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"Republicans have not won a statewide election in California in nearly two decades":
huffpost.com/entry/xavier-bece
California is an anti-Trump state, but Republicans consistently and stupidly ran pro-Trump candidates for statewide offices in elections which they then, of course, lost.
#politics #Republican #extremism

HuffPost · Xavier Becerra Enters The Race To Succeed California Gov. Gavin NewsomBy AP

As part of RFK Jr.'s war on health, in an attempt to Make Americans Sicker Again:
"Widespread layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agencies":
washingtonpost.com/health/2025
"Some employees who were laid off were told to contact Anita Pinder, former director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, with discrimination complaints. Pinder died last year."
#healthcare #extremism #destruction #politics

The Washington Post · Massive layoffs, purge of leadership underway at U.S. health agenciesBy Carolyn Y. Johnson

Details of deadly attack on Qld police to be aired in trial of US conspiracy theorist
By Eden Gillespie

Details of a deadly attack on Queensland police will be aired during the trial of a conspiracy theorist in the United States charged in connection with the murders.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/que

ABC News · Queensland police could give evidence at US trial of Donald Day Jr, conspiracy theorist linked to Wieambilla attackBy Eden Gillespie

" 'Health Secretary RFK Jr. is vindicating his critics in just his first six weeks in office as he dismisses the severity of Texas’s deadly measles outbreak and empowers vaccine skeptics at the national stage' the Wall Street Journal said in an op-ed published Sunday. 'Our worst fears about Mr. Kennedy are coming true' the paper’s editorial board wrote":
huffpost.com/entry/trump-presi
#healthcare #extremism #IfRFKjrWasADoctorHeWouldBeKnownAsDoctorDeath #SecretaryMeasles

HuffPost · Trump Rolls Out Sweeping Tariffs, More Federal Jobs Are Cut: Live UpdatesBy HuffPost Staff

alojapan.com/1233320/japanese- Japanese American Survivors of U.S. Internment Camps Say Trump’s Invocation of Wartime Law ‘Reopens Deep Wounds and Inflicts New Ones’ #1798WartimeAct #AAPI #DonaldTrump #Extremism #highlights #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #MassDeportations #news Japanese American communities are warning that “history is repeating itself” following Donald Trump’s invocation of 1798 wartime law to help carry out his mass detention and deportation a…

"French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty in embezzlement case": npr.org/2025/03/31/g-s1-57262/
"The biggest concern for Le Pen is that the court may declare her ineligible to run for office "with immediate effect — even if she appeals. That could prevent her from running for president in 2027."
#politics #crime #extremism

NPR · French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty in embezzlement caseBy The Associated Press

"RFK Jr.’s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling ...
RFK Jr.’s move to gut and reorganize the federal health department shocked many people tasked with making it happen, and left others fearful that everything from the safety of the nation’s drug supply to disease response could be at risk":
politico.com/news/2025/03/27/v #healthcare #extremism #politics

The Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America by David Pakman, 2025

If there is one thing the 2024 election cycle showed us, it’s how the right-wing has benefited and capitalized on disinformation and the polarization of US politics. Critical thinking and media literacy are on a rapid decline, and our republic is unable to agree upon a shared set of facts.

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#America
#RightWing
#extremism
#politics
#US

This is why Israel welcomes alliances with western antisemites

youtube.com/shorts/sfILIkIH55o

“Once you take out the Jewish question here. Then you will see why the antisemites are so attracted to the state of Israel.”
Pankaj Mishra unpacks why the Israeli government welcomes alliances with antisemites in Europe and beyond.

I see people on social media still referring to Donald Trump and Elon Musk and their supporters as "conservatives", but their "bull in a china shop" behaviour over the last couple of months shows that they are anything but conservatives. Right-wing radicals, yes. Conservatives, no.

In the link G.K. Chesterton explains why.

theknowledge.io/chestertons-fe
#tradition #conservatism #radicalism #extremism

The Knowledge · Chesterton's Fence: ExplainedTL;DR / Summary G.K. Chesterton was an early 20th century English writer known for his clever paradoxes. He once wrote: “There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more

Last week, the Department of Justice, which is charged with enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), began to rescind key guidance, justifying the move by suggesting that accessibility is the reason for cost-of-living increases.

The US right is coming for #disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone | Well actually | The Guardian
theguardian.com/global/2025/ma

The Guardian · The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyoneBy Guardian staff reporter
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The word friends used to describe convenience store worker and part-time DJ Matthew Allison: Goofy. This @ProPublica report explains how he was also a key figure in Terrorgram, a network of white supremacist chat groups and channels. He was arrested last year; prosecutors say he used the Telegram platform to solicit attacks on government infrastructure, encourage the assassination of politicians and distribute instructions for making bombs.

propublica.org/article/matthew

ProPublicaA “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network
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"Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking #science":
washingtonpost.com/politics/20
"Trump has unleashed cuts and chaos that are paralyzing ongoing research, prompting layoffs, and threatening America’s perch as a global scientific leader."
#Trump #ignorance #extremism #politics

The Washington Post · Trump promised scientific breakthroughs. Researchers say he’s breaking science.By Dan Diamond