Intelligence Dispatch: The Radical Right Party in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City

The Radical Right is gather in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City this weekend for a pair of conferences that include everyone from QAnon conspiracy theorists to GOP state lawmakers.

This week on Radical Reports: The Radical Right is gather in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City this weekend for a pair of conferences that include everyone from QAnon conspiracy theorists to GOP state lawmakers.

What to expect from Radical Reports: Intelligence Dispatch provides a briefing on the activities of the Radical Right; Radical Reports Podcast provides in-depth conversations with journalists, activists, and academics about the Radical Right; Extremist Links provides a round-up of extremists activities including the white supremacist and militia movements; Field Notes provides research and analysis the strategies and tactics of the Radical Right, Legislation Watch that provides a breakdown of key legislative priorities of the Radical Right, and the Research Desk that highlights research and analysis from academia of the Radical Right.

Last week’s episode, an interview with Robert P. Jones, CEO and Founder of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and author of the book White Too Long.

This week’s episode, an interview with Katherine Stewart, investigative journalists and author of The Power Worshippers: Inside Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

Must Reads

• From grassroots to government: far-right threats to academic freedom by Léonie de Jonge, Iris Beau Segers and Cathrine Thorleifsson [C-REX]

• The Far-Right John Birch Society Wants Anti-Mask Protests to Fuel Its Comeback by Kelly Weill [The Daily Beast]

• Does The Radical Right Thrive In Two-Party Or Multi-Party Systems? by Dr. Bethan Johnson and Carson Markley [CARR]

• The Persistence of QAnon on Mainstream Social Media By Dr. Gerard Gill [GNET]

• The Road to the Stolen 2024 Election by Josh Marshall [Talking Points Memo]

• How Facebook is Misleading the Public About Its Role in January 6 by Justin Hendrix [Just Security]

• The Proud Boys Are Coming for Public Schools by Jeff Bryant [The Progressive]

• “God’s Will Is Being Thwarted.” Even in Solid Republican Counties, Hard-Liners Seek More Partisan Control of Elections by Jeremy Schwartz [ProPublica]

• Top Republicans rub shoulders with extremists in secretive rightwing group, leak reveals by Jason Wilson [Guardian]

• How AT&T helped build far-right One America News by John Shiffman [Reuters]

Events on the Right

• The Patriot Voice is hosting the For God & Country Patriot Double Down 2021, at the Ahern Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 22-25. The 1st Amendment Praetorian, a right-wing militia and self-styled private intelligence firm that offers protection for “Americans being attacked for expressing their political beliefs,” will be providing security for the event. (Price Tag: $650 - $3,000)

  • Featured Speakers Include: Ron Watkins, Sheriff David Clarke, George Papadopoulos, Arizona State Sen. Sonny Borrelli, Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers, Arizona State Rep. Mark Finchem

• The Western Conservative Action Network Conference 2021, also known as the WeCANact Liberty Conference, will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah from October 22-23. (Price Tag: $69 - $1,000)

  • Featured Speakers Include: General Michael Flynn, Arizona State Sen. Sonny Borrelli, Arizona State Sen. Wendy Rogers, Utah State Rep. Steve Christiansen

• The Claremont Institute, a right-wing think tank that advocates to “restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life,” is hosting the organization’s Annual Gala at the Hyatt Regency Huntington in Huntington Beach, California on Saturday, October 23. (Price Tag: $400 - $1,000)

  • Featured Speaker: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

• The Center for Christian Virtue, the fundamentalist's Christian advocacy organization formerly known as Citizens for Community Values, is sponsoring the American Leadership Forum which will “focus on where the candidates stand on issues that matter to pro-life, pro-family, and pro-freedom voters.” The forum is taking place at Genoa Baptist Church in Westerville, Ohio on Sunday, October 24 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT. (Price Tag: $20 - $250)

  • Featured Speakers Include: Hugh Hewitt, and Ohio Republican U.S. Senate Candidates State Sen. Matt Dolan, Mike Gibbons, Josh Mandel, Bernie Moreno, Jane Timken, and J.D. Vance.

• The Christian Legal Society, a professional association of legal professionals “dedicated to serving Jesus Christ through the practice and study of law,” is hosting the organization’s National Conference, which includes workshops on topics including “How the Pro-Life Movement has Saved Lives and Made Abortion (Almost) Unthinkable,” “Bias in the Legal Profession,” “Protecting Religious Freedom Through Federal Land Use Laws,” and “Reflecting Christ in Estate Planning.” The conference is taking place at the Hyatt Regency in San Antonio, Texas from October 28-31. (Price Tag: $125 - $675)

  • Conference Sponsors Include: Americans United for Life, Charlotte Lozier Institute, Liberty University School of Law, Life Legal Defense Foundation, Students for Life, Thomas More Society, and the Worldview Academy

• Wallbuilders, a Christian Nationalist media organization that promotes pseudohistory and pseudoscience in education, is sponsoring the organization’s annual ProFamily Legislators Conference at the Omni Las Colinas Hotel in Irving, Texas on November 11-14. (Price Tag: $349 - $399)

  • Featured Speakers Include: David Barton, Glenn Beck, Former Congressman Trent Franks, Former Congressman Bob McEwen, Kelly Shackelford President (CEO of First Liberty Institute), and Mat Staver (President of the Liberty Counsel)

• American Freedom Tour, a “celebration of faith, family, unalienable rights and God-given American freedoms,” is hosting an event on Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Phoenix, Arizona on November 19-20. (Price Tag: $35 - $4,995)

  • Featured Speakers Include: Candace Owens, Judge Jeanine Pirro, Dinesh D'Souza, Kayleigh McEnany, and Donald Trump, Jr.

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Coming Up This Week From Radical Reports…

Radical Reports Podcast: interview with Katherine Stewart, investigative journalists and author of The Power Worshippers: Inside Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism.

Extremists Links: Round-up of extremists activities including the white supremacist and the militia movements. (Subscribers Only)

Research Desk: Highlights from recently published research and studies of the Radical Right (Subscribers Only)

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