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Truthout: Fractured Far Right Escalates Harassment Against Left in Portland

Political Research Associates

“The Proud Boys have had a dramatic reversal of fortune since the summer,” said Spencer Sunshine, associate fellow at Political Research Associates, who researches far-right movements. “I think the…

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Forward: The White Supremacist Movement Is Down - But Definitely Not Out

Political Research Associates

And on a scale of 100, the popularity of “alt-right” as a search term fell by more than half between January 2018 and January 2019, according to Google Trends. AltRight.com, founded by Spencer in 2010…

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The Advocate: Anti-Trans Feminists Appear at Panel of Right-Wing Heritage Foundation

Political Research Associates

Some progressives criticized the alliance between TERFs and right-wingers as an unholy one. “They are capitalizing on a scarcity mind-set rhetoric … saying there aren’t enough rights to go around, and…

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NBC News: Conservative group hosts anti-transgender panel of feminists 'from the left'

Political Research Associates

Heron Greenesmith, a researcher at the liberal think tank Political Research Associates, said this latest iteration of cooperation between conservatives and radical feminists (sometimes referred to as…

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Truthout: Those Nazi Rallies Are Not for the Left. They’re for Centrist Journalists.

Political Research Associates

Despite many white supremacist movements’ use of obfuscating language, it’s still glaringly obvious to many journalists what kind of rhetoric they stand for. The vast majority of local media outlets…

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Salon: Can progressives reclaim "religious freedom" from Trump and the evangelical right?

Political Research Associates

In the midst of the longest, most destructive government shutdown in history, with a maelstrom of treason-adjacent scandals swirling around the White House and Democrats finally in a position to do…

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Rewire.News: ‘Feminist’ Groups Teaming Up With Phyllis Schlafly’s Organization to Put Trans Kids’ Safety at Risk

Political Research Associates

In the 1970s, ultra-conservative, anti-abortion, anti-feminist crusader Phyllis Schlafly organized STOP ERA, the successful campaign to tank the Equal Rights Amendment. So devastating was the loss…

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Rewire.News: The Battle for the Meaning of Religious Freedom Day

Political Research Associates

There’s an oxymoron embedded in one of the model bills in the Christian right’s state legislative campaign called Project Blitz. Their model resolution for Religious Freedom Day celebrates a day…

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Rewire.News: Conservatives Claim Religious ‘Hostility’ When They Face Consequences for Refusing to Use Students’ Pronouns

Political Research Associates

“[W]e are here today because a specific worldview is being imposed upon me,” said West Point High School French teacher Peter Vlaming at a public hearing in early December. In fact, Vlaming was at the…

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SPLC Hatewatch: Longtime antigovernment militia organizer calls for 'lone wolf' action against antifa

Political Research Associates

Political Research Associates, a Massachusetts-based social justice organization, accurately detailed Trump’s appeal to the fundamentally antigovernment Patriot movement when it wrote, “Trump isn’t…

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