Boogaloo Supporters Animated By Lockdown Protests, Recent Incidents
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Boogalooers are part of an embryonic, decentralized movement that organizes largely online but whose presence has increasingly been felt in the real world.
QAnon Conspiracies on Facebook Could Prompt Real-World Violence
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QAnon conspiracy theorists are using public and private Facebook pages and groups to spread disinformation, racism, and thinly veiled incitement to violence.
Israel and UAE strike major agreement; Facebook bans blackface and antisemitic conspiracy theories; Jewish groups condemn Marjorie Greene
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Israel struck an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to establish “full normalization of relations” even as it forgoes for now plans to annex occupied West Bank territory in order to focus on improving its ties with the rest of the Arab world. Facebook will start banning posts that contain blackface or that promote antisemitic conspiracy theories that Jewish people are running the world. A Georgia congressional candidate, who has a history of spreading QAnon conspiracy theories, and Islamophobic rhetoric, won a primary runoff this week; ADL and other organizations have raised concern about her history of bigoted rhetoric.
Two Years After Synagogue Massacre, Gab Remains Extremists' Online Destination of Choice
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Two years ago, white supremacist Robert Bowers killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after posting antisemitic, anti-immigrant rants on Gab.
Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan Teams Up With Notorious Holocaust Denier at Saviours' Day 2019 Conference
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Louis Farrakhan teamed up with a Holocaust denierto attack the Jewish religion and blame numerous ills of modern society on Jews during the Nation of Islam's annual Saviours' Day conference.
Alabama Newspaper That Published Klan Editorial Also Voiced Anti-Semitic Views
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An investigation by ADL’s Center on Extremism reveals that theDemocrat-Reporter in Linden, Alabamahas a history of offensive commentary published as unsigned editorials.
Stealth Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Moving in Tennessee
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Tennessee House Bill 563would immunize private employers and businesses from local laws that prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people in employment, housing, or public accommodations.
DoED Decision Will Require Taxpayers to Fund Discrimination
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The U.S. DoEDrecently announced that it will ignore a longstanding requirement of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act limiting federally funded contractsto secular vendors.
ADL HEADLINES: Congress Holds Hearing on the Rising Threat of White Nationalism
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Congress holds a hearing on the growing threat posed by white nationalism and increase in hate crimes; anti-vaccination advocates are misappropriating Holocaust imagery to push their agenda; and Airbnb reversesits decision to de-list properties in the West Bank.
The Honorable Sacred Knights of the Ku Klux has scheduled a Memorial Day weekend Klan rally in Dayton, Ohio. A small Klan chapter with few followers, the group has chosen Dayton “to educate white people about the importance of their race and heritage.”
It's Time for Congress to Restore the Voting Rights Act
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This week marks six years since the Supreme Court’s disastrous decision in Shelby County v. Holder gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.