The Far-Right Erupts After Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdict

Last week ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd after a nearly month-long trial. Convictions of police officers over the killing of Black people are rare, and while many celebrated the verdict, far-right figures — including many white nationalists — were outraged.

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White Nationalist Scott Greer Downplays Capitol Hill Insurrection On Newsmax

On the Jan. 9, 2021 episode of her Newsmax show, Sovereign Nation, far-right pundit Michelle Malkin interviewed white nationalist Scott Greer about the insurrection at the Capitol last Wednesday. In 2018 Greer stepped down as deputy-editor of The Daily Caller when it was revealed that he had written for Richard Spencer’s white supremacist publication Radix Journal.

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Right-Wing Extremists Are Losing Their Shit Over Trump’s Loss

On November 7, 2020, multiple media outlets finally announced that former Vice President Joe Biden had won the state of Pennsylvania and is now President-elect of the United States. The White House’s current occupant, a fascist who empowered domestic terrorists and used the government’s power to target his political enemies, would be one of only eleven presidents to lose reelection.

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White Nationalists Applaud President Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Executive Order

On April 20, 2020, President Trump announced his newest attack on immigrants. Continue reading “White Nationalists Applaud President Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Executive Order”

Meet The People Behind AFPAC, The Extreme Right’s Newest Gathering

Updated | Tomorrow night, as many right-wingers are wrapping up for the day at CPAC — the annual Conservative Political Action Conference — a very different event will be going on in nearby Washington D.C. This year, the nascent “groyper” movement will hold it’s own event: the America First Political Action Conference, or AFPAC.

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YouTube Finally Bans Racist Podcaster Nick Fuentes

Yesterday it was reported that Nick Fuentes, a virulently racist and antisemitic podcaster, had finally been suspended from YouTube for violating the platform’s ban on hate speech. Continue reading “YouTube Finally Bans Racist Podcaster Nick Fuentes”

Hiding In Plain Sight: The White Nationalist Who Toiled Inside A Right-Wing Media Powerhouse

The following article was reported in collaboration with Right Wing Watch. It also appears on Right Wing Watch.

Updated | Michael J. Thompson demanded that someone turn down the “horrifying music” so that he could introduce the then-Daily Caller editor Scott Greer, whom he had helped publish his first book. Continue reading “Hiding In Plain Sight: The White Nationalist Who Toiled Inside A Right-Wing Media Powerhouse”

‘Learn To Code’: The Alt-Right’s Latest Anti-Journalist Meme Is Based On A Lie

Last week was a terrible week for journalism as major media companies cut their workforces. According to The Cut, approximately 1,000 workers — editors, writers, etc. — were laid off in a three-day period, with BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Gannett as the hardest hit. Continue reading “‘Learn To Code’: The Alt-Right’s Latest Anti-Journalist Meme Is Based On A Lie”

In The Past Month, Ann Coulter Has Retweeted White Nationalists Dozens Of Times

In April conservative firebrand Ann Coulter made headlines after she retweeted Mike “Enoch” Peinovich — the anti-Semitic podcaster who founded the website The Right Stuff and co-hosts The Daily Shoah. Continue reading “In The Past Month, Ann Coulter Has Retweeted White Nationalists Dozens Of Times”