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Fast Forward Trump supporters denounce FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago: ‘This is Gestapo crap!’
On Twitter and on TV, right-wingers compare the raid to Nazism
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News How did the American Jewish Congress hire a budding white nationalist?
A political activist with ties to white nationalists, who in June led a rally defending a statue of Teddy Roosevelt, worked recently as the marketing director of the American Jewish Congress, a century-old organization that was once the voice of working-class Jews on anti-Nazism and civil rights. Gavin Wax, 26, is a graduate of Baruch…
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Fast Forward Candace Owen Will Testify In Before Congress On Hate Crimes, White Nationalism
Update, 3:38 p.m.: The newest version of this story adds context on the process by which witnesses are asked to testify. Candace Owens, a conservative commentator and spokesperson for the right-wing campus group Turning Points USA, will testify before Congress about hate crimes and white nationalism, The Hill reported. Owens will be one of several…
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Fast Forward Ilhan Omar Spokesman: Anti-Semitism Is A ‘Right-Wing Force’
A spokesman for Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted that anti-Semitism is a “right-wing force,” in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee this week. Jeremy Slevin, a spokesman for the Minnesota congresswoman, was criticized Wednesday after he wrote “Anti-semitism is a right-wing force” eight times on Twitter. Anti-semitism…
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Fast Forward Turning Point USA Chapters Turn On Candace Owens After Hitler Comments
Local leaders of a rising right-wing campus group have rebuked their own director of communications over inflammatory comments she made late last year about Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, Right Wing Watch reported. Owens is a rising star in far-right media and the communications director of Turning Point USA, a controversial group in its own…
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Opinion The Right Is Using Accusations Of Anti-Semitism To Distract From Their Own Crimes
The internet was consumed yesterday with a backlash to Minnesota Congressperson Ilhan Omar’s tweets about Jewish money in politics, and the influence of AIPAC on Congress. In an attempt to criticize Israeli policy, Omar stumbled into anti-Semitic tropes about Jewish influence and corruption. She was roundly condemned by both Republicans and Democrats, and quickly forced…
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Fast Forward Breitbart News Columnist Caroline Glick Joins New Right-Wing Party In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Caroline Glick, a longtime Jerusalem Post columnist who also writes for the far-right Breitbart News website, will join the new right-wing party in Israel. “Together we will work to protect Israel, to increase its security and to enact truly right-wing policies,” Glick said in her announcement last week about joining the New Right…
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