Extremists Links: Elected Officials Increasingly Target of Violence and Harassment

Elected officials have increasingly become the target violence, and harassment has become a 'predictable part of public service — so common it often goes unreported.'

Attendees at a memorial dedicated to Melissa Hortman and her husband in Minnesota, on June 18, 2025. (Image: Tim Evans / Reuters)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militias, and Far Right Authoritarian Movements

• Politicians at All Levels Face 'Consistently High' Baseline of Threats [Governing Magazine]

• Political violence spreads fear in the United States [El País]

• White, Legally Armed, and Primed for Political Violence [The Trace]

• Political Violence Is Part of the American Story. It Is Also Changing. [The New York Times]

• Trump’s actions in Los Angeles fulfill the hard right’s dreams of revenge [HateWatch]

• ICERaid: The App That Asks You To Report Illegal Immigrants For Crypto [Talking Points Memo]

• As Political Violence Surges, Trump Shuts Down a Top Prevention Program [Mother Jones]

• Killings in Arizona and Minnesota shine light on the crisis of Christian extremist violence [MSNBC]

• Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America [Associated Press]