Extremists Links: Conspiracy Theories and Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Inspire Extremists Violence

Far right conspiracy theories and anti-immigrant rhetoric amplified by right-wing media may have inspire plots to commit extremists violence.

Member of Constitutional Patriots militia is pictured on patrol at the U.S.-Mexico border in March 2019. (Image: Paul Ratje / Getty Images)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Far Right Extremists

• The History of Extremist Groups at the US-Mexico Border [The Antagonist Magazine]

• The ‘mainstreaming’ of ‘hateful and dehumanizing rhetoric’ in right-wing media is leading to violence, experts say [CNN]

• Man accused of beheading father was steeped in conspiracy theories [USA Today]

• A Decapitation May Have Roots in Far-Right Border and Immigrant Paranoia [Wired]

• 'God's Army' protesters rally in Texas against migrant crossings [Agence France-Presse]

• Texas border showdown is far-right magnet, hate trackers warn [The Washington Post]

• Texas' standoff with the feds in Eagle Pass is igniting calls for secession and fears of violence [Texas Tribune]

• ‘Take Our Border Back’ Convoy Propelled By Religious Extremists Tied To Mike Flynn [Bucks County Beacon]

• Proud Boys, other far-right groups use Texas convoy as rallying cry [Military Times]

• Trial date set for white supremacist who targeted Black shoppers at a Buffalo supermarket [NBC News]

• Man who wanted to build white supremacist community in Fremont County sentenced to federal prison in weapons case [Carson City Daily Record]

• Eugene man arrested over white supremacist graffiti at synagogue [NPR]