‘You better pray’: Christian nationalist groups are mobilizing before the 2024 elections ‘Patriot’ groups – which deny Trump’s 2020 defeat and are pressing for voting restrictions – are proliferating The Guardian - US · Dec 24, 2023
Analysis: Trump’s Miami arraignment could provide roadmap for Fulton MIAMI — As far as political circuses go, this one somehow felt tame. Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2023
Despite threats of violence, Trump's federal indictment happened with little fanfare -- but that doesn't mean the far-right movement is fading, an extremism scholar explains Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty at a federal courthouse in Miami on June 13, 2023, to 37 felony counts related to withholding – and refusing to return – classified government documents after his presidency ended. The Conversation · Jun 15, 2023
Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in lead-up to Jan. 6 insurrection – 4 essential reads Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on May 25, 2023, in the wake of his November 2022 conviction for seditious conspiracy. Rhodes led an effort to keep former President Donald Trump in office after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, including… The Conversation · May 25, 2023
The Jan. 6 committee makes its case against Trump, his allies and their conspiracy to commit an insurrection: Five essential reads From its first public hearing on June 9, 2022, the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capital has offered hours of riveting testimony detailing America’s first nonpeaceful transfer of presidential power. The Conversation · Dec 20, 2022
Conviction of two Michigan kidnap plotters highlights danger of violent conspiracies to US democracy Two of the six men facing federal charges in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 were found guilty by a federal jury on Aug. 23, 2022. The Conversation · Aug 25, 2022
Jan. 6 committee set to examine Trump's connection to Capitol rioters – a militia expert explains this complex relationship It’s not quite clear what, exactly, former President Donald Trump was doing and privately saying inside the White House during the five long, violent hours when more than 2,000 rioters invaded the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. The Conversation · Jul 21, 2022
Online pro-gun extremism: 'Cool for active shooter stuff' As Americans reel from mass shootings, law enforcement officials and experts on extremism are taking increasing notice of the sprawling online space devoted to guns and gun rights The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2022
Michigan governor kidnap case: hardened terrorists or FBI dupes? Four militia group members are on trial for an alleged plot to abduct Gretchen Whitmer but did informants and agents egg on big-talking good ole boys? The Guardian - US · Mar 19, 2022