How Brazil’s Far-Right Extremists Learned From Trump Insurrectionists on Parler
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro during a protest in favor of the government and against the lockdownAndre Borges/NurPhoto/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The day after Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s official account following the US Capitol…
Far-Right Extremism Has Become One of the Intelligence Community’s Rising Threats
Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.When the US intelligence community last released its public assessment of global threats at the beginning of 2019, white supremacism was barely mentioned. The 42-page report devoted one…
A “Superhero Pirate” Radio Host Is Gavin Newsom’s Strangest—and Most Dangerous—Threat
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Randy Economy feels “blessed.” The conservative radio broadcaster and ex-Trump campaign volunteer says he’s spending up to 17 hours per day on what he calls his life’s greatest work: the drive…
So Far Biden Is Taking Right-Wing Extremism Seriously. But Actually Fixing the Problem Will Be a Lot Harder.
Pro-Trump protesters inside the US Capitol on January 6Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Since before he was even sworn into office, Joe Biden has made it clear that fighting the spate of right-wing…
Exclusive Video: Watch Roger Stone’s Oath Keeper Bodyguards Practice Headshots to “#Stopantifa”
Federal prosecutors have charged 10 members of the far-right Oath Keepers with conspiring to storm the US Capitol on January 6 and allege that militia members prepared for the “operation” by “attending or scheduling trainings to learn paramilitary combat tactics.” Video and images reviewed by Mother Jones show that three of the indicted Oath Keepers…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Rakes In Cash After Twitter Briefly Suspends Her
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) sees fundraising windfall after her Twitter account is briefly suspended.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) had a bad…