by Jim Heath | Sep 17, 2020 | 2020, Antifa, FBI, Headlines, Joe Biden
Russia is seeking to hurt Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential campaign through social media and influence operations, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned today. Moscow is carrying out efforts to sow discord in the U.S. “primarily to denigrate Vice President Biden and...
by Jim Heath | Jun 21, 2020 | Antifa, conspiracy, Headlines
Conspiracy theories that billionaire philanthropist George Soros has been organizing and funding the nationwide anti-police brutality protests sparked by the death of George Floyd are gaining traction online among the far right. The baseless theories involving Soros...
by Jim Heath | Jun 18, 2020 | Antifa, Boogaloo, Headlines
A far-right extremist movement born on social media and fueled by anti-government rhetoric has emerged as a real-world threat in recent weeks, with federal authorities accusing some of its adherents of working to spark violence at largely peaceful protests roiling the...
by Jim Heath | Jun 2, 2020 | Antifa, Headlines, Race
Twitter has deactivated an account that it says claimed to belong to a national ‘Antifa’ organization but was really created by the white supremacist group Identity Evropa. The account, which included the Antifa logo as well as a Twitter handle ‘Antifa America’ and...
by Jim Heath | Mar 11, 2019 | Antifa, Headlines
Bennett Bressman has “more compassion for small dogs than illegals” and claims his “whole political ideology revolves around harming journalists.” He uses the n-word freely and cracks jokes about the Holocaust. Bressman also happens to have served as statewide field...
by Jim Heath | Oct 14, 2018 | Antifa, Headlines
A clash between an angry mob on the right and left in Portland last night gave Americans a glimpse of what it’s like to live in a third world country. A demonstration billed as a march for “law and order” in the streets of Portland descended into...