History

"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."

George Carlin

The Story of Fascism in Europe
Rick Steves' The Story of Fascism - YouTube    [archive]
Fascism and the Economy, Corporations, and Totalitarianism Rick Steves Classroom Europe    [archive]
Nrnberg Hitler's Propaganda Stage Rick Steves Classroom Europe    [archive]
The Story of Fascism in Europe TV Special Rick Steves' Europe    [archive]
Mussolini and Fascism in Italy Rick Steves Classroom Europe   [archive]

Extremism
Guy Trains Particularly Horrible AI Bot Using Millions of 4Chan Posts    [archive]
FBI arrests leader of armed group stopping migrants in New Mexico    [archive]
Gay bar shooting suspect faces murder, hate crime charges AP News    [archive]
Reader Adrift on Twitter Reminder, Justice Thomas is a far-right ideologue. His wife Gini Thomas raised money to send fellow    [archive]
MAGA Republicans much more likely to endorse delusional and proviolence statements study finds    [archive]
Adidas ends Kanye West partnership over antisemitism, hate speech Reuters    [archive]
Patriot Front Fascist Leak Exposes Nationwide Racist Campaigns - UNICORN RIOT    [archive]
NeoNazis march in Nashville leave after being challenged    [archive]
Kanye West admits he 'likes' Hitler during shocking Alex Jones interview The Independent    [archive]
Trump campaign defends vermin speech amid fascist comparisons   [archive]
Moms for Liberty reports over $2 million in revenue, with bulk of contributions from two donors    [✚ add]
Why Marjorie Taylor Greene is channeling centuries of racist rhetoric    [✚ add]
Oaths and pledges have been routine for political officials. That's changing in a polarized America    [✚ add]
Trump DHS sparks fury with neo-Nazi messaging    [✚ add]
White House official message drowned out as MAGA fails to contain hate- analyst   [✚ add]

"Not to act is to act."

Francis McPeek, 1945

Florida sets school chaplain model policy creates 1st Amendment fight    [archive]
Right Wing Evangelicals Are Marinating in Information Aimed at Making Them Fearful Hostile Journalist    [archive]
Priest Issues Red Flag Warning About Mike Johnson Remarks    [archive]
A Christian ministry urged the Supreme Court to criminalize homelessness    [archive]
Preparing for War The Extremist History of White Christian NationalismAnd What Comes Next a book by Bradley Onishi   [archive]
Oklahoma School Cancels Bible Study, Morning Prayer Over PA System After Parents Push Back    [✚ add]
Flouting IRS rules, Carlsbad church gave $1,900 to school board candidates, and urged worshipers to as well    [✚ add]
How Republicans convinced themselves America was meant to be a -Christian nation-   [✚ add]

"The misrepresentation of political protests as riots was a factor in the election campaign of Donald Trump, whose campaign had strong echoes of Nixon's. Nixon, however, campaigned at a time of rising rates of violent crime. Trump's successful "law and order" campaign took place under the conditions of some of the lowest rates of violent crime in recorded U.S. history."

Jason F. Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them

Holocaust
Adolf Hitler Holocaust Encyclopedia    [archive]
Germany charges 98yearold Nazi guard for murder complicity DW 09012023    [archive]
The Zone of Interest 2023 IMDb    [archive]
Ten stages of genocide Wikipedia    [archive]
The Race to Catch the Last Nazis GQ   [archive]
Shoes of tiniest Holocaust victims bring horrors of Auschwitz home to King   [✚ add]

"Most attempts at suppression rest on a denial of the fundamental premise of democracy: that the ordinary individual, by exercising critical judgment, will select the good and reject the bad. We trust Americans to recognize propaganda and misinformation, and to make their own decisions about what they read and believe. We do not believe they are prepared to sacrifice their heritage of a free press in order to be "protected" against what others think may be bad for them. We believe they still favor free enterprise in ideas and expression."

American Library Association, ala.org