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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Defamation suit highlights anti-trans rhetoric that often targets Black women
A recent lawsuit filed by the French president and his wife accusing far-right conspiracy propagandist Candace Owens of defamation due to her repeated claims that the French first lady was born male highlights how such attacks enforce a male supremacist gender binary and restrict what it means to be a woman. The 22-count defamation lawsuit…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
MassResistance traffics pseudoscience to spread anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric
MassResistance (MR) is a chapter-based organization that demonizes LGBTQ+ people, strategically organizing and coordinating disinformation campaigns against inclusive policies at libraries and schools. MR uses anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience to incite disgust and hysteria toward LGBTQ+ events, literature and public policy, often generating aggressive anti-LGBTQ opposition at local and state levels. This group is known for its…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Gab provides an online home for far-right groups and their supporters
Gab provides an online home for far-right groups and their supporters Andrew Torba, the founder of Gab, has described his social media platform as an incubator for a “parallel Christian economy.” The company provides digital services to far-right extremist groups and their supporters, including perpetrators of terroristic violence, many of whom have been banned from…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
August 2025 Intelligence Project Dispatch: Trends and incidents of the hard right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism and counters disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Anti-democracy efforts A central figure of Turning Point USA’s political arm…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
American Family Association executive endorses racist ‘great replacement theory’
An executive with the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group the American Family Association (AFA) recently endorsed the racist and antisemitic “great replacement” conspiracy theory, which falsely claims there is an active and covert effort to replace white populations in current white-majority countries. The comment came from Walker Wildmon on the July 28 episode of his podcast and…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Leading county supremacy advocate now a high-ranking Interior official
President Donald Trump’s administration is packed with personnel from the ranks of the hard right who use harmful ideologies as a foundation for current policies. The criticism of many appointees has focused on their white nationalist and overtly bigoted views. One ideologue returning to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has faced less scrutiny…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
PragerU attempts to reshape education with anti-diversity lessons
Prager University, more commonly known as PragerU, is not an accredited academic institution. The organization, which claims it “promotes the American values of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” perpetrates far-right ideology vilifying the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants and people of color. Critics have linked PragerU content to far-right propaganda, asserting that the organization’s messaging…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Podcaster brings racism, antisemitism and misogyny to college campuses
Uncensored America (UA), a far-right campus organization with a history of bringing racist speakers to college campuses, hosted two events in the spring with a podcaster well known for his antisemitic, anti-Black and male supremacist views. In April, podcaster Myron Gaines spoke at Penn State and the University of South Carolina. Gaines (real name Amrou…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Matt Shea and the growing religious extremism in the Pacific Northwest
Hard-right extremist Matt Shea has been increasingly active in the Christian supremacist movement, including attending an anti-trans event in Seattle on May 27 sponsored by Don’t Mess With Our Kids (DMOK), at which more than 20 attendees were arrested. Listed as an antigovernment group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, DMOK is run by leaders…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Proud Boys sue DOJ: Will taxpayers be forced to pay millions to extremists?
In June, members of the Proud Boys filed a $100 million lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ), claiming the government violated their constitutional rights when it prosecuted them for their involvement in the events of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol. Despite what some experts say are dubious legal grounds, the case appears…
