Extremists Links: Far Right Responds to Hurricanes with Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories

Far right personalities and social media influencers have responded to hurricanes by promoting misinformation and conspiracy theories.

A palm tree next to the beach before Hurricane Milton's arrival in Fort Myers Beach, Florida (Image: Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Far Right Extremists

• Right Wing Hurricane Lies Are a Preview of Chaos to Come [The New Republic]

• Hurricane Helene brews up storm of online falsehoods and threats [ISD]

• Right-Wing Influencers Claim ‘They’ Defeated Physics, Geoengineered Hurricane Milton [Wired]

• Public officials urge halt to the spread of rampant disinformation around Hurricane Helene [NBC News]

• Hurricane Helene conspiracy theories about lithium mining, weather control spread widely [CBS News]

• Marjorie Taylor Greene Doubles Down on Weather Comments After Backlash [Newsweek]

• Ohio politician shares weather conspiracy theory amid hurricanes [The Cincinnati Enquirer]

• Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene response [The Washington Post]

• Helene recovery complicated by lies, hoaxes and conspiracy theories [PBS NewsHour]

• 'We already have the receipts.' Election denier says his group gained access to U.S. banking data [CBS News]

• Az Republican legislative hopeful Finchem brags about accessing confidential FinCen data [Tucson Sentinel] 

• As US Election Looms, 3 of 4 Voters Fear Political Violence [Common Dreams]

• How the alt-right's political violence went from online to real life [NPR]

• Extremist Ideology Is Hard to Pin Down [LawFare]