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Hannah Gais is a journalist and researcher focused on the radical right at the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Sep
09
"That's three strikes, run for your life"

"That's three strikes, run for your life"

The Department of Justice announced charges against two people associated with a network of violent white supremacist channels on the
6 min read
Jul
16
RNC 2024 Milwaukee

J.D. Vance: the new right's VP candidate (plus, "Russia, Russia, Russia")

Would you work for someone that you once derogatorily compared to Adolf Hitler? Presumably this was a question that J.
5 min read
May
01
on campus protests, "unite the right," and jan. 6

on campus protests, "unite the right," and jan. 6

It’s Tuesday night when I'm writing this, and there’s a photo passing around the internet showing
6 min read
Feb
09

on putin, tucker and the american right

In case you didn't hear, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been in Russia this week preparing
4 min read
Nov
16

you have to respect your mom (and other matters)

I, along with my colleague Creede Newton, have a new article out today about the co-founder of a prominent white
4 min read
Oct
26
visiting kentucky's young earth creationist theme park

visiting kentucky's young earth creationist theme park

You probably heard that Republicans in the House of Representatives (regretfully) concluded their 20-plus day feud over who gets the
5 min read
Sep
12
"russia is the last bulwark of humanity"

"russia is the last bulwark of humanity"

The quote in the title comes from Charles Bausman, a 59-year-old American man who has lived on and off in
4 min read
Aug
02

groypers? groypers! groypers...

Is it weird to apologize for not updating your own free newsletter for a few months? Yes. Am I going
3 min read
Apr
21
verified dreck

verified dreck

Yesterday, Twitter CEO Elon Musk successfully ridded his technologically impaired platform of non-paying verified users. If you don't
5 min read
Mar
08

"we're here to have a bad time" (CPAC 2023)

I just got back from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which took place from March 1-4 in National Harbor,
3 min read