white nationalists
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White Nationalist, Far-Right Groups Actively Promoting Lies to Paint Ahmaud Arbery as a Criminal
White people seem to follow the same playbook whenever there’s a new high-profile case involving an unarmed black person being killed by neighborhood vigilantes or police. When they’re not shouting “What about black-on-black crime?” from every mountaintop they can find, character assassination appears to be the name of their game. Analysts who monitor the online…
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Shopper Wears KKK Hood as Face Covering in California Grocery Store
If we have learned anything since the beginning of the coronavirus health crisis, it’s that a global pandemic isn’t enough for white supremacists to take a break. In Santee, Calif., one grocery store shopper wore a Ku Klux Klan hood as a face covering to demonstrate safe social distancing practices while letting everyone know that…
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Man Faces Charges After Attempting to Blow Up Jewish Nursing Home
Nursing homes around the country are struggling as they house one of the most vulnerable groups when it comes to COVID-19. Leave it to a potential white supremacist to only add to that struggle. The New York Times reports that 36-year-old John Michael Rathbun was charged with two counts of attempted arson in federal court.…
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White Supremacists Had Plans to Weaponize Coronavirus: Even Amid a Global Pandemic, They Choose Hate
President Donald Trump may be stoking the flames of racism and xenophobia by repeatedly referring to the coronavirus as the “Chinese virus,” but it appears white supremacists have been contradicting that narrative for some time by attempting to adopt the virus as their bioweapon of choice. Yahoo News reported that federal investigators have been monitoring…
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State Department Wants to List a White Supremacist Group as Foreign Terrorist Organization for First Time in U.S. History: Report
For years and years, black people and people of color all over America have been calling for white supremacist terrorism to be given the same energy as Islamic terrorism. Recently, our concerns have been vindicated as we’ve seen report after report after report of government officials, on both the state and federal levels, finally coming…
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Four More Alleged Neo-Nazis Arrested for Harassing Journalists
White nationalists have stayed taking L’s this week. I can’t lie folks, I love to see it. According to CBS News, four members of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to intimidate. Yesterday, we wrote about a leader of the group who was arrested for a “swatting” plot. Those…
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Findings Show That Right-Wing Extremists Responsible for The Majority of Hate Crimes in 2019
For as much as they like to bitch and moan about the crime and violence brought to this country by immigrants, you would think they would have more to say about those who commit crime and violence in their name. I’m just saying it’s kind of funny. New findings released by the Anti Defamation League…
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Feds Arrest Neo-Nazi Who Plotted 'Swatting' Attack on a Cabinet Member
In recent years, white nationalists have repeatedly been called one of the biggest threats to domestic life. In response, President Trump has repeatedly downplayed that threat. Now that a member of his own cabinet has been targeted by white nationalists, you would think he might reconsider his stance. Who are we kidding though? CBS News…
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Good News Everyone: A Federal Investigation Results in Sentencing for 64 White Supremacists
Y’all, I simply love reporting on the failures of white supremacists. It’s probably a top 3 favorite thing for me besides food and talking to anyone who will listen about why Def Jam: Fight For NY is easily a top 5 fighting game of all time. The Spokesman-Review reports that 64 various members of white…
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Navy Yard Worker Gets 6 Months for Lying About Being A White Nationalist
White nationalists are dumb. I don’t think that’s a particularly controversial statement. If you’re going to lie about being a white nationalist on an application to work for the federal government, perhaps don’t post pictures on Facebook proving that you’re a white nationalist. NBC News reports that Fred Arena, a 41-year-old Navy yard worker, has…