Mike Vanderboegh

GOP 'Sons-A-Bitches' Going Soft On Gunwalking, Says Blogger Who Broke 'Fast And Furious'

Ryan J. Reilly | February 3, 2012, 6:27AM

Mike Vanderboegh is drinking Diet Mountain Dew in the cafeteria of the Rayburn building on Capitol Hill, and he is pissed.

Not because his flight from Alabama was almost "as bumpy as [his] first marriage," nor because he almost got into a physical altercation with an "idiot street urban adventurer" outside the National Archives who said Vanderboegh looked like Newt Gingrich.

The former militia man turned gun rights blogger is angry because he thinks the Republican "sons-a-bitches" on the House Oversight Committee put on the "ultimate display of public limp dickery" during a Thursday hearing in which Attorney General Eric Holder testified about ATF's botched Operation Fast and Furious.

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Topics: ATF, Eric Holder, Fast And Furious, Mike Vanderboegh

Militia movement

Fringe Militia Member Accused In Ricin Plot Called Right-Wing Blogger's Novel 'Far From Fantasy'

Ryan J. Reilly | November 4, 2011, 6:00AM

One of the elderly 'fringe militia' members arrested on Tuesday for allegedly plotting a ricin attack against U.S. citizens and federal employees was a frequent commenter on a right-wing blog and thought a novel written by the blogger that allegedly inspired his plot was likely to come true.

Former Alabama militia member turned "Sipsey Street Irregulars" blogger Mike Vanderboegh said in a post that he never corresponded with 73-year-old Frederick Thomas, the man the feds considered the ringleader of the group. But he did say he believed "Ahab" was Thomas' screen name that he used to leave comments on the website.

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Topics: ATF, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, Fast And Furious, Georgia, Mike Vanderboegh, Militia Movement, Militia movement, Militias

Health Care Reform

Vandals Attack Dem Offices Nationwide

Justin Elliott | March 23, 2010, 1:00PM

Vandals smashed doors and windows at five Democratic offices around the country in the days surrounding the landmark House health care vote Sunday night, and a right-wing blogger in Alabama is taking credit for starting a so-called "window war."

Here are the reports we've seen from around the country on the mini-epidemic of brick-throwing:

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Topics: Gabrielle Giffords, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Louise Slaughter, Mike Vanderboegh, Monroe County Democratic Committee, Sedgwick County Democratic Party, Sipsey Street Irregulars