The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a report today on Extremism on the Ballot in 2022: The American political landscape one year after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol reflects the yawning divides highlighted on that violent day and reveals the extent to which extremist beliefs have become part of the mainstream. As … Read more
The Department of Homeland Security warned on Tuesday that violent white supremacy was the “most persistent and lethal threat in the homeland” in an annual assessment that a former intelligence chief whistleblower had accused the agency of withholding in deference to President Trump. Delayed Homeland Security Report Warns of ‘Lethal’ White Supremacy: The intelligence chief-turned-whistle-blower … Read more
Josh Kelety at The Phoenix New Times has the latest reporting on Rep. Mark Finchem’s ties to anti-government extremist organizations identified as domestic terrorism organizations. Rep. Mark Finchem Worked With Anti-Government Extremists, Emails Show: State Representative Mark Finchem served as “Arizona Coordinator” for the Coalition of Western States, a group that supported the infamous armed … Read more
Donald Trump brought his “covid super-spreader” carnival show to Nevada on Saturday, defying local authorities by holding a Saturday night rally in tiny Minden after his initial plan to hold one in Reno was stopped out of concern it would have violated coronavirus health guidelines. Trump pushes into Nevada, questions integrity of election: Unleashing 90-plus minutes … Read more
A couple of recent reports deserve wider public attention. First, Politico reports on DHS draft documents: White supremacists are greatest terror threat: White supremacists present the gravest terror threat to the United States, according to a draft report from the Department of Homeland Security. Two later draft versions of the same document — all of … Read more