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House of Hair with Dee Snider Iced Earth Guitarist Going to Prison for Participation in Capitol Riot Last week, Iced Earth guitarist and producer, Jon Schaffer, was the first participant of the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 to enter a guilty plea for his part in the riot. Schaffer agreed to plead guilty to two charges: obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress and trespassing on restricted grounds of the Capitol while armed with a deadly or dangerous weapon. Prior to th...

View Comments Update: Israel Tutrow and Joshua Wagner pleaded not guilty to the federal charges against them related to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.  The Central Indiana men received their formal charges Monday in an arraignment hearing. The charges include knowingly entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct which impedes the conduct of government business, disruptive conduct in the Capitol buildings and "parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol buildings." Both...

Rocky Balboa Has Nothing on Atlanta NHRA Top Fuel Winner Antron Brown Brown ties Joe Amato for third on all-time NHRA Top Fuel class wins list. By Susan Wade JERRY FOSS NHRA/NATIONAL DRAGSTER For Antron Brown (Top Fuel), Bob Tasca III (Funny Car), and Greg Anderson (Pro Stock), their Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals victories Sunday at soon-to-be closed Atlanta Dragway were all about relationships. Brown regarded his final-round duel against fellow three-time champions and best friend ...

Plea offers for some accused Capitol rioters coming soon, prosecutors say US Capitol riots: Tracking the insurrection Replay Video UP NEXT Nearly four months into the investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection -- and following more than 440 arrests -- prosecutors are ramping up efforts to engage in plea discussions with many of those accused of joining in the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Plea offers could start going out to some accused rioters as soon as "the next couple of days," prosecutors...

Richard Barnett was released after hundreds of cases related to the January uprising continued in U.S. courts. Nancy Pelosi, a spokeswoman for House spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi, was released from the house on Monday evening after a photo was taken incorrectly on January 6. Richard Barnett, a self-proclaimed white patriot and a prominent follower of the QAnon conspiracy movement, which was released as a result of recent changes that made it more difficult to keep people in pretrial detention in the...

The man infamously photographed with his feet on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desk during the January 6 Capitol riot was released from detention on Monday afternoon. Richard Barnett, a self-proclaimed white nationalist and apparent follower of the QAnon conspiracy movement, was released due to recent changes making it more difficult to keep people in pretrial detention in the District of Columbia. Supporters of former president Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol to interrupt a joint session ...

6 hours ago Episode #538 of the Punknews Podcast is up now! In this episode Sam, Em, Hallie, and John pay tribute to the late Shock G of Digital Underground and talk about Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer becoming an informant, Jeff Rosenstock’s SKA DREAM, the new video from Pleasure Venom, Croy and the Boys’ Crass cover, Fyre Fest fallout, and the new Dictators’ track. Em’s computer betrays her and the new Big Moose Manholington video is discussed. Listen to the new episode below!

Lifetime Founding Member of the Oath Keepers Pleads Guilty to Breaching Capitol Published: 22 April 2021 22 April 2021 Washington, DC - Jon Schaffer, 53, of Columbus, Indiana, Friday admitted that he breached the Capitol on January 6, 2021, wearing a tactical vest and armed with bear repellent, and pleaded guilty to unlawfully entering the U.S. Capitol to obstruct Congress’ certification of the U.S. presidential election results. "On this 100th day since the horrific January 6 assault on...

Department lawyers have described the sprawling investigation as one of the largest in American history.

Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer is out on bail after spending nearly three months in jail. The metal guitarist quickly became one of the faces of the 2021 Capitol Riot after a photo of Schaffer made the rounds online. Schaffer has pleaded guilty to two charges (Obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress and Trespassing on restricted grounds of the Capitol while armed with a deadly or dangerous weapon) though he was originally charged with six crimes. Though Schaffer could face up to 30 years...