Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.
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It was not a Million MAGA on the streets of DC today, but it would be catastrophic to not take what happened today seriously. This is a beginning, not the end. We're witnessing the initial coalescing of a wide range of far-right forces into mass opposition.
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This specific type of election interference has been discussed for weeks on Trump’s Truth Social.
BALLOTS DAMAGED IN FIRE: Arson investigators are looking into a USPS mailbox fire that damaged approximately 20 ballots in Phoenix overnight. abc15.com/news/region-phoeni…
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Patrick Byrne, head of the election denial outfit The America Project appears to have fled to Dubai.
He was scheduled to give a deposition in a case brought against him by Hunter Biden.
Former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has relocated to Dubai and won't be returning to the US for the foreseeable future because Byrne says a DEA agent told him that the government of Venezuela has put a $25m bounty on his head. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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New arrest warrant issued for Ammon Bundy after he was a no-show in court on contempt charges kmvt.com/2023/12/25/new-arre…
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The exhaustively debunked election denial film, 2,000 Mules, has inspired many far-right groups to take up ballot drop box vigilantism. Surveillance, armed patrols, and intimidation of voters are real threats this cycle.
Among those organizing such efforts is Matt Shea.
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In Arizona, the far-right paramilitary group, Lions of Liberty, launched what they're calling "Operation: Drop Box." With the help of a supportive sheriff, they "plan on watching the ballot boxes throughout Yavapai County."
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Two far-right Trump supporters who sought ‘war’ over 2020 election sentenced for conspiring to blow up Democratic Headquarters
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Staring down a costly defamation suit, Ammon Bundy says he'll meet a verdict against him with violence, "I’m not going to let that happen. I’m making moves to stop that from happening. And if I have to meet 'em on the front door with my friends and a shotgun, I’ll do that."
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Today, Ammon Bundy took to social media to confess that he's been intentionally evading the arrest warrant issued for him for intimidating witnesses in his defamation case.
Yesterday, he posted a video targeting witnesses in the same case.
There needs to be accountability.
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Democrats would be wise to introduce a "Heather Heyer Bill" ASAP - to enhance hate crime protections, and defend the right to vote.
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The Proud Boys are using YouTube to organize violence at Joe Biden's inauguration dailydot.com/debug/proud-boy…
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Idaho People's Rights Network (PRN) leader Garth Gaylord just streamed his repeated calls threatening Gem Co. Sheriff's Office over the Ammon Bundy arrest.
PRN is telling its activists to converge on the Sheriff's office in Emmett. Potentially volatile situation.
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With all the scurilous far-right lies blaming "antifa" for starting recent wildfires, I'd almost forgotten that the armed Malheur standoff was all about the far-right defending real arsonists who deliberately set fire to federal lands in Oregon. Trump *pardoned* those arsonists.
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Here it is:
Idaho jury hits Bundy, defendants with tens of millions in damages in St. Luke’s lawsuit idahostatesman.com/news/loca… #bbqstandoff #idpol
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Weeks ago, I documented how posts on Trump’s TruthSocial specifically suggested drop box arson in Portland and other “blue” cities.
Hundreds of ballots possibly burned after Vancouver ballot box arson: FBI investigating katu.com/news/local/vancouve…
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In Michigan, a coalition of Tea Party, COVID Denial, and other far-right groups (including the LaRouchies) are all part of the Michigan Election Protection Team. They're trying to turn out 5,000 for the election.
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#BBQStandoff Day 9. This morning, County Sheriffs Deputies arrived at Ammon Bundy's property to serve arrest warrant. Robert Jones and his III% truck barricade the entrance to the property. Jones refused to answer about Bundy's whereabouts. Deputy set papers down and drove off.
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A San Diego man’s phone leads to white nationalist group and Georgia sheriff’s deputy, FBI says
latimes.com/california/story…
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Like many on the far-right fueled by the lies of 2,000 Mules, they think that there are hordes driving around stuffing ballot drop boxes. Of course, there is ZERO evidence of any such thing. But it's an excuse to intimidate people they don't like from voting.
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Leaked Docs From Far-Right Militias Show History of Voter Intimidation Plans
wired.com/story/leaked-messa…
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Another day, another police officer caught wearing the logo of the far-right nationalist paramilitary "three percenters" (III%) on his gear, this time in Chicago.
chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/06…
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Chuck Tanner made a great point: Both Dobbs and the New York decision relied heavily on whether these laws have substantial roots in our history as a "nation." As nationalism is always constructed through a telling of history, they are writing a far-right nationalism into law.
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A San Diego Police Patrol Officer who describes himself as a "politically incorrect European(White) American" took a little time on MLK Day to let me know he was down with a "White Ethnostate."
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If you look at the data posted at the Lindell election denial site Election Nexus, the site currently lists 526 alleged acts of fraud. None of them have URLs. All of them are timestamped TOMORROW.
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Heads up: Far-right activists indicating that Sheriff's deputies arrived at Ammon Bundy's property in the last hour.
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Anyone recognize the guy shaking Ammon Bundy’s hand at HempFest? The tattoos and necklace caught our attention.
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Given the attention to Highland Park, IL mass shootings, I'm surprised that there hasn't been more discussion about the 1999 4th of July mass shooter from Highland Park--Benjamin Nathanial Smith of the World Church of the Creator.
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If Ammon Bundy has fled from Idaho to avoid his contempt hearing, it’ll be part of the biggest legal victory against the far-right in Idaho since the victory that took the Aryan Nations compound.
irehr.org/reports/peoples-ri…
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In newly published bodycam footage from the 4/6 Bundy process servicing incident, Ammon exposes his violent temper and inadvertently reveals who actually owns the property. Bundy repeatedly calls it "my property" and shouts, "I bought the place, not you!"
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Be on the lookout for violent far-right street mobilizations into protest spaces, looking to create havoc and do harm.
SPOTTED: Gavin McInnes, the found of the 'Proud Boys' and co-founder of VICE, spotted at the Columbia University Encampment Protest.
Video by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 Desk@freedomnews.tv to license
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I get that everyone, myself included, wants to check out of 2020 for good, but you really should be paying attention to what’s happening in Salem right now if you want to know what 2021 is going to look like.
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meanwhile... In Salem, OR, the Proud Boys provided "security" for the nearly 10x-sized COVID denial rally at the state capitol. We're getting reports of many different cities where the crowds were as large, or larger than the JJ6 rally. Look outside DC for what's happening.
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FBI intercepts threatening letter intended for Utah election workers. The letter contained a white powder and was signed, “United States Traitor Elimination Army.”
deseret.com/politics/2024/09…
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Republican North Idaho senator yells ‘go back to where you came from’ at Native American candidate.
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THREAD: Some have questioned my characterization of Ammon Bundy's People's Rights Network(PRN), so here's a list of some of the things PRN leaders have been arrested/convicted of since the founding of the organization.
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Maybe bragging about evading arrest wasn't such a great idea?
Today, Ammon Bundy took to social media to confess that he's been intentionally evading the arrest warrant issued for him for intimidating witnesses in his defamation case.
Yesterday, he posted a video targeting witnesses in the same case.
There needs to be accountability.
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Heads up: Ammon Bundy's People's Rights network (PRN) appears to potentially be gearing up for another armed conflict. This is from PRN leader, Brand Thornton.
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After more than a year of intensive research, I'm super excited to announce the release of @IREHR's latest groundbreaking report, Breaching the Mainstream: A National Survey of Far-Right Membership in State Legislatures. irehr.org/reports/breaching-…
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The new "documentary" Plandemic 3: The Great Awakening officially launches today.
Rather than centering on anti-vax conspiracists, this one revolves around G. Edward Griffin, the conspiracist who wrote: "This is the John Birch Society: An Invitation to Membership."
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Alert: AZ election denial group, 2020 is Nullified, is organizing protests in Pima and Maricopa counties tonight. “Our elections and our country are being stolen.” They are asking “patriots” to “bring bullhorns” and may be planning to interfere in ballot counting.
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In a particularly disturbing trend among far-right COVID deniers, more have adopted the term "Pure Blood" to refer to the "unvaccinated."
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Federal prosecutors seek to revoke pre-trial release, detain Volusia Proud Boys member news-journalonline.com/story…
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This is what we warned about.
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Everyone is focused on the election, but I also wanted to draw your attention to a situation developing in Colorado.
A group of sovereign citizen-types, including Bundy ally Shawna Cox, seized public land.
It's got Malheur redux written all over it.
denverpost.com/2024/10/20/fr…
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For those reporters who have given the Oath Keepers a pass, here's what they discuss doing to you in private. Leaked chats show Oath Keepers saying "It's time to start killing the news media live on air."
NEW LEAK: Private chat records from inside the far-right, pro-Trump Oath Keepers militia show the group's interest in targeting reporters and "occupying" liberal cities like DC, as well as their strategy for outreach to cops:
unicornriot.ninja/2020/its-t…
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Gregg Phillips of TrueTheVote (and "2000 Mules") has a plan to create a far-right privatized War-on-Terror-esque "Fusion Center" for "election fraud."
He's going to surveil you at the polls, track your data, and bundle it together to hand over to "Constitutional Sheriffs."
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In an threatening new video posted tonight, Ammon Bundy claims an assessor and an attorney for St. Luke’s are due to look at his house at 10 am tomorrow. Bundy warns, “ Over my dead body.” Adds, “I’ll deal with him when he gets here.”
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Fugitive US Militant Ammon Bundy Geolocated to Utah bellingcat.com/news/2024/03/…
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Missouri Man who tried to ban LGBTQ books from schools now faces child molestation charge nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news…
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In a new video, Ammon Bundy stated because he refused to participate in a trial over his threats, harassment, and defamation of healthcare professionals that led to a lockdown of St. Luke's Hospital, he's just like Rosa Parks and anti-Nazi resisters.
No, seriously.
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Want to know more about the network behind the protests that caused the lockdown of three schools in Vancouver, WA yesterday? We’ve got you covered.
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Don't say your vote doesn't matter. In Texas, a far-right "Constitutional" sheriff candidate was just defeated by 1 vote.
Yet another 1-vote election result in Far West Texas!
GOP primary runoff for Jeff Davis County sheriff/tax assessor-collector (yes they do both jobs) - Victor Lopez defeats C.W. Stephens (a "constitutional sheriff" candidate) by 1 vote. No word on call for recount yet.
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I am more than a little skeptical of this data for several reasons, most importantly, the source. The Legatum Institute is far from an impartial observer. The Brexiteer's favorite think tank has a laundry list of problems. theguardian.com/politics/201…
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This is a big deal.
Steve Bannon’s War Room Pandemic Telegram page boosts white nationalist and fascist Patriot Front, links to “Hyphen-Report" website which calls the group’s recent Washington D.C. march “glorious" and describes its own platform as “an assault on jewish (sic) sensibilities.”
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One of the significant Take Our Border Back Convoy on-the-ground organizers is Johnathon Townsend Alexander. While he portrays his role with "Live Border News" as a journalist, he leaves out his years of far-right paramilitary activity.
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Ex-Misfits Singer Michale Graves Is a Potential Witness in a Capitol Insurrection Case After Joining the Proud Boys consequenceofsound.net/2021/…
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Can civil suits be an effective tool for countering the spread of far-right groups? Data from one recent case says yes.
After the $52.5 million defamation and harassment case verdict, Ammon Bundy’s People’s Rights Network experienced a 95.73% decline.
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Nazi propaganda, explosive device, ammunition seized in L.A. raid, prosecutors say.
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In a new video today following being found in contempt, Ammon Bundy played the victim. He claimed following scripture that he'll give the plaintiffs "everything" he owns.
He is lying.
He manipulatively leaves out how he rushed to hide property ownership after getting sued.
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Oh, joy.
Members of Ammon Bundy's People's Rights network are trying to doxx me and the rest of the @IREHR team (again). We'll be taking appropriate precautions and contacting authorities in Washington and Idaho.
We will not be silenced.
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Stew Peters Urges Americans to Start Exploring ‘Extra-Legal Options’ for Removing ‘Enemy Combatants’ From Office.
rightwingwatch.org/post/stew…
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#BBQStandoff Day 4: Ammon Bundy started the day continuing to issue threats against St. Luke's Hospital and CEO Chris Roth. Bundy demanded they do things his way or, "This will come back on you...It's coming back on St. Luke's. There's no way around that if you just continue."
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Just moments ago, Idaho PRN leader Garth Gaylord filmed himself harassing Gem Co. Sheriff Wunder at his home at night over the arrest of PRN founder Ammon Bundy.
#IDpol
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Included in today's filing, this letter from the Gem County Sheriff is damning to both Bundy and the Sheriff.
This threat of Bundy violence, the filing argues, "is Precisely Why It Is Essential That the Sheriff Fulfill His Duties."
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Local charities turn down food from Connecticut Proud Boys.
Proud Boys making push in Connecticut.
journalinquirer.com/connecti…
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You'll never guess who True The Vote's Gregg Phillips had on his most recent "Patriot Games" podcast...
Paul Manafort.
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Here we go!
A single benefactor gave $216,000 in crypto donations to white nationalist and far-right groups. The biggest beneficiary was Ammon Bundy’s People’s Rights Network (PRN), which received transfers worth $93,000.
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The AP repeatedly cited nativist groups with ties to white nationalism in articles on immigration mediamatters.org/immigration…
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Militia groups running deep in the far-right #reopen" protest groups. Here's yet another example of a militia leader openly and publicly recruiting inside the group, Reopen Halifax County Virginia. He also noted he's got "20 fireteams" at the ready.
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Turns out that Vern Miller, the man arrested with guns at Trump’s Coachella rally, turns out to be a big fan of far-right paramilitary figures Cliven and Ammon Bundy. He even made a Bundy Ranch standoff documentary.
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Ammon Bundy showed up in court!
Though he refused to participate in the entire St. Luke's defamation case, Bundy made an appearance today, as did the owner of White Barn Enterprises LLC.
The hearing was to prevent sale of property in question until a hearing on August 28.
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On Saturday, at the Fuentes Rally, the white nationalist leader rolled out his latest attempt to re-brand his genocidal bigotry as "Christian Futurism." It's not something Fuentes created, but has a long troubling history.
So, what is "Futurism?"
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At the time he was also registered to vote in three different states.
cnbc.com/2017/01/30/trumps-v…
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Pennsylvania police officer charged for Capitol insurrection and suspended without pay, says he has 'No regrets.'
North Cornwall police officer arrested by FBI in U.S. Capitol riot ldnews.com/story/news/2021/0… via @LDNews
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In the end, anti-vax themes were mere tentpoles upon which this old JBS-style conspiracy-mongering was draped.
In many ways, this marks the final stage of COVID denial as a movement. Given the numbers mobilized in the last 3 years, it also signals more ominous politics to come.
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Retired law enforcement leaders jointly condemn Ammon Bundy's 'blatant disregard for the rule of law' boisestatepublicradio.org/po…
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At yesterday's poorly attended CSPOA event in Couer d'Alene, ID, the group's founder, Richard Mack, lashed out at @IREHR for being "relentless" in exposing his activity. He also called me a "communist."
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On the same day that a lengthy new piece on Ammon Bundy runs in The Atlantic, the website of his group, the People's Rights Network, goes dark.
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Hey @jack just a reminder of the myriad ways Alex Jones has violated TOS.
irehr.org/2011/10/18/who-is-…
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We'll be following the far-right reaction to the Chauvin guilty verdict over at @IREHR. Reactions already coming in fast and furious.
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Hey @YouTube, are you OK with Ammon Bundy using your platform to doxx a judge, and organize an armed protest against her at her home? In the full YouTube video, Bundy repeatedly gives out the judge's home address. How is that not a TOS violation?
In a chilling call to action, Ammon Bundy declared "Patriot groups all across Idaho and the country, I cannot try to hold you back any longer." He repeatedly urged these groups to join in his protest at a judge's home in Boise, ID on Saturday at 10am.
Watch.
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THREAD: Major updates in the allegations of theft/fraud against CSPOA leader Richard Mack. Today it was confirmed that an attorney for America's Frontline Doctors (Free Speech Foundation) filed theft/fraud charges against Mack--who was serving as president of AFLDS.
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Ammon Bundy just called on supporters to stake out the homes of police officers and CPS employees and Boise St. Luke’s hospital. Also called a press conference for noon (local) at Ada County Courthouse.
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When they try to pin the Capitol insurrection on the working class or economic anxiety, just remember evidence like this.
3 Beverly Hills residents, including a doctor, arrested in Capitol attack latimes.com/california/story…
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Brace yourselves. Across the far-right, we're tracking a big uptick in premature COVID denial anti-mask rage aimed at the *future possibility* of mask mandates.
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25th Man Affiliated With Proud Boys And His Brother Indicted By DOJ For Capitol Riot
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With #FacebookDown, it's a good time to review how the platform has become an epicenter of COVID denial, home to 1,732 groups with nearly 2.5 million members.
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The atrocious Rittenhouse verdict gave a blaring green light to white supremacist vigilante violence.
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DeSantis suspends four female Broward County school board members and fills four vacancies with men floridaphoenix.com/2022/08/2… via @FLPhoenixNews
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Far-rightist former general, Mike Flynn, joined Alex Jones on InfoWars to get viewers prepped for bloody conflict, “we’re moving towards the sound of the guns here folks… and the sound of the guns is freedom.”
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All of us at @IREHR were honored to have consulted on this case. It was my distinct pleasure to serve as an expert witness for the amazing plaintiffs who braved so much to take a stand against far-right harassment and defamation.
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