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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.
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Sunak urged to stop Braverman speaking alongside far right at Brussels convention
Former home secretary will rub shoulders with populist right from across the globe, including Hungarian prime minister Viktor OrbánMichael Savage (The Guardian)
“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
The men pleaded guilty to state charges in brutal racist attack of Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker in January 2023Adria R Walker (The Guardian)
“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.”
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Two far-right conspiracy theorists to pay up to $1.25m for robocall campaign
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman found liable last March for trying to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in 2020 electionGloria Oladipo (The Guardian)
“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.”
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Rise in activity from rightwing extremists who want to trigger ‘race war’ in Australia, Asio warns
Security agency tells Senate inquiry that violent hate groups are still inspired by Christchurch shootingJosh Butler (The Guardian)
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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#DontPayTheGuardianAustralian 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)
“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.”
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Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds
Study of 13,000 Americans finds particular risk among certain types of gun owners, including those who carry weapons in publicEd Pilkington (The Guardian)
“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.
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‘Moscow Marjorie’: Republican accuses Greene of irresponsible Ukraine rhetoric
Former congressman Ken Buck says Marjorie Taylor Greene gets ‘her talking points from the Kremlin’ when opposing Ukraine aidMartin Pengelly (The Guardian)
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)