Reports

Several weeks after the 2024 presidential election, Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), proudly embraced a white nationalist conspiracy theory while celebrating then-President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportation. Kirk accused Democrats of embracing immigration as part of their plot to secure voters, permit crime and enact the “great replacement.” He…

Almost 25 years ago, the Southern Poverty Law Center documented 121 neo-Confederate groups and called the movement “burgeoning.” For nearly a decade at the beginning of the 21st century, neo-Confederate group numbers across the South hovered near that high. The movement had been building since the 1990s and had returned to the more overt white…

The militia and sovereign citizen movements continued their efforts to be a substitute for government in 2024, all the while threatening public workers and democracy. Militias sought to frame themselves as emergency-preparedness groups or auxiliary law enforcement, while sovereign citizens continued trying to establish U.S. shadow governments and courts. Both movements continued to make local…

The Intelligence Project has raised alarms over the last several years about the mainstreaming of far-right extremist conspiracy theories and extremists themselves. This is a profound cultural and political transformation the right pushes to grasp political control, stifle the possibility for dissent and push a more just future out of reach. The stakes, then, are…

In 2024, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives became ground zero for hard-right mobilizations to whitewash American society and protect white supremacy. These efforts built a foundation in 2024 for nationwide policy actions to follow by President Donald Trump. Black Americans have long described a reality different from white Americans, but the police killings in…

In the wake of the 2024 presidential election, misogynistic content was rampant across social media. Posts using the phrase “your body, my choice” increased by 4,600% on X just 24 hours after the election. While these posts aimed to undermine women’s ability to freely and safely navigate online platforms, such hate is not detached from…

In 2024, one of the most influential anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups, the Family Research Council (FRC), focused its animus on immigrants, pushing what were once considered fringe, racist beliefs into mainstream political narratives. Not surprisingly, much of the rhetoric and conspiracy theories about immigrants mirrored what was said during the 2024 elections by candidates, social media…