Revealed: US conservative thinktank’s links to extremist fraternal order

The president of the rightwing Claremont Institute and another senior Claremont official are both closely involved with the shadowy Society for American Civic Renewal (SACR), an exclusive, men-only fraternal order which aims to replace the US government with an authoritarian “aligned regime”, and which experts say is rooted in extreme Christian nationalism and religious autocracy. …

‘Donald Trump is a juggernaut of justice’: The most bizarre things said so far at CPAC 2024

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/wildest-things-said-cpac-2024-b2500908.html -The Independent; 2/23/2024

FBI arrests Florida man accused of threatening ‘mass casualty event’

“I know that a “saint” is an individual who commits an act of violence in furtherance of white supremacist and accelerationist goals,” the investigator said in the affidavit. “Following the commission of an act of violence in furtherance of the white supremacist and accelerationist goals, an individual may be “sainted.” [...] The objective of so-called accelerationism is …

‘All feminists are under attack’: ultra-right threat in Milei’s Argentina forces writer into exile

Leclercq, who covered Argentina’s nascent libertarian movement for the independent media company Perfil, suffered hundreds of attacks when she revealed how feminist journalists were being targeted. “They put my home address online … one libertarian sent me a direct message saying he would come to the newsroom and eat my liver,” Leclercq told the Guardian. …

Rightwing personalities use X to bring antisemitic theories to light in US

The racist and antisemitic “great replacement” theory is encroaching out of the far-right and more visibly into mainstream US politics in the wake of its platforming by major figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, in a move experts believe shows the growing extremeness of rightwing politics in the US. [...] The “great replacement” is a …

Israel’s attempt to destroy Hamas will breed more radicalisation, UN expert says

She doubted it was possible to eradicate Hamas, which she described as “not just a military presence but a political reality”. “Even if it was possible to eradicate Hamas, if [Israel] was to exterminate everyone, everyone, so not just the militants, but anyone who works for Hamas including service providers, even if that was possible, but …

Far-right US thinktank to give award to extremist sheriff leading ‘disaster’ office

The rightwing Claremont Institute will present its 2023 Sheriff Award to the California sheriff Chad Bianco, a former member of two far-right “patriot movement” groups, and whose Riverside county department (RCSD) has been branded a “disaster” by local media amid criminal allegations and a state investigation into death rates in its jail. Bianco’s award will be presented …

Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term

Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute and his associates drafting plans to potentially invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office …

One year out: how a free and fair 2024 presidential election could be under threat

The last time America elected a president, it led to a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and a failed coup that gravely damaged the political system and marred the peaceful transfer of power for the first time in U.S. history. [...] Despite a slew of arrests and felony convictions stemming from the events of …

Controversial PragerU videos gain educational foothold in a handful of states

Despite its name, PragerU is not a university. It is a conservative nonprofit that produces short videos on historical, economic and climate topics. The organization, formally the Prager University Foundation but known as PragerU, is founded and run by conservative talk-show host Dennis Prager and funded by a number of like-minded philanthropists. [...] At a …