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IRF Summit: Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric on Display, McGovern Calls Out Hate

February 17, 2023
R.G. Cravens and Joe Wiinikka-Lydon

At the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington, D.C., last month, summit co-chairs Sam Brownback and Katrina Lantos Swett addressed a joint session. Noting the summit’s theme, “Religious Freedom for Everybody, Everywhere, All the Time,” Brownback characterized his idea of religious freedom as societies allowing “freedom for the soul and respect for each other.” But the rhetoric of individuals and groups present at the summit shows how extremists wield the language of religious freedom in a very different way: to oppress others.

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Idaho Republican Club Hosts Speech by Antisemite, Jan. 6 Attendee

January 17, 2023

Far-right propagandist Vincent James Foxx echoed “Great Replacement” conspiracy theories in a speech to a gathering of North Idaho Republicans just over a week ago, alleging that unspecified conspirators had “intentionally and deliberately and consistently changed the demographics of this country ... because they know that certain groups vote a certain way, and they know they can use that, that’s a benefit to them.”

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Hungary Ambassador Affirms Role as Far-right Leader at Republican Gala

December 16, 2022

The Hungarian ambassador to the U.S. affirmed Hungary’s position as a beacon of the international hard-right movement at a controversial Republican gathering that white nationalists, European far-right politicians and controversial Republican politicians including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia attended.

Szabolcs Takács
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Twitter Blesses Extremists With Paid 'Blue Checks'

November 16, 2022

Dozens of extremists on Twitter now sport the “blue check” once reserved for verified accounts, after signing up for the paid Twitter Blue service under policies instituted by the platform’s new proprietor, Elon Musk.

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No Red Wave for Extremists

November 09, 2022
Jason Wilson, Hannah Gais and Cassie Miller

Tuesday’s midterm elections saw candidates who held extremist anti-LGBTQ, anti-immigrant, election-denying and anti-abortion positions widely rebuffed by voters around the country.

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