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House Resolution 1154 is a bipartisan statement condemning QAnon as a movement that promotes unfounded conspiracy theories and motivates domestic extremists. The resolution lists specific crimes, including a 2018 bomb plot related to Pizzagate and the murder of a crime boss, as justification for the FBI's "high confidence" assessment of the group's danger. The hosts argue the resolution is a broad brush used to discredit anyone questioning the "pizza party" or election integrity.
DOJ Memo, Domestic Violent Extremists and First Amendment Rights
Attorney General Merrick Garland instructed the DOJ and FBI to address "threats" against school boards, a move critics call "viewpoint discrimination." By labeling concerned parents as potential "domestic violent extremists" (DVEs), the government is accused of infringing upon the First Amendment right to redress grievances. This posturing is seen as an attempt to intimidate parents into silence regarding COVID-19 restrictions and racial curricula.
The HBO documentary "The Newburgh Sting" examines the 2009 conviction of four men in Newburgh, New York, for a terror plot that critics claim was entirely manufactured by the FBI. The discussion transitions into modern labels like "Domestic Violent Extremist" (DVE), which the hosts suggest is a coded term for white nationalists. They also discuss the emerging categorization of "medical extremists" or "anti-vaxxers," arguing that the government uses these labels to marginalize those who rely on natural immunity or refuse specific medical mandates.
A throwback to episode 31 examines an FBI report on "Black Identity Extremists." The hosts argue that the same tactics used to label and infiltrate Black movements are now being applied to the MAGA movement. They discuss "gang-stalking" and the use of provocateurs to justify government crackdowns on any group that challenges the status quo.
The discussion introduces the term Black Identity Extremist (BIE), which originated in a leaked 2017 FBI document. The bureau classified the movement as a domestic terror threat, claiming the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, triggered retaliatory violence against police officers.
