“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
"RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, the FDA’s top vaccine scientist. In his resignation letter, Marks rebuked RFK Jr. for seeking subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies about vaccines":
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/rfk-jr-fda-vaccine-scientist-peter-marks/
#healthcare #extremism #politics
Speaking of deportations that he is responsible for, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said: "We’re looking every day for lunatics that are tearing things up."
He can find them at any Trump Cabinet meeting. #politics #extremism
Last week, the Department of Justice, which is charged with enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), began to rescind key guidance, justifying the move by suggesting that accessibility is the reason for cost-of-living increases.
The US right is coming for #disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone | Well actually | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2025/mar/27/us-disability-rights-trump
The word friends used to describe convenience store worker and part-time DJ Matthew Allison: Goofy. This @ProPublica report explains how he was also a key figure in Terrorgram, a network of white supremacist chat groups and channels. He was arrested last year; prosecutors say he used the Telegram platform to solicit attacks on government infrastructure, encourage the assassination of politicians and distribute instructions for making bombs.
https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber
"Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking #science":
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/28/trump-administration-science-research-cuts/
"Trump has unleashed cuts and chaos that are paralyzing ongoing research, prompting layoffs, and threatening America’s perch as a global scientific leader."
#Trump #ignorance #extremism #politics
A “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network
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To friends, Matthew Allison was a likeable part of Boise, Idaho’s electronic music scene. But behind his computer screen, authorities say, he helped lead the Terrorgram Collective, an online network that inspired white supremacist violence.
https://www.propublica.org/article/matthew-allison-dj-terrogram-collective-boise-dallas-humber?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
An extremist group has been linked to a Winnipeg terrorism-related case. What is M.K.Y.?
M.K.Y, a racially and ethnically motivated extremist group police say has been linked to an antisemitic vandalism case in Winnipeg, draws its hateful ideology from many sources but is ultimately fuelled by a sense of nihilism, exp...
#terrorism #extremism #crime #politics #Winnipeg #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/mky-winnipeg-terrorism-online-radicalization-maniac-murder-cult-1.7489993?cmp=rss
Digital Pathways to Violence: the Tech Ecosystem Behind the Antioch Shooting
"RFK Jr. Says Maybe We Should Just Let The Bird Flu Run Rampant."
When your brain is partially eaten by a worm, you could sometimes view diseases as a good thing:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-jr-says-maybe-we-should-just-let-the-bird-flu-run-rampant_n_67dc3a1fe4b0ca0f703623ba #healthcare #extremism #politics
Neo-Nazis are using Instagram to sell merchandise featuring hate symbols and slogans » Political Press
Congresswoman Harriet Hageman had a town hall in Wyoming where her audience booed her loudly and often. Citizens loudly objected to her support of DOGE. This booing was shown today on MSNBC. #politics #Musk #extremism
Looks like helping build houses for poor people isn't a worthy endeavor when that money could be given to ultra-wealthy people.
#Trump has pulled the #SecretService details of Hunter & Ashley Biden "effective immediately."
A compelling account of how white nationalists are strategically infiltrating the wellness movement. By co-opting its language, aesthetics, and products, they attempt to normalize their ideology, build community, and recruit.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2025/2/2/how-white-nationalists-infiltrated-the-wellness-movement #WhiteSupremacy #Racism #Nationalism #Extremism
"Town hall descends into chaos as Republican lawmaker is heckled about Musk, Trump ...
The reaction grew especially hostile when he voiced support for Trump administration policies, including loud boos when he said the president supported Ukraine and when he defended Musk and DOGE":
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/14/north-carolina-town-hall-chuck-edwards/ #politics #extremism
Even before he did this, people thought Elon Musk is a Nazi:
"Elon Musk Shares Post Saying Hitler Didn't Murder Millions Of People":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-shares-post-saying-hitler-didnt-murder-millions-of-people_n_67d58e55e4b0a37116af2495
Another clue was when Musk recently gave a Nazi salute. #politics #extremism #neonazi
We identified 35 crimes linked to Terrorgram, including bomb plots, stabbings and shootings.
Each case involved someone who posted in Terrorgram chats, followed Terrorgram accounts or was a member of a group whose leaders participated in the Terrorgram community.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rise-and-fall-terrorgram-inside-global-online-hate-network-frontline-telegram?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
"The more that people like #ElonMusk are putting on the wall the idea that it's appropriate to attack these judges for nothing more than ruling against the federal government, the more that we're normalizing what really are in the main very serious threats to #JudicialIndependence," Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown University, said.
Efforts to undermine the #judiciary come at the same time the #Trump admin has moved to fire lawyers inside the #DOJ & the #Pentagon, penalize private law firms who represented clients Trump does not like, & to back away from participation in the activities of the #ABA.
