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Far-Right Violence
September 13, 2023
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Katherine Stewart
The Right-Wing Conspiracy-Fest Is More Openly Bloodthirsty Than Before
I’ve been to three ReAwaken America events. This one, starring Alex Jones and Roseanne Barr, was off the charts.
June 13, 2023
Tori Otten
Starbucks Denies Union Allegations of a Ban on Pride Decorations
The coffee chain maintains it is not caving to far-right attacks on LGBTQ people, despite union reports.
December 27, 2022
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Indigo Olivier
Transphobe of the Year: Matt Walsh
The right-wing writer and podcaster has raised his profile by spreading grotesque conspiracy theories about “grooming” and pedophilia in the LGBTQ community.
December 14, 2022
Prem Thakker
Counterprotesters in Texas Turned an Attack on a Drag Show Into a Giant Party
LGBTQ activists and allies showed up to counterprotest a far-right attack in San Antonio, and their numbers were so big that one reporter said it became an “open air party.”
November 1, 2022
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Alaric DeArment
Italy’s New Leaders Insist They Aren’t Fascists. Their Treatment of Roma People Says Otherwise.
Meet Europe’s new far right, the same as the old far right.
June 3, 2022
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Melissa Gira Grant
Republicans’ Anti-LGBTQ Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling Far-Right Threats to Pride Celebrations
Their anti-LGBTQ legal crusade and “grooming” language have been adopted by extremist groups.
May 16, 2022
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Michael Tomasky
The Buffalo Shooting Is the Latest White Rage Backlash, Brought to You by the GOP
The gunman was angry about “replacement theory.” Gee, where do we think he might have first heard about that?
October 28, 2021
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Matt Ford
The Right’s Embrace of Political Violence Is Escalating
“When do we get to use the guns?” is the inevitable result of a constant flood of surreal conspiracies and opportunistic lies.
September 20, 2021
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Stephanie Heimann
The Capitol Riot Sequel Was a Sad Media Circus
Capitol Police turned out in force to confront the “Justice for J6” rally. They needn’t have bothered.
July 21, 2021
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Esther Wang
How Tucker Carlson and a Story About a Possibly Fictional Trans Person Fueled Two Weeks of Violent Right-Wing Protests
The chaos unfolding outside of a Los Angeles spa is a case study in how the right’s media and political ecosystems feed each other, often resulting in very real violence.
February 23, 2021
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Melissa Gira Grant
The Depressing Whiplash of the Senate’s Capitol Riot Hearing
Republican senators culpable in the violence looked elsewhere, as did the police, for explanations of what went wrong on January 6.
January 26, 2021
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Melissa Gira Grant
How Do You Deradicalize a Cop?
As law enforcement agencies search their ranks for extremists, deeper questions have emerged about the racist, conspiratorial thinking embedded in those institutions.
January 12, 2021
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Melissa Gira Grant
Sheryl Sandberg, Resign
The Facebook COO’s denials about the platform’s role in the violence at the Capitol should be the last straw.
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