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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Hat tip to the heroes that watched that do I didn't have to.

Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Currently listening to the brilliant Aesop Rock on the subway as I read more and more about the dangers and abuses of AI in the service of extremism and violence. youtu.be/T7jH-5YQLcE?...

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Aesop Rock - Mindful Solutionism (Official Video)

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 11/09/2025

The SPLC’s Rachel Carroll Rivas joined Cynthia Miller-Idriss, of American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL), and Mark Greene, Walking Talking Men co-founder, at a UN event to highlight solutions to prevent the spread of white supremacy. bit.ly/4gj7sSB

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Like clockwork, social media has been absolutely inundated with speculation on the #charliekirk shooter, including motivations based on sketchy evidence from the first 24 hours after the attack. These posters are going to find out really quickly why being fast isn't as important as being correct.

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Fifty free copies of my TPV article "Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent Versus Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors." In it, my deep-learning model correctly predicted violent vs. non-violent offending among extremists in 94 percent of cases. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/8966I...

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Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent vs. Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors

Recent analyses of radicalization processes have shown that extremist attitudes and violent behavior may be related in some cases, but are rarely collinear. It therefore benefits analysts of politi...

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UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention @ucdaviscvp.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

📢 New research! 📢 In 2024, MAGA Republicans were much more likely than non-MAGA non-Republicans to view political violence as justified and to endorse beliefs associated with violence, but they were generally not more willing to commit such violence themselves. cvp.ucdavis.edu/research/pre...

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PREPRINT: The MAGA Movement and Political Violence in 2024

AbstractBackground: The possibility of widespread political violence poses a serious concern for the United States. A nationally representative survey found in 2022 that “Make America Great Again” (MA...

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

PhD Students in security and communication! Excellent opportunity to work with the brilliant Stephane Beale at UCLouvain. Professor Beale is working on a project related to the digital narratives of the far right. Get more info or apply at: academicpositions.com/ad/universit...

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1 Full-time PhD Fellowship in Social Sciences (digital extremism) - Academic Positions

Full-time PhD fellowship in digital extremist communication. Requires a Master's in social sciences, strong coding skills, and English proficiency. Conduct r...

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

If you are so inclined (or let's be honest, bored), and want to hear me jabber on about political violence, I'll be on NPR/WHYY Philly's Studio 2 at 12pm. One step closer to that Sesame Street cameo. whyy.org/programs/stu...

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Studio 2 - WHYY

Everything you need to know about what’s happening in the Delaware Valley – from news and politics to science and the arts– delivered with a fresh perspective, all in an hour. Learn something new and ...

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

New fucked up strategy frame that further trivializes American diplomacy just dropped.

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Dr Nili Kaplan-Myrth, MD PhD @nilikm.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

We are witnessing the moral moment: Americans: #HandsOff Canadians: #ElbowsUp Standing up for democracy, intellectual freedom, integrity of law, research, science, health care, education, the arts, social security, media. And on guard for Canadian sovereignty. 🇨🇦 Hope on both sides of the border

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I guess at least they didn't accidentally include their calculation in a Signal chat. Wait. In my heart, I don't know if that's true.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/04/2025

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

That's my Senator. Hell yeah, f*** yeah. Thank you, @booker.senate.gov.

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Pete: "We are clean on OPSEC." Mrs. Hegseth: "Hello, Joyce?" Pete: "MOM I'M ON THE PHONE"

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

It's been said but bears repeating: Yes, the Yemen idiocy would be dumb enough on its own, but it also indicates that the administration is using an app that deletes chat histories to coordinate events that should be preserved. They're avoiding maintaining records that by law, should be maintained.

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This Yemen debacle. I've seen better security on folded notes I passed in 6th grade. 1. Do you like me? YES [ ] NO [ ] 2. Wanna bomb the Houthis? YES [ ] NO [ ]

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Primary them when possible. Boot them where possible.

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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The long-anticipated #openaccess book from the FBI's BAU-1 has been released. I've already read it and can attest that it is a brilliant, comprehensive, and compelling resource that policymakers, practitioners and researchers alike will draw on for decades to come. www.fbi.gov/file-reposit...

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Beyond Belief: Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in America | Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Honored to appear aside rock stars like @azelin.bsky.social to discuss online radicalization with the House Homeland Security Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee. It got a little spicy at the end, but an excellent bipartisan discussion nonetheless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMnp...

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The Digital Battlefield: How Terrorists Use Online Networks for Recruitment and Radicalization

YouTube video by Homeland Security Committee Events

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Times Square 🇺🇸🇺🇦✊

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Devorah Margolin @devorahmargolin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

New by @azelin.bsky.social & myself: we argue current US posture is a barricade to a successful Syrian roadmap as the clock is ticking on the post-Assad honeymoon & Washington needs to engage on the international aid, recovery, & counterterrorism mission. www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analy...

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Post-Paris Steps in Syria Could Be Decisive

With the clock ticking on the post-Assad honeymoon period, Washington still has time to acknowledge the realities on the ground by providing crucial U.S. know-how and strategic support to the internat...

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This will be interpreted in one of two ways, both of which are not good. 1. He's preparing his crowd to accept (more) laws he intends to break. 2. He's preparing his crowd to help "save America" by breaking laws and thinking they're legally immune. This is dangerous.

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Communication science and terrorism studies unite! ::Voltron sounds::

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Is any senator, member of Congress, or really anyone in a position of any actual power or authority, going to step up and express outrage with an actual plan to DO SOMETHING? These dipshit social media posts being like “Things are bad and illegal! 🥴” are about to make my head explode

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

This is a national emergency:

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Watching this on repeat how is your day going?

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Resist. Keep digging. Keep learning. Keep your candle in the dark to navigate the new demon-haunted world. www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The other day, I spoke with the @apnews.com about Elon Musk's Nazi salute, my impression of its motivations, and its implications. Here are my more-complete comments in relation to those topics.

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Elon Musk's arm gesture during Trump's inauguration rally draws scrutiny

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

A while back I asked folks why they’re joining Bluesky and the most common response I saw was, “I just want a good place to get my news” and, yall, no. Bad. GET YOUR NEWS FROM THE NEWS PBS Newshour is FREE FOR EVERYONE. youtu.be/PMOYN8JWdUk?...

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PBS News Weekend full episode, Jan. 25, 2025

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 25/01/2025

Alt-text: A football stadium crowd holds up an image of a fist breaking a swastika, along with letters reading "kein vergeben, kein vergessen" (no forgiveness, no forgetting)

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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Europe has a message for Elmo.

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Cynthia Miller-Idriss @milleridriss.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I’ll be on @cnn international & @cnn max at 3:20 eastern today, chatting with @jimsciutto.bsky.social about political violence, the pardons and more

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Kurt Braddock @kurtbraddock.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I'm confident this is Musk's biggest fear, given his combination of sympathy to fascism and attempts to seem like he's a master, four-dimension-chess-playing troll.

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John Horgan @johnhorgan.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

“…Kurt Braddock, a professor of communication at American University who studies extremism, radicalization and terrorism, said the gesture was a fascist salute and “people shouldn’t doubt what they saw.” “I know what I saw….”, Braddock said.” apnews.com/article/musk...

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Musk's straight-arm gesture embraced by right-wing extremists regardless of what he meant

Many social media users noticed that the gesture looked like a Nazi salute. Musk has only fanned the flames of suspicion by not explicitly denying those claims.

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