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ADF supports donor, trade group for controversial health care sharing industry
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) recently threw its support behind a trade association for the troubled health care sharing ministry (HCSM) industry, which markets a religious-based alternative to health insurance. It’s an industry that has seen its clients, most of whom are conservative people with low incomes, allege that these health care sharing…
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State treasurers join Christian supremacist effort targeting public investments
A group of public officials responsible for managing investments for more than two dozen states is partnering with an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group and Christian theocrats to pressure investors and corporations to roll back environmental and diversity policies. More on ADF Aug. 6, 2024 – ‘Viewpoint diversity’ advocacy promotes white nationalist talking points Aug. 15 –…
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ADF adviser uses corporate activism to advance Christian supremacist agenda
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has targeted the human rights of queer people in public and in private, in the U.S. and abroad. Now, it’s setting its sights on corporate initiatives for the environment and sustainability, along with diversity and equity. More on ADF Aug. 6, 2024 – ‘Viewpoint diversity’ advocacy promotes white…
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Male supremacists entrench their ideas in the Trump administration, policy
Far-right extremists celebrated President Donald Trump’s 2024 election as an opportunity to further entrench a male supremacist culture that is permissive to violence against women. And within his first 100 days, Trump has validated their optimism. Through his appointments of white men dogged by allegations of sexual harassment, abuse and violence, Trump has publicly affirmed…
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Yom HaShoah: Remembering the Holocaust and effectively confronting modern hate
Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day — which began at sundown yesterday and ends at nightfall today — is a solemn occasion to reflect on the atrocities committed during the Holocaust, honor the memory of the millions of victims and reaffirm our commitment to combating antisemitism and all forms of systemic discrimination. The Holocaust was the…
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‘Debanking’ conspiracy theory movement is led by Christian dominionists
At a series of events in February 2024 at North Greenville University in South Carolina, a wealth manager named David Bahnsen talked about the relationship between Christianity and the financial market. Christians’ influence in the marketplace, he said, “is exponentially greater than in the political sphere,” according to an article on the small Baptist university’s…
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Double life: Academic David Skrbina revealed as prolific antisemitic author
David Skrbina, Ph.D., a former University of Michigan-Dearborn professor and academic, has been revealed as the man behind the persona Thomas Dalton, Ph.D., a prolific antisemitic author and Holocaust denier. On a Dec. 20 episode of antisemite Kevin Barrett’s podcast “Truth Jihad,” Skrbina inadvertently confirmed his dual identity. Until now, Skrbina has distanced himself from…
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California anti-immigrant group CAPS merges with nationally focused NumbersUSA
The Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-immigrant hate group Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) has been absorbed by NumbersUSA, representing a merger between two groups dedicated to promoting anti-immigration policies and stoking population alarmism. CAPS announced in its winter 2023/2024 newsletter plans to merge with NumbersUSA, citing a desire to shift its focus from state to…
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Bigoted beliefs, racist ties found among some of President Trump’s appointees
As President Donald Trump has made clear in the first month of his second term, one of the major goals of his administration is to reinscribe the hierarchies of race and gender. The result would be to, once again, privilege those who are white and male in a country that has spent decades moving, if…
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National Guard investigates unconstitutional county militia leaders in Virginia
A leader of an unconstitutional Virginia militia is on record laying out a dangerous vision for “county militias.” Two leaders of the militia are also the subjects of a Virginia National Guard investigation. Alexandra Griffeth and Daniel Abbott are staff sergeants in Virginia’s National Guard. Both are also leaders in the Campbell County Militia, a…