Christian lobbyist, meanwhile;
“The Australian Christian Lobby’s chief executive, Michelle Pearse, made a submission critical of the inquiry itself. She claimed its terms of reference ‘can be construed as inviting the creation of legal weaponry to benefit radical far-left elements antagonistic towards those who hold more conservative political opinions, with a view to silencing their opposition’.”
Ahh, yes, antifa just wants to silence good, christian fascists who want to be openly white supremacist.
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Australian neo-Nazis must be monitored better, Senate inquiry told
White supremacists are training members in combat under cover of ‘active clubs’ promoting slef-defence, counter-extremist experts sayJosh Butler (The Guardian)
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Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“The top court in Arizona on Tuesday ruled a 160-year-old near total ban on abortion is enforceable, thrusting the issue to the top of the agenda in a key US presidential election swing state.”
This too is the coordinated work of organised, affiliated right-wing extremists.
france24.com/en/live-news/2024…
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Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalising almost all abortions, says court ruling
NEWS WIRES (FRANCE 24)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“The far-right Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is ungovernable and should be known as ‘Moscow Marjorie’, said a former Republican colleague in the US House, accusing Greene of ‘getting her talking points from the Kremlin’ when opposing new federal aid for Ukraine.”
I am so here for the Republicans entering their ‘finding out' phase, but it sucks that it has to cost lives elsewhere. Again.
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
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‘Moscow Marjorie’: Republican accuses Greene of irresponsible Ukraine rhetoric
Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“Large numbers of Americans who have bought guns over the past four years or who regularly carry their loaded weapons in public are willing to engage in political violence, even to the extent of shooting a perceived opponent, a new mega-survey has found.
The study of almost 13,000 Americans, drawn from across the US and weighted for demographics, provides alarming evidence of the openness of certain types of gun owners to the idea – and possibly the practice – of violence as a political act.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
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Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds
Ed Pilkington (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“Asio says violent rightwing extremists are still being inspired by the Christchurch mosque shooting massacre carried out by an Australian man in 2019, warning of an uptick in activity from hate groups who want to trigger a so called ‘race war’.”
“It said the ideologically motivated cohort, made up predominantly of rightwing extremists […], ‘are more likely to focus on recruitment and radicalisation rather than attack planning in the foreseeable future’ but it warned of changing trends.”
theguardian.com/australia-news…
See also;
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Rise in activity from rightwing extremists who want to trigger ‘race war’ in Australia, Asio warns
Josh Butler (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
2024-04-09 00:33:04
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •Meanwhile, in the Netherlands, the security services are finally giving some decent weight to the threat posed by ‘sovereign citizens’;
“Some of the tens of thousands of people in the Netherlands, who believe in the concept of an ‘evil elite’ and refuse to recognise the state or the rule of law, are prepared to use violence, the Dutch counter terrorism unit NCTV warned on Tuesday.”
There's strong links to far right politicians and their parties, and likely also to the terror farmers.
dutchnews.nl/2024/04/some-evil…
rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieuw…
nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/04/09/aivd-…
bnr.nl/nieuws/nieuws-politiek/…
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AIVD: steeds meer ‘soevereine’ mensen die geen onderdeel willen zijn van de samenleving
Boris van der Spek (NRC)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“The unveiling of the candidate list, which occurred in Târgoviște, near the tomb of Vlad Țepeș (Vlad the Impaler), featured the pervasive use of Țepeș’s imagery by the far-right party. Simion claimed the party’s role as defenders of European Christian civilisation, drawing comparisons between Țepeș’s struggles and the party’s mission to combat ‘globalists’ and ‘Satanists’ in Brussels.”
Former glory, under threat from the woke devil-worshippers, yada yada. Add another one to the list.
euractiv.com/section/politics/…
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Far-right Romanian party pledges to fight 'Satanists and globalists' in Brussels
Catalina Mihai (EURACTIV)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“Two far-right conspiracy theorists will pay up to $1.25m in fines for launching a robocall campaign to discourage Black New York voters from participating in the 2020 election, the New York attorney general announced on Tuesday.
Jacob Wohl, of Irvine, California, and Jack Burkman, of Arlington, Virginia, were found liable in March 2023 for targeting about 5,500 Black voters as part of the robocall scheme.”
theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…
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Two far-right conspiracy theorists to pay up to $1.25m for robocall campaign
Gloria Oladipo (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers – prosecutors said the group called themselves the “Goon Squad” – who tortured and abused two Black men in a racist attack were sentenced to between 15 and 45 years in prison on Wednesday.
Brett Morris McAlpin, […], was sentenced to 20 years. Christian Dedmon was sentenced to 25 years. Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke were both sentenced to 20 years, while Hunter Elward was sentenced to 45 years and Joshua Hartfield was sentenced to 15 years.”
Sometimes, justice does happen.
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Six ex-Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ officers get 15 to 45 years for torture of Black men
Adria R Walker (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •Here's another reminder that, under fascism, it doesn't matter whether it's 'against the constitution’, because the courts, if they are still in good shape, which they often aren’t, will simply get overwhelmed with cases brought by assholes, or by fash trash with deep pockets who can afford to tie things up for years.
The average person, especially if a minority, still loses, because they can't hold their breath that long.
It's a gradual degradation, slowly moving the window one nudge at a time.
Pay attention, people.
vox.com/scotus/24080080/suprem…
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
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The Supreme Court abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states
Ian Millhiser (Vox)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •Two fash trash 'conservative’ conferences this month, here in Europe. One in Brussels, which Suella Braverman will attend, along with a who's who of bigoted assholes, including Orbán, and one in Budapest, the European CPAC, which Geert Wilders will attend.
theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
dutchnews.nl/2024/04/wilders-t…
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Sunak urged to stop Braverman speaking alongside far right at Brussels convention
Michael Savage (The Guardian)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“[…] Correctiv has looked into the cases of 48 members of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, many of whom are accused of brutal physical attacks, verbal assault and incitement to hatred.
At least 28 have been investigated by the German judiciary and have either been sentenced in a court of first instance or have been issued penalty orders, which they can still appeal. But despite the legal cases against them, many are still lawmakers in the German Bundestag, state parliaments or local councils.”
It's a feature, not a bug.
dw.com/en/germanys-far-right-a…
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Germany's far-right AfD polling high, despite legal scrutiny
Hans Pfeifer (Deutsche Welle)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •The EIC website has not been updated yet, but NRC just published another article on their investigation into Alp Services, a Swiss private lobby firm that worked on behalf of the United Arab Emirates with a massive disinformation campaign against muslims in Europe.
nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/04/15/justi…
Overview of earlier publications in the ‘Abu Dhabi Secrets’ project on the EIC website, reckon it'll get updated with coverage in other languages later;
eic.network/projects/abu-dhabi…
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Justitie onderzoekt Zwitsers lobbykantoor dat de reputaties van ruim duizend Europese moslims probeerde te vernietigen
Wilmer Heck (NRC)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
in reply to Sindarina, Edge Case Detective • • •“A meeting of right-wing conservative leaders from several European countries, due to take place in the Brussels municipality of Etterbeek, has been cancelled. Previously, the organisers of the National Conservative Conference (NatCon) had to look for another location after their original venue withdrew its permission because of pressure from anti-fascist organisations.”
Hah! They shut it down! ✊🏻
belganewsagency.eu/conference-…
Apparently they refused to leave, which is when the police got involved.
euractiv.com/section/elections…
Deplatforming works, folks. See also;
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Police close down Viktor Orbán’s Eurosceptic summit while UK's Farage is on stage
Max Griera (EURACTIV)Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
2024-04-15 20:44:26