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- Dismantling White Supremacy
February 2026 Intelligence Project Dispatch: Trends and incidents of the hard right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism, and counters disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Anti-democracy efforts Militia and antigovernment movement activity Hate prevention Anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim activity…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
International Religious Freedom Summit Sponsor Has Hungarian Hard-Right Ties
The annual International Religious Freedom Summit (IRF), an event that has faced criticism for partnerships with anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups, convened this week in Washington, D.C., with a new sponsor tied to the Hungarian hard right. The event, now in its sixth year, added the Danube Institute to its list of “partners.” Hatewatch previously…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Erasing the Past: The Trump administration’s attacks on history since 2025
Since taking office last year, President Donald Trump and his administration have launched a full-scale attack on American history, glorifying racists and traitors and erasing not only the horrors of slavery, but also positive stories of resistance and the triumph of democracy. The steps Trump has taken to distort American history to serve his antidemocratic…
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Why ‘never again’ still isn’t enough
International Holocaust Remembrance Day calls on us to examine what we are teaching the next generation about how the Holocaust happened and why its lessons still matter now. The Holocaust is a central event in human history — a kind of primal scene we return to whenever we want to picture absolute evil, unambiguous victims…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
DHS, White House shared white nationalist song in ICE recruitment posts
The social media accounts of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the White House shared a meme and an excerpt from a song produced and popularized by a secretive white nationalist group, according to posts and archival material reviewed by Hatewatch. On Jan. 9, multiple accounts run by DHS communications staff shared an…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
January 2026 Intelligence Project Dispatch: Trends and incidents of the hard right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism, and counters disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Hate prevention White nationalist and neo-Nazi movement activity Anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
December 2025 Intelligence Project Dispatch: Trends and incidents of the hard right
The Southern Poverty Law Center works to dismantle white supremacy in public forums and online, exposes hate and anti-democracy extremism and counters disinformation and conspiracy theories with research and community resources. The Intelligence Project monitors and exposes white supremacy and its impact on communities. Anti-democracy efforts Anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim activity Militia and antigovernment movement activity Anti-LGBTQ+ movement…
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New York politics used to promote misinformation, hard-right war against Muslims
Investigative Update Summer 2025 A War of Ideas: The unrelenting propaganda of the Lost Cause mythology Missouri Minutemen and white nationalist Active Club learning from each other Sovereign citizens put public servants and safety professionals at risk Anti-Muslim and hard-right activists used Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign and subsequent election as mayor of New York City…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Goyim Defense League spreads hate through disruption and harassment
The Goyim Defense League (GDL) spreads virulent antisemitic and racist harassment through stunts that it characterizes as pranks. Nevertheless, its members have sometimes faced civil and criminal charges in the United States and Europe related to their targeting of religious, ethnic and sexual minorities. GDL founder Jon Minadeo II, who also uses the pseudonym “Handsome…
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- Dismantling White Supremacy
Appeal to Heaven: The flag of Christian supremacy
The Appeal to Heaven flag has a long history in the United States. Commissioned by George Washington, it has flown in front of government buildings. Today it is a major symbol and internet meme among Christian supremacists, as well as opportunists in and out of government. Right-wing politicians took up this symbol after its use…
