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- Dismantling White Supremacy
In Rural Pennsylvania, Extremists Declare ‘Victory is Ours’
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson brought his 12-state, cross-country road show to the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania late last month, providing a platform for the disgraced conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and other luminaries of the far right to promote their campaign of lies and disinformation about an America under siege by immigrants and a…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
White Nationalist Website VDARE Suspends Operations Amid Legal Scrutiny
The white nationalist website VDARE, which has ties to former White House aides who helped shape the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies, suspended operations earlier this year amid a slew of legal and technical challenges.
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Senior Georgia Governor Aide Also Lobbies for State Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s field director, Brad Hughes, sat in on lobbying meetings between the governor, his policy staff and two political groups that Hughes is affiliated with, emails from a public records request show. Frontline Policy Action, the lobbying arm of an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group that Hughes helps lead, endorsed and funded efforts to…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Anti-Abortion Rhetoric on 4chan Stretches Beyond Single-Issue Extremism
Content warning: This article contains graphic language, including racist, antisemitic, homophobic and misogynistic slurs, as well as references to sexual violence. Reader discretion is advised.
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White nationalist and male supremacist author identified
Hatewatch has identified a previously pseudonymous author and ideologue whose writings in the 2000s and early 2010s heavily influenced the “manosphere,” a loose network of blogs, forums, websites and influencers who support rolling back women’s rights, reject feminism and advocate for rigid gender roles.
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Hate Group’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Reflects Anti-LGBTQ+ Conspiracy Theories
Between July 30 and Aug. 10, Jaimee Michell, the founder and current president of the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Gays Against Groomers, posted a series of comments on X, formerly Twitter, equating Islam with pedophilia, characterizing Muslim faith as “a cancer on this world” and sharing content from an account that claims Europe is being invaded…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Hate Group Urged Georgia Governor to Ban Trans Kids From School Sports
Anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-abortion groups have joined forces with Georgia’s largest association of Baptist churches to sway Gov. Brian Kemp in support of a far-right policy agenda that rolls back the rights of transgender children, according to emails obtained through a public records request.
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Antigovernment Militias Seek Support From County Governments
After Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd in late May 2020, the U.S. and the world were on the precipice of a cultural reckoning on racial injustice, marked by mass protests that swept the world. The day after the murder, as video of the violence hit the news and tensions were about to ignite, Bedford County,…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
‘We Will Fight!’ The Soldier Waging War Against America from Fort Liberty
A member of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front who appears to operate a social media account that disclosed personal information about perceived political enemies – including journalists, left-leaning activists, politicians and community members – is an active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army, a Hatewatch investigation has revealed.
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Debunking ADF’s ‘Debanking’ Conspiracy Theory
Anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is engaged in an ongoing crusade to force private businesses to adhere to conservative Christian theology, in part by spreading the false narrative that private sector banks have been dropping conservative religious clients since the Obama administration. The conspiratorial claim, which ADF calls “debanking,” has arisen out of…
