Tag: death threat

Congressman Al Green (image courtesy Green's Twitter)

Pro-Trump Thugs Want Dem Congressman Lynched For Saying The I-Word (VIDEOS/AUDIO)

To hear the most diehard supporters of Donald Trump talk, you would think that there was an 11th commandment added to the Bible--"Thou shalt...
Heidi Hemmat holding one of her last Emmys (image courtesy Hemmat's Facebook)

This Journalist Was Forced To Resign After Station Failed To Protect...

Back in August, Heidi Hemmat, the longtime consumer and business fraud reporter at KDVR, Denver's Fox affiliate, abruptly disappeared from the air. Well, on...

Rope. Tree. Journalist. This Is Your Brain On Trump.

At a Minnesota rally for Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump a man proudly wore a T-shirt that called for the lynching of journalists. “Rope. Tree....
Image courtesy Dan Bodricks, The Baltimore Sun

Deplorable Bumper Sticker In Baltimore: ‘Kill The B***h Of Benghazi’

You expect to drive behind someone with at least one tone-deaf bumper sticker on his or her car, or see one in the parking...
Donald Trump on the campaign trail in May, with Al Baldasaro at left (screenshot courtesy WMUR-TV)

Trump Campaign Is Still ‘Grateful’ For Support Of Guy Who Threatened...

For most of us, when someone makes a death threat--even if it's someone you absolutely loathe--it's not something for which we should be grateful....
Screenshot of Folk's tweet from his since-private Twitter account

WV Republican Delegate: I Didn’t Mean To Call For Hillary To...

A Republican state delegate from West Virginia briefly became the talk of the political world when he called for Hillary Clinton to be tried...
Angel Dillard in "What's the Matter With Kansas?" (screengrab from movie's Vimeo feed)

Lawsuit Alleges Forced-Birth Nutcase Made Death Threat Against Doctor (WITH VIDEO)

Back in 2011, one of Kansas' most ardent abortion opponents sent a graphic letter to a Wichita doctor warning her not to start offering abortion...
Larry Pratt speaking in Reno, Nevada (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)

Did This Gun Nut Make A Death Threat Against Obama’s SCOTUS...

President Obama caused a lot of right-wing heads to explode when he nominated Merrick Garland to take the seat of Antonin Scalia on the...

Is Fantasy Football Becoming A Deadly Game?

When Giants running back Brandon Jacobs received a death threat via Twitter from a disgruntled Fantasy Football owner, it brought the hobby some rather...