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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:48 PM Mar 2016

Right-Wing Terrorist Planned To Overthrow West Virginia Government With Violent Coup

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/03/18/right-wing-terrorist-planned-to-overthrow-west-virginia-government-with-violent-coup/

In a plot that would have made the Bundy standoff in Oregon look like a schoolyard brawl in comparison, right-wing extremist Thomas David Deegan called for seizing the West Virginia state government by force and then executing several state leaders after a kangaroo court hearing presided over by so-called sovereign citizens.

Deegan was busted after the conference call he made calling for right-wing extremists to launch a violent armed attack on the state capitol building was acquired by law enforcement. After listening to the recordings, it only took the jury an hour to come back with a guilty verdict.

“We are at war,” Deegan said during one call. “The more that come to Charleston, the less (likelihood) for bloodshed. If you see the police coming and pulling up in a vehicle, I suggest you shoot them.”

Again, this is the extremism that the Republican Party has built. They have literally been validating, excusing, and glorifying conservative extremism for decades. And now they have even invited extremists to become part of the mainstream which is why Donald Trump is about to win the GOP presidential nomination and why we see violence at his rallies on a consistent basis.


Gosh, I'm sure this will be all over the evening news!
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Right-Wing Terrorist Planned To Overthrow West Virginia Government With Violent Coup (Original Post) KamaAina Mar 2016 OP
M$M will air it if they think they can make some $$$$$$'s off it. n/t RKP5637 Mar 2016 #1
Geez…we've been warning about this at DU since its early years. blm Mar 2016 #2
They exist in a subculture that has its own history and facts. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #4
Several years ago, the director of one of the too many "security agencies,' pangaia Mar 2016 #3
You are correct - asiliveandbreathe Mar 2016 #5
You can have her back KamaAina Mar 2016 #12
I do have respect for long time DUers - asiliveandbreathe Mar 2016 #13
Think it was the FBI, which was shouted down by the right salin Mar 2016 #6
And when GOP Congress found out they buried the issue under as much paperwork as they could. Rex Mar 2016 #7
Holy shit. Odin2005 Mar 2016 #8
It's our fault, too. Some here at DU are navel-gazing while REAL SHIT like this blm Mar 2016 #11
Jury convicts Deegan on terror threats struggle4progress Mar 2016 #9
Right wing hate Radio yuiyoshida Mar 2016 #10
Good thing we have all those prisons to hold all these creeps. Baitball Blogger Mar 2016 #14
Jeez, I live in WV and haven't heard of this... a la izquierda Mar 2016 #15
Couldn't be any worse than the current state government dlwickham Mar 2016 #16
We are all Deegan jpak Mar 2016 #17
K & R Scurrilous Mar 2016 #18

blm

(112,919 posts)
2. Geez…we've been warning about this at DU since its early years.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 07:56 PM
Mar 2016

These nuts are getting tired of all their prophecies not coming true…so they will FORCE fulfillment.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
3. Several years ago, the director of one of the too many "security agencies,'
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 08:16 PM
Mar 2016

CIA, FBI, NSA..I forget which one, said the greatest danger of terrorism in the US came from home grown right-wing nutballs (not her term, of course) and not from foreigners...

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
12. You can have her back
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 01:07 PM
Mar 2016

she has spent her entire time as head of the UC system agitating for tuition hikes. Good thing Gov. Brown has the students' back!

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
13. I do have respect for long time DUers -
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 01:35 PM
Mar 2016

- I may not comment often - but I do like to research issues...we cannot tell you how badly AZ is politically challenged since Napolitano has moved on -

I understand your concern re Tuition hikes..we have this problem here - in fact, not only tuition hikes but now a threat of withholding revenue to cities from the state legislature if the cities do not tow the line, and enact rules of their own..ie: gun regulations..this would not have and did not happen under Napolitano...

Here is some food for thought - re tuition hikes UC -

https://ucrtoday.ucr.edu/28381

President Napolitano Addresses Myths About UC

Napolitano Asks Riverside Business Leadership to Support State Budget Augmentation for Higher Education

By James Grant on April 9, 2015


Addressing the myth of who foots the bill for the UC student body, Napolitano noted that UC is now home to more than 235,000 students, and that nearly 90 percent of the undergraduates in the system are from California.

Moreover, she said, “Fifty-five percent of our California resident undergraduates pay no tuition at all,” thanks to the UC Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan, which provides full coverage of tuition for families who earn $80,000 or less in annual income.

Napolitano also dispelled myths about UC’s budget. She noted that about 75 percent of the annual $26.7 billion budget is accounted for by restricted private donations, federal research project funding, and medical center revenue — leaving a core operating budget of about $6.9 billion.

This base, she said, is comprised primarily of only two variables — state appropriations and tuition.

When the state slashed $1 billion from the university’s budget during the recession, that cut was a huge, impactful one. It reduced by a third the state’s contribution to our core budget,” said Napolitano.

“Put another way, the state now provides the exact amount of dollars to UC as it did in 1997. Meanwhile, UC has enrolled 75,000 additional students — the equivalent of adding three more UC Riverside campuses.”

Last November, the UC Regents approved a five-year funding plan that authorizes the university to increase tuition by as much as 5 percent annually beginning in fall if the state cannot provide an additional $100 million annually.to the article, interesting information regarding research done at UC for the betterment of all....

My alma mater - in state college tuition and fees are a hell of a lot more today than back in 1965...

My question, what would you have her do?

When States hold back revenue to cities, towns, Colleges, we end up with a Detroit or Flint MI

Be well Kama, I enjoy your posts....

salin

(48,954 posts)
6. Think it was the FBI, which was shouted down by the right
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 09:51 PM
Mar 2016

as having bias, and (with no evidence) claims that it was trumped up and political - denying that there was any real threat.

And the media attention to the report was brief - and it barely penetrated the conscience of the main stream.

Didn't matter that there was small blip story after story of disrupted "plot" like this one.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
7. And when GOP Congress found out they buried the issue under as much paperwork as they could.
Sat Mar 19, 2016, 10:02 PM
Mar 2016

Republicans sure do have a lot to answer for.

blm

(112,919 posts)
11. It's our fault, too. Some here at DU are navel-gazing while REAL SHIT like this
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 12:46 PM
Mar 2016

is happening and poses a greater danger to us on a local level as well as a nation.

struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
9. Jury convicts Deegan on terror threats
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 09:53 AM
Mar 2016

March 19, 2016
By JEFFREY SAULTON
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

PARKERSBURG - After about an hour of deliberations on Friday, the Wood County Circuit Court jury in the Thomas David Deegan trial returned a verdict of guilty on a charge of making terroristic threats.

In September 2015, Deegan, 39, was arrested after authorities were alerted to his participation in a conference call on Sept. 14, 2015. In that call he and a number of others discussed overthrowing the West Virginia government and using it as a base to overthrow the United States government, officials said ...

... the court also found Deegan to be in violation of the terms of his home confinement ...


http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/624240/Jury-convicts-Deegan-on-terror-threats.html?nav=5061

yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
10. Right wing hate Radio
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 10:20 AM
Mar 2016

Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and of course Fox News, all in the kettle, that started to boil over.

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