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NEW: The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several "people search" sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.

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NEW: Alex Jones and Elon Musk are blaming the murder of Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman on leftists and the deep state. But David Carlson, who has known the alleged shooter since fourth grade and described him as his best friend, said he “would be offended if people called him a Democrat.”

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BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Writings mentioning names of multiple lawmakers were found in shooting suspect's car, Minnesota police official says.

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Democratic state politician and husband shot dead in targeted attack, Minnesota officials say

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DEVELOPING: Minnesota lawmaker and husband were killed, another injured in what Gov. Walz called a “politically motivated assassination.” The suspect remains at large.

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Alexander Dighton jailed over police station attack involving Molotov cocktail, knife and wooden pole

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In just one year (2023-2024), there was a 19 per cent increase in sextortion cases reported in the UK, according to findings from the UK Safer Internet Centre. uk.news.yahoo.com/think-press-...

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My article on the Dutch civil militias as part of the history of the interwar radical right has now been assigned a proper issue in Contempory European History. For all you interested in paramilitarism, strikebreaking, and anti-socialist politics. doi.org/10.1017/S096...

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Fulbright Board Resigns Over Political Interference Nearly the entire scholarship board quit Wednesday in protest of the Trump administration’s intervention in the selection process, which they say was politically motivated and illegal. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3ZrfEsR

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OOPS: Attorney for Proud Boys in their lawsuit against DOJ may not be allowed to practice law because of a prior felony conviction he appears not to have disclosed, according to the magistrate judge handling the case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Nothing to see on the extremism front in the Netherlands….

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Reform suspends Kent County Councillor Daniel Taylor. A Reform UK spokesperson said: "Following a matter which is now with the police, the group whip has been withdrawn from Councillor Taylor with immediate effect."

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Austria has declared three days of national mourning following what appears to be the deadliest attack in its post-World War II history.

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U.S. Christian nationalists are joining forces with European far-right actors to undermine the EU’s Digital Services Act. Their coordinated disinformation campaign, framed as a defense of “free speech,” is really about protecting hate and extremist content online. Read more:

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NEW: Leland Lehrman is the new executive director of the MAHA Institute, a policy organization with ties to RFK. In the mid-2000s, Lehrman promoted 9/11 conspiracy theories and argued repeatedly that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is legitimate: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Tonight at 6 PM CET, I'll start my busy week of (semi-)public speaking at @iwm.at with a lecture on my ongoing project "Rethinking the Far Right." While the lecture is fully booked, there should be a live stream here.

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Several people have been killed in a shooting at a secondary school in the Austrian city of Graz, police say. Students and teachers are believed to be among the casualties after gunshots at the Dreierschützengasse high school

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New publication by @crexuio.bsky.social PhD candidate @shandonhogan.bsky.social 👇 #violence #farright #Canada

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My latest publication, analysing severe violence motivated by far-right beliefs in Canada across the past three decades. Thank you to the @crexuio.bsky.social team for your guidance and support. Open access for those interested www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Rhianan Rudd, a vulnerable teenage girl who died five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped, was “highly affected” by her arrest but failures in her case were “not systemic”, a coroner has concluded.

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The archives of Maximum Rocknroll, a roughly eight-ton archive of vinyl, photos and documents, are headed to a new home at the Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Popular Music.

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Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

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Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism

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Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event. The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right

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🔍 Researching extremism brings up many ethical dilemmas and methodological hurdles. Check out our new webpage for invaluable resources on ethical considerations and effective methodologies, with a focus on right-wing extremism. #Extremism #Ethics www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

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🚨 New blog post: "Why Anti-LGBTQI Hate Crimes Are Not Reported to the Police" by Kristina Os, Rune Ellefsen, and Mona Hovland Jakobsen, based on findings from the HATECYCLE project. Check it out! #LGBTQI #HateCrimes #HATECYCLE www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

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🚨 New article alert! 📚 "Influencing the General Public? The Self-Perceived Communicative Roles of Norwegian and Danish Far-Right Anti-Immigration Actors" by @katrif.bsky.social and Anita Nissen. Check it out! #FarRight #Immigration #Research www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Former D.C. police officer was sentenced on Friday to serve 18 months behind bars for lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the Proud Boys extremist group’s former top leader, who was under investigation for burning a Black Lives Matter banner in the nation’s capital.

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Five members of the Proud boys file $100m lawsuit against US government over convictions from Capitol riots

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Republican senator Eric Schmitt employs aide fired by Ron DeSantis over neo-Nazi imagery. Nate Hochman also peddled far-right conspiracy theories as experts decry rise in extremism

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NEW: "These are people who have the power to shape the nation’s immigration policies, national security priorities, health care services, surveillance powers, civil rights enforcement, personnel decisions and much more." www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...

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Bargain Hunt expert Oghenochuko Ojiri given two-and-a-half-year sentence over failure to report art sales to suspected Hezbollah funder

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mass arrests of teenage neo-Nazis in Russia www.memri.org/dttm/russian...

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The head of the Reform "Doge" effort - 28 year old entrepreneur Nathaniel Fried - has quit the project in its first week after the resignation of the party chair Zia Yusuf

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Zia Yusuf has resigned as the chairman of Reform UK, saying working to get the party elected was no longer "a good use of my time".

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Two men arrested in Washington state with an arsenal that included dozens of guns, explosives and body armor, along with Nazi paraphernalia, were former military members who attacked a soldier with a hammer while stealing gear from Joint Base Lewis-McChord last weekend, investigators say.

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Reform MP's burka ban call was “dumb,” says party chair

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Update, it's really bad. Vets sneaking on base to steal gear for years, and then they beat a soldier trying to stop them with a hammer. www.military.com/daily-news/2... www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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Man charged with supplying chemicals in Palm Springs fertility clinic bombing. Daniel Park, 32, was arrested at a New York City airport on a federal warrant out of California after being detained in Poland

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