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Dozens of Proud Boys showed up at a Democratic Socialists of America meeting in North Carolina over the weekend in a play for relevance by an aging fascist street gang amid a right-wing backlash against socialism as the GOP braces for heavy losses in the midterm elections.

An estimated 51 members of the fascist street gang known for powering the Jan. 6 insurrection and harassing drag shows showed up at a public library in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Aug. 29, and some filed into the back of a meeting room where the Piedmont Triad chapter of the DSA was holding a membership meeting.

The Proud Boys attempted to film the meeting while community allies blocked their view with multicolored umbrellas. Though they left without physical altercation, the appearance of the members dressed in the group’s customary black and yellow colors was clearly intended to intimidate the DSA....

The Trump Justice Department left a MAGA ex-cop to face his prison sentence after he leaked intel to a Proud Boys leader, per a court filing.

According to a court brief published by Politico's Kyle Cheney, the DOJ agreed with the conviction of Shane Lamond, a former D.C. cop who leaked internal information about an investigation into Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio. Lamond told Tarrio about the Metropolitan Police Department's probe as it was unfolding, the brief detailed.

"Lamond told Tarrio about the investigation's status, MPD's internal deliberations, the FBI's involvement, that an arrest warrant was likely forthcoming, and that the warrant had been signed," the brief reads. "Lamond used Telegram to communicate with Tarrio, knowing that Telegram's encryption would make it harder for the communications to be intercepted."...

A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump agreed on Friday to dismiss the Justice Department's case against four Proud Boys tied to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but he took pains to separate the ruling from his own view of it.

Judge Timothy J. Kelly granted the government's unopposed motion to end the prosecution of Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola with prejudice, after an appeals court had already vacated their convictions. Nordean, Biggs, and Rehl had been convicted of seditious conspiracy, while Pezzola was acquitted of that charge but convicted of others. Kelly repeatedly stressed these were "serious crimes," and that the case was being wiped away "without regard for the seriousness of the conduct at issue."

He was blunt that his hands were tied. ...

A protege of longtime Donald Trump ally and controversial GOP campaign strategist Roger Stone has been arrested on drug possession charges.

Jacob Engels, 34, is a notorious figure with ties to the far-right Proud Boys group.

The arrest was flagged by Peter Schorsch of Florida Politics, who posted to X on Friday, "Blogger, @RogerJStoneJr protege @JacobEngels (although even Roger hasn't been able to put his pet on a leash lately as Engels attacks @SusieWiles47, etc.) was arrested this week in Wisconsin for meth possession."
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The Justice Department on Tuesday opted to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys leaders involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the Capitol, according to reports.

Members of the far-right group Ethan Nordean, Joseph Biggs, Zachary Rehl, and Dominic Pezzola were all convicted of crimes related to leading hundreds of their allies to the Capitol building, Politico senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney wrote on X. Their lengthy sentences were previously commuted, but not pardoned by President Donald Trump.

"In a simultaneous filing, DOJ is moving to drop similar convictions against the Oath Keepers leaders who were similarly charged/convicted," Cheney added. ...

Jan. 6 rioters, Proud Boys leaders, and Trump allies are racing to stake their claims to President Donald Trump's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, and some are already calculating exactly how much they believe they're owed.

Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for seditious conspiracy for his role in planning the Capitol attack, told Reuters he plans to apply, estimating he deserves between $2 and $5 million.

"I'm not greedy," Tarrio said. "But my life was all [expletive] up because of this."
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