Germany’s federal police arrested a suspected right-wing extremist for allegedly plotting to assassinate more than a dozen politicians and public figures https://t.co/iwuOEK9QxC ...

On February the 18th, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson screened a film for senior government officials in the East Room of the White House. It was called The Birth of a Nation, a three-hour piece of propaganda that glorified the Ku Klux Clan and portrayed emancipated black Americans as unworthy of freedom. and marked a chilling inflection point when white nationalism stepped out of the relative shadows and into the center of the federal government.And if that sounds familiar to you, it's because we're watchin ...

Extremists threatened to attack a mosque and migrant hotels, court hears https://t.co/HDjNdo1ZBc ...

The FBI stopped a potential terrorist attack in Michigan. According to director Cash Patel, the FBI has arrested five young people who were allegedly planning a violent attack over Halloween weekend. Arrests were made this morning in the cities of Dearbornne and Ingster just outside of Detroit.Officials say the group has a connection to ISIS extremism and law enforcement officials are telling NBC News the suspects had access to guns. NBC News national law enforcement and intelligence correspondent Tom Winte ...

Bună tuturor. Mulțumesc, Alexia. Am o veste bună și o veste aparent înspăimântătoare și pentru că nu știu cum stați cu fondul anxios, o să încep cu vestea bună.Vestea bună e că viitorul democrației românești depinde de voi. Vestea aparent terifiantă e că viitorul democrației românești depinde în mod fundamental de voi. Pe cine ar putea să perifieze o astfel de veste, o astfel de afirmație.Pe mine, recunosc, mă liniștește și cred că și pe voi, dar sunt absolut convinsă că pe extremiști i ar putea terifia. Și ...

RT Christian Peterson 🇸🇪 (English) (@christianpet_)When I began investigating Antifa in Sweden five years ago, their response was to terrorize my family.They targeted my single mother’s home and car with repeated attacks – week after week.My father had died of cancer when I was 14. She was all I had.One night, I finally caught them in the act. I grabbed my baseball bat and ran outside in my underwear.They fled.Since then, I’ve worked relentlessly to expose them – not with violence, but with journalism.To sh ...

France was once a case study in how to fend off the extremes. Today the centre ground looks more fragile than ever. Moderates everywhere are anxious https://t.co/ogXdn67qG0 ...

Extremism & Social Media - Online extremists are leveraging President Trump's Antifa designation [1] - Concerns are rising that social media harassment fueled by this designation could escalate to violence [1] Security Concerns - Researchers tracking hate groups are monitoring the situation [1]

Extremism & Radicalization: Core Arguments - The "Great Replacement Theory," a conspiracy alleging the replacement of white populations by minorities, has migrated from fringe groups to the mainstream, repackaged with softer language but retaining dangerous concepts like "invasion" [3] - This theory often combines racism with antisemitism, falsely claiming that Jewish groups and feminists conspire to reduce white birth rates and increase immigration [7][8][9] - Misogyny plays a significant role in mobilizing violence, with gendered motivations often overlooked in extremism research [12][13][14][15] Manifestos & Transnationalization - Extremist manifestos serve as blueprints, with attackers referencing and building upon previous acts of violence and ideologies [5][16][17] - Violent extremism is transnationalizing, with the United States exporting extremist ideologies that are taking root in Europe, Australia, and even parts of the Global South [18] - The "Great Replacement Theory" is adaptable and used to demonize minorities globally [19] Political & Societal Impact - Mainstream politicians using language echoing extremist ideas normalizes these concepts and shifts the Overton window of acceptable discourse [20][21] - This normalization demonizes minorities and immigrants, potentially leading to backlash and violence [21][22] - The combination of widespread anxiety, anger, and access to weapons in a country of over 330 million people, coupled with extremist messaging, increases the risk of attacks [23] Counter-Arguments & Rebuttals - The "Great Replacement Theory" is based on false conspiracy theories and untrue ideas about danger [25] - Immigrants do not have a higher crime rate than native-born Americans [25] - Some extremist ideologies combine replacement theory with environmental concerns, attempting to draw in individuals from environmental movements [26][27]

Political Landscape - Democrats lack a clear leader to counter GOP claims of fostering extremism [1]