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Devin Burghart

@dburghart.bsky.social
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Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.

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Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · 14h
Family first: Le Pen clan tightens its grip as Bardella hits trouble
politico.eu
Family first: Le Pen clan tightens its grip as Bardella hits trouble
France’s far-right leader is surrounding herself with family and longtime loyalists as her party president faces a damaging new controversy.
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 6h
Days before Brazil's election, Meta briefly blocked President Lula's campaign page from running political ads and removed an Instagram profile behind a viral video on Flávio Bolsonaro. Both decisions were reversed, but raised public concerns. Brazilian investigative journalist Laís Martins reports.
techpolicy.press
On Eve of Brazil Elections, Meta Content Moderation Decisions Raise Questions
Two recent moderation decisions—while later reversed—have raised concerns about the company's policies and practices, writes Laís Martins.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
NEW: A growing MAGA chorus has been pushing for Trump to declare a national emergency so he can seize control over elections from states. Voting rights advocates say doing so would be blatantly unconstitutional — but worry that such an order could suppress voting nonetheless.
democracydocket.com
Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Where Will the Next Measles Outbreak Hit? In a low-vaccinated community, even if the state has high rates. Some areas at risk are in Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and more. via @aboutpediatrics.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/stopanti...
open.substack.com
Where Will the Next Measles Outbreak Hit?
Learn where the next big measles outbreak might hit so that you can help get your community vaccinated and protected and hopefully stop the outbreaks!
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 29/09/2026
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke yesterday at a MAHA Institute event. As many as 26 people (including me) tuned in. He detailed exactly how US health agencies are gathering data to try to link vaccination to autism, for instance. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event
Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
With horrific residential school denialism, incl yesterday when white nationalists came to Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc, let us all show up in a good way to honour Survivors on TRC Day Compilation of TRC gatherings in the lower mainland and resources for all ages www.weavingourworlds.ca/truth-and-re...
weavingourworlds.ca
Truth and Reconciliation Day 2026
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed annually on September 30 to honour residential school survivors, their families, and the children who never returned home. TRC Day was establi...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.
theguardian.com
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 27/09/2026
It's just after 1pm on another picture perfect fall day in Chicago. So far today, masked federal agents have taken people from Brighton Park and suburban Aurora. ~1 year after the "Blitz" began, the alerts haven't subsided. ICE is still breaking windows and destroying worlds.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Radicalization, not polarization.
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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
META is shutting down videos criticizing anything about the bolsonaros in a matter of hours after posting, while throttling posts from the LULA's campaign or even members from his cabinet. META is actively meddling in the Brazilian elections.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Neo-Nazis and manosphere influencers are helping crypto casinos reach millions of young men. Platforms including Duel, Stake, and Rainbet have turned influencer marketing into a dangerous vehicle for gambling, and a pathway to extremist recruitment.
globalextremism.org
Betting Your Future: Crypto Casinos Radicalizing Young Men into Hate
Crypto casinos are becoming a new pipeline into far-right radicalization. Largely unregulated gambling platforms such as Duel, Stake, and Rainbet use influencers with millions of followers, including ...
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
nytimes.com
A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Lisa 🇨🇦 @pinkmouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens,” Greg D. Ott, a DAG in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Dept. of HS officials obtained through open records requests. “You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise.” #Blues #SheShed
nytimes.com
From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle (Gift Article)
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: California's attorney general said Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face "legal consequences" after the state Supreme Court determined his seizure of roughly 650k ballots violated state law. Bianco must now comply with the attorney general's directives and return the ballots.
democracydocket.com
California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots
The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...
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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Quite the day for fascist demagogues on podiums. Bari Weiss honoring Peter Thiel in Berlin. I don't see it shared here and this is the only link I have, don't hate the tweet-sharer, hate the dystopia: x.com/jeremymbarr/...
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Jeremy Barr (@jeremymbarr) on X
Bari Weiss just finished speaking at a ceremony in Berlin ahead of Peter Thiel being awarded the Axel Springer 2026 Award. (Sorry for the poor video quality.) Weiss listed out some of her differences...
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Su Doyle @sudoyle2.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
One of east coast’s largest datacenters accused of ‘violating federal law’
Thermal drone footage shows a Microsoft-backed AI datacenter powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tens of thousands of voter registrations have gone unprocessed in Texas. Affecting large areas deeply. If you’re in Texas, check your registration is up to date and accurate ASAP. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/22/t...
texastribune.org
DPS voter registration applications weren’t sent to counties
Counties will start receiving a surge of applications less than two weeks before the Oct. 5 registration deadline, adding work at one of the busiest points in the election calendar.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tucker Carlson is a white nationalist failed TV personality looking for a post-Trump rebrand bump (and potential campaign launch). Apparently NPR learned nothing from the Glenn Beck apology tour. NPR, please stop sane-washing fascists.
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Again, this is what Tucker says to normal audiences. To his own audience, literally today, he went on a deranged rant about, among other things, how Oswald Mosley wasn’t a Nazi.
I know, buddy, you did that during World War II. When the very first thing the British government did was imprison the opposition party, called them Nazis, which they weren't, run by one of the great war heroes of the First World War, Oswald Mosley. Oh, he was a Nazi.
No, he wasn't. If he was a Nazi, he'd be living in Britain, in Germany. He didn't want the war.
And he has been slandered ever since. It's like scary even to defend him. I'm not even defending the guy.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The MAHA Action grift revealed. RFK Jr. drew $4 million in book advances from Skyhorse Publishing, run by the head of MAHA Action. His wife, Cheryl Hines, also made $210,000 in consulting fees from MAHA Action. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
nytimes.com
RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA (Gift Article)
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
RFK Jr. took $4 million in book advances and $270,000 in gifts from close allies working to advance his agenda. His wife received $210,000 in consulting fees from a MAHA group. Ethics experts are troubled. w/ @by-cjewett.bsky.social Jewett www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
nytimes.com
RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA (Gift Article)
A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary’s wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As part of IREHR's Breaching the Mainstream project, we examined which 2026 General Election candidates were members of far-right Facebook groups. This year, we found 534 state legislative candidates in 45 states.
Navy card headed "Far-right Facebook groups · 2026" in aqua. Large white numeral 534 above a short aqua rule. Caption: state legislative candidates on the November ballot in 45 states are members of far-right Facebook groups. The IREHR logo sits at the bottom left.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026
Back in 2023, deep-pocketed Effective Altruist funders launched a remarkably successful takeover of DC tech policy: today we're seeing the results in the form of "AI safety efforts tightly focused on distant existential doom, not AI taking jobs, scamming people, or harming the environment today."
politico.com
How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington
A sprawling network spread across Congress, federal agencies and think tanks is pushing policymakers to put AI apocalypse at the top of the agenda — potentially boxing out other worries and benefiting...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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Natanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Meanwhile, Facebook doesn't ban nazis
theguardian.com
Meta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminism
Theatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026
Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.
wired.com
Napster Is Back, and It Wants to Digitally Clone Teachers
Once the music industry’s biggest headache, Napster’s next act is bringing AI to the classroom.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
As if we needed another reason to be concerned about OpenAI and Anthropic, they're now MAHA corporate sponsors. At this rate, AI should have a nasty virus or explosive diarrhea by the end of the month. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
RFK Jr.’s movement now has corporate sponsors
The upcoming Make America Healthy Again Summit is brought to you by companies with business before the Health Department.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Of course, immediately after we released our initial list of MAHA-endorsed general election candidates, 3 additional endorsements came in. We now have 41 MAHA-endorsed candidates in 19 states.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Here's the latest update on MAHA-endorsed candidates in the 2026 general election. Total: 38 candidates in 19 states--29 primary winners plus 9 new endorsements. MAHA Institute: 25 state legislative and state office races in 9 states. MAHA Action: 13 federal and governor races in 11 states.
Navy card headed "MAHA on the November ballot". A very large white numeral 38 beside the words "MAHA-endorsed candidates" and the line "19 states, 29 primary winners plus 9 endorsements made after the primaries". Below an aqua rule, a map of the lower 48 states: the 19 states carrying an endorsed candidate are pale, the rest dark navy, with aqua dots marking each endorsed district. Beneath it a breakdown — MAHA Institute, state legislative and state office in 9 states, 25; MAHA Action, federal and governor in 11 states, 13 — then a per-state tally led by Ohio 6, Texas 6, Kentucky 5 and Tennessee 3. Footnote: dots mark districts, statewide races are not dotted, and MAHA PAC general-election spending to date is $0.
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Colorado Springs Anti-Fascists @cosantifascists.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Ríhanna Kelver's Nazi attacker Scott Durham catching some sunlight. laramiereporter.substack.com/p/in-septemb...
laramiereporter.substack.com
In September, a man pushed a trans woman to the ground in downtown Laramie. Antifascists identified him as a member of Patriot Front.
When Scott Durham pushed Ríhanna Kelver to the ground, she drew a gun in response. Kelver, a trans woman now facing two felony charges, said the encounter started with a volley of anti-queer slurs.
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Careful - don't want to get on the 80 side of an 80-20 issue"
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026
RFK Jr: "We care about every child who dies from measles. They get headlines. We should care about the children who are dying or suffering or being injured by vaccine injuries."
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville talkingpointsmemo.com/news/marshal...
talkingpointsmemo.com
We Asked 28 GOP Officials If They’d Denounce the GOP Nominee Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville
This week I asked 28 current and former Republican Party officials in...
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Since RFK Jr. was speaking to his anti-vaccine group today to downplay measles deaths and attack vaccines, it seems like a good time to evaluate how his MAHA network fared in the 2026 primaries. (thread)
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 17/09/2026
Nick Beckstead, noted longtermist and "effective altruist,” just comes out and says it: "But it now seems more plausible to me that saving a life in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things being equal."
This is precisely why Nick Beckstead, a noted EA, argued in 2013 that, given the "overwhelming" moral importance of the far future - "millions, billions, and trillions" of years from now - we should prioritize saving the lives of people in rich countries over those in poor countries, other things being equal. The reason is that people in rich countries are better positioned to influence the far future.

To take another example, saving lives in poor countries may have significantly smaller ripple effects

than saving and improving lives in rich countries. Why? Richer countries have substantially more

innovation, and their workers are much more economically productive. By ordinary standards at

least by ordinary enlightened humanitarian standards saving and improving lives in rich countries

is about equally as important as saving and improving lives in poor countries, provided lives are

improved by roughly comparable amounts. But it now seems more plausible to me that saving a life

in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things
being equal.
Screenshot from Beckstead's 2013 PhD dissertation, regarded as one of the founding documents of longtermism, one of the main cause areas of EA.
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Holly Guise ❄️ @hollyguise.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WSU Pullman archives has several collections about the WWII Heart Mountain Relocation Center. This yearbook shows Japanese American high school students- when I saw this I thought of the supportive adults & students wanting to maintain this tradition of a yearbook- even during times of hardship 🗃️
Yearbook from 1945 from Heart Mountain Relocation Center, the cover is blue with an airplane outline and the word “Tempo” at the bottom. A hand holds the book open. Archive box in the background on a desk surface.
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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Make America Infectious Again.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: @talkingpointsmemo.com can reveal GOP nominee for Florida legislature: -marched at deadly Charlottesville Nazi rally w/ white supremacist group's flag -has *many* white supremacist donors -appears to advocate lynching He is expected to win Nov. election talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida...
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Exclusive: He Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville. Now He’s Expected to Join the Florida Legislature.
The Republican nominee for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A violation of states' laws: "investigators effectively posing as individual voters by using personally identifiable information compiled from both internal and external sources, such as birth dates or partial Social Security numbers, to look up voter records" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
nytimes.com
Whistle-Blower: Federal Agents May Have Broken State Laws in Search For Voter Fraud
Agents expressed concern about being directed by top Homeland Security leaders to use private information to look up voter records in state databases.
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Philadisto @uncrossem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Patriot Front slunk around Salt Lake City Sunday afternoon 09/13 & not a mention anywhere
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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
www.wired.com/story/ai-age... “What on earth are they building all of these data centers for?” AI is all about AI agents now. Agents are LLM based systems designed to make autonomous decisions to execute a task—and the shift towards them is part of what’s driving Silicon Valley’s power buildout.
wired.com
AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In the 1930s Great Depression, a violent splinter group broke away from the Ku Klux Klan. They called themselves The Black Legion — America’s hidden white supremacist army. Pull up a seat🪑 my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Paul Lashmar @paullashmar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Jeremy Drax, a former inclusion on The Sunday Times Rich List and the founder of Parham Holdings, a property company with tens of millions of pounds in investments, was in attendance too. " www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
thetimes.com
Inside a Restore fundraiser: ‘Elon Musk offered as much as we want’
At an event in Mayfair, Rupert Lowe says he rejected the donation — but not before ‘deliberating’
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Samuel Samson's rise from college graduate to State Department official reflects the influence of ideological networks within the Trump administration. His outreach to extremist political actors and diplomatic disputes raise serious questions about the direction of U.S. foreign policy. Read more:
globalextremism.org
Samuel Samson: Meet the 27-Year-Old Courting the Far-Right While Abandoning Human Rights
At just 27, Samuel Samson has become one of the Trump administration's most controversial foreign policy figures despite having no foreign policy experience. Elevated through his ties to Vice Presiden...
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is stochastic terrorism. Ted Cruz is an extremist encouraging violence.
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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
my worry about ai isn’t that it will become sentient, it’s that the cognitive impact of outsourcing critical thinking to computers combined with the proliferation of slop making it increasingly challenging to validate information will dissolve society’s already-tenuous grasp on consensus reality
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why do all these Nazis keep showing up on Republican campaigns, it's a real mystery washingtonsun.com/senate/huste...
washingtonsun.com
Husted Fires Political Director Over Past Nazi Posts
The former staffer had posted profile photos featuring Nazi officers and wore the attire in a group photo in 2018.
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