Extremists Links: Thousands of Threats Made Against Lawmakers Ahead of 2024 Campaign
Extremists Links: Thousands of Threats Made Against Lawmakers Ahead of 2024 Campaign
More than 8,000 threats made 'against members of Congress last year,' according to the U.S. Capitol Police.
*Extremists Links is a weekly round-up of reporting on extremists groups including the White Supremacists and Militia Movements, as well as reporting on the investigations into the January 6th Insurrection. This week, Extremists Links is available to free subscribers to Radical Reports.
The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.
White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Far Right Extremists
Capitol Police investigated more than 8,000 threats against lawmakers last year [NBC News]
Authorities Investigate Threats to Democratic Lawmakers [The New York Times]
Politically motivated 'swatting' incidents reveal how common anti-government terrorism is becoming, expert warns [Business Insider]
Prosecutors seek 20 years for neo-Nazi who firebombed Geauga County church and wrote jail manifesto calling for violence [Cleveland Plain Dealer]
The Club Q Shooter Will Plead Guilty to Avoid the Death Penalty [Them]
Club Q shooter faces more than a century in prison for hate crime charges [BBC]
Buffalo supermarket mass shooting Garland's first death penalty case [The Detroit News]
Extremists Call for ‘Civil War’ and ‘Secession’ Over Texas Border Ruling [Vice News]
Extremism not prevalent in US military, but it’s a concern among veterans, report says [Stars and Stripes]
Democrats Propose Bill to Neuter Militias [Vice News]
It's become more difficult to identify motivations behind mass casualty attacks [ABC News]
Crypto's Nazi problem: With few rules to stop them, white supremacists fundraise for hate [USA Today]
How Antisemitic "White Replacement" Conspiracy Theories Pose a Threat in 2024 and Beyond [Inkstick Media]
Paul Gosar Keeps Finding Himself Surrounded by Young Racists [Vice News]
Candidate with alleged Nazi ties, felonies approved for NC ballot over GOP challenge [The News & Observer]
Neo-Nazi With Felony Convictions Cleared to Remain on GOP Ballot [Vice News]
White nationalist group Patriot Front appears at March for Life 2024 in DC [News2Share]
Chanting Nazis Project Swastika Onto Wisconsin University's Dorm [The Daily Beast]
Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs Have Gone Dark Since Terror Arrests in Canada [Vice News]
Neo-Nazis in the US no longer see backing Ukraine as a worthy cause [The Guardian]
Germany's surging far right Alternative for Germany party provokes a reckoning [The Washington Post]
Germany's Top Court Bans Public Financing for Neo-Nazi Party [The New York Times]
More than 100000 protest across Germany over far-right AfD's mass deportation meetings [The Guardian]
German 'remigration' debate fuels push to ban far-right AfD [DW]
Push to ban Germany's far-right party quickens after link to neo-Nazi mass deportation plan [Courthouse News Service]
Tree of Life synagogue demolishes building five years after mass shooting [The Washington Post]
Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. jumped 360% after Oct. 7 Hamas attack, advocacy group says [NBC News]
ADL records more than 3,200 antisemitic incidents since start of Israel-Hamas war [CNN]
Philadelphia sets new record for anti-Jewish hate crimes [Axios]
Swastika spray-painted near Holocaust memorial in Philadelphia, police say [NBC News]
Police investigate antisemitic graffiti on Harpswell's Great Island [The Portland Press Herald]
Hacked traffic sign spreads antisemitic message in Pima County [CBS News]
White Lives Matter flyer found in Catskill [Columbia-Greene Media]
Zoom users crash Durango City Council meeting with antisemitic hate speech [The Durango Herald]
Families move kids out of Oakland schools over concerns of ‘antisemitic environment' [NBC News]
A firebombing in Tulsa highlights gaps in Oklahoma hate crime law [The Frontier]
Las Vegas police search for hate crime suspect accused of assault [NBC News]
Concord man convicted of hate crimes for attacks against Black, Hispanic men [ABC News]
North Carolina man convicted of hate crime charges in two separate confrontations [Associated Press]
Rogers Park woman charged with hate crime in antisemitic graffiti [Evanston RoundTable]
January 6th Insurrection Investigations
Updates Coming Soon: To understand how the individuals who participated in the Capitol Riot are connected to far right extremist groups and Trump Administration officials, explore the Capitol Riot Map.
'Think about the unthinkable': could the US handle an even worse January 6? [The Guardian]
Trump fuels fire with absurd conspiracy theory about FBI, Jan. 6 [MSNBC]
How Trump went from disgraced insurrectionist to Iowa caucus winner [Vox]
Trump credits Nikki Haley as being the person in charge of security on Jan 6 in New Hampshire flub [Salon]
Oregon's Top Court Keeps Trump On Ballot After 'Insurrection' Challenge [Forbes]
Capitol 'absolutely' is safer now than on Jan. 6, says police chief [The Washington Post]
Social media's 'networked incitement' the latest challenge to democracy [Public News Service]
DOJ has a near-perfect record in Jan. 6 cases. But it’s starting to stumble. [Politico]
As Ky. GOP defends Jan. 6 rioters, court records show Kentuckians' violence and intent to stop Biden presidency [NPR]
Montana fire chief who had refused vaccine mandate in Washington state charged in Jan. 6 riot [Associated Press]
Maryland elections board member resigns after being charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot [CBS News]
Ex-Army soldier charged in Capitol riot was convicted of manslaughter for killing Iraqi man in 2004 [Associated Press]
Nevada man faces charges in connection to Jan. 6 insurrection [Reno Gazette Journal]
The rioter in a coat and tie: FBI says San Diegan arrested 3 years after Capitol breach [NBC News]
Bradenton, North Port men charged with felonies over Jan. 6 riots [Sarasota Herald-Tribune]
Midlothian man charged for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riots [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
Portland man charged with allegedly taking part in January 6 riot [CBS News]
Lake County man who allegedly attacked Capitol police on Jan. 6 arrested in Orlando [Orlando Sentinel]
North Carolina man charged in Jan. 6 riot at US Capitol says charges against him are overkill [Hastings Tribune]
Pa. man said he had no regrets storming Capitol, put stolen sign in his basement: DOJ [Penn Live]
'Give us Trump or give us our house': Judge convicts pastor who incited mob on Jan. 6 [CBS News]
Former Republican legislative candidate pleads guilty to January 6 role [The Guardian]
Ohio pastor found guilty of federal charges for his role in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol [The Columbus Dispatch]
Atlantic City DJ to be sentenced for role in U.S. Capitol riot. [The Courier-Post]
Teary-Eyed January 6 'Bullhorn Lady' Admits 'I Destroyed Everything' [Newsweek]
DOJ seeks 6-month prison term for former Trump adviser convicted of contempt of Congress [NBC News]
Greenport grad Christopher John Worrell sentenced in Capitol riot [The Suffolk Times]
St. Cloud woman sentenced to federal prison for role in Jan. 6 Capitol riot [Orlando Sentinel]
'The definition of no remorse': Judge sentences sovereign citizen Proud Boy to six years in prison for storming US Capitol [CBS News]
Oregon Gubernatorial Candidate Gets 46 Months in Prison for Assaulting Police on Jan. 6 [The Messenger]
Man Who Assaulted Six Officers on Jan. 6 Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison [The New York Times]
Miami-area Proud Boy member, 'one of the most violent' Jan. 6 rioters, sentenced to 5 years [Miami Herald]
Kansas 'Proud Boy' sentenced to over 4 years in Jan. 6 attack [NBC News]
Proud Boy, now undergoing 'de-radicalization,' sentenced to 4 years in prison [CBS News]
One note re your excellent overview...while it's indisputable that antisemitism has spiked since October 7th, it's crucial to note that the ADL includes criticisms of Israel and the Netanyahu administration in its count.This is disingenuous and obscures the dangers of actual antisemitism.