https://t.co/ZiGV6RS91F pic.twitter.com/2OcoQ346eO
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 18, 2023
I think we’ve come full circle…
Christian nationalist, Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has been calling on the defunding of the FBI for months, and attacked the FBI for their imaginary, conspiracy theory-derived role during Jan 6th, now wants the FBI to investigate Ali Alexander,… pic.twitter.com/nRgZTuXVE5
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 18, 2023
Ali Alexander is one of the most ubiquitous people in MAGA. He's a protege of Roger Stone, was invited to Trump's White House, and organized a DC rally on Jan. 6.
Teens say Alexander used dangled his right-wing connections to get them to send nudes.https://t.co/738EraKPGl
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) April 17, 2023
Ali Alexander is widely suspected of selling out his fellow domestic terrorists to the Jan6 committee, so he’s an obvious early target for the 2024 GOP Death Cult circular firing squad. There’s only so many high-dollar grifters a national campaign can successfully support, after all :
… Ali Alexander has become one of the most ubiquitous figures in the MAGA movement. Trump himself reportedly requested that Alexander speak at his rally before the riot, with his appearance only quashed by a last-minute intervention from Trump’s aides. But this week, Alexander stands at the center of a scandal that raises questions about how powerful men in the far-right treat their younger acolytes…
The budding online scandal has also roiled the pro-Trump and white supremacist “America First” movement, just months after it reached new levels of notoriety after its leader, Nick Fuentes, dined with Donald Trump and rapper Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago. Now Fuentes is facing backlash from his own supporters over whether he ignored warnings that Alexander, his friend and ally, was allegedly soliciting nude pictures from young men within Fuentes’s movement.
On Friday night, Alexander—who was questioned by the House Jan. 6 Committee about his role organizing a canceled rally dubbed the “Wild Protest” outside the Capitol, which drew crowds to the building right before the riot began—issued a statement Friday offering a general apology…
Yiannopoulos started releasing video interviews and other evidence meant to prove that Alexander sexually propositioned both adult men in their 20s and at least two teenagers. Yiannopoulos, whose own career as a far-right pundit imploded in 2017 after remarks he had made downplaying the seriousness of pedophilia surfaced, claims he has more damaging videos to release about Alexander and Fuentes.
Yiannopoulos claims he’s releasing the video against Alexander because Alexander dropped Yiannopoulos’ name to entice young men. One screenshot purports to show Alexander dangling the prospect of a meeting with Yiannopoulos to a teenage boy…
Originally from Dallas, Alexander pleaded guilty to felony property theft in 2007 and felony credit card abuse in 2008. But despite his criminal background, Alexander—who was then using his legal name, Ali Akbar—managed to rise in the GOP during the online conservative backlash to the Obama administration. Leveraging his position writing for blogs with names like “Hip Hop Republican,” Alexander received funding from billionaire conservative mega-donor Robert Mercer, organized a national club for bloggers that later faced questions about how Alexander spent the money he raised, and hosted an annual party at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
By 2017, Alexander had become an ardent Trump supporter with a passion for social-media trash talk. He became a protege of MAGA figures like Roger Stone and InfoWars chief Alex Jones, and ran with a group of other young MAGA internet provocateurs, including anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer and blundering smear artist Jacob Wohl…
It’s a tight little circle, after all. (Nasty details at the link, if you want ’em.)
So Milo Yiannopoulos accuses Ali Alexander of propositioning teenage boys and asking them for explicit photos — and now Alexander has just accused Marjorie Taylor Greene of threatening him into silence about Greene committing a crime?
The knives are out on the far right.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) April 18, 2023
Jack Posobiec blocks me so I can't ask him directly about his thoughts on Ali Alexander's scandal.
Posobiec helped make the "groomer" slur go viral in smearing LGBTQ+ people in the run-up to Pride '22.
He's associated himself with Ali publicly for years. pic.twitter.com/GgRL93CI7z
— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) April 18, 2023
Bad omen for AA — Ratf*cker Roger has been running this con since before most of these jagoffs were born…
Roger suddenly doesn’t know anything about his protege Ali Alexander. pic.twitter.com/MsTFaXBQnd
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) April 19, 2023
I'd be very interested to know what Alex Jones thinks about Ali Alexander's scandal, given his friendship with him.
Jones is basically the godfather of conflating LGBTQ+ culture with pedophilia: https://t.co/8lglpeHRQh pic.twitter.com/esMDoXt8ph
— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) April 18, 2023
In response to the undeniable proof that Ali Alexander Akbar solicited nude photos from a 15 year old fan, Nick Fuentes says to give him a fucking break and calls it "flirting." He then attacks his former mentor Milo for releasing this info before comparing himself to Jesus. pic.twitter.com/poT7Pj2Pvq
— Jaden McNeil (@JadenPMcNeil) April 13, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former intern Milo Yiannopoulos has posted screenshots, etc. alleging that white nationalist Nick Fuentes knew that Ali Alexander used his America First group to groom teenage boys.
Fuentes responds claiming Milo lives at MTG’s “rented campaign house.” pic.twitter.com/VaDVQfllWu
— PatriotTakes ???? (@patriottakes) April 17, 2023
Nick Fuentes reported last night that he has spoken directly with Ali Alexander about the allegations and that Alexander will now be "bowing out of public life." https://t.co/YxiKDIdvHn pic.twitter.com/bEBGeeaW0o
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 17, 2023
Hey @jamescomer? You've already held one hearing on dick pics.
When can we expect your hearing on alleged groomer Ali Alexander?
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 17, 2023
I feel like the Ali Alexander stuff is the kind of thing everyone knew but kept quiet about so long as he appeared to remain loyal.
Don't ALL of them have dirty laundry like this? It's the cost of admission.
I also feel like the Trump-DeSantis contest will kick up some more.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 17, 2023
Feels like ‘Rooting for Injuries‘ may need to be added to the Categories list here…
Jerzy Russian
Yes, this is a root for injuries scenario, assuming the “root for them to be beamed off Earth and all evidence of them ever existing be immediately purged” option is not in the cards at the moment.
mrmoshpotato
Can the Groomers or Pedophiles party get any grosser?
(We all know the answer.)
A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)
Interesting post; thank you AL since there is no way I keep up with (or even keep track of) this disgusting group of people. I am indeed rooting for injuries since everyone involved is a POS. Ick.
Ken
The closet is such a horrible, toxic place. Especially on the right.
Danielx
Ewwww. Just…ewww.
Every time you think you’ve heard it all.
NotMax
This week, on a very special episode of Bigwig Bang theory….
AlaskaReader
If a Republican is talking about rights,
…they are only referring to their right to take yours away.
Tony Jay
Just awful, awful people. Humanoid sewer sludge with social media accounts.
And Sammy Davis Junior’s estate should totally sue that gonk for bringing his look into disrepute.
lowtechcyclist
I thought Milo had declared himself ‘ex-gay’ because of course that ups his standing in the RW world. Sounds like he’s moved on to being ex-ex-gay? Not like anyone stays ‘ex-gay’ for all that long, of course.
Manyakitty
The fish rots from the head. These people are filth inside and out.
Shalimar
@lowtechcyclist: Milo claims he has demoted his “husband” to being just a houseguest. That he is now straight. No one thinks they are legally married, as far as I can tell, and no one really believes he isn’t still gay. But it’s Milo. He’s a flamboyant narcissist who lies about everything. So, whatever.
Low Key Swagger
I absolutely love how the internet names things. Two recent that made me spit out my coffee: Ali Alexander: Scammy Davis Jr. Moms for Liberty: Klanned Karenhood.
Genius.
p.a.
Yow. Need a theater-style program for the depth of CV of these trashpeeps, and their relationships. And gloves & precaution gown to touch it.
Hildebrand
Insert the ‘I’m shocked! Shocked! Well, not that shocked.’ Gif/meme
sab
@Shalimar: Sorry for the asshole who chose to associate with Milo. We all make mistakes in life.
cain
@Tony Jay: lol I also thought he looked like Sammy Davis Jr!
WereBear
I have been waiting so long for this. Who knew there were more presents behind the tree!?
Kathleen
@Low Key Swagger: HAve you seen “Chakra Con” (Marianne Williamson)? That’s my all time favorite to date.
Lord Fartdaddy (Formerly Mumphrey, Smedley Darlington Mingobat, et al.)
The bottomless depths these people wallow in never fails to floor me. How do people end up this badly broken? None of these people have any redeeming qualities at all. None.
As an aside, I’m surprised to learn that “rooting for injuries” isn’t already a tag here.
David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch
Bizzaro Oceans 11
Kristine
@cain: my first thought as well
Kristine
@Lord Fartdaddy (Formerly Mumphrey, Smedley Darlington Mingobat, et al.):
Along with “every accusation is a confession.”
And yup, just imagining the howls if a Democratic aide or similar had been caught doing the same thing.
Tony Jay
@cain:
It can’t be an accident. The chin, the glasses, the hair, it’s the whole look. Maybe he’s going for a ‘black guy who’ll take shit from his ‘friends’ to stay part of the in-group’ vibe.
It’s also disturbing how much a smiling MTG looks like a happy and finally at peace with himself and who he really is Mike Pence.
Low Key Swagger
@Kathleen: Ha! Perfect.
Geminid
@Kathleen:
@Low Key Swagger: I can’t be certain, but I think Ragnarok Lobster came up with “Chakra Con.”
BruceFromOhio
@Tony Jay: @Manyakitty: @p.a.:
@Lord Fartdaddy (Formerly Mumphrey, Smedley Darlington Mingobat, et al.):
all of these, and thank you for writing it up so I don’t have to. Off to bathe, so much ewww in one post.
ETA: imagine for even a moment the fascist shrieking that would ensue and the tsk-tsk from our pundit class if Democrats did *any* of this.
eversor
Why can’t these fuckers stop touching kids? Why is it always, always, always, kiddy fucking with these people.
I’m a fairly horny guy and I don’t exchange nudes even with people my age cause, what? Why would you ask a kid for nudes?
Did streak in high school though, and once in the Navy, so I’m not blameless here but in my defense I was shit faced drunk and streaking is an honored tradition!
Is it unfair to just assume all these assholes are child fuckers? How is it that all the people so worried about child fucking are the ones fucking the children?
At this point I’m fairly sure somewhere there is a video of one of these idiots cornholling a chicken.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
The young GOP fascists of the future are not coming from these people. They will come from rural communities, will truly be puritanical, and will not be kind to these clowns. If they weren’t such awful people, I would almost feel sorry for them. I look forward to Ali going to jail for soliciting minors along with what I’m sure are a number of quieter fellow travellors.
Kathleen
@Geminid: I think you might be right. Pure genius.
Kathleen
@Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony: LIke, why is he not in jail? Rhetorical question.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
I haven’t run the numbers, but it appears to me that, statistically, one’s children are safer in the care of a trans person or a drag queen than a Christian church authority or a Republican lawmaker.
By several orders of magnitude.
SFAW
“Rooting for injuries”? Screw that. I’m rooting for a (very large) round-robin steel-cage death match, with all the participants having unlimited ammo (including grenades and similar).
And by “very large,” I mean large enough to contain all these groomers, all elected Rethuglicans, their media apologists, the Murdochs, Mercers, et al.
I also thought the photo of Pedobiec giving the “White Power” hand-sign, while hanging with the not-very-white Scammy Davis Jr. (thanks! Love that!) was a nice touch.
Ella in New Mexico
They’re all self imploding and all we have to do is sit back an watch, maybe get a journalist to ask a few pointed questions to keep things rolling.
As for me, I’m most eagerly waiting for the drop on MTG’s “crime”. And to see if Alexander gets a nice little visit from the FBI for solicitation of child pornography…
CliosFanBoy
@eversor:
I think it’s a power/dominance thing.
SFAW
@eversor:
They’ll say they’re “just doing (scientific) research” into all the terrible things they (falsely) claim the Demon-rats are doing.
GibberJack
“Battling SSA” … What the fuck is wrong with these people. They’re gay AF and they pretend it’s a disease, like battling cancer or alcoholism.
And it’s always projection with these disgusting fucked up people. I am convinced it’s not self-loathing. It’s cynical deception of their followers for money power and status. It’s WWF without the costumes, in that it’s all kayfabe.
And ironically and perhaps not coincidentally, there is a large overlap of trumpies and World Wrestling fans. WWE, the whole thing with bare chested men in hotpants glam costumes and exaggerated larger than life personas, is pretty damn drag queen. WWE is drag show for trumpie WWC.
GibberJack
@Ella in New Mexico: Why isn’t that dirtbag charged already? Who is protecting him?
No One You Know
@CliosFanBoy: The ongoing anxiety of needing to talk about it, make it normal. Which ain’t happening. The Party of Short Eyes is filled with people trying to control other people’s sex lives because they won’t control their own.
WaterGirl
@No One You Know: The point you are making reminds me of the Onion article about the guy who is wondering something like why do all these guys keep sucking my cock?