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[Yosemito]

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Source: Washington Post

A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-identified white nationalist has been arrested after federal investigators uncovered a cache of weapons and ammunition in his Maryland home that authorities say he stockpiled to launch a massive domestic terror attack targeting politicians and journalists.

Christopher Paul Hasson called for “focused violence” to “establish a white homeland” and dreamed of ways to “kill almost every last person on earth,” according to court records filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland. Though court documents do not detail a specific planned date for an attack, the government said he had been amassing supplies and weapons since at least 2017, developed a spreadsheet of targets that included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and searched the Internet using phrases such as “best place in dc to see congress people” and “are supreme court justices protected.”

“The defendant intends to murder innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country,” the government said in court documents filed this week, arguing that Hasson should stay in jail awaiting trial.

Hasson, of Silver Spring, is expected to appear before a judge for a detention hearing in federal court in Greenbelt at 1 p.m. Thursday.



Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/self-proclaimed-white-nationalist-planned-mass-terror-attack-government-says-i-am-dreaming-of-a-way-to-kill-almost-every-last-person-on-earth/2019/02/20/61daf6b8-3544-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.htm

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He was trying to kill journalists.
President Trump has incited violence against journalists since he became President.

[DBoon]

1. KnR

[dhol82]

2. Link does not come up.

[Stonepounder]

8. Try this:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/self-proclaimed-white-nationalist-planned-mass-terror-attack-government-says-i-am-dreaming-of-a-way-to-kill-almost-every-last-person-on-earth/2019/02/20/61daf6b8-3544-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html

[fascisthunter]

3. The President and RW media Stochastic Terrorism

[bluestarone]

4. REALLY SCARY SHIT HERE!!!

How many more like him are out there? (RUMP loves this shit)

[Evolve Dammit]

13. More than we can imagine.

I have heard racist "jokes", hatred and abusive behavior since I was in Elementary School. In second grade a classmate showed me how to make a noose. Second fucking grade. I thought it was an interesting knot and copied it. Now, it is becoming clearer that this is a significant portion of America. Doesn't matter what state you live in, you don't have to look far. Look at Klan enrollment in your state, particularly around 1920.

The question is, are we going to stand behind, and expand as needed, "hate crime" laws and aggressive prosecution for those such as this Coast Guard lieutenant? It will be our challenge, as it is with other countries, who at this moment in history are going through the same nationalism, race purity, religious purity bullshit. It's everywhere around the globe, and people like Bannon, LePen and thousands (millions?) of others want open war and are being funded by like-mined money-vendors. This Coast Guard asshole just got caught being brazen and stupid enough to leave a slime trail.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. One view on that subject....

is that psychologists say that approximately 5 to 10% of any population group will have psychopathic genetics to some degree (many become corporate CEOs and many others are in prison).

We currently don't have ways to predict how that personality characteristic will play out, and we don't test any segment of our youth populace for that affliction. Many of them are just everyday cold assholes that never turn violent.

I'm not even comfortable in running the numbers for that estimate in the USA.......

[pwb]

5. Off to Gitmo for one of trumps fine people.

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[okaawhatever]

6. Broken link. Please fix. Thanks nt

[magicarpet]

7. Unleashing the drone soldiers of Fascism and mayhem,...

... are trDump's intentions so a second term in the Oval Office will come to fruition.

Then trDump can plunder unimaginable riches from the US Treasury and become a World Class Oligarch like his hero Putin.

[majdrfrtim]

9. He seems nice

/snark

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. A Wall will not stop DOMESTIC Terrorists

So Trump's position that a wall will stop such acts is bullshit.

[Turbineguy]

11. Another near success for Fox News,

Trump and RW Hate Radio.

Would it be impolite to wonder how many other nut jobs there are out there?

[walkingman]

12. Welcome to Trumpworld.

You would think that he would have been kicked out of the Coast Guard??

[SergeStorms]

14. Really!

Are there no psychiatric standards in our armed forces anymore? It doesn't seem like this is something that could go unnoticed by his peers.

[left-of-center2012]

15. working link here ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/self-proclaimed-white-nationalist-planned-mass-terror-attack-government-says-i-am-dreaming-of-a-way-to-kill-almost-every-last-person-on-earth/2019/02/20/61daf6b8-3544-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.ffc8bc8d327e

[BigmanPigman]

17. Similar post from Raw Story.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142270904

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/pro-russian-coast-guard-lieutenant-arrested-hit-list-liberal-senators-wanted-establish-white-homeland/

[Yonnie3]

18. Locking ...

This is a duplicate of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142270904