agree with her daughter’s Neo-Nazi beliefs. Transcripts of recorded phone conversations between Sarah Beth Clendaniel and a confidential informant reveal she was trying to obtain a high-powered rifle to shoot through substations in Reisterstown, Perry Hall, White Marsh, and more locations. (…) In court documents, prosecutors called Sarah Clendaniel an “accelerationist” who believes “violent action is required in order to bring about societal and government collapse and advance a white supremacist ideology.” They said white supremacist groups are closely watching this case and wrote,  “Imposing a sentence of 18 years of imprisonment would send a strong message to that particular community, as well as to the community at large, that this sort of violent and destructive conduct will not be tolerated and will be met with a serious penalty.” Lanette Clendaniel said after her daughter served prison time for robbing a convenience store with a machete to fuel a heroin addiction, she connected with her co-defendant Brandon Russell.  Prosecutors said Russell is the cofounder of Atomwaffen Division, a Neo-Nazi organization.

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SICHERHEITSPAKET: CCC droht mit Anleitungen zur Überwachungssabotage

Zivilgesellschaftliche Verbände sind empört über das Sicherheitspaket der Bundesregierung. Der “billige Populismus” spiele Rechtsextremen in die Hände. Die Pläne zur Gesichtserkennung empören Digital- und Bürgerrechtsverbände. (Bild: Pixabay) Mehrere digitalpolitische und bürgerrechtliche Verbände kritisieren das geplante Sicherheitspaket der Bundesregierung scharf. Das Gesetzespaket enthalte eine Vielzahl an neuen Befugnissen für Ermittlungsbehörden, die die Grundrechte von Millionen von Bürgern einschränkten, heißt es in einer gemeinsamen Stellungnahme von Organisationen wie dem Chaos Computer Club (CCC), Amnesty International, D64, Algorithmwatch, Digitale Freiheit und Load. Anlass für den Protest sind Pläne, wonach Ermittlungsbehörden nach Verdächtigen mithilfe biometrischer Fotos im Internet suchen dürfen. Demnach dürfen durch Erkennung des Gesichts und der Stimme von Verdächtigen die biometrischen Daten “aus einem Strafverfahren mit biometrischen Daten aus im Internet öffentlich zugänglichen Lichtbild- und Videodateien nachträglich mittels einer automatisierten Anwendung zur Datenverarbeitung abgeglichen werden”. CCC will Überwachungsmaßnahmen sabotieren und abschalten Nach Ansicht des CCC lässt sich die Bundesregierung “von den Faschisten treiben und schwenkt in Rekordzeit von ‘Anonymität wahren’ zu ‘alle biometrisch überwachen'”. Der Hacker-Verein kündigte an: “Wenn dieser Gesetzesentwurf verabschiedet wird, dann genügt es nicht mehr, schöne Stellungnahmen zu schreiben und alle drei Jahre eine Demo gegen die Vorratsdatenspeicherung zu organisieren. Künftig müssten wir dazu anleiten, Überwachungsmaßnahmen zu sabotieren und abzuschalten.” Der SPD-nahe Verein D64 äußert sich ebenfalls sehr kritisch. “Im Hauruckverfahren werden Grundrechte radikal eingeschränkt. Die als Fortschrittskoalition angetretene Regierung bricht ihren Koalitionsvertrag, öffnet der Massenüberwachung Tür und Tor und untergräbt die Grundrechte besonders schutzbedürftiger Gruppen”, sagte die Co-Vorsitzende Svea Windwehr. Der “blinde Aktionismus” zeige sich daran, dass bislang weder Experten noch Verbände angehört worden seien. “Wer nach verlorenen Wahlen auf billigen Populismus setzt, spielt den Rechtsextremen in die Hände”, sagte Windwehr

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Rechtsextremer Strippenzieher Kubitschek tritt wieder in Wien auf

Deutscher Verleger besucht Veranstaltung der Identitären- und FPÖ-nahen “Aktion 451”. Am kommenden Donnerstag, 12. September, gastiert der rechtsextreme Strippenzieher Götz Kubitschek in Wien. Er soll an einer Veranstaltung der “Aktion 451” teilnehmen, wo genau, ist unbekannt. Die Gruppe legt Wert auf Heimlichtuerei. Der österreichische Verfassungsschutz bezeichnet sie als “Tarngruppe” der Identitären. Bei ihren öffentlichen Auftritten zeigt sich, dass die “Aktion 451” in Wien eine Melange aus Identitären, FPÖ-Jugend, deutschnationalen Burschenschaftern und Mitgliedern des Rings Freiheitlicher Studenten ist. Das Label “Aktion 451” wird in Deutschland von Identitären genutzt. Der deutsche Verleger und Publizist Kubitschek gilt als ein wesentlicher Initiator der Gruppe. Geht es nach seinen Vorstellungen, soll sie an Universitäten den Ton angeben und Themen setzen. Für die “Aktion 451” sind Hochschulen “Schlachtfelder”. Neben Lesekreisen zur Schulung setzt die Gruppe dabei auf Aktionismus. Ganz so, wie es die Identitären machen, deren Ziehvater auch Kubitschek war.

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New details emerge on alleged white supremacist ‘#Terrorgram’ leader based in #Sacramento area

By all available accounts, Dallas Humber barely socialized with her Elk Grove community — she didn’t own a home, raise kids or work a salaried job. But on the vast internet, Humber tapped into a nearly unlimited global network to attempt to solicit assassinations of U.S. government leaders and encourage white supremacists to unleash terror attacks upon minorities, authorities said. The 34-year-old was indicted Monday after federal prosecutors said she helped lead a chat on messaging app Telegram that provided detailed instructions on how to create bombs and created an list of assassination targets including a senator, federal judge, state officials and more. A court document filed Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Sacramento, arguing for her continued detention, revealed more information about Humber’s background and arrest last week. Among the new details noted by prosecutors: that Humber was found with a trove of firearms, some of them 3D-printed; that she was an ex-fugitive chased by police two years ago; and that she has corresponded with a white supremacist mass shooter who murdered nine people at a South Carolina church. Humber pleaded not guilty Monday to 15 charges related to overseeing a group named “The Terrorgram Collective.” Humber and her co-defendant, 37-year-old Matthew Robert Allison, of Boise, Idaho, are accused of encouraging violence against U.S. officials and spreading white supremacist ideology consumed by followers, some of whom went on to commit terrorist attacks overseas. The United Kingdom designated “The Terrorgram Collective” as a terrorist organization in April. (…) When Humber was arrested Friday, federal authorities found domestic terrorist patches, Nazi paraphernalia, 3D printed firearms, 3D printers, ammunition, trigger extenders, SIM cards and flash drives, according to the court filing. Humber is in touch with her parents but does not have her own family, and she works an “unsalaried job,” according to the federal court filing. It appears Humber may have been married at one point. Humber said in a June 2022 Terrorgram Collective post that she and her husband “caught our first case together a few months after we started dating,” and were involved in a high-speed chase with police, prosecutors said. They were fugitives for a month, the court filing said. The court document did not specify where exactly Humber was arrested, nor did the Justice Department on Monday. Public records list Humber’s most recent address as a home in Elk Grove. Humber appears to have dedicated her life to spreading the white supremacist ideology. She called white supremacist Brandon Russell while he was in custody and vowed to never quit their worldview, the court filing said. “It’s a lifelong commitment,” Humber said, according to prosecutors. Russell, a member of a neo-Nazi group called Atomwaffen, was sentenced in 2018 to five years in prison for possessing an unregistered destructive device and for unlawfully storing explosive material while living in Tampa. He was also indicted last year in connection to plotting to attack electric substations in Baltimore. Even Telegram banned Humber and Allison’s accounts, channels and chats for posting extremist content, but they continued to create new ones. Both employed “sophisticated technologies” to hide their true location and frequently changed account names, the court filing said.

via sacbee: New details emerge on alleged white supremacist ‘Terrorgram’ leader based in Sacramento area

siehe auch: California woman accused as white supremacist group leader, plotted terror acts online: prosecutors. A California woman has been arrested on charges of co-leading a white supremacist terrorist group focused on inciting and plotting hate crimes here in the U.S. and around the globe. (…) Prosecutors said Humber and Allison posted hate rhetoric encouraging members to carry out attacks against those deemed as enemies of the white race. They’re also accused of posting instructional videos and manuals on how to create bombs, chemical weapons, and weapons of mass destruction.  According to the 37-page federal indictment unsealed on Monday, on various dates, Humber posted: “WE NEED TERROR SHOOTINGS ARSON BOMBINGS STABBINGS DEAD TARGETS NOT FOILED PLOTS STOP TALKING START KILLING.” The post was marked with swastikas;

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Wendy Rogers posted pro-Nazi lyrics. She has a long history of amplifying antisemites online

Flagstaff Republican state Sen. Wendy Rogers made headlines last week for celebrating the victory of far-right parties in Germany by posting lyrics from the country’s national anthem that were banned because they are a rallying cry for the Nazis, but the lawmaker has long befriended and amplified racists and antisemites.  Last week on X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, Rogers posted the phrase “Deutschland, Deutschland über alles” after far-right German parties won multiple elections in the country. Those lyrics were banned in Germany after World War II as they were used by Hitler’s Nazi party to stir up nationalism and as a rallying cry.  Some local and national media picked up on Rogers’ use of the phrase, and the lawmaker denounced the criticism in a lengthy post on social media.  “I don’t usually waste my time responding to Soros-funded smear campaigns from the Marxist press, but it seems they’re desperate for traffic this week,” Rogers said, referring to antisemitic conspiracy theories around billionaire George Soros and the longstanding antisemitic trope that Jewish people control the media.  Rogers often attempts to link Soros, a prominent liberal philanthropist and target of Republicans, to her criticisms of media she dislikes.  Rogers went on to say her great grandfather served in World War I against Germany and that her grandfather served in Germany after WWI. She also commented that her father served during WWII against Germany and that she, a retired U.S. Air Force pilot, was stationed in Germany.  “So, when it comes to military history and Germany’s role, I have a bit more experience than my Soros-funded Marxist press friends,” Rogers said, adding that any “affiliation” she has with “National Socialism” is “laughable” and “absurd.”  “I reject that narrative entirely. Liking Germany, a current U.S. ally, doesn’t equate to aligning with Nazis,” Rogers said, avoiding the actual criticism of the pro-Nazi lyrics she posted. “Maybe if these Arizona press trolls actually visited Germany, they’d loosen up a little. It’s a beautiful place and lots of fun.”

via azmirror: Wendy Rogers posted pro-Nazi lyrics. She has a long history of amplifying antisemites online

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JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets

Using dehumanizing language to describe immigrants is nothing new for former President Donald Trump or vice presidential candidate JD Vance. Accusations of immigrants being criminals, being rapists or poisoning the blood of the nation have become common currency. But this week, the rhetoric seemed to hit a new low: the allegation that immigrants eat pets. Vance, who represents Ohio in the U.S. Senate, spread a debunked claim about Haitian migrants living in the city of Springfield, Ohio, on Monday, accusing them of abducting pets and eating them. The claim, which local police say is baseless, was made by far-right activists, local Republicans and neo-Nazis before being picked up by Vance. A well-known advocate for the Haitian community says she received a wave of racist harassment in the aftermath of Vance’s post. Harris’ struggles with immigration policy expose political vulnerabilities Vance made the claim as part of a political attack against Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee. On the social media site X, Vance wrote, “Reports now show that people have had their pets abducted and eaten by people who shouldn’t be in this country. Where is our border czar?” He was referring to a label Republicans have pinned on Harris, who was tasked by President Biden with working to examine the root causes of migration from Central America.

via npr: JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets

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