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MAGA’s Imperial Ambitions

Political Research Associates, Steven Gardiner — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:00 EST

On January 3, 2026, the Trump administration bombed Venezuela and abducted President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, taking them to New York to face “narcoterrorism” charges. The escalation followed several months of U.S. military strikes on boats in…

The ADL is Correct that Antisemitism is Rising — But the Main (and Most Dangerous) Source Isn't the Left, It's Always Been the Right

Shane Burley — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 06:50:39 EST

When the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Antisemitism Audit was released in April, its claim of a 140% rise in antisemitic incidents in 2023 seemed like old news. Following the October 7th Hamas attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis, news reports…

From Fox News to the Far(ther) Right — Calls for Violence and Retribution Follow Trump Verdict

Annika Brockschmidt — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 06:21:00 EDT

When Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York on Thursday, it was to be expected that the Right would take the news badly. And indeed—the various factions of the US…

A Great Evangelical Divorce? — Speaker Mike Johnson's Breakup with Marjorie Taylor Greene Could Be Bad News For Trump

Diana Butler Bass — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:44:42 EDT

When Speaker of the House Mike Johnson pushed through aid to Ukraine this week, it did more than green-light funds to support the Ukrainians. In recent weeks, he changed from hard-core opposition to supporting Ukraine to championing its cause. His…

The Right is Deeply Divided Over Support for Israel — Though It's Not About Justice for Palestinians

Ben Lorber — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:00:59 EDT

On October 7, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, which included the horrific murder of hundreds of Israeli civilians. In response, Israel launched an unprecedented wave of deadly bombardment across the Gaza Strip, murdering thousands…

Following Republican Playbook, German Conservatism Breaks the Post-WWII Taboo

Annika Brockschmidt — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 01:27:54 EDT

It was the one taboo in German post-World War II politics: No German party on the democratic spectrum would ever collaborate with a far-right party. And since the arrival of the AfD ( Alternative für Deutschland ) on the national…

The 'Dreher Affair' Highlights the Right's International Networks

Annika Brockschmidt — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 03:30:09 EST

Right-wing Christian blogger and media figure Rod Dreher has moved to Hungary, where he continues to admire Viktor Orbán , the country’s authoritarian prime minister whom he’s called “one of the most extraordinary world leaders of our time.” Dreher isn’t…

Don't Tread on our Gas Stoves: The Latest Right-Wing Cause May Be Silly But the Strategy is the Point

Annika Brockschmidt — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:05:14 EST

Conservatives are ready to die for gas stoves. Yes, you read that correctly: They aren’t just willing to die on the hill of cooking with gas stoves, but to actually die—at least, if the “ humorous ” responses of right-wing…

Not Only is the Right Unapologetic For Violent Anti-LGBTQ+ Rhetoric — It's Doubling Down

Thomas Lecaque — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:42:37 EST

There was a mass murder. I know, this is America, so I have to be more specific. And since the one I’m thinking of, at Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colorado , we’ve had several more—mass shooting events are so…

Putin's Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There's Reason to Believe it'll Go Mainstream

Thomas Lecaque — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:30:57 EDT

It starts with a tweet: https://twitter.com/realRickWiles/status/1585375961033605120?s=20&t=DZQ… And it is, of course, not simply that. Shortly before, in support of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin appointing a “chief exorcist” against Satanism, he said : “Can you think of anybody, in the…

Inspired by the Anti-Abortion Movement and QAnon, Anti-Trans Rhetoric is a Blatant Call for Violence

Annika Brockschmidt, Thomas Lecaque — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 03:01:47 EDT

They care for trans children and teenagers—and they’re getting death threats. On August 30th, Boston Children’s Hospital was shut down due to a bomb threat , and shut down a second time on September 9th, the latest in a series…

The Failure to Focus on — And Yes, to 'Cancel' — Right Wing Antisemitism is a Problem

Elad Nehorai — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 03:56:34 EDT

Earlier this month, amid increasing death threats, the synagogue of the judge who signed the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search warrant was forced to cancel its Shabbat service . And this is hardly an isolated incident. Antisemitism is becoming more and more…

Embryo Men — Decades of Conspiracy, Christian Nationalism, and Fear Led Us to The End of Roe v. Wade

Carmen Celestini — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 02:18:42 EDT

This morning as we again awaken to the realization that American women have lost their bodily autonomy , that five individuals can decide that States’ rights can’t control guns, but that they do have the power to control women’s bodies…

The Anti-Trans Hate Machine's Conspiracies Don't Stop at the US Border

Annika Brockschmidt — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 02:19:33 EDT

Right-wing media have been relentless in their attacks on trans people. In a single three-week window during March and April of this year, Fox News aired over 170 anti-trans segments . And over the past few months and weeks, calling…

If the Media Are Reluctant to Properly Label the GOP's Racist, Christian Nationalist Ideologies, We'll Have Trouble Hanging on to Democracy

Annika Brockschmidt — Fri, 20 May 2022 11:52:48 EDT

On Saturday, 18-year-old white supremacist P.G. drove to the “Tops” supermarket with the intention to kill people of color. He murdered ten people and wounded three others before he was arrested. All ten who were killed were Black. The racism…

Laugh at Tucker Carlson's Tanning Testicles Doc All You Want, But the Bulging Muscles and Potent Sperm Imagery is a Fascist Dream

Annika Brockschmidt — Mon, 16 May 2022 04:40:12 EDT

Sculpted, sweating, bare torsos doing push-ups, bulging muscles, two scantily-clad men locked in a fight—they, too, are ripped. A blond, equally fit man shoots at plastic bottles, a man’s hand grasps a cow’s udder. The music swells dramatically—so far it’s…

The End of Roe May Have Something Important to Tell Us About the Decline of Mainline Protestant Churches

Peter Laarman — Mon, 09 May 2022 03:47:28 EDT

As we gnaw on the paws of our grief and foreboding regarding the Supreme Court and Roe , RD’s editor-in-chief reminded me of the beautiful Tom Davis tribute to the Rev. Howard Moody that this magazine published following Mr. Moody’s…

If We Don’t Counter Far-Right Christianity, 1/6 Will Just Be the Beginning

Serene Jones — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 03:09:50 EST

For years, far-right faith groups have become increasingly intertwined with extreme conservative political beliefs like white supremacy and Christian nationalism —fundamentally changing the Republican Party and creating a fervent support network for former president Trump. Nearly one year ago, on…

Atheist Richard Dawkins Swings to Anti-Trans Right in Grasp at Broader Intellectual Relevance

Heron Greenesmith — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 01:49:38 EST

Yesterday, Richard Dawkins tweeted a request to his followers, asking them to sign on to a declaration by UK-based anti-transgender advocacy group the Women’s Human Rights Campaign (WHRC). Best known among anti-transgender circles for their proposed re-writing of the 1981…

Where Did White Evangelicalism's Hatred of Critical Race Theory Really Begin?

Andre E. Johnson — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 04:36:49 EDT

Critical Race Theory (CRT), the academic study in which students and scholars examine how race and racism function, is under attack by conservatives who claim that CRT promotes a distorted view of American history through a racial and ideological lens…

Christian Right Claims to be 'Above Politics' Are Unbelievable

Chrissy Stroop — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 02:02:15 EDT

Have you ever noticed that for hardline ideologues, only their opponents are “doing politics,” while they are simply “being objective”? In my last piece for RD I looked at the related ways in which even overtly political evangelicals often connect…

Satanists Want You to Respond to the Pandemic with Compassion. And Reason.

Joseph Laycock — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 08:31:52 EDT

The Coronavirus is changing America’s religious landscape as social distancing forces most religious communities to cancel in-person services and invent new online forms of worship . One might assume that Satanists would be unaffected by social distancing or even take…

Coronavirus Exposes the Religious Right’s Racism

Samuel L. Perry, Andrew L. Whitehead, Joseph O. Baker — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 08:00:21 EDT

On March 10, President Trump retweeted a post from conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, who referred to the coronavirus (COVID-19) as the “China Virus.“ Kirk also exclaimed in his tweet, “Now, more than ever, we need the wall…the US stands…

The Resurgence of Right-Wing Anti-Semitic Conspiracism Endangers All Justice Movements

Ben Lorber — Wed, 01 May 2019 02:26:02 EDT

In right-wing circles, theories about cultural Marxism in the era of Trumpism come entangled with other anti-Semitic theories, often arguing that George Soros and a shadowy “globalist” cabal are working to dissolve national borders and sovereignty into a totalitarian-communist “New World Order.”

Your Hatred Will Make Me Famous

Joseph Laycock — Wed, 12 May 2010 06:45:38 EDT

He threatens criminals and undocumented immigrants with impalement but he has ‘Republican values.’ Jonathon ‘The Impaler’ Sharkey’s declaration that he will seek the Republican nomination for president is just another human interest story for the media. But what does it say that his rhetoric and positions don’t deviate appreciably from the current level of discourse?