Extremists Links: The Increasing Evidence That Substack Has a 'Nazi Bar' Problem
An amateur historian obsessed with the Nazis went from obscurity to a bestseller, and the algorithm's push notifications illustrates that Substack has a "Nazi Bar" problem.
*Extremists Links is a weekly round-up of reporting on extremists groups including the White Supremacists and Militia Movements, available exclusively for paid subscribers. Today’s edition of Extremists Links is available to all subscribers to Radical Reports.
The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.
White Supremacists, Militias, and Far Right Authoritarian Movements
How a Nazi-Obsessed Amateur Historian Went From Obscurity to the Top of Substack [Mother Jones]
Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology [Ars Technica]
Substack’s Algorithm Accidentally Reveals What We Already Knew: It’s The Nazi Bar Now [Tech Dirt]
Substack Sends Push Alert for Nazi Newsletter [Gizmodo]
Substack promotes a Nazi [Platformer]
Far-right extremists using games platforms to radicalise teenagers, report warns [The Guardian]
A New Satanic Neo-Nazi Group Is Recruiting Children as Young as 12 [Vice]
It's Time to Designate The Base as an FTO [Just Security]
Trump Backs QAnon Call to Be ‘Calm in Storm’ Over Epstein [Daily Beast]
Trump Reposts QAnon Meme Twice, Featuring “Q+” and “Storm” Prophecy [MeidasTouch]
Rapid-fire Trump social barrage spreads yet another conspiracy theory: 'I believe in Q' [Raw Story]
'QAnon is everywhere': Far-right MAGA conspiracy cult is 'far from over' [AlterNet]
Barack Obama Sees Death Threat Surge After Trump's Treason Claims [Newsletter]
Federal judges detail rise in threats, 'pizza doxings,' as Trump ramps up criticism [Associated Press]
The threat of political violence is keeping parents out of elected office [The 19th]
A Far-Right Extremist is Running the National Counterterrorism Center [The New Republic]
Republicans Put Conspiracy Theorist With Far-Right Ties In Top Counterterrorism Job [Huffington Post]
'Banana republic stuff': Trump's new counterterror chief pioneered J6 terror denials [Raw Story]
Laura Loomer tests influence as Trump’s enforcer [Semafor]
How Laura Loomer's pressure campaigns are reshaping the Trump administration [ABC News]
Trump Praises ‘Very Nice’ Loomer as Her Body Count Grows [Daily Beast]
Cincinnati police investigating Ku Klux Klan flyers found in 'various communities' [Cincinnati Enquirer]
Anti-Trump protest at NH State House disrupted by neo-Nazi group [NBC News]
Police investigating after neo-Nazis spark scuffle in Concord, N.H. [The Boston Globe]
Police investigating actions of neo-Nazi group in downtown Concord [NPR]
Founder of neo-Nazi group spotted among masked protesters in Concord [Concord Monitor]
Concord Police investigate an altercation at a neo-Nazi march on Main Street, and the public reacts [New Hampshire Union Leader]
Videos offer new details on Nazi group's activities, interaction with protesters in Concord [NPR]
Neo-Nazi group is quietly buying up land across the UK in a bid to create white-only enclaves [Daily Mail]
Springfield city leaders respond to reports of a group proposing a whites-only settlement near Springfield [NBC News]
Franconi's Pizza In Wildwood Removes Nazi Stickers After Outrage [Philadelphia Magazine]
'Whites-only' group draws bipartisan rebuke over potential move to Missouri [Arkansas Advocate]
Hate crimes hit second largest record in 2024: FBI [Axios]
Missouri fire being investigated as antisemitic hate crime [NPR]
Arrest Affidavit: Tip led to grenades, guns, extremist letters in Timberwood Park home [San Antonio Express-News]
Man arrested for 'extremist' threats to kill Black, Jewish people with homemade explosive devices, records state [CBS News]
Bexar County man faces terrorism, weapons charges after deputies found explosive devices, firearms, extremist writings in his home [NPR]
Neo-Nazi sentenced for assault and civil rights intimidation [The Tennessean]
Neo-Nazi sentenced for assaults committed during hate group's rowdy Nashville street protests [CBS News]
FBI executes warrant in Parkville hate crime investigation at Chase Bank [The Kansas City Star]
Racist AI-generated cartoons targeting a GOP lawmaker spark outrage [Arizona Mirror]
Fascists on the CPD: Why Is It So Hard to Fire Proud Boy Cops in Chicago? [Counter Punch]
Far-Right Militias Adored the Constitution. Then Came Trump. [Mother Jones]
Roise Hosts "Constitutional Rally" with Richard Mack, Pushes Posse-Style Policing [The Dakotan]
If anyone thought political violence wasn't going come up soon, they're terribly naive
Substack is as equal opportunity as any other capitalist platform. Unsurprising and disappointing. The question is when does the AI surveillance of Substack, thanks to the tentacles of Andreeson Horowitz, become riskier eg what is happening at Meta? And what is the next safer platform we need to migrate to for independent journalism?