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.

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]