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Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through April 19.
A mixed martial arts fighter in Missoula, Montana, who appears to have three neo-Nazi tattoos on his chest and possible ties to a racist hate group, is sponsored by a far-right podcasting network whose co-founders were sentenced to prison for their role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, a Hatewatch investigation revealed.
Kentucky politician TJ Roberts said he planned to endorse a white nationalist鈥檚 political platform, according to newly obtained text from a 2017 conversation, casting doubt on his explanation for antisemitic remarks听that Hatewatch reported on April 3.
Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through April 12.
Every week, we highlight stories on extremism and the radical right from the Southern Poverty Law Center鈥檚 Intelligence Project. Here are stories that caught our attention through April 5.
TJ Roberts, a politician from Boone County, Kentucky, claimed Jewish people promote 鈥渨hite genocide鈥 in a private chat from 2017 that Hatewatch obtained.
On March 27, a California judge issued a 听that former Trump Campaign attorney John Eastman be disbarred.
A cache of documents related to Texas鈥 Operation Lone Star reveals that state contractor Wynne Transportation, LLC, paid over $20 million to an antigovernment extremist group to bus migrants in 鈥渋nhumane鈥 conditions. The documents also reveal the tangled web of limited liability companies that Texas pays to bus immigrants from its border with Mexico.
A foundation that sought to mainstream racist pseudoscience and pro-segregationist viewpoints established a publishing house that produced and promoted literature encouraging neo-Nazi terrorism, Hatewatch found.听
Two ultra-conservative non-profit policy groups that frequently attempt to influence Georgia officials appear to be bolstered by the help of two people not registered as lobbyists, according to public records and social media posts reviewed by Hatewatch.