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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Harmful ‘trans shooter’ myth widely promoted after Charlie Kirk killing
In the immediate wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing on Sept. 10, right-wing influencers and outlets promoted disinformation about trans people and the alleged perpetrator’s gender identity. As the Southern Poverty Law Center has previously reported, this follows a trend whereby far-right propagandists use high-profile incidents of gun violence to push the myth of a “trans…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content A militia organizing in Missouri as modern-day minutemen has adopted a model of networking closely with white nationalist Active Clubs, providing a template for collaboration between such groups…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Killing of lawmaker spotlights Christian supremacy, political violence
The murders of a Minnesota legislator and her husband earlier this year highlight a modern hard-right movement rooted in Christian supremacy. In June, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered in their home. State Sen. John Hoffman of Minnesota and his wife were also wounded in an attack at their home. Vance…
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GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other GoyimTV is one of the most prolific hate sites on the internet. It features thousands of videos espousing racist, antisemitic, misogynistic and other extremist content. The site, which…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Attack on public education and free speech rights of educators after Kirk killing
The hard right immediately escalated its attacks on universities and educators in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Key leaders blamed “left-wing extremism,” railed against “radical left lunatics” and suggested that universities had fostered a climate hostile to conservative thought. Kirk built his career with the organization he founded, Turning Point USA, attacking what…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Hard right uses Charlie Kirk’s killing to push common conspiracy theories
In the immediate aftermath of the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, social media influencers, media outlets and politicians used the killing to promote some of the hard right’s often-repeated conspiracy theories that malign various groups of people. These conspiracy theories came before any substantial information was known about the…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Hard right blames leftist groups, Black criminality for Kirk killing
Hard-right groups and commentators — particularly openly racist groups — have used the killing of Charlie Kirk to promote long-held conspiracy theories about supposedly violent, left-leaning groups. Following Kirk’s killing, hard-right groups pushed conspiracy theories that blamed the left, Democratic Party supporters and Black people, sometimes not differentiating between the three. In other words, hard-right…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
October 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. White nationalist and neo-Nazi movement activity Prevention Anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim activity Militia and…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology
Investigative Update Summer 2025 GoyimTV relies on other mainstream and extremist sites for hateful content Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other Earlier this year, President Donald Trump announced that he was unilaterally restoring Confederate names to all nine military bases that had been renamed through a bipartisan process to honor…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Antisemitic conspiracy theories claim Israel, Mossad to blame for Kirk killing
The hard right pushed a number of common conspiracy theories after Charlie Kirk’s killing — among them antisemitic narratives falsely claiming that Jewish people or Israel orchestrated his killing. These extremists seized upon Kirk’s documented remarks, such as, “Jewish donors have been the No. 1 funding mechanism of radical open-border, neoliberal, quasi-Marxist policies, cultural institutions…
