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The Washington Post reports: A convicted Jan. 6 rioter who expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and studied high-profile killers was sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for possessing firearm silencers that he did not register with authorities. A federal judge said Hatchet M. Speed, 41, a former Navy reservist who held a top-secret security clearance, betrayed “everything he …

The Washingtonian reports: When Republican megadonor Harlan Crow isn’t lavishing Justice Clarence Thomas with free trips on his private plane and yacht (in possible violation of Supreme Court ethics rules), he lives a quiet life in Dallas among his historical collections. These collections include Hitler artifacts—two of his paintings of European cityscapes, a signed copy of Mein Kampf, and assorted …

From the Justice Department: A Texas man pleaded guilty today to a hate crime and arson in connection with a fire he set at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 31, 2021. According to court documents and admissions made during the plea hearing, three days before the arson, on Oct. 28, 2021, Franklin Sechriest of San …

Law & Crime reports: A racist “White Lives Matter” member firebombed an Ohio church that planned to host a “Drag Queen Story Time,” federal prosecutors say. Ohio resident Aimenn D. Penny, 20, faces up to 30 years imprisonment if convicted on two charges of malicious use of explosive materials and possession of a destructive device in the March 25 attack. …

The BBC reports: A prominent member of a California-based white supremacist group has been arrested in Romania and will be extradited to the US. Robert Rundo, 33, co-founder of the Rise Above Movement, was arrested on Friday at a Bucharest gym following a tip-off, Romanian police said. He was accused of violence in 2017 and indicted by a US court …

Vice News reports: “This cannot go unpunished,” one member of the rabidly pro-Trump message board The Donald wrote on Thursday night. “The DA needs to pay dearly.” “None of this will stop unless there is blood in the streets,” another poster wrote. On platforms like The Donald, where all five of the top pinned posts on the homepage on Thursday …

Mediaite reports: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took former President Donald Trump, his one-time close ally, to task during a recent interview with Piers Morgan over his Thanksgiving weekend dinner with antisemitic rapper Kanye West and avowed neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes. “How did you feel about Donald Trump having dinner with Kanye West and the white supremacist Nick Fuentes?” Morgan asked …

The Bulwark reports: This week the writer Nate Hochman revealed himself in the very online way one might expect of a Gen Z wannabe power staffer—by updating his Twitter bio. Earlier this month, it was reported that Hochman had gone to work for the Republican Party of Florida; his updated bio indicates that he won’t be just on the comms …

Australia’s News Corp affiliate reports: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has revealed his government will fly the transgender flag outside its offices in response to rallies against members of the LGBTQIA+ community. An anti-transgender rally held in Melbourne on the weekend has sparked fierce criticism after members of neo-Nazi group performed the Nazi salute. Counter protesters clashed with the demonstrators who …

Miami’s NBC affiliate reports: A disturbing video making the rounds on social media shows a South Florida man’s racist rant. The clip shows the man confronting several police officers in West Palm Beach. “He’s getting in my face,” the man said to a female officer as he pointed to a male officer. Investigators said the West Palm Beach Police officers …

Australia’s News Corp outlet reports: The Victorian government said it was open to looking at further action against the display of hate symbols after a group of protesters performed Nazi salutes outside parliament on Saturday. Clashes broke out on Saturday between rival protest groups on the steps of Victoria’s parliament after a group of men performed Nazi salutes. The men …

Melbourne’s News Corp affiliate reports: Large crowds of protesters from two competing rallies have clashed in the streets of Melbourne over LGBTQI+ issues as an anti-transgender activist, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, continues her speaking tour of Australia. Ms Keen-Minshull, who goes by the moniker Posie Parker, is a British woman who founded group Standing for Women. She describes herself as a women’s …

CBS News reports: The Justice Department can seize money that has recently flowed into the prison inmate account of white supremacist James Alex Fields Jr., the Ohio man who in 2017 rammed his car into a group of anti-racism protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one. According to prosecutors, he has amassed “significant funds” in his prison inmate account at the …

The Washington Post reports: A Northern Virginia military reservist assigned to do intelligence work was found guilty Tuesday of obstructing Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 presidential election results in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Hatchet M. Speed, a Navy Reserve petty officer first class formerly assigned to Naval Warfare Space Field Activity at the National Reconnaissance Office in Chantilly, Va., …

The Billings Gazette reports: U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale said he unwittingly posed for a photo with high profile members of the neo-Nazi movement last week walking between congressional hearings. The photo shows Rosendale posing with Ryan Sanchez, formerly of the white supremacist street-fighting gang Rise Above Movement and Greyson Arnold, a Nazi sympathizer present at the Jan 6, 2021 insurrection. …

USA Today reports: White nationalist Nick Fuentes was removed from CPAC over his lengthy history of openly promoting antisemitic and racist rhetoric. Fuentes is a prominent figure among the far-right, known for peddling white supremacist ideals and using his platform to openly promote antisemitism. Trump dined with Fuentes – a Holocaust denier – as well as rapper Ye (formerly Kanye …

The Fresno Bee reports: Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama on Wednesday announced the arrest of five people after a series of bombings in the city. A task force of local police and FBI agents also seized bomb-making components, firearms, methamphetamine and white supremacist paraphernalia, including Nazi flags. The investigation ranged as far as Riverside County, where Scott Anderson, 44, the …

The Daily Beast reports: Broadway star Ben Platt condemned “really disgusting” neo-Nazi protesters “spreading evil” who heckled theatergoers on Tuesday evening in line to see the first preview performance of the musical, Parade. The show, a Broadway transfer from the Encores! concert series, is based on the true story of a Jewish factory superintendent, Leo Frank, who was falsely convicted …

The Daily Beast reports: Teddy Joseph Von Nukem, one of the most prominent faces lit by the glow of tiki torches in what became the lasting image of the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, killed himself as he was due to face criminal trial last month. The 35-year-old skipped out on his first day of trial for a drug …

Rolling Stone reports: A new report by the Anti-Defamation League released Monday catalogs dozens of acts of vandalism, harassment and intimidation organized under the “Ye is right” slogan. “Kanye West’s repeated antisemitic remarks – and his dredging up some of the worst anti-Jewish tropes imaginable — are inspiring people to commit real-world acts of hate,” says Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL’s CEO. …