“The Democratic brand is toxic right now,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said. Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger said of Newsom's decision to interview Steve Bannon: “This is a bad man, and to platform him, this is nuts”:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gavin-newsom-praises-bill-maher-for-white-house-visit/ #media #politics #extremism

It is critical that we remember. We must. stand up and resist if we are to prevent this from repeating. Trump, the MAGA movement, and the far Right are hurting people for political gain.

#Intolerance #HateSpeech #HateCrimes #Facism #FarRight #MAGA #Trump #Extremism #NeverForget #Resistance

Bombshell Documents obtained under Freedom of Information Act from Victoria Police have revealed that Victoria Police Command knew that Nazi Protestors were planning to join “in support of the Let Women Speak group” almost an hour prior to their now infamous Nazi Salute “in support of” Kellie-Jay Keen on Parliament Steps in 2023. Raising serious questions about the intention of Victoria Police in dealing with the threat of #extremism.

https://substack.com/home/post/p-156929564

#acab #moiradeeming #vicpol #auspol

Substack hosts newsletters but it is very controversial because of its strange position concerning pro-Nazi content. Substack was so anti-censorship that it approved all content, including all Nazi content, but later Substack decided to reject some newsletters whose Nazi content was even too offensive for Substack. Some good newsletters left Substack and other good newsletters remain there: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/substack-platformer-leaving-nazi-content-1234945461/ #media #politics #extremism

Anti-EU protesters storm EU mission in Bulgaria – POLITICO https://www.byteseu.com/768549/ #BoykoBorissov #Buildings #Bulgaria #Europe #extremism #FarRight #Media #Missions #RuleOfLaw #SocialMedia #UrsulaVonDerLeyen

An X account, operated by ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, and first created in 2012, has posted hateful, xenophobic, and pro-fascist content. The Observer linked Rodden to the account through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/

#extremism #Fascism #politics #USpol #ICE #immigration #news #WhiteSupremacy #SocialMedia #ElonMusk

In December, the Texas Observer and @Bellingcat identified the operators of four prominent white supremacist accounts on X, including documenting their interactions with Elon Musk. One worked for the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland. https://www.texasobserver.org/revealed-operators-neo-nazi-x-accounts/

#ElonMusk #WhiteSupremacy #extremism #Fascism #SocialMedia #racism #politics #USpol #news

REVEALED by Correspondent @stevanzetti: We identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as #ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation. https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/

#SocialMedia #extremism #immigration #border #politics #USpol #WhiteSupremacy #Fascism #Trump #news

The Death of Government Expertise

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/career-civil-servant-end/681712/?utm_source=feed

KEWL🌀NEWS

#MUSK #AUTHORITARIANISM #EXTREMISM #GOP #TRUMP #PRESS

"I don't need to apologize" -- Bishop Mariann Budde
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/22/i-dont-need-to-apologize-bishop-angered-with-sermon-speaks-out
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5270918/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-trump-interview

#MariannBudde #courage #honor
#USpol #USlaw #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #Project2025
#xenophobia #racism #ChristianRight #Catholicism #whiteSupremacism #hatred
#antiLGBT #TitleIX #transphobia
#Christofascism #transgenocide #theocracy #DominionTheocracy
#sexism #paternalism #HegemonicMasculinity #ToxicMasculinity
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #abortion #SelfDetermination

A Line By Line #Analysis Of #ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump's Big #AntiTrans #ExecutiveOrder.

Trump released 70+ executive orders Monday. While orders on #immigration and #climate drew attention, his #antitrans order could have sweeping impacts.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Racism #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/a-line-by-line-analysis-of-trumps

From the archives: "On January 6, 2021, I found myself not only inside the U.S. Capitol for the first time, but running away from angry insurrectionists that had just broken through windows and doors to try to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election."
https://www.texasobserver.org/a-texas-photojournalist-got-caught-in-the-capitol-insurrection-heres-what-he-saw/

#politics #USpol #history #photography #journalism #media #Trump #democracy #DonaldTrump #extremism #J6

I'm reposting most of my @TexasObserver stories onto my homepage.

Here's one I wrote in 2022 about Alex Jones. Sadly, as is often the case, Jones is a bellwether of extremist and, increasingly, mainstream Republican rhetoric, and anti-trans 'groomer' bigotry has certainly been mainstreamed. https://kitoconnell.com/2022/06/08/alex-jones-bigotry-groomer/

#AlexJones #extremism #fascism #transphobia #trans #LGBTQIA+ #media #Republicans #homophobia

Let's also add this about #Hegseth's extremist religious bent. The #military has chaplains, which are almost exclusively christians and are often Bible-thumping Jesus pushers who have barely a fig leaf of nondenominational disguise. They push out Bibles and use counseling sessions with Service members as a way to jam their religion down suffering people's throats. Yes I know, some of these chaplains aren't bad chaps. But many are fucking insufferable zealots and I know this from experience, and their leaders allow it. With a religious nutcase at the helm, the military's unconstitutional history of subjecting every Service member and civilian employee to a constant barrage of christian religious proselytizing will get immediately worse. Christianity will be built into Service school curricula in various unconstitutional ways, mark my words. This is inextricably tied to the damage he wants to do to diversity in the military because these views place white men at the top of a hierarchy in all things. The religion and the politics are inseparable. #extremism #military #DOD
https://theconversation.com/why-the-religious-beliefs-of-trump-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-matter-245601

Yesterday #Hegseth testified over and over again under oath that military training standards have changed to allow women to pass tests. I don't understand why none of the Dems had the sense to dispute that simple claim for which every military school has the historical data to show if or when its standards have ever been changed through modern history, and the reasons for those changes.

His claims are EASY to dispute. The women who made history by being first through Ranger school for example, this was discussed in the media REPEATEDLY with school officials stating flatly that the women had to pass the existing standards.

The USMC was most resistant to allowing women in certain combat roles until SECDEF Carter made it #DOD policy in 2016 that all combat jobs would be open to women who qualify. The Marines and SF were clear that any women who applied would have to train to the existing standard. And they have, and many have met the standard.

Hegseth's false argument could be completely wrecked by existing historical data and nobody did it. The often touted "bigger and stronger" argument fails consistently because the women who have passed these schools, as well as MANY of the men, are not giants. They are simply very disciplined and they train hard.
#military #extremism #misogyny #USPol

NEW: Jaeson Jones, a former DPS captain-turned-MAGA influencer, is helping lay the groundwork for mass deportations and conflict with #Mexico. This ex-DPS captain has the ears of millions of Americans—including incoming border czar Tom Homan. https://www.texasobserver.org/the-border-propagandist/

#border #politics #Trump #immigration #police #extremism #USpol #news #media

🗣️ Palestine (A ✨NEW✨, free, 87-minute talk)

Tags: #Israel #Places #ViolenceSinceWw2 #Extremism
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/av/palestine_shaun

“How Zionist interests are behind British government's new attempted definition of 'extremism'”

by David Miller in Tracking Power Update on Substack

“The minister leading this is the toxic Michael Gove, the most pro-Zionist minister in the govt. He has a history of involvement with #Zionist #lobby groups, and for example, was the first chairman of the #Neoconservative and Islamophobic think tank #Policy #Exchange”

https://open.substack.com/pub/trackingpower/p/how-zionist-interests-are-behind?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

#Press #UK #Extremism #ZionistInterests #Islamophobia

Impact of QAnon in 2024 U.S. Election
https://www.prri.org/spotlight/the-rise-and-impact-of-q-the-2024-election-from-the-view-of-qanon-believers

* election filled w. conspiracy theories
* led by QAnon conspiracy theory movement
* influential force in Am. politics
* widely discredited, movement has devoted following ext. into mainstream politics
* influenced voters/candidates/political discourse

#polls #PRRI
#ChristianRight #MikeFlynn #psyops #extremism
#QAnon #GOP #MAGA #Trumpism #Trump2 #fascism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #ignorance
#Christofascism #transgenocide

4 yrs years U.S. Capitol riot QAnon hasn't gone away
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/30/nx-s1-5230801/qanon-capitol-riot-social-media

* online extremist community QAnon courted by Trump/most powerful allies
* Trump, Musk repeat. share QAnon content on social media
* nonprofit PRRI: polls on religion
* 2024: 19% Am. believe in QAnon core theories (2021: 14%); 32% among Trumpist Republicans

#ChristianRight #MikeFlynn #psyops #extremism
#QAnon #GOP #MAGA #Trumpism #Trump2 #fascism #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories
#Christofascism #transgenocide
#PRRI

"Spiritual Warfare," QAnon, Sitting Senator: Inside Wild World of Mike Flynn’s Political Action Committee
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113432224189896483

Frontline: Michael Flynn's Holy War
https://persagen.org/docs/frontline-2022-10-18-michael_flynns_holy_war.html

#ChristianRight #MikeFlynn #MichaelFlynn #PoliticalOperatives #psyops #Islamophobia #conservatism #HolyWar #extremism
#QAnon #RepublicanParty #GOP #MAGA #Trumpism #fascism #Trump2 #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories
#Florida #DeSantis #SchoolBoards #ProudBoys
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Comments [thread: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112815779242384993 ]

* QAnon: proto-religion based on belief, conspiracies, dogma, evangelicalism
* 2020s U.S. Republican Party - allied with QAnon - has metastasized into a proto-religion
* behind the scenes Christian right/libertarian billionaires pull the strings.

#QAnon #ConspiracyTheories #ProtoReligions #dogmatism #extremism
#SocialMedia #memes #disinformation
#USpol #RepublicanParty #GOP #Trumpism #MAGA #MikeFlynn #psyops #fascism
#Christofascism #transgenocide

[thread] QAnon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon

* far-right Am. political conspiracy theory/political movement
* originated 2017
* centers on fabricated claims made by anon. "Q"
* relayed/developed by online communities/ influencers

#QAnon #ConspiracyTheories #ProtoReligions #dogmatism #extremism
#SocialMedia #memes #disinformation
#USpol #RepublicanParty #GOP #Trumpism #MAGA #MikeFlynn #psyops #fascism
#CanPol #Conservatives #Poilievre #DanielleSmith #FreedomConvoy
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Cyprus’ Role in Syria’s Future: Aiding Chemical Disarmament and Seeking the Missing https://www.byteseu.com/583964/ #ChemicalWeapons #ConstantinosKombos #Cyprus #extremism #ForeignPolicy #InternationalRelations #kurds #Migration #Syria #Turkey

"The modicum of believability provided by the Nashville shooting... was enough to fuel this ongoing strategy for two years. Since then, conservative influencers have attempted to link nearly every viral mass/school shooting to trans people to create a false trend."

The Madison, Wisconsin School Shooter Was A "Femcel" Columbine Copycat: Here's What That Means
https://shatterzone.substack.com/p/the-madison-wisconsin-school-shooter

#extremism #transphobia #GunViolence

#Antitrans #hatecrimes increased a lot in #LosAngeles.

#Hatecrimes are up across the board, with #trans people being the most targeted.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Media #MoralPanic #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism #Hatecrimes

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/anti-trans-hate-crimes-increased-a-lot-in-los-angeles/

#Netanyahu depune mărturie pentru prima dată în procesul său de corupție.
Susține că este hărțuit pentru politicile sale de securitate extremiste.
Procesul se desfășoară într-o sală subterană.

🔗 https://wp.me/p9KpFA-3ZZ6

#Știri #Israel #Extremism

How #Republicans' #Trans #MoralPanic Echoes #VladmirPutin’s #Authoritarian #Playbook

I was a #journalist in #Russia when Putin launched his #campaign against #LGBTQ+ #people just over a decade ago.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews #Russia #FuckRussia #FuckPutin

https://www.them.us/story/how-the-gops-trans-panic-has-shades-of-putins-anti-lgbtq-playbook

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump claims he will #end #birthrightcitizenship.

“We’re going to have to get it changed,” Trump said, referring to the #14thAmendment of the #Constitution.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/08/trump-end-birthright-citizenship-00193184