Las Vegas Sun: “When your party meeting ends with at least eight police cars and a K-9 unit rolling in to disperse an angry crowd, you know things have gone seriously wrong with the organization. And so it is with the Republican Party in Nevada, as shown a couple of weeks ago when the Clark County Republican Party (CCRP) met to select leaders. The scene that unfolded demonstrated the courage of the CCRP’s moderate, responsible leaders in their battle to keep the state party from devolving into Big Lie extremism and right-wing violence.”

“Tensions within the party have been running high since last month after the CCRP leadership sounded an alarm over reports that the state party’s extremist director, Michael McDonald, had recruited members affiliated with the violent Proud Boys hate group to establish a significant presence in the state GOP. On July 20, the situation boiled over when the CCRP met to choose new officers and a large and angry crowd – which included those individuals associated with the Proud Boys – showed up and demanded to take part. It was an ugly scene with echoes of the Jan. 6 riot, except instead of Big Lie insurrectionists trying to take over the Capitol, they were trying to bully their way into a takeover of the county party’s moderate leadership. Egged on by the Proud Boy members, the crowd broke into angry chants of ‘Stop the steal’ and ‘Let us in.” Security officers had to face down crowd members rushing the meeting room entrance before a small army of Metro officers arrived to quell the situation and break up the crowd. Again, we see the horrifying spectacle of extremists in the Republican Party trying to introduce violence and intimidation into our politics. This time these incipient terrorists were targeting fellow Republicans, which makes one wonder: If this is how they treat their own, what level of brutality would they sink to when confronting political opposition?”

“Yesterday I went on Steve Bannon’s show to discuss the Wisconsin Report I sent you earlier this week. But I also made some news and announced our next rally: #JusticeforJ6 on September 18 at noon. And what’s special about this rally is where it will take place, right back where it all started, at the US Capitol. We will personally attest to the injustice against the nonviolent protesters being held as political prisoners, the government’s duplicity in concealing evidence, and the circumstances of Ashli Babbitt’s death. We will present the evidence that Speaker Pelosi will not allow in her ‘Select Committee.’ And we will have many invited speakers, including members of Congress and the US Senate. While some are concerned about getting arrested at this rally, there’s no reason to worry. We’ve held two rallies at high-sensitivity locations in DC without incident in the last two months (the Department of Justice and the facility holding the political prisoners). We will have a large security force and an attorney present. We’ll share updates as the event gets closer” says an email sent from Matt Braynard of LookAheadAmerica.org, who bill themselves as “America First Community Organizers”, via Vice News Chief Political Correspondent Elizabeth Landers.

WJXT: “A Florida woman is devastated after losing her fiancé, mother and grandmother all in the course of five days to COVID-19. Tiffany Devereaux and her family live in the Jacksonville area about 30 minutes south of the Georgia/Florida border. Devereaux lost her grandmother last Saturday, her fiancée last Monday and her mother last Wednesday. ‘I had to skip going to my Meemaw’s funeral yesterday so I could get to the hospital to say goodbye to my Momma,’ Devereaux told WJXT through tears. Devereaux’s fiancé, 35-year-old Britt McCall, worked for the Duval County school system with his father, 60-year-old Mark McCall. Family members told CNN Mark McCall also became infected and died early Friday. His mother is still in the hospital.”

“Devereaux told WJXT that her 85-year-old grandmother was vaccinated, but already in poor health. The rest of the family was not. She also tested positive for the virus, but had mild symptoms. Devereaux said she doesn’t know how she is going to go on without them. ‘I feel so lost. I don’t know what to think or how to feel right now. I want my loved ones back,’ Devereaux said. ‘They’re the ones that always got me through all the hard times in my life. And now they’re all gone.’ Devereaux said she now plans to get vaccinated and is encouraging everyone else to as well.”

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Michigan “election fraud” expert Mellissa Carone, famous for her testimony at a December 2020 state legislative hearing on the election – which springboarded her candidacy for the Michigan state house is now trying her hand at advising the public on Coronavirus vaccines:

“This is an experimental vaccine that has aborted baby tissue in it. This right here, this is solid evidence, we are definitely in the end times. Look at what they are doing in other countries. They’re having… they’re… they’re putting people in camps. What do people not understand here? I mean is this… I… I… I can’t even believe it. It is the end of times. It is in the Bible. Um. This, this has something to do with, I believe, the mark of the beast. I do. Um. It… it is… I mean every sign is there. Um” says Carone in the video above. Notably absent is her theory on the origins of COVID-19.

“NY Gov. Cuomo says private businesses, including stadiums and restaurants, should switch to ‘vaccine-only admission’. ‘If you say to people, ‘Well, if you don’t have a vaccine, you can’t get into these establishments,’ then you’ll see a real incentive to get vaccinated'” CBS News reports.

“The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has issued fines to two passengers arriving in Toronto from the United States the week of July 18, 2021, for non-compliance with entry requirements. Each traveller received four fines – a total of $19,720 for each traveller [$15,830 in American dollars] for providing false information related to proof of vaccination credentials and pre-departure tests, as well as, for non-compliance with the requirement to stay at a government-authorized accommodation and on-arrival testing requirements.”

“The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) works closely with domestic and international partners to detect and intercept fraudulent documents. The CBSA also works with PHAC to ensure only valid proof of vaccine documents are accepted. Violating any quarantine or isolation instructions provided to travellers when entering Canada is also an offence under the Quarantine Act and could lead to a $5,000 fine for each day of non-compliance or for each offence committed, or more serious penalties, including six months in prison and/or $750,000 in fines. For all travellers coming to Canada, it is important to be informed and to plan in advance. It is the traveller’s responsibility to ensure they are eligible to enter Canada and that they meet all of the mandatory requirements. The Government of Canada will continue to investigate incidents reported and will not hesitate to take enforcement action where it is warranted to protect the health of Canadians from the further spread of COVID-19 and its variants of concern” – Public Health Agency of Canada.

“It’s getting harder and harder to communicate the two essential realities of human-caused climate change: that our failure to slow and eventually stop it is contributing to devastating human suffering all over the world, and that it’s not too late to act. Experts have long told climate communicators – including scientists, journalists and politicians – that disaster porn immobilizes people, leaving them cowering in a corner. You’ve got to give them a sense of hope, the research shows. Yes, but climate news right now continues to be a steady, terrible drumbeat of doom. During the past few months, we’ve seen an unprecedented, deadly heat wave in the Pacific Northwest that shocked veteran climate researchers, wildfires raging across the West well ahead of peak fire season, and cities and towns flooded in Europe, China and elsewhere. Each of these events has ties to climate change.”

“Climate change is not an existential cliff that we’ll suddenly fall off of, with no turning back. It’s more like a hill we’re sliding down at ever-increasing speed. Optimism has its place in climate change discourse. Many of the technologies needed to dramatically reduce emissions, such as renewable energy resources like wind and solar power, are seeing increasingly wide adoption. But the fact is that we’re still on course for at least 3°C (5.4°F) of warming compared to the preindustrial era, based on the latest emissions reduction pledges. And if climate models that project even more warming for the same amount of emissions are correct, it could be closer to 4°C (7.2°F). Almost unimaginable consequences would stem from that level of warming, particularly in the developing world. The planet has only warmed by about 1.2°C (2.16°F) since the preindustrial era, and even that has left us with a summer straight out of ‘The Day After Tomorrow'” – Axios.

Politico: “Just weeks after its launch, the pro-Trump social network GETTR is inundated with terrorist propaganda spread by supporters of Islamic State, according to a POLITICO review of online activity on the fledgling platform. The social network – started a month ago by members of former President Donald Trump’s inner circle – features reams of jihadi-related material, including graphic videos of beheadings, viral memes that promote violence against the West and even memes of a militant executing Trump in an orange jumpsuit similar to those used in Guantanamo Bay. The rapid proliferation of such material is placing GETTR in the awkward position of providing a safe haven for jihadi extremists online as it attempts to establish itself as a free speech MAGA-alternative to sites like Facebook and Twitter. It underscores the challenges facing Trump and his followers in the wake of his ban from mainstream social media platforms after the Capitol riot.”

“Islamic State ‘has been very quick to exploit GETTR,’ said Moustafa Ayad, executive director for Africa, the Middle East and Asia at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a think tank that tracks online extremism, who first discovered the jihadi accounts and shared his findings with Politico. ‘On Facebook, there was on one of these accounts that I follow that is known to be Islamic State, which said ‘Oh, Trump announced his new platform. Inshallah, all the mujahideen will exploit that platform,’’ he added. ‘The next day, there were at least 15 accounts on GETTR that were Islamic State.’ While GETTR does not provide access to its data to track the spread, or virality, of such extremist material on its platform, Politico found at least 250 accounts that had posted regularly on the platform since early July. Many followed each other, and used hashtags to promote the jihadi material to this burgeoning online community.”

“Low-turnout special elections aren’t perfect measures of Trump’s strength and he remains a powerhouse in GOP politics, revealing over the weekend that his political action committees are sitting on a massive $100 million pile of cash. But a second loss in two weeks could chip away at Trump’s self-proclaimed kingmaker status heading into next year’s midterm elections.”

“In other cases, Trump’s decision to throw his weight behind candidates with baggage, including several running against GOP incumbents who crossed him by voting in favor of his second impeachment, has put him at odds with other party leaders. Some Republicans fear his moves could complicate efforts to win back majorities in the House and Senate next year. In Ohio, Trump has endorsed Mike Carey, a coal lobbyist who is among 10 Republicans jockeying to replace former GOP Rep. Steve Stivers, who retired from Congress earlier this year. He faces a formidable lineup, including three current state lawmakers: state Sens. Bob Peterson and Stephanie Kunze and state Rep. Jeff LaRe. Former state Rep. Ron Hood is also a contender. LaRe is backed by Stivers, who held the seat for a decade. Hood, meanwhile, has generous support from U.S. Sen. Rand Paul’s political action committee, along with religious conservative Ruth Edmonds, a minister and former Columbus NAACP president” – AP.

“A man suffered an apparent shock through a video game controller after a lightning strike in Robertson County [in Tennessee]. A storm report from the National Weather Service began circulating on social media late Saturday night into early Sunday morning, stating the man ‘was reportedly struck by lightning inside his home through a videogame controller.'”

“Josh Rice, the Assistant Director of Robertson County Emergency Medical Services told News 2 that medics had responded around 9:15 p.m. Saturday to a call of a man struck by lightning in Greenbrier. When crews arrived, they said they determined the man’s house was either hit, or the lightning struck nearby, and he suffered a shock through a video game controller. Rice said the man wanted to be checked out to make sure he was not injured” WKRN reports.

The linked article does not specify which brand of video game console the guy was playing with, though text of it might throw one off because the word “NES” appears twice in the links to other articles between paragraphs. This is not referring to “Nintendo Entertainment System” but “Nashville Electric Service”, the power utility serving Nashville and the surrounding region of Tennessee. There is no “Super Nashville Electric Service” to our knowledge.

Washington Post: “Save America, the leadership PAC where former president Donald Trump is asking loyalists to direct their political contributions, paid for lodging about two dozen times in the first six months of 2021. Nine of those times, the payments went to properties owned by the former president, according to a filing made public on Saturday. All told, the PAC sent at least $68,000 to the Trump Hotel Collection, showing how the real estate mogul – long after ending his presidential campaign and leaving office – continues to use donor money at his own properties. Make America Great Again PAC, a repurposed campaign account, spent about $200,000 on office and restaurant space in Trump Tower, according to its filing for the first half of the year. Trump Victory, a joint fundraising committee for the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, separately has spent $2,200 at Trump properties so far this year, according to a filing by that committee. And a Trump-backed PAC overseen by Corey Lewandowski, his 2016 campaign manager, paid $21,810 to rent space at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., it reported on Saturday.”

“These are small sums compared with the kind of spending Trump did at his properties on the campaign trail and as president. But they stand out because of the relatively little spending Trump has done from his post-presidency war chest. His Save America PAC spent little more than $3 million in the first half of the year, while raking in $62 million – part of a haul that left him with a political war chest of $102 million. Since Trump entered the presidential race in June 2015, he has used his political campaigns and associated committees to pump more than $19 million into his own businesses, according to a Washington Post analysis of federal campaign-finance records.”

Answer me this: if @GOPLeader McCarthy thinks anyone but Trump was responsible for January 6, why is Trump the ONLY person McCarthy contacted to call off the attack? McCarthy didn’t call @SpeakerPelosi or Antifa, etc to stop it. He knew then and he knows now.

— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) August 1, 2021

Last November, Republican Tennessee state legislator David Byrd voted to pass a resolution claiming the mainstream media were sensationalizing the impact of the coronavirus.  To prove their point, he and Republicans colleagues went on an in-person retreat.

About two weeks later, he was admitted to the hospital and put on a ventilator with a severe case of COVID-19.  He would spend 55-days on the ventilator; This past June, he would need a liver transplant.  Now he joining the tide of GOP politicians urging vaccine resisters to get inoculated.

“For 55 days, I was in an intensive care unit on a ventilator. Although ventilators save lives, the sobering reality is that the overwhelming majority of intubated Covid-19 patients do not survive,” Byrd wrote in a statement, according to the Washington Post.  “Just when it seemed like I was improving, suddenly I wasn’t. My liver began to fail. I developed jaundice and was later diagnosed with Covid Cholangiopathy. I was told I would need a liver transplant or else I would die. Again, my family prepared for the worst.”

August 2021 is finally here! That means former President Donald Trump is going to be reinstated! Yes, sometime this month Joe Biden will be removed from the White House and thrown in prison or exiled to Antarctica or given a nightly show on MSNBC or something and Trump will return to the presidency! We’re not sure what’ll happen to the Vice Presidency. Maybe Kamala Harris will stick around or John F Kennedy Jr will be installed as VP since Mike Pence definitely isn’t coming back.

Trump has never been known to be loose with appointed dates and times. Everything he said that he would make happen in two weeks and by April of 2020 definitely happened, so he should be absolutely ready to be reinstated by the military at any time before 11:59:59 pm on August 31st.

This essay will revisit several points introduced in earlier essays in this series, and attempt to refine and expand on the issue of how the neurotic authoritarian deals with the stress of financial hardship. Whereas the last three essays in this series dealt with the initial economic insult that creates the potential for a fascist movement to grow, this essay deals with the internal response that the neurotic authoritarian has to that financial hardship. We must remember that in order for a fascist movement to occur, there must be four elements present: first, there must be some kind of economic stress that causes people to suffer a decline in their standard of living; second, there must be an audience of individuals who possess latent authoritarian tendencies; third, there must be a political agitator, who provides the grievance narratives necessary to fuel the “ego maintenance” process; finally, there must be a loyal band of lieutenants, and the presence of some form of mass media that the agitator can use to amplify his propaganda.

Iconic television network MTV celebrated its 40th anniversary Sunday by unveiling a new “Moon Man” image to refresh the image that flashed on screens innumerable times during the network’s run, the Associated Press reports.

The image–an astronaut standing in front of a flag that had the MTV logo superimposed on it–is now dubbed the “Moon Person,” according to the network, which debuted the new icon at a special event at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

“This is our third generation that we’re reinventing for. Gen Z is by far one of the most interesting, incredibly creative and optimistic generations,” he said. “And so we thought, ‘Let’s go back to the origins and do it with NASA, but really do it about the next frontier, which represents generation Z and really represents a beautiful moon person that Kehinde built and where we’re going to be heading next.’”

Read more about the raging tanker truck fire in Davie, Florida at CBS Miami.

Every now and then we in the National Zero community see events that make us wonder if people in Trump World are paying very close attention to this site and our comments over on that other site. Recently, Trump’s “Kraken” Sydney Powell went on “Lindell TV” to insist that she had absolutely nothing to do with the events of January 6th.

Now, the timing on this made me wonder. Did Sydney Powell see the Fifteen Questions for Mo Brooks article here on National Zero and start shitting herself? If not then why is she suddenly insisting she had nothing to do with January 6th, when she was very clearly involved in a number of lawsuits to try to overturn the 2020 election results at that time?

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