Anthime Joseph "Tim" Gionet (born ),
more commonly known as Baked Alaska, is an American
far-right media personality
who gained notoriety through his advocacy on behalf of
alt-right and
white supremacist
White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White s ...
ideology.
He has also used the alias Tim Treadstone.
Prior to his 2016 transformation into an alt-right activist, Gionet was initially a rapper and Internet
prankster. He later worked as a commentator for ''
BuzzFeed'', where he supported
libertarian and
progressive political positions and marched in support of
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police br ...
.
In 2016, Gionet turned to the politics of
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
and the alt-right in what he described as a rejection of "
political correctness".
By 2017, Gionet's political views had
radicalized; that year, he began to use his social media platform and
Internet activism
Internet activism is the use of electronic communication technologies such as social media, e-mail, and podcasts for various forms of activism to enable faster and more effective communication by citizen movements, the delivery of particular inf ...
to promote racist and antisemitic ideologies. He also played a role in the 2017 white supremacist
Unite the Right rally
The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Marchers included members of the alt-right, neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, ...
in Charlottesville, Virginia.
At the beginning of 2019, Gionet claimed to have abandoned the alt-right and released videos in which he denounced the alt-right and
meme culture as sources of terrorism and violence. As part of an attempt to rebrand himself, he gave a series of interviews condemning the alt-right and expressed plans to establish a non-profit organization in order to
teach anti-racism to white supremacists. However, in November of the same year, Gionet reverted to his earlier politics, professing far-right ideology and collaborating with the white nationalist
Groyper movement.
He then began to earn notoriety for his
livestreams
Livestreaming is streaming media simultaneously recorded and broadcast in real-time over the internet. It is often referred to simply as streaming. Non-live media such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos are technically streamed, but ...
, in which he would antagonize or harass bystanders, resulting in an
assault charge in December 2020.
Originally known as an
Extremely Online personality, Baked Alaska was gradually
banned from most mainstream social media platforms.
In January 2021, Gionet livestreamed the
U.S. Capitol building breach by a pro-Trump mob, which was found to be a violation of his release.
It was later reported that Gionet's footage was used by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...
(FBI) to identify other tresspassers.
Gionet was later arrested by federal agents that month in connection with his activities at the Capitol.
, Gionet remains out of custody and has continued livestreaming while facing federal charges.
On January 10, 2023, Gionet was sentenced to 60 days in jail.
Early life and education
Gionet was born in
Anchorage, Alaska, to a family of eight. His father is a pharmacist and his mother is a nurse. Both his parents are devout
Christians
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who operate a non-profit organization aimed at promoting Christianity and providing medical supplies to orphanages in eastern
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
. During his formative years, Gionet was actively involved in his parents' charity and went to Russia with them numerous times. Five of his siblings were adopted from Russia.
As an adolescent, Gionet spent a year and a half in the Russian city of
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ( rus, Петропавловск-Камчатский, a=Петропавловск-Камчатский.ogg, p=pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj) is a city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultu ...
. He later said that part of his "chaotic nature" may have stemmed from this experience.
In 2006, Gionet left Alaska for
Los Angeles
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and attended
Azusa Pacific University,
where he graduated with a
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
in
marketing
Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...
.
Early career
While working at
Warner Records
Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the ...
, Gionet was a social media and marketing intern for
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour was a traveling rock tour that toured the United States plus three or four stops in Canada annually each summer from 1995 until 2019. It was the largest traveling music festival in the United States and the longest-running touri ...
.
Kevin Lyman
Kevin Lyman is the founder and operator of thKevin Lyman Group formerly known as 4Fini, Inc., a live event production company and brand strategy firm. His most notable live production is the live music festival series Vans Warped Tour, which attrac ...
gave him the nickname "Alaska" in reference to where he grew up. In order to make it more "unique", Gionet changed the nickname to "Baked Alaska", a
reference
Reference is a relationship between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object. The first object in this relation is said to ''refer to'' the second object. It is called a '' name'' ...
to him being a
marijuana user at the time and a play on the
dessert of the same name.
Rap and Internet pranks
In 2011, Gionet worked for
Capitol Records for a short time, before pursuing his own career in
rap music with a "wild,
redneck
''Redneck'' is a derogatory term chiefly, but not exclusively, applied to white Americans perceived to be crass and unsophisticated, closely associated with rural whites of the Southern United States.Harold Wentworth, and Stuart Berg Flexner, ' ...
, kick-ass" persona. He kept his nickname Baked Alaska as a
stage name.
His rap songs used a satirical tone
and traded on his Alaskan roots, with titles like "I Live on Glaciers"
or "I Climb Mountains".
In 2013, the ''
Anchorage Daily News
The ''Anchorage Daily News'' is a daily newspaper published by the Binkley Co., and based in Anchorage, Alaska. It is the most widely read newspaper and news website (adn.com) in the state of Alaska.
The newspaper is headquartered in Anchorag ...
'' published a profile of Baked Alaska, describing him as a "comedy/music video artist".
Gionet also posted many humorous videos on
Vine
A vine (Latin ''vīnea'' "grapevine", "vineyard", from ''vīnum'' "wine") is any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent (that is, climbing) stems, lianas or runners. The word ''vine'' can also refer to such stems or runners themsel ...
where he became known as a
prankster, achieving some online popularity. A video of him pouring a gallon of milk on his face attracted several millions of views.
He called himself at the time a "cross between
Weird Al
Weird derives from the Anglo-Saxon word Wyrd, meaning fate or destiny. In modern English it has acquired the meaning of “strange or uncanny”. It may also refer to:
Places
* Weird Lake, a lake in Minnesota, U.S.
People
*"Weird Al" Yankovic ...
,
Lonely Island
The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio, formed by Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, and Jorma Taccone in Berkeley, California, in 2001. They have written for and starred in the American TV program '' Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'').
The thr ...
,
Borat
''Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'' ( Kazakh / Russian: ''Борат'') (also stylized as ''BORДT'', or simply ''Borat'') is a 2006 mockumentary black comedy film directed by Larry Charle ...
and
Jackass".
Gionet attempted to promote his rap career by producing several professionally-made videos, which failed to become
viral. While in Los Angeles, he was also involved in the party scene and had issues with drugs and alcohol, leading him to seek professional help to get sober. Unhappy with his life in Los Angeles and the lack of progress of his musical career, Gionet was planning to return to Alaska when his social media skills and popularity on Vine led him to be hired by ''
BuzzFeed''.
Employment with BuzzFeed
From 2015 to 2016, Gionet worked for ''BuzzFeed'' as a
social media strategist, and later commentator. He first managed ''BuzzFeeds Vine account, then took over one of its
Twitter
Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...
accounts.
As he had done during his rap career, Gionet was protective of his real name while he worked at ''BuzzFeed''; most of his colleagues knew him only as "Alaska" and some of his employers believed his family name was "Treadstone", after another of his aliases.
At the time he identified politically as a
libertarian, supporting
Rand Paul's White House bid and the
legalization of marijuana
The legality of cannabis for medical and recreational use varies by country, in terms of its possession, distribution, and cultivation, and (in regards to medical) how it can be consumed and what medical conditions it can be used for. These ...
, and participating in
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police br ...
street demonstrations.
For a time, he kept a
Bernie Sanders poster at his desk, but later started wearing
MAGA
Maga or MAGA may refer to:
MAGA
* Make America Great Again, a political slogan famously used by Donald Trump
* Museo MAGA, a modern-art museum in Gallarate, Italy
* ''maga'', the logo of the Cornish Language Partnership, an organisation promot ...
hats around the office.
Gionet claims to have left ''BuzzFeed'' and turned to the politics of
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
and the alt-right in rejection of "
political correctness". He commented in 2017, "''BuzzFeed'' turned me into a monster".
After leaving ''BuzzFeed'' in 2016, Gionet traveled as
Milo Yiannopoulos' ''Dangerous Faggot'' Tour manager. He later stopped working for Yiannopoulos, who reportedly found his views too extreme.
Politics
In May 2016, Gionet was introduced to then-candidate Donald Trump, and Trump signed Gionet's arm next to where he had Trump's face tattooed.
Later that month, Gionet released the song "MAGA Anthem", which featured pro-Trump lyrics and amassed more than 100,000 views on
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...
.
Mike Cernovich
Michael Cernovich (born November 17, 1977) is an American right-wing social media personality, political commentator, and conspiracy theorist. Though he initially called himself alt-right, he dissociated from the movement after Richard Spence ...
then hired Gionet to work on a project dedicated to gathering Trump supporters.
Following the
2016 presidential election
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January
*7 January: Kiri ...
, Gionet continued his pro-Trump activism, delivering speeches and participating in multiple rallies.
Gionet was also known for spearheading the #DumpKelloggs and #TrumpCup
hashtag campaigns.
#TrumpCup was a Twitter trend in November 2016; following allegations that a
Starbucks employee refused to write "Trump" on a cup, Gionet began a campaign instructing patrons to claim their name was "Trump", forcing baristas to write it. The
hashtag trended with more than 27,000 tweets in the span of two days. #DumpKelloggs was an attempted boycott in response to
Kellogg pulling ads from
''Breitbart''.
In late 2016, conflict arose between Cernovich and Gionet when Gionet made
antisemitic remarks on Twitter, claiming the media was "run in majority by Jewish people". Gionet was disinvited from
DeploraBall, an unofficial
inaugural ball
United States presidential inaugural balls are large social gatherings, both white tie and black tie, held to celebrate the commencement of a new term of the President of the United States. Planned and sanctioned by the Presidential Inaugura ...
for the alt-right. Gionet later mended his relationship with Cernovich, saying that he had been "heated" when he made those posts, and that he had misspoken.
In February 2017, Gionet called for a boycott of
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fi ...
in response to the announcement of ''
Dear White People
''Dear White People'' is a 2014 American satirical dark comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by Justin Simien. The film focuses on escalating racial tensions at a fictitious, prestigious Ivy League college from the perspective of ...
''. He claimed that the show was "
anti-white" and promoted "
white genocide".
In July 2017, Gionet wrote and self-published a book, ''Meme Magic Secrets Revealed'', through Amazon.
The book was removed as a copyright violation due to its use of
Pepe the Frog
Pepe the Frog () is an Internet meme consisting of a green anthropomorphic frog with a humanoid body. Pepe originated in a 2005 comic by Matt Furie called ''Boy's Club''. It became an Internet meme when its popularity steadily grew across Myspa ...
on the cover.
Also that year, Gionet participated in an alt-right rally outside the
Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C.
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, and later addressed participants at the white nationalist
Unite the Right rally
The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Marchers included members of the alt-right, neo-Confederates, neo-fascists, white nationalists, neo-Nazis, ...
in
Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 11, 2017.
At the Unite the Right rally, he marched and chanted, "
You will not replace us
In Modern English, ''you'' is the second-person pronoun. It is grammatically plural, and was historically used only for the dative case, but in most modern dialects is used for all cases and numbers.
History
''You'' comes from the Proto- ...
", "
White Lives Matter
White Lives Matter (WLM) is a neo-Nazi slogan that began to be used in 2015 in a response to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) social justice movement. It seeks to address racism against White people, and purported claims of white genocide. The Aryan ...
", and "I'm proud to be white". Gionet was
maced
Mace is the brand name of an early type of aerosol self-defense spray invented by Alan Lee Litman in the 1960s. The first commercial product of its type, Litman's design packaged phenacyl chloride (CN) tear gas dissolved in hydrocarbon solvents i ...
by unknown assailants during the rally; a video which showed him pouring milk on his face to try to neutralize the chemical went viral in September 2017.
On social media, Gionet has frequently promoted the
Fourteen Words, a white supremacist slogan.
He has also hosted an online
talk show
A talk show (or chat show in British English) is a television programming or radio programming genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Sh ...
in which he interviewed far right personalities such as
neo-Nazi Richard B. Spencer
Richard Bertrand Spencer (born May 1978) is an American neo-Nazi, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, and white supremacist. A former editor, he is a public speaker and activist on behalf of the alt-right movement. He advocates for the r ...
. He was permanently banned from Twitter after posting a photoshopped image of
Laura Loomer
Laura Elizabeth Loomer (born May 21, 1993) is an American far-right and anti-Muslim political activist, white nationalist, conspiracy theorist, and internet personality. She was the Republican nominee to represent Florida's 21st congressional ...
, a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
far-right activist, inside a
gas chamber
A gas chamber is an apparatus for killing humans or other animals with gas, consisting of a sealed chamber into which a poisonous or asphyxiant gas is introduced. Poisonous agents used include hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide.
History
...
.
In December 2022, Gionet had his original Twitter account reinstated.
Vacillating ideological affiliations
Since 2016, Gionet has frequently changed his political ideology, and has on various occasions oscillated between far-right ideology and anti-racist progressivism. After years of promoting white nationalist and alt-right politics, in March 2019, Gionet attempted to rebrand himself as a reformed ex-racist, who had come to recognize that the alt-right and
meme culture were hateful and led to terrorism and violence. He released an emotional video apologizing for his past participation in meme culture, and stated: "I was brainwashed, I felt like I was part of a cult". Gionet also alleged a link between meme culture and the
Christchurch mosque shootings
On 15 March 2019, two consecutive mass shootings occurred in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. The attacks, carried out by a lone gunman who entered both mosques during Friday prayer, began at the Al Noor Mosque ...
, and warned of conservatives becoming radicalized to the far-right.
In the course of his attempted rebranding, Gionet claimed in an interview with ''
The Daily Beast
''The Daily Beast'' is an American news website focused on politics, media, and pop culture. It was founded in 2008.
It has been characterized as a "high-end tabloid" by Noah Shachtman, the site's editor-in-chief from 2018 to 2021. In a 20 ...
'' that he was never serious about far-right politics, and thought that the alt-right "was just fun memes and jokes and edgy
4chan
4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website. Launched by Christopher "moot" Poole in October 2003, the site hosts boards dedicated to a wide variety of topics, from anime and manga to video games, cooking, weapons, television, ...
posting" until he "got to the end of this rabbit hole and realized these guys are serious".
Gionet purportedly abandoned his support for President Trump, and began promoting
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician. Yang was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. He is the co-c ...
, such as in his rap music video "Yang Gang Anthem".
Without finding success in this rebranding,
Gionet relocated to
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the on ...
, by July 2019. He
livestreamed
Livestreaming is streaming media simultaneously recorded and broadcast in real-time over the internet. It is often referred to simply as streaming. Non-live media such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos are technically streamed, but no ...
at a left-wing protest, alternately pretending to be a reporter and protester, antagonizing journalists, and provoking protesters on camera.
In November 2019, Gionet officially reverted his politics. He deleted his apology videos, and began collaborating with the white nationalist
Groyper movement in its "
trolling
In slang, a troll is a person who posts or makes inflammatory, insincere, digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages online (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, a online video game), or in real life, with the i ...
" of
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA (TPUSA), or Turning Point, is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college, and university campuses. It was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery. TPUSA's s ...
rallies.
Livestreaming
From 2019, Gionet became known for his livestreams in which he often filmed himself variously annoying, harassing, insulting and sometimes
pepper spray
Pepper spray, oleoresin capsicum spray, OC spray, capsaicin spray, or capsicum spray is a lachrymatory agent (a compound that irritates the eyes to cause a burning sensation, pain, and temporary blindness) used in policing, riot control, ...
ing bystanders at the whims of his audience.
During 2020, in the midst of the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
, Gionet would film himself trespassing on privately owned establishments that
require the wearing of face coverings, while refusing to wear one. He would mock and insult employees of these establishments for wearing masks, and refuse to leave when told to do so.
He eventually posted on social media that he had contracted
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
.
As he livestreamed, Gionet received donations from his audience. He was reportedly paid tens of thousands of dollars by Internet viewers who found his conduct amusing, or agreed with the political messages. In October 2020, he was banned from
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...
for his repeated illegal behavior. Later on, he used the streaming service IP2Always.Win, which is known for hosting similar videos.
Participation in the 2021 Capitol attack
On January 6, 2021, Gionet participated in the
attack on the U.S. Capitol in support of then-President Trump.
[
] Due to bans from other platforms, Gionet used the service
DLive
DLive is an American video live streaming service which was founded in 2017. It was purchased by BitTorrent in 2019. Due to the site's lax enforcement of prohibited content guidelines, DLive has become a popular alternative to YouTube and Twit ...
to livestream his actions outside and inside the building.
About 16,000 people watched his Capitol livestream.
DLive later suspended several accounts, removed broadcasts, and suspended earnings of those who participated in the Capitol riot, including Gionet's. Gionet was also banned from
TikTok
TikTok, known in China as Douyin (), is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from 15 seconds to 10 minutes.
TikTok is an international version o ...
following these events. On January 13, it was reported that Gionet's livestream was being used by the
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...
to identify and track down suspects who had broken into the Capitol building, some of whom Gionet had interviewed.
Legal issues
Gionet was arrested in multiple livestreamed instances of
trespass
Trespass is an area of tort law broadly divided into three groups: trespass to the person, trespass to chattels, and trespass to land.
Trespass to the person historically involved six separate trespasses: threats, assault, battery, woundi ...
ing and
assault, including pepper spraying a
bouncer
A bouncer (also known as a doorman or door supervisor) is a type of security guard, employed at venues such as bars, nightclubs, cabaret clubs, stripclubs, casinos, hotels, billiard halls, restaurants, sporting events, schools, concerts, or ...
, in
Scottsdale, Arizona
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, in December 2020.
Following this particular incident, Gionet was found guilty of assault, disorderly conduct, and criminal trespass, all
misdemeanors.
On January 13, 2022, Gionet was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
On January 14, 2021, Gionet failed to appear at a court hearing in Scottsdale in which prosecutors aimed to revoke his
pre-trial release that had been granted after his December 2020 arrest related to the incident with the bouncer.
Prosecutors argued that Gionet had violated his bail conditions multiple times in relation to the 2021 Capitol attack: by leaving the state of Arizona, by knowingly entering and remaining on the Capitol grounds without lawful authority, and by violently entering and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. An Arizona judge issued a
warrant for Gionet's arrest due to breach of bail conditions. He was apprehended by the FBI in
Houston, Texas, on January 15, 2021.
, Gionet was still awaiting trial on federal charges, but was not in custody.
On November 3, 2021,
Maricopa County
Maricopa County is in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,420,568, making it the state's most populous county, and the fourth-most populous in the United States. It contains about ...
prosecutors charged Gionet with misdemeanor
criminal damage
Property damage (or cf. criminal damage in England and Wales) is damage or destruction of real or tangible personal property, caused by negligence, willful destruction, or act of nature.
It is similar to vandalism and arson (destroying proper ...
and attempted criminal damage over an incident in which Gionet allegedly defaced a
Hanukkah
or English translation: 'Establishing' or 'Dedication' (of the Temple in Jerusalem)
, nickname =
, observedby = Jews
, begins = 25 Kislev
, ends = 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet
, celebrations = Lighting candles each night. ...
display. The charges relate to a livestream from December 19, 2020, during which Gionet recorded himself tearing a "Happy Hanukkah" sign from a
menorah in front of the
Arizona State Capitol
The Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, was the last home for Arizona's Territorial government, until Arizona became a state in 1912. Initially, all three branches of the new state government occupied the four floors of t ...
, saying "No more 'Happy Hanukkah', only 'Merry Christmas.
In February 2022, Gionet was sentenced to 30 days in jail for his assault conviction of macing an Arizona bouncer in
Scottsdale.
In July 2022, Gionet pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing inside a Capitol building, a misdemeanor. In January 2023, he was sentenced to 60 days in jail.
The randomly-assigned judge in the case, District Judge Trevor McFadden, said his actions prior to sentencing showed his lack of remorse. In December 2022, Gionet tweeted "i can't believe i'm going to jail for an nft salesman," referencing
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
.
Book
* ''Meme Magic Secrets Revealed'' (Infinite Manifest Press, 2017; re-released in 2018 as ''Meme Magic Secrets Redacted'' after a copyright dispute)
References
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