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Morning Briefing: Far Right Prepares for Trump's Appearance at Miami Courthouse

Morning Briefing: Supporters of former president Donald Trump are planning mass protests at the Wilkie D. Ferguson U.S. Courthouse in Miami, Florida, and researchers have reportedly “identified individual users who are threatening violence against Trump’s perceived enemies and at least one who has explicitly said they are planning on attending with guns.”

At least two GOP members of Congress “used alarmingly warlike rhetoric in response to the federal charges filed against Donald Trump,” including Rep. Clay Higgins and Rep. Andy Biggs.

The calls to action and threats have been “amplified on right-wing media sites and have been met by supportive responses from social media users and cheers from crowds, who have become conditioned over several years by Mr. Trump and his allies to see any efforts to hold him accountable as assaults against him.”

Data from social media platforms reveal that “references to ‘civil war’ more than doubled on alternative social media platforms frequented by the American far right the very day that Trump posted on Truth Social about the indictment,” according to an analysis by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE).

During the past few days, prominent and influential members of the far right and right-wing media have called for mass protests at the federal courthouse in Miami in support of the former president.

Wayne Allyn Root, the far right pundit and conspiracy theorist, wrote at World Net Daily that the “Democrats in power and the people who run our government are evil. Demonic. Satanic,” and add that “this is war. This is life or death. This is the end of America if we don't fight fire with fire.”

Ali Alexander, the far right activist, wrote on Telegram that “if we don't have LAW, we shouldn't give them ORDER.” Alexander also wrote that if “Republicans do not do something unprecedent, we’ll all hang,” and added that “everyone should see Members of Congress sweating in the heat with ordinary supporters.”

Laura Loomer, the far right conspiracy theories and failed Florida Congressional candidate, promoted the protest at the federal courthouse on the InfoWars program War Room with Owen Shroyer, and Kari Lake, the 2020 election denier and failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate, promoted her plans to attend the protest on Steve Bannon’s War Room.

While it has been reported that the Proud Boys, the far right violent extremist street gang, publicly displayed “apathy towards Trump’s legal woes sets them apart from the wider far-right extremism world,” the Miami chapter of the Proud Boys promoted the Loomer’s protest in their Telegram channel.

The violent rhetoric of the far right is “echoing among some Donald Trump sympathizers ahead of the former president’s appearance in a Miami court,” and both federal and local law enforcement “assigned to domestic terrorism squads are actively working to identify any possible threats.”

Advisors of the former president are reportedly “quietly expressing some concern that the pro-Trump protesters already assembling in front of the courthouse aren’t helping the former president’s case,” and one advisor predicted there is “going to be a disaster” and there will be people who “don’t want to be peaceful.”

Morning Briefing: Proud Boys Planning Disruptive Protest During Pride Month

The Proud Boys, the far right violent extremist street gang, are planning disruptive protests during the 'target rich environment' of Pride month celebrations.

Morning Briefing: The Proud Boys, the far right violent extremist street gang, “are now more active than ever, and are busy planning disruptive protests at Pride month celebrations across the country in June.”

The Ohio chapter of the group has reported called the upcoming month of LGBTIQ events a “target rich environment.”

The Countering Extremism Working Group was formed to combat extremism within the ranks of the U.S. military, however, two years since the establishment of the working group “the effort has vanished virtually without a trace.”

Shane Lamond, a Lieutenant and the head of an intelligence unit within the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., “faces criminal charges after allegedly warning the leader of the far-right Proud Boys group about an arrest warrant and leaking other law enforcement information.”

The New Hampshire attorney general’s office met with Task Force Butler, an organization of military veterans that recent published a report on the activities of a neo-Nazi group throughout New England, and “state officials encouraged the veterans group and others to report hate crimes to their office.”

Morning Briefing: White Supremacists Neo-Nazi Mass Shooter Fantasized About 'Noble War'

The White Supremacist Neo-Nazi who killed 8 people in Allen, Texas left an online footprint full of evidence of extremist ideological beliefs including White Supremacy, antisemitism, and xenophobia.

Morning Briefing: A White Supremacist neo-Nazi allegedly shot and killed 8 people at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, and the shooter, who was reportedly shot and killed by local law enforcement, had “multiple weapons on him and five additional guns in his car nearby.”

Analysis of the shooter’s online activities and extremist ideological views, including White Supremacy, antisemitism, xenophobia, misogyny, and anti-LBGTIQ rhetoric, “played a role in his decision to carry out this horrific mass attack.”

In social media posts online, the shooter made “to reference ‘the noble war,’ a phrase that many white supremacists use to describe their belief in an impending race war.”

Details about the shooter continue to be reported, including that he reportedly joined the U.S. Army in 2008 before being discharged for an “unspecified mental health issue.”

The shooter reportedly “maintained a profile on the Russian social networking platform OK.ru, including posts referring to extremist online forums, such as 4chan, and content from white nationalists, including Nick Fuentes, an antisemitic white nationalist provocateur.”

This is not the “first American to use Russian social media sites or obscure online platforms to connect with fellow extremists around pro-Russia narratives.”

Prior to the deadly attack, the shooter reportedly “posted photographs of the shopping center three weeks before the attack on a social media account where he fantasized about race wars and the collapse of society.”

The shooter reportedly wore a tactical vest with a “RWDS” patch on it, which “stands for ‘Right Wing Death Squad,’ is a popular insignia among white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and paramilitarists.”

The patch worn by the shooter appears to be identical to a patch sold by Anime Tobacco & Firearms, an online store that sold various types of sticker and patches associate with far right memes. The online store is currently offline, and associated Twitter and Facebook account have been deleted.

An anti-fascist researcher has apparently identified the individual behind the online store, and documented their online activities and promotion of White Supremacy and neo-Nazi content. Radical Reports has not independently confirmed the identity of the owner of the online store.