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- Dismantling White Supremacy
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Trump advances anti-immigrant priorities with national language executive order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 1 declaring English as the official language of the United States, showing a commitment by his administration to enact xenophobic policies championed by anti-immigrant groups and white nationalist figures. The executive order rolls back a 25-year-old mandate requiring organizations that receive federal funding to provide language translation…
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- Hate & Extremism
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Bigoted beliefs, racist ties found among some of President Trump’s appointees
As President Donald Trump has made clear in the first month of his second term, one of the major goals of his administration is to reinscribe the hierarchies of race and gender. The result would be to, once again, privilege those who are white and male in a country that has spent decades moving, if…
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- Hate & Extremism
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Ku Klux Klan flyers are last cries of a dying organization in Kentucky
A small and struggling faction of the Ku Klux Klan in Kentucky is latching onto talk of mass deportations by conservative elected officials to distribute racist propaganda, sow fear in communities and gain media attention. The Klan faction known as the Trinity White Knights (TWK), which is led by William Bader, has distributed racist flyers…
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- Hate & Extremism
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National Guard investigates unconstitutional county militia leaders in Virginia
A leader of an unconstitutional Virginia militia is on record laying out a dangerous vision for “county militias.” Two leaders of the militia are also the subjects of a Virginia National Guard investigation. Alexandra Griffeth and Daniel Abbott are staff sergeants in Virginia’s National Guard. Both are also leaders in the Campbell County Militia, a…
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- Hate & Extremism
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Jewish people must retain agency over their stories, identity and narratives
Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked in January, served as a solemn reminder of the necessity for marginalized groups, particularly Jewish people, to retain agency over their histories and narratives. During the Holocaust, the erasure of Jewish voices allowed external forces to dehumanize and distort their identities, culminating in systemic genocide. Today, as firsthand Holocaust testimonies transition…
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Antigovernment YouTube channel depicts killing of UN peacekeeping soldiers
Content warning: The following contains depictions of graphic violence. Reader discretion is advised. Dirty Civilian, a preparedness influencer channel that espouses antigovernment beliefs, created a recent video that includes the fictional killing of U.N. peacekeeping soldiers. Dirty Civilian’s mission, according to hosts Drew Hopkins and Josh Lowry, is to “inform and inspire capable men to…
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- Hate & Extremism
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Head of Trump’s Immigration Plans Met Proud Boys Associate About Deportations
Content warning: This article contains graphic and racist language. Reader discretion is advised. The head of President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, Tom Homan, appears to have met with an associate of the Proud Boys on at least four separate occasions. At least one of these instances was a private meeting held in Chicago after the…
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- Hate & Extremism
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Attacks on Bishop After Trump Confrontation Undermine ‘Religious Freedom’ Claims
Despite frequently using the cover of “religious freedom” to advance hard-right activism, extremist groups and politicians undermined this common tactic as they responded with verbal attacks against Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde after she confronted President Donald Trump in her sermon at the Washington National Cathedral on Jan. 21. The bishop asked the president to “have…
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- Hate & Extremism
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‘Heckler’s veto’ by City of Naples Leads to $30,000 Fee for Pride Permit
On Jan. 15, the Naples City Council in Florida voted to conditionally grant a permit to Naples Pride to host its annual event in the city’s Cambier Park, provided the group pays an estimated $30,000 police security fee and holds a planned drag performance indoors. During the meeting, city officials tied security costs to intensifying…
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- Hate & Extremism
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Leader of Fringe Political Party Advocates Lynching to Stop LGBTQ+ Pride Event
Content warning: This article contains violent anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and praise for the practice of lynching. Reader discretion is advised. The leader of a fringe political party in Florida called the Jeffersonian Party appeared at a Naples City Council meeting on Jan. 13 to extol the history of lynching in the United States and claim “violence…
