Domestic terrorism

++Alex Jones of Infowars fame predicts that 300,000 policemen will die in a civil war against the militia movement.

++Alex Jones says that Harry Reid and federal officials staged the cop killings in Las Vegas to encourage repression.

++Kudos to Rachel Maddow for her reporting on the connection between Indiana's "Keep A Cop" Law and the Las Vegas' shooters. 

++The DOJ has reconstituted the domestic terrorism unit because of the overwhelming evidence provided by the Southern Poverty Law Center's studies of the rapid rise of paramilitary right-wing groups since the election of President Obama.

++By now the corporate media have at least linked the Millers,the copkillers, with the Cliven Bundy militia movement and the Oathkeepers and others of the Sovereign Citizen movement.

++The plot as revealed by papers they left behind included seizing a courthouse and executing court officials. Earlier in the week, in Georgia a "sovereign citizen" attempted to "invade" a courthouse and plant bombs.

++Recall in prior years on this blog, the plot in Belfast, Maine where a neo-Nazi tried to make a dirty nuclear bomb. He was arrested because his wife turned him in . Among the things found were Adolf Hitler's silverware.

++The KKK today said they were recruiting returning veterans to wage a civil war to protect the white population. Against what? I'm sure they can make up anything.

++Since 9-11, all acts of domestic terrorism have been done by the Right. The days of the Weathermen are long gone. But the Obama Administration has been hamstrung on the issue because the congressional Republicans depend on these people as their base and have soundly criticized the administration for even considering the subject. You will recall this topic was first a matter of analysis under W's administration but it didn't generate any controversy.

++Just to give you an example of how hesitant the GOP is in calling out these extremists, John Boehner said today that he could't say whether the cop killing in Vegas was domestic terrorism. Sort of like he's not a scientist so he doesn't know about climate change.

++Harry Reid, who blasted Cliven Bundy and his gang as domestic terrorist, re-affirmed that the Vegas shooting sure looked like domestic terrorism.

++These acts of domestic terror surfaced during the last mid-term elections in 2010 and the GOP didn't combat it but encouraged it with Palinite talk of 2nd Amendment remedies. They will do the same this year to encourage an ugly electoral environment. 

++Two additions to this year's terrorism. It seems we are seeing extreme libertarian white males start to emerge. Mr. Miller, for instance, was from Indiana and was a big Ron Paul supporter. The second fact is that Cliven Bundy stimulated the old guard of the Sagebrush Rebellion with calls for a new Waco. The culmination of the Sagebrush rebellion was the Oklahoma Bombings by Timothy McVeigh.

++With the internet and people like Alex Jones egging people on,these very marginal causes have been amplified.

Sterling Banned For LIfe and the Young Won't Vote

++It could be called Magic's Revenge. Donald Sterling was banned from the NBA for life, fined $2.5 million, and will be forced to sell the Clippers--I wonder to whom.

++The ABC/Washington Post poll this morning spelled doom for the Democrats. The young won't vote like they did in 2012. Americans want Republicans in charge of Congress to check President Obama who is at his lowest approval rating at 41%.

++As a consolation prize, The Supreme Court gave the Administration a 6-2 victory,saying that the EPA can regulate cross-border pollution caused by coal burning plants. Scalia and Thomas dissented.

++David Niewert appeared on the Ring of Fire radio show to talk about the militias out at Bundy's ranch. Niewert has published great work on the extreme right in America. The residents in Bunkerville where the Bundy's live have called on local authorities to restrict the militiamen because they are mounting roadblocks and walking around town with their firearms. Yesterday, the Bundy people shooed the Oathkeepers off the land and claimed that Eric Holder has OK'd a drone attack on them. Cliven Bundy again appeared in the media to say he was like Rosa Parks.

++Meanwhile Capitol Police are investigating the threats against Harry Reid because he called Bundy and his crowd "terrorists".

++John Kerry got into trouble with his "apartheid " remark about Israel. Ted Cruz demanded he be fired. The ADL expressed his outrage. Kerry said he should have used another word--but it is used by Israeli officials about where the country is going.

++Senator Leahy is holding up aid to Egypt because of their outrageous human rights record. Bravo!

++The Smooching Congressman Vance McAllister will not run again but will serve out his term. 

++Rep. Michael Grimm stepped down from the Finance Committee but will run again in Staten Island. He was indicted on 20 counts for tax evasion,fraud,hiring illegal immigrants and obstruction of justice.

++The Treasury is paying off $78 billion of the US debt today. The previous estimate had been $40 billion. The payoff is the biggest since 2007.

++John Boehner's teabag challenger J.D.Wateregg lost his job at a Christian college because of his "elective dysfunction" ad.

++John Boehner who was "hellbent" in passing immigration, said it won't be until President Obama changes his attitude.

++Russ Limbaugh said yesterday that David Sterling was only in this trouble because he didn't donate enough to President Obama's campaign. Contrary to yesterday's right-wing meme, Sterling is a registered Republican.