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Editorial, National

Insurrection update for February 21, 2021

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From Malcontentment Happy Hour, February 18, 2021

A summary of events from February 15 to February 18, 2021

The fallout from the January 6, 2021, Insurrection continues

  • Former social media icon Donald Trump and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell are at war for the soul of the Republican Party
  • Six U.S. Capitol police officers are suspended with pay and another 29 under investigation for aiding insurrections on January 6
  • Leo Bozell IV, son of the founder of NewsBusters, was arrested for his participation in the insurrection
  • Johnathan Mellis aka Cowboy Screech is angry Antifa is getting credit for the insurrection and he wants the world to know it was Trump supporters who did it
  • Eric Munchel and his mother Lisa Eisenhart are refused bail
  • John Sullivan aka Jayden X is allowed to continue to use Facebook, Twitter, and encrypted communications software by a D.C. judge

Local

New details in Mount Vernon political sign murder emerge

[MOUNT VERNON] – (MTN) A Skagit County judge reduced bail for Angela Conjin, 55, to $250,000 in a hearing on Wednesday, as new details emerge about the events that left 32-years old Kamran Cohee dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

Cohee’s boyfriend, Joshua Tyron said that he and Cohee were out for a day of sledding, and stopped to lower the air pressure in the tires of his truck before driving further on the snow-covered road, according to KING 5 of Seattle. He admits to seeing the Loren Culp sign in the yard and removing it.

John Conjin, the spouse of Angela emerged from the home and he and Tyron got into a physical fight. Both parties provided different stories of how the physical fight started and what happened during it, but both parties are consistent in the actions committed by Ms. Conjin. After the fight had ended and both Cohee and Tyron were at their truck, Conjin emerged from her home with a gun firing several shots, striking Cohee in the head, killing her. Both sides stated that Cohee wasn’t involved in the theft of the sign or the earlier fight between the two men.

John Conjin has been charged with fourth-degree assault for his actions on Saturday. Tyron has not been charged, but prosecutors have not ruled out potential charges for him. Prosecutors have charged Anglea Conjin with second-degree murder using a magistrate warrant, which provides prosecutors 30 days to process formal charges. During her bail hearing, Brett Purtzer, Conjin’s attorney, argued this was a self-defense case. Prosecutors countered that by reports from all parties the fight was over and Cohee wasn’t involved in the altercation when Angela shot the 32-year-old woman.

Ms. Conjin was able to post bail and is out of jail. As part of her bail conditions, she had to surrender all firearms and ammunition in her home.

Editorial, National

Insurrection update – pre-impeachment edition

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From Malcontentment Happy Hour, February 1, 2021

A summary of events from January 29 to February 1, 2021

The fallout from the January 6, 2021, Insurrection continues

  • Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Facebook post about the 2018 California wildfires being started by the Rothchilds who funded Jewish space lasers comes to light
  • Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is interviewed by British neo-Nazi Katie Hopkins on January 7, 2021
  • Donald Trump’s entire legal team quits over the weekend after differences emerged on strategy and payments
  • Donald Trump to now be represented by David Schoen and Bruce Castor Jr, lawyers who both have questionable pasts with their legal connections to sex offenders
  • Portland streamer “Behind Enemy Lines” outs one of his moderators in an interview where “Ryan” discusses entering the Capitol during the insurrection
  • L Lin Wood has been asked to take a mental health evaluation by the state of Georgia as disbarment continues
  • Brian Williams played a “fake” news segment mocking the meeting of former President Donald Trump and House minority leader Kevin McCarthy
  • State GOPQ Representative Shawnna Bolick of Arizona introduced legislation that would enable the legislature of Arizona to reject the vote of the Arizona people
  • Michael Flynn is trying to cash in on the QAnon money ramping up his own website Digital Soldiers and selling Q merch
  • Open Secrets has connected the dots on campaign contributions and donations to January 6, 2021, insurrection, listing the people and agencies involved
  • Nebraska Catholic priest Rev. David Fulton did an exorcism outside the Capitol during the insurrection and is facing backlash
  • John Revlett of Island, Kentucky, and a fourth-place winner in a “sexy farmer” contest was arrested for his involvement in the insurrection after outing himself on Snapchat
  • Couy Giffin of New Mexico (also reported as from Texas) and the founder of Cowboys for Trump was arrested for his involvement in the insurrection and has been placed into solitary confinement for his actions after his arrest
Editorial, National

Insurrection update for January 25, 2021

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From Malcontentment Happy Hour, January 25, 2021

A summary of events from January 22 to January 25, 2021

The fallout from the January 6, 2021 Insurrection continues

  • Kentucky Senator Rand Paul clashes with George Stephanopolous of ABC News in a disastrous interview
  • Mitch McConnell is still struggling to hold power in the Senate
  • Impeachment paperwork submitted to the U.S. Senate and a trial date is set for February 8, 2021
  • Rudy Guiliani is the latest person to be sued by Dominion Voting Systems
  • A scrape of Parler videos and images identified over 6,000 unique faces of people in or adjacent to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and those pictures have been made public
  • The Department of Justice is worried about court capacity and is considering not charging some who committed more minor offenses on January 6, 2021
  • The Wall Street Journal first reported that then-President Trump considered firing acting Attorney General Rosen, and replacing him with a loyalist who would overturn Georgia election results on Presidential direction
  • Andrew Ericson of Oaklahoma arrested after Snapchat videos revealed his involvement
  • Scott Fairlamb a New Jersey gym owner arrested * Dustin Thompson of Ohio arrested after stealing a coatrack and was found by police waiting for his rideshare to pick him up
  • Kevin Strong of California was arrested after being identified by his coworkers at the FAA, during his interview, he told the FBI he had “Q” clearance
  • Bradley Weeks of Florida was arrested after recording himself and posting it on social
  • Nolan Cooke of Texas was arrested after posting on TikTok telling a woman in part, “I wouldn’t want anyone other than you with me to take on the revolution”
  • Henry Hank Muntzer of Montana was arrested after outing himself in a social media video
  • Patrick Stedman of New Jersey is a self-identified dating and relationship strategist who still lives with his parents was arrested after outing himself on social media
  • Brandon Straka of Nebraska is the founder of the WalkAway campaign and was arrested after outing himself on social media
  • Stephanie Hazelton of New Jersey, aka Ayla Wolf, and a candidate to be the Q Shaman “Dances with Traitors” spouse, was arrested after video showed her yelling for “more men” and “keep pushing” — oh my
  • Marissa Suarez of New Jersey was arrested, she is a correctional officer since 2019
Editorial, National

Insurrection update for January 21, 2021

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From Malcontentment Happy Hour, January 21, 2021

A summary of events from January 18 to January 21, 2021

The fallout from the January 6, 2021 Insurrection continues

  • Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene says she has filed impeachment papers against President Joe Biden
  • Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is under increasing fire to resign after it is discovered she is a Parkland truther, Sandy Hook truther, and 9/11 denier
  • Rep Lauren Boebert facing increasing calls for investigation into her actions during the 1/6 insurrection
  • Guy Refitt of Texas arrested – threatened his own children
  • Joe Biggs of the Proud Boys arrested
  • William Calhoun, a lawyer from Georgia arrested
  • Patrick Edward McCaughey arrested for assaulting a Capitol police officer
  • Christopher Kelly from New York arrested
  • Samuel Camargo arrested on four charges, he questioned the FBI agents loyalty to the country, was reported to belligerent in his interview, and then posted on social media he thought it “went well”
  • Samuel Fisher arrested
  • Karl Dresch of Michigan arrested
  • Jesus Rivera of Florida filmed himself storming the Capitol and posted it on social
  • Joseph Foy of Michigan was accused of attacking police officers with a hockey stick and is arrested
  • Emanuel Jackson was filmed attacking police officers with a metal baseball bat and has been arrested
  • Gina Bisignano was filmed in the Capitol wearing a Louis Vuitton sweater and was part of the crowd attacking a police officer
  • Robert Gieswein of Oath Keepers was arrested for assaulting police officers with bear mace and a baseball bat
  • Nicholas Moncada a 20-year old fashion student from New York who took selfies outside of Nancy Pelosi’s office
  • Jenna Ryan of Texas didn’t get her Trump pardon as she hoped
  • South Carolina attorney Butch Bowers agrees to defend Donald Trump in an impeachment trial
  • Schumer and McConnell are working on the procedure for impeachment hearing – McConnell in the minority leader role
  • No date for an impeachment hearing has been set but McConnell is trying to delay the hearing
  • Tam Dinh Pham, Houston Police Officer (now resigned), arrested for participation in the insurrection
  • Thomas Fee, retired New York firefighter arrested after sending selfies in Capitol to a relative of his girlfriend
  • 1 in 5 people arrested so far are previous military or previous police officers
Editorial, National

Insurrection update for January 18, 2021

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From Malcontentment Happy Hour, January 18, 2021

A summary of events from January 15 to January 18, 2021

The Seattle Police Department has been rocked by multiple findings of misconduct, use of force violations, and ongoing investigations in the first two weeks of January:

  • Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene is suspended by Twitter on Sunday
  • Rep Lauren Boebert is facing calls for her resignation, accusations of aiding insurrections, accusations her mother participated in the insurrection, including Rep Steve Cohen stating she saw Boebert providing a tour
  • More than 125 people arrested and 270 open cases
  • Arrested – Jenny Cudd
  • Arrested – Derrik Evans
  • Arrested – Tim Gionet aka Baked Alaska
  • Arrested – Jack Jesse Griffith aka Juan Bibiano
  • Arrested – Emily Hernandez
  • Arrested – Jenna Ryan
  • Arrested – Ryan Sanford
  • Arrested – Timothy L Hale-Cusanelli
  • Arrested – Daniel A. Baker
  • Arrested – Lisa Eisenhart
  • Arrested – Eric Muchel
  • Impeachment trial could start as early as 1/20/21
  • President Donald Trump has not identified a legal team and has positioned no defense
  • Rudy Giuliani and the Trump team go back and forth over the weekend on his role
  • Kamala Harris resigns from Senate
  • Alex Padilla (D-CA) will be appointed to Harris’ seat, becoming the first Latino senator from California
  • John Ossoff to be sworn in as Senator
  • HHS Secretary Alex Azar resigns and in scathing letter blames Trump for “tarnishing his legacy”
  • American Thinker issues a full retraction about Dominion Voting Systems stating their story had “no basis in fact”
  • Michael J. Lindell could be facing a lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems
  • Two Rocky Mount, Virginia police officers arrested over insurrection participation
Uncategorized

Thurston County prosecutor refuses to charge Forest Machala

Thurston County prosecutor has elected not to charge Forest Machala with assault in the first degree or any other felony. On December 5, 2020, Machala was arrested for shooting a Black 20-year old counterprotester while attending a “stop the steal” anti-mask protest in Olympia. Washington State Police decided there was sufficient evidence to support the assault in the first degree charge, the equivalent of attempted murder in Washington state, based on eyewitness accounts, testimony of the victim, and video in the area.

The prosecutor’s actions send the charges back to the Washington State Patrol to request more evidence to support the charge. Machala was released on $50,000 bail shortly after being arrested. He has been staying in Bellingham as part of the conditions of his release. Prosecutors also dropped the restraining order between Machala and the shooting victim, and Machala can begin the process to have his guns returned to him.

The city prosecutor’s office in Olympia is closed for Christmas, so no comment is available on whether the city will pursue misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor charges against Machala. Stephen Kurtz was also arrested on December 5 for gross misdemeanor assault and failure to disperse. He was charged by the city of Olympia and is out on $1000 bail. In the Kurtz case, multiple journalists caught him brandishing a handgun, which police also witnessed.

BIPOC, Local

Chris Guenzler arraigned on first-degree assault charges

[OLYMPIA] (Malcontent News) – Chris Guenzler was arraigned today in Thurston County superior court on assault, first-degree while armed with a deadly weapon. Guenzler entered a plea of not guilty through attorney Angela Colaitua. Judge Carol Murphy kept bail at $50,000 for the single charge.

On December 5, 2020, Guenzler attended an anti-mask and “stop the steal” protest in Olympia, Washington, which turned violent. During a brawl between protesters and counter-protesters, protesters fired paintball guns, deployed bear mace, and struck people with flagpoles. During this incident, Guenzler drew a pistol and fired a single shot into the crowd, grazing a person. Protesters from both sides made an audible gasp, while others hid behind cars.

Guenzler’s social media footprint shows strong alignment to the Trump campaign and far-right organizations. He is a graduate of Port Orchard High School, and according to his social media profile, he attended Kitsap High School for some time. His profile shows an affinity to sexualized content, guns, Trump, and white supremacy.

The next court date is January 6, 2021, with a trial date of February 16, 2020.

BIPOC, Editorial, Health and Lifestyle, LGBTQIA, Local, National

Malcontentment Happy Hour: December 10, 2020

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Our live webcast from the Seattle Anarchist Jurisdiction

  • Red House protest in Portland is working, $198K raised and developer offering to sell house back
  • Mitch McConnell refuses to move any compromise stimulus package to provide national COVID relief
  • Political violence continues to grow in the United States over the election and wearing masks
  • Casey Goodson killed by police, feds are now investigating
  • Interview with Nikayla Rice, her work with BLM, and the importance of self-care
  • ICU capacity is reaching its limits across Washington and the United States
Editorial, Local, National

Far-right extremist violence increases as reality of election comes into view

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From Malcontentment Happy Hour, December 7, 2020

Violence for far-right extremists is increasing

As the reality of the 2020 election results start to solidify, violence from far-right extremists is increasing across the country including a police officer run over by anti-masker in New York and a shooting in Olympia, Washington.