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‘Zizian’ Cult Member Gets Bailed Out

Latest news in the radical vegan transgender death cult case: CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — A member of a group known to outsiders as Zizians that is linked to six deaths was bailed out of jail in Maryland on Friday. Police in Maryland connected Jack “Ziz” LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank to homicide investigations in […]

Radical Vegan Transgender Cult Update: Maryland Trial Postponed Until June

Monday was the one-year anniversary of the capture of three members of the “Zizian” cult, including the group’s leader Jack “Ziz” LaSota. The trio had been camping on private property near Frostburg, Maryland, when the property owner called police who arrested them on state charges, only to discover that they were subjects of a nationwide […]

Radical Vegan Transgender Cult Update: Three ‘Zizians’ Make Court Appearance

Let’s begin by giving full credit to Andy Ngo who, as he says, has “been reporting on the cult for over a year and broke the story that linked the homicides together a year ago.” Doing important work. When last we updated this ongoing saga (“Radical Vegan Transgender Cult Update: Ziz Claims to Be ‘Genocide’ […]

Radical Vegan Transgender Cult Update: Ziz Claims to Be ‘Genocide’ Victim

When last we updated the saga of the “Zizian” cult, federal prosecutors in August announced they would seek the death penalty against Teresa Youngblut, accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont. The latest development in their crazy case is that cult leader Jack “Ziz” LaSota made a federal court appearance in Baltimore: […]

LGBTQIA2S+ Pride Month Update: New Maryland Charges for Three Members of Radical Vegan Transgender Cult

During Pride Month, Maryland prosecutors? Three people linked to a group known as the Zizians are facing new felony charges related to firearms and illegal drug trafficking, on top of the misdemeanors that have kept them jailed in Maryland since February. Members of the Zizians have been tied to violence in several states, including the […]

‘Ziz’ Misgendered and Other Highlights of Tuesday’s Court Hearing for Cult Suspects

Rebecca Francoeur-Breeden is an attorney with the public defender’s office in Allegany County, Maryland, who probably never expected she’d be representing three members of a nationally notorious Radical Vegan Transgender Death Cult, but who can predict such things? So we’re all sitting there in District Court in Cumberland — me and about a half-dozen other […]

Bail Hearing Today for Cult Suspects UPDATE: Judge Orders All Three ‘Extremists’ Held Without Bond

CUMBERLAND, Maryland The first court appearance for Jack LaSota, Michelle Zajko and Daniel Blank — the leader and two members of what the Associated Press has politely called a “cultlike group” — starts at 11 a.m. ET. Drove 70 miles to cover this hearing, and I’ve got about a five-block walk to the courthouse from the […]

MUGSHOTS: Jack ‘Ziz’ LaSota, Michelle ‘Jamie’ Zajko, Daniel ‘Hastur’ Blank

All three suspects are currently inmates of the Allegany County Detention Center in Cumberland, Maryland, after being arrested Sunday by Maryland State Trooper Brandon Jeffries on charges that included trespassing, unlawful possession of a firearm, disorderly conduct and other misdemeanors. LaSota, known as “Ziz,” is the leader of what the Associated Press has politely called […]

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