RIGHTWING EXTREMISM
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Five years after January 6th, dozens of pardoned insurrectionists have been arrested again
The charges for former January 6th insurrectionists range from possession of child pornography to sexual assault, child molestation and aggravated kidnapping.
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Opinion: This isn’t politics as usual. It’s a betrayal of veterans like me.
Over the past few months, I’ve watched headlines roll in with a pit in my stomach. Cuts to vital veterans’ services. Mass layoffs of VA staff.
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The GOP-controlled NC Court of Appeals might have just made Jefferson Griffin the winner of a race he lost
Two Republican judges on the NC Court of Appeals just brought defeated state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin one step closer to overturning his loss.
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Conservative voices join the outcry against Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn his election loss
A Republican angering Democrats in a fight over voting rights is one thing. But a Republican causing several conservative voices to align with Democrats against them highlights just how unprecedented Griffin’s effort is.
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OPINION: Thom Tillis needs to show courage and reject some of Trump’s cabinet nominees
Donald Trump nominated Kash Patel, a conspiracy theorist who has promised to use the FBI to pursue Trump’s political opponents, as FBI director. It is a nomination that epitomizes far-right extremism, write Scott Peoples, a former Army veteran and member of the national group Veterans for Responsible Leadership.
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Why people are so concerned about Trump picking RFK Jr. to lead US public health
Trump’s pick for health secretary wants to increase access to raw milk, remove fluoride from drinking water, and has said that vaccines cause autism and that WiFi causes cancer.
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Hate and harassment towards women spreads after Trump’s election
Over a 24-hour period following Trump’s election, there was a 4,600% increase in the usage of the phrase “your body, my choice” on X. The phrase has made its way offline as well, with young girls and parents across the country using social media to share instances of harassment involving it.
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All the racist, hateful things said at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden
The rally bore glaring similarities to a Nazi rally held at an earlier iteration of Madison Square Garden in 1939. “My reaction is that it was a combination of 1933 Germany, 1939 Madison Square Garden last night,” former Trump adviser Anthony Scaramucci said on Monday.
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Examining Dan Bishop’s ties to far-right extremists, conspiracy theorists, and Jan. 6 rioters
Bishop has ties to groups and individuals who’ve spread racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-Muslim conspiracy theories; denounced the separation of church and state; gotten into online arguments with the Auschwitz Memorial; and tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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‘This is war.’ Michele Morrow suggests violence may be necessary if Trump loses in November
Michele Morrow, the Republican candidate to lead North Carolina’s public schools, wrote in a recent message to fellow Republicans that “we either willingly fight now, or we will be forced to fight on Nov 6th,” the day after Election Day. “This is war, ladies and gentlemen,” she wrote.
