Pentagon official posted neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank last year

Kingsley Wilson, appointed in January to be deputy press secretary at the Pentagon, last year tweeted a neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank. The post came amid a flood of far-right social media content by the Trump administration appointee, who previously worked at an organization founded by the architect of Project 2025, […]

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Elissa Slotkin, the Jewish Democrat chosen to rebut Trump, has a riveting family immigration story

After Donald Trump speaks to Congress for the first time since he reentered office, the nation’s broadcasts will turn to Sen. Elissa Slotkin. The Michigan Democrat has been chosen to deliver her party’s response to Trump’s speech Tuesday night, in what is being closely watched as a bellwether for how the Democrats will contend against […]

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Elise Stefanik booed at ADL conference for saying Oct. 7 wouldn’t have happened under Trump

NEW YORK — Elise Stefanik mostly received cheers at an Anti-Defamation League conference as she promoted President Donald Trump’s record on Israel — from praising his proposal to deport foreign-born anti-Israel students to vowing to “dismantle” the United Nations’ Palestinian aid agency. But she was met with boos and a walkout from within the crowd […]

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Colleges fare better on average as ADL grades them on antisemitism for a second time

For the second time, the Anti-Defamation League is issuing grades to colleges and universities based on their handling of antisemitism and anti-Israel activism. And at a time when the Trump administration has made colleges with pro-Palestinian protests a target, the group says most schools are showing improvement. Eight schools received A’s, up from just two […]

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Everything ‘alt’ is new again: Watchdogs see a mainstreaming of far-right extremism

Remember the “alt-right”? Way back in the two-thousand-and-teens, the loose coalition of white nationalists, neo-Nazi pranksters and anti-immigrant extremists was more likely to be found in obscure corners of the internet than on mainstream conservative outlets like Fox News. Groups that monitor extremism say that has changed, and that the extremes have become mainstream.  They […]

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Andrew Tate, ‘manosphere’ influencer now in Florida, promotes antisemitism alongside misogyny on his livestreams

In returning to the United States this week from Romania, the far-right influencer Andrew Tate has re-imported his extreme brand of misogyny mixed with antisemitism. Tate and his brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania, where they face prosecution for rape and sex trafficking, since 2022. But Romanian officials lifted the ban, in a […]

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Orthodox pro-Israel group to honor Steve Bannon after backlash for his straight-armed gesture

An Orthodox right-wing pro-Israel group will honor Steve Bannon, nine days after the former Donald Trump adviser faced criticism for a gesture that resembled a Nazi salute.  Neither the gesture nor the rebuke fazed Israel365, whose founder calls it “Israel’s voice in the MAGA movement,” and which caters to an evangelical Christian audience. On Saturday […]

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