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Extremists Links: `Blood Populism,' Copycat Crimes, and the Rise in Political Violence

As the midterm elections approach, there remains an increasing threat of political violence.

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Teddy Wilson
Jul 01, 2026
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Armed members of a far right militia in front of the state capitol building in Lansing, Michigan in 2020. (Image: Rod Sanford / Detroit News)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militias, and Far Right Authoritarian Movements

  • Rise of the Blood Populist [The Atlantic]

  • The `Blood Populism’ Driving Political Violence in America [PBS News]

  • Is the U.S. in a new era of political violence? Experts say it’s complicated [Scientific American]

  • Luigi Mangione, Copycat Crimes, and the Rise of Political Violence [Rolling Stone]

  • Repeated violence puts spotlight on divisive political speech [The Washington Post]

  • New poll finds a majority of Americans unsure if attempts on Trump’s life were real [NPR]

  • The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event [The Guardian]

  • Could neo-Nazi youth, or ‘active clubs,’ have played a role in Belfast riots? [NPR]

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