Baked Alaska

Anthime "Tim" Gionet , better known as Baked Alaska or Tim Treadstone, is an alt-right media personality and troll. Gionet became infamous as a neo-Nazi for promoting anti-semitic conspiracy theories and for posting neo-Nazi slogans and Photoshopped images of people in gas chambers. He was banned from Twitter in 2017 for violating its hateful conduct policy and then banned from YouTube in October 2020 due to a video he posted where he harassed store workers over a requirement to wear face masks."Local Alt-Right Troll Baked Alaska Had a Bad Week" by Erasmus Baxter, Phoenix New Times, 2020 October 16 In 2022, Twitter reinstated Gionet's account at the direction of its new owner, Elon Musk.
His first jobs were in the record industry, followed by a stint at BuzzFeed.The untold story of Baked Alaska, a rapper turned BuzzFeed personality turned alt-right troll by Oliver Darcy (Apr. 30, 2017, 7:59 PM) Business Insider. Online, prior to the BuzzFeed stint, he began his infamous career at the short-lived short-form video hosting site where he posted "parody" rap videos and filmed "pranks" that included trashing grocery stores and harassing store employees with racist remarks."Baked Alaska's clout-chasing spiral into white supremacy is an internet morality tale" by Aja Romano, Vox, 2021 January 17 Embracing the sort of clickbait style that BuzzFeed was notorious for,"We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol." by Ben Smith, New York Times, 2021 January 10 Gionet's politics started radicalizing online, initially by posting "ironic" Nazi "jokes" for the clicks. Later, he left BuzzFeed in late 2016 to become the tour manager of fellow alt-right shithead Milo Yiannopoulos, and started fully embracing racist rhetoric and Donald Trump propaganda. Ultimately, this accumulated in Gionet being radicalized enough to storm the Capitol with other neo-Nazis on January 6 2021. Gionet's tale, perhaps, serves as a cautionary warning of the potential real-world consequences of being a fuckhead.
==Background==
Gionet was born in Alaska into a family of Christian parents, his father was a pharmacist and mother a nurse. He attended Azusa Pacific University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in marketing.
He used to be a rapper, then went to work for BuzzFeed. He was previously a libertarian who supported Black Lives Matter. Then he became a Donald Trump supporter. According to himself, the ideological shift was influenced by a "politically correct" atmosphere while working at BuzzFeed. As an example, he cited being rebuffed for calling Justin Bieber his "spirit animal".Summer Lin, These Women Embarrassed An Alt-Right Troll & The Video Is So Satisfying. Bustle, 25 September 2017. His nickname "Baked Alaska" is derived from the fact he is from Alaska and apparently smokes weed a lot.Ignacio Martinez, The atonement of an alt-right troll The Daily Dot, 22 May 2019.
==Views==
===Neo-Nazism===
Gionet is infamous for tweeting about Jews. For example, Gionet is woke on the "Jewish Question":Archived tweet
Gionet believes that Jews control the news:Archived tweet
He really likes the number 1488:
Gionet also posted these images:
File:Baked Alaska Gas Chamber Laura Loomer Et Tu Brute.png|He tweeted a picture of fellow far-right media personality Laura Loomer, who is Jewish, in a gas chamber
File:Anthime Gionet Receipt.jpeg|He really, really likes the number 1488
File:Baked Alaska 14 Words Video.png|ditty.it creates custom songs. This one sang "We must secure the existence of our precious bodily fluids people and a future for White Children."Archived tweet
==Brutal humiliation==
Gionet is widely known for his various gaffes and attempts at self-deprecating humor. He has described himself as the "undisputed king of the self-own"undisputed king of the self-own twitter.com, 2016 (dead link). and is generally expected to be brutally humiliated on a daily basis.KT NELSON, if baked alaska doesn't get brutally humiliated at least once a day he will die twitter.com, 6 October 2017. When challenged for spouting an obviously spurious description of United States history, he replied that he was home schooled and the subject was never taught.https://twitter.com/krangtnelson/status/916426658617454592?lang=en He once solicited "music producers in LA that aren't cucks"Looking for music producers in LA that aren't cucks twitter.com, 18 April 2017. and pretended to have a girlfriend.Laura Loomer Is Dating Neo-Nazi Who Once Trolled Her With Gas Chamber Meme. forward.com, 12 September 2017.
His attendance at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville is notable for an incident where he was pepper-sprayed in the face (possibly by himself).Randall Colburn, A brief history of the internet's saddest neo-Nazi loser humiliating himself. AV Club, 26 September 2017. After this, a video went viral of him yelling for milk to be poured on his face. Milk was, in fact, poured on his face on camera.Ashitha Nagesh, Twitter user is naming and shaming all the Charlottesville neo-Nazis. Metro, 13 August 2017.Will Sommer, The Ugly New Charges Against Jan. 6 Rioter 'Baked Alaska'. The Daily Beast, 19 November 2019.
==Pseudo-redemption==
For a brief period after getting banned from Twitter, it looked like he might've been dropping the whole "being a Nazi" thing.Eddie Kim, Baked Alaska Was Almost on the Right Side of History. Mel Magazine, May 2022. He claimed to have "left the alt-right", and started supporting Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. As part of his support for Yang, he created a rather embarrassing music video supporting his campaign.Right Richter, Baked Alaska denounces the alt-right. The Daily Beast, 2019."Baked Alaska - Yang Gang Anthem - Official Music Video" (archive). The Internet Archive. His old fans weren't happy. One responded, "Antifa you guys can have this one". Anyway, he quickly ditched the rebranding in favor of trolling anti-ICE protesters and (allegedly) vandalizing a Hanukkah display.Meg O'Connor, Alt-Right Troll Baked Alaska Shows He Hasn't Changed at ICE Protest in Phoenix. The Phoenix New Times, 19 July 2019.Far-right personality charged with damaging Hanukkah display. The Associated Press | ABC News, 22 November 2021.
==Arrests==
Gionet almost got arrested over the October 2020 incident where he harassed some store employees over the store requirement for him to wear face masks. 
In December 2020, having learned no lessons from the previous incident, he actually was arrested. Reportedly, he was asked to leave a bar in Scottsdale, Arizona due to some filming that he and his friends were doing there making people uncomfortable. Outside the bar, Gionet got into a confrontation with the bar's bouncer, yelling homophobic and derogatory remarks at him. Ultimately, this ruckus culminated in Gionet blasting pepper spray in the bouncer's face."Alt-Right Troll Baked Alaska Arrested for Macing Scottsdale Bouncer" by Erasmus Baxter, Phoenix New Times, 2020 December 11 For this, he was convicted of misdemeanor charges of assault, disorderly conduct, and criminal trespass, earning him 30 days in jail on January 13, 2022."Far-right streamer 'Baked Alaska' sentenced to 30 days in jail in Scottsdale assault case" by Anne Ryman, Arizona Republic, 2022 January 13
==2021 Storming of the U.S. Capitol Building==
Gionet and his fellow-Nazi Nick Fuentes both participated to different extents in the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol Building that was incited by Donald Trump. Each of them separately livestreamed the destruction and theft that occurred.White Supremacists Among Those Who Stormed the U.S. Capitol, Live Streamed From Inside: Known white supremacists Tim Gionet and Nick Fuentes also attended the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017 Haaretz and the Associated Press, 9 January 2021. Both were banned from the streaming platform DLive for their involvement.Zachary Petrizzo, Nick Fuentes, 'Baked Alaska' banned from DLive following Capitol riots. The Daily Dot, 9 January, 2021.
In a marvelous example of self-own, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation is using Gionet's Capitol riot video to track down and prosecute other rioters.Matthew Gault, The FBI Is Using Baked Alaska's Livestream to Track Down Capitol Hill Rioters. Motherboard by Vice Media, 13 January 2021.
Arizona prosecutors charge that Gionet violated terms of his December 2020 arrest in Scottsdale, Arizona by leaving the state to participate in the U.S. Capitol riot, and filed charges on 8 January.Anne Ryman, Scottsdale prosecutor says far-right streamer Tim 'Baked Alaska' Gionet violated release conditions by traveling to Capitol riot. The Arizona Republic, 13 January 2021.Anne Ryman, Far-right streamer Tim 'Baked Alaska' Gionet posts bond in Scottsdale. USA Today, 15 January 2021. On January 15, 2021, Gionet was arrested in Houston for his participation in the Capitol riots, and charged with two federal crimes."Far-right activist ‘Baked Alaska’ is among the latest Capitol rioters to be arrested." by Isabella Grullon Paz, The New York Times, 2021 January 16
As of May 2022, Gionet was expected to take a plea deal in which he would have merely plead guilty to "a single count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol, a class B misdemeanor with a max sentence of 6 months in prison"."Based on the formal charging doc from last month, we expect Gionet to be pleading guilty to a single count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in the Capitol, a class B misdemeanor with a max sentence of 6 months in prison", by Zoe Tillman on Twitter, 11 May 2022 However, he quickly fucked this up by declaring his innocence during the hearing instead.Ryan J. Reilly, Judge nixes Jan. 6 plea deal after right-wing streamer 'Baked Alaska' declares himself 'innocent'. NBC News, 11 May 2022.Sheri Walsh, Judge tosses plea deal for Jan. 6 attack livestreamer 'Baked Alaska'. United Press International, 11 May 2022. He apparently received a second go at a plea deal after this embarrassment, and he was sentenced to 60 days jail, 2 years probation, a $2000 fine and $500 restitution; the sentencing was basically a slap on the wrist because he fundraised from the video he made in the Capitol.Pro-Trump Livestreamer ‘Baked Alaska’ Gets Months Behind Bars for Jan. 6 Capitol Riot by Marisa Sarnoff (Jan 10th, 2023, 1:41 pm) Law & Crime.
==See also==
*Unite the Right — he was one of the attendeesThe ‘Ironic Nazi’ Is Coming to an End by Brian Feldman (August 14, 2017 3:04 pm) New York Magazine.
==External links==
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*Milk Leaks: Deleted videos and tweets from Gionet
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