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Border convoy

• 痴颈肠别听听on Feb. 6 that a convoy called 鈥淕od鈥檚 Army鈥� rallied in three cities near the southern border last weekend, drawing a mix of Christian nationalists, Jan. 6 rioters, QAnon conspiracy theorists, and paramilitary groups. Demonstrators gathered to protest the U.S.-Mexico border policy of the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden. But the rhetoric went beyond immigration policy and included antigovernment conspiracies听and dehumanizing language about migrants, according to the article.听痴颈肠别听said it was the听鈥渂iggest mobilization for the fringe right in years.鈥�
• Far-right organizers have discussed organizing convoys to the border for weeks.听奥颈谤别诲听听on the organizing efforts of another convoy,听called 鈥淭ake Our Border Back,鈥� on Jan. 26. According to 奥颈谤别诲,听far-right extremists discussed heading to the Texas-Mexico border to show support for the Texas government in its ongoing standoff with the federal government over border policy.听

National Gathering of Prayer and Repentance

• House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., recently spoke at the second-annual National Gathering of Prayer and Repentance at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 31. The hate group Family Research Council听organized the event. Johnson appeared with pastor James Cahn who has claimed three ancient deities named Ba鈥檃l, Ishtar and Moloch compose 鈥渁 dark trinity鈥� of spirits in the U.S. intent on driving God from public life. The spirits want to change U.S. culture through 鈥渟exual revolution鈥� and drive parents to 鈥渟acrifice their children,鈥� Hatewatch听reported听on Jan. 31.
• Rolling Stone听then published an听听about the event on Feb. 6. The article mentions that two dozen members of Congress joined featured Christian nationalist pastors who urged fellow Christians to 鈥渢ie the hands of Satan鈥� and 鈥渂ind the demonic forces鈥� allegedly possessing America. Notable figures at the event included Pastor Ch茅 Ahn, a leader of the听New Apostolic Reformation, a conservative movement that seeks to evangelize the planet. Other speakers included the 鈥渁postle鈥� Dutch Sheets and Lou Engle, who prayed for the salvation and transformation of 100,000 LGBTQ+ Americans through divine intervention. The article describes the gathering as a as a 鈥渇ar-right counterweight to the National Prayer Breakfast, a longstanding ecumenical religious event, which was also held in Washington last week.鈥澨�Rolling Stone听said the event sheds light on the creeping influence of anti-democratic theologies among elected officials, emphasizing the alignment of some lawmakers with extremist Christian nationalist movements.

Man extradited from Sweden over suspected coverup of antisemitic fires听

• CBS News听听Monday that Sweden extradited Alexander Giannakakis, a 37-year-old man from Quincy, Massachusetts, to the U.S. to face charges related to a series of听fires at Jewish institutions听near Boston in 2019. Authorities suspect his now-deceased younger brother was responsible for the fires. Giannakakis was indicted in 2019 on several charges related to alleged obstruction of an investigation into the fires, including covering up an act of domestic terrorism.
• The younger brother was in a coma when authorities identified him as a suspect in 2020 and died later that year, the Associated Press 听in 2022. Authorities allege Giannakakis brought his younger brother鈥檚 devices and papers to Sweden, where he was living, and made false statements to police when he was questioned in 2020. He also allegedly concealed evidence implicating his brother. Giannakakis appeared at Federal court on Monday, CBS News reported.

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Above Photo: Trump supporters attend a Take Our Border Back Convoy near the Mexico-U.S. border in San Ysidro, California, on Feb. 3, 2024听(Photo by David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images)听