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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · Aug 28

New from me for @thestranger.com With Feucht coming to Seattle this weekend I took some time to lay out his playbook, in detail. Understanding how the rage machine works will help folks respond while keeping those most vulnerable safe www.thestranger.com/news/2025/08...

Decoding Christian Supremacists' Playbook Before Sean Feucht Takes Over Gas Works Park

Christian Supremacist worship leader Sean Feucht is heading back to Seattle for Revive in 25, and anyone paying attention should recognize this isn't just another stop on his revival tour. It's a calc...

www.thestranger.com

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 1d

One of the GOP wannabe Nazis in this story is a state senator in my state and works in a county mental health org. I wrote em a note. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

"Fuentes’ neo-Nazi sympathies, hatred of women, violent antisemitism, and so on are on open display for all the world to see."

The Rise of Nick Fuentes Should Horrify Us All

A neo-Nazi is trying to fill the void left by the failures of the two major parties. Unless Americans are offered a visionary alternative, Fuentes’ toxic ideology may flourish.

www.currentaffairs.org

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

English football, right-wing politics, and a new front in the culture wars

Populist politicians have identified England's national game as an effective way of boosting support in febrile times

www.nytimes.com

Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

Symbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist Violence

Symbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist Violence - GNET

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

The Vast, Terrifying Scale of Trump’s Detention State

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

www.motherjones.com

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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 3d

Nick Fuentes has long trafficked in racism and misogyny. Now, mainstream podcasters and platforms are helping him reinvent himself—muting his slurs while amplifying his reach. His sanitization shows how extremists are being normalized in U.S. politics and media.

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The Sanitization of Antisemite Nick Fuentes

Nick Fuentes, a 27-year-old Holocaust denier and white nationalist, has long trafficked in racism, misogyny, and antisemitism. Yet mainstream podcasters and platforms are now offering him space to rei...

globalextremism.org

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CTEC @ctecmiis.bsky.social · 1d

Recently, CTEC Executive Director @jason-blazakis.bsky.social wrote for the @latimes.com an op-ed that points to the dangers of Trump's recent "domestic terrorism" order- it is more about politics than it is about national security. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

“Coded terms are just one of the strategies used by users who share these contents to avoid platform restrictions and spread their message.”

The Online Far Right’s Secret Language | Facta

Code words, hashtags, emojis, and irony: the strategies used to spread extremist ideas on social media and bypass platform restrictions

www.facta.news

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Fuentes: “We will make sure Turning Point completes its groyper conversion”

www.mediamatters.org

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

Trump Wants to Take Over Cities. Influencers Are Giving Him the Fuel to Do It

The Trump administration has built its own content mill to justify its law-and-order immigration agenda.

www.wired.com

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

The ICE Raids: The Spearhead of a White Christian Nation

Recent polls suggest that public support for Trump's immigration policies might be waning; a welcome sign for those of us opposed to the ruthless targeting of immigrant communities. And, while a decli...

www.counterpunch.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

“ISD identified more than 6,000 antisemitic conspiracy theory-related posts from nearly 5,000 unique users, often claiming that the attack was a ‘false flag’. These posts collectively received more than 25,000 likes.”

The Manchester synagogue terrorist attack: A snapshot of online antisemitism and extremist exploitation

Online reactions to the Manchester synagogue attack highlight how antisemitism has become increasingly normalised across digital platforms.

www.isdglobal.org

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

Right-wing influencers shape nation and Trump’s understanding of Portland protests

Social media personalities, conservative media outlets and the Trump administration itself are blending online content to serve the administration’s policies.

www.opb.org

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

How extremist groups are targeting and recruiting young people

Violent extremist recruiters are targeting and radicalising young people looking for belonging and connection — and it's not only happening in the dark corners of the internet.

www.sbs.com.au

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries

www.theguardian.com

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s desire to prosecute his political enemies didn’t change between his first and second terms.

Blaming the left for Trump's weaponization of law enforcement means pretending his first term didn't happen

www.mediamatters.org

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

AI-Generated Aesthetics and the Politics of the German Far-Right

AI-generated imagery has become a new propaganda tool for Europe’s far-right. This analysis explores how Germany’s AfD used synthetic visuals to spread hate and disinformation before the 2024 EU elect...

www.csohate.org

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

This far-right 'influencer' is among MAGA’s 'most powerful women' — but Trump allies can’t stand her

During the United States' 2024 presidential election, far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer's comments about Democratic nominee Kamala Harris were so racist that even MAGA Rep. Marjorie Taylor Gr...

www.alternet.org

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

Texas AG Ken Paxton announces ‘undercover’ investigations into liberals

The GOP Senate candidate’s announcement of the probes targeting liberals is modeled after Donald Trump’s authoritarian attacks.

www.msnbc.com

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 1d

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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EU DisinfoLab @disinfo.eu · 8d

📢💌 Our latest #DisinfoUpdate is out!

This edition dives into the global disinfo landscape, from AI propaganda & climate falsehoods to platform accountability & foreign influence ops.

Don’t miss it 👉 www.disinfo.eu/disinfo-upda...

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C-REX @crexuio.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Subscribe to our new mailing list for the RightNow! blog! by clicking this link: shorturl.at/Frz6a. Get insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism. www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

RightNow! - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism

Welcome to RightNow! Explore insights from C-REX researchers and other experts on contemporary far-right politics, including party dynamics, cultural trends, militancy, violence, and terrorism.

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Radical Reports @radicalreports.bsky.social · 12d

JD Vance Trivializes Jewish History by Referring to ICE Criticism as ‘Blood Libel’ — But Reveals What this Admin Thinks of Jews

JD Vance Trivializes Jewish History by Referring to ICE Criticism as 'Blood Libel' — But Reveals What this Admin Thinks of Jews

Last week, in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Vice President JD Vance accused critics of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of committing “blood libel” against ICE agents. As Va...

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