Extremists Links: Republicans Governing Through Conspiracy Theory

President Donald Trump, Congressional Republicans, and the MAGA faithful are wielding political power by governing through conspiracy theory.

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The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militias, and Far Right Authoritarian Movements

• From McCarthy to MAGA, the Epstein files is merely the latest conspiracy theory to grip the right wing. [Foreign Policy]

• The Epstein Conspiracy Flames That Trump Fanned Are Now Blowing Back on Him [Common Dreams]

• Rapid-fire Trump social barrage spreads yet another conspiracy theory: 'I believe in Q' [Raw Story]

• How QAnon Lives On Under Trump 2.0 [Christianity Today]

• Telegram under fire again as ‘living room’ for far-right extremists [Hyphen]

• ‘Dead targets’: U.S. Terrorgram leader linked to white supremacist attacks to plead guilty [Raw Story]

• The Manosphere Is Fueling Extremist Violence [Foreign Policy]

• Podcaster brings racism, antisemitism and misogyny to college campuses [HateWatch]

• SCOOP: Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog [User Mag]

• US lawmakers balance security and openness as threats of political violence rise [The Guardian]

• Top State Dept. official who once attended conference with White nationalists picked to lead US Institute of Peace [CNN]

• Academic with history of incendiary remarks to lead US Institute of Peace [Politico]

• Fired Speechwriter From First Trump Term Appointed to Lead the Institute of Peace [The New York Times]

• Trump administration promotes official with history of antisemitic ties to lead U.S. peace efforts [The Forward]

• Did the Department of Homeland Security Just Tweet Out a Nazi Dog Whistle? [Zeteo]