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- [Ozark Pridefest Stands Up to White Nationalists](https://irehr.org/2023/06/22/ozark-pridefest-stands-up-to-white-nationalists/) - Members of the masked white nationalist group Patriot Front rolled out to a rented U-Haul to march on Ozark Pridefest in Springfield, Missouri, on June 10. As the group has done often, the group planned to intimidate LGBTQIA participants and allies with bigoted chants and the unfurling of a “Reclaim America” banner. Patriot Front
- [CSPOA Cozies Up to the Confederacy](https://irehr.org/2023/06/21/cspoa-cozies-up-to-the-confederacy/) - On July 8, Sam Bushman, CEO of the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), appears headed to a venue known for its ardent embrace of the southern Confederacy. On the same day, a white nationalist neo-Confederate group is holding a gathering at the facility. News of Bushman’s involvement in the South Carolina event
- [Anti-Indianism Rears Its Head at CSPOA Washington Event](https://irehr.org/2026/01/23/anti-indianism-rears-its-head-at-cspoa-washington-event/) - The January 9 CSPOA “Save Our Sheriffs” rally in Puyallup, Washington, displayed an under-examined aspect of CSPOA politics – that is, the strong place of anti-Indian politics in its networks. In addition to GOP state leader and speaker Jim Walsh belonging to the anti-Indian Save Our Sequim Facebook group, event celebrity and Pierce County Sheriff
- [Larry Stickney, CSPOA, and the January 6 Insurrection](https://irehr.org/2026/01/23/larry-stickney-cspoa-and-the-january-6-insurrection/) - “Save Our Sheriffs” emcee Larry Stickney is an individual with a long history of organizing to deny civil rights to same sex couples. Larry Stickney is also a Council Member Aide to Pierce County Council member Amy Cruver.[1] A Washington State Director for the 1996 Pat Buchanan campaign, and former legislative aide in the State
- [Inside the “Save Our Sheriffs” Rally](https://irehr.org/2026/01/23/inside-the-save-our-sheriffs-rally/) - Republican Officials and Pro-J6ers Prominent at the far-right CSPOA Event in Washington State.
- [CSPOA Sheriff Recruitment Drive Coming to Washington State](https://irehr.org/2026/01/05/cspoa-sheriff-recruitment-drive-coming-to-washington-state/) - Just days after the fifth anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, a notorious group with well-documented ties to insurrectionists and white nationalists is coming to Washington to infiltrate law enforcement. The so-called Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) has scheduled a “Save Our Sheriffs” event in Puyallup on January 9th, featuring CSPOA founder Richard
- [IREHR's Letter to Washington State Elected Officials on CSPOA](https://irehr.org/2026/01/05/irehrs-letter-to-washington-state-elected-officials-on-cspoa/) - The following letter was sent to the Washington State Governor, the Washington State Attorney General, members of the Washington State Legislature, all Washington State Sheriffs, and the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission. Dear Washington State Elected Officials: With urgency and deep concern, we bring to your attention details of a notorious group with
- [Minnesota Mass Shooter Steeped in Far-Right Lore, White Nationalist Murderers](https://irehr.org/2025/08/27/minnesota-mass-shooter-steeped-in-far-right-lore-white-nationalist-murderers/) - News continues to come in about the tragic shooting at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At present, authorities have confirmed that two children were killed and at least 17 others were injured. They have also identified Robin Westman as the shooter and indicated that they took their life after the horrific acts. Across
- [MAHA PAC Paying Promoter of Antisemitic Conspiracies](https://irehr.org/2025/08/22/maha-pac-paying-promoter-of-antisemitic-conspiracies/) - New campaign finance data exposed another "Make America Healthy Again" outfit paying a prolific promoter of antisemitic conspiracy theories.
- [MAGA Targets App that Warns of ICE Presence](https://irehr.org/2025/07/02/maga-targets-app-that-warns-of-ice-presence/) - While the Trump Regime threatens prosecution of reporters mentioning the new app, far-rightists, including the Proud Boys and Jack "Pizzagate" Posobiec, are encouraging users to file false reports.
- [White Nationalist Responses to the Bombing of Iran](https://irehr.org/2025/06/26/white-nationalist-responses-to-the-bombing-of-iran/) - White nationalist groups view Trump's bombing of Iran as a sign to intensify antisemitism, return to vanguardism, or retreat into the woods.
- [Antisemitic Conspiracy Promoter Cozies Up to Heritage Foundation](https://irehr.org/2025/06/25/antisemitic-conspiracy-promoter-cozies-up-to-heritage-foundation/) - Leland Lehrman, director of the MAHA institute, has promoted antisemitic conspiracies. Now, his group is holding a joint event with the Heritage Foundation.
- [Make America Hate Again](https://irehr.org/2025/06/05/make-america-hate-again/) - Leland Lehrman, the new director of the MAHA Institute has a history of promoting antisemitic conspiracies and anti-science quackery.
- [MAGA Schemes for a Trump Third Term](https://irehr.org/2025/05/07/maga-schemes-for-a-trump-third-term/) - Far-right groups like the Third Term Project and Republicans for National Renewal are concocting a multitude of ways to keep Donald Trump in power.
- [A Canadian Antifascist Remembers Leonard Zeskind](https://irehr.org/2025/04/30/a-canadian-antifascist-remembers-leonard-zeskind/) - He who closes his eyes sees nothing, even in the full light of day. Leopold Trepper. Where are we Leonard, in this moment in time? “We are at the end of the beginning. “ Before I met Leonard, I knew of him through his written work and role organizing against the Ku Klux Klan and other
- [Remembering Leonard Zeskind](https://irehr.org/2025/04/30/remembering-leonard-zeskind/) - I talked to Leonard Zeskind for the first time on the phone in 1991. My path to meeting Leonard began in 1990 when I met Jonathan Mozzochi of the Coalition for Human Dignity (CHD), who showed me, but didn’t give me a copy, of a report CHD had just published on Organized White Supremacy in
- [“A Time for Mainstreaming” - White Nationalists Respond to Trump Victory](https://irehr.org/2024/11/26/a-time-for-mainstreaming-white-nationalists-respond-to-trump-victory/) - While many white nationalists believe they have allies in the White House, early indications are that the general direction of white nationalist mainstreamers will be to attempt to push the Trump administration and its base in a more fascist direction - much as the white nationalist “Groyper” movement during the first Trump administration. Make American
- [The Status of People’s Rights Network Membership – October 2024](https://irehr.org/2024/10/15/the-status-of-peoples-rights-network-membership-october-2024/) - Once the fastest-growing far-right group in the country, since the July 2023 verdict in the St. Luke's defamation and harassment case, growth in Ammon Bundy's far-right People's Rights Network has collapsed.
- [The Plan](https://irehr.org/2024/08/21/the-plan/) - A New Far-Right Blueprint for the Next Insurrection is Taking Shape in Florida.
- [IREHR's Letter to Florida Sheriffs](https://irehr.org/2024/09/04/irehrs-letter-to-florida-sheriffs/) - With the far-right pro-paramilitary group CSPOA holding its "large scale event" in Orlando later this week, IREHR has alerted law enforcement across the state of Florida about the CSPOA "Plan." Dear Sheriff: It has come to our attention that a notorious group with ties to insurrectionists and white nationalists is attempting to recruit law
- [The Radicalization of Sam Parker](https://irehr.org/2024/05/14/the-radicalization-of-sam-parker/) - This is the story of one man who went from a clean-shaven, if far-right-leaning, candidate for the U.S. Senate to a bushy-bearded white nationalist in just six years. His plunge into vicious antisemitism and racism is similar to others radicalized online, drawn to real-world far-right activism, and pulled down into the white nationalist movement. “We
- [Fighting the White Supremacist Movement Now and in the Future](https://irehr.org/2024/04/30/fighting-the-white-supremacist-movement-now-and-in-the-future/) - Leonard Zeskind gave this talk at a MacArthur Foundation Fellows Forum in October 2023. It is reproduced here so Fellows and others can read and think about it. Zeskind became a MacArthur Fellow in 1998. Fighting the White Supremacist Movement Now and in the Future Communications from the MacArthur Foundation note that it is
- [IREHR Letter to Ahern Luxury Boutique Hotel](https://irehr.org/2024/04/09/irehr-letter-to-ahern-luxury-boutique-hotel/) - Dear Ahern Hotel: It has come to our attention that a notorious group with ties to insurrectionists and white nationalists has scheduled a conference at the Ahern Luxury Boutique Hotel next week. We are reaching out to you with a sense of urgency and concern regarding the upcoming plans by the so-called Constitutional Sheriffs and
- [CSPOA Gathering Scheduled for North Idaho Anti-Mormon, Anti-LGBTQ+ Church](https://irehr.org/2024/04/08/cspoa-gathering-scheduled-for-north-idaho-anti-mormon-anti-lgbtq-church/) - The troubling ties of Richard Mack and his far-right pro-paramilitary group, Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, have been well documented by IREHR and others. This weekend, Richard Mack looks to add to his organization’s list of bigoted associations when he makes an April 13 appearance at The Altar Church in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The
- [IREHR's Letter to Idaho Sheriffs and Governor](https://irehr.org/2024/04/08/irehrs-letter-to-idaho-sheriffs-and-governor/) - With the far-right pro-paramilitary group CSPOA attempting to infiltrate Idaho law enforcement, we alerted sheriffs across the state about the dangers and urged them to reject CSPOA’s advances. Here’s the letter we sent to every sheriff in the state and Governor Brad Little.
- [International Day to Remember the Holocaust](https://irehr.org/2024/01/27/international-day-to-remember-the-holocaust/) - Remembering Jewish Resistance The United Nations General Assembly, in a November 2007 vote on Resolution 60/7, established January 27 as its official worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Day. It honors the memory of Holocaust victims, “one-third of the Jewish people, along with countless members of other minorities.” As a matter of historical record, Jews, Roma, members
- [TPUSA Event Shines Light on the Organizational Contours of MAGA-World](https://irehr.org/2023/12/14/tpusa-event-shines-light-on-the-organizational-contours-of-maga-world/) - College-oriented far-right group Turning Point USA’s(TPUSA) AmericaFest is scheduled for this weekend, December 16-19, in Phoenix, Arizona. TPUSA and its national leader, Charlie Kirk, have long been aligned with the Trump camp. As such, the event gives a glimpse into the organization-level character of MAGA-world that we can expect in 2024. Last year’s AmericaFest featured
- [In Memorial of Dr. Rudolph C. Ryser](https://irehr.org/2023/12/01/in-memorial-of-dr-rudolph-c-ryser/) - IREHR is saddened to learn of the recent passing of Dr. Rudolph C. Ryser of the Center for World Indigenous Studies (CWIS). We send our deep condolences to his family, friends, and those at CWIS who worked by his side. Dr. Ryser worked for more than 50 years to advance the cause of genuine tribal
- [CSPOA Leader Divulges White Nationalist Ties](https://irehr.org/2023/10/19/cspoa-leader-divulges-white-nationalist-ties/) - Already facing growing pressure for ties to white nationalists, the head of a “Constitutional Sheriffs” group appeared on the podcast of a Hitler-loving white nationalist. On October 10, Sam Bushman, the CEO of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), was a guest on the AFP Report, a podcast of the white nationalist publication,
- [Follow-Up Letter on CSPOA to the Minnesota Attorney General](https://irehr.org/2023/10/06/follow-up-letter-on-cspoa-to-the-minnesota-attorney-general/) - On September 28, IREHR sent this letter to Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. CSPOA founder Richard Mack published a response to our letter. This is our reply. Dear Attorney General Keith Ellison: I wanted to follow up regarding the letter I sent your office on September 28. I’ve had a chance to review a
- [CSPOA in Minnesota: Liberty Tea Party Patriots and Mary Amlaw](https://irehr.org/2023/10/04/cspoa-in-minnesota-liberty-tea-party-patriots-and-mary-amlaw/) - As Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) founder and Advisory Board President Richard Mack continues his speaking tour in Minnesota, IREHR looks at on-the-ground organizations and individuals boosting the pro-paramilitary group’s efforts in the state. This article briefly examines the Liberty Tea Party Patriots (LTPP) group and Mary Amlaw. The Liberty Tea Party Patriots
- [CSPOA and FAIR On-the-Ground in Minnesota: Casey McGregor](https://irehr.org/2023/10/03/cspoa-and-fair-on-the-ground-in-minnesota-casey-mcgregor/) - Last week, IREHR reported that Susan Tully, Senior Field Representative and Special Projects & Law Enforcement Relations Manager of the anti-immigrant Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), is slated to appear at two events featuring Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officer Association (CSPOA) founder Richard Mack.[1] The events are slated for October 8 in Rochester and
- [Meet the Group Behind CSPOA’s Visit to Le Center, Minnesota](https://irehr.org/2023/10/02/meet-the-group-behind-cspoas-visit-to-le-center-minnesota/) - As Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) founder and Advisory Board President Richard Mack kicks off a week of speaking engagements in Minnesota, IREHR takes a closer look at some of the on-the-ground organizations and individuals boosting the pro-paramilitary group’s efforts in the state. This article briefly examines the group We Are The Taxpayer
- [“Constitutional Sheriffs” and Anti-Immigrant Leaders Coming to Minnesota](https://irehr.org/2023/09/29/constitutional-sheriffs-and-anti-immigrant-leaders-coming-to-minnesota/) - Following efforts to recruit law enforcement in North Carolina, the far-right pro-militia Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is heading to Minnesota. From October 2-10, CSPOA leaders will cover more than 800 miles across the state, trying to recruit law enforcement and community members in 9 different cities: Le Center, Freeport, Brownton, Deerwood, Champlin,
- [IREHR's Letter to the Minnesota Attorney General About CSPOA](https://irehr.org/2023/09/28/irehrs-letter-to-the-minnesota-attorney-general-about-cspoa/) - Dear Attorney General Keith Ellison: I’m writing today with an urgent alert about the plans of a far-right pro-paramilitary group to recruit across Minnesota. Starting Monday, October 2, the so-called “Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association” (CSPOA) is holding a nine-city tour across the state to recruit law enforcement personnel and new followers. Contrary to
- [CSPOA and the People’s Rights Network](https://irehr.org/2023/09/27/cspoa-and-the-peoples-rights-network/) - “Constitutional Sheriffs” CEO Sam Bushman is a Member of Ammon Bundy’s People’s Rights Network IREHR has repeatedly documented the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association’s (CSPOA) relationships with paramilitary, far-right, and white nationalist groups and their leaders. This has included well-documented ties to the white nationalist secessionist League of the South, the insurrectionist Oath Keepers,
- [National Socialist Group Gathered to Plan Attack on Fair Housing](https://irehr.org/2023/09/18/national-socialist-group-gathered-to-plan-attack-on-fair-housing/) - On September 12, the national socialist National Justice Party (NJP) held its latest Labor Day event in Columbus, Ohio. Beyond repetitive demonstrations of their core antisemitism and white nationalism, NJP leaders revealed one point of interest– the addition of targeting proponents of fair housing laws to its standard mix of ginning up fear of crime
- [League of the South, Dixie Fest, and Christian Identity](https://irehr.org/2023/09/07/league-of-the-south-dixie-fest-and-christian-identity/) - On July 8, leaders of the white nationalist League of the South ventured to Travelers Rest, South Carolina, to hold a conference at Dixie Fest, the now annual event of the neo-Confederate Dixie Republic store. Held on the same date and same Dixie Republic location as a “Dixie Fest” broadcast by Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers
- [CSPOA, Dixie Fest, and the League of the South](https://irehr.org/2023/09/07/cspoa-dixie-fest-and-the-league-of-the-south/) - On July 8, Sam Bushman, CEO of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), took his Liberty Roundtable radio show on the road to Travelers Rest, South Carolina, to take part in “Dixie Fest”—a now annual event hosted by the neo-Confederate store, Dixie Republic. Bushman’s broadcast occurred on the same day and at the
- [Sam Bushman’s Liberty Roundtable Runs Ad for Christian Identity Group](https://irehr.org/2023/09/07/sam-bushmans-liberty-roundtable-runs-ad-for-christian-identity-group/) - On July 8, Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) CEO Sam Bushman broadcast his Liberty Roundtable from the neo-Confederate store, Dixie Republic, in South Carolina. On that same day, the Christian Identity-led and secessionist League of the South hosted an event at the Traveler’s Rest store. As if on cue to signal his commitment
- [“Purging the Party” - Far-Right Takeover of the Idaho GOP](https://irehr.org/2023/07/11/purging-the-party-far-right-takeover-of-the-idaho-gop/) - Nationally, the far right capture of state and local Republican Party chapters has intensified moves to “purge” the party of leaders who don’t conform to this movement’s orthodoxy. Nowhere is this more visible than in Idaho. Vincent James Foxx, a leading figure among white nationalist Groypers, declared last year that a “real right-wing takeover is
- [IREHR in Vice: “Provocateur Ammon Bundy Out of Jail on Bond After His Supporters Bombard Sheriff With Harassment” – August 14, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/08/14/irehr-in-vice-provocateur-ammon-bundy-out-of-jail-on-bond-after-his-supporters-bombard-sheriff-with-harassment-august-14-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited in Vice; Author Tess Owens writes, “On Saturday night, Gaylord and others went to harass Gem County Sheriff Donnie Wunder at his home, according to the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights executive director Devin Burghart, who has been tracking the case and Bundy’s People’s Rights
- [Nick Fuentes and Christian White Nationalist “Holy War”](https://irehr.org/2023/08/11/nick-fuentes-and-christian-white-nationalist-holy-war/) - In an angry speech accompanied by an apocalyptic video montage, white nationalist Groyper leader Nick Fuentes called for a “Holy War” and “eradicating the Jewish stranglehold” over the country. On July 16, Fuentes gathered his Groypers in a West Palm Beach, Florida, hotel ballroom for his first big event since his dinner with Donald Trump
- [IREHR in The Wenatchee World: “How a new Idaho superintendent is tapping far-right connections to refashion a school district” – August 5, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/08/05/irehr-in-the-wenatchee-world-how-a-new-idaho-superintendent-is-tapping-far-right-connections-to-refashion-a-school-district-august-5-2023/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Wenatchee World; Author Daniel Walters writes, “Education has long been a focus of the far right. Devin Burghart, president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, an extremism research organization, said that as the pandemic refocused attention on schools, some white nationalists in North
- [IREHR in the Spokesman-Review: “Democracy ‘hangs in the balance’ of Trump indictment case, local experts warn” – August 4, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/08/04/irehr-in-the-spokesman-review-democracy-hangs-in-the-balance-of-trump-indictment-case-local-experts-warn-august-4-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Spokesman-Review; “This is not an indictment about what has been said, it is an indictment about conduct,” said Devin Burghart Author Ellen Dennis writes, “The institute Burghart heads tracks far-right and white nationalist extremist groups across the country. Burghart said such groups have only picked up
- [IREHR in Raw Story; “How A New Idaho Superintendent Is Tapping Far-Right Connections to Refashion A School District” - July 26, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/26/irehr-in-raw-story-how-a-new-idaho-superintendent-is-tapping-far-right-connections-to-refashion-a-school-district-july-26-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited and quoted in Raw Story; Author Daniel Waters Writes, “Education has long been a focus of the far right. Devin Burghart, president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, an extremism research organization, said that as the pandemic refocused attention on schools, some white nationalists
- [IREHR in Investigate West; “How A New Idaho Superintendent Is Tapping Far-Right Connections to Refashion A School District” - July 26, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/26/irehr-in-investigate-west-how-a-new-idaho-superintendent-is-tapping-far-right-connections-to-refashion-a-school-district-july-26-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited and quoted in Investigate West; Author Daniel Waters Writes, “Education has long been a focus of the far right. Devin Burghart, president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, an extremism research organization, said that as the pandemic refocused attention on schools, some white nationalists
- [IREHR in Southern Poverty Law Center: “Texas Commission Bans Training by Constitutional Sheriffs Group” - July 19, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/19/irehr-in-southern-poverty-law-center-texas-commission-bans-training-by-constitutional-sheriffs-group-july-19-2023/) - IREHR’s work and research into the Constitutional Sheriff and Peace Officers Association was used by The Southern Poverty Law Center; Author Rachel Goldwasser writes, “On July 6, 2021, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), an extremist watchdog group, reached out to TCOLE via email voicing concerns about future CSPOA trainings in
- [IREHR in the Idaho Statesman: “The biggest question in the Bundy lawsuit is the fate of the People’s Rights Network” - July 17, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/17/irehr-in-the-idaho-statesman-the-biggest-question-in-the-bundy-lawsuit-is-the-fate-of-the-peoples-rights-network-july-17-2023/) - IREHR’s research for the People’s Rights Network was cited in the Idaho Statesman; Author Bryan Clark writes, “The People’s Rights Network is an organized network of tens of thousands of far-right activists and militants around the country. It was estimated to be at least 20,000 in a report published by the Institute for Research and
- [IREHR in Yahoo News: “The biggest question in the Bundy lawsuit is the fate of the People’s Rights Network” - July 17, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/17/irehr-in-yahoo-news-the-biggest-question-in-the-bundy-lawsuit-is-the-fate-of-the-peoples-rights-network-july-17-2023/) - IREHR’s research for the People’s Rights Network was cited in Yahoo News; Author Bryan Clark writes, “The People’s Rights Network is an organized network of tens of thousands of far-right activists and militants around the country. It was estimated to be at least 20,000 in a report published by the Institute for Research and Education
- [IREHR in Herald and News: “Local People’s Rights group hosts ‘know the truth’ series” - July 5, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/05/irehr-in-herald-and-news-local-peoples-rights-group-hosts-know-the-truth-series-july-5-2023/) - IREHR and The Montana Human Rights Network’s report, Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network, was cited and quoted; Author Molly O’Brien writes, “ After the formation of People’s Rights, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights and the Montana Human Rights Network compiled a report in June 2021 on the results
- [IREHR in STL Today: “Rally planned in southwest Missouri town to support Jan. 6 defendants draws criticism” - July 6, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/06/irehr-in-stl-today-rally-planned-in-southwest-missouri-town-to-support-jan-6-defendants-draws-criticism-july-6-2023/) - IREHR‘s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was quoted in The STL Today; Chuck Tanner said, “These events are really important to watch," he cautioned. "You see at them the contours of a movement stretching from the halls of government to far-right publications and groups — and a movement that continues to frame January 6 insurrectionists as
- [IREHR in Medium: “Numbers suggest murky future for Moms for Liberty” - July 6, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/06/irehr-in-medium-numbers-suggest-murky-future-for-moms-for-liberty-july-6-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited in Medium. Author Heath Brown writes, “By 2014, Devin Burghart of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights showed that the Tea Party Patriots had already lost 90% of its chapters. Of course, Burghart also pointed out that Tea Party Patriots wasn’t merely a local phenomenon.
- [IREHR in The Riverfront Times: “Missouri Town Hosts Multi-Day Fundraiser For Jan. 6 Insurrectionists, Of Course” - July 6, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/06/irehr-in-the-riverfront-times-missouri-town-hosts-multi-day-fundraiser-for-jan-6-insurrectionists-of-course-july-6-2023/) - IREHR‘s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was quoted in The Riverfront Times; Chuck Tanner said, “These events are really important to watch," he cautioned. "You see at them the contours of a movement stretching from the halls of government to far-right publications and groups — and a movement that continues to frame January 6 insurrectionists as
- [IREHR in The Kansas City Star: “Missouri rally to support Jan. 6 defendants. Critics say it’s ‘celebrating the violence’” - July 5, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/07/06/irehr-in-the-kansas-city-star-missouri-rally-to-support-jan-6-defendants-critics-say-its-celebrating-the-violence-july-5-2023/) - IREHR’s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was quoted in the Kansas City Star; Chuck Tanner said, “These events are really important to watch. You see at them the contours of a movement stretching from the halls of government to far-right publications and groups — and a movement that continues to frame January 6 insurrectionists as martyrs
- [In Missouri, Three White Nationalist Groups Grow Bigger and More Dangerous](https://irehr.org/2023/05/19/in-missouri-three-white-nationalist-groups-grow-bigger-and-more-dangerous/) - In Missouri, the number of white nationalists has grown, constituting a new danger to the promise of equality and democracy. White nationalist groups compete and collaborate. Some have similar tactics for spreading propaganda, while others want to influence politics. Regardless, they are gaining recruits and expanding their base. While there is an uptick in unaffiliated
- [IREHR in AP News: “Far-right activist Ammon Bundy’s latest standoff is in court” – May 7, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/05/07/irehr-in-ap-news-far-right-activist-ammon-bundys-latest-standoff-is-in-court-may-7-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Associated Press; Author Rebecca Boone writes, “In the current lawsuit, Bundy seems to be following a “blueprint,” using rhetoric similar to that used in the Oregon and Nevada standoffs to escalate the conflict, said Devin Burghart, the director of the Institute for Research and Education on
- [Mark Weber, Jared Taylor Off to Estonia for Conference](https://irehr.org/2023/05/09/mark-weber-jared-taylor-off-to-estonia-for-conference/) - White nationalists are thinking about the future. They are holding a conference entitled “The Year 2050,” on May 13-14 in Tallinn, Estonia. Mark Weber, a one-time staffer for William Pierce’s National Alliance, is speaking at the conference, according to an article on the Institute for Historical Review (IHR) website; where Weber is now the boss.
- [IREHR in BBC News: “Proud Boys: From storming the Capitol for Trump to protesting drag shows” – May 4, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/05/04/irehr-in-bbc-news-proud-boys-from-storming-the-capitol-for-trump-to-protesting-drag-shows-may-4-2023/) - IREHR’s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was cited and quoted in BBC News; Mike Wendling writes, “And as they did during the Capitol riots, the Proud Boys have shown up at these anti-drag events ready to be the "far-right muscle," says Chuck Tanner, research director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights.” Chuck
- [IREHR in the Idaho Press: “St. Lukes files motion for contempt against Diego Rodriguez” – May 4, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/05/04/irehr-in-the-idaho-press-st-lukes-files-motion-for-contempt-against-diego-rodriguez-may-4-2023/) - IREHR’s President and Executive Director, Devin Burghart was cited in the Idaho Press; Tracy Bringhurst and Morgan Romero write, “Burghart said that his organization has been following the People's Rights Network since 2020. He claims it has over 60,000 followers and Rodriguez is a recognized leader within the organization.” Read more here
- [IREHR in the Independent: “What now for the Proud Boys? The far-right street gang has a new target after January 6 convictions” – May 5, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/05/05/irehr-in-the-independent-what-now-for-the-proud-boys-the-far-right-street-gang-has-a-new-target-after-january-6-convictions-may-5-2023/) - IREHR’s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was quoted in the Independent; Author Josh Marcus writes, “Chuck Tanner, research director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, told the BBC that the recent attacks on LGBTQ+ people show the Proud Boys acting as ‘far-right muscle.’” Chuck Tanner says, “They’re not the movement thinkers out in front,
- [IREHR in KTVB: “’Profoundly sophomoric but truly harassing’: Motion for contempt filed against Diego Rodriguez” – May 4, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/05/04/irehr-in-ktvb-profoundly-sophomoric-but-truly-harassing-motion-for-contempt-filed-against-diego-rodriguez-may-4-2023/) - IREHR’s President and Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in KTVB; Tracy Bringhurst and Morgan Romero write, “Burghart said that his organization has been following the People's Rights Network since 2020. He claims it has over 60,000 followers and Rodriguez is a recognized leader within the organization.” "It is my opinion that Rodriguez will be
- [Proud Boys Leaders Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy and the Far Right Responds](https://irehr.org/2023/05/04/proud-boys-leaders-convicted-of-seditious-conspiracy-and-the-far-right-responds/) - Four leaders of the Proud Boys were convicted today of seditious conspiracy in connection to their role in the January 6 nationalist insurrection aimed at overturning the 2020 presidential election. The verdict represents a dramatic victory for federal prosecutors and comes on the heels of the recent conviction of six members of the Oath Keepers
- [IREHR in News on White Student Union](https://irehr.org/2015/12/07/irehr-in-news-on-white-student-union/) - IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind was quoted in the December 2 Kansas City Star article on the White Student Union. These so-called unions are a dangerous racist development, and must be opposed.
- [IREHR Cited in Atlanta Journal Constitution](https://irehr.org/2015/12/07/irehr-cited-in-atlanta-journal-constitution/) - Investigative journalist Chris Joyner exposed the International Keystone Klan’s attempts to hide their activism at Stone Mountain, Georgia in a recent piece for the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Joyner quoted IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind as to white nationalist strategy regarding defense of Confederate flags and monuments. A local hillside is carved with historic Confederate figures that Klansmen
- [IREHR on SCV in Kansas City Star](https://irehr.org/2015/10/12/irehr-on-scv-in-kansas-city-star/) - IREHR's Leonard Zeskind is cited in the October 11, 2015 article in the Kansas City Star entitled, "Sons of Confederate Veterans say they’re preserving history, not racism." The Star story notes how the controversial national organization has boosted its profile over recent fights over the Confederate flag and monuments, gaining 5,000 members over the past three months.
- [IREHR in Boise Weekly](https://irehr.org/2015/10/12/irehr-in-boise-weekly/) - IREHR vice president, Devin Burghart, is extensively quoted in Harrison Berry's article, "Paradise Lost: Parsing the Patriot Movement." The story delves into the militia members, threepers, Tea Partiers and other so-called "patriots" running amok in Idaho. The story was the feature article in the October 7, 2015 edition of the Boise Weekly.
- [IREHR in the Missoulian](https://irehr.org/2015/09/24/irehr-in-the-missoulian/) - An Op/Ed piece by IREHR advisory board member, Charles Tanner Jr. and Rachel Carroll Rivas of the Montana Human Rights Network (MHRN) entitled "Say no to anti-Indian bigotry" ran on September 21, 2015. A piece by Missoulian reporter, Vince Devlin, entitled "Anti-Indian or not? Controversial conference on tap in Kalispell" ran on September 23, and extensively draws on
- [IREHR in Vice: “Armed Fringe Groups Are Gearing Up to ‘Protect’ Midterm Ballot Dropboxes” – October 6, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/06/irehr-in-vice-armed-fringe-groups-are-gearing-up-to-protect-midterm-ballot-dropboxes-october-6-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted a few times in Vice; Author Tess Owens writes, “Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a Seattle-based nonprofit, has been closely tracking this trend.” “The threat of groups of far-right vigilantes, some potentially armed, fueled by Big Lie misinformation, lurking
- [IREHR in Raw Story: “Militia extremist Ammon Bundy shows how ‘emboldened’ America’s far right has become: journalist” - April 6, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/04/06/irehr-in-raw-story-militia-extremist-ammon-bundy-shows-how-emboldened-americas-far-right-has-become-journalist-april-6-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights was quoted in Raw Story; “Ammon Bundy, with People’s Rights Network, was the first to grasp on to COVID-19 denial as a mobilizing vehicle. The first to galvanize militants to oppose COVID-19 restrictions and to meld together anti-vaxxers, paramilitaries, (the) Proud
- [IREHR in Al Jazeera: "How US right-wing views Putin amid Russian war on Ukraine" - March 4, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/04/irehr-in-aljazeera/) - IREHR's Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Al Jazeera; “The question of the American right’s support for Putin and Russia is a complex, many-layered issue,” Devin Burghart said to Al Jazeera. “There is an attraction to Putin’s hardline authoritarian stance and his aggressive foreign policy. Others are attracted to the brand of traditionalist Christianity
- [IREHR in The Guardian: "'Key to white survival': how Putin has morphed into a far-right savior" - March 5, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/05/irehr-in-the-guardian/) - IREHR's Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted a few times in The Guardian; Devin Burghart said: “In the world of the white nationalists, you are seeing a lot of support for Putin, as expressed by the cheerleading at AFPAC over the weekend.” Burghart said: “For almost a decade the work of Russian fascist Alexander Dugin
- [IREHR in the Spokesman-Review: "Shawn Vestal: Harassment-by-document is latest stage in school board disruptions" - March 6, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/06/irehr-in-the-spokesman-review/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, was cited multiple times in Spokesman-Review. “It’s the same tactic,” said Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. “That kind of paper terrorism approach to dealing with important public policy positions is becoming a renewed
- [IREHR in Right Wing Watch: "Right Wing Round-Up: Sue All the Machines" - March 8, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/08/irehr-in-right-wing-watch/) - IREHR's Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was cited in Right Wing Watch. His piece about America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC III), “A Deep Desire to Dominate Without Mercy” White nationalists gain friends in power at AFPAC III, was included in Right Wing Watch’s Round-Up. Continue reading here
- [IREHR in Daily Mail: "Far-right activist and Idaho gubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy is arrested for 'trespassing at a medical center after he showed up for 10-month-old who had been 'medically kidnapped" - March 12, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/12/irehr-in-daily-mail/) - IREHR’s report, Amon’s Army Marches On, was quoted in Daily Mail. “Bundy has seen his People’s Rights Party boom by 53 percent this past year- from 22,000 to 33,000, according to a new report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights” “The group now includes activists in 38 states, according to the
- [IREHR in The Wrap: “Former CIA Officer Who Called COVID a ‘Hoax’ Dies From Virus” – August 30, 2021](https://irehr.org/2021/08/30/irehr-in-the-wrap-former-cia-officer-who-called-covid-a-hoax-dies-from-virus-august-30-2021/) - IREHR was cited in The Wrap regarding Robert David Steele; Author, Lindsey Ellefson, writes, “In a Vice interview last year, Steele claimed he was the first person to call COVID a “hoax.” According to the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, he held anti-Semitic beliefs and according to Maine Public, he claimed NASA was operating a child slave colony
- [IREHR in The Daily Beast: “Inside the Wacko Roadshow That Likely Killed a COVID-Denying Ex-CIA Agent” – December 19, 2021](https://irehr.org/2021/12/19/rehr-in-the-daily-beast-inside-the-wacko-roadshow-that-likely-killed-a-covid-denying-ex-cia-agent-december-19-2021/) - Article, “‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ Group Teams Up With Antisemitic Conspiracist,” written by Chuck Tanner and Devin Burghart was cited and quoted by the Daily Beast. Justin Rohrlich, a reporter with the Daily Beast, writes “Still, Steele— “a prolific purveyor of antisemitism who…deems Jews ‘a secret society that believes itself to be exempt from all laws and
- [IREHR in Central Oregon Daily: “Deschutes Co. Sheriff accepts invite to speak to controversial group” – January 13, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/01/13/irehr-in-central-oregon-daily-deschutes-co-sheriff-accepts-invite-to-speak-to-controversial-group-january-13-2022/) - Chuck Tanner, research director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights was quoted in the Central Oregon Daily. “This isn’t the Rotary,” said Chuck Tanner, “It’s a far-right group that has an insurrectionist vision.” The Central Oregon Daily News writes, “But Tanner told Central Oregon Daily News a county sheriff sitting down
- [IREHR in the Guardian: “Guns, ammo … even a boat: how Oath Keepers plotted an armed coup” – January 14, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/01/14/irehr-in-the-guardian-guns-ammo-even-a-boat-how-oath-keepers-plotted-an-armed-coup-january-14-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted by the Guardian “It’s easy to dismiss a lot of what is in the indictment as fantasy, as projection of what the Oath Keepers would like to see, but the events of January 6 remind us that these things
- [IREHR in Huffpost: “Texas GOP Candidate for Governor Won’t Fire Staffer With Deep White Nationalist Ties” – January 19, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/01/19/irehr-in-huffpost-texas-gop-candidate-for-governor-wont-fire-staffer-with-deep-white-nationalist-ties-january-19-2022/) - The Institute for Research and Education on Human Right’s report, “From Alt-Right to Groyper,” was quoted by Huffpost. Christopher Mathias, Senior Reporter, writes “This is a strategy called “entryism,” which The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights describes as the practice of “gaining a place in more mainstream organizations by moderating one’s appearance and expressed
- [IREHR in the Colorado Springs Indy: “Sheriff candidates share theories on COVID, Jan. 6 and the “Marxist overthrow” at GOP forum” – January 28, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/01/28/irehr-in-the-colorado-springs-indy-sheriff-candidates-share-theories-on-covid-jan-6-and-the-marxist-overthrow-at-gop-forum-january-28-2022/) - Chuck Tanner and Devin Burghart’s article, “‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ Group Teams Up With Antisemitic Conspiracist,” was quoted by the Colorado Springs Indy. Hiedi Beedle, news reporter, writes “According to the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, Mack has been “a feature on the militia speaking circuits since the early 1990s,”” Read more here
- [IREHR in the Guardian: “Republicans to field more than 100 far-right candidates this year” – February 2, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/02/02/irehr-in-the-guardian-republicans-to-field-more-than-100-far-right-candidates-this-year-february-2-2022/) - The Institute for Research and Education on Human Right’s report, “Ammon’s Army Marches On,” was cited by the Guardian. Sergio Olmos, journalist for the Guardian, writes “Bundy’s group, the People’s Rights network, has now increased its national membership to 33,000 members and has at least 398 activists in 39 states, according to a report by
- [IREHR in the Guardian: “US anti-vaccine mandate campaigners aim to mimic Canadian convoy tactic” – February 4, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/02/04/irehr-in-the-guardian-us-anti-vaccine-mandate-campaigners-aim-to-mimic-canadian-convoy-tactic-february-4-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights was quoted by the Guardian a few times; “The far right uses big public events like this, particularly around Covid denial, as an opportunity to normalize their presence as well as an opportunity to recruit new members. There are examples in
- [IREHR in Mother Jones: “Exclusive: White Nationalists and Anti-Vax Moms Plot Ottawa Copycat Convoys on Telegram“ – February 11, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/02/11/irehr-in-mother-jones-exclusive-white-nationalists-and-anti-vax-moms-plot-ottawa-copycat-convoys-on-telegram-february-11-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was cited by Mother Jones. Kiera Butler, at Mother Jones, writes “Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, which monitors extremist movements, says his institute so far hasn’t seen any indication that a US convoy
- [IREHR in KNKX: “A WA company sells masks with air holes. Health experts say they offer ‘limited to no’ benefit” – February 14, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/02/14/irehr-in-knkx-a-wa-company-sells-masks-with-air-holes-health-experts-say-they-offer-limited-to-no-benefit-february-14-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in KNKX. IREHR’s report, “Facebook and COVID Denial” was cited as well. Burghart says “It's not a surprise that the company is based in Washington state. In part because anti-masking and kind of COVID denial activism has been really
- [IREHR in Political Research Associates: “Review: Blood in the Face” – February 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/02/16/irehr-in-political-research-associates-review-blood-in-the-face-february-16-2022/) - Leonard Zeskind and Daniel Levitas, board members of IREHR and long time experts on the far-right, received praise by Political Research Associates in a book review for “Blood in the Face” by James Ridgeway. Shane Burley, writer at Political Research Associates, writes “Ridgeway’s new book will stand alongside such journalistic classics on the Far Right
- [IREHR in KPBS Public Media: “Rooting out extremism in the military” - March 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/15/irehr-in-kpbs-public-media-rooting-out-extremism-in-the-military-march-15-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director at the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, was featured on KPBS Public Media. Below are Burghart’s quotes from KPBS. “....What they didn't do, however, is add a prohibition of membership in white nationalist organizations.” “The act of joining an organization and making that leap to become a member
- [IREHR in KPBS Public Media: “Some experts say the military’s new rules on extremism miss the mark” - March 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/15/irehr-in-kpbs-public-media-some-experts-say-the-militarys-new-rules-on-extremism-miss-the-mark-march-15-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director at the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, was cited by KPBS. Below are a few of Burghart’s quotes from the article. “The act of joining an organization and making that leap to become a member is already a sign that you're deeply enmeshed inside that organization's ranks,” he
- [IREHR in Wonkette: “Ammon Bundy branches out into ‘let parents starve baby’ protests, for freedom” - March 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/16/irehr-in-wonkette-ammon-bundy-branches-out-into-let-parents-starve-baby-protests-for-freedom-march-16-2022/) - A tweet by Devin Burghart, the executive director of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, was cited in Wonkette. Read the full article here
- [IREHR in The Guardian: “Republican hopes to ride far-right rage into Idaho’s governor’s office” -  March 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/18/irehr-in-the-guardian-republican-hopes-to-ride-far-right-rage-into-idahos-governors-office-march-18-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, was quoted by The Guardian a few times: “There are a lot of implications for having someone in the executive branch giving the stamp of approval to far-right paramilitary groups and white nationalists,” “In recent years it is unprecedented to see
- [IREHR in Raw Story: “Ammon Bundy doxes judge and issues ‘chilling call to action for militia groups report” - March 19, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/19/irehr-in-raw-story-ammon-bundy-doxes-judge-and-issues-chilling-call-to-action-for-militia-groups-report-march-19-2022/) - The report, Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network, published by the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights and Montana Human Rights Network was cited by Raw Story. "A year ago, IREHR and the Montana Human Rights Network (MHRN) released Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network, which first documented how
- [IREHR in the Texas Standard: “An investigation of a San Diego Marine is raising questions about the military’s extremism policy” - March 24, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/24/irehr-in-the-texas-standard-an-investigation-of-a-san-diego-marine-is-raising-questions-about-the-militarys-extremism-policy-march-24-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights was quoted in the Texas Standard; “What they didn’t do, however, is add a prohibition of membership in white nationalist organizations. Those changes are wholly insufficient to address the problem.” “The act of joining an organization and making that leap
- [IREHR in WSHU: “An investigation of a San Diego Marine is raising questions about the military’s extremism policy” - March 25, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/03/25/irehr-in-wshu-an-investigation-of-a-san-diego-marine-is-raising-questions-about-the-militarys-extremism-policy-march-25-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in WSHU; "What they didn't do, however, is add a prohibition of membership in white nationalist organizations.Those changes are wholly insufficient to address the problem." "The act of joining an organization and making that leap to become a
- [IREHR in Jewish Standard: “Putin, the haters’ White Knight” - April 1, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/04/01/irehr-in-jewish-standard-putin-the-haters-white-knight-april-1-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in Jewish Standard; “They see a societal collapse and need to prepare for an impending civil war, and their focus is on preparing for the battles of that here in the U.S.” Read more here
- [IREHR in the Guardian: “How far-right figures like Ammon Bundy cause chaos in US politics” - April 5, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/04/05/irehr-in-the-guardian-how-far-right-figures-like-ammon-bundy-cause-chaos-in-us-politics-april-5-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in the Guardian; “They’ve repeatedly shown an ability to mobilize large number of armed far-right activists to threaten, harass, and intimidate public officials,” “Ammon Bundy, with People’s Rights Network, was the first to grasp on to Covid-19 denial as
- [IREHR in AlterNet: “Militia extremist Ammon Bundy shows how ‘emboldened’ America’s far right has become: journalist” - April 6, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/04/06/irehr-in-alternet-militia-extremist-ammon-bundy-shows-how-emboldened-americas-far-right-has-become-journalist-april-6-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in AlterNet; “Ammon Bundy, with People’s Rights Network, was the first to grasp on to COVID-19 denial as a mobilizing vehicle. The first to galvanize militants to oppose COVID-19 restrictions and to meld together anti-vaxxers, paramilitaries, (the) Proud Boys
- [IREHR in the Colorado Times Recorder: “Joe Oltmann’s Rise to Power in Colorado” – April 11, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/04/11/irehr-in-the-colorado-times-recorder-joe-oltmanns-rise-to-power-in-colorado-april-11-2022/) - Chuck Tanner, researcher at the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted by the Colorado Times Recorder. His article, “Reopen Colorado and the ‘Groyper Mommy’”, was cited as well. Chuck Tanner writes, “Playing on long-standing ideas with roots in anti-Semitism, such conspiracy ‘theories’ reduce complex political and economic relations and actions to
- [IREHR in The Daily Beast: “Son of Far-Right Group Leader Charged with Child Sex Abuse” – April 22, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/04/22/irehr-in-the-daily-beast-son-of-far-right-group-leader-charged-with-child-sex-abuse-april-22-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education Human Rights, was quoted in The Daily Beast. Devin Burghart says, “CSPOA is currently co-sponsoring a nationwide tour with an antisemitic QAnon conspiracist. Robert David Steele is a prolific purveyor of antisemitism who spews conspiracy theories about ‘satanic Zionists’ engaged in a global plot
- [IREHR in Daily Kos: "Far-right attacks on local politics drive off ordinary folks, but there's a blueprint to fight back" - April 27, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/04/27/irehr-in-daily-kos-far-right-attacks-on-local-politics-drive-off-ordinary-folks-but-theres-a-blueprint-to-fight-back-april-27-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director at the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in Daily Kos: David Neiwert, Daily Kos Staff, writes “Those kind of results could point to a blueprint for pushing back against extremists at the local level, Devin Burghart of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights told
- [IREHR in Mount Vernon Democrat: “How Far-Right Figures Like Ammon Bundy Contribute to Political Upheaval in The United States!!” – April 30, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/04/30/irehr-in-mount-vernon-democrat-how-far-right-figures-like-ammon-bundy-contribute-to-political-upheaval-in-the-united-states-april-30-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director at the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted by the Mount Vernon Democrat; “They’ve consistently demonstrated their ability to mobilize large groups of armed far-right activists to threaten, harass, and intimidate public authorities,” IREHR’s report, “Ammon’s Army Marches On”, was cited as well; Philip Louis writes
- [IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Far-right violence declined in 2021, study finds, but conditions suggest a calm before the storm” – May 4, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/04/irehr-in-the-daily-kos-far-right-violence-declined-in-2021-study-finds-but-conditions-suggest-a-calm-before-the-storm-may-4-2022/) - Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in the Daily Kos. Burghart says, ““Over the past year, the Proud Boys have worked to embed themselves amongst local activists who haven’t been tarnished by the Jan. 6 insurrection. They’ve enmeshed themselves into local efforts to push back
- [IREHR in The Paths to Understanding Podcast: “Wisdom From Our Neighborhood: Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights” – May 6, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/06/irehr-in-the-paths-to-understanding-podcast-wisdom-from-our-neighborhood-institute-for-research-and-education-on-human-rights-may-6-2022/) - Devin Burghart, President of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was featured as a guest on The Paths to Understanding Podcast. “Today at the Institute we track 1,700 different COVID denial groups with over 2.4 million members. They’re fed a constant diet of conspiracy theories and far right ideology. Which has moved
- [IREHR in the Inlander: “It’s Republican versus Republican in this week’s primary elections, but will voters choose old-school Idaho moderators or the farther-right to lead the Gem State?” – May 12, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/12/irehr-in-the-inlander-its-republican-versus-republican-in-this-weeks-primary-elections-but-will-voters-choose-old-school-idaho-moderators-or-the-farther-right-to-lead-the/) - Devin Burghart, President of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted in the Inlander; "There's not a lot of evidence that activism is astroturfed in any way," Burghart says. "These are local efforts, by and large funded by local individuals who don't have deep pockets." "There is a much higher degree
- [IREHR in the Kansas City Star: “Kansas State student steps down from white nationalist organization amid rift” – May 12, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/12/irehr-in-the-kansas-city-star-kansas-state-student-steps-down-from-white-nationalist-organization-amid-rift-may-12-2022/) - Devin Burghart, President of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, was quoted by the Kansas City Star; “McNeil’s resignation doesn’t mean that he’s disavowed the white nationalist movement,” said Devin Burghart “He’s probably going to try to do like a lot of these other characters — move back into mainstream Republican politics,”
- [IREHR in the Kansas City Star: “A timeline of former K-State student Jaden McNeil’s white nationalist controversies” – May 12, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/12/irehr-in-the-kansas-city-star-a-timeline-of-former-k-state-student-jaden-mcneils-white-nationalist-controversies-may-12-2022/) - IREHR’s report, From Alt-Right to Groyper, was cited by the Kansas City Star; Judy Thomas, investigative journalist, writes “February 2020: The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, an organization that monitors extremists, issued a report saying McNeil’s new group was part of an effort by white nationalists to repackage their bigotry through a mainstreaming
- [IREHR in News Summed Up: “Breaching the Mainstream – Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights” – May 13, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/13/irehr-in-news-summed-up-breaching-the-mainstream-institute-for-research-and-education-on-human-rights-may-13-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was highlighted in News Summed Up. The author writes “An essential element of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) mission is to track far-right efforts to advance from the margins to the mainstream. Several state legislators took part in state-level efforts to undermine the results
- [IREHR in the Sovereign Citizen Watch: “The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) Report” – May 14, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/14/irehr-in-the-sovereign-citizen-watch-the-institute-for-research-and-education-on-human-rights-irehr-report-may-14-2022/) - The Institute’s new report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by the Sovereign Citizen Watch; The author writes, “The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) produced a in-depth report to track far-right activity in state legislatures. It is a very comprehensive report that you can find here.” The author also highlights Susan Delemus,
- [IREHR in The Seattle Times: “Idaho primary pits conservative governor against Trump-backed candidate with white nationalist ties” – May 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/15/irehr-in-the-seattle-times-idaho-primary-pits-conservative-governor-against-trump-backed-candidate-with-white-nationalist-ties-may-15-2022/) - Executive Director of the Institute, Devin Burghart, was quoted in The Seattle Times; Jim Brunner, Seattle Times political reporter, writes, “A McGeachin win in the primary would be viewed as a further step in mainstreaming the alt-right, and would buoy similar candidates and movements in areas including Eastern Washington, according to Devin Burghart, the Seattle-based
- [IREHR in the Washington Post: “Not-so-great replacement: Extremists become GOP mainstream” – May 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/16/irehr-in-the-washington-post-not-so-great-replacement-extremists-become-gop-mainstream-may-16-2022/) - The Institute’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by the Washington Post and Devin Burghart, IREHR’s executive director, was quoted; Dana Milbank, Columnist at the Washington Post, writes “Elected Republicans haven’t merely inspired far-right extremists. They have become far-right extremists. A new report shows just how extensively the two groups have intertwined. The study, released on
- [IREHR in Inlander: “They’re with her: Janice McGeachin and the rise of women on the Idaho far-right” – May 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/16/irehr-in-inlander-theyre-with-her-janice-mcgeachin-and-the-rise-of-women-on-the-idaho-far-right-may-16-2022/) - IREHR's president, Devin Burghart, was quoted by the Inlander while the Institute’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited. “"There is that larger shift going on within this wing of the far right, in terms of women taking on leadership roles," says Devin Burghart, who tracks the far right in Idaho with the Institute for
- [IREHR in Route-Fifty: “22% of Republican State Lawmakers Nationwide Joined Far-Right Facebook Groups, Study Finds” – May 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/16/irehr-in-route-fifty-22-of-republican-state-lawmakers-nationwide-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-study-finds-may-16-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by Route-Fifty; Author Daniela Altimari writes “The institute’s report, “Breaching the Mainstream,’’ contains a database of 789 far-right Facebook groups and lists the state lawmakers who have joined them.” Devin Burghart, IREHR’s executive director, was quoted by Route-Fifty; “We wanted to have some sort of indicator of how far-right
- [IREHR in Yakima Herald-Republic: “Idaho primary pits conservative governor against Trump-backed candidate with white nationalist ties” – May 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/16/irehr-in-yakima-herald-republic-idaho-primary-pits-conservative-governor-against-trump-backed-candidate-with-white-nationalist-ties-may-16-2022/) - The Institute's Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in The Yakima Herald-Republic; Jim Brunner, Seattle Times political reporter, writes, “A McGeachin win in the primary would be viewed as a further step in mainstreaming the alt-right, and would buoy similar candidates and movements in areas including Eastern Washington, according to Devin Burghart, the Seattle-based executive
- [IREHR in the Arizona Mirror: “Wendy Rogers will face an investigation after claiming the Buffalo mass shooting was done by the ‘feds,’ not a heavily armed racist” – May 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/16/irehr-in-the-arizona-mirror-wendy-rogers-will-face-an-investigation-after-claiming-the-buffalo-mass-shooting-was-done-by-the-feds-not-a-heavily-armed-racist/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by the Arizona Mirror. Dillon Rosenblatt and Jerod Macdonald-Evoy cited Kelly Townsend’s profile from Breaching the Mainstream. The authors wrote “Her past in far-right circles has been well documented dating back to the early stages of the Tea Party.” Read more here
- [IREHR in AlterNet: “The racist ‘Great Replacement’ theory is now ‘mainstream’ Republican thought” – May 17, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/17/irehr-in-alternet-the-racist-great-replacement-theory-is-now-mainstream-republican-thought-may-17-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by AlterNet; Author Alex Henderson writes, “To make his point, Milbank discusses a report by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) that was released on Friday, May 13 — the day before the Buffalo massacre. The Institute has been tracking far-right White nationalist and White
- [IREHR in The Crime Report: “Republicans Usher Extremism into the Mainstream” – May 17, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/17/irehr-in-the-crime-report-republicans-usher-extremism-into-the-mainstream-may-17-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by The Crime Report; TCR staff writes, “Milbank, author of The Destructionists: The 25-Year Crackup of the Republican Party, points to a recent study from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights which found that more than one in five Republican state legislators were affiliated with far-right groups.”
- [IREHR in Esquire: “The Far-Right Bloc Is Now Coherent Enough to Bring the Rest of the Republican Party to Heel” – May 17, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/17/irehr-in-equire-the-far-right-bloc-is-now-coherent-enough-to-bring-the-rest-of-the-republican-party-to-heel-may-17-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Esquire. Author Charles P. Pierce writes “Dana Milbank of Washington Post calls our attention to a scarifying but necessary report produced by Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights that illustrates vividly how widely spread the prion disease is within the conservative movement and, thus,
- [IREHR in 12News: “Far-right influence growing in state-level politics, according to report” – May 17, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/17/irehr-in-12news-far-right-influence-growing-in-state-level-politics-according-to-report-may-17-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, and Executive Director, Devin Burghart, were featured on 12News in Arizona. Brahm Resnik, a reporter with 12News, says “A new report by Devin Burghart’s Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights found more than one in five republican state legislators in the U.S. are connected with far-right groups”
- [IREHR in Michigan Advance: “Report says hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/18/irehr-in-michigan-advance-report-says-hundreds-of-state-legislators-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-18-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Michigan Advance. Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes “The institute’s report, titled Breaching the Mainstream, lists all of the legislators identified as being part of far-right Facebook groups and detailed their legislative impact.” She continues, “The legislators who have joined far-right groups made up 21.74% of all Republican
- [IREHR in News From The States: “Report says hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/18/irehr-in-news-from-the-states-report-says-hundreds-of-state-legislators-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-18-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in News From The States. Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes “The institute’s report, titled Breaching the Mainstream, lists all of the legislators identified as being part of far-right Facebook groups and detailed their legislative impact.” She continues, “The legislators who have joined far-right groups made up 21.74% of
- [IREHR in the Arizona Mirror: “A dozen Arizona GOP lawmakers follow at least 1 far-right Facebook group” – May 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/18/irehr-in-the-arizona-mirror-a-dozen-arizona-gop-lawmakers-follow-at-least-1-far-right-facebook-group-may-18-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by Arizona Mirror. Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes “The institute’s report, titled Breaching the Mainstream, lists all of the legislators identified as being part of far-right Facebook groups and detailed their legislative impact.” Lerner cites Kelly Townsend’s profile from Breaching the Mainstream, writing “One of the state legislators
- [IREHR in CGTN America: “Study shows impact of legislators in far-right groups on U.S. politics” – May 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/18/irehr-in-cgtn-america-study-shows-impact-of-legislators-in-far-right-groups-on-u-s-politics-may-18-2022/) - CGTN America highlighted IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream. CGTN staff writes “A study released on Friday, May 13, by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), a group that tracks far-right efforts in penetrating U.S. state politics revealed some of the growing ties between far-right groups and state legislators.” Read here
- [IREHR in Daily Kos: “Study offers clearer picture of how extremism has seeped into halls of power, and it’s not good” - May 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/18/irehr-in-daily-kos-study-offers-clearer-picture-of-how-extremism-has-seeped-into-halls-of-power-and-its-not-good-may-18-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by Daily Kos; Daily Kos staff writes, “the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights decided to get a clearer picture of the reach of extremist influences in official halls of power by examining how many elected officials participate in extremist Facebook groups. What it found was deeply
- [IREHR in Colorado Newsline: “Report says hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/18/irehr-in-colorado-newsline-report-says-hundreds-of-state-legislators-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-18-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Colorado Newsline. Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes “The institute’s report, titled Breaching the Mainstream, lists all of the legislators identified as being part of far-right Facebook groups and detailed their legislative impact.” She continues, “The legislators who have joined far-right groups made up 21.74% of all Republican
- [IREHR in The Topeka Capital-Journal: “20 Kansas Legislators are members of ‘far-right’ Facebook groups, report says” – May 19, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/19/irehr-in-the-topeka-capital-journal-20-kansas-legislators-are-members-of-far-right-facebook-groups-report-says-may-19-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in The Topeka Capital-Journal. Andrew Bahl, Senior Statehouse Reporter, writes “A think tank found 20 state lawmakers, or 12% of the Legislature, were members of Facebook groups deemed to be “far-right,” including ones spreading COVID-19 misinformation and raising concerns about the integrity of the 2020 election.” Bahl
- [IREHR in Pittsburgh City Paper: “Report: Western Pa. politicians among hundreds of state  legislators to join far-right Facebook groups” – May 19, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/19/irehr-in-pittsburgh-city-paper-report-western-pa-politicians-among-hundreds-of-state-legislators-to-join-far-right-facebook-groups-may-19-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Pittsburgh City Paper. Kira Lerner, Democratic Reporter, writes “The report shows that 40 Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers, who hold majorities in the state House and Senate, joined such groups, which is nearly 16% of the membership of the 253-member General Assembly.” Lerner continues “In Western Pa., the
- [IREHR in Daily Montanan: "Report says hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups" - May 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/20/irehr-in-daily-montanan-report-says-hundreds-of-state-legislators-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-20-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Daily Montanan; Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes, “The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a think tank that defends democracy and human rights, identified 875 lawmakers who have joined at least one of 789 Facebook groups, including white nationalist groups, groups tied to QAnon,
- [IREHR in Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC): “State of the States: 20% of State GOP Belong to Far-Right Facebook Groups” – May 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/20/irehr-in-democratic-legislative-campaign-committee-dlcc-state-of-the-states-20-of-state-gop-belong-to-far-right-facebook-groups-may-20-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC); Breaching the Mainstream was highlighted in DLCC’s “State of the States” The authors write, “According to a report released by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), 872 Republican state legislators, which amounts to over 20% of all
- [IREHR in Nevada Current: “7 Republican lawmakers in Nevada have joined far-right Facebook groups, says report” – May 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/20/irehr-in-nevada-current-7-republican-lawmakers-in-nevada-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-says-report-may-20-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Nevada Current; April Corbin and Kira Lerner writes, “The institute’s report, titled Breaching the Mainstream, lists all of the legislators identified as being part of far-right Facebook groups and detailed their legislative impact.” Corbin and Lerner continue, “The seven Nevada lawmakers captured in the report were: Minority
- [IREHR in Progress Now New Mexico: “NM GOP Legislators members of Far-Right Facebook groups Part 1” – May 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/20/irehr-in-progress-now-new-mexico-nm-gop-legislators-members-of-far-right-facebook-groups-part-1-may-20-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Progress Now New Mexico; The authors at Progress Now New Mexico write, “Earlier this week, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) released a report detailing some pretty scary and damning research documenting the terrifying amount of state-level Republican lawmakers who were members of far-right Facebook groups,
- [IREHR in Prism: “Overtly white supremacist ideology is being sanitized and mainstreamed” – May 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/20/irehr-in-prism-overtly-white-supremacist-ideology-is-being-sanitized-and-mainstreamed-may-20-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was cited and quoted in Prism; Journalist Natasha Ishak writes, “A common misconception about white nationalists is that their hate-fueled actions are inflamed by economic insecurity, a myth that has been debunked by existing research, according to Devin Burghart, who has studied white hate groups for 30 years.” “It is not
- [IREHR in Forward: “How are you supposed to feel when you visit a concentration camp?” – May 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/20/irehr-in-forward-how-are-you-supposed-to-feel-when-you-visit-a-concentration-camp-may-20-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Forward; Author Nora Berman writes, “A recent study showed that nearly 12% of current state legislators are members of far-right groups on Facebook.” Read more here
- [IREHR in Philly Voice: “Pa. lawmakers are among the hundreds of legislators in U.S. who have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 21, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/21/irehr-in-philly-voice-pa-lawmakers-are-among-the-hundreds-of-legislators-in-u-s-who-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-21-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, in the PhillyVoice; Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes, “More than 1 in 5 Republican state lawmakers in the United State have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, according to a new report.” Lerner continues, “The report identifies 40 Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers who joined such groups, a number that accounts for
- [IREHR in Flux: “Study finds nearly 22 percent of Republican state legislators joined extremist Facebook groups” – May 22, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/22/irehr-in-flux-study-finds-nearly-22-percent-of-republican-state-legislators-joined-extremist-facebook-groups-may-22-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Flux; David Neiwert, an investigative journalist, writes, “Using social media as a kind of proxy for their real-world outreach—a reasonable approach, since there are few politicians now who don’t use social media—the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights decided to get a clearer picture of the reach
- [IREHR in the Iowa Capital Dispatch: “Report says hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 22, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/22/irehr-in-the-iowa-capital-dispatch-report-says-hundreds-of-state-legislators-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-22-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Iowa Capital Dispatch Democracy reporter, Kira Lerner, writes, “More than 1 in 5 Republican state lawmakers across the country and 15 legislators in Iowa have joined at least one “far-right” Facebook group, according to a new report.” Lerner continues, “The Institute for Research and Education on
- [IREHR in Patch: “A dozen Arizona GOP lawmakers follow at least 1 far-right Facebook group” – May 22, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/22/irehr-in-patch-a-dozen-arizona-gop-lawmakers-follow-at-least-1-far-right-facebook-group-may-22-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by Patch. Kira Lerner, democracy reporter, writes “The institute’s report, titled Breaching the Mainstream, lists all of the legislators identified as being part of far-right Facebook groups and detailed their legislative impact.” Lerner cites Kelly Townsend’s profile from Breaching the Mainstream, writing “One of the state legislators profiled
- [IREHR in Arkansas Times: “Arkansas is #2 (and second in extremism among legislators)” – May 23, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/23/irehr-in-arkansas-times-arkansas-is-2-and-second-in-extremism-among-legislators-may-23-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Arkansas Times; Author Austin Bailey writes, “The study identified nearly 12% of all state lawmakers in 2021 and 2022 have joined at least on far-right (translation: regressive) Facebook group” Bailey continues, “The study found that Arkansas really blows it out of the water, with more than 25%
- [IREHR in CT Insider: “Report Finds 16 Connecticut legislators have joined 'far-right' Facebook groups” – May 23, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/23/irehr-in-ct-insider-report-finds-16-connecticut-legislators-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-23-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in CT Insider; Reporter Ken Dixon writes, “The report by the progressive Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) found that nearly 900 state legislators in all 50 states have joined at least one of 789 far-right Facebook groups, particularly in western and southern states, where many are
- [IREHR in Newstimes: “Report Finds 16 Connecticut legislators have joined 'far-right' Facebook groups” – May 23, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/23/irehr-in-newstimes-report-finds-16-connecticut-legislators-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-23-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Newstimes; Reporter Ken Dixon writes, “The report by the progressive Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) found that nearly 900 state legislators in all 50 states have joined at least one of 789 far-right Facebook groups, particularly in western and southern states, where many are still
- [IREHR in Patch: “8 MA Lawmakers Have Joined 'Far Right' Facebook Groups: Report” – May 24, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/24/irehr-in-patch-8-ma-lawmakers-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-report-may-24-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Patch; Dave Copeland writes, “Eight members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives are among the nearly 900 state lawmakers from around the U.S. who have joined social media groups identified by a watchdog as extremist or far right, according to a new report.” Copeland continues, “The Institute
- [IREHR in The Salt Lake Tribune: “Report says 18 Utah legislators have followed far-right groups on social media” – May 24, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/24/irehr-in-the-salt-lake-tribune-report-says-18-utah-legislators-have-followed-far-right-groups-on-social-media-may-24-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Salt Lake Tribune; Political Correspondent Bryan Schott writes, “A new study from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights found nearly 900 state legislators have joined at least one of 789 Facebook groups the organization defined as on the “far-right” of the political spectrum.” Schott
- [IREHR in The Kansas City Star: “1 in 5 state GOP lawmakers in far-right Facebook groups, study says. MO high on list” – May 25, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/25/irehr-in-the-kansas-city-star-1-in-5-state-gop-lawmakers-in-far-right-facebook-groups-study-says-mo-high-on-list-may-25-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in The Kansas City Star; Journalist Judy Thomas writes, “Nearly 22% of Republican legislators in the country have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, with Missouri ranking among the top five, a watchdog organization found in a study released this month.” Thomas continues, “According to the report,
- [IREHR in the Forward Kentucky: “Our culture of violence leads to mass shootings” – May 25, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/25/irehr-in-the-forward-kentucky-our-culture-of-violence-leads-to-mass-shootings-may-25-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Forward Kentucky; Author Ken Wolf writes, “A study by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights found that more than 1 in 5 Republican state legislators during 2021-2022 legislative sessions had affiliations with far-right Facebook groups; that is 22% of state legislators, only one of
- [IREHR in NPR: “Social justice group examines how deeply the far-right has penetrated state politics” – May 26, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/26/irehr-in-npr-social-justice-group-examines-how-deeply-the-far-right-has-penetrated-state-politics-may-26-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition; Domestic Extremism Correspondent Odette Yousef says “So this report looked at more than 7,000 state legislative seats at capitols across the country during the 2021-2022 legislative period, Steve, and it found that 875 of them had joined at least one far-right Facebook group.” Yousef
- [IREHR in Daily Press: “1 in 5 state GOP lawmakers in far-right Facebook groups, study says” – May 26, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/26/irehr-in-daily-press-1-in-5-state-gop-lawmakers-in-far-right-facebook-groups-study-says-may-26-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Daily Press; Journalist Judy Thomas writes, “Nearly 22% of Republican legislators in the country have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, with Missouri ranking among the top five, a watchdog organization found in a study released this month.” Thomas continues, “According to the report, Missouri has
- [IREHR in Emporia Gazette: “Local lawmakers make list of ‘far-right’ Facebook group members” – May 28, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/28/irehr-in-emporia-gazette-local-lawmakers-make-list-of-far-right-facebook-group-members-may-28-2022/) - IREHR’s Report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Emporia Gazette; Author Richard Burkard writes, “The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) released a report on lawmakers who have made social media connections with what the institute considers extreme. Burkard continues, ““Breaching the Mainstream” lists Smith as belonging to the U.S. Tea Party
- [IREHR in Homeland Security Today: “COLUMN: Is the United States Heading Toward Radical Political Change?” – May 30, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/30/irehr-in-homeland-security-today-column-is-the-united-states-heading-toward-radical-political-change-may-30-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Homeland Security Today; Randolph H. Pherson writes, “A May 13, 2022, study by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights that tracks right-wing extremism found that 875 of 4,375 Republican state legislators surveyed (about 1 in 5) were members of 789 far-right Facebook groups including
- [IREHR in the Times-Georgian: “Report: Hundreds of state legislators have joined far-right Facebook groups” – May 31, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/05/31/irehr-in-the-times-georgian-report-hundreds-of-state-legislators-have-joined-far-right-facebook-groups-may-31-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Times-Georgian; Democracy Reporter Kira Lerner writes, “The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a think tank that defends democracy and human rights, identified 875 lawmakers who have joined at least one of 789 Facebook groups, including white nationalist groups, groups tied to QAnon, groups
- [IREHR in the New Republic: “Republicans’ Anti-LGBTQ Conspiracy Theories Are Fueling Far-Right Threats to Pride Celebrations” – June 3, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/03/irehr-in-the-new-republic-republicans-anti-lgbtq-conspiracy-theories-are-fueling-far-right-threats-to-pride-celebrations-june-3-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in The New Republic; Author Melissa Gira Grant writes, “Rogers is one of the 875 state legislators serving in 2021–22 who were members of far-right Facebook groups, as identified by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights.” Read more here
- [IREHR in Source NM: “Report finds at least 12 NM legislators joined extremist Facebook groups” – June 3, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/03/irehr-in-source-nm-report-finds-at-least-12-nm-legislators-joined-extremist-facebook-groups-june-3-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Source NM; Author Andrew Beale writes, “A report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights found 875 sitting state lawmakers are current or former members of extremist or conspiracy-minded Facebook groups, including 12 New Mexico legislators.” Beale continues, “All of the NM legislators identified in the
- [IREHR in the Register-Herald: “Fewer W.Va. GOP legislators follow far right Facebook groups” – June 4, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/04/irehr-in-the-register-herald-fewer-w-va-gop-legislators-follow-far-right-facebook-groups-june-4-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Register-Herald; Damon Cain writes, “Of 101 West Virginia Republican legislators, 23 in the Senate and 78 win the House Delegates, 13 were identified in the study as being members of far-right Facebook groups by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights.” Cain continues to
- [IREHR in KUOW: “New report lists legislators linked to far-right Facebook groups” – June 9, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/09/irehr-in-kuow-new-report-lists-legislators-linked-to-far-right-facebook-groups-june-9-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was interviewed on KUOW regarding Breaching the Mainstream; Burghart said, “What we found was striking. The fact that 875 state legislators had joined one or more far-right Facebook groups was astonishing to us.” He continues on, “We’re talking about a range of pretty far-right Facebook groups, everything from militia and sovereign
- [IREHR in the Stranger: “Slog AM: Jan 6 Hearings Begin, Seattle’s OPA Director Finalists, and 30 WA Legislators Found Lurking in Creepy Facebook Groups” – June 10, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/10/irehr-in-the-stranger-slog-am-jan-6-hearings-begin-seattles-opa-director-finalists-and-30-wa-legislators-found-lurking-in-creepy-facebook-groups-june-10-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Stranger; Journalist Will Casey writes, “Conveniently snooping on your ex's vacation photos cannot justify the radicalization of hundreds of state legislators nationwide, because that's what a new report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights says is happening on the platform. They've tracked state legislator
- [IREHR in KUOW: “Extremism makes it beyond the ballot: Today so Far” – June 10, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/10/irehr-in-kuow-extremism-makes-it-beyond-the-ballot-today-so-far-june-10-2022/) - IREHR’s newest report, Breaching the Mainstream, was featured in a KUOW article; Editor Dyer Oxley writes, “A new study shows that 875 state lawmakers (11.85% of all state lawmakers in the USA) have been engaging with far-right Facebook groups — 30 were found in Washington state. It's one sign of extremism making its way into elected office.”
- [IREHR in NBC Philadelphia: “3 Pa. Republican Lawmakers Begin Effort to Impeach Philly DA Krasner” – June 13, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/13/irehr-in-nbc-philadelphia-3-pa-republican-lawmakers-begin-effort-to-impeach-philly-da-krasner-june-13-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by NBC Philadelphia and Philadelphia’s District Attorney, Larry Krasner; Philadelphia DA Krasner cited Breaching the Mainstream in a public statement, saying, “Pa. Republican legislators attempted to block certification of presidential election results in 2020 and rank second in the nation for lawmakers who are members of far-right extremist
- [IREHR in The Daily News: “Walsh singled out by report on far-right influence on state politicians” – June 13, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/13/irehr-in-the-daily-news-walsh-singled-out-by-report-on-far-right-influence-on-state-politicians-june-13-2022/) - IREHR’s research director, Chuck Tanner, was quoted by The Daily News regarding Breaching the Mainstream; Reporter Brennan Kauffman writes, “Research director for the institute Chuck Tanner said the report tried to distinguish traditional conservative Facebook groups from ones that advocated for more extreme action. Tanner said they selected pages that had direct ties to prominent
- [IREHR in Axios: “’Mainstreaming’ extremism in statehouses” – June 13, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/13/irehr-in-axios-mainstreaming-extremism-in-statehouses-june-13-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was featured in an Axios article; Author Lewis Kamb writes, “A growing number of state lawmakers have Facebook ties to extremist groups and are increasingly advancing far-right ideas in Washington's legislature and other statehouses across America, according to a recent report.” Kamb continues, “The analysis, called "Breaching the Mainstream," was conducted
- [IREHR in The Seattle Times: “White supremacism, WA ties, death threats: What to know about Patriot Front arrests near Idaho pride event” – June 13, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/13/irehr-in-the-seattle-times-white-supremacism-wa-ties-death-threats-what-to-know-about-patriot-front-arrests-near-idaho-pride-event-june-13-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Seattle Times; Reporter Sara Jean Green writes, “Burghart, the director of the Seattle-based human rights institute, sees Patriot Front more as a rebranding than an offshoot of Vanguard America, as many of the same people have been involved in both groups.” “Membership is hard to gauge
- [IREHR in the Stand: “Biden at AFL-CIO | Raising Tukwila’s wages | The big grift” – June 14, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/14/irehr-in-the-stand-biden-at-afl-cio-raising-tukwilas-wages-the-big-grift-june-14-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Stand; The author writes, “State Rep. Jim Walsh was one of 10 politicians singled out in a recent report on how state legislators amplify the arguments of far-right groups, as measured in part by their Facebook activity. The report, “Breaching the Mainstream,” was issued in May
- [IREHR in Talking Points Memo: “A Far Right Law Enforcement Movement Is Fueling The Effort To Infiltrate Voting Machines” – June 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/15/irehr-in-talking-points-memo-a-far-right-law-enforcement-movement-is-fueling-the-effort-to-infiltrate-voting-machines-june-15-2022/) - IREHR’s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was quoted in Talking Points Memo; Reporter, Matt Shuham, writes, “The increasing prevalence of conspiracy theories on the right has helped fuel the constitutional sheriffs movement, said Chuck Tanner of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a research organization that tracks hate groups.” “For these folks, out
- [IREHR in The Davis Vanguard: “Philly DOA Criticizes PA GOP ‘Anti-Democratic Efforts,’ Noting the ‘Coup Continues’” – June 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/15/irehr-in-the-davis-vanguard-philly-doa-criticizes-pa-gop-anti-democratic-efforts-noting-the-coup-continues-june-15-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited by The Davis Vanguard and Philadelphia’s District Attorney, Larry Krasner; Philadelphia DA Krasner cited Breaching the Mainstream in a public statement, saying, “PA Republican legislators attempted to block certification of presidential election results in 2020 and rank second in the nation for lawmakers who are members of far-right
- [IREHR in Inlander: “Why Coeur d’Alene’s ‘Pride in the Park’ became the target for white supremacist groups like Patriot Front” – June 17, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/17/irehr-in-inlander-why-coeur-dalenes-pride-in-the-park-became-the-target-for-white-supremacist-groups-like-patriot-front-june-17-2022/) - IREHR’s President and Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted by Inlander; Investigative Reporter Daniel Walters writes, “Devin Burghart, president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, says Patriot Front has suffered high-profile humiliations.” "Patriot Front had a couple of different difficult run-ins in the past few years," Burghart says. "Their D.C. or Philadelphia
- [IREHR in NPR: “Far right groups shift focus to LGBTQ events. Their hateful aim hasn’t changed” – June 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/20/irehr-in-npr-far-right-groups-shift-focus-to-lgbtq-events-their-hateful-aim-hasnt-changed-june-20-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in NPR; "Groups like Patriot Front and the Proud Boys have relied on misogyny and homophobia as a core of their brands," said Devin Burghart "So it's not surprising to see them step out front in the current moment." "All of this was taking place in the context of
- [IREHR in WPLN: “Far right groups shift focus to LGBTQ events. Their hateful aim hasn’t changed.” – June 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/20/irehr-in-wpln-far-right-groups-shift-focus-to-lgbtq-events-their-hateful-aim-hasnt-changed-june-20-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in WPLN; “Groups like Patriot Front and the Proud Boys have relied on misogyny and homophobia as a core of their brands,” said Devin Burghart, “So it’s not surprising to see them step out front in the current moment.” “All of this was taking place in the context of
- [IREHR in KUOW: “Far right groups shift focus to LGBTQ events. Their hateful aim hasn’t changed” – June 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/20/irehr-in-kuow-far-right-groups-shift-focus-to-lgbtq-events-their-hateful-aim-hasnt-changed-june-20-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in KUOW; “Groups like Patriot Front and the Proud Boys have relied on misogyny and homophobia as a core of their brands,” said Devin Burghart, “So it’s not surprising to see them step out front in the current moment.” “All of this was taking place in the context of
- [IREHR in The Progress: “Gleim promotes bill that would create ‘Anti-Indoctrination in Teaching Act’ in Pennsylvania” – June 21, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/21/irehr-in-the-progress-gleim-promotes-bill-that-would-create-anti-indoctrination-in-teaching-act-in-pennsylvania-june-21-2022/) - IREH’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in The Progress; The author writes, “He also accused Gleim of adopting the cause of the Moms for Liberty group, which the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights labels as a far-right group with a “school-centered focus.”" Read more here
- [IREHR in The Sentinel: “Gleim promotes bill that would create ‘Anti-Indoctrination in Teaching Act’ in Pennsylvania” – June 21, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/06/21/irehr-in-the-sentinel-gleim-promotes-bill-that-would-create-anti-indoctrination-in-teaching-act-in-pennsylvania-june-21-2022/) - IREH’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in The Sentinel; Managing Editor Naomi Creason writes, “He also accused Gleim of adopting the cause of the Moms for Liberty group, which the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights labels as a far-right group with a “school-centered focus.” Read more here
- [IREHR in Raw Story: “Exclusive: Rally organizers issued a call for a bogus grand jury to indict Congress before Jan. 6” – July 11, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/07/11/irehr-in-raw-story-exclusive-rally-organizers-issued-a-call-for-a-bogus-grand-jury-to-indict-congress-before-jan-6-july-11-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Raw Story; Author Jordan Green writes, “The “We the People’s Grand Jury” concept is drawn from the far-right Posse Comitatus, according to Devin Burghart, who has monitored far-right extremists for the past three decades and heads the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights.” “In the
- [IREHR in Common Dreams: “Authoritarian Viktor Orbán to Speak at US Conservatives’ Annual Summit” – July 11, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/07/11/irehr-in-common-dreams-authoritarian-viktor-orban-to-speak-at-us-conservatives-annual-summit-july-11-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was cited in Common Dreams; Author Julia Conley used Burghart’s tweet regarding the ACU bringing Viktor Orbán to CPAC’s “Awake Not Woke.” Read more here
- [IREHR in the Kansas City Star: “Johnson County sheriff tells Las Vegas crowd his election fraud investigation continues” – July 13, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/07/13/irehr-in-the-kansas-city-star-johnson-county-sheriff-tells-las-vegas-crowd-his-election-fraud-investigation-continues-july-13-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted by the Kansas City Star; “If you’re worried about January 6, now we have the far right building up an insurrectionary force inside law enforcement,” said Devin Burghart “They want to make sure that next time, if they want to stop counting, or if they don’t like the
- [IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Trumpists team up with far-right ‘consitutional sheriffs’ to promote plan to seize voting machines” – July 14, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/07/14/irehr-in-the-daily-kos-trumpists-team-up-with-far-right-consitutional-sheriffs-to-promote-plan-to-seize-voting-machines-july-14-2022/) - IREHR’s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was cited in the Daily Kos; Author David Neiwert writes, “Dubbing the gathering a “Call to Action,” Mack rescheduled the CSPOA’s annual September conference to this week in Las Vegas, as Chuck Tanner at the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) reports, primarily to coincide with the far-right-friendly
- [IREHR in the Seattle Times: “Republican activists organizing ‘surveillance’ of ballot drop boxes in WA” – July 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/07/18/irehr-in-the-seattle-times-republican-activists-organizing-surveillance-of-ballot-drop-boxes-in-wa-july-18-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited and quoted in the Seattle Times; Author Jim Brunner writes, “The group behind the “2000 Mules” film, True the Vote, recently announced plans to work with a far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Police Officers Association to surveil drop boxes across the country, noted Devin Burghart, the Seattle-based executive director
- [IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Idaho Republicans’ new far-right party chair wants to keep ‘our guns loaded’ to defeat Democrats” – July 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/07/18/irehr-in-the-daily-kos-idaho-republicans-new-far-right-party-chair-wants-to-keep-our-guns-loaded-to-defeat-democrats-july-18-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in the Daily Kos; Author David Neiwert writes, “Moon is one of the leading figures in the Idaho Legislature’s significant bloc of far-right extremists serving in office—according to a May study by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), the state has the third-highest percentage of
- [IREHR in the Kansas City Star: “Johnson County sheriff supports extremists with documented ties to white supremacists” – July 21, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/07/21/irehr-in-the-kansas-city-star-johnson-county-sheriff-supports-extremists-with-documented-ties-to-white-supremacists-july-21-2022/) - IREHR’s Vice President, Leonard Zeskind, was published in the Kansas City Star; Zeskind writes, “It is not just election interference that is at stake in Johnson County. It is the morality of every Johnson County resident — indeed, of every Kansan — that must be considered when they sit quietly as Sheriff Calvin Hayden stands
- [IREHR in Dartmouth: “Opinion: Far-right sheriffs planning to seize voting machines in the next election” – July 25, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/07/25/irehr-in-dartmouth-opinion-far-right-sheriffs-planning-to-seize-voting-machines-in-the-next-election-july-25-2022/) - IREHR’s article “CSPOA to Boost Sheriff’s ‘Election Fraud’ Project at ‘Freedom Fest’” written by Research Director Chuck Tanner was used in an opinion piece for Dartmouth Week; Author David Ehrens writes, “The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) has connected Hodgson's Protect America Now, the Constitutional Sheriffs Association (CSPOA), and TrueTheVote in
- [IREHR in Exposed by Center for Media and Democracy: “More than 200 ALEC Politicians Participate in Far-Right Facebook Groups” – August 3, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/08/03/irehr-in-exposed-by-center-for-media-and-democracy-more-than-200-alec-politicians-participate-in-far-right-facebook-groups-august-3-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream was used by Center for Media and Democracy; Author Julia Chumlea writes, “In May the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) released a report titled Breaching the Mainstream that analyzes far-right Facebook groups and includes a database of 875 state legislators who are members. CMD cross-referenced this data with
- [IREHR in Exposed by Center for Media and Democracy: “Here are Five of ALEC's Most Far-Right Members” – August 5, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/08/05/irehr-in-exposed-by-center-for-media-and-democracy-here-are-five-of-alecs-most-far-right-members-august-5-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was used by Center for Media and Democracy to identify the top five most far-right members of ALEC; The authors write, “The Center for Media and Democracy revealed on August 3 that 224 ALEC-affiliated legislators belong to far-right Facebook groups, based on “Breaching the Mainstream,” a report by the Institute for Research
- [IREHR in LA Progressive: “Are Trumps Sheriffs Plotting to Confiscate Voting Machines?” – August 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/08/20/irehr-in-la-progressive-are-trumps-sheriffs-plotting-to-confiscate-voting-machines-august-20-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the LA Progressive; “Now we have the far right building up an insurrectionary force inside law enforcement. They want to make sure that next time, if they want to stop counting, or if they don’t like the way things are going, they can just get their county sheriff to
- [IREHR in the New Republic: “A Grassroots Anti-Environmentalist Movement Grows in Oregon” – August 23, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/08/23/irehr-in-the-new-republic-a-grassroots-anti-environmentalist-movement-grows-in-oregon-august-23-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Ammon’s Army, was cited and quoted in the New Republic; Author Britta Lokting writes, ““To further contradict the idea that People’s Rights is an ‘anti-government’ network, gaining political and governmental power is part of the group’s program,” reported the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights and the Montana Human Rights Network.” Read more here
- [IREHR in Bolts: “The Big Lie Messengers Who Carry a Badge and Gun” – August 24, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/08/24/irehr-in-bolts-the-big-lie-messengers-who-carry-a-badge-and-gun-august-24-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Bolts Mag; “The specter of law enforcement at the polls is already enough to discourage people from going to the polls,” Burghart told Bolts. “Moreover, the threat of surveillance of polling places and drop boxes proposed by groups like True the Vote is meant to intimidate voters, particularly
- [IREHR in the Arizona Mirror: “The ‘Big Lie’ messengers who carry a badge and gun” – August 26, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/08/26/irehr-in-the-arizona-mirror-the-big-lie-messengers-who-carry-a-badge-and-gun-august-26-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was cited in the Arizona Mirror; “The specter of law enforcement at the polls is already enough to discourage people from going to the polls. Moreover, the threat of surveillance of polling places and drop boxes proposed by groups like True the Vote is meant to intimidate voters, particularly people of
- [IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Extremists sheriffs double down with their embrace of Trumpist ‘election integrity’ campaign” – September 1, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/09/01/irehr-in-the-daily-kos-extremists-sheriffs-double-down-with-their-embrace-of-trumpist-election-integrity-campaign-september-1-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Daily Kos; “The specter of law enforcement at the polls is already enough to discourage people from going to the polls. Moreover, the threat of surveillance of polling places and drop boxes proposed by groups like True the Vote is meant to intimidate voters, particularly people of
- [IREHR in National Memo: “Extremist Sheriffs Double Down On Embrace of Big Lie As Midterm Approaches” – September 5, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/09/05/irehr-in-national-memo-extremist-sheriffs-double-down-on-embrace-of-big-lie-as-midterm-approaches-september-5-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the National Memo; “The specter of law enforcement at the polls is already enough to discourage people from going to the polls. Moreover, the threat of surveillance of polling places and drop boxes proposed by groups like True the Vote is meant to intimidate voters, particularly people of
- [IREHR in Public News Service: “WA Candidates Tied to Far-Right On Ballot in November” – September 6, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/09/06/irehr-in-public-news-service-wa-candidates-tied-to-far-right-on-ballot-in-november-september-6-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was used as a source in Public News Service; Author and Producer Eric Tegethoff writes, “There also are concerns about the ties between some state legislators and the far right. According to a recent report, more than 20% of state Republican lawmakers have joined at least one far-right group on
- [IREHR in NBC10 Philadelphia: “Pa. House Votes Philly DA in Contempt for Failing to Respond to Subpoena” – September 13, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/09/13/irehr-in-nbc10-philadelphia-pa-house-votes-philly-da-in-contempt-for-failing-to-respond-to-subpoena-september-13-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in NBC10 Philadelphia; Claudia Vargas and Brian McCrone cited D.A. Larry Krasner’s statement. Krasner’s statement reads, "Pa. Republican legislators attempted to block certification of presidential election results in 2020 and rank second in the nation for lawmakers who are members of far-right extremist groups, according to a new
- [IREHR in Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: “Five Strategies to Support U.S. Democracy” – September 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/09/15/irehr-in-carnegie-endowment-for-international-peace-five-strategies-to-support-u-s-democracy-september-15-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in Carnegie Endowment; Author Rachel Kleinfeld writes, “A report by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (an organization that has for a long time been tracking white nationalism and anti-Semitism) found that 21 percent of Republican state legislators had joined extremist social media groups.7” Read
- [IREHR in Salon: “Far-right ‘constitutional sheriffs’ threatening the midterms” – September 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/09/20/irehr-in-salon-far-right-constitutional-sheriffs-threatening-the-midterms-september-20-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Researcher, Chuck Tanner, had an article cited in Salon; Author Areeba Shah writes, “He has led training sessions on many occasions that the ADL says are meant to indoctrinate law enforcement officers into extremist movements. Some of those have been led by KrisAnne Hall, a far-right activist who believes that the 14th, 15th
- [IRHER in The Stranger: “King County GOP Invites You to Dinner with an Insurrectionist” – September 23, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/09/23/irher-in-the-stranger-king-county-gop-invites-you-to-dinner-with-an-insurrectionist-september-23-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited in The Stranger; Author Will Casey writes, “Devin Burghart, the executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, which monitors far-right extremism across the country, expressed concern about Straka’s upcoming appearance. He said that the continued platforming of people like Straka is “deeply worrying”
- [IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Far right preparing army of ‘poll watchers’ eager to find proof of conspiracy theories in ’22 vote” – September 26, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/09/26/irehr-in-the-daily-kos-far-right-preparing-army-of-poll-watchers-eager-to-find-proof-of-conspiracy-theories-in-22-vote-september-26-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Daily Kos; “The specter of law enforcement at the polls is already enough to discourage people from going to the polls. Moreover, the threat of surveillance of polling places and drop boxes proposed by groups like True the Vote is meant to intimidate voters, particularly people of
- [IREHR in The Seattle Times: “Matt Shea’s far-right recruit in Eastern WA promotes election conspiracies, QAnon, and more” – October 2, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/02/irehr-in-the-seattle-times-matt-sheas-far-right-recruit-in-eastern-wa-promotes-election-conspiracies-qanon-and-more-october-2-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited and quoted a few times in the Seattle Times; Author Wilson Criscione writes, “That’s precisely why Chase may be a more effective messenger of misinformation and far-right ideology, said Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a Seattle-based nonprofit.” “I think
- [IREHR in KXLY: “Matt Shea’s far-right recruit in Eastern WA promotes election conspiracies, QAnon, and more” – October 3, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/03/irehr-in-kxly-matt-sheas-far-right-recruit-in-eastern-wa-promotes-election-conspiracies-qanon-and-more-october-3-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited and quoted a few times in KXYL; Author Wilson Criscione writes, “That’s precisely why Chase may be a more effective messenger of misinformation and far-right ideology, said Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a Seattle-based nonprofit.” “I think they’re equally
- [IREHR in Political Research Associates: “A Bid For Power: Mapping The Electoral Far Right in the 2022 Elections” - October 5, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/05/irehr-in-political-research-associates-a-bid-for-power-mapping-the-electoral-far-right-in-the-2022-elections-october-5-2022/) - IREHR’s data from Breaching the Mainstream was used in Political Research Associates’ report. The authors write, “The data collected for this project were drawn from primary sources, as well as local and national reporting and the work of watchdog and advocacy organizations including Southern Poverty Law Center, Media Matters, and the Institute for Research and
- [IREHR in Yahoo: “Oregon’s GOP Candidate For Governor Is Tying Herself To Violent Extremists” – October 6, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/06/irehr-in-yahoo-oregons-gop-candidate-for-governor-is-tying-herself-to-violent-extremists-october-6-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Ammon’s Army, was cited in Yahoo! News; Author Jennifer Bendry writes, “Soper founded the Pacific Patriot Network in 2015, “a far-right paramilitary network under the direction of Oath Keepers,” per the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, an organization that unmasks movements that threaten democracy.” Read more here
- [IREHR in the HuffPost: “The Right Can’t Stop Talking About This Conspiracy Theory Movie - And It’s Roiling The Midterms” - October 10, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/10/irehr-in-the-huffpost-the-right-cant-stop-talking-about-this-conspiracy-theory-movie-and-its-roiling-the-midterms-october-10-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in HuffPost a few times; “With a lot of this, the impetus behind it is to create fear around using drop boxes, period,” said Devin Burghart “The idea that you can hopefully discourage people from using drop boxes for elections because of worries about confrontations is all part
- [IREHR in CTInsider: “CT legislator included in on Democratic list of ‘threats to democracy’” - October 11, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/11/irehr-in-ctinsider-ct-legislator-included-in-on-democratic-list-of-threats-to-democracy-october-11-2022/) - IREHR’s Breaching the Mainstream was cited in CTInsider; Jordan Nathaniel Fenster writes, “His inclusion on the DLCC’s list is based on the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights' register of legislators. Dubitsky is said be a member of a ‘STOP THE STEAL #Election2020’ Facebook group. Though Dubitsky is one of 16 legislators on
- [IREHR in San Antonio Express-News: “CT legislator included on Democratic list of ‘threats to democracy’” - October 11, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/11/irehr-in-san-antonio-express-news-ct-legislator-included-on-democratic-list-of-threats-to-democracy-october-11-2022/) - IREHR’s Breaching the Mainstream was cited in the San Antonio Express-News; Jordan Nathaniel Fenster writes, “His inclusion on the DLCC’s list is based on the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights' register of legislators. Dubitsky is said be a member of a ‘STOP THE STEAL #Election2020’ Facebook group. Though Dubitsky is one of
- [IREHR in Crosscut: “State Rep. Rob Chase’s re-election effort is full of conspiracies” - October 14, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/14/irehr-in-crosscut-state-rep-rob-chases-re-election-effort-is-full-of-conspiracies-october-14-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Crosscut a few times; Author Wilson Criscone writes, “But that’s precisely why Chase may be a more effective messenger of misinformation and far-right ideology, said Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a Seattle-based nonprofit.” “I think they’re equally dangerous,”
- [IREHR in The Missoula Current News: “Fringe groups plan to watch AZ ballot drop boxes” - October 18, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/18/irehr-in-the-missoula-current-news-fringe-groups-plan-to-watch-az-ballot-drop-boxes-october-18-2022/) - An article authored by IREHR’s Executive Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was cited in The Missoula Current News; Author Jerod MacDonald-Evoy writes, “CSPOA and the Oath Keepers have long had close ties, according to researchers.” Read more here
- [IREHR in Streetroots: “Medford City Council candidate stirs up anti-poor politics with environmentalism” - October 19, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/19/irehr-in-streetroots-medford-city-council-candidate-stirs-up-anti-poor-politics-with-environmentalism-october-19-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Facebook and COVID Denial, was cited and quoted in Street Roots; Author Sam Baker writes, “According to the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, the social media network Mallory helped build in Southern Oregon ‘is a prime example of how COVID denial provides a steady flow of newly radicalized activists into
- [IREHR in Inlander: “The shadow of election denial hangs over Spokane elections” - October 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/20/irehr-in-inlander-the-shadow-of-election-denial-hangs-over-spokane-elections-october-20-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Inlander; "More than anything, 2000 Mules has fueled election denial mania across the far right," says Devin Burghart Author Nate Sanford writes, “When it came out in May 2022, the film gave new life to an election-denial movement that was struggling for direction post-Jan. 6, Burghart says.”
- [IREHR in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting: “Arizona ‘ground zero’ for extremist, anti-government sheriff movement” - October 20, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/20/irehr-in-arizona-center-for-investigative-reporting-arizona-ground-zero-for-extremist-anti-government-sheriff-movement-october-20-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting; “It puts law enforcement in the crosshairs. It also puts their legitimacy in the crosshairs,” said Devin Burghart “When you get ‘constitutional sheriffs’ who are picking and choosing what they’re going to enforce,” Burghart said, it means “their legitimacy and the Constitution itself
- [IREHR in NBC10 Philadelphia: “What’s Next After Pa. GOP Lawmakers Started Impeachment Process of Philly DA” - October 26, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/26/irehr-in-nbc10-philadelphia-whats-next-after-pa-gop-lawmakers-started-impeachment-process-of-philly-da-october-26-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in NBC10 Philadelphia; Authors Brian X. McCrone, Claudia Vargas, and David Chang cited D.A. Larry Krasner’s statement. Krasner’s statement reads, “Pa. Republican legislators attempted to block certification of presidential election results in 2020 and rank second in the nation for lawmakers who are members of far-right extremist groups,
- [IREHR in Eugene Weekly: “Stocking Hate” - October 28, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/10/28/irehr-in-eugene-weekly-stocking-hate-october-28-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right ‘People’s Rights’ Network, was cited in Eugene Weekly; Author Bentley Freeman writes, “Linthicum’s speech’s main purpose was to encourage members of the far-right People’s Rights network to get involved in local elections and inform others about issues. The network has been linked with paramilitary and right-wing militias according
- [IREHR in InvestigateWest: “Right-wing sheriff candidates who believe their power exceeds the feds are on the ballot in WA” - November 3, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/01/irehr-in-investigatewest-right-wing-sheriff-candidates-who-believe-their-power-exceeds-the-feds-are-on-the-ballot-in-wa-november-3-2022/) - Devin Burghart’s, IREHR’s President, tweet regarding Ammon Bundy was sourced by Idaho Statesman; Author Bryan Clark writes, “As Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights director Devin Burghart recently noted, gubernatorial candidate and serial criminal Ammon Bundy is encouraging his followers to sign up to act as official poll watchers (official observers on behalf
- [IREHR in The American Independent: “Adam Laxalt’s Nevada ‘leadership team’ has fake electors and extremist group advocates” - November 4, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/04/irehr-in-the-american-independent-adam-laxalts-nevada-leadership-team-has-fake-electors-and-extremist-group-advocates-november-4-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in The American Independent; Author Josh Israel writes, “The leaders also include state Assemblyman Jim Wheeler, who was cited in a May report by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights for joining several far-right groups on Facebook, including two paramilitary ‘patriot’ groups.” Read more here
- [IREHR in the Seattle Times: “Right-wing sheriff candidates who believe their power exceeds the feds are on the ballot in WA” - November 4, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/04/irehr-in-the-seattle-times-right-wing-sheriff-candidates-who-believe-their-power-exceeds-the-feds-are-on-the-ballot-in-wa-november-4-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Seattle Times; Author Wilson Criscione writes, “The ‘far-right’ ideology promoted by Mack and Songer is expressed ‘by a disturbingly large number of sheriffs,’ said Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a Seattle-based nonprofit that’s studied the movement.” Read
- [IREHR in The Salt Lake Tribune: “What St. George residents said about drag shows at divided council meeting” - November 4, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/04/irehr-in-the-salt-tribune-what-st-george-residents-said-about-drag-shows-at-divided-council-meeting-november-4-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in The Salt Lake Tribune; Author Mark Eddington writes, “The Liberty Action Coalition was recently listed as a far-right extremist organization by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a progressive organization focused on the infiltration of extreme-right, racist and antisemitic organizations in state legislatures and
- [IREHR in Spokesman-Review: “Investigate West: Right-wing sheriff candidates who believe their power exceeds the feds are on the ballot in WA” - November 7, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/07/irehr-in-spokesman-review-investigate-west-right-wing-sheriff-candidates-who-believe-their-power-exceeds-the-feds-are-on-the-ballot-in-wa-november-7-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Spokesman-Review; Author Wilson Criscione writes, “The ‘far-right’ ideology promoted by Mack and Songer is expressed ‘by a disturbingly large number of sheriffs,’ said Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a Seattle-based nonprofit that’s studied the movement.” Read more here
- [IREHR in New Lines Institute: “The 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections: A Potential Catalyst for Domestic Extremist Violence” - November 7, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/07/irehr-in-new-lines-institute-the-2022-u-s-midterm-elections-a-potential-catalyst-for-domestic-extremist-violence-november-7-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited and quoted in New Lines Institute; Authors Alejandro Beutel and Daryl Johnson write, “The mainstreaming of conspiracy theories like election denialism and movements like QAnon coincide with the rise of extremist candidates in local, state, and federal elections. In June 2022, the anti-hate watchdog Institute for Research &
- [IREHR in Yahoo: “Far-right online forums are already filled with user itching to declare the midterm elections fraudulent” - November 8, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/08/irehr-in-yahoo-far-right-online-forums-are-already-filled-with-user-itching-to-declare-the-midterm-elections-fraudulent-november-8-2022/) - Devin Burghart’s, IREHR’s President, tweet regarding organized protests by 2020 is Nullified was sourced by Yahoo; Kieran Press-Reynolds writes, “At least one election denial group, 2020 is Nullified, has already reportedly planned election protests this evening in multiple Arizona countries.” Read more here
- [IREHR in Mother Jones: “Ammon Bundy led an armed standoff with the government. 100,000 people still voted for him.” - November 12, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/12/irehr-in-mother-jones-ammon-bundy-led-an-armed-standoff-with-the-government-100000-people-still-voted-for-him-november-12-2022/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Mother Jones; “Bundy is an opportunist. He’ll go where he can get attention.” Said Burghart. Read more here
- [IREHR in MSN: “Far-Right Statehouse Candidates Won Big- Unopposed” - November 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/15/irehr-in-msn-far-right-statehouse-candidates-won-big-unopposed-november-15-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in MSN; “At a state level, where the far-right candidates were challenged on their far-right participation, they tended to lose,” Said Burghart. “I think it’s a reminder that while there’s been a lot of effort at the national level to deal with some of the more high-profile candidates,
- [IREHR in Belleville News-Democrat: “This may be why so many Illinois sheriffs are opposed to enforcing state’s new gun law” – March 20, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/20/irehr-in-belleville-news-democrat-this-may-be-why-so-many-illinois-sheriffs-are-opposed-to-enforcing-states-new-gun-law-march-20-2023/) - IREHR’s work and research on the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association event in Springfield, IL was cited by the Belleville News-Democrat; Authors Rick Pearson and Jeremy Gorner writes, “Citing emails it obtained from several county sheriff offices, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a group that tracks white supremacist organizations, said
- [IREHR in KCP: “Sheriffs in Texas, elsewhere seek validation as new election police”- April 5, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/04/05/irehr-in-kcp-sheriffs-in-texas-elsewhere-seek-validation-as-new-election-police-april-5-2023/) - IREHR’s work was cited in KCP; Author Jessica Pishko writes, “Last summer, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group that tracks far-right organizations, raised concerns that the agency was effectively blessing the training.” Read more here
- [IREHR in The Daily Beast; “Ivermectin Group Accused of Stealing $350,000 in Donor Money” – April 5, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/04/05/irehr-in-the-daily-beast-ivermectin-group-accused-of-stealing-350000-in-donor-money-april-5-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Daily Beast; “They’ve given hundreds of trainings to law enforcement, in a couple of states now,” said Devin Burghart “He’s teaching the doctrine of interposition: that the sheriff can be used to interpose against laws they don’t like.” “Early in the pandemic, anti-vaxxers in particular latched
- [IREHR in the Idaho Statesman: “Idaho sheriff has a legal obligation to serve Ammon Bundy. He should uphold it / Opinion” – April 18, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/04/18/irehr-in-the-idaho-statesman-idaho-sheriff-has-a-legal-obligation-to-serve-ammon-bundy-he-should-uphold-it-opinion-april-18-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted and cited in the Idaho Statesman; The Editorial Board writes, “The issue was first brought to light by Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, which has long followed Bundy’s People’s Rights Network. Bundy has been refusing to participate in court
- [IREHR in RawStory: “Oklahomans terrified of right-wing extremists 28 years after Tim McVeigh’s federal building bombing” – April 19, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/04/19/irehr-in-rawstory-oklahomans-terrified-of-right-wing-extremists-28-years-after-tim-mcveighs-federal-building-bombing-april-19-2023/) - IREHR’s Vice President, Leonard Zeskind, was quoted in RawStory; "The only way to save America was to assert your Christian sovereignty, your white Christian sovereignty," Said Zeskind "Ruby Ridge, more even than Robert Matthews and The Order, became a central calling card and rallying card for the far right,” Zeskind explained. “For them, the government
- [IREHR in WTAQ: “Far-right activists wary of ‘trap’ after Trump calls for protests” – March 20, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/04/20/irehr-in-wtaq-far-right-activists-wary-of-trap-after-trump-calls-for-protests-march-20-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in WTAQ; “Following Trump’s call for protest, we’ve documented three fairly distinct waves of responses on far-right social media,” said Devin Burghart. “Wave one was a call to attention for Trump loyalty rallies. Almost immediately thereafter there was a second wave of, ‘Don’t protest, it’s a trap just
- [IREHR in Bolts: “Arizona’s Self-Styled ‘American Sheriff’ Wants to Go to Washington” – April 21, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/04/21/irehr-in-bolts-arizonas-self-styled-american-sheriff-wants-to-go-to-washington-april-21-2023/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Bolts; Author Jessica Pishko writes, “Devin Burghart, president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, which tracks far-right sheriff movements, believes that Lamb’s campaign will rely heavily on MAGA rhetoric without any additional substance. ‘Expect his campaign to begin with soft-focus law-and-order imagery before unveiling viscous
- [IREHR in the Idaho Statesman: “Ammon Bundy defaults on St. Luke’s lawsuit, claims he is ‘surrounded by law enforcement’” – April 24, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/04/24/irehr-in-the-idaho-statesman-ammon-bundy-defaults-on-st-lukes-lawsuit-claims-he-is-surrounded-by-law-enforcement-april-24-2023/) - A tweet from IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited in the Idaho Statesman; https://twitter.com/dburghart/status/1649862637185032193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1649862637185032193%7Ctwgr%5E50c689cac9e3c5b29aa378c6251213be69cad7bc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.idahostatesman.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fcommunity%2Fboise%2Farticle274654281.html Read more here
- [IREHR in East Idaho News: “Ammon Bundy defaults on St. Luke’s lawsuit, claims he is ‘surrounded by law enforcement’” – April 24, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/04/24/irehr-in-east-idaho-news-ammon-bundy-defaults-on-st-lukes-lawsuit-claims-he-is-surrounded-by-law-enforcement-april-24-2023/) - A tweet from IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited in East Idaho News; https://twitter.com/dburghart/status/1649862637185032193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1649862637185032193%7Ctwgr%5Ee0a0e23c6fea801811e4da7ec9fb460d58f35b39%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastidahonews.com%2F2023%2F04%2Fammon-bundy-defaults-on-hospitals-lawsuit-claims-he-is-surrounded-by-law-enforcement%2F Read more here
- [IREHR in the Huffpost: “A Reality Star Sheriff Could Swing A Senate Race To The Far Right” – May 1, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/05/01/irehr-in-the-huffpost-a-reality-star-sheriff-could-swing-a-senate-race-to-the-far-right-may-1-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited and quoted in the Huffpost; Author Matt Shuham writes, “Despite his penchant for incendiary comments, Lamb may run an image-conscious campaign full of law-and-order bona fides and tough talk about the border, said Devin Burghart, executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights.” “The
- [IREHR in Daily Kos: “Ammon Bundy is at it again” – May 3, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/05/03/irehr-in-daily-kos-ammon-bundy-is-at-it-again-may-3-2023/) - The Twitter page of IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was featured in the Daily Kos; https://twitter.com/dburghart/status/1653425763004338176 Read more here
- [Working with Farmers to End Posse Influence](https://irehr.org/2023/04/20/working-with-farmers-to-end-posse-influence/) - We continue our celebration of IREHR’s forty years of fighting white nationalism by looking back at some important movement milestones. In this installment, one of IREHR’s founders takes a look back at the monumental work during the farm crisis of the 1980s to stop efforts by the Posse Comitatus and other white supremacist groups trying
- [IREHR in the Daily Beast: “Far-Right Statehouse Candidates Won Big- Unopposed” - November 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/15/irehr-in-the-daily-beast-far-right-statehouse-candidates-won-big-unopposed-november-15-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Daily Beast; “At a state level, where the far-right candidates were challenged on their far-right participation, they tended to lose,” Burghart told The Daily Beast. “I think it’s a reminder that while there’s been a lot of effort at the national level to deal with some
- [IREHR in Yahoo: “Far-Right Statehouse Candidates Won Big- Unopposed” - November 15, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/15/irehr-in-yahoo-far-right-statehouse-candidates-won-big-unopposed-november-15-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Yahoo; “At a state level, where the far-right candidates were challenged on their far-right participation, they tended to lose,” Burghart told The Daily Beast. “I think it’s a reminder that while there’s been a lot of effort at the national level to deal with some of the
- [IREHR in Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting: “Rule change opens new path for ‘constitutional sheriff’ group to train Arizona law enforcement” - November 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/16/irehr-in-arizona-center-for-investigative-reporting-rule-change-opens-new-path-for-constitutional-sheriff-group-to-train-arizona-law-enforcement-november-16-202/) - IREHR’s research of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association and Texas Commission on Law Enforcement was featured in the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting; Author Isaac Stone Simonelli writes, “The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement received a warning ahead of the July training from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR),
- [IREHR in NBC10 Philadelphia: “Pa. GOP Lawmakers Vote to Impeach Philly DA Larry Krasner: What Does It Mean?” - November 16, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/16/irehr-in-nbc10-philadelphia-pa-gop-lawmakers-vote-to-impeach-philly-da-larry-krasner-what-does-it-mean-november-16-2022/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in NBC10 Philadelphia; Authors Brian X. McCrone, Claudia Vargas, and David Chang cited D.A. Larry Krasner’s statement. Krasner’s statement reads, “Pa. Republican legislators attempted to block certification of presidential election results in 2020 and rank second in the nation for lawmakers who are members of far-right extremist groups,
- [IREHR in Inlander: “How far-right candidates fared in Spokane Valley and Idaho” - November 17, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/17/irehr-in-inlander-how-far-right-candidates-fared-in-spokane-valley-and-idaho-november-17-2022/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited in the Inlander; "Toward the end of his campaign, where he was talking about liberals and poor people from the state, he was widely cheered by a lot of folks," Burghart says. "That says a lot about both the state of politics of Idaho and the direction folks
- [IREHR in Forward: “Who is Kanye West and Donald Trump’s antisemitic new friend, Nick Fuentes?” – November 25, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/25/irehr-in-forward-who-is-kanye-west-and-donald-trumps-antisemitic-new-friend-nick-fuentes-november-25-2022/) - IREHR’s report, From Alt-Right to Groyper, was cited in Forward; Author Mira Fox writes, “It appears that the groypers’ mission is to move the Overton Window in an attempt to mainstream discussion of white nationalist policies.” Read more here.
- [IREHR in Vanity Fair: “Report: Trump Doesn’t Want to Condemn His Holocaust-Denying Dinner Date Because It Might Alienate His Jew-Hating Supporters” – November 28, 2022](https://irehr.org/2022/11/28/irehr-in-vanity-fair-report-trump-doesnt-want-to-condemn-his-holocaust-denying-dinner-date-because-it-might-alienate-his-jew-hating-supporters-november-28-2022/) - IREHR in Vanity Fair: “Report: Trump Doesn’t Want to Condemn His Holocaust-Denying Dinner Date Because It Might Alienate His Jew-Hating Supporters” – November 28, 2022 An article written by IREHR’s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, was cited in Vanity Fair; Author Bess Levin writes, “Naturally, at a ‘Stop the Steal’ rally in November 2020, he told his followers to
- [IREHR in The Texas Tribune: “The fringe ideology of ‘constitutional sheriffs’ is attracting believers within Texas law enforcement” – January 13, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/01/13/irehr-in-the-texas-tribune-the-fringe-ideology-of-constitutional-sheriffs-is-attracting-believers-within-texas-law-enforcement-january-13-2023/) - IREHR’s research on Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) was cited in the Texas Tribune; Author Jessica Pishko writes, “Last summer, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a nonprofit advocacy group that track far-right organizations, raised concerns that the agency was effectively blessing the training.” Read more here
- [IREHR in the Inlander: “A string of attacks on Pacific Northwest power stations reignites concerns about grid security” – January 19, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/01/19/irehr-in-the-inlander-a-string-of-attacks-on-pacific-northwest-power-stations-reignites-concerns-about-grid-security-january-19-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Inlander; Author Nate Sanford writes, “Since at least the 1970s, neo-Nazi extremists have fantasized about widespread blackouts causing chaos and societal collapse — a breakdown of American society that ushers in a new era of White dominance, Burghart says.” Sanford continues, “In religious terms, it's comparable to
- [IREHR in The Hill: “American democracy is dodging bullets” – January 20, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/01/20/irehr-in-the-hill-american-democracy-is-dodging-bullets-january-20-2023/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in The Hill; Author Rachel Kleinfeld writes, “The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights found that 10 percent of all state lawmakers and 21 percent of Republicans were part of extremist groups on social media.” Read more here
- [IREHR in In These Times: “Transphobic Violence Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum” – February 15, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/02/15/irehr-in-in-these-times-transphobic-violence-doesnt-happen-in-a-vacuum-february-15-2023/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in In These Times; Burghart said, “Groups like Patriot Front and the Proud Boys have relied on misogyny and homophobia as a core of their brands. So it’s not surprising to see them step out front in the current moment.” Read more here
- [IREHR in the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting: “Arizona-based sheriff group promotes members with ties to white nationalism” – February 16, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/02/16/irehr-in-the-arizona-center-for-investigative-reporting-arizona-based-sheriff-group-promotes-members-with-ties-to-white-nationalism-february-16-2023/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was cited in the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting; Investigative reporter, Isaac Stone Simonelli, writes “The most important name on the list of advisory board members, however, is Peroutka, according to Devin Burghart, president and executive director of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, an organization that tracks far-right
- [IREHR in the Daily Kos: “When extremists take over local Michigan governance, disruption is followed by dysfunction” – February 21, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/02/21/irehr-in-the-daily-kos-when-extremists-take-over-local-michigan-governance-disruption-is-followed-by-dysfunction-february-21-2023/) - IREHR’s President and Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was cited in the Daily Kos; Author David Neiwert writes, “The key, as Devin Burghart of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights told CityLabs’ Laura Bliss, is for citizens to end their reflexive denial and recognize that they have a real problem on their hands. He
- [IREHR in the Illinois Eagle: “Far-right ‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ group launches effort to infiltrate Illinois law enforcement” – February 27, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/02/27/irehr-in-the-illinois-eagle-far-right-constitutional-sheriffs-group-launches-effort-to-infiltrate-illinois-law-enforcement-february-27-2023/) - IREHR’s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, had an article published in the Illinois Eagle. Some quotes from the article; Chuck Tanner writes, “In the wake of dozens of Illinois sheriffs declaring their refusal to enforce a recently-passed gun law, the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) has stepped up a campaign to infiltrate Illinois law enforcement
- [IREHR in America’s Voice: “New Backgrounder: GOP Witness and Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb Promotes Dangerous Conspiracies” – February 28, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/02/28/irerh-in-americas-voice-new-backgrounder-gop-witness-and-pinal-county-sheriff-mark-lamb-promotes-dangerous-conspiracies-february-28-2023/) - IREHR’s President, Devin Burghart, was quoted in America’s Voice; “That was our biggest concern, that in essence, it was mainstreaming the same ideas that CSPOA had but was doing so with much more conscious branding and public-facing appeal,” said Devin Burghart. Read more here
- [IREHR in the Illinois Eagle: “Roots in far right conspiracism: CSPOA on-the-ground in Illinois” – March 1, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/01/irehr-in-the-illinois-eagle-roots-in-far-right-conspiracism-cspoa-on-the-ground-in-illinois-march-1-2023/) - IREHR’s Research Director, Chuck Tanner, had an article published in the Illinois Eagle. Some quotes from the article; Chuck Tanner writes, “In announcing its March 4 training for law enforcement officers in Illinois, CSPOA CEO Sam Bushman described that one of the group’s strategies for growth is to host rallies with multiple organizations, explicitly naming the
- [IREHR in Yahoo! News: “GOP Congressman Matt Rosendale Poses With Neo-Nazis” – March 6, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/06/irehr-in-yahoo-news-gop-congressman-matt-rosendale-poses-with-neo-nazis-march-6-2023/) - IREHR was cited in Yahoo! News; Authors Chris D’Angelo and Christopher Mathias write, “He also was allegedly a member of Identity Evropa, a since-disbanded white supremacist group that had a large presence at the Charlottesville rally. The group practiced 'entryism,' which the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights describes as the strategy of ‘gaining
- [IREHR in BuzzFlash: "Bill Berkowitz for BuzzFlash: Accelerationists Target Country’s Infrastructure to Advance White Nationalist Revolution” - March 8, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/08/irehr-in-buzzflash-bill-berkowitz-for-buzzflash-accelerationists-target-countrys-infrastructure-to-advance-white-nationalist-revolution-march-8-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in BuzzFlash by Author Bill Berkowitz; “For years now, among the white nationalist vanguardist-wing circulated the idea of ‘accelerationism’ -- far-rightists targeting the country’s infrastructure as part of an imposing plan for white nationalist revolution and an authoritarian reset of society,” said Devin Burghart “Committing acts of friction
- [IREHR in the Daily Kos: “Accelorationists Target Country’s Infrastructure to Advance White Nationalist Revolution” – March 9, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/09/irehr-in-the-daily-kos-accelorationists-target-countrys-infrastructure-to-advance-white-nationalist-revolution-march-9-2023/) - IREHR’s Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in the Daily Kos; “For years now, among the white nationalist vanguardist-wing circulated the idea of ‘accelerationism’ -- far-rightists targeting the country’s infrastructure as part of an imposing plan for white nationalist revolution and an authoritarian reset of society,” wrote Devin Burghart. “Groups like the Atomwaffen Division and The
- [IREHR in Yahoo: “Young Man Shot by Utah Police Was Tied to ‘Sovereign’ Movement” - March 13, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/13/irehr-in-yahoo-young-man-shot-by-utah-police-was-tied-to-sovereign-movement-march-13-2023/) - IREHR’s report, Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far Right ‘People’s Rights’ Network, was cited by Author Kelly Weill in Yahoo; Kelly Weill writes, “That vigil had been promoted by the People’s Rights movement, a far-right network helmed by right-wing activist Ammon Bundy.” Weill continues, “A report from the group Institute for Research and Education on Human
- [IREHR in Jessica Pishko’s Newsletter: “The CSPOA Event That Wasn’t”  - March 14, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/14/irehr-in-jessica-pishkos-newsletter-the-cspoa-event-that-wasnt-march-14-2023/) - Author and Researcher, Jessica Pishko, cited IREHR’s work and research on the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA); Pishko writes, “Martin also emailed the sheriffs association and individual sheriffs, encouraging them to attend the CSPOA event. (The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights – IREHR – did a great deal of research
- [IREHR in the Sequim Gazette: “Letters to the Editor: Knowledge is prevention.” - March 15, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/15/irehr-in-the-sequim-gazette-letters-to-the-editor-knowledge-is-prevention-march-15-2023/) - IREHR’s report, Breaching the Mainstream, was cited in a Letter to the Editor of the Sequim Gazette; Gayle Brauner writes, “Ten legislators from various state governments had been found to belong to the Oath Keepers (“Breaching the Mainstream,” irehr.org) — whose group members committed seditious conspiracy for the Jan. 6 insurrection. Many others follow right-wing
- [IREHR in the Chicago Tribune: “Illinois sheriffs’ opposition to enforcing weapons ban signals rightward movement about constitutional authority” - March 19, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/19/irehr-in-the-chicago-tribune-illinois-sheriffs-opposition-to-enforcing-weapons-ban-signals-rightward-movement-about-constitutional-authority-march-19-2023/) - IREHR was cited in the Chicago Tribune; Authors Rick Pearson and Jeremy Gorner write, “Citing emails it obtained from several county sheriff offices, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, a group that tracks white supremacist organizations, said Kaitschuk passed on information to sheriffs about the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association event
- [IREHR in Reuters: “Far-right activists wary of ‘trap’ after Trump calls for protests” - March 20, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/20/irehr-in-reuters-far-right-activists-wary-of-trap-after-trump-calls-for-protests-march-20-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in Reuters; "Following Trump's call for protest, we've documented three fairly distinct waves of responses on far-right social media," said Devin Burghart "Wave one was a call to attention for Trump loyalty rallies. Almost immediately thereafter there was a second wave of, 'Don't protest, it's a trap just
- [IREHR in the Independent: “Far-right support for Trump protests looks disorganised on social media. Others think it’s a trap” - March 24, 2023](https://irehr.org/2023/03/24/irehr-in-the-independent-far-right-support-for-trump-protests-looks-disorganised-on-social-media-others-think-its-a-trap-march-24-2023/) - IREHR’s Executive Director, Devin Burghart, was quoted in The Independent; Author Alex Woodward writes, “The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights has reviewed three distinct “waves” of online far-right activity in the wake of Mr Trump’s call for protests, starting with the amplification of his demands, followed by claims that they are a
- [Far-right "Constitutional Sheriffs" Group Launches Effort to Infiltrate Illinois Law Enforcement](https://irehr.org/2023/02/17/cspoa-illinois-campaign-gets-boost-from-state-sheriffs-association/) - In the wake of dozens of Illinois sheriffs declaring their refusal to enforce a recently-passed gun law, the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) has stepped up a campaign to infiltrate Illinois law enforcement and galvanize far-right efforts across the state. Passed in January, the Protect Illinois Communities Act bars the manufacture, possession,
- [Far-Rightists Take Control of Kitsap County, Washington GOP](https://irehr.org/2023/03/24/far-rightists-take-control-of-kitsap-county-washington-gop/) - An insurrectionist, an “active member” of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), and a staffer for the State Policy Network walking into a party might sound like the opening of a joke, but the punchline is not remotely funny. Following a growing national trend of far-right activists seizing the local GOP apparatus, these
- [Remembering Our Engagement with the Posse Comitatus](https://irehr.org/2023/03/14/remembering-our-engagement-with-the-posse-comitatus/) - Not too long after our Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights grouping got together, we started hearing about the KTTL radio station out of Dodge City, Kansas, broadcasting daily one-hour racist and anti-Semitic programs. We looked into it and then wrote about it in our February 1983 magazine—40 years ago. They were all
- [IREHR's Letter to Illinois Legislators](https://irehr.org/2023/02/24/irehrs-letter-to-illinois-legislators/) - Dear legislator: I write you today to ask you and your colleagues in the legislature to take bold and decisive action against a new danger. Recent reports indicate that an out-of-state group with ties to insurrectionists and white nationalists is attempting to infiltrate Illinois law enforcement, particularly county sheriffs. Using anger over the Protect Illinois Communities Act as vehicle, the so-called “Constitutional Sheriffs
- [Roots in Far Right Conspiracism: CSPOA On-the-Ground in Illinois](https://irehr.org/2023/02/17/roots-in-far-right-conspiracism-cspoa-on-the-ground-in-illinois/) - This article is the second in a multi-part series looking at the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) and other “Constitutional Sheriff” efforts to capitalize on the reaction by dozens of sheriffs in Illinois against a recently passed gun control law. In this article, IREHR looks at another feature of the Illinois campaign
- [An Open Letter to Illinois Sheriffs Regarding CSPOA Infiltration Efforts](https://irehr.org/2023/02/14/an-open-letter-to-illinois-sheriffs-regarding-cspoa-infiltration-efforts/) - Today, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) sent the following letter to all 102 Illinois Sheriffs' Departments asking them to refrain from participating in the upcoming event by the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA). In the coming days, we will update you on their responses and publish new
- [Looking Back at 1983](https://irehr.org/2023/01/30/looking-back-at-1983/) - Editor’s note: This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR). As part of our celebration of this milestone, each month we’ll look back at different chapters in the unique history of the organization, share personal stories, and dig deep into the archives. One
- [Oath Keepers Second Seditious Conspiracy Trial Finds Four Guilty](https://irehr.org/2023/01/30/oath-keepers-second-seditious-conspiracy-trial-finds-four-guilty/) - Two years after the infamous January 6, 2021 invasion of Capitol Hill by Trump-supporting bigots, the second trial of four Oath Keeper militia members ended in verdicts of guilt for seditious conspiracy. In the first trial, Oath Keepers boss Stewart Rhodes and Florida bigwig Kelly Megs were convicted of seditious conspiracy, and three members escaped
- [Far Right, White Nationalists Respond to Oath Keeper Convictions](https://irehr.org/2022/12/05/far-right-white-nationalists-respond-to-oath-keeper-convictions/) - On November 29, Oath Keepers national leader Stewart Rhodes and Florida leader Kelly Meggs were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Three other Oath Keepers were acquitted of this charge but found guilty of related felonies, including conspiring to and obstructing an official government proceeding, conspiring to prevent a government officer from discharging their duties, and document
- [Arizona Election Deniers Ally with Islamophobes, Far-Right Sheriffs](https://irehr.org/2022/11/04/arizona-election-deniers-ally-with-islamophobes-far-right-sheriffs/) - Arizona is a hotbed of election denial and voter suppression activity—from armed ballot drop box vigilantes to candidates pushing the “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen. Another effort adds a new wrinkle – the claim that the upcoming Arizona election is already illegal and that a means to overturn the election exists independent
- [Secessionist Radio Show, League of the South President Promote Lynching in Wake of Memphis Murders](https://irehr.org/2022/09/12/secessionist-radio-show-league-of-the-south-president-promote-lynching-in-wake-of-memphis-murders/) - In the wake of recent murders in Memphis, Tennessee, the Southern Secessionist Sanctuary (SSS), a radio show affiliated with the white nationalist League of the South, has called for the lynching of black people and their murder by police sans due process. The SSS’s call for the extra-judicial killing of black people comes as Memphis
- [CSPOA to Boost Sheriff’s “Election Fraud” Project at “Freedom Fest”](https://irehr.org/2022/07/09/cspoa-to-boost-sheriffs-election-fraud-project-at-freedom-fest/) - In a “Call to Action” aimed at raising the profile of its campaign to organize county sheriffs to intervene in elections, the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officer Association (CSPOA) has rescheduled its conference from September to mid-July – a date chosen to coincide with the sizeable “Freedom Fest” taking place in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- [Far-Right Militias and the COVID-19 Insurrection](https://irehr.org/2020/05/28/covid19-militia/) - Karl Manke is a seventy-seven year-old small town Michigander with a full head of silver hair, dark glasses, often wearing his barber’s smock. He fancies himself as both a novelist and “America’s barber,” yet he’s become most well-known as the symbol of armed rebellion against COVID-19 restrictions. Manke had vocally defied Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s closure
- [CSPOA-Allied Sheriff Calls for “Electoral Fraud” Task Force](https://irehr.org/2022/06/20/cspoa-allied-sheriff-calls-for-electoral-fraud-task-force/) - Barry County, Michigan Sheriff Dar Leaf Says Militia May Be Necessary if “Redress of Grievance” Not Achieved A Michigan Sheriff under investigation for his efforts to investigate “election fraud” has called for creating a sheriff’s task force to investigate such allegations in the state. Explaining that he would like the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and
- [Shoulder to Shoulder: CSPOA and the Oath Keepers](https://irehr.org/2022/07/15/shoulder-to-shoulder-cspoa-and-the-oath-keepers/) - Last month, Richard Mack emailed the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR). In this email, the former Graham County, Arizona Sheriff and head of the far-right Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), expressed dissatisfaction with our article that included a photograph of him and a group of Oath Keepers standing behind
- [“Constitutional Sheriffs” and the “Election Fraud” Conspiracy Posse](https://irehr.org/2022/06/14/constitutional-sheriffs-and-the-election-fraud-conspiracy-posse/) - Former Oath Keepers director Richard Mack, and his group, the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), have long pressed the idea that sheriffs can block laws they deem “unconstitutional,” including gun laws. Now the group has taken up the electoral fraud conspiracies at the heart of the January 6 insurrection. Relying upon the unfounded
- [Anti-Immigrant Establishment Looks to Rekindle Grassroots Nativism](https://irehr.org/2022/06/17/anti-immigrant-establishment-looks-to-rekindle-grassroots-nativism/) - Faced with increasing competition and a new round of border paramilitary vigilantism (this time fueled by QAnon), the oldest anti-immigrant group in the country is returning to mobilizing grassroots nativism for the first time in over a decade. Recent moves also shed light on the organization’s transformation since the 2019 death of its founder, John
- [Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Whitewashes Militia Promoters](https://irehr.org/2022/06/14/texas-commission-on-law-enforcement-whitewashes-militia-promoters/) - On June 16th, an organization headed by a former Director of the Oath Keepers is scheduled to train law enforcement officers in Meridian, Texas. Longtime militia-backer Richard Mack’s Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is the headline training organization for a joint event with the Bosque County Sheriff’s Office. The event is billed as
- [Michigan Governor’s Kidnap Case A Big Lose](https://irehr.org/2022/04/14/michigan-governors-kidnap-case-a-big-lose/) - May have Ramifications Further On. On April 8, 2022, the federal prosecutors failed to convict four militia members in a much-heralded plot to kidnap Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The plot allegedly began in April 2020, as Gov. Whitmer was mandating facial masks and other measures designed to save lives at the beginning of the
- [“A Deep Desire To Dominate Without Mercy” White nationalists gain friends in power at AFPAC III](https://irehr.org/2022/03/07/a-deep-desire-to-dominate-without-mercy-white-nationalists-gain-friends-in-power-at-afpac-iii/) - When white nationalist Nick Fuentes stepped to the podium at the February 25 America First Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, the third installment of his America First Foundation’s annual conference (AFPAC III), the mid-20s “Groyper” cheerleader beamed with glee. Fuentes claimed more than one thousand in attendance, declaring his effort “the preeminent right-wing political
- [The Tea Party Impact in Wisconsin](https://irehr.org/2012/06/13/the-tea-party-impact-in-wisconsin/) - IREHR crunches all the numbers to analyze the impact the Tea Party had on the June 5, 2012 Wisconsin recall election.
- [Seditious Conspiracy Hits Oath Keepers Leader](https://irehr.org/2022/01/16/seditious-conspiracy-hits-oath-keepers-leader/) - Seditious Conspiracy Hits Oath Keepers Leader Can the Feds Pull it Off? The indictment of Elmer Stewart Rhodes III and ten other members of the far-right paramilitary group, the Oath Keepers, for seditious conspiracy looks strong. The charging document details a step-by-step plan by the group for ensuring that election laws were not followed.
- [November 9 at Kansas City Auschwitz Memorial](https://irehr.org/2021/12/13/november-9-at-kansas-city-auschwitz-memorial/) - A group of forty-eight trade union members, fast-food workers, homeless individuals, faith leaders, and farmer and rural advocates attended the “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away” exhibition at the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. After spending more than two hours at the memorial, they went to St. Mark’s Hope and Peace Lutheran Church
- [Texas Attorney General Scheduled to Speak at Far-Right Sheriffs Event](https://irehr.org/2021/10/15/texas-attorney-general-scheduled-to-speak-at-far-right-sheriffs-event/) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been announced as a speaker at an October 23 event in Mesquite, Texas, hosted by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) of North Texas. CSPOA, led nationally by former Graham County, Arizona sheriff and militia advocate Richard Mack, is best known for promoting the Posse Comitatus idea
- [Kansas and Missouri “Freedom Rallies” for COVID Denialists, Anti-Vaxxers and Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists](https://irehr.org/2021/10/08/kansas-and-missouri-freedom-rallies-for-covid-denialists-anti-vaxxers-and-far-right-conspiracy-theorists/) - On September 18th, 2021, various “Freedom Rallies” were held in cities across the country. A look at several such rallies in Kansas and Missouri, and events that preceded them, confirms a key point about these mobilizations – that while focused most vocally on anti-vaxxer and COVID denial themes, these efforts are rooted in far-right politics.
- [COVID Denial and Anti-Immigrant Rally in Kansas](https://irehr.org/2021/09/08/covid-denial-and-anti-immigrant-rally-in-kansas/) - On August 28, 2021, Kris Kobach gave a speech to 150 people at a “Freedom Rally” organized by the Kansas Patriots in Topeka. A digital flyer for the event, circulating on multiple Kansas-based COVID Denial Facebook groups, cast the rally as promoting “Freedom from lockdowns, mask mandates, and open borders.” The crowd at the rally
- [Tea Party Patriots Organizing COVID Denial Rallies](https://irehr.org/2021/08/27/tea-party-patriots-organizing-covid-denial-rallies/) - As protests against measures to stem the COVID-19 pandemic surge across the country, the Tea Party Patriots are entering the fray. They do so under the banner of the group’s 501(c)4 wing, Tea Party Patriots Action. Tea Party Patriots leader Jenny Beth Martin announced this week that the group would hold as many as sixty
- [“We are at WAR” People’s Rights Activist Charged in January 6th Insurrection](https://irehr.org/2021/08/04/we-are-at-war-peoples-rights-activist-charged-in-january-6th-insurrection/) - Pamela Hemphill, an early activist in the People’s Rights network, was charged yesterday for her role in the January 6th nationalist insurrection in Washington D.C. Hemphill of Boise, Idaho, is an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, an anti-vaxxer, and an early opponent of COVID-19 related public health measures. She was charged in federal court with
- [Rift in Miami Proud Boys as Group Engages in Local Activism, Enrique Tarrio Builds On Alliance with People’s Rights](https://irehr.org/2021/08/03/rift-in-miami-proud-boys-as-group-engages-in-local-activism-enrique-tarrio-builds-on-alliance-with-peoples-rights/) - A rift appears to have developed in the Miami chapter of the Proud Boys, evidenced in Telegram posts circulated by at least two chapters and the far right MurderTheMedia channel. On August 1, the Seattle and American Redoubt (Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho, Western Montana) Proud Boys circulated a MurderTheMedia post claiming that Tarrio had been
- [Oregon Three Percenter Running “Escort” Group for Bootleg Firefighters](https://irehr.org/2021/07/22/oregon-three-percenter-running-escort-group-for-bootleg-firefighters/) - Three Percenter Rebrands non-profit as disaster relief; “Escorts” Aid Workers into Bootleg Fire Zones. As Southern Oregon communities continue to reel from massive wildfires, an Oregon Three Percenter has inserted his organization into disaster relief efforts. Jesse Bonifer, of Athena, Oregon, recently became president of a small disaster relief non-profit, Relief Angels, members of
- [Board](https://irehr.org/2009/09/18/staff-board/) - Staff and board of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights
- [Two Texas Sheriff’s Departments Co-Sponsor Events with Far-Right Posse Proponents](https://irehr.org/2021/07/07/texas-sheriffs-departments-and-cspoa/) - Former sheriff Richard Mack is on a mission to resurrect the Posse Comitatus and recruit local law enforcement to his cause. CSPOA is scheduled to hold two events in Texas for “sheriffs, peace officers and elected officials” this week. The events are co-sponsored by county sheriff’s departments and feature Mack and a former white nationalist secessionist group leader.
- [IREHR's Letter to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement](https://irehr.org/2021/07/06/irehrs-letter-to-the-texas-commission-on-law-enforcement/) - Dear Texas Commission on Law Enforcement: We are reaching out to your office concerning upcoming events in Texas announced by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA). According to that organization, this event is being co-hosted with two Texas county sheriff’s departments. Promotional materials for those events further indicate that Texas Commission on Law
- [“Constitutional Sheriffs” Group Teams Up with Antisemitic Conspiracist](https://irehr.org/2021/07/02/constitutional-sheriffs-group-antisemitism/) - A far-right "Constitutional Sheriffs" group has partnered with a vicious antisemite on the Arise USA bus tour to find recruits and woo county sheriffs.
- [Klickitat County Sheriff Aligns with Far-Right Groups](https://irehr.org/2021/06/28/klickitat-county-sheriff-aligns-with-far-right-groups/) - Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer finds himself in yet another controversy over threatening public officials and aligning with far-right groups. This time, he declared he would “arrest, detain and recommend prosecution of any government official or agent” who attempts to enforce “any person or entity to comply with unconstitutional orders, edicts, mandates, proclamations, directives, regulations, etc.”
- [People’s Rights Network to Host Writer for White Nationalist Tabloid](https://irehr.org/2021/06/17/peoples-rights-american-free-press/) - This article is the fifth in an ongoing series documenting the intervention of the far-right People’s Rights network into the Klamath River Basin drought situation. You can find the earlier pieces in the series here. For more on the People’s Rights network, make sure to check out the IREHR and Montana Human Rights Network special
- [The People’s Rights Campaign to Overturn Tribal Water and Fishing Rights in the Klamath Basin](https://irehr.org/2021/06/10/the-peoples-rights-campaign-to-overturn-tribal-water-and-fishing-rights-in-the-klamath-basin/) - A look at the profoundly anti-Indian ideas and alliances associated with Ammon Bundy's People’s Rights network and their mobilization in the Klamath Basin.
- [People’s Rights Oregon and State Secession Efforts](https://irehr.org/2021/06/09/peoples-rights-oregon-and-state-secession-efforts/) - Ammon Bundy's group, People’s Rights Oregon, is working to create a secessionist state in eastern Oregon.
- [The People’s Rights Oregon Insurrection Blueprint](https://irehr.org/2021/06/03/peoples-rights-oregon-insurrection-blueprint/) - Ammon Bundy's People's Rights network has a blueprint for insurrection in Oregon. A growing conflict over drought in the Klamath River Basin might set it off.
- [Sizing Up the People's Rights Network in Oregon](https://irehr.org/2021/06/07/peoples-rights-oregon-membership/) - IREHR’s latest count found 5,377 People’s Rights Oregon members in June 2021, increasing 162% over the past seven months.
- [Racists Respond to Guilty Verdict in Derek Chauvin Murder Trial](https://irehr.org/2021/04/20/racists-respond-to-guilty-verdict-in-derek-chauvin-murder-trial/) - Earlier today a Minnesota jury found Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of unintentional second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd. While the verdict confirms what all with an ounce of compassion saw with their own eyes when Chauvin was recorded murdering Mr. Floyd, the response
- [“White Lives Matter” Mobilization Grows on Telegram, Shapes Up as National Socialist Event](https://irehr.org/2021/03/29/white-lives-matter-mobilization-grows-on-telegram-shapes-up-as-national-socialist-event/) - Since IREHR reported last Friday on the “White Lives Matter” marches being promoted on Telegram, two things have come into relief. First, the event continues to build online momentum. As of this writing, the main page promoting the event, White Lives Matter – 04/11, has grown to 1253 subscribers. Meanwhile Telegram “channels” have popped up
- [“White Lives Matter” Marches Announced, Attracting White Nationalists and Antisemites](https://irehr.org/2021/03/26/white-lives-matter-marches-announced-attracting-white-nationalists-and-antisemites/) - The social media site Telegram has become widely known for offering a smorgasbord of the worst our society has to offer – providing a haven for a wide variety of racists and antisemites booted from Twitter and Facebook as these social media giants have moved slowly, and generally ineptly, to remove crass bigots and misinformation
- [Inside the 2015 South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention](https://irehr.org/2015/01/20/inside_2015_south_carolina_tea_party_convention/) - The South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention at the Springmaid Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach on January 17-19 warred on the constitution and resurrected the patently false notions that President Obama is not a natural-born American. This event also displayed an abundant supply of Christian nationalism, racism, anti-immigrant bigotry, and Islamophobia. It also drew more
- [As Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Surge, Six Asian Women Gunned Down in Atlanta](https://irehr.org/2021/03/18/as-hate-crimes-against-asian-americans-surge-six-asian-women-gunned-down-in-atlanta/) - Georgia officials announced on March 18 that they will be charging Robert Aaron Long, 21, with eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. Long allegedly shot and killed at least eight people on March 16 after opening fire in three Atlanta area spas. The businesses were Asian-owned and six of the victims
- [White Nationalist Conference Attracts Former Trump Data Director](https://irehr.org/2021/03/11/white-nationalist-conference-attracts-former-trump-data-director/) - While U.S. Representative Paul Gosar’s (R-AZ) appearance at Nick Fuentes’ white nationalist AFPAC II conference drew national press attention, another attendee from the Trump-orbit also caught the attention of IREHR researchers. Matt Braynard, the Executive Director of Look Ahead America (LAA) and a onetime director of data and strategy for the 2016 Trump campaign, was
- [IREHR in Kansas City](https://irehr.org/2021/03/11/irehr-in-kansas-city/) - The day after the white riot in Washington D.C., Leonard Zeskind wrote an op-ed on the event using data collected by Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) and submitted it to the Kansas City Star newspaper. They printed it the following week, on January 14, 2021 as “Capitol insurgents didn’t appear overnight.
- [Advance of the Groypers: Inside AFPAC II](https://irehr.org/2021/03/10/advance-of-the-groypers-inside-afpac-ii/) - Advance of the Groypers: Inside AFPAC II While CPAC droned away, solidifying Donald Trump’s legacy, voter suppression, and the continued emergence of middle American nationalism as a transforming feature of modern conservatism, another event in Orlando displayed how white nationalists are attempting to capitalize on the moment. Held at the Orlando Hilton, just minutes
- [CPAC and the Rise of Middle American Nationalism](https://irehr.org/2021/03/05/cpac-and-the-rise-of-middle-american-nationalism/) - Last weekend, the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, was held in Orlando, Florida, showcasing the dominant themes and actors in the modern conservative movement. As the events of the weekend unfolded, several things became clear. First, “Stop the Steal” has not stopped. CPAC featured five different panels on “Protecting Elections,” which revolved around the
- [AFPAC II Speaker: “I am in complete support of the Siege on the Capitol”](https://irehr.org/2021/02/25/afpac-ii-speaker-i-am-in-complete-support-of-the-siege-on-the-capitol/) - An announced speaker at the white nationalist-led America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) II slated for tomorrow in Florida declared on Telegram recently, “In case I haven’t been clear, I am in complete support of the Siege on the Capitol.”[1] Jon Miller, host of the White House Brief on The BlazeTV, is slated to speak
- [KrisAnne Hall on the Road, Bridging the Gap Between Far-Right and White Nationalism](https://irehr.org/2021/02/16/krisanne-hall-on-the-road-bridging-the-gap-between-far-right-and-white-nationalism/) - In the wake of the January 6 insurrection and certification of Joe Biden’s election to the presidency, IREHR is tracking several trends in far-right and nationalist organizing. One is the tendency of the barriers between distinct segments of the far right to lower as these movements morph from jockeying for access from a potentially sympathetic
- [A Brief Look at Reproductive Justice in Indian Country](https://irehr.org/2021/01/22/a-brief-look-at-reproductive-justice-in-indian-country/) - The Roe v. Wade decision issued on January 22, 1973 affirmed women’s right to abortion without excessive government interference. However, not all women are able to exercise this right - even in 2021. Native women in particular have not had equal access to this fundamental right. Access to health care, including abortion services and birth
- [People’s Rights Leader in D.C. Jan. 6, Claims a Return for Inauguration](https://irehr.org/2021/01/14/peoples-rights-leader-in-d-c-jan-6-claims-a-return-for-inauguration/) - While Ammon Bundy’s far-right group, People’s Rights, had spent weeks using the January 6 pro-Trump rally in Washington D.C. as a recruiting tool, Ruby Lefeau, the groups' Washington State Area 3 Assistant, had something else mind - making the trek from Lakewood, Washington across the country to attend the event that turned into an insurrection assault
- [Beyond DC – Mapping Stop the Steal Insurrection Rallies in the States](https://irehr.org/2021/01/08/beyond-dc-mapping-stop-the-steal-insurrection-rallies-in-the-states/) - While attention was focused on the far-right insurrection Wednesday in Washington D.C., nationalist protests aimed at overturning election results also took place in states across the country. To date, the IREHR research team has been able to document forty-five insurrectionist rallies in thirty-two states on the day of the D.C insurrection
- [The Tea Party and the Trump Inauguration](https://irehr.org/2017/01/23/tea-party-trump-inauguration/) - While Tea Party groups are generally praising Donald Trump following his inauguration as President, not all are in accord. Moreover, the praise of Trump is diametrically opposed to the view top Tea Party leaders voiced during the GOP primary. A debate is underway inside Tea Party Nation (TPN) about the Trump Presidency. While TPN leader
- [“My mission...is to destroy the GOP,” says white nationalist Nick Fuentes](https://irehr.org/2020/11/25/my-mission-is-to-destroy-the-gop-says-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes/) - Yesterday, IREHR reported on white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ prominent place in recent “Stop the Steal” events in Atlanta, Georgia; the “groyper” cheerleader’s plans to continue pushing his agenda in the GOP; and how Fuentes’ speech at the November 14 “Million MAGA March” offers insight into how he and his fellow travelers are likely to frame
- [Other White Nationalist Responses to Election 2020](https://irehr.org/2020/11/24/other-white-nationalist-responses-to-election-2020/) - Beyond the continuation of the GOP-targeting political strategy articulated by Nick Fuentes and the “groypers,” in the wake of the loss by Donald Trump, a variety of white nationalist responses emerged regarding the election and the so-called “Stop the Steal” effort to dispute the results. The main third party electoral vehicle for white nationalists, the
- [Deciphering Nick Fuentes’ “Stop the Steal” Speeches](https://irehr.org/2020/11/24/deciphering-nick-fuentes-stop-the-steal-speeches/) - White nationalist and “groyper” leader Nick Fuentes’ prominent role in the Atlanta “Stop the Steal” rallies, and the content of his political framing at the “Million MAGA March” in Washington D.C., highlights the threat of radicalization amidst a conspiracy-theory-driven mobilization against a Biden government that will be seen by many in this broader movement as
- [White Nationalists prominent at “Stop the Steal” mobilization in Georgia](https://irehr.org/2020/11/24/white-nationalists-prominent-at-stop-the-steal-mobilization-in-georgia/) - On Thursday, November 19, “groyper” leader Nick Fuentes rolled past the Capitol Building in Atlanta, Georgia in the armored vehicle bearing the name Infowars, the media outlet of far-right antisemitic conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. As he passed by a crowd chanting “We Want Trump!,” Fuentes exhorted those gathered to turn out “every single day.”[1] Fuentes,
- [“Stop the Steal” Mobilizations and Emerging Far-Right Coalitions](https://irehr.org/2020/11/13/stop-the-steal-mobilizations-and-emerging-far-right-coalitions/) - With the last gasps of a Trump defeat, nationalists are morphing toward opposition--and possibly revolution. With a projected electoral victory for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris along with continued Trump administration maneuvers to undermine the transfer of power, a dramatic shift is visible amongst far-right and nationalist groups in the U.S. As often happens when
- [Guns and Gavels](https://irehr.org/2013/10/07/guns-and-gavels/) - Guns & Gavels: Common Law Courts, Militias, and White Supremacy.
- [The Far-Right in the 2020 General Election](https://irehr.org/2020/11/04/the-far-right-in-the-2020-general-election/) - Much attention has been focused on the presidential race this year, but down-ballot there were over one hundred far-right candidates in the November 2020 election. Overall, it was not a good night for far-right candidates The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights tracked 107 far-right affiliated candidates in the 2020 general
- [Ammon Bundy’s Antisemitism Problem](https://irehr.org/2020/10/26/ammon-bundys-antisemitism-problem/) - In the wake of the release of the IREHR and Montana Human Rights Network report, Ammon’s Army, People’s Rights leader Ammon Bundy was asked some tough questions about his new organization. Talking Points Memo, for instance, queried the far-right figure about People’s Rights leader Tony Pellegrino’s endorsement of openly antisemitic conspiracy theories.[1] How did Ammon
- [IREHR Speaks at SCLC March & Rally in Kansas City](https://irehr.org/2020/09/04/irehr-speaks-at-sclc-march-rally-in-kansas-city/) - IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind spoke briefly at a “March on Kansas City for Justice & Peace” on Friday, September 4, 2020. About 800 people march and rallied at the World War One Memorial. About 15 groups co-sponsored the event, which was led by the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Council. A local militia couple
- [Far Right Controversy in Canadian Military - Again...](https://irehr.org/2020/09/18/far-right-controversy-in-canadian-military-again/) - The Canadian military is once again embroiled in controversy following the much publicized arrest of Corey Hurren, who faces 22 charges after crashing his truck, with an arsenal of weapons, through Rideau Hall (Government House) in Ottawa. Further investigations have revealed additional far right members of the 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, operating out of
- [Personal Remembrance of the Rev. C.T. Vivian](https://irehr.org/2020/08/15/personal-remembrance-of-the-rev-c-t-vivian/) - The New York Times did the best obit-bio after the Rev. C.T. Vivian died, and they mentioned—briefly—his work with the Center for Democratic Renewal. The Atlanta Journal Constitution also did a fine obit-bio on Rev. Vivian, emphasizing his civil rights leadership in the 1960s and his most recent activities in Atlanta. Marilyn Katz did a
- [People’s Rights Protest Demonstrates Far Right Roots, Again](https://irehr.org/2020/08/17/peoples-rights-protest-demonstrates-far-right-roots-again/) - Ammon Bundy’s Emmet, Idaho-based People’s Rights touts itself as protecting people from a tyrannical government. “Who would you call right now,” the group asks, “if you needed help protecting your rights?” – rights threatened by a government that won’t allow you to “educate your children” or “operate your business,” or that “mandates” vaccines, allows “criminals
- [Ammon Bundy and People's Rights Mobilize Following Arrest of Idaho-Based Ally](https://irehr.org/2020/07/31/ammon-bundy-and-peoples-rights-mobilize-following-arrest-of-idaho-based-ally/) - Far right figure Ammon Bundy’s group, People’s Rights, is holding a protest on Saturday in Nezperce, Idaho. Best known for leading the 2016 armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and, more recently, helping kick off protests against public policies aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus, the target for Bundy and friends
- [Appendix D: Tea Party Chapters in North Carolina](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/appendix-d-tea-party-chapters-in-north-carolina/) - Group Location 9.12 Project Polk Co NC Columbus 9-12 Project - Haywood County (Haywood County Tea Party) Waynesville Alamance Conservatives Burlington Alamance County Tea Party Alamance Alleghany County Tea Party Sparta Anti-Islam Anti-Illegal North Carolina Onslow Asheville Tea Pac Asheville Asheville Tea Party Asheville Beaufort Patriot Tea Party Beaufort Bladen Guards Tea Party Bladen
- [Appendix C: Tea Party Member Data Collection and Analysis Methodology](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/appendix-c-tea-party-member-data-collection-and-analysis-methodology/) - The data in this report was derived from a collection of online directories on the major national Tea Party faction websites: Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots, 1776 Tea Party (also known as TeaParty.org), FreedomWorks Tea Party, and Patriot Action Network (formerly known as ResistNet). The data for the sixth national Tea Party formation mentioned
- [Appendix B: Tea Party Support and Opposition Ratings - NC Senate](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/appendix-b-tea-party-support-and-opposition-ratings-nc-senate/) - Appendix B: Tea Party Support and Opposition Ratings - NC Senate District Representative Party Assumed office Rating 1 Bill Cook Republican 2013 Strong Tea Party 2 Norman Sanderson, Jr. Republican 2013 Mild Tea Party 3 Clark Jenkins Democratic 2003 None 4 Angela R. Bryant Democratic 2013 Opposition to Tea Party 5 Donald Davis Democratic
- [Appendix A: Tea Party Support and Opposition Ratings - NC House](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/appendix-a-tea-party-support-and-opposition-ratings-nc-house/) - Appendix A: Tea Party Support and Opposition Ratings - NC House District Representative Party Assumed office Rating 1 Bob Steinburg Republican 2013 Strong Tea Party 2 Winkie Wilkins Democratic 2005 Opposition to Tea Party 3 Michael Speciale Republican 2013 Tea Party 4 James Dixon Republican 2011 Tea Party 5 Annie Mobley Democratic 2007 None
- [A New Birth of Freedom is in the Offing](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/a-new-birth-of-freedom-is-in-the-offing/) - On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln dedicated the Soldiers’ National Cemetery at Gettysburg on a portion of the grounds where so many had fought bravely and died in a war-changing battle just four months before. The nation’s first Republican president gave a speech that day that has lived on into the 21st century as a
- [North Carolina General Assembly Tea Party Support & Opposition](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/2015-01-03-09-12-55-594/) - Fusing together an engaged membership, an extensive network of local chapters, and support from national organizations, the Tea Party movement in North Carolina has become bigger than the sum of its parts. Other studies, such as the Democracy North Carolina Annual Report Card on the legislature have done a superb job chronicling the breadth of
- [Beyond Policy: North Carolina Tea Party’s Racially Divisive Posture](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/beyond-policy-north-carolina-tea-party-s-racially-divisive-posture/) - Much has been written about the Tea Parties’ legislative impact in North Carolina, with discussion of regressive changes in everything from education, environmental and tax policy, to the rolling back of civil rights legislation. Often left out of that discussion is how Tea Party groups – both nationally and locally – seeded the ground for
- [North Carolina Tea Party Chapters](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/north-carolina-tea-party-chapters/) - While a large number belong to national Tea Party organizations, many Tea Party members also belong to one or more local Tea Party chapters. These groups help create an intricate web of Tea Party organizations across the state. More than 80 local Tea Party chapters were active in North Carolina at the peak of Tea
- [Tea Party Membership in North Carolina](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/tea-party-membership-in-north-carolina/) - Wealthy donors like the Koch Brothers and North Carolina’s Art Pope have been extensively examined. National groups with an impact on North Carolina, such as Americans for Prosperity, have been similarly investigated and exposed. Nevertheless, significant indicators suggest that the current political conjuncture is a result of more than just money or outside groups. Both
- [Inside the Tea Party in North Carolina](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/inside-the-tea-party-in-north-carolina/) - On Saturday, August 2, 2014, about 200 almost all-white Moore County Tea Citizens and supporters gathered in Pinehurst North Carolina’s Cannon Park for a Fifth Anniversary Picnic and Rally. A three-piece country band played popular favorites. Three gray-haired women, full of vim if not vigor, were celebrated as the local Tea Party organization’s “founders.” The
- [Introduction](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/introduction-2/) - This report on the Tea Party in North Carolina details the movement’s constituent organizations, the issues they mobilize around, and their impact on public policy. It also describes the broad-based non-electoral opposition it has engendered. As the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) reported in January 2014, most of the recent growth
- [Foreword](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/foreword-2/) - Foreword Exposing the Hard Right's Bag of Tricks Against Poor and Working White People by Alan McSurely, Civil Rights Lawyer Communications Committee Chair, North Carolina NAACP In 1967, some of us went across the mountains into Eastern Kentucky to start the task of rebuilding the Black-White fusion political movement that had led to progressive
- [Preface](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/preface/) - Preface By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II President, NC NAACP Conference of Branches This report by Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart both grieves us and grabs us. It grieves us because almost 14 years into the 21st century it exposes the Tea Party agenda and how the North Carolina Legislature, under the leadership
- [Contents](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/contents/) - The Tea Party in North Carolina: Threat to a New Birth of Freedom Preface by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Foreword: Exposing the Hard Right's Bag of Tricks Against Poor and Working White People by Alan McSurely Introduction Inside the Tea Party in North Carolina Tea Party Membership in North Carolina North Carolina
- [Appendix E: White Supremacist Violence from Ft. Bragg](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/2015-01-03-09-12-57-601/) - The problem of white supremacist violence emanating from military bases is not directly related to the racism and bigotry of the Tea Party movement. They are different kinds of phenomena. Thus violence committed by military base personnel is largely unmitigated by civic discourse about the Tea Party movement. Nevertheless, it has been a significant problem
- [Notes](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/notes/) - [1]. Eric D. Knowles, Brian S. Lowery, Elizabeth P. Shulman and Rebecca L Schaumberg, “Race, Ideology and the Tea Party: A Longitudinal Study,” p. 6, PLOS Open Access, June 2013, Vol 8, Issue 6, www.plosone.org [2]. Ibid, p. 4. [3]. Ibid, p. 8. [4]. Christopher Parker and Matt Barreto, Change They Can’t Believe In: The
- [North Carolina General Assembly Tea Party Support & Opposition](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/north-carolina-general-assembly-tea-party-support-opposition/) - using together an engaged membership, an extensive network of local chapters, and support from national organizations, the Tea Party movement in North Carolina has become bigger than the sum of its parts. Other studies, such as the Democracy North Carolina Annual Report Card on the legislature have done a superb job chronicling the breadth of
- [“Canada Day” - far-right nationalists mobilize against COVID-19 restrictions and more](https://irehr.org/2020/07/24/canada-day-far-right-nationalists-mobilize-against-covid-19-restrictions-and-more/) - On July 1, thousands of Indigenous people and allies gathered from coast to coast under the auspices of the Idle No More movement’s Cancel Canada Day, a call to “honour all of the lives lost to the Canadian State – Indigenous lives, Black Lives, Migrant lives, Women and Trans and 2 Spirit lives – all
- [Book Review: Race Against Time](https://irehr.org/2020/07/08/book-review-race-against-time/) - Book Review Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era By Jerry Mitchell Simon & Schuster March 2020; $28.00 Reviewed by Leonard Zeskind On June 21, 1964, civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi by members of the
- [Anti-Fascism in the Time of Coronavirus](https://irehr.org/2020/03/27/anti-fascism-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/) - In mid-14th century Europe a plague enveloped the continent. Named the Bubonic Plague or the Black Death, it was a bacterial infection, often carried by the fleas on rats. At least 30% of the European population died in this nasty plague. Other counts put the number of dead at 38 million. At the time, the status
- [Kansas State University Football Players Stand Up Against “Groyper” Activism](https://irehr.org/2020/07/02/kansas-state-university-football-players-stand-up-against-groyper-activism/) - The Kansas State University football team is taking a strong stand against racism in the wake of an incendiary racist tweet by student “groyper” activist, Jaden McNeil. A June 27 statement circulated by a member of the team stated that “we as a football team, after consultations with students...are demanding that Kansas State University put
- [The Tea Party Movement in 2015](https://irehr.org/2015/09/15/the-tea-party-movement-in-2015/) - The status of the Tea Party movement in 2015, including Tea Party membership maps.
- [Mapping Paramilitary and Far-Right Threats to Racial Justice](https://irehr.org/2020/06/19/mapping-paramilitary-and-far-right-threats-to-racial-justice/) - About this Resource Working with Political Research Associates, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights has been tracking reports of paramilitary and other far-right actors that are showing up at or adjacent to protests demanding an end to racist policing, justice for its victims, and a reallocation of resources to better support public safety
- [Threats to a Welcoming Kitsap](https://irehr.org/2019/12/05/threats-to-a-welcoming-kitsap/) - ADDENDUM: Just a few week after this report was issued, the Kitsap Patriots Tea Party re-branded itself as the Puget Sound Patriots with an aim of expanding its activities across Western Puget Sound. By all evidence, the group’s political ideology and goals remain the same as described in this report. Read more about this re-branding,\
- [Three Percenters, Patriot Prayer Protest Clark County Sheriff, City Prosecutor](https://irehr.org/2020/06/23/three-percenters-patriot-prayer-protest-clark-county-sheriff-city-prosecutor/) - Following a weekend rally on the Clark County Courthouse steps, about thirty-five far-right protesters mobilized in Clark County, Washington on June 22, demanding that the sheriff pledge to “protect” a fellow activist from legal consequences for opening her business in defiance of state COVID-19-related restrictions. Leading the event was Three Percent of Washington online member
- [Far-Right, Militia to Press Clark County Sheriff to Join Reopen Cause](https://irehr.org/2020/06/22/far-right-militia-to-press-clark-county-sheriff-to-join-reopen-cause/) - Far-right activists in southwestern Washington are mimicking the efforts of Michigan militia groups who helped turn a small-town barber into a martyr of the insurrection against COVID-19 safety precautions. This time, they want to use the case of a pet groomer to merge far-right hostility to COVID-19 restrictions with militia efforts to draw closer to
- [Three Percenters Pose with Olympia Police Officer, Sparks Need for Thorough Investigation](https://irehr.org/2020/06/18/three-percenters-pose-with-olympia-police-officer-sparks-need-for-thorough-investigation/) - Following IREHR’s reporting on troubling relationships between far-right paramilitaries and law enforcement, this article opens a series looking at militia organizing in Olympia, Washington that surfaced after a police officer was photographed with a group of heavily-armed Three Percenters. In the midst of nationwide protests over police killings of African-Americans, a smiling police officer was
- [New Effort to Inject White Nationalist Immigration Stance into College Republicans](https://irehr.org/2020/04/22/new-effort-to-inject-white-nationalist-immigration-stance-into-college-republicans/) - In late March, the first signs of a groyper-linked national campus expansion emerged when the University of Maine College Republicans – now officially the University of Maine Constitutional Republicans – released a resolution calling for a national immigration moratorium.[1] The resolution was joined by five additional campus Republican groups as well as the America First
- [Dangerous Liaisons: Some in law enforcement look to militia groups](https://irehr.org/2020/06/04/dangerous-liaisons-some-in-law-enforcement-look-to-militia-groups/) - The protests demanding justice for George Floyd, and an end to police racism, have mobilized people across the country. As these protests have unfolded, nationalist militias, boogaloo boys, and other far-right and racist activists have inserted themselves into the protests in various ways in dozens of instances across the country. The volatility of this far-right
- [Reopen Colorado and the “Groyper Mommy"](https://irehr.org/2020/05/26/reopen-colorado-and-the-groyper-mommy/) - As IREHR continues to track the nature of the ongoing “reopen” mobilization, it becomes ever more clear that the phenomenon has a firm foot in far-right and nationalist politics. This is true of Reopen Colorado, boasting 24,772 members in its private Facebook group. The group has promoted multiple “reopen” events with more on the horizon,
- [Proud Boys and the COVID-19 Insurrection](https://irehr.org/2020/05/11/proud-boys-and-the-covid-19-insurrection/) - Since early April, protests aimed at rapidly reopening the economy have exploded across the country. Images of armed protesters screaming at masked police officers at a Michigan “American Patriot Rally” shocked many. The arrest of Bradley Bunn on explosives charges, and evidence that he discussed using pipe bombs at a May 1 “reopen” rally in
- [New Far-Right Groups Protesting COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Directives (Updated 05/06)](https://irehr.org/2020/04/23/far-right-groups-protesting-covid-19-stay-at-home-directives/) - Latest Count 513 GROUPS 1,972,727 MEMBERS New far-right groups (“Liberate”, “ReOpen”, “Against Excessive Quarantine”, “Operation Gridlock”, “Lockdown”, etc.) formed on Facebook to protest COVID-19 Stay-at-Home directives. Some groups may share the same name, but they are different Facebook groups with different memberships. This list is updated regularly. GROUP City State 20-Apr 21-Apr 22-Apr 23-Apr 24-Apr
- [Tea Party Nationalism Report (pdf)](https://irehr.org/2010/10/12/tea-party-nationalism-report-pdf/) - Tea Party Nationalism: A Critical Examination of the Tea Party Movement and the Size, Scope, and Focus of Its National Factions
- [Twenty-Five Years Later: The Legacy of the Oklahoma City Bombing](https://irehr.org/2020/04/19/twenty-five-years-later-the-legacy-of-the-oklahoma-city-bombing/) - Twenty-five years ago today Timothy McVeigh parked a Ryder rental truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The contents of the truck included seven thousand pounds of fertilizer mixed with fuel oil. When detonated by an arc of Tovex, a gelatinous explosive, the massive explosion collapsed the building, wounding
- [Groyper Leader Nick Fuentes Calls for Trump "Rule by Decree"](https://irehr.org/2020/04/19/groyper-leader-nick-fuentes-calls-for-trump-rule-by-decree/) - This week white nationalist and “groyper” leader Nick Fuentes let out his inner fascist. In a series of tweets on April 13 and 14, Fuentes declared his allegiance to Donald Trump over the U.S. Constitution, called for Trump to be given the power to “rule by decree,” and advocated the arrest of members of the
- [Idaho Far-Rightists defy COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Order](https://irehr.org/2020/04/13/idaho-far-rightists-defy-covid-19-stay-at-home-order/)
- [Coronavirus and the Militia-Sphere](https://irehr.org/2020/03/26/coronavirus-militia-sphere/) - “This is what we train for boys and girls! Be ready!” declared a member of the online hub of The 3 Percenters. [1] Over at the Ohio Patriot Network, another activist warned, “Okay folks… Lock and Load!!!”[2] At 3%ers, a member warned, “Upon the declaration of martial law, its fists full of bullets, a chest
- [Coronavirus Pandemic, White Nationalist Plague](https://irehr.org/2020/03/27/coronavirus-pandemic-white-nationalist-plague/) - In this article, IREHR takes a look at how white nationalists are framing the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in an effort to advance their cause. Our new hub for the latest on how white nationalists and other anti-democratic and far-right nationalists are responding, and what you can do to fight back, is available here
- [Far-Right Calls for Violence Against Wet’suwet’en Defenders and Anti-Fascists](https://irehr.org/2020/03/12/far-right-calls-for-violence-against-wetsuweten-defenders-and-anti-fascists/) - The outburst of protest across Canada and beyond that followed the RCMP invasion of Wet’suwet’en territory has inspired all who support Indigenous rights to political and territorial sovereignty. Unfortunately, the Wet’suwet’en defense of their homelands and allied protests have been met by threats of violence and retribution from the far right. An uptick in online
- [An Affinity for Bigotry: Jaden McNeil of America First Students](https://irehr.org/2020/02/27/an-affinity-for-bigotry-jaden-mcneil-of-america-first-students/) - In the wake of the IREHR special report, From Alt-Right to Groyper: White Nationalists Rebrand for 2020 and Beyond, and subsequent media attention, Jaden McNeil, a “groyper” activist and leader of the Kansas State University (KSU)-based America First Students (AFS), cried foul in a statement published to Twitter. The 64-page IREHR special report was primarily focused
- [Makah Whaling and the Anti-Treaty Mobilization](https://irehr.org/2020/02/18/makah-whaling-and-the-anti-treaty-mobilization/) - In mid-November 2019, administrative hearings in Seattle, Washington wrapped up in the latest stage of the Makah Tribe’s nearly 25 year struggle to exercise their treaty-reserved right to hunt whales. The hearings were held to address a waiver under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National
- [IREHR Statement of Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation](https://irehr.org/2020/02/14/irehr-statement-of-solidarity-with-the-wetsuweten-nation/) - The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation and the inherent right of the Unist’ot’ten to defend their unceded homelands, and their people, from threats posed by the Coastal Gaslink pipeline project. IREHR condemns the arrest and removal from their lands of members of the Wet’suwet’en
- [White Nationalist Nick Fuentes Booted from YouTube](https://irehr.org/2020/02/14/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-booted-from-youtube/) - Nick Fuentes has been banned from YouTube, the white nationalist and “groyper” leader tweeting today that his account had “been wrongly terminated” as a “result of a concerted effort by leftists, conservative inc (sic) gatekeepers, and silicon valley (sic) censors to silence my show and the movement it has inspired.”[1] A YouTube message to Fuentes
- [“Groypers” Planning College Campus Tour](https://irehr.org/2020/02/12/groypers-planning-college-campus-tour/) - Yesterday, IREHR released the report From Alt-Right to Groyper, detailing efforts by white nationalists to rebrand their cause and support college campus activism around the country. As that report was in its final stages, one of the key “groyper” influencers, white nationalist Nick Fuentes, signaled a new stage in the campaign. On February 5, Fuentes
- [Freedom Foundation Expands to Pennsylvania, State Outreach Director a Fan of Family Research Council](https://irehr.org/2020/02/05/freedom-foundation-expands-to-pennsylvania-state-outreach-director-a-fan-of-family-research-council/) - In October 2019, IREHR reported that the Olympia, Washington-based Freedom Foundation had expanded its efforts to undermine union democracy to Ohio, adding to its existing Washington, Oregon and California chapters. In late January the group announced the formation of a new Pennsylvania chapter. Publicizing the Pennsylvania expansion, Freedom Foundation National Director Aaron Withe claimed in
- [Kitsap Patriots Tea Party Rebrands, Continues Same Old Politics](https://irehr.org/2020/01/23/kitsap-patriots-tea-party-rebrands-continues-same-old-politics/) - The Kitsap Patriots Tea Party (KPTP) is rebranding itself and looking to expand its geographic scope in 2020. On December 30, 2019 the group posted on Facebook that “in order to further our mission as a regional organization, Kitsap Patriots Tea Party is transitioning its name to Puget Sound Patriots.” The group described that its
- [KC Forum on Today's White Nationalist Movement Meeting Summary](https://irehr.org/2019/12/17/kc-forum-on-todays-white-nationalist-movement-meeting-summary/) - Over 200 members of Kansas City area faith and community justice groups gathered on November 7, 2019 to learn about the white nationalist movement and why it matters in the fight to advance democratic rights for all Americans. Workshop participants engaged to brainstorm what a better response to the white nationalist movement could look like.
- [Far Right “Constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall Back at the White House](https://irehr.org/2019/12/13/far-right-constitutionalist-krisanne-hall-back-at-the-white-house/) - Krisanne Hall was back at the White House this week. This time, the far right activist reported attending a briefing with 120 to 150 people, including some who “self-identified as constitutionalists.” In October Hall attended meetings with leaders of the Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives (CFOI) in the Department of Education where she conferred
- [IREHR at Kitsap Human Rights Conference](https://irehr.org/2019/12/10/irehr-at-kitsap-human-rights-conference/) - IREHR’s Chuck Tanner took part in a panel with members of Kitsap Showing Up for Racial Justice (Kitsap SURJ) on December 6 at the 29th Annual Conference for Human Rights hosted by the Kitsap County Council for Human Rights in Bremerton, Washington. The theme of the conference was “Policing Human Rights, our bodies, our spaces,
- [Maryland Sheriff Speaks at Social Contract Press Event](https://irehr.org/2019/12/10/maryland-sheriff-speaks-at-social-contract-press-event/) - In the period of the Donald Trump presidency, it is disturbingly clear that anti-immigrant politics are a conduit for white nationalism to gain a foot in the highest halls of government. Recent revelations about top Trump aide Stephen Miller’s distribution of white nationalist literature should lay that discussion to rest. In a recent local example
- [ProEnglish Promoting Rep. Steve King’s English Only Bill](https://irehr.org/2019/12/04/pro-english-promoting-rep-steve-kings-english-only-bill/) - Demonstrating once again the link between racism and English Only politics, the group ProEnglish is promoting U.S. Representative Steve King’s (R-IA) H.R. 97 – a bill that would declare English the official language of the United States and establish language requirements for citizenship. ProEnglish is using Representative Adrian Smith’s (R-NE) October co-sponsorship of the bill
- [Canadian Anti-Fascists Targeted by “John Southern”](https://irehr.org/2019/11/22/canadian-anti-fascists-targeted-by-john-southern/) - Known as “doxing,” the practice of circulating photos and personal information of human rights and environmental activists has been used by a wide range of white nationalist groups. Sometimes doxing by such groups and associated individuals is accompanied by threats and harassment. Vancouver, Canada is no exception. Large-scale climate change protests and anti-pipeline actions have
- [Far Right Speaker at Washington State Farm Bureau Annual Conference](https://irehr.org/2019/11/18/far-right-speaker-at-washington-state-farm-bureau-annual-conference/) - Far right “constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall is scheduled to speak at the Washington Farm Bureau’s Annual Meeting & Trade Show in Wenatchee, Washington. Sponsored by businesses such as BSNF Railway, Bayer Crop Science and Country Financial, the event will be held November 19th and 20th at the Wenatchee Convention Center. Hall is slated to speak at
- [White (Nationalists) Whine Over Financial Woes](https://irehr.org/2019/11/06/white-nationalists-whine-over-financial-woes/) - Two prominent Northwest white nationalists are complaining about recent financial woes. Shortly before being arrested in Norway en route to a meeting of the Scandza Forum, Seattle-based white nationalist Greg Johnson wrote on November 1 that his Counter-Current’s Publishing had been “deplatformed from two more credit card processors.” Describing it as a “major blow,” Johnson
- [Kansas City event a huge success](https://irehr.org/2019/11/15/kansas-city-event-a-huge-success/) - On November 7, 2019, more than 200 people attended a 2-hour event in Kansas City entitled “Today’s White Nationalist Movement: Why defeating it matters to our fight for justice?.” It was sponsored by Poor People’s Campaign, Stand Up KC, Westport Presbyterian Church, Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Indivisible KC, Congregation Kol Ami, United We Stand, Jewish
- [IREHR at Salt Lake City NAACP](https://irehr.org/2019/11/15/irehr-at-salt-lake-city-naacp/) - Leonard Zeskind gave the keynote address at the Salt Lake City’s NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet on October 25, 2019. Over 350 people attended. Zeskind talked about current white nationalist initiatives and the necessity of developing community-based responses.
- [IREHR's Leonard Zeskind in Kansas City](https://irehr.org/2019/11/06/irehrs-leonard-zeskind-in-kansas-city/)
- [Thwarted Anti-Semitic Bomb Plot Inspired by COTC’s Call for “Racial Holy War”](https://irehr.org/2019/11/06/thwarted-anti-semitic-bomb-plot-inspired-by-cotcs-call-for-racial-holy-war/) - FBI agents arrested Richard Holzer, 27, on November 1 in connection to an alleged plot to blow up the Temple Emanuel in Pueblo, Colorado. A complaint filed that day charged Holzer with intentionally attempting to “obstruct persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs, through force” and the “attempted use of explosives
- [Greg Johnson Arrested in Norway, Falsely Claims to Have “Always” Condemned Violence](https://irehr.org/2019/11/04/greg-johnson-arrested-in-norway-falsely-claims-to-have-always-condemned-violence/) - Seattle, Washington-based white nationalist Greg Johnson, founder of Counter-Currents Publishing, was arrested this weekend by Norwegian authorities while en route to a meeting of the Scandza Forum in Oslo. Johnson was detained under the country’s immigration act because he was considered “to be a threat, not because of what he could do but because of
- [Who is Greg Johnson?](https://irehr.org/2019/10/15/who-is-greg-johnson/) - Gregory R. Johnson is a Seattle, Washington-based white nationalist vanguardist, author and activist. Johnson runs the white nationalist publishing outfit Counter-Currents Publishing, boasts a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Washington D.C.-based Catholic University of America and briefly served as a visiting professor at the Berkeley, California Pacific School of Religion in the early 2000s.[1] Johnson
- [Freedom Foundation to Host Anti-LGBTQ Bigot Mike Huckabee](https://irehr.org/2019/10/31/freedom-foundation-to-host-anti-lgbtq-bigot-mike-huckabee/) - Yesterday IREHR reported that the Olympia, Washington-based Freedom Foundation was expanding its operations to the State of Ohio amidst a campaign against public sector unions. At the press conference announcing the move, Freedom Foundation Ohio Director Lindsey Queen repeated the group’s refrain that it is committed to “individual liberty, free enterprise [and] limited, accountable government.”
- [Freedom Foundation Expands to Ohio Amidst Anti-Union Campaign](https://irehr.org/2019/10/30/freedom-foundation-expands-to-ohio-amidst-anti-union-campaign/) - The Olympia, Washington-based Freedom Foundation is expanding to the State of Ohio. At an October 23 press conference that included Ohio State Senator Kristina Roegner (R-District 27), Freedom Foundation National Director Aaron Withe stated: “I’m excited to officially announce today that we are open for business in the State of Ohio. Over the past five
- [Negative Population Growth Launches Campaign Against 14th Amendment](https://irehr.org/2019/10/29/negative-population-growth-launches-campaign-against-14th-amendment/) - The Alexandria, Virginia-based group Negative Population Growth (NPG) has announced a national campaign against the birthright citizenship provision of the 14th Amendment. In an October 24 press release, NPG wrote that the campaign is aimed at "getting Congress to debate and pass legislation that will end the practice of granting automatic citizenship to all babies
- [Kris Kobach: Please Look at the Facts](https://irehr.org/2015/11/04/kris-kobach-please-look-at-the-facts/) - Kris Kobach and white nationalists
- [Citizen Journalism at Its Best: Noisy Waters Northwest and The Searchlight Review](https://irehr.org/2019/10/25/citizen-journalism-at-its-best-noisy-waters-northwest-and-the-searchlight-review/) - For readers and activists looking for quality, well-documented research on far right and nationalist efforts to undermine democracy and advance an agenda at odds with treaty rights, environmental justice and civil rights, IREHR recommends that you check out Noisy Waters Northwest and The Searchlight Review. Noisy Waters publishes the results of investigative journalism by Sandy
- [Krisanne Hall Confers with Trump Official on Immigration Policy](https://irehr.org/2019/10/23/krisanne-hall-confers-with-trump-official-on-immigration-policy/) - Yesterday IREHR reported that far right “constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall had met with Trump administration officials in the White House on October 9 and has been invited to a follow-up meeting in November. As details of Hall’s meeting emerge, the picture becomes even more troubling. Despite Hall’s radical assault on the 14th Amendment; declaration that Kamala
- [Far Right “Constitutionalist” Krisanne Hall Headed to the White House, Again](https://irehr.org/2019/10/22/far-right-constitutionalist-krisanne-hall-headed-to-the-white-house-again/) - Wellborn, Florida-based “constitutionalist” KrisAnne Hall appears headed to the White House for the second time in recent weeks. On the heels of an October 9 meeting with Trump administration “Faith Leaders,” Hall announced in an October 20 email that she has been invited back for a November meeting. During her first visit Hall claimed to
- [Sons of Vanguardism: American White Nationalists at the Scandza Forum](https://irehr.org/2019/10/15/sons-of-vanguardism-american-white-nationalists-at-the-scandza-forum/) - On November 2 U.S.-based white nationalists Greg Johnson and Kevin MacDonald are slated to speak at a gathering of the Scandza Forum in Oslo, Norway. The event comes on the heels of an October 12 Scandza Forum in Copenhangen, Denmark. Anti-fascists protested the Copenhagen gathering and, according to participants, some speakers were unable to enter
- [A Call to Internationalism](https://irehr.org/2019/10/10/a-call-to-internationalism/) - Yesterday’s murder of two people near a synagogue in Halle, Germany on Yom Kippur fills our hearts with sadness and outrage. Our compassion goes out to the victims of this heinous act. The news that the 27-year-old man arrested for the murders preceded his action with an anti-Semitic rant – including declaring that the Holocaust
- [No Justice on the Plate](https://irehr.org/2014/09/19/no-justice-on-the-plate/) - New special report - No Justice on the Plate: Transnational Companies and the Right Oppose Fish Consumption Justice and Tribal Treaty Rights
- [IREHR in Mid-Missouri](https://irehr.org/2019/09/19/irehr-in-mid-missouri/) - On August 17, Leonard Zeskind led a two-hour workshop for 75 folks attending the MOVE Movement Power Building Summit in Columbia, Missouri. The Missouri Organizing and Voter Engagement Collaborative (MOVE) hosted the workshop as part of its work to build an intentionally anti-racist, multi-racial movement of grassroots groups statewide. Missouri Rural Crisis Center, a member
- [Support Red Line Salish Sea Community Service Project](https://irehr.org/2019/09/09/support-red-line-salish-sea-community-service-project/) - Red Line Salish Sea (RLSS) is an Indigenous led organization focused on the protection of water, land, and air in the Salish Sea region. RLSS has stood strong against the Dakota Access Pipeline and for tribal treaty rights and environmental justice. RLSS has mobilized to counter the organized anti-Indian movement. Read below how you can
- [KrisAnne Hall Touts Her Anti-Racism, Calls for Gutting the 14th Amendment](https://irehr.org/2019/08/24/krisanne-hall-touts-her-anti-racism-calls-for-gutting-the-14th-amendment/) - To hear “constitutionalist” KrisAnne Hall tell it, her appearance at an August 10 meeting of the Florida chapter of the white nationalist League of the South was an effort in anti-racist evangelizing. Hall described on Facebook the day of the event that, “Today, I had the opportunity of speaking to a group that is accused
- [“Constitutionalist” KrisAnne Hall to Speak at White Nationalist Event](https://irehr.org/2019/08/07/constitutionalist-krisanne-hall-to-speak-at-white-nationalist-event/) - Far right activist KrisAnne Hall appears to be venturing into new territory. The Florida-based, self-proclaimed “constitutionalist” is slated to appear August 10 at the “Florida State Sovereignty” conference hosted by the Florida League of the South in Lake City. Hall is scheduled to share a podium with League of the South national President Michael Hill
- [After Christchurch Massacre, WA State Secessionist Leader Lashes Out Against Muslims](https://irehr.org/2019/04/11/after-christchurch-massacre-wa-state-secessionist-leader-lashes-out-against-muslims/) - Following the gunning down of fifty people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a white nationalist gunman, an Eastern Washington far-right radio host called for the elimination of Islam from the United States. The broadcaster, pseudonymously known as John Jacob Schmidt, used an episode of the Radio Free Redoubt podcast to express his
- [Patriot Prayer Rally](https://irehr.org/2018/08/18/patriot-prayer-rally/)
- [Holocaust Remembrance Day Speech: Courage and Resistance in the Face of Evil](https://irehr.org/2019/05/20/holocaust-remembrance-day-speech-courage-and-resistance-in-the-face-of-evil/) - Speech delivered on May 3, 2019, to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day at Congregation Kol Ami in Kansas City, Missouri. Many thanks to Leonard Zeskind for that warm introduction. He’s been the best friend, colleague, and mentor, for one could ever ask. Thanks to Rabbi Alpert and Congregation Kol Ami, the Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas
- [UMKC YAF Brings Transphobic Far-Right Activist to Kansas City](https://irehr.org/2019/05/17/umkc-yaf-brings-transphobic-far-right-activist-to-kansas-city/) - On April 4, 2019, far-right commenter, Michael Knowles, spoke on the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) campus. Invited by the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) and Young Republicans of UMKC, Knowles gave his vicious, transphobic talk “Men Are Not Women” to a small crowd of mostly white men of various ages. Although there were
- [In San Diego, Another "Lone Wolf" Killer](https://irehr.org/2019/04/30/in-san-diego-another-lone-wolf-killer/) - John Earnest, 19, had graduated from Mt. Carmel High School, where his father was a teacher and the Anti-Defamation League’s “No Place for Hate” program was in place. He attended California State University at San Marcos and studied nursing, to help people he wrote. He was on the Dean’s List. He played the piano and
- [IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind Speaks at Unitarian Forum in Kansas City](https://irehr.org/2019/03/24/irehrs-leonard-zeskind-speaks-at-unitarian-forum-in-kansas-city/) - On March 10, Leonard Zeskind gave a speech entitled “From There to Here” at a forum at the Unitarian Universalist Church in midtown Kansas City, Missouri. About 150 attended. The speech covered the wide territory from the Klan’s anti-immigrant border watches in the 1970s to the Tea Party movement’s anti-immigrant fever during the Obama Administration.
- [Endnotes 1-100](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/endnotes-1-100/) - [1]. TEA PARTY FACTION DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY The data in this report was derived from a collection of online directories on the major national Tea Party faction websites: Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots, 1776 Tea Party (also known as TeaParty.org), FreedomWorks Tea Party, and ResistNet Tea Party. The data for the
- [Tea Party Faction Data Collection Methodology](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-party-faction-data-collection-methodology/) - The data in this report was derived from a collection of online directories on the major national Tea Party faction websites: Tea Party Nation, Tea Party Patriots, 1776 Tea Party (also known as TeaParty.org), FreedomWorks Tea Party, and ResistNet Tea Party. The data for the sixth national Tea Party formation mentioned in this report, the Tea Party Express, was drawn from filings with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). The data provides a partial picture of the Tea Party activist base. It is important to note that there may be many more individuals who are not listed in these social networking directories – who either chose not to register, who have registered on some other site (such as one or more of the many local Tea Party sites), or who do not have sufficient computer skills.
- [Origins of the Tea Parties](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/origins-of-the-tea-parties/) - An examination of the origins of the Tea Party movement.
- [Who is an American? Tea Parties, Nativism, and the Birthers](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/who-is-an-american-tea-parties-nativism-and-the-birthers/) - An examination of the overarching nationalism that helps define the Tea Party movement, including the role of nativism and the birthers in the movement.
- [Correlation Between Unemployment Levels and Tea Party Membership?](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/correlation-between-unemployment-levels-and-tea-party-membership/) - Analysis of Tea Party online membership and unemployment data finds no correlation between the two.
- [Tea Parties - Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Militia Impulse](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-parties-racism-anti-semitism-and-the-militia-impulse/) - A detailed examination of racism, anti-Semitism, and the militia impulse inside the Tea Party Movement.
- [Endnotes 101-200](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/endnotes-101-200/) - [101]. Erik Erickson, "I'm Afraid Sarah Palin Might Be Ruining Herself Unintentionally," Red State Blog, January 11, 2010, http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/01/11/im-afraid-sarah-palin-might-be-ruining-herself-unintentionally/. [102]. Devin Burghart, "Anti-Immigrant Group Bails on Tea Party Nation Convention," Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights website, January 27, 2010, http://irehr.orgindex.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47. [103]. Ed Luce "Wedge Issues Threaten Tea Party Unity," Financial Times,
- [Acknowledgments](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/acknowledgments/) - Tea Party Nationalism acknowledgments and details about the authors of the report.
- [Tea Party Patriots](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-party-patriots/) - Tea Party Nationalism profile of Tea Party Patriots.
- [Tea Party Membership Map](https://irehr.org/2011/08/26/tea-party-membership-2011/) - Powered by Tableau
- [Tea Party Membership Map](https://irehr.org/2011/08/20/tea-party-membership-map/) - Interactive map of the members of the six different Tea Party national factions
- [CNN - The Network of the Tea Party Express](https://irehr.org/2011/08/17/cnn-the-network-of-the-tea-party-express-2/) - For the second time in a month, the cable news network, CNN, announced that they would be teaming up with the Tea Party Express. In a move unprecedented in TV news history, CNN is giving live coverage to the Tea Party response to president Obama’s State of the Union address, on top of the Republican response. This follows the controversial decision by CNN to partner with the Tea Party Express to host a Republican presidential debate in the fall. No other news network will be giving Bachmann live coverage.
- [Introduction](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/introduction/) - Tea Party Nationalism Introduction examines the six national organizational networks at the core of the Tea Party movement.
- [Tea Party Rallies Map](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-party-rallies-map/) - Data Source: Wikipedia The data used in the map above is drawn from the listing of 2009 and 2010 Tea Party rallies based on press accounts available on Wikipedia. The list is far from complete, but it does provide an initial sketch of Tea Party activity. Where no size estimate was ascertainable, a "1" was
- [Foreword](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/foreword/) - Foreword by Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP.
- [Local Tea Party Chapters](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/local-tea-party-chapters/) - A map of Tea Party local chapters aligned to national factions in 2010.
- [1776 Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/1776-tea-party/) - Tea Party Nationalism profile of the 1776 Tea Party faction (also known as tea party.org).
- [FreedomWorks Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/freedomworks-tea-party/) - At a Glance Headquarters: Washington D.C. Website: freedomworks.org Online members: 15,044 Notable: Chaired by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey.
- [ResistNet / Patriot Action Network](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/resistnet/) - At a Glance Headquarters: Website: ResistNet.com Online Members: 81, 248 Notable: The for-profit group has been a home to nativists and Islamophobes.
- [Tea Party Express](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-party-express/) - Tea Party Nationalism profile of the Tea Party Express (a project of the Our Country Deserves Better PAC).
- [Tea Party Matrix](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-party-matrix/) - A quick-view guide to the relationships between the various national Tea Party factions.
- [Tea Party Nation](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-party-nation/) - Tea Party Nationalism profile of the Tea Party Nation faction.
- [Endnotes 201-280](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/endnotes-201-280/) - [201]. "Tea Party Radio Network Rocks" email from TeaParty.org to supporters, February 28, 2010. http://www.therothshow.com/demos/recent/hour2Feb2510.mp3. [202]. "Tea Party Radio Network Rocks" email from TeaParty.org to supporters, February 28, 2010. http://www.therothshow.com/demos/recent/hour2Feb2510.mp3. [203]. "Family Retreat w/ Pastor John Weaver 29 Aug 10am" 1776 Tea party, www.teaparty.org Meetup web page, August 2009, http://www.meetup.com/1776-Tea-Party/calendar/11230956/. [204] "Family Retreat w/ Pastor
- [Tea Party Reactions to the Tucson Tragedy](https://irehr.org/2011/01/11/tea-party-reactions-to-the-tucson-tragedy/) - Reactions to the shooting in Tucson by the six different national Tea Party factions.
- [Tea Party Caucus Map - 112th Congress](https://irehr.org/2011/03/18/tea-party-caucus-map-112th-congress/) - Tea Party Caucus Dashboard Powered by Tableau
- [Tea Party Growth Chart](https://irehr.org/2011/09/16/tea-party-growth-chart/) - The growth in membership of Tea Party national factions, by day.
- [Beyond FAIR](https://irehr.org/2012/01/17/beyondfair/) - In Beyond FAIR, IREHR delineates the intersection of two trends. One: a measureable drop in the number of local and national anti-immigrant organizations, those organizations which remained experienced a noticeable decrease in the size of their membership and financial support. Two: a significant rise in anti-immigrant activism by the Tea Parties. In Beyond FAIR, we note both an increase in anti-immigrant activism by national and local Tea Party groups, as well as a measurable number of anti-immigrant leaders who have joined the Tea Parties and consequently accelerated the rate of anti-immigrant activism by those Tea Parties.
- [Beyond FAIR Appendix A:  Nativist Leaders Involved in Tea Party Activity.](https://irehr.org/2012/01/18/beyond-fair-appendix-a/) - Name Nativist Title Nativist Group City State National Tea Party Membership Local Tea Party Activity Al Garza Vice President Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Cochise County AZ Founder, Patriots Coalition; Member Central Valley Tea Party Barbara Coe Chairwoman California Coalition For Immigration Reform Huntington Beach CA Spoke At California Tea Party Events Barbara
- [Beyond FAIR Appendix B: Nativist Establishment Financial Data 2001-2010.](https://irehr.org/2012/01/18/beyond-fair-appendix-b/) - Federation for American Immigration Reform and Related Nativist Institutions Year FAIR Immigration Reform Law Institute FAIR Congressional Taskforce US Inc Center for Immigration Studies 2001 $3,384,027 $2,282,532 $672,655 2002 $3,627,678 $1,429,707 $895,104 2003 $3,311,569 $1,456,770 $869,280 2004 $4,256,992 $1,440,098 $1,659,197 $1,015,055 2005 $4,878,807 $100,000 $320,032 $2,053,427 $1,161,390
- [Nativist Leaders Involved in the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2012/03/18/nativist-leaders-involved-in-the-tea-party/) - Map of nativist leaders involved in the Tea Party. From the IREHR report, Beyond FAIR.
- [Tea Party Membership Map 2010 - 2012](https://irehr.org/2012/08/07/tea-party-membership-map-2010-2012/) - Powered by Tableau
- [Tea Party Membership Map - 2013](https://irehr.org/2014/01/20/tea-party-membership-map-2013/) - Learn About Tableau
- [Map: Tea Party Patriots Local Affiliated Groups - July 2014](https://irehr.org/2014/07/08/map-tea-party-patriots-local-affiliated-groups-july-2014/) - Map of Tea Party Patriots local chapters, July 2014
- [Map: Tea Party Endorsed House Candidates 2014](https://irehr.org/2014/11/06/map-tea-party-endorsed-house-candidates-2014/) - Learn About Tableau
- [Timeline: Frazier Glenn Miller - White Nationalist](https://irehr.org/2014/11/19/timeline-of-white-nationalist-frazier-glenn-miller-jr/) - An interactive timeline of the movement activities of white nationalist Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr., the man arrested for killing three people at Jewish sites in Overland Park, Kansas on April 13. Miller's movement involvement stretches back more than four decades.
- [IREHR Impact](https://irehr.org/2015/01/10/irehr-impact/) - test
- [What is the Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas?](https://irehr.org/2018/03/02/foundation-marketplace-ideas/) - The name, Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas (FMI), suggests a gathering of libertarians or free-marketeers. According to the group, FMI aims “TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE FREEDOMS GUARANTEED BY THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AND PEOPLE WHO AND ORGANIZATIONS WHICH STRIVE TO USURP SAID FREEDOMS” (capitals in original). However, the Foundation for the Marketplace
- [IREHR on KSHB 41 TV](https://irehr.org/2015/06/20/irehr-on-kshb-41-tv/) - IREHR's Leonard Zeskind appeared on KSHB 41 TV in Kansas City to discuss hate crimes in the wake of the Charleston shooting. Watch the video The full story is available here.
- [IREHR's Leonard Zeskind at Kansas City NAACP "African Americans and the Fourteenth Amendment" Event](https://irehr.org/2018/03/06/irehrs-leonard-zeskind-kansas-city-naacp-african-americans-fourteenth-amendment-event/) - On March 3, IREHR Board Member Leonard Zeskind spoke at a Kansas City, Missouri NAACP Black History event entitled “African Americans and the Fourteenth Amendment.” Below is a slightly edited version of his talk. Good afternoon! My name is Leonard Zeskind. I am a Lifetime member of the NAACP. I am also a founder of
- [Who is Jason Kessler? <br /> White Nationalist “Unite the Right” Organizer Calls Himself a “Civil Rights” Activist and Charles Manson a “Misunderstood Genius”](https://irehr.org/2018/07/30/who-is-jason-kessler-white-nationalist-unite-the-right-organizer-calls-himself-a-civil-rights-activist-and-charles-manson-a-misunderstood-genius/) - Jason Eric Kessler is a 34 year-old white nationalist from Charlottesville, Virginia, most widely known for his efforts to organize the calamitous 2017 “Unite the Right” rally that ended in the horrific death of anti-fascist activist, Heather Heyer. After the murder of Heyer, Kessler could not contain his feelings when he tweeted “Heather Heyer was
- [IREHR at Evergreen College Class](https://irehr.org/2018/10/26/irehr-at-evergreen-college-class/) - On October 25 IREHR Board Member Leah Henry-Tanner and Advisory Board member Chuck Tanner spoke about issues facing Indian country, and on the organized anti-Indian movement, at Evergreen College professor Zoltan Grossman’s class, A People’s Geography of American Empire. About 25 students were in attendance. The discussion covered the rise of the anti-Indian movement in
- [Pierce County (Washington) Men Linked to Olympic College Patriot Front Activity](https://irehr.org/2018/11/13/pierce-county-washington-men-linked-to-olympic-college-patriot-front-activity/) - Since late 2017 the Patriot Front has menaced Olympic College (OC) in Bremerton, Washington (Kitsap County), posting racist and anti-immigrant flyers on newspaper boxes, elevators, and classroom windows and placing recruitment cards in library books and magazine racks. Nearby Gig Harbor has also been hit with multiple Patriot Front flyer distributions. While the identities of
- [Yellow Vests of a Different Stripe](https://irehr.org/2019/01/28/yellow-vests-of-a-different-stripe-is-a-racist-nationalist-movement-taking-root-in-western-canada/) - Is a racist nationalist movement taking root in Western Canada? The Yellow Vests protests, gilets jaunes, originated across France late last year as a mass mobilization against rising fuel prices and growing economic stress among people of peripheral France-- those who come not from urban centers but from small towns and rural parts of
- [International Call to Action for Gidimt'en Checkpoint](https://irehr.org/2019/01/05/international-call-to-action-for-gidimten-checkpoint/) - IREHR is posting this Action Alert, an "International Call to Action for Gidimt'en Checkpoint," in solidarity with the Gidimt'en and the five clans of the Wet'suwet'en. The Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gidumt'en Territory has issued the following call for support for their inherent right to govern their homelands and stop the RCMP and TransCanada from forcing a
- [IREHR’s Zeskind on Tampa Radio](https://irehr.org/2018/11/02/irehrs-zeskind-on-tampa-radio/) - On October 30, 2018, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind did a 30 minute interview with Rob Lorei of WMNF radio in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. Zeskind talked about nationalism, the relationship of President Trump to white supremacist ideas, and the role of the media in the current situation. He can be heard at https://sound.wmnf.org/sound/wmnf_181030_110617_radioactivityT1_187.MP3 .
- [Harold Covington Dies](https://irehr.org/2018/10/30/harold-covington-dies/) - This recap of the role of national socialist Harold Covington in the white nationalist movement was originally published in Searchlight Magazine in September 2017. Long-time national socialist Harold Covington died, apparently at his home in Bremerton, Washington. He was 64 years old. Born in North Carolina, he traveled to Rhodesia, Ireland and the
- [Con Job: Tea Party Mobilizing to Rewrite Constitution](https://irehr.org/2014/04/24/con-job-tea-party-mobilizing-to-re-write-constitution/) - IREHR exposes the shocking Tea Party plan to rewrite the Constitution.
- [Internationally Active Holocaust Denier Dead](https://irehr.org/2018/10/26/internationally-active-holocaust-denier-dead/) - Robert Faurisson was born in 1929 of a French father and Scottish mother in the suburban village on Shepperton, about 15 miles southwest of London. He studied in France at the University of Lyon, and became a teacher in Vichy. He became a public Holocaust denier in the 1970s, writing an article for Le Monde
- [Student Group to Host White Nationalist Jared Taylor at University of Alabama](https://irehr.org/2018/04/04/acting-racist-actor-andrew-williams-leads-group-hosting-white-nationalist-jared-taylor/) - American Renaissance leader Jared Taylor is slated to speak at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on April 19. Taylor’s appearance is sponsored by Students for America First, a registered campus group that describes itself as, “dedicated to the recognition & preservation of the American ideals of self-determination, individual liberty, and constitutionally bound democratic government
- [Anti-Racists Swamp White Nationalists in D.C., Racists Draw Mixed Lessons](https://irehr.org/2018/08/14/anti-racists-swamp-white-nationalists-in-d-c-racists-draw-mixed-lessons/) - On Sunday in Washington D.C. a crowd of thousands opposed to white supremacy and fascism overwhelmed in numbers some two dozen attendees at white nationalist Jason Kessler’s Unite the Right 2. Despite the low numbers, white nationalists are taking mixed lessons from the event – some admiring Kessler’s efforts at mainstreaming white nationalism behind a
- [Evergreen Professor Zoltan Grossman on Unlikely Alliances](https://irehr.org/2018/08/09/evergreen-professor-zoltan-grossman-on-unlikely-alliances/) - On Thursday, September 13 (7:00-8:30 pm), Evergreen Professor Zoltán Grossman will be reading from his University of Washington Press book “Unlikely Alliances: Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands,” at King' Books in Tacoma (218 St. Helens Ave.). The event is free and open to the public. Invite Friends on the Facebook
- [Reverend William Barber II, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind at Washington D.C. Teach-In to Counter White Nationalism](https://irehr.org/2018/08/09/reverend-william-barber-ii-irehrs-leonard-zeskind-at-washington-d-c-teach-in-to-counter-white-nationalism/) - The Reverend William J. Barber II, President of Repairers of the Breach, and IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind will speak August 10 at a regional teach-in hosted by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD) in Washington D.C. The event is aimed at offering effective ways to counter white nationalism. It comes just ahead of
- [Kitsap Patriots Tea Party to Host Anti-Tribal Property Rights Activist](https://irehr.org/2018/08/08/kitsap-patriots-tea-party-to-host-anti-tribal-property-rights-activist/) - In March the Kitsap Patriots Tea Party (KPTP) hosted an appearance by Heidi Mund, a German citizen known internationally for promoting bigoted attacks on Muslims. On August 10, at its upcoming Summer Picnic at the Silverdale Waterfront Park, the group is showcasing its contributions to opposing the inherent sovereignty of Indian Nations. KPTP announced that
- [Harold Covington Dies.<br />Which Way the Northwest Front?](https://irehr.org/2018/07/31/harold-covington-dieswhich-way-the-northwest-front/) - Harold Covington, the leader of the national socialist Northwest Front, died in his apartment in Bremerton, Washington on July 21. Covington’s death leaves in question the direction that the organization will now take. In a eulogy for Covington, heir apparent Andreas Donner of Seattle announced that the group will move forward, but that communications will
- [Unite the Right 2 Approaches as White Nationalists Disunite on Strategy](https://irehr.org/2018/07/16/unite-the-right-2-approaches-as-white-nationalists-disunite-on-strategy/) - Jason Kessler is at again. This time the lead organizer behind the August 2017 white nationalist/militia “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia has obtained a permit to host “Unite the Right 2” in Washington D.C. on August 12. Billed as a “White Civil Rights” event, Kessler announced that it may be followed by another
- [Strategic Shifts for League of the South as National Conference Approaches](https://irehr.org/2018/06/23/strategic-shifts-for-league-of-the-south-as-national-conference-approaches/) - On June 29-30 the League of the South will holds its annual conference in Wetumpka, Alabama. As the date approaches, it is useful to note several recent developments in the southern white nationalist group’s goals and strategies. In light of recent setbacks for white nationalists, the new direction for the League could have an effect
- [What is the American Freedom Party?](https://irehr.org/2018/06/14/what-is-the-american-freedom-party/) - The American Freedom Party began in the bowels of the white power skinhead scene nearly a decade ago and has morphed repeatedly into a catchall political party for old-school American white nationalists. The group has its roots in Freedom 14, a California-based white power skinhead group named, in part, for the notorious “14 words” slogan
- [A look at the American Freedom Party / Council of Conservative Citizens Conference Speakers](https://irehr.org/2018/06/14/a-look-at-the-american-freedom-party-council-of-conservative-citizens-conference-speakers/) - The list of speakers at American Freedom Party and Council of Conservative Citizens joint conference scheduled for June 15-17 in the woods outside Burns, Tennessee, reads like a who’s who of the old-school white nationalist mainstreamer crowd. The event marks a return of the Council of Conservative Citizens, dormant since the group was linked to
- [Tribes Win Victory for Treaty Rights, Salmon Restoration. Time for a New Direction from the Attorney General of Washington State.](https://irehr.org/2018/06/14/tribes-win-victory-for-treaty-rights-salmon-restoration-time-for-a-new-direction-from-the-attorney-general-of-washington-state/) - On Monday, tribes in Washington State won a victory for treaty rights, salmon restoration, and those in the region who fish commercially, recreationally, or just enjoy the beauty of these iconic species. In one-sentence the U.S. Supreme Court announced that “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.” The Court’s 4-4 vote supported the
- [Washington State Attorney General Attacks Tribal Sovereignty, Again: Challenges Skokomish Tribe’s Ownership of a River](https://irehr.org/2018/02/28/washington-state-attorney-general-attacks-tribal-sovereignty-challenges-skokomish-tribes-ownership-river/) - On February 21st 2018, Washington State Assistant Attorney General Mike Grossmann announced that their office will be seeking to challenge the Skokomish Tribe’s ownership of the Skokomish river in order to open the river up to fishing for non-Tribal members. In 2016, the Skokomish Tribe blocked public access to the lower stretch of the river that runs
- [IREHR at Pacific Lutheran University](https://irehr.org/2018/05/04/irehr-at-pacific-lutheran-university/) - On May 2 IREHR Advisory Board member and researcher Chuck Tanner presented at the inaugural Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, Washington. Natalie Mayer, whose father Kurt escaped Nazi Germany in 1940, endowed the lecture to address the recent rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States
- [IREHR at Olympic College](https://irehr.org/2018/05/04/irehr-at-olympic-college/) - On April 25 IREHR Advisory Board member and researcher Chuck Tanner gave two presentations to audiences of students, instructors and administrators at Olympic College (OC) in Bremerton, Washington. The presentations were broadcast to the college’s Poulsbo and Shelton campuses as well. Tanner described the history of the white nationalist movement, its core ideologies and key
- [Far Right Pro-Gun Rallies Target State Capitols](https://irehr.org/2018/04/10/far-right-pro-gun-rallies-target-state-capitals/) - The National Constitutional Coalition of Patriotic Americans (NCCPA) is promoting April 14 “Americans for America” pro-gun rallies at state capitols around the country. The events are billed as addressing “the importance of protecting the Second Amendment and the rest of the Bill of Rights.” Organizers suggest that attendees not bring guns; claim that all races,
- [Kobach Held in Contempt](https://irehr.org/2018/04/26/kobach-held-in-contempt/) - On April 18, federal district Judge Julie Robinson ruled Secretary of State Kris Kobach in contempt of court. The decision came under Fish v. Kobach, the trial that concluded last month concerning a requirement to provide documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC) when registering to vote for the first time in Kansas. Judge Robinson, a Gorge
- [Importing Bigotry: Heidi Mund and the Kitsap Patriots Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2018/03/24/importing-bigotry-heidi-mund-and-the-kitsap-patriots-tea-party/) - On Monday, March 19, the Kitsap Patriots Tea Party (KPTP) hosted an internationally-known speaker who promotes anti-Muslim misinformation and bigotry. Some 50 people showed up to the Baymont Inn & Suites in Bremerton, Washington to hear Heidi Mund disparage Muslims and promote Christian nationalism. Outside the KPTP event about 50 diverse community members showed up
- [Despite Setbacks White Nationalists Continue to Target Campuses](https://irehr.org/2018/03/29/despite-setbacks-white-nationalists-continue-to-target-campuses/) - In the wake of March 4-5 confrontations between white nationalists and anti-fascists at Michigan State University, National Policy Institute leader Richard Spencer is seriously re-thinking campus recruitment strategies - bemoaning that such speaking events are not “fun” anymore and dropping litigation to open up college speaking platforms, such as a lawsuit against Ohio State University.
- [IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind Speaks to Community College Students](https://irehr.org/2018/04/18/irehrs-leonard-zeskind-speaks-to-community-college-students/) - On Thursday, April 12, Leonard Zeskind spoke for 35 minutes in Kansas City, Missouri to several classes of Penn Valley Community College students about white supremacy and the white nationalist movement. They were gathered into a lecture hall as part of a morning program by the college’s Librarian.
- [IREHR at Kansas City’s Black Agenda Group](https://irehr.org/2018/04/18/irehr-at-kansas-citys-black-agenda-group/) - On Monday, April 16, Leonard Zeskind spoke about the Fourteenth Amendment at a meeting of the Black Agenda group. He described the current attacks on birthright citizenship and considered racist police violence a violation of the amendment’s equal protection clause. The discussion was quite animated, and continued after the presentation for more than an hour.
- [Jury Finds Kansas Militiamen Guilty](https://irehr.org/2018/04/23/jury-finds-kansas-militiamen-guilty/) - On April 18, three members of a Liberal, Kansas militia group that called itself the “Crusaders” were convicted of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy to violate the civil rights of Somali residents of an apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas. A town of 27,000 residents, mostly non-white immigrants, Garden City
- [The (not so) Strange Bedfellows of Anti-Indianism: Bob Ferguson, the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance and Settler Colonialism. Part 1.](https://irehr.org/2018/04/17/the-not-so-strange-bedfellows-of-anti-indianism-bob-ferguson-the-citizens-equal-rights-alliance-and-settler-colonialism-part-1/) - This article opens a three-part examination of Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s appeal of a treaty-rights affirming decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the “the culverts case.” The case is slated for oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on April 18. This first article provides an overview of the issues
- [John Brown Statue Desecrated](https://irehr.org/2018/03/27/john-brown-statue-desecrated/) - A statue of John Brown, standing in the Kansas City, Kansas black community near the remains of the Township of Quindaro has been desecrated with a swastika and other racist messages drawn on it with a black marker. The statue is standing on ground once used by Western University, a Freedman’s college, and the first
- [Tohono O’odham Nation Rejects National Guard Deployment to their Lands](https://irehr.org/2018/04/13/tohono-oodham-nation-rejects-national-guard-deployment-to-their-lands/) - Tohono O’odham Nation – On April 9th, 2018 the Tohono O’odham Nation issued a statement to its Tribal citizens ensuring them that no National Guard troops will be deployed to their lands. The response comes on the heels of President Trump’s request for National Guard troops to be deployed to the US and Mexico border.
- [IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind Speaks in Omaha](https://irehr.org/2018/03/27/irehrs-leonard-zeskind-speaks-in-omaha/) - On March 23, 2018, Leonard Zeskind spoke about “White Supremacy and the Fourteenth Amendment” at the First Unitarian Church in Omaha, Nebraska. During his talk and questions, Zeskind covered the development of the white supremacist movement of the 1970s and 1980s, and its transformation into the white nationalist movement of the current period. He discussed
- [Guns and Racism: From the National Rifle Association to Far Right Militias and the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2018/03/26/guns-and-racism-from-the-national-rifle-association-to-far-right-militias-and-the-tea-party/) - “National Rifle Association spokespersons will tell you that the NRA is a non-partisan lobby for the Second Amendment to the Constitution. In real life, it is an organization that bridges conservative Republicans to the hard right.”
- [Fish v. Kobach Trial - Day 7](https://irehr.org/2018/03/19/fish-v-kobach-trial-day-7/) - The Fish v Kobach trial closed today, but Judge Julie Robinson will hear arguments tomorrow morning on contempt of court ruling against Secretary of State Kobach. The day’s trial began with the defense calling pollster Pat McFerron to the stand. Confusion followed on whether he was being presented as a fact or expert witness in
- [Kobach Contempt Hearing Highlights](https://irehr.org/2018/03/20/kobach-contempt-hearing-highlights/) - Secretary of State Kris Kobach was in a contempt of court hearing today. He is alleged to have violated parts of the preliminary injunction granted by Judge Julie Robinson in Fish v. Kobach. The injunction ordered Secretary Kobach to register to vote those who registered at the DMV but failed to provide documentary proof of
- [Fish v. Kobach Trial - Day 6](https://irehr.org/2018/03/14/fish-v-kobach-trial-day-6/) - Jesse Richman, a professor at Old Dominion, retook the stand to begin day six of Fish v. Kobach. Richman and two rebuttal witnesses comprised an extended day in court. Richman’s expert report provided four estimates ranging from one percent to 28 percent of the total number of noncitizens in Kansas who attempted to register
- [Fish v. Kobach Trial - Day 5](https://irehr.org/2018/03/12/fish-v-kobach-trial-day-5/) - Fish v. Kobach resumed this morning with a debate over the issue of Secretary of State Kris Kobach calling another witness. Kobach’s team wanted to call Jo French, one of the small number of individuals who went through the State Election Board hearing for lack of documentary proof of citizenship (DPOC). Judge Robinson ruled that
- [Fish v. Kobach Trial - Day Four](https://irehr.org/2018/03/10/fish-v-kobach-trial-day-four/) - The fourth day of Fish v. Kobach began with Elections Director, Brian Caskey, taking the stand. Once again, Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s team tried to introduce new evidence. Judge Julie Robinson, again interrupted to deny new evidence, reminding Secretary Kobach’s team that their process was out of order. Brian Caskey on the stand. Next,
- [Fish v. Kobach Trial - Day Three](https://irehr.org/2018/03/08/fish-v-kobach-trial-day-three/) - Day three began with the admission of a spreadsheet containing a list of 38 alleged noncitizens attempting to register to vote in Sedgwick County. Tabitha Lehman, the Sedgwick County Elections Commissioner, again took the stand, where Secretary of State Kris Kobach used her testimony to detail the list. Tabitha Lehman on the stand. The cumulative list
- [Fish v. Kobach Trial - Day Two](https://irehr.org/2018/03/07/fish-v-kobach-trial-day-two/) - The second day of the trial began with an administrative ruling in favor of the Plaintiffs that allowed Secretary of State Kris Kobach's video deposition to be played for the court, most likely, tomorrow. Then, the Plaintiffs called Margaret Ahrens, the former co-president of the League of Women Voters of Kansas, to the stand. Ms.
- [Fish v. Kobach Trial - Day One](https://irehr.org/2018/03/06/fish-v-kobach-trial-day-one/) - Kansas Trial with National Implications for Accessing the Ballot Begins Today in Kansas, the federal bench trial began with a packed courtroom with a standing-room-only overflow. The trail, Fish v. Kobach, surrounds a 2013 Kansas law that requires documentary proof of citizenship upon registering to vote. At issue is a two-part test laid out by
- [Kyle Bristow Resigns from Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas. What About Ryan Sorba?](https://irehr.org/2018/03/06/kyle-bristow-resigns-foundation-marketplace-ideas-ryan-sorba/) - In the lead up to a March 4-5 gathering of white nationalists and national socialists at Michigan State University, the executive director of the hosting organization unexpectedly announced his resignation. Kyle Bristow’s exit from the Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas (FMI) came amidst growing exposure of his organization’s link to national socialism and some
- [Access to the Ballot to be Tested in Kansas](https://irehr.org/2018/03/04/access-ballot-tested-kansas/) - On Tuesday, March 6, in Kansas City, Kansas, a federal trial will begin that has critical implications for accessing the ballot box. The case surrounds a 2013 law that adds a requirement for Kansans who wish to register to vote to provide documentary proof of citizenship. The suit filed by the ACLU in February 2016,
- [The Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas Brings National Socialism to Michigan State University](https://irehr.org/2018/03/02/foundation-marketplace-ideas-brings-national-socialism-michigan-state-university/) - On March 4-5, the Clinton Township, Michigan-based Foundation for the Marketplace of Ideas (FMI), will hold events in Michigan, near and apparently on the campus of Michigan State University (MSU). The two-day conference is billed as “an opportunity for Identitarian and Alt-Right activists and leaders to discuss the future of their movement and to coordinate
- [Knoxville, Tennessee Rejects White Nationalism](https://irehr.org/2018/03/01/knoxville-tennessee-rejects-white-nationalism/) - In February 2018, the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) kicked off a multi-state campus tour, entitled “National Socialism or Death,” at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). Thus, Tennessee’s flagship campus became the latest in a long line of universities recently targeted by white nationalist and white supremacist groups. These organizations want to recruit and build
- [Vanguard America: National Socialism American Style](https://irehr.org/2018/02/24/vanguard-america-national-socialism-american-style/) - Vanguard America is a white nationalist organization, of the national socialist variety, which promotes the creation of a whites-only nation-state in the United States. The group espouses a vicious brand of anti-Semitism, endorsing revolution against a fantasized international Jewish conspiracy. Vanguard America’s affinity for fascism (of which national socialism is a variant) is seen in
- [What is the Republic of Florida?](https://irehr.org/2018/02/17/what-is-the-republic-of-florida/) - On February 15 the name “Republic of Florida” flew across news feeds around the country. The white nationalist group’s Tallahassee-based leader, Jordan Jereb, had claimed that Nikolas Cruz had trained with members of the group from south Florida. Cruz had been arrested, and subsequently confessed to, the horrific murders of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman
- [Please Donate to Red Line Salish Sea – Defend the Defenders Legal Support Fund](https://irehr.org/2018/02/19/support-red-line-salish-sea-defend-defenders-legal-support-fund/) - Please make a donation to the Red Line Salish Sea – Defend the Defenders Legal Support Fund. Red Line Salish Sea has been a leader in fighting for water quality, addressing climate change and countering the organized anti-Indian movement. These water and land protectors are facing charges from the Whatcom County Prosecutor’s office and need
- [Two bullets and murderous misfires](https://irehr.org/2018/02/17/two-bullets-murderous-misfires/) - The shooting death of Colten Boushie, a young Cree man, and the subsequent acquittal by an all-white jury has drawn international attention to anti-Indigenous racism in the prairie province of Saskatchewan and raised disturbing questions into bias in Canadian policing and the justice system. The key issue in the Boushie case - two bullets and
- [Racist, Anti-Semitic, and Militia Materials on Display at Kansas City Gun Expo](https://irehr.org/2017/10/20/racist-anti-semitic-militia-materials-display-kansas-city-gun-expo/) - On the weekend of September 30, RK Shows, Inc. held a survivalist and gun expo in Kansas City, Missouri. RK Shows Inc. bills itself as one of the largest gun and knife show promoters in the US and promotes its’ expos to hunting enthusiasts, outdoorsmen, and organic gardeners. Though the expo did feature vendors selling
- [Armed Standoff Redux? Washington State Three Percenters Support Rancher in Conflict with Federal Government](https://irehr.org/2018/02/14/armed-standoff-redux-washington-state-three-percenters-support-rancher-conflict-federal-government/) - In the wake of the December 2017 mistrial in the case of Cliven Bundy – the racist Nevada rancher charged in connection with a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents – and the October 2016 acquittal of leaders of the paramilitary takeover of the Malheur Wildlife Reserve in southern Oregon, many observers speculated that far
- [Trump’s Promotion of Far-Right Islamophobic Video Raises Alarms](https://irehr.org/2017/11/30/trumps-promotion-far-right-islamophobic-video-raises-alarms/) - On November 7, in Bromley—a district in the southeastern quarter of London, England—the far-right group, Britain First, attempted to hold another one of their anti-Islam protests, according to the British magazine Searchlight. In the street, over 200 anti-racists stood with placards: “Never Again: No to the Nazis,” “No to Britain First,” and a banner “United
- [Revival and Revolt: Inside the Tea Party Nation Convention](https://irehr.org/2010/02/11/revival-and-revolt-inside-the-tea-party-nation-convention/) - Devin Burghart reports from behind-the-scenes inside the Tea Party Nation Convention in Nashville.
- [Three Percenter Group Shows Force in Wichita, Kansas](https://irehr.org/2017/09/26/three-percenter-group-shows-force-wichita-kansas/) - On September 9, in Wichita, Kansas, a “constitutional rights rally” was organized by Wichita for Trump and co-sponsored by III% United Patriots. An online retail outlet named American Warrior Revolution (AWR), that sells t-shirts with the Three Percenters logo, also co-sponsored the event. About four dozen people gathered in front of the City Hall. About
- [British Far-Right Leader to Speak in Spokane](https://irehr.org/2017/08/30/british-far-right-leader-speak-spokane/) - UKIP Leader Nigel Farage to Speak at Washington Policy Center Conference On September 27, the Olympia-based Washington Policy Center (WPC) will play host to the divisive far-right politician, Nigel Farage. The $150-or-more a ticket Eastern Washington Annual Dinner is planned for the Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane. Who Is Nigel Farage? Nigel Farage has been
- [Standing at the Crossroads: An Analysis of Events in Charlottesville, Virginia](https://irehr.org/2017/08/16/standing-crossroads-analysis-events-charlottesville-virginia/) - On Friday night, August 11, in Charlottesville, multiple hundreds of white supremacists from a mélange of organizations marched virtually undisturbed across the campus of the University of Virginia in a well-ordered torchlight parade. They chanted, “You will not Replace Us,” and similar mantras. They did not scream White Power! like they usually do at Klan
- [Michael Hill from League of the South to Speak in Charlottesville](https://irehr.org/2017/07/23/michael-hill-league-south-speak-charlottesville/) - Strong Connection to David Duke Among the speakers at a pro-Confederate rally to be held in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12 will be Michael Hill, the leader of the League of the South. Founded in 1994 as an educational institute dedicated to defending Confederate symbols and promoting the South’s current right to secede, the League
- [Charlottesville 11, Loyal White Knights KKK 0 - Next Battle in August](https://irehr.org/2017/07/11/charlottesville-11-loyal-white-knights-kkk-0-next-battle-august/) - On Saturday, July 8, 50 members of the North Carolina-based Loyal White Knights KKK rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, ostensibly in support of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The Klan was met by multiple opposition events, including an NAACP forum and a rally by 1,000 counter-protestors who drowned them out with anti-racist chants.
- [Seattle “March Against Sharia” Features Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Emerging Paramilitary Coalitions](https://irehr.org/2017/06/15/seattle-march-sharia-features-anti-muslim-bigotry-emerging-paramilitary-coalitions/) - On Saturday, some 120 people attended an anti-Muslim “March Against Sharia” at city hall in downtown Seattle. One of more than 20 such events organized around the country by the anti-Muslim ACT for America, the event showcased the bigoted forms of nationalism that have emerged during the Trump presidency. It also demonstrated the kind of
- [[VIDEO] Portland AltRight Rally Highlights New Far-Right Paramilitary Coalitions](https://irehr.org/2017/06/06/video-portland-altright-rally-highlights-new-far-right-paramilitary-coalitions/) - In his opening remarks at the June 4, 2017 AltRight Pro-Trump "Free Speech" rally in Portland, OR, Kyle Chapman (AKA "Based Stickman") revealed a new coalition of Trump supporters, AltRightists, Tea Partiers, Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, Three Percenters, militia members and "constitutionalists."
- [Kansas City Anti-Muslim Rally Sputters Before Protests](https://irehr.org/2017/06/15/kansas-city-anti-muslim-rally-sputters-protests/) - On Saturday, June 10, a small group gathered in Kansas City’s Washington Square Park for the March Against Sharia Law. The march was one of 28 events organized across the U.S by Act for America, an anti-Muslim organization that claims to have 525,000 members and 1,000 local groups across the nation. The approximately 40 marchers
- [Portland "March Against Sharia" Cancelled, Seattle Event On](https://irehr.org/2017/06/02/portland-march-sharia-cancelled-seattle-event-still/) - In response to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s call for the federal government to refuse permits for a far right “Free Speech” rally set for June 4, and a planned “March Against Sharia” on June 10, ACT for America has called off the latter event, directing supporters to a Seattle, Washington version instead. Mayor Wheeler’s call,
- [Confronting Anti-Indianism in Skagit County](https://irehr.org/2017/05/25/confronting-anti-indianism-skagit-county/) - A special report by Red Line Salish Sea and IREHR goes inside an effort to confront anti-Indian bigotry in Skagit County, Washington. The outside rally offered Lessons on Tribal Sovereignty, while inside Elaine Willman offered up the same tired anti-Indianism.
- [The Battle at Three Corners: Is Nationalism A Response to Globalism?](https://irehr.org/2017/05/01/battle-three-corners-nationalism-response-globalism/) - The following was written in 2001 for Searchlight, an anti-racist, anti-fascist magazine published in London. IREHR is posting it on our website now because of the important nationalist tremors set off by the election of Trump in the USA and the French election in which Marine Le Pen of the Front National is a run-off
- [“Take these Tribes Down” The Anti-Indian Movement Comes to Washington State](https://irehr.org/2013/04/26/take-these-tribes-down/) - New Special Report goes inside a formative meeting in a new effort to bring the anti-Indian movement to Washington State.
- [Anti-Indian Leader Comes to Skagit County, Rally Called to Support Tribal Rights](https://irehr.org/2017/05/19/4214/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Anti-Indian Leader Comes to Skagit County, Rally Called to Support Tribal Rights A leading national anti-Indian activist is headed to Skagit County – and supporters of tribal and human rights are rallying to expose her bigotry and stand with Indian Nations. Elaine Willman will speak Saturday, May 20th at a meeting in
- [Anti-Indian to the Core: Elaine Willman, the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance and  the Citizens Alliance for Property Rights](https://irehr.org/2017/05/19/anti-indian-core-elaine-willman-citizens-equal-rights-alliance-citizens-alliance-property-rights/) - On May 20th the Skagit County Citizens Alliance for Property Rights (CAPR) is hosting Elaine Willman in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. Titled a “Workshop on Water & Property Rights: Resolving Conflicts with a Tribal Government,” the event represents Willman’s ongoing efforts to promote anti-Indianism in Western Washington. The Skagit County Republican Party and KGMI’s Kris Halterman are
- [Newsletter](https://irehr.org/2016/02/03/newsletter/)
- [Steve Bannon Lambasted by Libertarians and Morning Joe in Wake of Health Care Failure](https://irehr.org/2017/04/03/steve-bannon-lambasted-libertarians-morning-joe-wake-health-care-failure/) - In the wake of the failure of the Trump administration to push through the American Health Care Act (AHCA), several prominent libertarian organizations have stepped up attacks on top adviser and former Breitbart editor Steve Bannon. The criticisms stem in large part from a meeting Bannon held with the House Freedom Caucus, a group that
- [Searchlight magazine’s Gerry Gable turns 80. Happy Birthday](https://irehr.org/2017/01/27/searchlight-magazines-gerry-gable-turns-80-happy-birthday/) - The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), and anti-fascist comrades across the United States join in congratulating Searchlight magazine’s leading figure Gerry Gable on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Gable has been a beacon across the Atlantic Ocean, an uncompromising pillar of virtue, and a model for all of us to
- [Outdoor Life on the Cartography of the American Lands Council](https://irehr.org/2017/04/03/outdoor-life-cartography-american-lands-council/) - The hunting and fishing magazine, Outdoor Life, offers an interesting critique of the American Lands Council’s use of maps to misrepresent the nature of federal and tribal lands. OL’s Ben Long describes that the ALC map depicts federal lands “in blood red ink,” a color equated with “danger, risk and warnings.” In being unicolor, the
- [IREHR Speaks To Christian Clergy](https://irehr.org/2017/02/23/irehr-speaks-christian-clergy/) - On February 14, 2017, Leonard Zeskind was invited to speak to a group of 45 Christian ministers gathered in Johnson County, Kansas. He began with a description of white supremacy, explained that movement’s transformation into white nationalism, analyzed the rise of the Tea Parties as the vehicles used to “win back their country,” and concluded
- [The Fight for Justice in the Coming Years](https://irehr.org/2017/02/23/fight-justice-coming-years/) - On April 19, 1980, three members of the Justice Knights in Chattanooga burned two crosses in the middle of the black community and then went on a shotgun shooting spree that wounded five women—four standing in a crowd on the sidewalk and another who was sitting in a car. No one was charged with the
- [Hundreds of Tea Partiers Gather in Olympia for Sovereignty Winter Fest](https://irehr.org/2010/01/20/hundreds-of-tea-partiers-gather-in-olympia-for-sovereignty-winter-fest/) - Hundreds of Tea Partiers Gather in Olympia for Sovereignty Winter Fest
- [New Documentary "Oklahoma City" Features IREHR](https://irehr.org/2017/02/06/new-documentary-oklahoma-city-features-irehr/) - A new documentary film entitled “Oklahoma City” retells the story of the bombing and the events that produced it. It will be shown on local PBS stations Tuesday evening, Feb 7, at 9:00 p.m. It features, among others, IREHR board members Dan Levitas and Leonard Zeskind, and it should be watched by one and all,
- [A Brief History of Nativism: Part Five](https://irehr.org/2014/09/05/brief-history-of-nativism-5/) - IREHR's fifth installment in our "Brief History of Nativism" series on the Re-Birth of the (White) Nation: Eugenics and the Ku Klux Klan.
- [Who is Milo Yiannopoulos?](https://irehr.org/2017/01/06/who-is-milo-yiannopoulos/) - Misogynist, White Nationalist-Defending, Anti-Muslim Bigot Milo Yiannopoulos is Coming to a College Campus Near You. The recent presidential election has raised many concerns about the coming four years. Donald Trump amplified these worries by elevating Steve Bannon to a top advisory position in his incoming administration. Bannon’s step into the White House flags another issue
- [Women’s March on Raleigh](https://irehr.org/2017/01/25/womens-march-raleigh/) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in 12 separate Women’s March events across North Carolina on Saturday, January 21st. Protest organizers estimated that 17,000 marchers gathered in Raleigh, and 10,000 each in Charlotte and Asheville. 700 souls rallied together in the eastern North Carolina town of New Bern, population 30,000. March organizers in the state
- [The Kansas Peoples Agenda 2017 Rally](https://irehr.org/2017/01/21/kansas-peoples-agenda-2017-rally/) - The Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas was the site of a massive gathering on Wednesday, January 11, starting at 10:15am. Several hundred Kansans flowed into the Statehouse, registered, and moved up to the second floor Rotunda to hear presentations by faith leaders, Black Lives Matter representatives, community members, poets, performance artists, peace activists, environmentalists, American Indians
- [Richard Spencer: Alt-Right, White Nationalist, Anti-Semite](https://irehr.org/2017/01/05/richard-spencer-alt-right-white-nationalist-anti-semite/) - During a recent broadcast, longtime neo-Nazi and vicious anti-Semite, David Duke, lavished praise upon his guest, “Alt-Right” white nationalist poster-boy Richard Spencer. Duke told the audience of his eponymous program, “We can’t help but love the guy, and he’s really coming around to our opinion.”[1] The “opinion” David Duke is so thrilled to see Spencer
- [White Nationalist Announces Plans to Bus White Power Skinheads to Whitefish](https://irehr.org/2016/12/29/white-nationalist-announces-plans-bus-white-power-skinheads-whitefish/) - Richard Spencer’s Neo-Nazi Friend, Andrew Anglin, Hopes to Bring More Hate to Montana Town
- [White Nationalist Group Targets Whitefish, Montana](https://irehr.org/2016/12/25/white-nationalist-group-targets-whitefish-montana/) - Neo-Nazi Daily Stormer Allies with Richard Spencer, Harasses Whitefish, Montana Jewish Community White Nationalist Richard Spencer has brought little more than bigotry and unwanted national attention to Whitefish, Montana, the base of his National Policy Institute (NPI). Just weeks after shouting "Hail Trump" amidst Nazi salutes from his audience at a Washington D.C. conference, Spencer
- [What Now? Towards a Third Reconstruction](https://irehr.org/2016/11/30/now-towards-third-reconstruction/) - The vision of America boosted by Donald Trump, and brought firmly into the White House in the person of top advisor Stephen Bannon, is one that places white men at its core. The next four years will be a battle for the soul of America. The vision of Bannon and Trump must not be allowed to become the new “normal.”
- [Abridging the Vote Report (pdf)](https://irehr.org/2012/11/20/abridging-the-vote-report-pdf/) - Abridging the Vote: True the Vote in North Carolina
- [A Nation Dispossessed: The Tea Party Movement and Race](https://irehr.org/2012/04/30/a-nation-dispossessed-the-tea-party-movement-and-race/) - The following article was written last summer for the academic journal Critical Sociology, and it will appear in print later this year. It describes the specific form of racism that manifests itself in the Tea Parties, a belief by white people that social gains for black people are, in fact, attacks on the standards for white people. Thus Tea Partiers subjectively believe that they are an oppressed or exploited social grouping. This article also warns against the mistake of prematurely counting the Tea Parties down and out. There is, of course, more. You, dear reader, will find that yourself in the reading.
- [Hard Right Reacts to Death of South African Leader Nelson Mandela](https://irehr.org/2013/12/16/mandela/) - IREHR surveys the hard right's vitriolic response to the death of Nelson Mandela, and remembers Mandela, Biko, and the liberation movement that toppled Apartheid.
- [Birtherism 2.0 - "Natural Born" Racism](https://irehr.org/2011/04/28/birtherism-20-natural-born-racism/) - In addition to those still clinging to long-form racism, at three other distinct strands of birther conspiracy theories are making the rounds. First, that President Obama’s father, Barack Obama, Sr. being from Kenya could not make Obama a natural born citizen. Second, that Obama somehow lost his citizenship when he was adopted by an Indonesian man and moved to Indonesia as a child. Third, that someone else is actually Barack Obama’s father.
- [Armed ‘White Lives Matter’ Group Protests Outside Houston NAACP Office](https://irehr.org/2016/08/31/armed-white-lives-matter-group-protests-outside-houston-naacp-office/) - Brandishing assault rifles and white nationalist banners, “White Lives Matter” activists protested outside of the office of the Houston NAACP on August 21.
- [Who is Kevin MacDonald?](https://irehr.org/2016/08/30/who-is-kevin-macdonald/) - Profile of academic white nationalist and anti-Semite, Kevin MacDonald.
- [White Nationalist Acting as California Trump Spokesperson](https://irehr.org/2016/08/11/3212/) - Another controversial white nationalist and anti-immigration activist is campaigning for Donald Trump in California.
- [Tea Party Loses a Big One](https://irehr.org/2016/08/09/3177/) - The Tea Party movement suffered a major blow when Kansas Rep. Tim Huelskamp was defeated on during the First District primary.
- [David Duke is More Than a Former Klansman](https://irehr.org/2016/08/02/3159/) - Reporters should stop describing David Duke as a “former Klansman.” He is still a hardcore national socialist ideologue who is not above obfuscating his actual beliefs.
- [IREHR at ROP Caucus](https://irehr.org/2016/05/25/irehr-rop-caucus/) - IREHR’s Devin Burghart, Leah Henry-Tanner, and Chuck Tanner were honored to travel to Bend, Oregon to participate in the Rural Organizing Project’s annual Rural Caucus and Strategy Meeting on May 14. Devin gave a presentation on “How the Far-Right Uses Constitutional Mythology to Mobilize Against Social Change,” a topic of much interest after recent standoffs in the state.
- [IREHR on “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee”](https://irehr.org/2016/07/01/irehr-full-frontal-samantha-bee/) - Friends of IREHR who happened to be watching the hilarious TBS News-Comedy show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” on June 20 got a little surprise when an image of a report by IREHR and our friends at the Montana Human Rights Network appeared onscreen. The piece, entitled “Indian Bummer,” focused on attacks on tribal sovereignty
- [IREHR in Greensboro](https://irehr.org/2016/06/19/irehr-in-greensboro/) - IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart visited Greensboro, North Carolina for an important conference that brought together organizers in the fight for $15 from across the South to tackle questions of racial justice. The conference, “Organizing Poor and Working-Class Whites: The Challenge of Building a Multiracial Movement,” was held June 17-18. Leonard and Devin opened
- [Beyond FAIR Report (pdf)](https://irehr.org/2012/11/20/beyond-fair-report-pdf/) - Beyond FAIR: The Decline of the Established Anti-Immigrant Organizations and the Rise of the New Nativism
- [Bigotry, Calls for Violence, Follow Protest of Tribal Treaty Fishing](https://irehr.org/2016/05/13/bigotry-calls-violence-follow-protest-tribal-treaty-fishing/) - The more things change, the adage goes, the more they stay the same. While fisheries management in Washington State has undergone a political sea-change in the decades following the 1974 Boldt decision, one thing appears to have stayed the same – mobilizations against treaty-reserved fishing rights still bring out the worst in some of our
- [Trump Today, Racist Far Right Stronger Tomorrow?](https://irehr.org/2016/04/09/trump-today-racist-far-right-stronger-tomorrow/) - This article was first written for and published in Searchlight magazine in London, which has been fighting fascism and racism for more than 50 years. As of this April 9 writing, Donald Trump’s supporters include approximately 7,000,000 Republicans who have either voted for him in state party primaries or stood for him in caucuses. Trump
- [Trump Foreign Policy Advisor Tied to Montana Anti-Tribal Efforts](https://irehr.org/2016/04/19/trump-foreign-policy-advisor-tied-montana-anti-tribal-efforts/) - Trump Advisor Joseph Schmitz Promotes Anti-Indian and Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Calls for End to the Vote for People Receiving Public Assistance.
- [Willis Carto Dies, Finally](https://irehr.org/2015/11/03/willis-carto-dies-finally/) - IREHR's Leonard Zeskind, author of Blood and Politics, explores the influence of the late Willis Carto on American white nationalism.
- [Tea Party Movement Thrives When It’s the “Victim”](https://irehr.org/2013/06/18/tea-party-movement-thrives-when-it-s-the-victim/) - The Tea Party is growing again by playing the victim, according to new polls.
- [Scalia’s Death: The Tea Parties Supposed Constitutionalism Takes another Hike](https://irehr.org/2016/02/18/2613/) - Almost immediately they issued their statements. Tea Party Patriots boss Jenny Beth Martin “It is critical that the next Supreme Court Justice has the same judicial philosophy and dedication to the Constitution as Justice Scalia. The Senate must block any nomination from President Obama…” And, since she was writing from this Tea Party’s Super PAC,
- [Special Report: The Status of the Tea Party Movement - Part Two](https://irehr.org/2014/01/21/status-of-tea-party-by-the-numbers/) - This second segment of IREHR’s special report on the status of the Tea Party movement provides an unvarnished, non-partisan, data-driven analysis of the membership of the national factions as the movement approaches its sixth year.
- [CERA-Allied Attorney Tours Western Montana](https://irehr.org/2016/02/06/2512/) - On the heels of Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA) leader Elaine Willman’s opinion pieces in the Missoulian and Kalispell Daily Interlake, an attorney closely allied with CERA is embarking on a three-town speaking tour in Western Montana. Attorney Lawrence Kogan will appear February 8th in Kalispell, on the 9th in Polson and 10th in St.
- [Oregon Standoff Fuels Growth of the Three Percenters](https://irehr.org/2016/02/03/2415/) - Arrest of the leaders of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge may have brought one chapter in the saga to a close, but new data compiled by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) suggests that the standoff may have ignited new problems. Beyond the damage to the refuge and
- [Tea Time with the Posse: Inside an Idaho Tea Party Patriots Conference](https://irehr.org/2011/04/18/tea-time-with-the-posse-inside-an-idaho-tea-party-patriots-conference/) - IREHR's Devin Burghart takes you inside a Tea Party event where attendees received a heavy dose of racist “birther” attacks on President Obama, discussions of the conspiracy behind the problem facing America (complete with anti-Semitic illustration), Christian nationalism, anti-environmentalism, and serious calls for legislation promoting states’ rights and nullification.
- [Bigoted Nationalism Opens CERA’s New Year](https://irehr.org/2016/02/03/bigoted-nationalism-opens-ceras-new-year/) - For the Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA), 2016 has begun where 2015 left off – promoting bigotry toward indigenous people and attacks on tribal rights, conspiracy mongering and Islamophobia, and continuing the group’s development as the Indian “expert” for a broader far right movement. Longtime CERA leader Elaine Willman, who relocated from Wisconsin to Ronan,
- [Tea Parties Endorse Cruz](https://irehr.org/2016/02/03/tea-parties-endorse-cruz/) - Shortly before the Iowa Republican Party Caucuses, both Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund (the Tea Party Patriots Super PAC) and Tea Party Nation endorsed Sen. Ted Cruz for President. It is unknown whether or not the endorsements were enough to push Cruz into the winning spot Monday night, but there are at least 4,462 hardcore
- [Point of the Spear: Oregon Militia Standoff Enters Second Week](https://irehr.org/2016/01/09/point-of-the-spear-oregon-militia-standoff-enters-second-week/) - For more than a week, the tranquility of the snow-swept terrain of the southeast Oregon high desert has been disrupted by a small group of white, armed, self-described militia members who forcibly invaded the buildings of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Ostensibly about defending two local ranchers, the armed standoff by far-rightists has quickly transformed
- [IREHR Impact at Jewish Education Day](https://irehr.org/2012/08/27/irehr-impact-at-jewish-education-day/) - IREHR president Leonard Zeskind gave a workshop on "White Nationalists and neo-Nazis in the Kansas-Missouri Region" at a Day of Discovery held at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas.
- [A New Statement by a Renewed Organization for New Times](https://irehr.org/2009/09/18/a-new-statement-by-a-renewed-organization-for-new-times/) - IREHR, statement of purpose, mission
- [Seattle Rallies Against Neo-Nazi Hammerskin Presence](https://irehr.org/2015/12/07/seattle-rallies-against-hammerskin-concert/) - Last night, nearly 500 people turned out in rain to rally and march on Seattle's Capitol Hill against a planned march by the violent neo-Nazi group, the Hammerskins. The Hammerskins did not make an appearance on Capitol Hill. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the white power concert, which the Hammerskins claimed would draw 300 concert-goers, took place
- [IREHR with Kansas City Workers Organizing Committee](https://irehr.org/2015/12/07/irehr-with-kansas-city-workers-organizing-committee/) - On December 6, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind conducted a three-hour workshop for members of the Kansas City Workers Organizing Committee, which mobilizes fast food and other low-wage workers. The workshop included a discussion of the rapidly developing current situation, a critical discussion of fascism, and an analysis of the three-cornered battle we often find ourselves fighting.
- [IREHR Workshop for Southern Organizers](https://irehr.org/2015/12/07/irehr-workshop-for-southern-organizers/) - On December 2, in Greensboro, N.C., IREHR's Leonard Zeskind conducted a two-hour workshop for the Southern Workers Organizing Committee on the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. The two-dozen attendees, from Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama were all engaged in organizing low wage workers in their areas. For the workshop, they all read segments
- [Nine Ways to Stop White Power Music](https://irehr.org/2015/12/01/2079/) - With the announcement that the Northwest Hammerskins are planning to hold a white power music concert in Seattle next weekend, it’s time again to look at what can be done to stop white power music. Here are a few simple tips you can use to counter the threat of white power music. For more detailed
- [Northwest Hammerskins Planning Seattle White Power March and Concert](https://irehr.org/2015/11/25/northwest-hammerskins-planning-seattle-white-power-march-and-concert/) - The white power skinhead group, Northwest Hammerskins, declared an escalation of activities in the Puget Sound region with the announcement of plans to hold a white power concert in the Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood and a march through Capitol Hill. The events are scheduled to celebrate what white nationalists have dubbed “Martyr’s Day” – when they
- [White Supremacists Shoot Five At Black Lives Matter Protest](https://irehr.org/2015/11/24/white-supremacists-shoot-five-at-black-lives-matter-protest/) - White Supremacists shot five #BlackLIvesMatter demonstrators in Minneapolis.
- [Charleston Church Shooter Into White Power Music](https://irehr.org/2015/06/20/charleston-church-shooter-into-white-power-music/) - New details show just how deeply racist killer, Dylann Roof, was inspired by the white nationalist movement and white power music.
- [Tea Party Endorsed Candidates and Election 2012](https://irehr.org/2012/11/15/tea-party-endorsed-candidates-and-election-2012/) - Results for Tea Party endorsed candidates in Election 2012.
- [Tea Party Endorsed Candidates Dominate Election 2014](https://irehr.org/2014/11/06/tea-party-election-2014/) - Tea Party endorsed candidates continued to outperform at the ballot box this year, with endorsed candidates winning 58 of 80 races—a 73% winning percentage.
- [Who is Paul Gottfried?](https://irehr.org/2015/11/06/who-is-paul-gottfried/) - Meet Paul Gottfried, president of the H.L. Mencken Club. His group will bring together white nationalists and paleo-conservatives this weekend.
- [After Charleston Murders, White Nationalists Surge](https://irehr.org/2015/09/23/after-charleston-murders-white-nationalists-surge/) - White Nationalists have surged after the Charleston murders
- [The American Lands Council and the Anti-Indian Movement](https://irehr.org/2015/10/19/the-american-lands-council-and-the-anti-indian-movement/) - Recent Montana meeting highlights the American Lands Council's role in the Anti-Indian movement.
- [Oath Keepers Leader Defends Confederate Flag [Video]](https://irehr.org/2015/11/03/oath-keepers-leader-defends-confederate-flag-video/) - At an August 2015 Appalachian Summit, a leading Oath Keepers leader defends Confederate flag.
- [Who is Richard Spencer?](https://irehr.org/2014/06/27/who-is-richard-spencer/) - Is Richard Spencer the new face of white nationalism?
- [Anti-Indian Escalation in Montana](https://irehr.org/2015/09/17/anti-indian-escalation-in-montana/) - CERA Announces Regional Conference in Kalispell on Heels of Elaine Willman's Move to Montana A Special Report of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights and Montana Human Rights Network. The anti-Indian Citizens Equal Rights Alliance has announced a "Regional Education Conference" to be held September 26, 2015 at
- [Oath Keepers Roll Out Plan to Infiltrate Local Institutions [Video]](https://irehr.org/2015/11/03/oath-keepers-roll-out-plan-to-infiltrate-local-institutions-video/) - At an August 2015 Appalachian Summit, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes unveiled disturbing new plans to infiltrate local institutions.
- [IREHR at ROP Rural Caucus and Strategy Session](https://irehr.org/2015/06/15/irehr-at-rop-rural-caucus-and-strategy-session/) - On June 13, IREHR vice president, Devin Burghart, had the honor of speaking to the annual Rural Organizing Project's (ROP) Rural Caucus and Strategy Sessrion about the relationship between the Tea Party and paramilitary groups like the Oath Keepers. Local ROP leaders have been instrumental in pushing back against the Oath Keepers involvement in a
- [IREHR Impact in Pennsylvania English-Only Debate](https://irehr.org/2015/10/13/irehr-impact-in-pennsylvania-english-only-debate/) - When Pennsylvania State Representative Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) invited the head of the English-only outfit, ProEnglish, to testify before the State Government Committee on September 24, it’s unlikely he anticipated the controversy to follow. Using evidence originally uncovered by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), Rep. Leslie Acosta (D-Philadelphia), called out ProEnglish
- [IREHR in Western Washington](https://irehr.org/2015/10/13/irehr-in-western-washington/) - On September 28, IREHR’s Devin Burghart held a training on researching the far-right with members of the Whatcom Civil Rights Project at the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center in Bellingham, Washington. On October 7, Devin again travelled to Bellingham to deliver a talk on “The Threat of White Nationalism in ‘Post-Racial’ America,” for the Center
- [IREHR quoted on Neo-Nazis Shopping for Land in Kansas](https://irehr.org/2015/10/03/irehr-quoted-on-neo-nazis-shopping-for-land-in-kansas/) - IREHR's Leonard Zeskind commented on recent efforts by neo-Nazi Craig Cobb to purchase land on the Kansas - Nebraska border in the October 2, 2015 article, "Neo-Nazi is shopping for land in Kansas." The story ran in the Kansas City Star, the Wichita Eagle, and other Kansas outlets.
- [What About Bob?  Robert Vandervoort and White Nationalism](https://irehr.org/2012/02/14/what-about-bob-robert-vandervoort-and-white-nationalism/) - After the recent controversy at CPAC, ProEnglish e.d. Bob Vandervoort has been trying to duck his ties to white nationalism. IREHR takes a closer look.
- [Generations of Montanans Stand Against Hate](https://irehr.org/2015/09/26/generations-of-montanans-stand-against-hate/) - "Native Americans from all nations and non-natives will rally together to voice their opposition in a peaceful manner." This rings loud and clear in a statement by Dustin Monroe of Native Generational Change about the Native-led protest against the anti-Indian Citizens Equal Rights Alliance conference in Kalispell, Montana on Saturday. NGC's message was published in
- [Take Action: Ask Senator Fielder to Reject Anti-Indian Bigotry](https://irehr.org/2015/09/24/take-action-ask-senator-fielder-to-reject-anti-indian-bigotry/) - Ask MT state Senator Jennifer Fielder to reject anti-Indian bigotry and the toxic Citizens Equal Rights Alliance conference this weekend in Kalispell
- [Native Generational Change to Protest CERA Conference in Kalispell](https://irehr.org/2015/09/23/native-generational-change-to-protest-cera-conference-in-kalispell/) - Native Generational Change to protest anti-native group Citizens Equal Rights Alliance Conference in Kalispell, MT on September 26, 2015.
- [Native Scholars Oppose CERA, Support Multi-Cultural Education.](https://irehr.org/2015/09/24/native-scholars-oppose-cera-support-multi-cultural-education/) - Native Scholars Oppose anti-Indian group, Citizens Equal Rights Alliance (CERA), Support Support Multi-Cultural Education.
- [Kansas Jurors Give Miller a Death Sentence](https://irehr.org/2015/09/09/kansas-jurors-give-miller-a-death-sentence/) - The national socialist bigot we know as Frazier Glenn Miller was just sentenced to death for the April 13, 2014 murders of three decent people at Jewish sites in Johnson County, Kansas. Miller said he thought he was killing Jews, and expressed no remorse and requested no forgiveness. Miller has been marching towards this conclusion
- [2015 Tea Party Membership Map](https://irehr.org/2015/09/15/2015-tea-party-membership-map/)
- ["The Revolutionary War for Citizens of Montana"](https://irehr.org/2015/09/10/the-revolutionary-war-for-citizens-of-montana/) - Anti-Indian activist Elaine Willman Sets Up Shop in Ronan, Montana.
- [Who is Alex Jones?](https://irehr.org/2011/10/18/who-is-alex-jones/) - A new IREHR investigation looks at the bigotry of radio host Alex Jones, who has indulged in vicious racist anti-immigrant rhetoric, promoted anti-Semitic con artists, defended Holocaust deniers, and attacked civil rights leaders. Now he wants a piece of the Occupy movement.
- [Sea Shepherd Announces Revival of Campaign Against Makah Treaty Rights](https://irehr.org/2015/04/22/sea-shepherd-announces-revival-of-campaign-against-makah-treaty-rights/) - Controversial environmental group, Sea Shepherd, has announced it will revive it's campaign against Makah treaty rights.
- [New Study Finds Texas Ranks Second Overall in Tea Party Membership](https://irehr.org/2014/01/23/new-study-finds-texas-ranks-second-overall-in-tea-party-membership/) - A new report released by the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) finds that Texas ranks second overall in Tea Party membership.
- [Media Release: Groups Release Report Critical of Anti-Indian Activist's Move to Montana](https://irehr.org/2015/09/11/media-release-groups-release-report-critical-of-anti-indian-activists-move-to-montana/) - Media Release For Immediate Release: Groups Release Report Critical of Anti-Indian Activist's Move to Montana “The Revolutionary War for Citizens of Montana” New Report by Human Rights Groups Documents National Anti-Indian Leader’s Moves to Ronan, Montana to Fight Tribal Water Compact On the heels of state approval of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
- [The Tea Party in North Carolina (pdf)](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/the-tea-party-in-north-carolina-pdf/) - The Tea Party in North Carolina
- [Tea Parties, Property Rights and Anti-Indianism in the Klamath River Basin](https://irehr.org/2012/08/02/tea-parties-property-rights-and-anti-indianism-in-the-klamath-river-basin/) - A look at the Tea Parties impact in promoting Property Rights zealotry and Anti-Indianism in the Klamath River Basin.
- [Meet the SC Tea Party Legislators Opposed to Removing the Confederate Flag](https://irehr.org/2015/07/02/meet-the-sc-tea-party-legislators-opposed-to-removing-the-confederate-flag/) - In the South Carolina legislature, opposition to taking down the Confederate battle flag is a Tea Party cause.
- [Tea Party Leaders Attack Constitution](https://irehr.org/2010/11/30/tea-party-leaders-attack-constitution/) - Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips Discusses Ending Voting Rights for Those Who Do Not Own Property, Ending One Person One Vote for U.S. Senators, and Changing the Fourteenth Amendment.
- ["We Will Not Comply" Gun Disobedience Comes to Oregon](https://irehr.org/2015/07/15/video-test/)
- [White Nationalists Descend on D.C. for National Policy Institute Conference](https://irehr.org/2013/10/23/npi-conference-2013/) - IREHR takes a look at the National Policy Institute, the white nationalist "think-tank" holding a conference in DC Oct. 25-27.
- [American Renaissance Meets in the Tennessee Woods Again](https://irehr.org/2015/05/12/american-renaissance-meets-in-the-tennessee-woods-again/) - Over the April 17-18 weekend, the so-called scientific racists around the American Renaissance newsletter and website once again met at the Montgomery Bell State Park, less than 60 miles west of Nashville, Tennessee. They discussed whether or not the change they wanted would come from involvement in “American political system,” heard from a Latvian nationalist, British National Party cadres, and from a bevy of American white nationalist and anti-immigrant speakers. Despite a small group of anti-racists protested outside the park, from the standpoint of American Renaissance boss Jared Taylor, the event was their “best ever.”
- [Long Time National Socialist Glenn Miller Finally to Trial](https://irehr.org/2015/08/21/1506/) - On Monday, August 17, Glenn Miller will finally go to trial for murder. Miller joined the white supremacist movement in 1973. He led a Carolina Klan group and then the White Patriot Party in North Carolina in the 1980s. He was accused, but never charged, of receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from a large
- [Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to Protest Confederate Flag Removal](https://irehr.org/2015/07/01/loyal-white-knights-of-the-ku-klux-klan-to-protest-confederate-flag-removal/) - A North Carolina Ku Klux Klan faction is planning to rally in South Carolina to support the Confederate battle flag.
- [Pro-Confederate Flag Rallies Scheduled this Weekend](https://irehr.org/2015/07/03/pro-confederate-flag-rallies-scheduled-this-weekend/) - Over the weekend when most Americans celebrate the founding of the United States, some activists have decided to show support for the flag of those who sought to split this country apart to defend the institution of slavery. As of the morning of July 3, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR)
- [The Confederate Flag Fight is Just Beginning (Again)](https://irehr.org/2015/07/01/the-confederate-flag-fight-is-just-beginning-again/) - Despite South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s apparent willingness to lower the Confederate battle flag, no one should be fooled into believing that the fight over this flag will be short and sweet. It will likely be long and dirty. Already one of the Klan factions has decided to rally for the flag. And Tea Partiers
- [Russia’s International Conservative Forum Draws American White Nationalists](https://irehr.org/2015/05/20/russias-international-conservative-forum-draws-american-white-nationalists/) - In St. Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, an international mélange of Holocaust deniers, Hitler apologists, white nationalists and Russian ultra-nationalist met in March at the Holiday Inn. They pressed the case for Russian opposition to American foreign policy and American multi-racial democracy, they supported the rebels in the eastern reaches of the Ukraine, and they opposed the
- [IREHR Workshop at Missouri Rural Crisis Center Gathering](https://irehr.org/2015/08/29/irehr-workshop-at-missouri-rural-crisis-center-gathering/) - IREHR president, Leonard Zeskind, conducted a workshop at the 2015 Missouri Rural Crisis Center Gathering.
- [Unemployment by Race, Gender](https://irehr.org/2009/11/14/unemployment-by-race-gender/) - Bureau of Labor Statistics Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate for the categories, overall, white, black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, men over 20, and women over 20.
- [Trial Set for Attack on Blackfeet Nation Member](https://irehr.org/2009/11/17/trial-set-for-attack-on-blackfeet-nation-member/) - Trial Set for Attack on Blackfeet Nation Member
- [Islamophobia is no secret](https://irehr.org/2009/12/02/islamophobia-is-no-secret/) - Islamophobia in the United States.
- [BNP uses public money to fund party officers](https://irehr.org/2009/12/02/bnp-uses-public-money-to-fund-party-officers/) - British National Party, BNP, using MEP money to bankroll the organization.
- [Unemployment, Race and Crimes by White-ists](https://irehr.org/2010/01/04/unemployment-race-and-crimes-by-white-ists/) - Unemployment rates have told us next to nothing about any link between unemployment and violence by organized self-conscious racists.
- [To Understand the Trial of Scott Roeder...](https://irehr.org/2010/01/15/to-understand-the-trial-of-scott-roeder/) - A primer to understanding the murder trial of Scott Roeder.
- [The Birthers and the 14th Amendment](https://irehr.org/2009/09/15/the-birthers-and-the-14th-amendment/) - Birther Bill introduced.
- [Tea Parties, Race, Republicans, and the Opposition to Obama](https://irehr.org/2009/09/14/tea-parties-race-republicans-and-the-opposition-to-obama/) - The growth of the Tea Parties and racism
- [Seattle Synagogues Defaced with Swastikas](https://irehr.org/2009/09/13/seattle-synagogues-defaced-with-swastikas/) - Spray-painted swastikas on two synagogues and nearby sidewalks in a south Seattle neighborhood
- [Inside the Preserving Western Civilization Conference](https://irehr.org/2009/04/01/inside-the-preserving-western-civilization-conference/) - An insider look at the Preserving Western Civilization conference.
- [What next for white nationalists in the Obama years?](https://irehr.org/2009/02/01/what-next-for-white-nationalists-in-the-obama-years/) - white nationalism in the Obama years
- [Russian Ultra-Nationalists Jailed for Attempted Murder](https://irehr.org/2009/09/24/russian-ultra-nationalists-jailed-for-attempted-murder/) - On September 22, the Moscow City Court sentenced a group of ultra-nationalist young people to prison terms for three attempted murders and other crimes committed out of ethnic hatred.
- [MHRN Exposes Local Creativity Movement Activity](https://irehr.org/2009/10/05/mhrn-exposes-local-creativity-movement-activity/) - After racist literature appeared at the homes of Bozeman residents and on local bulletin boards, the Montana Human Rights Network (MHRN) sprung into action to swiftly name the identity of the culprit.
- [Searchlight: All Things to All Men](https://irehr.org/2009/10/05/searchlight-all-things-to-all-men/) - British National Party leader Nick Griffin is engaging in sleight of hand to keep his members happy and ensure they keep on giving him their money. Sonia Gable investigates for Searchlight magazine.
- [Moldovan Far-Right Interfere in Political Turmoil](https://irehr.org/2009/10/07/moldovan-far-right-interfere-in-political-turmoil/) - Elections in Moldova brought changes to the political landscape and deepened the turmoil present since the heavily disputed re-election of the government was met with widespread rioting by pro-Romanian hooligans in Chisinau.
- [Gun Activists Planning Spokane Armed Protest on March 6](https://irehr.org/2015/03/04/gun-activists-planning-spokane-armed-protest-on-march-6/) - Alert: Far-Right activists planning armed protest in Spokane, March 6
- [IREHR with Southern Workers Organizing Committee](https://irehr.org/2015/08/03/1415/) - On Saturday, July 18, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind conducted a two-hour workshop for low-wage workers organizers from Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. The topics were: understanding the white nationalist movement, information on the Tea Party movement, and building responses to both of these threats to democracy and civil rights for all. The workshop was
- [IREHR with St. Louis Anti-Racist Collective](https://irehr.org/2015/08/03/irehr-with-st-louis-anti-racist-collective/) - On Sunday, July 26, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind did a workshop on the white nationalist movement for the about 30 activists from the Anti-Racist Collective (ARC) of the St. Louis Justice Institute. This group of white people had been involved in building solidarity for the struggles in the Ferguson area, had opposed an Aryan Nations rally
- [IREHR at Western States Center's AMP Conference](https://irehr.org/2015/08/03/irehr-at-western-states-centers-amp-conference/) - On July 19, IREHR vice president Devin Burghart, IREHR board member Leah Henry-Tanner, and IREHR advisory board member Chuck Tanner were in Portland, Oregon for the "Activists Mobilizing for Power" conference put on by the Western States Center. Despite the sweltering heat, the Chief Joseph room at Portland State University’s Native America Student Community Center
- [Tea Party Patriots Plan Nativist October Surprise](https://irehr.org/2014/09/22/tea-party-patriots-plan-nativist-october-surprise/) - Tea Party Patriots plan to launch a major new anti-immigrant campaign on October 16.
- [Keeping the Hard-Core Racist in the Dog House in South Carolina](https://irehr.org/2013/06/04/keeping-the-hard-core-racist-in-the-dog-house-in-south-carolina/) - IREHR was the first to expose the white nationalist, anti-immigrant, Tea Party ties of Roan Garcia-Quintana.
- [IREHR quoted by Daily Kos](https://irehr.org/2011/09/24/irehr-quoted-by-daily-kos/) - Markos Moulitsas, "Anti-immigrant nativists show their true colors," Daily Kos, September 23, 2011.
- [IREHR in the New York Daily News](https://irehr.org/2011/09/28/irehr-in-the-new-york-daily-news/) - Albor Luiz, "Foes of 'illegals' move to end ALL immigration," New York Daily News, September 28, 2011.
- [British Learn About Tea Parties](https://irehr.org/2010/07/28/british-learn-about-tea-parties/) - IREHR in the UK From the reaction of the audiences during my recent Searchlight-sponsored speaking tour of the United Kingdom, July 17-21, it appears that there is a high level of interest and concern about the influence of the Tea Parties on the political scene here in the United States. During the weeklong series of events around England and Wales, I also had an opportunity to learn more about the successful organizing strategies of Hope Not Hate—the Searchlight campaign to counter the growing electoral influence of the British National Party (BNP).
- [Excerpt from Leonard Zeskind's presentation to the NAACP National Convention](https://irehr.org/2010/07/11/excerpt-from-leonard-zeskinds-presentation-to-the-naacp-national-convention/) - Leonard Zeskind's speech to the NAACP National Convention on the Tea Parties.
- [IREHR in Buzzflash](https://irehr.org/2010/01/26/irehr-in-buzzflash/) - IREHR vice president Devin Burghart is quoted in a new special commentary appearing on the January 25 edition of Buzzflash, entitled, "While Progressives Dither, Tea Partiers are Getting Down to the Business of Politics." The article by Bill Berkowitz is worth a read. Check it out.
- [IREHR President Featured in "White Power USA" Documentary](https://irehr.org/2010/01/13/irehr-president-featured-in-white-power-usa-documentary/) - IREHR president Leonard Zeskind was featured in the new television documentary, White Power USA.
- [Zeskind on Roeder Trial](https://irehr.org/2010/01/11/zeskind-on-roeder-trial/) - IREHR President Leonard Zeskind will be following the trial of Scott Roeder, the accused killer of Dr. Tiller.
- [IREHR Seattle Kick-Off Event](https://irehr.org/2009/09/20/irehr-seattle-kick-off-event/) - On October 10, we will celebrate the launch of the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) Seattle office with a very special evening of discussion with internationally recognized experts.
- [Americans for Prosperity Abandons Oregon](https://irehr.org/2015/05/20/americans-for-prosperity-abandons-oregon/) - Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the Koch Brothers-backed national organization that has been working with Tea Party groups, has abandoned operations in Oregon, according to new research by IREHR. Without notice, the state organization was shuttered earlier in the year. The chapter’s website was shut off, and references to AFP Oregon scrubbed from the national website.
- [National Socialist Ideologues Interrupt Black Lives Matter Event in Cincinnati](https://irehr.org/2015/05/24/national-socialist-ideologues-interrupt-black-lives-matter-event-in-cincinnati/) - A group of white nationalists interrupts a Black Lives Matter press conference in Cincinnati.
- [Statement on Charleston Murders](https://irehr.org/2015/06/18/1262/) - The brutal and ghastly murders of nine African Americans as they sat in church for a Wednesday evening Bible study is a terrible reminder that white supremacy remains a danger in our communities. The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) mourns the lives lost, and calls on all people of good will
- [Charleston Church Massacre Inspired by White Supremacy](https://irehr.org/2015/06/18/charleston-church-massacre-inspired-by-white-supremacy/) - The brutal massacre of 9 people in a Charleston, SC church was inspired by white supremacy-past and present.
- [IREHR President at UMKC School of Law Conference](https://irehr.org/2015/06/20/irehr-president-at-umkc-school-of-law-conference/) - On June 4, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind served on a panel on “Religiously Based Hate Crimes & Persecution at the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law’s conference on “Law and Religious Freedom.” On June 4, IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind served on a panel on “Religiously Based Hate Crimes & Persecution at the University of
- [Zeskind on Charleston Massacre in Kansas City Star](https://irehr.org/2015/06/20/zeskind-on-charleston-massacre-in-kansas-city-star/) - On June 18, IREHR president, Leonard Zeskind, was quoted in the Kansas City Star article, "Church shooting suspect Dylann Roof is an enigma, but threat of domestic terrorism is clear." Leonard Zeskind, president of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, said the patches on Roof’s jacket and comments that Roof allegedly made
- [Burghart in the Kansas City Star on Charleston Shooter](https://irehr.org/2015/06/20/burghart-in-the-kansas-city-star-on-charleston-shooter/) - IREHR's Devin Burghart was cited in a Kansas City Star piece exposing how Dylann Roof, the Charleston church killer, first entered white nationalism through his discovery of the St. Louis-based Council of Conservative Citizens. The story by Judy Thomas notes, Those who monitor extremist groups said the writer’s description of coming across the council’s website
- [IREHR Applauds Marriage Equality Ruling](https://irehr.org/2015/06/26/irehr-applauds-marriage-equality-ruling/) - The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) applauds the historic Supreme Court decision affirming marriage equality in all fifty states. It is an important step on our path to equality. IREHR will continue to monitor the activities of those groups and individuals who have pledged resistance and defiance to the Supreme Court's
- [Another Church Burns - Was it a Racially Motivated Fire?](https://irehr.org/2015/07/01/another-church-burns-was-it-a-racially-motivated-fire/) - Under the headline “No Evidence of Hate Crimes in Fires at Black Churches,” the New York Times on June 29 reported, “officials say they have found no evidence that the blazes were hate crimes.” They have also found no suspects, as of this writing, so the investigations continue. Some of the fires may have been
- [St. Louis Anti-Racists Outsmart Aryan Types](https://irehr.org/2015/05/05/st-louis-anti-racists-outsmart-aryan-types/) - On April 25 in downtown St. Louis, a rally by Aryan Nations members and others to “Free Gary Yarbrough” met the determined resistance of the local Anti-Racist Collective. The Anti-Racist activists gathered in force beforehand, near the place the Aryans would rally. In unison they carried “Black Lives Matter” signs and conveyed a strong message, much to the consternation of the Aryan types.
- [[Video] Watch IREHR President Leonard Zeskind Discuss White Nationalism](https://irehr.org/2015/04/28/video-watch-irehr-president-leonard-zeskind-discuss-white-nationalism/) - IREHR's Leonard Zeskind sits down with the Kansas City Star on the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing to discuss changes in white nationalism.
- [Exposed: Anti-Semites and Racists from the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe](https://irehr.org/2015/04/21/exposed-anti-semites-and-racists-from-the-usa-canada-the-uk-and-europe/) - Anti-Semites and Racists from the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe exposed at London meeting.
- [New Report Documents Far Right Opposition to Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Water Compact with State of Montana](https://irehr.org/2015/04/20/new-report-documents-far-right-opposition-to-confederated-salish-and-kootenai-tribes-water-compact-with-state-of-montana/) - A new report from the Montana Human Rights Network documents the opposition of Tea Party, wise use and anti-Indian activists to a water compact between the State of Montana and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT).
- [Leonard Zeskind Speaks to a “United Student Assembly”](https://irehr.org/2015/04/20/leonard-zeskind-speaks-to-a-united-student-assembly/) - On April 7, at the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Leonard Zeskind spoke on “White Supremacy and Islamophobia” at a gathering of students outside the Student Union building. The local Muslim Student Association, the campus branch of the NAACP, and the Pride Alliance were among the sponsors of the event. The Student Organizing Committee was the principle group directing the event. It is an off-shoot of the Workers Organizing Committee, which is organizing fast food workers.
- [Remembering the Oklahoma City Bombing](https://irehr.org/2015/04/18/remembering-the-oklahoma-city-bombing/) - IREHR's Leonard Zeskind looks back at the Oklahoma City Bombing, twenty years ago.
- [Deindustrialization and Race in Kansas City](https://irehr.org/2015/03/30/deindustrialization-and-race-in-kansas-city/) - IREHR’s Leonard Zeskind gave a talk on “Deindustrialization and Race in Kansas City” to the Phantom’s Equity Series on March 27. He did so at the behest of the Workers Organizing Committee, which has been organizing fast food workers, and is preparing for an April 15 march and rally. http://www.standupkc.org/ . Below is an edited version of the talk. It should be noted hat the East Side of Kansas City is predominantly occupied by African Americans.
- [Opinion: Does anti-Semitism infect the Missouri Republican Party?](https://irehr.org/2015/03/23/opinion-does-anti-semitism-infect-the-missouri-republican-party/) - An anti-Semitic whisper campaign, a suicide, and the Missouri GOP.
- [IREHR Steps Forward at Louisville White Privilege Conference](https://irehr.org/2015/03/23/irehr-steps-forward-at-louisville-white-privilege-conference/) - On March 12, 2015, Leonard Zeskind conducted a workshop on the Tea Party movement, its manifestly false sense that they had been dispossessed of their control of the nation, and the racism that infects much of the movement. Zeskind then developed a seven-step program for stopping the Tea Party movement. About 100 people from all over the country participated in the workshop, filling up the room, sitting and standing along the walls after all the seats had been taken. Zeskind’s talk was very well-received. More than 1,500 people attended conference, with dozens of workshops over three days and periodic keynote talks.
- [Hammerskin Arrested in Mesa, AZ Shooting Spree](https://irehr.org/2015/03/18/hammerskin-arrested-in-mesa-az-shooting-spree/) - Ryan Eliot Giroux, a reported member of the white power skinhead group, Hammerskin Nation, was arrested after a mass shooting spree in Mesa Arizona.
- [Remembering Benjamin Israel](https://irehr.org/2015/02/27/remembering-benjamin-israel/) - Remembering Benjamin Israel, one of IREHR's founders
- [CPAC’s Recurring White Nationalism Problem](https://irehr.org/2015/02/25/cpac-s-recurring-white-nationalism-problem/) - As the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gets set to kick off tomorrow just outside of Washington DC, the event is already mired in yet another controversy over white nationalism. ProEnglish, the white nationalist-led English-only outfit that created serious headaches for the conference in the past, is once again being allowed to be an official exhibitor at CPAC 2015 when the doors open tomorrow. On top of that, another white nationalist outfit has come to town to try and influence the CPAC conversation.
- [All Out for Moral March on February 14 in North Carolina](https://irehr.org/2015/01/26/all-out-for-moral-march-on-february-14-in-north-carolina/) - Come to Raleigh on February 14 for the HKonJ Coalition's Moral March.
- [German Islamophobe Steps Down after Publication of Hitler Selfie](https://irehr.org/2015/01/21/german-islamophobe-steps-down-after-publication-of-hitler-selfie/) - Leader of German Islamophobic group steps down after Hitler selfie published.
- [Aryan Gary Yarbrough Stays in Prison](https://irehr.org/2015/01/21/aryan-gary-yarbrough-stays-in-prison/) - On Saturday, January 17, at the United States Embassy in the heart of London, 33 white nationalists rallied in support of Gary Yarbrough, an imprisoned member of the white supremacists apparatus known as The Order.
- [Witness to Selma](https://irehr.org/2015/01/16/witness-to-selma/) - David Goldstein, the executive director of the Greater Kansas City Jewish Community Relations Bureau / American Jewish Committee from 1972 until 1998, marched in Selma during the voting rights fight in 1965—twice. So IREHR sat down with him as he remembered those days, now commemorated in the movie Selma.
- [Third Controversial Speaker Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party Convention](https://irehr.org/2015/01/16/third-controversial-speaker-scheduled-to-speak-at-south-carolina-tea-party-convention/) - IREHR looks at a Tea Party activist who has traveled the country teaching a curriculum that refers to African-American children as "pickaninnies," claims that the treatment of slaves was "humane," and that "the economic system of slavery chained the slave owners almost as much as the slaves."
- [Second Troublesome Speaker Scrubbed from South Carolina Tea Party Convention](https://irehr.org/2015/01/16/second-troublesome-speaker-scrubbed-from-south-carolina-tea-party-convention/) - After an IREHR report, the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition has removed a second troublesome figure from the website of the group's fourth annual convention.
- [Another Troubling Figure Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party Convention](https://irehr.org/2015/01/15/another-troubling-figure-scheduled-to-speak-at-south-carolina-tea-party-convention/) - Jake MacAulay, who left an anti-gay hate group to work alongside a group of white nationalist leaders is scheduled to speak at the SC Tea Party convention.
- [Explosion Rocks Colorado Springs NAACP Office](https://irehr.org/2015/01/07/explosion-rocks-colorado-springs-naacp-office/) - An explosive device was detonated outside the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP on January 6, 2015.
- [Was Lennon Lacy Lynched in North Carolina?](https://irehr.org/2015/01/06/was-lennon-lacy-lynched-in-north-carolina/) - At dinnertime on Thursday, August 28, 2014, 17 year-old Lennon Lacy weighed 195 pounds on a 5’11” frame. He could press 200 pounds at the gym, or his older brother over his head. He worked out every day, was in good physical condition, had wrestled previously and aimed at playing linebacker for the Bladenboro, North Carolina high school football team. On Friday morning, he was dead—found hanging from a swing set blocks from home.
- [House Majority Whip Confesses to Speaking at White Nationalist Conference](https://irehr.org/2014/12/30/house-majority-whip-confesses-to-speaking-at-white-nationalist-conference/) - House Majority Whip Spoke to a gathering organized by neo-Nazi David Duke in 2002.
- [Our Top Ten of 2014](https://irehr.org/2014/12/30/our-top-ten-of-2014/) - Our rundown of the important stories of 2014.
- [IREHR's Exposure of the "Confederate Cuban" in Raw Story](https://irehr.org/2014/12/19/irehr-s-exposure-of-the-confederate-cuban-in-raw-story/) - IREHR's expose of the "Confederate Cuban's" scheduled appearance at a South Carolina Tea Party Convention picked up by Raw Story.
- [South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Scrubs White Nationalist from Website](https://irehr.org/2014/12/19/south-carolina-tea-party-coalition-scrubs-white-nationalist-from-website/) - After an IREHR expose, the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition deleted all references to the white nationalist scheduled to speak at their convention. Does the story end there?
- [Media Release: IREHR Condemns White Nationalist Scheduled to  Speak at South Carolina Tea Party Convention](https://irehr.org/2014/12/18/media-release-irehr-condemns-white-nationalist-scheduled-to-speak-at-south-carolina-tea-party-convention/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2014 IREHR Condemns White Nationalist Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party Convention (Kansas City) The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) today expressed concern that a South Carolina white nationalist leader is scheduled to appear alongside members of Congress and prospective presidential candidates at an upcoming Tea Party convention.
- [White Nationalist Scheduled to Speak at South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention](https://irehr.org/2014/12/17/white-nationalist-scheduled-to-speak-at-south-carolina-tea-party-coalition-convention/) - A South Carolina white nationalist leader is scheduled to appear alongside Tea Party leaders, members of Congress, and prospective presidential candidates at a Tea Party convention in January, according to new research by IREHR.
- [IREHR Celebrates Human Rights Day](https://irehr.org/2014/12/12/irehr-celebrates-human-rights-day/) - On December 10, IREHR joined the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, the Whatcom Peace and Justice Center, and Amnesty International in an event celebrating both the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force and Human Rights Day. IREHR’s Devin Burghart, a founding member of the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force,
- [Zeskind Chapter in Book on the Anglo-American Far Right](https://irehr.org/2014/12/03/zeskind-chapter-in-book-on-the-anglo-american-far-right/) - Leonard Zeskind’s chapter, “The Tea Party Movement at the Crossroads of Nation and State,” was included in The Post-War Anglo-American Far Right: A Special Relationship of Hate just published by Palgrave MacMillan.
- [Tea Party Leader Claims to be Plotting a Military Coup](https://irehr.org/2014/11/24/tea-party-leader-claims-to-be-plotting-a-military-coup/) - A leader of a national Tea Party group told supporters he is working "underground" with retired military generals to "takedown" the "Obama regime"
- [Tea Party Nativists Seething over Obama’s Immigration Reform Action](https://irehr.org/2014/11/22/tea-party-nativists-seething-over-obama-s-immigration-reform-actions/) - Tea Party nativists are furious at President Obama's immigration reform executive orders. What it means for immigration reform and the future of the Tea Party.
- [Expose and Fight Back Against Anti-Semitism](https://irehr.org/2014/11/19/expose-and-fight-back-against-anti-semitism/) - Long time national socialist Frazier Glenn Miller confessed to Judy L. Thomas, a Kansas City Star reporter, that he had murdered three persons in a killing spree at the Jewish Community Center campus and at Village Shalom retirement village in the Greater Kansas City area.
- [Darla Dawald Departs Patriot Action Network](https://irehr.org/2014/11/18/darla-dawald-departs-patriot-action-network/) - Patriot Action Network leader Darla Dawald has departed the group to start a new Christian nationalist project.
- [An Open Letter to Frank Brehm and Oregonians for Immigration Reform](https://irehr.org/2014/11/17/an-open-letter-to-frank-brehm-and-oregonians-for-immigration-reform/) - IREHR responds to OFIR's Frank Brehm about our article dissecting the nativist victory in Oregon.
- [Bright Spots in the 2014 Elections](https://irehr.org/2014/11/13/bright-spots-in-the-2014-elections/) - IREHR has documented many of the human rights setbacks in the 2014 elections. At the same time, there are some important victories to highlight. These include victories in areas of women's rights, pro-worker legislation, and gun safety.
- [Dissecting the Nativist Victory in Oregon](https://irehr.org/2014/11/13/dissecting-the-nativist-victory-in-oregon/) - IREHR examines the behind-the-scenes political committees, uncovers the network of anti-immigrant and Tea Party groups in the state, and follows the money to find out how nativists were victorious in Oregon. We also look at what the nativist victory portends for immigration reform nationally in 2015 and beyond.
- [2014 Election Entrenches Tea Party Support in the North Carolina General Assembly](https://irehr.org/2014/11/07/2014-election-entrenches-tea-party-support-in-the-north-carolina-general-assembly/) - An IREHR analysis of election results in North Carolina finds Tea Party support entrenched at the legislature, with nearly half of all returning legislators supportive of the Tea Party.
- [League of the South Cadre Wins Maryland County Election](https://irehr.org/2014/11/06/league-of-the-south-cadre-wins-maryland-county-election/) - Michael Peroutka, a 62-year old attorney affiliated with the League of the South, won election to the Anne Arundel County Council, running as a Republican.
- [Montana Private Ski Club Sides with White Nationalist](https://irehr.org/2014/10/31/montana-private-ski-club-sides-with-white-nationalist/) - An exclusive private ski club in Montana chooses a white nationalist over a respected conservative.
- [Failure and Success for American White Nationalists in Hungary](https://irehr.org/2014/10/21/failure-and-success-for-american-white-nationalists-in-hungary/) - Richard Spencer and the National Policy Institute got more than they bargained for when they went to Budapest.
- [Aryan Brotherhood a Danger, But Not Part of White Nationalist Movement](https://irehr.org/2014/10/21/aryan-brotherhood-a-danger-but-not-part-of-white-nationalist-movement/) - While the Aryan Brotherhood poses a serious danger, it's also important to remember that they are not part of the white nationalist movement
- [Matt Koehl Finally Dies](https://irehr.org/2014/10/21/matt-koehl-finally-dies/) - Matt Koehl, a Wisconsin neo-Nazi who worked alongside American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell, has died at the age of 79.
- [IREHR Impact in North Carolina](https://irehr.org/2014/10/21/irehr-impact-in-north-carolina/) - The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR) had the honor to first release its report, The Tea Party in North Carolina: Threat to a New Birth of Freedom, on Friday, October 10, at the North Carolina NAACP State Conference in Fayetteville.
- [Special Report: The Tea Party in North Carolina](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/special-report-the-tea-party-in-north-carolina/) - IREHR is pleased to announce the release of a new special report, The Tea Party in North Carolina: Threat to a New Birth of Freedom. This groundbreaking 56-page report is a non-partisan, data-driven look at the Tea Party in the state of North Carolina and the movement's impact on the state legislature. The report includes detailed interactive maps and lots of additional data. It also includes a preface by NC NAACP president, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and a foreword by Alan McSurely.
- [Appendix E: White Supremacist Violence from Ft. Bragg](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/appendix-e-white-supremacist-violence-from-ft-bragg/) - The problem of white supremacist violence emanating from military bases is not directly related to the racism and bigotry of the Tea Party movement. They are different kinds of phenomena. Thus violence committed by military base personnel is largely unmitigated by civic discourse about the Tea Party movement. Nevertheless, it has been a significant problem
- [Preface](https://irehr.org/2014/10/08/2015-01-03-09-12-51-586/) - Preface By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II President, NC NAACP Conference of Branches This report by Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart both grieves us and grabs us. It grieves us because almost 14 years into the 21st century it exposes the Tea Party agenda and how the North Carolina Legislature, under the leadership of
- [Washington Department of Ecology Caters to Big Business](https://irehr.org/2014/10/04/2015-01-03-09-12-50-583/) - Raises Cancer Risk Rates Under Preliminary Water Quality Plan On the heels of lobbying by big business, the Washington State Department of Ecology has proposed a preliminary draft rule for water quality standards that could continue to undermine ecological health, tribal treaty rights and environmental justice by raising the risk rates for cancer among fish consumers in Washington State.
- [A Brief History of Nativism: Part Five](https://irehr.org/2014/09/05/2015-01-03-09-12-43-579/) - IREHR's fifth installment in our "Brief History of Nativism" series on the Re-Birth of the (White) Nation: Eugenics and the Ku Klux Klan.
- [New Study Links Segregation and Tea Party Membership, Relies on IREHR Data](https://irehr.org/2014/09/04/new-study-links-segregation-and-tea-party-membership-relies-on-irehr-data/) - A new study published in the American Sociological Review linking Tea Party membership and segregation relies on IREHR data.
- [IREHR Impact: Zeskind at NAACP Event Remembering Mississippi Freedom Summer](https://irehr.org/2014/08/25/irehr-impact-zeskind-at-naacp-event-remembering-mississippi-freedom-summer/) - On June 26, 2014, the Kansas City, Missouri Branch of the NAACP held a special event commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer in Mississippi. Leonard Zeskind was one of two speakers, and his discussed the significance of the murders of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman by white supremacists at the outset of the summer.
- [IREHR Impact: Zeskind at Kansas City Jewish Community Forum](https://irehr.org/2014/08/25/irehr-impact-zeskind-at-kansas-city-jewish-community-forum/) - On June 24, 2014, IREHR president Leonard Zeskind spoke to 200 people attending his session on white supremacists in Kansas and Missouri. The event was held at the Jewish Community Campus and was sponsored by the Kansas City Jewish Community Relations Bureau-American Jewish Committee. The forum was organized in the wake of three murders, allegedly committed in April by long-time national socialist Glenn Miller.
- [National Socialists, Militia, Klan, and Tea Parties Respond to Murder of Michael Brown](https://irehr.org/2014/08/19/national-socialists-militia-klan-and-tea-parties-respond-to-murder-of-michael-brown/) - Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazi, Militia and Tea Partiers react to the Murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
- [IREHR research featured in Brookings Institution piece on failure of immigration reform](https://irehr.org/2014/08/19/irehr-research-featured-in-brookings-institution-piece-on-failure-of-immigration-reform/) - IREHR data on Tea Party nativism included in recent Brookings Institution work on the failure of immigration reform.
- [NAACP 7 - FreedomWorks 0](https://irehr.org/2014/08/09/naacp-7-freedomworks-0/) - FreedomWorks attempt to crash this years NAACP national convention flopped - big time.
- [NAACP 7 - FreedomWorks 0](https://irehr.org/2014/08/09/2015-01-03-09-12-22-572/) - FreedomWorks attempt to crash this years NAACP national convention flopped - big time.
- [Tea Party Patriots Local Affiliated Groups Plunge by Nearly 90 Percent](https://irehr.org/2014/07/08/tea-party-patriots-local-affiliated-groups-plunge-by-nearly-90-percent/) - As the Tea Party Patriots has transformed into yet another Beltway conservative operation, the grassroots groups that made it powerful are rapidly disappearing.
- [Tea Party Endorsed Candidates Batting Over .500 at Mid-Year](https://irehr.org/2014/07/01/tea-party-endorsed-candidates-batting-over-500-at-mid-year/) - Despite repeated attempts to declare the Tea Party dead, endorsed candidates are still batting over .500 this year.
- [A Brief History of Nativism: Part Four](https://irehr.org/2014/06/26/brief-history-of-nativism-4/) - The fourth installment in IREHR's series "A Brief History of Nativism: Anti-Immigrant Bigotry in the American Past" focuses on post-Reconstruction nativism, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
- [Northwest Front Fliers at Fort Carson](https://irehr.org/2014/06/19/northwest-front-fliers-at-fort-carson/) - Fliers from the white nationalist group, the Northwest Front, reportedly turned up at the military base in Fort Carson, Colorado.
- [Racist, Anti-Semitic Sovereign Citizen Involved in California Shootout](https://irehr.org/2014/06/18/racist-anti-semitic-sovereign-citizen-involved-in-california-shootout/) - Another Sovereign Citizen engages in a shootout with law enforcement, this time in California
- [Tea Party Followers Kill Police In Las Vegas Killing Spree](https://irehr.org/2014/06/11/tea-party-followers-kill-police-in-las-vegas-killing-spree/) - Jerad and Amanda Miller, two Tea Party Followers Killed 2 Police officers In Las Vegas Killing Spree
- [Georgia Sovereign Citizen Goes on Courthouse Rampage](https://irehr.org/2014/06/06/georgia-sovereign-citizen-goes-on-courthouse-rampage/) - Dennis Marx, a gun trader and sovereign citizen, went on a shooting rampage at a Georgia courthouse.
- [Georgia Sovereign Citizen Goes on Courthouse Rampage](https://irehr.org/2014/06/06/2015-01-03-09-11-44-562/) - Dennis Marx, a gun trader and sovereign citizen, went on a shooting rampage at a Georgia courthouse.
- [American Far Right Jubilant Over European Election Results](https://irehr.org/2014/06/02/american-far-right-jubilant-over-european-election-results/) - American far right celebrates over far right successes in the 2014 European elections.
- [After the 2014 Euro-Elections](https://irehr.org/2014/06/02/after-the-2014-euro-elections/) - Results of the 2014 European elections push up anti-Semites and racists, attacks on immigrants increase.
- [Listen to Leonard Zeskind on KCUR's "Up to Date"](https://irehr.org/2014/05/22/listen-to-leonard-zeskind-on-kcur-s-up-to-date/) - KCUR reporter Steve Kraske sat down with IREHR president Leonard Zeskind to discuss the cultural divides in the Ozarks and the history of white nationalist activity in the region. Listen to an archive of the program here: http://kcur.org/post/closer-look-cultural-divides-ozarks
- [Glenn Beck’s The Blaze Attacks Anti-Racist Educators](https://irehr.org/2014/05/21/glenn-beck-s-the-blaze-attacks-anti-racist-educators/) - Glenn Beck's network, The Blaze, has gone on the attack against anti-racist educators
- [Tea Party Stands By Bundy After Racist Remarks](https://irehr.org/2014/05/12/tea-party-stands-by-bundy-after-racist-remarks/) - Tea Party groups are standing by rancher Cliven Bundy after his racist remarks.
- [New Questions Emerge After Arrest in Kansas City Shootings](https://irehr.org/2014/04/30/new-questions-emerge-after-arrest-in-kansas-city-shootings/) - IREHR's Leonard Zeskind looks at the new questions that have emerged in the wake of the Kansas City Shootings.
- [White, Far Right and Armed: Tea Party and Militias Mobilize to Defend Nevada County Supremacy Activist](https://irehr.org/2014/04/17/bundy-standoff/) - Tea Party and Militia groups mobilized to defend Cliven Bundy, a Nevada County Supremacy activist. Their paramilitary tactics won, threatening to embolden those would use violence to advance far right political goals.
- [IREHR Grieves the Dead and Asks for Complete Justice](https://irehr.org/2014/04/14/irehr-grieves-the-dead-and-asks-for-complete-justice/) - The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights (IREHR)extends condolences to the family and friends of those brutally murdered and wounded at the Kansas City-area Jewish Community Center.
- [IREHR at Conference on White Privilege](https://irehr.org/2014/04/02/irehr-at-conference-on-white-privilege/) - The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights at the 15th Annual White Privilege Conference in Madison, Wisconsin
- [White Nationalist Calls IREHR Part of the “Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy”](https://irehr.org/2014/03/24/brimelow-attacks-irehr/) - Peter Brimelow, editor of the white nationalist website, VDARE.com lashes out at IREHR.
- [The Unbearable Whiteness of CPAC](https://irehr.org/2014/03/21/unbearable-whiteness-of-cpac/) - IREHR takes you inside this year's Conservative Political Action Conference where white nationalists held their own "unconference" and talk of nativist "death squads" got rousing applause on the main stage.
- [Race Gap Among Millennials Signals Work To Be Done](https://irehr.org/2014/03/18/race-gap-among-millennials-signals-work-to-be-done/) - New data highlights a growing race gap among millennials, which means more work ahead for anti-racists.
- [ALERT: This Year’s CPAC Includes Group Lead by White Nationalist](https://irehr.org/2014/03/06/alert-this-year-s-cpac-includes-group-lead-by-white-nationalist/) - As the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) gets set to kick off, the event is mired in another controversy over white nationalism.
- [IREHR in North Carolina](https://irehr.org/2014/02/26/irehr-in-north-carolina/) - On February 7, the eve of the 7th annual HKonJ march, IREHR staffer Devin Burghart traveled to North Carolina to deliver a talk entitled “Tea Party Nationalism and the Battle for the South” for a group of labor and civil rights activists. The event, co-sponsored by the Southern Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC – the fast food workers union) and the North Carolina NAACP College and Youth Division addressed the size and impact of the Tea Party in the state and opened up a discussion on how to fight back against the Tea Party.
- [Tens of Thousands of North Carolinians Stand Up to the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2014/02/26/tens-of-thousands-of-north-carolinians-stand-up-to-the-tea-party/) - “FORWARD TOGETHER. NOT ONE STEP BACK” reverberated through the streets of downtown and the doorstep of the State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina on February 8, as the largest civil rights march in the South in decades drew a diverse crowd of tens of thousands to speak out against the disastrous impact the Tea Party has had on the state.
- [Tens of Thousands of North Carolinians Stand Up to the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2014/02/26/2015-01-03-09-10-39-545/) - “FORWARD TOGETHER. NOT ONE STEP BACK” reverberated through the streets of downtown and the doorstep of the State Capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina on February 8, as the largest civil rights march in the South in decades drew a diverse crowd of tens of thousands to speak out against the disastrous impact the Tea Party has had on the state.
- [Cut the Tea Party Movement from the Ground Up](https://irehr.org/2014/02/12/cut-the-tea-party-movement-from-the-ground-up/) - Who can stop the Tea Party Movement?
- [Cut the Tea Party Movement from the Ground Up](https://irehr.org/2014/02/12/2015-01-03-09-10-35-543/) - Who can stop the Tea Party Movement?
- [Special Report: The Status of the Tea Party Movement - Part Three](https://irehr.org/2014/01/31/special-report-the-status-of-the-tea-party-movement-part-three/) - This third segment of IREHR’s special report on the status of the Tea Party movement examines the financial status of the national Tea Party factions and their affiliated political action committees.
- [Study Finds California Leads the Nation in Tea Party Membership](https://irehr.org/2014/01/27/study-finds-california-leads-the-nation-in-tea-party-membership/) - New IREHR Study Finds California Leads the Nation in Total Tea Party Membership.
- [IREHR Study Featured in Buzzflash by TruthOut](https://irehr.org/2014/01/27/irehr-study-featured-in-buzzflash-by-truthout/) - "Tea Party Neo-Confederate Backlash Still Stirring up a Cup of Chaos," by Bill Berkowitz published at Buzzflash for Truthout.org takes up the first installment of IREHR's special report, The Status of the Tea Party.
- [IREHR in the Casper Star-Tribune](https://irehr.org/2014/01/27/irehr-in-the-casper-star-tribune/) - The Casper Star-Tribune, features data from IREHR's new report on Tea Party membership.
- [IREHR in the Washington Post](https://irehr.org/2014/01/27/irehr-in-the-washington-post/) - IREHR's study, The Status of the Tea Party: Membership, Support and Sympathy by the Numbers was cited on the Washington Post website on January 27, 2014. "Map: Where tea partiers live, by state" highlights core data from the report.
- [The Status of the Tea Party Movement: State Rankings](https://irehr.org/2014/01/25/the-status-of-the-tea-party-movement-state-rankings/) - State Rankings for Overall Tea Party Membership used in the IREHR Study, The Status of the Tea Party: Membership, Support and Sympathy by the Numbers.
- [A  Brief History of Nativism: Part Three](https://irehr.org/2014/01/24/brief-history-of-nativism-3/) - The third installment of IREHR's series on the history of nativism. Focusing on the Postbellum period
- [New Data Finds Tennessee Ranks Fourth Overall in Tea Party Membership](https://irehr.org/2014/01/23/new-data-finds-tennessee-ranks-fourth-overall-in-tea-party-membership/) - New Data from IREHR Finds Tennessee Ranks Fourth Overall in Tea Party Membership
- [Colorado Ranks Ninth Overall in Tea Party Membership](https://irehr.org/2014/01/23/colorado-ranks-ninth-overall-in-tea-party-membership/) - New data from IREHR finds Colorado ranks ninth overall in Tea Party membership
- [New Study Finds Ohio Ranks Fifth Overall in Tea Party Membership](https://irehr.org/2014/01/23/new-study-finds-ohio-ranks-fifth-overall-in-tea-party-membership/) - New Study by IREHR Finds Ohio Ranks Fifth Overall in Tea Party Membership
- [New Study Finds Arizona Ranks Third Overall in Tea Party Membership](https://irehr.org/2014/01/23/new-study-finds-arizona-ranks-third-overall-in-tea-party-membership/) - New Study by IREHR finds Arizona ranks Third overall in Tea Party membership.
- [New Study Finds Florida Ranks First Overall in Tea Party Membership](https://irehr.org/2014/01/23/new-study-finds-florida-ranks-first-overall-in-tea-party-membership/) - New Study Finds Florida Ranks First Overall in Tea Party Membership
- [Remembering the 1987 King Holiday Weekend and Thinking about the Racist Opposition Today](https://irehr.org/2014/01/20/remembering-1987-king-holiday/) - IREHR president Leonard Zeskind looks back on the 1987 King Holiday and the current state of racist opposition.
- [Special Report: The Status of the Tea Party Movement - Part One](https://irehr.org/2014/01/09/status-of-tea-party-part-one/) - The first installment of a special report tracks the Tea Party movement across the past year, 2013: From the movement’s highs during the so-called IRS scandal to the lows after the government shut down crisis; To its manifest power within the far right and CPAC to its ability to thwart comprehensive immigration reform.
- [Leonard Zeskind is a “moron,” according to Tea Party birther queen](https://irehr.org/2013/12/10/taitz-letter/) - Last week I wrote a letter to the IREHR reading public asking for financial contributions. In return, IREHR received the usual small number of donations that keep us ticking. We also received a couple of polite requests by Tea Party supporters asking us to take them off our mail list. We gladly complied. And then we got a letter from Orly Taitz, the immigrant born in the former Soviet Union who has been making all that noise about how she did not believe President Barack Obama was a natural-born American citizen and therefore could not be president of the United States. "you are a moron," she wrote to me, starting her commentary without the required capital letter. "Tea party is there to defend your right to bear arms against this abusive regime," ending without the requisite period.
- [Rev. C.T. Vivian Awarded Medal of Freedom](https://irehr.org/2013/11/26/ct-vivian-awarded-medal-of-freedom/) - Civil Rights hero, Rev. C.T. Vivian, an IREHR advisory board member, received the Medal of Freedom from President Obama
- [Kansas City Says No to National Socialist Movement (Twice)](https://irehr.org/2013/11/12/kc-says-no-to-nsm/) - The National Socialist Movement (NSM) held a small rally with a total of 47 members and friends in Kansas City on Saturday, November 9. The neo-Nazis were late getting started, failed to draw any of the Klansmen its organizer was trying to attract, and their electronically amplified speeches could not otherwise be heard over the noise from anti-racist opposition. They did attract a number of Aryan Nations supporters, however. That included Pastor Drew Bostwick from Iowa, who claims he was the last man ordained by the now-deceased Richard Butler.
- [Kansas City Begins to Stand Up to neo-Nazis](https://irehr.org/2013/11/04/kansas-city-begins-to-stand-up-to-neo-nazis/) - Kansas City Begins to Stand Up to neo-Nazis - Rally Slated for Saturday, November 9, at Liberty Memorial
- [H.L. Mencken Club Gathering Brings White Nationalists Together Again](https://irehr.org/2013/11/01/2013-hl-mencken-club-event/) - White nationalists are meeting again in the DC area, this time for the sixth-annual H.L. Mencken Club event.
- [National Socialist Movement Plans to Rally in Kansas City November 9](https://irehr.org/2013/10/28/national-socialist-movement-plans-to-rally-in-kansas-city-november-9/) - The National Socialist Movement is planning to rally in Kansas City on the 75th anniversary of Kristallancht.
- [A Brief History of Nativism: Part Two](https://irehr.org/2013/10/10/a-brief-history-of-nativism-part-two/) - The second installment of the IREHR series on the history of American Nativism explores the Know Nothings of the Antebellum period.
- [A Brief History of Nativism: Part One](https://irehr.org/2013/10/09/a-brief-history-of-nativism-part-one/) - In the first installment of a seven-part series on the history of American Nativism, IREHR explores anti-immigrant sentiment during the colonial period.
- [Air War: The Anti-Immigrant Establishment’s Battle Plan](https://irehr.org/2013/10/01/air-war/) - Having abandoned the ground game, the anti-immigrant establishment has turned to bombarding the airwaves to stymie immigration reform.
- [Moral Mondays Comes to Yadkinville](https://irehr.org/2013/09/27/moral-mondays-comes-to-yadkinville/) - About 100 demonstrators gathered in front of the Yadkin County, North Carolina Courthouse on Monday, September 23rd to protest what they called the immoral legislation of the NC General Assembly. Organized by the NAACP-led Forward Together movement, the crowd represented a broad array of North Carolinians. Participants included undocumented immigrant farmworkers, laid off autoworkers, NAACP members, clergy and students. They gathered in opposition to a string of state laws – voter suppression measures, cuts to unemployment benefits, restrictions on women’s health, and much more – that have been passed in recent months.
- [IREHR’s Long Investigation Winds Up on The Nation](https://irehr.org/2013/09/09/irehr-in-the-nation/) - Following the first gathering of Chris Kerodin and his Threepers on the North Idaho property over the weekend, on September 9 The Nation ran a lengthy investigative piece written by IREHR entitled, "Is America's Militia Movement on the Rise?"
- [Why I Marched in Washington and Went on Strike in Durham](https://irehr.org/2013/09/09/why-i-marched-in-washington-and-went-on-strike-in-durham/) - Fast food worker Willietta Dukes discusses why she marched in Washington and went on strike in Durham.
- [Two Events in D.C., Ups and Downs](https://irehr.org/2013/09/09/two-events-in-d-c-ups-and-downs/) - Maryetta Andrews Sachs looks at the ups and downs of the events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
- [Resolution Passes Celebrating and Defending the 14th Amendment](https://irehr.org/2013/09/09/resolution-passes-celebrating-and-defending-the-14th-amendment/) - IREHR president Leonard Zeskind helped pass resolution regarding the attacks on the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and the necessity of celebrating and defending the Amendment at the NAACP convention.
- [Day of Discovery at Kansas City Jewish Community Center](https://irehr.org/2013/08/26/day-of-discovery-at-kansas-city-jewish-community-center/) - IREHR president Leonard Zeskind presented on "Anti-Semites, Racists, Bigots and So-Called Nullification in Kansas and Missouri" at the August 25 Day of Discovery session for area Jews.
- [Remembering the 20th Anniversary March in 1983](https://irehr.org/2013/08/20/remembering-the-20th-anniversary-march-in-1983/) - Remembering the 1983 20th Anniversary of the March on Washington
- [Racism and Rugby](https://irehr.org/2013/08/11/racism-and-rugby/) - Racism and Rugby, an open letter to the Board of the Marin Highlanders RFC
- [Tea Parties Use Verdict to Further Attack Trayvon, Reproduce Racism](https://irehr.org/2013/07/22/trayvon-tea-party-racism/) - After the Zimmerman “not guilty” verdict, and particularly after President Obama publicly discussed the issue of race in the Trayvon Martin situation, many Tea Partiers used the occasion to place blame on the victim, amplify racist stereotypes of black men, and reproduce that racism in the civic arena.
- [Bonner County Idaho Human Rights Task Force Celebrates a Surprise Donation](https://irehr.org/2013/07/22/bonner-county-idaho-human-rights-task-force-celebrates-a-surprise-donation/) - The Bonner County Task Force on Hman Rights Celebrates a Surprise Donation and a long history of anti-racism in Northern Idaho.
- [2013 NAACP Convention Presses for Justice - “We Shall Not Be Moved”](https://irehr.org/2013/07/22/2013-naacp-convention/) - IREHR's Leonard Zeskind on the 2013 NAACP convention, where voting rights and Trayvon Martin dominated the discussion
- [National Socialist Black Metal Musician Arrested in French Terror Probe](https://irehr.org/2013/07/16/varg-arrest/) - Varg Vikernes, the murderer and racist behind the National Socialist Black Metal band Burzum, has been arrested in France on terror charges.
- [Two Floridas, One National Conference](https://irehr.org/2013/07/09/two-floridas/) - As the NAACP national convention heads to Orlando, IREHR's Leonard Zeskind looks back on Florida's civil rights struggles against white supremacy.
- [Tea Party Klansman Plotted to Kill Muslims with X-Ray Weapon](https://irehr.org/2013/06/27/tea-party-klansman-xray-plot/) - The incredible story of the Tea Party Klansman and his plot to build an X-Ray Weapon to Kill Muslims.
- [Tea Party Victory in Battle Against IRS](https://irehr.org/2013/06/24/tea-party-victory-in-battle-against-irs/) - Using the leverage of a non-scandal, the Tea Party has won a sizable political victory against the IRS.
- [WARNING: Tea Party Patriots DC Rally Aims at Immigration Reform (and the IRS)](https://irehr.org/2013/06/18/tea-party-patriots-audit-irs-rally/) - On June 19, Tea Party Patriots will rally on Capitol Hill and attempt to press its case against the IRS and to stem the push towards comprehensive immigration reform.
- [The Real Cincinnati IRS Scandal](https://irehr.org/2013/06/18/the-real-cincinnati-irs-scandal/) - The biggest scandal involving the IRS and Tea Party groups near Cincinnati is how much those Tea Party groups got away with. Now they're being heralded as saints.
- [Defending the Old Regime: White Supremacists in Mississippi](https://irehr.org/2013/06/12/defending-the-old-regime-white-supremacists-in-mississippi/) - As part of IREHR's remembrance of Medgar Evers, we take a brief look at the history of white supremacist violence in Mississippi.
- [Remembering Medgar Evers](https://irehr.org/2013/06/12/remembering-medgar-evers/) - IREHR commemorates the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights hero Medgar Evers in a series of articles, starting with a look at his life and his impact.
- [The Trans-Atlantic Traffic in White Nationalism](https://irehr.org/2013/06/06/the-trans-atlantic-traffic-in-white-nationalism/) - A glimpse inside the trans-Atlantic white nationalist trade, tracing Jared Taylor's recent visits to France and the UK.
- [Seattle Tea Partiers Protest the IRS, Immigration](https://irehr.org/2013/06/05/seattle-tea-party-irs/) - On May 21, Seattle Tea Party Patriots turned out to protest the IRS and Immigration Reform.
- [Guns and the New Amalgamated Hard Right](https://irehr.org/2013/06/04/guns-and-the-new-amalgamated-hard-right/) - An examination of guns and the new amalgamated hard right.
- [Guns and the New Amalgamated Hard Right](https://irehr.org/2013/06/04/2015-01-03-09-07-53-486/) - An examination of guns and the new amalgamated hard right.
- [Setting the Record Straight on Tea Parties, their Electioneering and the IRS “Scandal”](https://irehr.org/2013/06/04/setting-the-record-straight-on-tea-parties-their-electioneering-and-the-irs-scandal/) - IREHR helps re-shape the story of the Tea Party and the so-called IRS scandal.
- [Working with SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective](https://irehr.org/2013/06/04/working-with-sistersong-women-of-color-reproductive-justice-collective/) - On March 28, 2013, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective conducted a webinar entitled "Women of Color, Our Vote, and the Threat Imposed by Those Who Love to Hate Us." About 90 women signed up to attend. Devin Burghart and Leonard Zeskind both presented from IREHR along with Liz Chen from Center for American
- [Reaching Out to Unitarian Social Justice Advocates](https://irehr.org/2013/06/04/reaching-out-to-unitarian-social-justice-advocates/) - On Mothers’ Day, May 12, Leonard Zeskind gave an hour presentation on “Angry White Men with Guns,” at the All Souls Unitarian Universalists Church Social Forum in Kansas City. He opened with a recitation of data on domestic violence, which knows no racial bounds, before describing the various gun lobbies and militias. About 75 people
- [White Nationalist Tea Partier Co-Chairing South Carolina Governor Re-Election Committee](https://irehr.org/2013/05/24/haley-appoints-garcia-quintana/) - South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appointed Roan Garcia-Quintana, a Tea Party activist who serves at the same on the board of the largest white nationalist organization in the country, as a co-chair of her statewide grassroots re-election steering committee.
- [Tea Party Group Protesting IRS Has History of Questionable Political Involvement](https://irehr.org/2013/05/21/tea-party-group-protesting-irs-has-history-of-questionable-political-involvement/) - Tea Party Patriots, the Tea Party Group organizing protests against the IRS on May 21 has a history of questionable political involvement.
- [The Tea Party and the IRS “Scandal” The Actual Facts of the Case](https://irehr.org/2013/05/17/tea-party-irs-scandal/) - An IREHR Investigation discovers that the real IRS scandal involving the Tea Party is how many Tea Party groups are allowed to get away with questionable activity.
- [5 Things to Watch for in Immigration Debate](https://irehr.org/2013/05/09/5-things-immigration/) - IREHR takes a look at five different things human rights supporters should be keeping an eye on as the immigration debate moves forward.
- [Harper's Misses the Mark on Ron Paul "Revolution"](https://irehr.org/2013/05/05/harper-s-misses-the-mark-on-ron-paul-revolution/) - Jonathan Mozzochi dissects Michael Ame's Harper's article "The Awakening: Ron Paul's Generational Movement."
- [IREHR in The Columbian](https://irehr.org/2013/04/28/irehr-in-the-columbian/) - IREHR's Devin Burghart raised concerns about Richard Mack speaking at a Washington State Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in Vancouver, WA.
- [Tea Party Joins Gun Lobby to Kill Gun Background Checks](https://irehr.org/2013/04/24/tea-party-joins-gun-lobby-to-kill-gun-background-checks/) - The Tea Party joined the Gun Lobby to kill a popular background checks bill. Defeating immigration reform is next on the Tea Party agenda.
- [The Boston Marathon Bombing: A Personal Statement](https://irehr.org/2013/04/23/the-boston-marathon-bombing-a-personal-statement/) - A personal reflection on the senseless murder and mayhem in Boston.
- [Holocaust Deniers Play Footsie with Iran (Again)](https://irehr.org/2013/04/12/holocaust-deniers-in-iran/) - Institute for Historical Review leaders again take Holocaust Denial to Iran.
- [New York Times Misses Real Story on Gun Owners of America](https://irehr.org/2013/04/04/new-york-times-misses-real-story-on-gun-owners-of-america/) - Yesterday's New York Times piece "Upstart Group Pushes Harder Than the N.R.A" was a glaring piece of puffery that ignored the racist side of Gun Owners for America (GOA) and the group's founder.
- [Memphis Anti-Klan Rally a Victory!](https://irehr.org/2013/04/01/memphis-anti-klan-rally-a-victory/) - A peaceful, non-violent demonstration against a Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi rally in Memphis, Tennessee was a resounding success.
- [Inside CPAC 2013: Bigotry Gone Wild](https://irehr.org/2013/03/22/inside-cpac-2013/) - IREHR takes you behind the scenes at CPAC 2013, uncovering a the Tea Party dominated event featuring racism, homophobia, sexism, and Islamophobia.
- [On Responding to the Far-Right, The LA Times Gets It Wrong](https://irehr.org/2013/03/12/la-times-wrong/) - The Los Angeles Times makes an egregious mistake editorializing that "not much" can be done to curb the rise in far-right groups.
- [CPAC and Bigotry: Who is in and Who is Out](https://irehr.org/2013/03/08/cpac-bigotry/) - White nationalists, Islamophobes, and other bigots made the CPAC 2013 "All Star Team"
- [Tea Party Dominates CPAC 2013 Agenda](https://irehr.org/2013/03/07/tea-party-dominates-cpac-2013-agenda/) - Think the Tea Party is dead? Peek behind the curtain of CPAC 2013 to see where they went and how they're dominating the agenda of the most important conservative event of the year.
- [Alert: Organization Behind CPAC Highlighting Work of Racist Author](https://irehr.org/2013/03/04/alert-acu-weissberg/) - Alert: The American Conservative Union, the group behind the conservative event of the year, CPAC, has chosen to feature the work of a controversial white nationalist professor on its website.
- [Day of Resistance Gun Rallies Stoke Tea Party Movement](https://irehr.org/2013/02/28/day-of-resistance-rallies/) - February 23 Day of Resistance gun rallies re-ignite Tea Party movement. Racism remains an issue.
- [Update: Three New Co-Sponsors Added to Bill Attacking Birthright Citizenship](https://irehr.org/2013/02/28/hr140-update/) - H.R. 140, a bill attacking birthright citizenship, gains three new co-sponsors in Congress.
- [.223 Ammo and a Day of Tea Party Rallies](https://irehr.org/2013/02/21/day-of-resistance/) - Tea Partiers across the country are holding a pro-gun "Day of Resistance" on Feb. 23. Find out who's behind it and where.
- [Is the Klan Really Coming to Memphis?](https://irehr.org/2013/02/14/is-the-klan-really-coming-to-memphis/) - Is the Ku Klux Klan really coming to Memphis?
- [IREHR Impact in Kansas](https://irehr.org/2013/02/06/irehr-impact-in-kansas/) - IREHR staff working with the United Methodist Women Conferences in Eastern and Western Kansas.
- [Trey Gowdy and “Amnesty”](https://irehr.org/2013/02/06/trey-gowdy-and-amnesty/) - South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy's "amnesty" blinders.
- [2012: A Year in  Review](https://irehr.org/2013/02/05/2012-year-in-review/) - A look back at far-right activity in 2012, including a recount of some of the most violent episodes. 
- [Hidden, Forgotten and Denied: Racism and Anti-Semitism in the State of Kansas](https://irehr.org/2013/02/01/hidden-forgotten-and-denied-racism-and-anti-semitism-in-the-state-of-kansas/) - IREHR president Leonard Zeskind's remarks at the Washburn University Kansas Day commemoration.
- [Update: Bill Attacking Birthright Citizenship Adds Co-Sponsors](https://irehr.org/2013/01/28/update-bill-attacking-birthright-citizenship-adds-co-sponsors/) - Efforts to gut the 14th Amendment's guarantee of birthright citizenship are gaining momentum in Congress.
- [The King Holiday and the Long Arc of Justice - A Personal Remembrance](https://irehr.org/2013/01/18/the-king-holiday-and-the-long-arc-of-justice-a-personal-remembrance/) - A personal remembrance of the King Holiday and the long arc of justice.
- [Birthright Citizenship Again Under Attack in Congress](https://irehr.org/2013/01/10/birthright-citizenship-again-under-attack-in-congress/) - On the first day of the new Congress, Controversial Tea Party Representative Steve King (R-Iowa) introduced yet another bill to gut the 14th Amendment's birthright citizenship protections.
- [Alex Jones Explodes on CNN (Video)](https://irehr.org/2013/01/09/alex-jones-explodes-on-cnn-video/) - Far-Right conspiracy monger Alex Jones, goes ballistic on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight show.
- [What to Expect from the Tea Parties in 2013 - And How to Stop it](https://irehr.org/2013/01/03/tea-party-in-2013/) - What to expect from the Tea Party movement in 2013, and how you can stop it.
- [After Newtown, Facts Get Lost in Gun Debate](https://irehr.org/2012/12/19/after-newtown/) - The re-emerging debate in the aftermath of the Newtown, Connecticut massacre is not about guns, it is about politics and the organizations who dress themselves in the Second Amendment in order to better sell arch-conservative notions of American life.
- [The Tea Parties Are Still Strong: Prepare for the Battles Ahead](https://irehr.org/2012/12/13/the-tea-parties-are-still-strong-prepare-for-the-battles-ahead/) - Don't write the Tea Party off just yet. The Tea Party movement has radicalized a large swath of white people and made them immune to any calls for the common good.
- [Tea Party Helps Cram Through Michigan Anti-Union “Right to Work” Law](https://irehr.org/2012/12/10/tea-party-cramming-michigan-anti-union-right-to-work-legislation/) - The Tea Party is trying to ram through anti-union "right to work" legislation in Michigan.
- [Petition: Tell Senator Graham, Hands off the Fourteenth Amendment](https://irehr.org/2012/12/04/hands-off-the-fourteenth-amendment/) - Tell the esteemed Senator from South Carolina, hands off the Fourteenth Amendment.
- [Could William Buckley Defeat the Tea Parties?](https://irehr.org/2012/12/04/could-william-buckley-defeat-the-tea-party/) - IREHR president Leonard Zeskind responds to David Welch's New York Times article, "Where Have You gone, Bill Buckley"
- [Nativist Bloc in Congress Mostly Intact After Election (Map)](https://irehr.org/2012/12/03/nativist-bloc-in-congress-mostly-intact-after-election/) - With the notable exception of the leader of the anti-immigrant House Immigration Reform Caucus (HIRC), the nativist wing in Congress remained largely intact after the 2012 election. (Map)
- [New Danger: Secessionist Fever Rising](https://irehr.org/2012/11/29/secessionist-fever/) - IREHR maps the secession petition fever. In the three weeks since the election, there has been a surge in the number of signatures on secession petitions from all 50 states. The number is currently 825,554.
- [The Northwest Imperative Redux](https://irehr.org/2012/11/27/nw-imperative-redux/) - The idea of turning the Pacific Northwest into a white nationalist homeland is making a resurgence.
- [Election 2012: Results of Ballot Measures Important to Human Rights](https://irehr.org/2012/11/15/election-2012-results-of-ballot-measures-important-to-human-rights/) - Results of Ballot Measures Important to Human Rights in Election 2012
- [Steve Stockman, Again](https://irehr.org/2012/11/15/steve-stockman-again/) - Among the surprising 2012 Tea Party endorsed candidates, friend of the militia movement, Steve Stockman.
- [Tea Party Caucus and Election 2012](https://irehr.org/2012/11/15/tea-party-caucus-and-election-2012/) - Tea Party Caucus members fared surprisingly well in election 2012.
- [Abridging the Vote: True the Vote in North Carolina](https://irehr.org/2012/10/13/abridging-the-vote/) - Explosive new IREHR research uncovers the Tea Party voter suppression networks in North Carolina.
- [What’s Brewing? Anti-State Nationalism and the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2012/09/24/what-s-brewing-anti-state-nationalism-and-the-tea-party/) - A review essay of Steep: The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party by Steven L. Gardiner
- [IREHR in the United Kingdom - 2012](https://irehr.org/2012/09/24/irehr-in-the-united-kingdom-2012/) - Leonard Zeskind spoke at a side-bar meeting of trade unionists at a Trade Union Congress in Brighton, England on September 11. The event was organized by Searchlight magazine’s trade union liaison officer, Cathy Pound, who also served as moderator. The speakers also included Megan Dobney, regional secretary of the Southern and Eastern Trade Union Congress; Steve Hart, political director of Unite the Union, Bob Crow the general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Marine and Transport Workers Union and Dominic Byrne, a divisional secretary for the National Union of Teachers. The meeting discussed British unions’ opposition to racism and fascism, to the thuggish English Defense League, and building opposition to the drive to enforce austerity measures. Leonard Zeskind talked about the dangers posed by the Tea Party movement in the USA. Thanks go to Cathy Pound for all her good work!
- [Advisory Board](https://irehr.org/2012/09/24/advisory-board/) - Rev. C.T. Vivian has been a leading figure in the freedom movement for more than sixty years. He currently serves as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Rev. Vivian was a founder of the National Anti-Klan Network (Center for Demo¬cratic Renewal) in 1979. He participated in his first sit-in demonstration in 1945, and
- [What Didn’t Happen in Vegas: Tea Party Nation Ordered to Pay Up](https://irehr.org/2012/08/29/what-didn-t-happen-in-vegas-tea-party-nation-ordered-to-pay-up/) - Tea Party Nation, the for-profit company behind the country's fourth largest Tea Party faction, was recently ordered to pay a massive Las Vegas hotel bill.
- [FAIR's Donor Base Continues To Shrivel](https://irehr.org/2012/08/28/fairs-donor-base-continues-to-shrivel/) - The membership base of the most influential nativist group in the country, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), continues to shrink, according to recently released data obtained by IREHR.
- [Tea Party Aryan Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charge](https://irehr.org/2012/08/27/tea-party-aryan-pleads-guilty-to-weapons-charge/) - A Virginia Tea Party activist also involved in white nationalist circles left behind a trail of racism and alleged threats against the President and Attorney General before pleading guilty to a weapons charge.
- [Taking On the Tea Party: It's Our Time Now](https://irehr.org/2012/08/21/its-our-time-now/) - In A speech to the Western States Center's AMP Conference, IREHR's Devin Burghart explains that the time to take on the Tea Party and defend democracy and human rights is now.
- [IREHR Training on Tea Party movement in Kansas City](https://irehr.org/2012/08/20/irehr-training-on-tea-party-movement-in-kansas-city/) - IREHR conducted a training on the Tea Party Movement in Kansas City, Missouri on August 18, 2012.
- [A Look Back and a Look Forward for Immigrant Rights Advocates in Kansas](https://irehr.org/2012/08/20/a-look-back-and-a-look-forward-for-immigrant-rights-advocates-in-kansas/) - A Look Back and a Look Forward for Immigrant Rights Advocates in Kansas
- [IREHR on CNN, CBC and in the New York Times and the National Memo](https://irehr.org/2012/08/14/irehr-on-cnn-and-in-the-new-york-times/) - IREHR in the New York Times and on CNN.
- [Inside the International White Power Music Underground](https://irehr.org/2012/08/07/inside-the-international-white-power-music-underground/) - A look inside the shadowy underbelly of the international white power music underground.
- [The Milwaukee Shootings and White Noise](https://irehr.org/2012/08/07/the-milwaukee-shootings-and-white-noise/) - The exact motivation for Wade Michael Page's targeting of the Sikh temple in Milwaukee is not now known, but his background shows a young man who for over a decade had his head filled with white noise.
- [Spain in Crisis: Austerity and Resistance](https://irehr.org/2012/07/16/spain-in-crisis-austerity-and-resistance/) - In response to a perceived debt crisis in Spain, the European Union has imposed harsh austerity policies that have thrown the Spanish economy into a tailspin.
- [IREHR Sponsors Forum - The Global Crisis and the Fight for the Common Good](https://irehr.org/2012/07/16/irehr-sponsors-forum-the-global-crisis-and-the-fight-for-the-common-good/) - In Kansas City on June 23, IREHR co-sponsored a public forum on "The Global Crisis and the Fight for the Common Good." The speakers were Kansas City organizer Mike M. Enriquez and Juli Highfill, a professor of Spanish at the University of Michigan.
- [Supreme Court’s Arizona SB 1070 Ruling Flares Tea Party Nativism](https://irehr.org/2012/07/02/supreme-court-s-arizona-sb-1070-ruling-flares-tea-party-nativism/) - Tea Party Nativism Flares with the Supreme Court's ruling on SB 1070 and the Obama Administration's directive on undocumented youth.
- [New Report by Borderlands Research and Education](https://irehr.org/2012/05/31/new-report-by-borderlands-research-and-education/) - New background report on anti-Indianism in the Skagit County, Washington GOP by Borderlands Research and Education.
- [Tea Party Patriots Recruiting Followers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps](https://irehr.org/2012/05/30/tea-party-patriots-recruiting-followers-of-the-minuteman-civil-defense-corps/) - Hoping to sop up new members and new money from the nativist crowd, Tea Party Patriots are recruiting followers of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.
- [Backgrounder: Arizona Mail Bomber Dennis Mahon to be Sentenced](https://irehr.org/2012/05/21/backgrounder-arizona-mail-bomber-dennis-mahon-to-be-sentenced/) - New IREHR report details Dennis Mahon’s white national career, from his first Klan membership while living in Florida, and his activities in Kansas City and Oklahoma before his move to Arizona. On Tuesday, May 22, Dennis Mahon will be sentenced for sending a mail bomb to the Scottsdale, Arizona, Office of Diversity and Dialogue in February 2004.
- [The Tea Party Impact in Indiana](https://irehr.org/2012/05/16/the-tea-party-impact-in-indiana/) - IREHR crunches the numbers and breaks down the impact the Tea Party had in Indiana.
- [The Vote for Marine Le Pen: An American Anti-Racist View](https://irehr.org/2012/04/30/the-vote-for-marine-le-pen-an-american-anti-racist-view/) - An anti-racist look at the vote for Marine Le Pen and the Front National in first round of elections in France.
- [Governor Gary Johnson Backs Out of Boston Tea Party Event](https://irehr.org/2012/04/13/governor-gary-johnson-backs-out-of-boston-tea-party-event/) - After reading an IREHR article on anti-gay activist Scott Lively's scheduled appearance at an upcoming Mass Tea Party Coalition event in Boston, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson has decided to pull out of the event.
- [Idaho’s Only Black Legislator Receives Ku Klux Klan Mailing](https://irehr.org/2012/04/11/idaho-s-only-black-legislator-receives-ku-klux-klan-mailing/) - Idaho Rep. Cherie Buckner-Webb received a hand-addressed application from the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
- [The National Review and White Nationalism](https://irehr.org/2012/04/10/the-national-review-and-white-nationalism/) - Just days after The National Review fired John Derbyshire for his racist column, another white nationalist is discovered writing for the conservative publication.
- [American Renaissance Conference Takes to the Woods](https://irehr.org/2012/04/06/american-renaissance-conference-takes-to-the-woods/) - The suit-and-tie white nationalist crowd at American Renaissance had to retreat to the Tennessee woods for their 2012 conference. Find out their plans.
- [Massachusetts Tea Party Patriots Rally to Feature Anti-Gay Activist Scott Lively](https://irehr.org/2012/04/04/massachusetts-tea-party-patriots-rally-to-feature-anti-gay-activist-scott-lively/) - Notorious anti-gay activist Scott Lively is scheduled to speak alongside Rick Santorum and others at a Massachusetts Tea Party Patriots rally later this month.
- [White Nationalists Abuse Trayvon Martin and Stir Racism](https://irehr.org/2012/03/28/trayvon/) - An IREHR examination of the white nationalist propaganda campaign surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin.
- [Speed Bumps Ahead for the Tea Party Patriots “Road to Repeal” Rally](https://irehr.org/2012/03/23/tpp-road-to-repeal/) - Tea Party Patriots will kick off a week of anti-health care protests in Washington DC with a rally on March 24. It is the first major event since co-founder Mark Meckler publically broke from the Tea Party Patriots. A look at the speakers highlights the inroads being made by Christian nationalists and nativists into the Tea Party movement.
- [Racism and Anti-Semitism:  Solutions and Problems in the Occupy Kansas City Universe](https://irehr.org/2012/03/19/racism-and-anti-semitism-solutions-and-problems-in-the-occupy-kansas-city-universe/) - Occupy Kansas City activists joined other civil rights voices to reject efforts to inject racism and anti-Semitism into the Occupy movement.
- [Video: Judson Phillips Interviews Roy Beck of NumbersUSA at CPAC](https://irehr.org/2012/02/15/judson-phillips-interviews-roy-beck-of-numbersusa-at-cpac/) - With an interview at CPAC 2012, Judson Phillips re-introduced Roy Beck, head of the anti-immigrant group NumbersUSA, to his Tea Party Nation followers.
- [Video: White Nationalist Appears with Kansas Secretary of State Kobach at CPAC](https://irehr.org/2012/02/11/video-white-nationalist-appears-with-kansas-secretary-of-state-kobach-at-cpac/) - Watch white nationalist Bob Vandervoort appear alongside the Kansas Secretary of State and a Florida Congressman. His bigotry went unchallenged.
- [A History of Problems with Racism and English-Only Groups](https://irehr.org/2012/02/10/a-history-of-problems-with-racism-and-english-only-groups/) - Even before the brouhaha over CPAC and the white nationalist directing the English-Only outfit ProEnglish, organizations pushing English-Only have had a history of employing bigots.
- [Kansas Secretary of State to Share Stage with White Nationalist at CPAC](https://irehr.org/2012/02/09/kansas-secretary-of-state-to-share-stage-with-white-nationalist-at-cpac/) - Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, known nationally for his anti-immigrant activism, is scheduled to share the stage with a long-time white nationalist leader Saturday at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference. Kobach will appear alongside Robert "Bob" Vandervoort, organizer of the white nationalist group Chicagoland Friends of American Renaissance.
- [Alert: White Nationalist to Speak from Podium at CPAC 2012](https://irehr.org/2012/02/09/alert-white-nationalist-to-speak-from-podium-at-cpac-2012/) - ProEnglish director Bob Vandervoort is scheduled to moderate a Thursday afternoon panel at the CPAC 2012 conference. He left out of his bio that he was also the organizer of the white nationalist group, Chicagoland Friends of American Renaissance, while he lived in Illinois.
- [Tea Partiers Launch Birther Super PAC](https://irehr.org/2012/02/08/tea-partiers-launch-birther-super-pac/) - Believe it or not, the so-called birthers are back. As if the post Citizens United world of campaign finance wasn't sketchy enough, along comes a new super PAC created specifically to regurgitate racist conspiracy theories claiming President Obama is not a natural-born American, and thereby supposedly barred from holding the presidency.
- [“The Right to Vote is Fragile and Must Be Defended.”](https://irehr.org/2012/02/08/the-right-to-vote-is-fragile-and-must-be-defended/) - Leonard Zeskind's presentation, "The Right to Vote is Fragile and Must Be Defended" to the Annual Civil Rights Town Hall Meeting of the Kansas City, Missouri branch of the NAACP on January 28, 2012.
- [FreedomWorks Super PAC Rakes in Mega Bucks](https://irehr.org/2012/02/03/freedomworks-for-america-super-pac-rakes-in-mega-bucks/) - In its first five months, the FreedomWorks super PAC brought in serious cash, $2,697,973 to be exact, and it's impossible to tell where almost half of that money came from.
- [Second Tea Party Super PAC Formed](https://irehr.org/2012/01/29/second-tea-party-super-pac-formed/) - Gearing up for an influx of unregulated campaign cash this year, national Tea Party groups have created two new super PACs to get in on the action.
- [Tea Party Nation Pushes Birther Conspiracy, Heads to Florida](https://irehr.org/2012/01/28/tea-party-nation-pushes-birther-conspiracy-heads-to-florida/) - Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation once again pushes birther conspiracy, just before heading off to join up with the Tea Party Express in Florida.
- [More Evidence for Beyond FAIR](https://irehr.org/2012/01/26/more-evidence-for-beyond-fair/) - In addition to the appearance of GOP presidential hopefuls, Tea Party nativism was in full display at the January 15-16, 2012 South Carolina Tea Party Convention in Myrtle Beach.
- [Media Release: New Report Details Alarming New Trends in Anti-Immigrant Activity in the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/2012/01/20/media-release-new-report-details-alarming-new-trends-in-anti-immigrant-activity-in-the-tea-party/) - Kansas City, MO - January 18, 2012 - A new report by the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, Beyond FAIR: The Decline of the Established Anti-Immigrant Organizations and the Rise of Tea Party Nativism, details a new turn by anti-immigrant activists towards the Tea Party movement. The report is available at http://www.IREHR.org/images/pdf/BeyondFAIR.pdf.
- [Thank You Mr. Darrell Pope of the NAACP - Racism and Anti-Semitism in the Kansas Tea Parties](https://irehr.org/2011/12/14/thank-you-mr-darrell-pope-of-the-naacp-racism-and-anti-semitism-in-the-kansas-tea-parties/) - Racism and anti-Semitism made visible in the Kansas Tea Party.
- [David Duke Arrested in Germany](https://irehr.org/2011/11/30/david-duke-arrested-in-germany/) - American White Nationalist Leader David Duke arrested in Cologne, Germany - His ties to European and North American white Nationalists cited.
- [The National Policy Institute, Aryan Nations and Tremors](https://irehr.org/2011/11/02/the-national-policy-institute-aryan-nations-and-tremors/) - Events by the Aryan Nations, David Duke, and the National Policy Institute this fall point to the changing white nationalist landscape.
- [Remembering Stetson Kennedy](https://irehr.org/2011/10/25/remembering-stetson-kennedy/) - Stetson Kennedy, folklorist, ant-racist and anti-fascist, friend of Richard Wright in Paris and published by Jean Paul Sartre, died on August 27, 2011. He was 94 years old. IREHR board member Dan Levitas remembers for all of us the life of Stetson Kennedy.
- [IREHR News](https://irehr.org/2011/10/25/irehr-news/) - Leonard Zeskind was recently honored by Harmony Kansas City as one of its "Harmony Humanitarians" for 2011, an award it shared with several others.
- [IREHR at Occupy Kansas City](https://irehr.org/2011/10/25/irehr-at-occupy-kansas-city/) - IREHR executive director delivers workshop at Occupy Kansas City meeting
- [Hands Off Occupy Wall Street!!](https://irehr.org/2011/10/13/2015-01-03-09-03-16-375/) - Who on the Right is trying to co-opt Occupy Wall Street? IREHR says to Alex Jones, to the Ron Paulsters and the other bigots who want to crash the Occupy protests: Hands Off Occupy Wall Street!
- [Hands Off Occupy Wall Street!!](https://irehr.org/2011/10/13/hands-off-occupy-wall-street/) - An Open Injunction Against Bigots & Conspiracy Mongers
- [Michigan Tea Party Supports "Right to Work"](https://irehr.org/2011/09/26/michigan-tea-party-supports-right-to-work/) - Tea Party activists gathered in Clarkston, Michigan to support proposed anti-union "right to work" legislation.
- [Nativists Shift Target to Documented Immigrants](https://irehr.org/2011/09/22/nativists-shift-target-to-documented-immigrants/) - After years of attacking undocumented immigrants, nativist groups are turning their attention to further restricting so-called "legal" immigration.
- [In Memoriam](https://irehr.org/2011/09/22/in-memoriam/) - Troy Anthony Davis (October 9, 1968 – September 21, 2011).
- [The John Birch Society and Tea Party Patriots: Inside the Ohio “We the People Convention”](https://irehr.org/2011/09/16/inside-the-ohio-we-the-people-convention/) - Inside an Ohio state Tea Party convention that featured workshops on dismantling public education, states' rights, voter suppression and union busting, not to mention racist rhetoric about how black people who receive welfare "have no souls," that "Obamacare" is reparations, and that president Obama is "not American."
- [Tea Party Protests Union](https://irehr.org/2011/09/16/tea-party-protests-union/) - Tea Partiers protest a Washington appearance by Teamsters president James Hoffa Jr.
- [Tea Party Express (Again) Gives Platform to Bigot](https://irehr.org/2011/09/13/tea-party-express-again-gives-platform-to-bigot/) - The latest Tea Party Express bus tour provided yet another platform for Tea Party racism. What does their partner, CNN, have to say about it?
- [New Nativist Ad Airs During GOP Debate](https://irehr.org/2011/09/11/new-nativist-ad-airs-during-gop-debate/) - Californians for Population Stabilization launched a new television ad during the September 7 GOP presidential debate attacking legal immigration. Does this signal a new trend?
- [Mapping Norwegian Killer Anders Breivik’s Web Postings](https://irehr.org/2011/09/09/mapping-norwegian-killer-anders-breivik-s-web-postings/) - Mapping the online path of Norwegian killer Anders Breivik
- [Tea Party Consultants Head North](https://irehr.org/2011/09/09/tea-party-consultants-head-north/) - Tea Party Patriots consultants head north to peddle Tea Party bigotry in Canada.
- [White Nationalist Pleads Guilty to Spokane MLK Day Bomb Plot](https://irehr.org/2011/09/08/white-nationalist-pleads-guilty-to-spokane-mlk-day-bomb-plot/) - Kevin Harpham, a white nationalist, pleaded guilty to planting a homemade bomb packed with rat-poison-laced projectiles along the route of the Spokane Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in January.
- [New Website Features](https://irehr.org/2011/09/08/new-website-features/) - Based on your feedback and input, we've made a number of changes and additions to our site.
- [New Site Design](https://irehr.org/2011/09/07/new-site-design/) - Based upon your incredibly helpful feedback, we've made some significant improvements and upgrades to our website.
- [Ten Things](https://irehr.org/2011/08/18/ten-things-2/) - Ten things to stop the Tea Parties
- [NAACP Convention Eyes the Fight Ahead](https://irehr.org/2011/08/01/naacp-convention-eyes-the-fight-ahead/) - Meeting for a week in Los Angeles for its 102nd national convention, the NAACP marched in solidarity with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, heard rousing oratory from Chairman Roslyn Brock and President Benjamin Todd Jealous, took a history lesson on the meaning of the current battle from North Carolina State President Rev. William Barber, and met in dozens of workshops that covered topics from "Why we must overcome homophobia" to "Environmental and climate justice" to "Reviving the prophetic relationship with communities of faith." "The state of the NAACP is strong," Jealous told a plenary session. He cited three years in a row of growing membership numbers, an end to fiscal crisis at the national headquarters, and an on-line activist base--"starting primarily with young people"--of over 510,000. Close to 2,500 voting delegates and alternates registered for and attended the convention, but approximately 10,000 walked through the doors at one time or another, according to an NAACP spokesperson. Many went to the NAACP's commerce expo, and the annual Freedom Fund dinner was packed wall to wall. This writer sat at Table 127, and the numbers went up from there.
- [Tea Party Protest the NAACP in Los Angeles - Little Talk about Fiscal Issues](https://irehr.org/2011/07/25/tea-party-protest-the-naacp-in-los-angeles-little-talk-about-fiscal-issues/) - Almost 100 Tea Partiers and anti-immigrant activists mounted a small and sometime languid protest of the NAACP.
- [Norway Terror Suspect Described As Far-Right Nationalist Islamophobe](https://irehr.org/2011/07/23/norway-terror-suspect-described-as-far-right-nationalist-islamophobe/) - On July 22, police arrested 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik. Breivik belongs to ring-wing circles in Oslo. Sources in Norway tell IREHR that Breivik has been known to write posts in right-wing internet forums in Norway, where he has described himself as a “nationalist” and has also written numerous screeds critical of Muslims.
- [Tea Party Nation and the National Origins Act](https://irehr.org/2011/07/07/tea-party-nation-and-the-national-origins-act/) - Tea Party Nation has taken another step towards explicit white nationalism by supporting the now defunct and indefensibly racist National Origins Act of 1924.
- [The Other Side of David Duke: Living Like a Gangster](https://irehr.org/2011/07/06/the-other-side-of-david-duke-living-like-a-gangster/) - He cheats his followers. He lies about himself. He lives like a caricature of a Hollywood playboy. And that is not the bad part: He is also a national socialist propagandist named David Duke. No longer able to make enough money off the backs of white nationalists in the United States, he has turned to sucking funds out of his European comrades like an American bankster on holiday.
- [Media Release: FreedomWorks Hopelessly Entangles Itself with John Birch Society](https://irehr.org/2011/06/21/media-release-freedomworks-hopelessly-entangles-itself-with-john-birch-society/) - Media Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT INFORMATION Devin Burghart (206) 331-2978
- [Special Report: FreedomWorks and the John Birch Society Problem](https://irehr.org/2011/06/21/special-report-freedomworks-and-the-john-birch-society-problem/) - Dick Armey's group FreedomWorks has a John Birch Society problem. What will he do about it?
- [A Brief Note About New York's 26th Congressional District: Its Not What You Think](https://irehr.org/2011/06/08/a-brief-note-about-new-yorks-26th-congressional-district-its-not-what-you-think/) - A sober assessment of the New York 26th Congressional District election results.
- [The 2nd Annual Oregon Tea Party Celebration: A Movement in Which Ideas Seem to Have Growing Importance](https://irehr.org/2011/05/31/the-2nd-annual-oregon-tea-party-celebration-a-movement-in-which-ideas-seem-to-have-growing-importance/) - Go inside the February 2011 Tea Party Oregon Celebration.
- [A Day for Remembering - Workers Memorial Day April 28](https://irehr.org/2011/04/25/a-day-for-remembering-workers-memorial-day-april-28/) - Remembering workers on Workers Memorial Day, May 28
- [Tea Parties Pushed Toward a Shutdown](https://irehr.org/2011/04/11/tea-parties-pushed-toward-a-shutdown/) - Tea Party groups pushed us towards a government shutdown. By pushing hard on the Republicans, the Tea Parties managed to push President Barack Obama as well.
- [Are there Hitler-era Nazis in the Koch Family Closet?](https://irehr.org/2011/03/30/are-there-hitler-era-nazis-in-the-koch-family-closet/) - The Koch brothers and ultra-conservative politics.
- [Tea Party Nation Warns of White Anglo-Saxon Protestant “Extinction”](https://irehr.org/2011/03/29/tea-party-nation-warns-of-white-anglo-saxon-protestant-extinction/) - Tea Party Nation email warns that “American culture” will soon perish since the “White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) population is headed for extinction.”
- [Phill Kline Out the Window](https://irehr.org/2011/03/23/phill-kline-out-the-window/) - Phil Kline's war against abortion providers, including the late doctor George Tiller of Wichita, brought him before the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys. The first of two hearings investigating him for ethical wrongdoing recently concluded.Find out what evidence surfaced against Mr. Kline.
- [White Nationalist Arrested for Spokane MLK March Bomb Plot](https://irehr.org/2011/03/21/white-nationalist-arrested-for-spokane-mlk-march-bomb-plot/) - Acting swiftly, Federal and local law enforcement officials quietly converged on a small home in the backwoods of northeastern Washington State to arrest the man they believe planted a backpack bomb along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Unity march in Spokane earlier this year.
- [Mapping the Tea Party Caucus in the 112th Congress](https://irehr.org/2011/03/18/mapping-the-tea-party-caucus-in-the-112th-congress/) - Congresswoman Michele Bachmann convened the first official meeting of the Tea Party Caucus for the new 112th Congress on February 28. The gathering provided the first real opportunity to gauge the numerical strength of the Tea Party Caucus in the new session. The Tea Parties success in last election was measurable, with 85 of
- [Mapping the Tea Party Caucus in the 112th Congress](https://irehr.org/2011/03/18/2015-01-03-09-02-58-355/) - Examination of the numerical and geographic strengths of the Tea Party Caucus in the 112th Congress.
- [Is the Tea Party Movement in a Tailspin?](https://irehr.org/2011/03/15/is-the-tea-party-movement-in-a-tailspin/) - Are the Tea Parties in a tailspin? Charles Blow at The New York Times says yes. IREHR marshals the data and analysis to show that it is way too soon to declare the Tea Parties dead or dying. There is a fight ahead of us, and we must not throw in the towel before it begins.
- [Tea Party Groups Assail Public Employee Unions in Olympia](https://irehr.org/2011/03/04/tea-party-groups-assail-public-employee-unions-in-olympia/) - A firsthand account of Tea Partiers Assailing Public Employee Unions in Olympia, Washington.
- [IREHR President to Speak In Charlotte, NC](https://irehr.org/2011/02/02/irehr-president-to-speak-in-charlotte-nc/) - IREHR president Leonard Zeskind will be speaking on Saturday, February 5, in Charlotte, North Carolina. His presentation is part of an event sponsored by local organizations. WHEN: 1:00 pm, February 5, 2010 WHERE: West Boulevard Library, 2157 West Boulevard
- [CNN - The Network of the Tea Party Express](https://irehr.org/2011/01/26/cnn-the-network-of-the-tea-party-express/) - The cable news network, CNN, is once again teaming up with the Tea Party Express.
- [Bomb found at Spokane MLK Unity March](https://irehr.org/2011/01/18/bomb-found-at-spokane-mlk-unity-march/) - Bomb found at Spokane, Washington MLK Unity March.
- [Tea Party Reactions to the Tucson Tragedy](https://irehr.org/2011/01/11/tea-party-reactions-to-the-tucson-tragedy-2/) - Tea Party responses to the shooting of Rep. Giffords and others in Tucson, Arizona.
- [Mississippi and the Councils - Part Two: Brother Jeppie's Visit to Carroll County](https://irehr.org/2011/01/06/mississippi-and-the-councils-part-two-brother-jeppies-visit-to-carroll-county/) - Mississippi and the Citizens Councils. Brother Jeppie's Visit to Caroll County
- [Haley Barbour Has No Excuse](https://irehr.org/2010/12/22/haley-barbour-has-no-excuse/) - Haley Barbour has no excuse for engaging in dishonest myth-making about the Citizens Councils.
- [ResistNet Re-Branding](https://irehr.org/2010/12/16/resistnet-re-branding/) - The Tea Party faction ResistNet is trying to shed recent negative attention by changing the name of the group to the Patriot Action Network.
- [Tea Party Leaders Attack Constitution](https://irehr.org/2010/11/29/2015-01-03-09-02-52-351/) - Tea Party Nation President Judson Phillips Says: End Voting Rights for Those Who Do Not Own Property, End One Person One Vote for U.S. Senators, and Change the Fourteenth Amendment.
- [Larry Pratt](https://irehr.org/2010/11/24/larry-pratt/) - Larry Pratt of Virginia is a member of two different national Tea Party networks: Tea Party Nation and 1776 Tea Party. He is also executive director of Gun Owners of America, which bills itself as a "no compromise" organization opposed to all forms of gun control.
- [Leonard Zeskind Biography](https://irehr.org/2010/11/11/zeskind-bio/) - Leonard ZeskindLZeskind@sbcglobal.netP.O. Box 411552Kansas City, Missouri 64141(816) 474-4748www.LeonardZeskind.comwww.IREHR.org Leonard Zeskind is the author of Blood and Politics: The History of White Nationalism from the Margins to the Mainstream, published by Farrar Straus & Giroux in May 2009. The book received an Honorable Mention from the Society of Midland Authors in May 2010 in the "Adult
- [Karen Pack](https://irehr.org/2010/11/10/karen-pack/) - Tea Partier of the Week, Karen Pack of the Tea Party Patriots
- [A Reply to Karen Pack in Texas](https://irehr.org/2010/11/09/a-reply-to-karen-pack-in-texas/) - IREHR responds to Karen Pack's attack on the Tea Party Nationalism report.
- [Peter Gemma](https://irehr.org/2010/11/07/peter-gemma/) - Tea Partier profile of Peter Gemma
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- [Tea Party Nation Founder Declares Himself a Birther](https://irehr.org/2010/11/02/tea-party-nation-founder-declares-himself-a-birther/) - Just over a week after the IREHR Special Report Tea Party Nationalism first exposed many of the so-called “birthers” in the leadership of the different national factions, Tea Party Nation (TPN) founder Judson Phillips decided to openly join that growing list yesterday. Rather than join those who claim the President Obama is not a natural-born
- [Tea Party Nationalism on Meet The Press](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-party-nationalism-on-meet-the-press/) - If you were watching the Sunday morning roundtables yesterday, you might have noticed the host of NBC's Meet The Press reference the Institute and a new special report we're releasing this week with the NAACP. Not only did David Gregory show the cover of the new report, Tea Party Nationalism: A Critical Examination of the Size, Scope, and Focus of the Tea Party Movement and Its National Factions, he quoted from it to put a Tea
- [Tea Party Nationalism goes live!](https://irehr.org/2010/10/20/tea-party-nationalism-goes-live/) - It's finally time for Tea Party Nationalism to go live.
- [Roan Garcia-Quintana](https://irehr.org/2010/09/27/roan-garcia-quintana/) - Mauldin, South Carolina resident Roan Garcia-Quintana is involved in several local Tea Party groups and is registered as member on the ResistNet Tea Party faction website. [1] The Cuba-born activist who runs a group called the Americans Have Had Enough Coalition served as “advisor and media spokesman” for the 2010 Tax Day Tea Party rally in Greenville, South Carolina. [2] In addition to his Tea Party activities, Garcia-Quintana recently joined the National Board of Directors of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC), the largest white nationalist group in the country.
- [In the UK elections, what can American anti-racists learn?](https://irehr.org/2010/05/10/in-the-uk-elections-what-can-american-anti-racists-learn/) - The Labor Party lost votes and seats in the parliament. The Tories may yet cobble together a majority coalition and once again install a Thatcherite prime minister. Yet, in the London borough of Barking, the vote for the Labour incumbent increased, and Nick Griffin, the chairman of the white-ist British National Party (BNP), suffered an ignominious defeat. The BNP's loss was all the worst for them because they had held seats on the local council and bragged that they would become the majority ruling party in the borough--a proposition that would have catapulted white nationalism into the center of English politics. Instead, the BNP lost every seat they had held on both the Barking borough council as well as every seat in nearby Dagenham. And they lost several council seats they had in other boroughs as well.
- [Latest Culture War in America is Nationalism in Dangerous Form](https://irehr.org/2010/04/13/latest-culture-war-in-america-is-nationalism-in-dangerous-form/) - At first glance it seems inexplicable: Confederate battle flags waving in Washington state and Washington, D.C., when the issue is health care. Placards that read, “America is a Christian Nation,” appearing in marches when the stated concern is the federal deficit. Barack Obama labeled a “Lying African,” when presidents from Democrat Woodrow Wilson to Republican George H.W. Bush have raised taxes without being dubbed aliens.Where does the anger come from to call congressmen hateful names?
- [The Hutaree Militia & the Charge of Seditious Conspiracy](https://irehr.org/2010/03/31/the-hutaree-militia-the-charge-of-seditious-conspiracy/) - The charge of seditious conspiracy against the Hutaree Militia has been a challenge for federal prosecutors in past cases against the far right.
- [The Death of the Tea Parties? Not So Fast...](https://irehr.org/2010/03/26/the-death-of-the-tea-parties-not-so-fast/) - {jathumbnail off} Many pundits were quick to pronounce the Tea Party movement dead after failing to stop the passage of health care legislation. Conventional wisdom also held that the bigoted and violent behavior displayed by Tea Partiers over the weekend would negatively impact their growth. Let’s examine the data before we begin drafting a Tea Party obituary. Instead of membership going flat or declining, online membership in each of the different national Tea Party factions has continued to rise. In fact, several factions experienced sharp increases in the last week.
- [What's Next for the Tea Partiers?](https://irehr.org/2010/03/24/whats-next-for-the-tea-partiers/) - After a year of fast-paced growth and increasing influence, the Tea Partiers suffered their first ever political defeat on Sunday when the House of Representatives passed health care reform. Remember, it was the Tea Partiers' protests at town hall meetings last August that slowed the legislative drive toward reform and effectively took the single-payer option out of the Democratic Party's playbook. Tea Partiers started to push "independents" away from the Democrats, and they pushed the Republican establishment into becoming the party of no-compromise opposition. Now a simple up or down vote has thrown the first roadblock in front of the Tea Partiers, and the question emerges: how will they respond over the next five months?
- [The Day After: Congressmen Conference with Tea Partiers](https://irehr.org/2010/03/23/the-day-after-congressmen-conference-with-tea-partiers/) - A conference call with Tea Partiers from around the country featured Rep. Dave Camp (R- MI 4th District) and Rep. Tom Price (R-GA 6th District) to discuss the aftermath of the health care vote.
- [Ron Paul and the Tea Parties: States' Rights and the 17th Amendment](https://irehr.org/2010/03/20/ron-paul-and-the-tea-parties-states-rights-and-the-17th-amendment/) - Ron Paul and the Tea Party Movement take on States' Rights and the 17th Amendment.
- [Support Needed for Cheyenne River Sioux in Face of Storm Crisis](https://irehr.org/2010/02/15/support-needed-for-cheyenne-river-sioux-in-face-of-storm-crisis/) - The Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights is asking all who can to donate to the Cheyenne River Sioux a in the face of extreme winter conditions. The Tribe declared a state of emergency as a severe ice storm cut electivity and water on its North Central South Dakota reservation.
- [Roeder Convicted, Testimony by Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline Ruled Out](https://irehr.org/2010/01/29/roeder-convicted-testimony-by-former-kansas-attorney-general-phill-kline-ruled-out/) - A jury took just 37 minutes to return a guilty verdict against Scott Roeder, the murderer of Dr. George Tiller.
- [Tea Party Switcheroo: Different Nativist Group to Present at Tea Party Nation Conference](https://irehr.org/2010/01/28/tea-party-switcheroo-different-nativist-group-to-present-at-tea-party-nation-conference/) - Just when you thought they were out, they jump right back in… As quickly as one anti-immigrant group extricates itself from the Tea Party Nation convention, another one jumps in to fill the gap.
- [Bachmann Tea Party Overdrive](https://irehr.org/2010/01/28/bachmann-tea-party-overdrive/) - More Tea Party Nation Convention cancellations.
- [Anti-Immigrant Group Bails on Tea Party Nation Convention](https://irehr.org/2010/01/27/anti-immigrant-group-bails-on-tea-party-nation-convention/) - The nativist group FAIR pulls out of Tea Party Nation Convention
- [Griffin launches election campaign by cynically exploiting war dead](https://irehr.org/2010/01/26/griffin-launches-election-campaign-by-cynically-exploiting-war-dead/) - Griffin launches election campaign by exploiting war dead
- [Fear and Loathing Grips Europe](https://irehr.org/2010/01/26/fear-and-loathing-grips-europe/) - In a January cover story, "Fear and Loathing Grips Europe," Searchlight editor Nick Lowles examines the reactions to and the implications of the vote to ban the building of minarets in Switzerland. Read the entire article here.
- [Tea Partying Militia Leader Arrested for Rape, Possessing a Grenade Launcher](https://irehr.org/2010/01/26/tea-partying-militia-leader-arrested-for-rape-possessing-a-grenade-launcher/) - Marine with ties to Tea Parties and militias who about using his training “to become a domestic terrorist” charged with raping a child and possessing an unregistered grenade launcher
- [The State of White Nationalism: The Year 2009 in Review](https://irehr.org/2010/01/23/the-state-of-white-nationalism-the-year-2009-in-review/) - white nationalism, 2009 in review
- [Still Picking the Jury for Roeder's murder trial in Wichita, Kansas](https://irehr.org/2010/01/20/still-picking-the-jury-for-roeders-murder-trial-in-wichita-kansas/) - Jury selection in the Scott Roeder trial continues.
- [Moscow Murder Part of Pattern](https://irehr.org/2009/11/20/moscow-murder-part-of-pattern/) - The November 16 murder of Ivan Khutorskoi in Moscow underscores the growing threat of ultra-nationalist violence in the Russian Federation.
- [Race Bait and Switch](https://irehr.org/2009/11/17/race-bait-and-switch/) - A Michigan university got a shock when they requested a speaker from an upstate anti-immigration group.
- [Texe Marrs and David Duke in Washington D.C.](https://irehr.org/2009/11/10/texe-marrs-and-david-duke-in-washington-dc/) - David Duke, Texe Marrs, Washington DC, American Free Press, Spotlight, Willis Carto, Anti-Semitism
- [Light Sentence in Artifact Looting Case](https://irehr.org/2009/11/09/light-sentence-in-artifact-looting-case/) - A Eureka, California man received a light sentenced in late October for illegally removing artifacts from a cultural site of the Yurok tribe. After pleading guilty in September to illegally excavating a Native cultural site, James Edward Truhls, 30, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 60 hours of community service and ordered to pay a $350 fine for illegally removing artifacts from a cultural site of the Yurok tribe. Truhls could have received up to one year in prison and a $10,000 fine. A judge had previously dropped a grave-looting charge which potentially carried a stronger sentence.
- [IREHR in Seattle](https://irehr.org/2009/10/30/irehr-in-seattle/) - On October 10, Nick Lowles, editor of the London-based magazine Searchlight, joined with several IREHR board members for a re-launch of the organization in the Seattle area.
- [Czech Republic: Officials Break Up Terrorist Plot, Serbian Blood & Honour Leader Arrested](https://irehr.org/2009/10/26/czech-republic-officials-break-up-terrorist-plot-serbian-blood-honour-leader-arrested/) - 24 neo-Nazis arrested in raids in the Czech Republic. One was the leader of the Serbian branch of the neo-Nazi group Blood & Honour. The arrests broke up a terrorist attack.
- [Senate Passes Byrd-Shepard Hate Crimes Act](https://irehr.org/2009/10/23/senate-passes-byrd-shepard-hate-crimes-act/) - On October 22, the United States Senate passed the landmark Matthew Shepard-James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act on a vote of 68-29. The legislation expands the coverage and protection of federal hate crime laws to include sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and disability. The House of Representatives passed a conference version earlier this month. The bill is expected to be quickly signed into law by President Obama.
- [Violent Attack on Alaska Native Man](https://irehr.org/2009/10/23/violent-attack-on-alaska-native-man/) - Alaska Native man was assaulted by a young white couple who threw eggs at him and kicked him while using racial slurs.
- [Reporting on Violence, Harassment and Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples](https://irehr.org/2009/10/23/reporting-on-violence-harassment-and-discrimination-against-indigenous-peoples/) - Violence, Harassment and Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples
- [Attacks on Native People in Rapid City, South Dakota](https://irehr.org/2009/10/23/attacks-on-native-people-in-rapid-city-south-dakota/) - Rash of hate crimes in Rapid City, South Dakota.
- [Montana Creativity Movement Marches](https://irehr.org/2009/10/13/montana-creativity-movement-marches/) - Small groups of Creativity Movement supporters took to the streets to hold demonstrations in Kalispell and Bozeman, MT.
- [Issue Areas](https://irehr.org/2009/10/01/issue-areas/) - IREHR Issue Areas include, Nation, State and Citizenship, Treaty Rights and Tribal Sovereignty, Race, Racism and White Nationalism, International Dimensions, and the Project on Middle America
- [FAIR Event Draws Legislators, Flops with Grassroots Nativists](https://irehr.org/2009/10/01/fair-event-draws-legislators-flops-with-grassroots-nativists/) - The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), held their annual “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” event in Washington DC on September 15 and 16, 2009. Despite being unable to attract any sizable grassroots participation, dozens of members of Congress flocked to participate in the event’s radio row.
- [Planes, Trains, and a Big Red Bus: On the Road with the Hope Not Hate Campaign](https://irehr.org/2009/09/22/planes-trains-and-a-big-red-bus-on-the-road-with-the-hope-not-hate-campaign/) - An exclusive, behind-the-scenes, look at the 2009 HOPE not Hate campaign.
- [Tribal Citizenship in Crisis](https://irehr.org/2009/09/20/tribal-citizenship-in-crisis/) - The September 18 issue of Indian Country Today features a noteworthy editorial on current challenges surrounding the multifaceted issue of tribal citizenship.
- [Our New Website](https://irehr.org/2009/09/19/our-new-website/) - We're pleased to bring you the new website for the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. We're still in the process of fine-tuning it, and it's very much still in beta. Please let us know what you think. If there are things you particularly like, things you don't, or if you come across
- [Keeping our Word: Indigenous Sovereignty and Treaty Rights](https://irehr.org/2009/09/18/keeping-our-word-indigenous-sovereignty-and-treaty-rights/) - Indigenous Sovereignty, Keeping our word
- [Nativism and Election 2008](https://irehr.org/2008/12/01/nativism-and-election-2008/) - Election-day euphoria may quickly give way to the cold reality of an uncertain future for real immigration reform under a new administration.

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- [Mr. COVID Denial: Aaron Bernstine](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/mr-covid-denial-aaron-bernstine/) - ProfileMr. COVID Denial: Aaron BernstineIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileMr. COVID Denial: Aaron Bernstine (R-Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 10) Aaron Bernstine is a prolific joiner of COVID Denial Facebook groups, belonging to 16 such groups. He joined his first COVID Denial group in December 2020, well into the first wave of COVID Denial
- [COVID Denial and the Influence of the Posse Comitatus: Anthony Sabatini](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/covid-denial-and-the-influence-of-the-posse-comitatus-anthony-sabatini/) - ProfileCOVID Denial and the Influence of the Posse Comitatus: Anthony SabatiniIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileCOVID Denial and the Influence of the Posse Comitatus: Anthony Sabatini (R-Florida House of Representatives, District 32) Florida State Representative Anthony Sabatini provides an example of the radicalization seen in the overlapping Stop the Steal and COVID Denial mobilizations.
- [From Posse to Sovereign Citizen: Susan DeLemus](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/from-posse-to-sovereign-citizen-susan-delemus/) - ProfileFrom Posse to Sovereign Citizen: Susan DeLemusIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileFrom Posse to Sovereign Citizen: Susan DeLemus (R-New Hampshire State House, District Strafford County No. 24) New Hampshire State House member Susan DeLemus is one of six New Hampshire legislators who belong to Sovereign Citizen-style groups. Sovereign Citizens call the federal government illegitimate
- [Appendix C: List of Far-Right Facebook Groups](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/appendix-c-list-of-far-right-facebook-groups/) - Appendix CList of Far-Right Facebook GroupsIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream Appendix CList of Far-Right Facebook Groups Group NameCategorySubcategory #PraytoEndAbortionAnti-Abortion Alaskans For LifeAnti-Abortion Christians Against AbortionAnti-Abortion Fridays for Life (Join Us - Click HERE)Anti-Abortion Illinois Pro-life ActivitiesAnti-Abortion Maryland Right to Life- Greater Baltimore ChapterAnti-Abortion National Black ProLife CoalitionAnti-Abortion New Mexicans Against AbortionAnti-Abortion Priests for LifeAnti-Abortion
- [Appendix B: Anti-Human Rights Legislation](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/appendix-b-anti-human-rights-legislation/)
- [Appendix A: Legislator Membership in Far-Right Facebook Groups](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/appendix-a-legislator-membership-in-far-right-facebook-groups/) - Appendix ALegislator Membership in Far-Right Facebook GroupsIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream Appendix ALegislator Membership in Far-Right Facebook Groups NamePartyStateTitleGroupCategorySubcategory Bart LeBonRepublicanAKAlaska House of Representatives District 1HAC & SAC | AlaskaConstitutionally-Constructed NationalismPosse-Influenced Calvin SchrageRepublicanAKAlaska House of Representatives District 25HAC & SAC | AlaskaConstitutionally-Constructed NationalismPosse-Influenced Calvin SchrageRepublicanAKAlaska House of Representatives District 25ALASKA Parents' Rights In EducationSchool
- [Chapter 6: Conclusion](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-6-conclusion/) - Chapter SixConclusionIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream Chapter SixConclusion The adage goes that “states are the laboratories of democracy.” However, left unchecked, rising far-right activity at the state level combined with nascent networks of legislators that have joined these far-right groups and the unending fuel of online misinformation threaten to turn states into crucibles of
- [Chapter 5: Legislative Impact](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-5-legislative-impact/) - Chapter FiveLegislative ImpactIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream Chapter FiveLegislative Impact Legislators involved in these groups have sponsored and helped pass a wide range of bills that threaten civil and human rights and the capacity of government to advance policies for the public good, at times dominating legislative agendas at the state level. Legislative attacks
- [Chapter 4: The Far-Right Groups](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-4-the-far-right-groups/) - Chapter FourThe Far-Right GroupsIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream Chapter FourThe Far-Right Groups The legislators described in this report have been members of 789 different far-right Facebook groups. As discussed in detail in the Categories section, these groups fall into thirteen distinct far-right categories and fourteen subcategories, ranging from militia and sovereign citizen groups, antisemitic
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- [Breaching the Mainstream](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/) - Breaching the Mainstream A National Survey of Far-Right Membership in State Legislatures A Special Report by the Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights Chapter OneIntroduction An essential element of the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR) mission is to track far-right efforts to advance from the margins to the mainstream.
- [Stopping the Steal, Suppressing Voters: Phil Stephenson](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/stopping-the-steal-suppressing-voters-phil-stephenson/) - ProfileStopping the Steal, Suppressing Voters: Phil StephensonIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileStopping the Steal, Suppressing Voters: Phil Stephenson (R-Texas House of Representatives, District 85) After the defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, far-rightists quickly turned to efforts to delegitimize the results and put Trump back in the White House. “Stop the
- [Map: Upper Chambers](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/map-upper-chambers/) - Breaching the MainstreamA National Survey of Far-Right Membership in State LegislaturesCopyright © 2022. Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights.
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- [From Ron Paul to COVID Denial: Stewart Jones](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/from-ron-paul-to-covid-denial-stewart-jones/) - ProfileFrom Ron Paul to COVID Denial: Stewart JonesIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileFrom Ron Paul to COVID Denial: Stewart Jones (R-South Carolina House of Representatives, District 14) South Carolina’s Stewart Jones provides an example of another path into far-right politics – through the Libertarian challenges to mainstream Republican Party politics exemplified by Ron Paul’s
- [Homophobia in the Legislature: Rick Brattin](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/homophobia-in-the-legislature-rick-brattin/) - ProfileHomophobia in the Legislature: Rick BrattinIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileHomophobia in the Legislature: Rick Brattin (R-Missouri State Senate, District 31) No member represents the far-right views towards the LGBTIA community more openly than Missouri State Sen. Rick Brattin. While a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 2017, Brattin unleashed vicious bigotry
- [The Far-Right Legislator: Daniel Knodl](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/the-far-right-legislator-daniel-knodl/) - ProfileThe Far-Right Legislator: Daniel KnodlIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileThe Far-Right Legislator: Daniel Knodl (R-Wisconsin State Assembly, District 24) Daniel Knodl holds the distinction of being the most prolific sponsor of far-right anti-human rights legislation included in this report. Knodl’s 31 bills cut across multiple issue areas, including 13 COVID Denial/Vaccines bills, eight
- [Militias, the Bundy’s and a Constitutional Convention: Kelly Townsend](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/militias-the-bundys-and-a-constitutional-convention-kelly-townsend/) - ProfileMilitias, the Bundy’s and a Constitutional Convention: Kelly TownsendIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileMilitias, the Bundy’s and a Constitutional Convention: Kelly Townsend (R-Arizona State Senate, District 16) Before being elected to the Arizona state Senate, Kelly Townsend was already a seasoned far-right activist, having moved from anti-abortion and Tea Party politics to far-right paramilitary
- [The Ultimate Joiner: Jim Walsh](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/the-ultimate-joiner-jim-walsh/) - ProfileThe Ultimate Joiner: Jim WalshIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileThe Ultimate Joiner: Jim Walsh (R-Washington State House of Representatives, District 19, Position 1) Washington State Representative Jim Walsh (R-District 19, Position 1) wins the award for the most memberships in far-right Facebook groups. The 24 Facebook groups to which Walsh belongs include 13 COVID
- [From the Tea Party to the Paramilitary: Tammy Nichols](https://irehr.org/reports/breaching-the-mainstream/chapter-3-profiles-in-far-right-mainstreaming/from-the-tea-party-to-the-paramilitary-tammy-nichols/) - ProfileFrom the Tea Party to the Paramilitary: Tammy NicholsIREHR Special Report: Breaching the Mainstream ProfileFrom the Tea Party to the Paramilitary: Tammy Nichols (R-Idaho State House of Representatives District 11, Seat B) Idaho State Representative Tammy Nichols provides a case study of the radicalization path that moves from the Tea Party movement, militias, and the
- [Ammon's Army Marches On](https://irehr.org/reports/ammons-army-marches-on/) - Despite deplatforming and legal problems, Ammon Bundy’s far-right People’s Rights network grew by 53% nationally in the last year.
- [People's Rights Network Area Membership Map 2021](https://irehr.org/reports/ammons-army-marches-on/peoples-rights-map-2021/)
- [Chapter 12: COVID Denial Attacks on Workers and Unions](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-12-covid-denial-attacks-on-workers-and-unions/) - Chapter TwelveCOVID Denial Attacks on Workers and UnionsIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Chapter TwelveCOVID Denial Attacks on Workers and Unions A common refrain in COVID denial Facebook groups is that their members are dedicated to defending workers’ rights in the face of workplace mask and vaccine mandates. Groups documented in this report have
- [Chapter 3: Facebook and the Far-Right Group Problem](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-3-facebook-and-the-far-right-group-problem/) - Chapter ThreeFacebook and the Far-Right Group ProblemIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Chapter ThreeFacebook and the Far-Right Group Problem After the 2016 election fiasco and the scandal around Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook usage, significant changes were afoot at Facebook.[41] In retrospect, the most significant change was the “pivot” away from the company’s focus on an
- [Chapter 13: Recommendations](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-13-recommendations/) - Chapter ThirteenRecommendationsFACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Chapter ThirteenRecommendations Given the enormity of the threat documented in this report, the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights has recommendations for Facebook, policymakers, human rights groups, and individuals to counter COVID denialism. For Facebook Deplatform COVID denial Facebook must follow the company’s repeated promises and take swift
- [Chapter 6: Radicalizing Racism in COVID Denial Facebook Groups](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-6-radicalizing-racism-in-covid-denial-facebook-groups/) - Chapter SixRadicalizing Racism in COVID Denial Facebook GroupsFACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL "The disgusting pressure put on American’s (sic) to get vaccinated, is one of the greatest evils in this nation’s history. Having 2nd class citizens is morally almost on the same level as slavery...The big difference is slaves could still work to provide for their
- [Chapter 7: Attacks on Indian Nations in COVID Denial Facebook Groups](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-7-attacks-on-indian-nations-in-covid-denial-facebook-groups/) - Chapter SevenAttacks on Indian Nations in COVID Denial Facebook GroupsIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Chapter SevenAttacks on Indian Nations in COVID Denial Facebook Groups Indigenous Nations have been some of the communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tribes have also frequently been at the forefront of efforts to stop its spread. Despite
- [Chapter 5: Routes to Radicalization. COVID-19 Conspiracies and Antisemitism](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-5-routes-to-radicalization-covid-19-conspiracies-and-antisemitism/) - Chapter FiveRoutes to Radicalization: COVID-19 Conspiracies and AntisemitismIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL “If they require the non vaxx to wear masks in the fall, isn’t that equivalent to wearing a yellow star on their chest. Thoughts?”- UNMASK OUR KIDS CT Facebook Group [75] Chapter FiveRoutes to RadicalizationCOVID-19 Conspiracies and Antisemitism So read a
- [Chapter 8: Targeting the LGBTQIA+ Community in Facebook COVID Denial Groups](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-8-targeting-the-lgbtqia-community-in-facebook-covid-denial-groups/) - Chapter EightTargeting the LGBTQIA+ Community in Facebook COVID Denial GroupsIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Chapter EightTargeting the LGBTQIA+ Community in Facebook COVID Denial Groups Another form of bigotry and potential axis for radicalization found in Facebook COVID Denial groups is the disparagement of members of the LGBTQIA+ community, including opposition to recognizing their
- [Facebook and COVID Denial](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/) - IREHR special report examines how Facebook is fueling another wave of far-right activism, insurrectionism, and violence.
- [Chapter 2: The Data. Quantifying Facebook’s COVID Denial Group Problem](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-2-the-data-quantifying-facebooks-covid-denial-group-problem/) - Chapter TwoThe Data. Quantifying Facebook’s COVID Denial Group ProblemIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL 1,732 COVID Denial Groups 2,445,602 COVID Denial Members 1 Platform Chapter TwoThe DataQuantifying Facebook’s COVID Denial Group Problem The problem of organized COVID denial groups on Facebook is massive. It is national in scope and comes in many different rhetorical
- [Chapter 9: COVID Denial and Other Far-Right Groups](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-9-covid-denial-and-other-far-right-groups/) - Chapter NineCOVID Denial and Other Far-Right GroupsIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL “Starting tomorrow, the tyrant Kate Brown has issued again a statewide indoor mask requirement for everyone 5 and up. WE CANNOT allow this to continue to be mandated. Masks and vaccines should and must be personal choice... Continue to support local businesses
- [Chapter 4: COVID Denial Radicalization on Facebook](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-4-covid-denial-radicalization-on-facebook/) - Chapter FourCOVID Denial Radicalization on FacebookIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Chapter FourCOVID Denial Radicalization on Facebook Driven by a new variant, a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens lives and is overwhelming medical systems. At the same time, thanks to the platform provided by Facebook, a second major wave of COVID denial
- [Appendix C: State COVID Denial Facebook Group Membership Map](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/appendix-c-state-covid-denial-facebook-group-membership-map/) - Appendix CState COVID Denial Facebook Group Membership MapIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Appendix CState COVID Denial Facebook Group Membership Map COVID Denial Facebook Group Membership Totals and State Rankings RANKSTATETOTAL 1California199158 2Pennsylvania194506 3Washington173217 4Illinois151121 5Wisconsin149924 6North Carolina132527 7New York100829 8Michigan89072 9New Jersey84967 10Minnesota69071 11Oregon67075 12Texas65114 13Florida46336 14Utah41569 15Ohio40557 16Missouri40142 17Louisiana40051 18Kentucky37056 19South Carolina34830
- [Chapter 11: COVID Denial, Stop the Steal, and the January 6th Insurrection](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-11-covid-denial-stop-the-steal-and-the-january-6th-insurrection/) - Chapter ElevenCOVID Denial, Stop the Steal, and the January 6th InsurrectionIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Chapter ElevenCOVID Denial, Stop the Steal, and the January 6th InsurrectionCalls for Violence, Revolution, and Civil War On September 2, federal authorities arrested Benjamin Martin of Fresno, California, for his involvement in the January 6 nationalist insurrection at
- [Chapter 10: The COVID-19 Insurrection. Calls for Violence, Revolution, and Civil War](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-10-the-covid-19-insurrection-calls-for-violence-revolution-and-civil-war/) - Chapter TenThe COVID-19 Insurrection. Calls for Violence, Revolution, and Civil WarIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL “REPRISE1776 - SPECIAL JIHAD JOE AMERICA HATES YOU UPDATE...Personal commentary...Joe Biden is a lily-livered, ill-mannered, weak minded failure on so many levels I don’t even know where to begin. He and his entire administration should resign in Mass
- [Appendix A: Research Methodology](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/appendix-a-research-methodology/) - Appendix AResearch MethodologyIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Appendix AResearch Methodology After vigorous discussion and deliberation, IREHR researchers and allies agreed to characterize the Facebook groups featured in this report as engaging in “COVID denialism.” In our assessment, this term can reliably represent all of these groups, regardless of their geographic, ideological, numerical, and
- [Appendix B: Active Facebook COVID Denial Groups](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/appendix-b-active-facebook-covid-denial-groups/) - Appendix BList of Active Facebook COVID Denial GroupsIREHR Special Report: FACEBOOK and COVID DENIAL Appendix BList of Active Facebook COVID Denial Groups GROUP NAMECITYSTATECATEGORYDATE CREATEDMEMBERS Wisconsinites Against Excessive QuarantineWisconsinReopen2020-04-15 00:00:00115100 ReOpen PAHarrisburgPennsylvaniaReopen2020-04-13 00:00:00104423 Impeach Roy Cooper (formerly REOPEN NC)North CarolinaReopen2020-04-07 00:00:0085181 REOPEN NJTrentonNew JerseyReopen2020-04-15 00:00:0049633 ReopenWAWashingtonReopen2020-04-15 00:00:0043155 RE-OPEN ILLINOISChicagoIllinoisReopen2020-04-15 00:00:0037417 Reopen MinnesotaMinnesotaReopen2020-04-14 00:00:0037323 Open OregonOregonReopen2020-04-13
- [Chapter 1: COVID Denial as Culture War](https://irehr.org/reports/facebook-and-covid-denial/chapter-1-covid-denial-as-culture-war/) - How COVID denial became a Culture War issue driving the far-right in 2021.
- [Klamath Basin Conflict](https://irehr.org/klamath-basin-conflict/) - FilterKlamath Basin Conflict People’s Rights Network to Host Writer for White Nationalist TabloidPeople’s Rights Network to Host Writer for White Nationalist TabloidThis article is the fifth in an ongoing series documenting the intervention of the far-right…June 17, 2021 The People’s Rights Campaign to Overturn Tribal Water and Fishing Rights in the Klamath BasinThe People’s Rights
- [People's Rights - Oregon](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-oregon/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Oregon Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Overview Oregon People’s Rights has one state leader, BJ Soper, who oversees 6 areas and 15 additional area leaders for 5 of its 8 areas. The group has 2047 members. In addition, a Facebook group for Area 1 has 79 members,
- [Giving Tuesday](https://irehr.org/givingtuesday/) - You are vital to the fight against white nationalism The holiday season is just around the corner, and we invite you to kick it off with us on Giving Tuesday! Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving back. On the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, you’ll have the chance to join people around the world and
- [Ammon's Army: Inside the Far-Right People's Rights Network](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/) - A special report on the rise of Ammon Bundy's new far-right network, People's Rights, which merges militias withCOVID-19 insurrectionists, anti-vaxxers, and conspiracists.
- [Online Army](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/online-army/) - Chapter Three: The Online Army Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Three:The Online ArmyPeople's Rights Used Facebook to Recruit an Army. Now They Are Moving On. One of the ways People’s Rights has been able to grow so quickly is by capitalizing on existing far-right networks on Facebook. For over a decade,
- [People's Rights - Montana](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-montana/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Montana Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right “People’s Rights” Network. Overview People’s Rights Montana has 23 area assistants listed for 5 areas. Though not listed as an official statewide leader, Nick Ramlow announced he was the “administrator of the People’s Rights movement for the State
- [People's Rights Area Assistant List](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/uncovering-the-peoples-rights-network/peoples-rights-area-assistant-list/) - Appendix People’s Rights Area Assistant List Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network AppendixPeople's Rights Area Assistant List Organization State Area Assistant Peoples Rights Arkansas 1-8 Angela Clemons Peoples Rights California 1-10 Tony Pelligrino Peoples Rights California 4 Marie Hogan Peoples Rights California 10 Derrick Gates Peoples Rights California 10 Erik Cryder Peoples Rights
- [Uncovering the People's Rights Network](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/uncovering-the-peoples-rights-network/) - Chapter Two: Uncovering the People’s Rights Network Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Two:Uncovering the People's Rights NetworkThe Structure, Size, and Scope of the Network Initially, much of the core of what became People’s Rights grew out of ties developed during the Bundy family’s armed confrontations with the federal government and/or their
- [Profile: Tony Pellegrino](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-tony-pellegrino/) - Profile: Tony Pellegrino People’s Rights California State Assistant Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Tony Pellegrino People’s Rights California State Assistant Location: San Mateo, California Tony Pellegrino is a militia supporter who has promoted a variety of conspiracy theories, including openly antisemitic versions.[1] In March, Pellegrino posted a meme containing an
- [Profile: Sean and Sandra Anderson](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-sean-sandra-anderson/) - Profile: Sean and Sandra Anderson People’s Rights Idaho Area 2 Assistants Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Sean and Sandra Anderson People’s Rights Idaho Area 2 Assistants Location: Riggins, Idaho Sean and Sandra Anderson have a history of far-right paramilitary activism and were quick to join the fight against COVID-19 health
- [Profile: Roger Roots](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-roger-roots/) - Profile: Roger Roots Montana Figure Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Roger Roots Montana Figure Location: Livingston, Montana While not an official People’s Rights leader, Roger Roots has played a significant role in the group. Roots is especially close to Washington People’s Rights figure Kelli Stewart. Together, the two took the
- [Profile: Nick Ramlow](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-nick-ramlow/) - Profile: Nick Ramlow Montana Administrator for People’s Rights Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Nick Ramlow Montana Administrator for People’s Rights Location: Kalispell, Montana In April 2020, Nick Ramlow, a Kalispell contractor, began his militia organizing after Montana’s governor issued a statewide shelter-in-place order to slow the spread of COVID-19. Ramlow
- [Profile: Mark French](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-mark-french/) - Profile: Mark French People’s Rights Montana Area 4 Assistant Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Mark French Montana Area 4 assistant Location: Paradise, Montana Mark French is a Tea Party activist who repeatedly, and unsuccessfully, has run for elected office in Montana. In 2010, French ran as a “Constitution Republican” in
- [Profile: Diego Rodriguez](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-diego-rodriguez/) - Profile: Diego Rodriguez People’s Rights Figure Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Diego Rodriguez People’s Rights Figure Location: Boise, Idaho Diego Rodriguez is a frequent speaker at People’s Rights events, including early meetings that gave rise to the organization. He is pastor of the Boise Freedom Tabernacle Church in Boise, Idaho.
- [Profile: KrisAnne Hall](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-krisanne-hall/) - Profile: KrisAnne Hall “Constitutionalist” Speaker Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE KrisAnne Hall “Constitutionalist” Speaker Location: Wellborn, Florida KrisAnne Hall is a Wellborn, Florida-based “constitutionalist” and a legal “theorist” frequently cited as an authority by People’s Rights leaders. Washington State People’s Rights figure Kelli Stewart, a regional figure in the group,
- [Profile: Kelli Stewart](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-kelli-stewart/) - Profile: Kelli Stewart People’s Rights Washington Area 4 Assistant Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Kelli Stewart People’s Rights Washington Area 4 Assistant Location: Camas, Washington While Kelli Stewart is officially listed as a Washington State Area 4 Assistant in People’s Rights, she plays an outsized role in the region and
- [Profile: Joey Gibson](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-joey-gibson/) - Profile: Joey Gibson People’s Rights Figure Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Joey Gibson Patriot Prayer People’s Rights Washington Area 8 Member Location: Vancouver, Washington Joey Gibson, leader of the violent far-right street-fighting group, Patriot Prayer, plays a substantial role in the People’s Rights network, acting as a bridge between the
- [Profile: Derrik Staheli](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-derrik-staheli/) - Profile: Derrik Staheli People’s Rights Utah State Assistant Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Derrik Staheli People’s Rights Utah State Assistant Location: St. George, Utah Derrik Staheli is an anti-masker and 2nd Amendment activist who doesn’t “buy the whole face covering thing.”[1] In August, Staheli encouraged people with kids in public
- [Profile: Casey Whalen](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-casey-whalen/) - Profile: Casey Whalen People’s Rights Figure Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Casey Whalen People’s Rights Figure Location: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho In early June, People’s Rights of Washington listed Casey Whalen as an official assistant for Area 8 in eastern Washington.[1] As of mid-August, Whalen was the sole individual listed as
- [Profile: Brand Thornton](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-brand-thornton/) - Profile: Brand Thornton People’s Rights Ceremonial Leader Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Brand Thornton People’s Rights Ceremonial Leader Brand Thornton has played an important role at People’s Rights events, opening an August 1 event in Nez Perce, Idaho by blowing a shofar appropriated from Jewish ceremonies for far-right purposes.[1] Thornton
- [Profile: BJ Soper](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-bj-soper/) - Profile: BJ Soper People’s Rights Oregon State Assistant Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE BJ Soper People’s Rights Oregon Area 1-4,6-7 Assistant Location: Redmond, Oregon BJ Soper is the People’s Rights assistant for most of the state of Oregon. Officially, he is listed as the People’s Rights area assistant for Oregon
- [Profile: Angela Clemons](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-angela-clemons/) - Profile: Angela Clemons People’s Rights Arkansas State Leader Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Angela Clemons Arkansas State Assistant for Areas 1-8 Location: Mulberry, Arkansas Angela Clemons is a far-right conspiracy theorist, anti-masker, and an anti-vaxxer who has promoted the conspiracy that the “CoronaVirus is part of the forced vaccination” effort
- [Profile: Ammon Bundy](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/profile-ammon-bundy/) - Profile: Ammon Bundy People’s Rights Founder Part of the IREHR/MHRN special report, Ammon’s Army. PROFILE Ammon Bundy People’s Rights Founder Emmett, Idaho Though he lacks an official title in the People’s Rights organization chart, Ammon Bundy is for all intents and purposes the head of the network. The 45-year-old truck repair company owner from
- [Prepping for the Future](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/prepping-for-the-future/) - Chapter Eleven: Prepping for the Future Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Eleven:Prepping for the Future Another cohort that Bundy and the People’s Rights network have targeted for recruitment are “preppers.” Also known as “survivalists,” they are individuals who vigorously prepare for emergencies, including possible disruptions in the social or political order.
- [Posse Rides Again](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/posse-rides-again/) - Chapter Five: The Posse Rides Again Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Five:The Posse Rides AgainPeople's Rights & the Legacy of the Posse Comitatus Besides the history of armed confrontations and long-established relationships, another thing potentially attracting militia members to People’s Rights is the deployment of old-school Posse Comitatus-like rhetoric and tactics.
- [Political Power](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/political-power/) - Chapter Ten: Political Power Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Ten:Political Power To further contradict the idea that People’s Rights is an “anti-government” network, gaining political and governmental power is part of the group’s program. They engage political systems to alter them to fit their far-right vision. As People’s Rights Idaho Area
- [People's Rights Network and Racism](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-network-and-racism/) - Chapter Eight: People’s Rights Network and Racism Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Eight:People's Rights Network and RacismRacism, Racism Denial, Nativism, & Islamophobia Inside the Network If far-right conspiracy theories constitute the most prominent “threat from above” in People’s Rights circles, the “threat from below” in the group’s middle American nationalism finds
- [People's Rights - Washington](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-washington/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Washington Part of the special report, Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right “People’s Rights” Network. Overview People’s Rights Washington has 12 area assistants for 9 areas and 5325 members, the largest subunits being Area 2S with 1119 members, and Area 4 with 1071. The Washington chapter also has one statewide Facebook
- [People's Rights - Utah](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-utah/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Utah Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Overview Utah People’s Rights has one state leader, Derrik Staheli, and 13 area assistants for 7 of its areas. The group has 1517 members statewide. A Facebook group titled Open Carry UTAH- OCU (An arm of PeoplesRights.org) has 2169 members.[1]
- [People's Rights - Texas](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-texas/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Texas Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network State Area Map The map below depicts the People’s Rights state areas. Scrolling over an area on the map will show the number of People’s Rights members in that area. Ammon's ArmyInside the Far-Right People's Rights NetworkA Special Report of the
- [People's Rights - Pennsylvania](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-pennsylvania/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Pennsylvania Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network State Leader Don Ramaglia Area Leaders None. State Area Map The map below depicts the People’s Rights state areas. Scrolling over an area on the map will show the number of People’s Rights members in that area. Ammon's ArmyInside the Far-Right
- [People's Rights - North Dakota](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-north-dakota/) - State Profile People’s Rights – North Dakota Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Overview North Dakota People’s Rights has one statewide leader, Mackenzie Ramlow, and one additional area assistant. The group has 41 members statewide. State Assistants One Area Assistants One Areas Eight (Map) 8 Areas 41 Members 0 Facebook Members State Leader
- [People's Rights - Nevada](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-nevada/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Nevada Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Overview Nevada People’s Rights has one statewide leader, Joshua Martinez, and two additional area assistants in two areas. The group has 415 members statewide. State Leaders One Area Coordinators Two Areas Eight (Map) 3 Areas 415 Members State Leader Joshua MartinezLas
- [People's Rights - Nebraska](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-nebraska/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Nebraska Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network 12 Areas 46 Members 286 Facebook Members Area Leaders None. State Area Map The map below depicts the People’s Rights state areas. Scrolling over an area on the map will show the number of People’s Rights members in that area. Ammon's
- [People's Rights - Missouri](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-missouri/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Missouri Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Overview Missouri People’s Rights has one statewide leader, Sue Venable, and 11 additional area leaders for 8 areas. A People’s Rights Missouri Facebook group has 103 members.[1] State leader Sue Venable took part in a Constitution Party rally in August at
- [People's Rights - Idaho](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-idaho/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Idaho Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Movement Overview People’s Rights Idaho has 31 area assistants listed for 9 areas. The group has 2,328 members with the largest being 793 in Area 4, 514 in Area 3, and 354 in Area 1S. Idaho People’s Rights has six Facebook groups,
- [People's Rights - Kentucky](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-kentucky/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Kentucky Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network 12 Areas 135 Members 0 Facebook Members Area Leaders None. State Area Map The map below depicts the People’s Rights state areas. Scrolling over an area on the map will show the number of People’s Rights members in that area. Ammon's
- [People's Rights - Georgia](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-georgia/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Georgia Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Overview People’s Rights Georgia has two state leaders listed for all of the states 14 areas. These are Field Searcy and Boyd Parks. One additional area leader is listed for Area 11. The group has 137 members. A People’s Rights Facebook
- [People's Rights - Florida](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-florida/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Florida Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Overview People’s Rights Florida has one regional leader, Andrew Alaimo, who is listed as responsible for six areas. The group has an additional 30 area leaders for the remaining 13 areas. The group has 933 members. State Assistants One Area Assistants
- [People's Rights - California](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-california/) - State Profile People’s Rights – California Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Overview People’s Rights California has a state leader, Tony Pellegrino, and three area leaders in two areas. As of late August the group had 809 members statewide. Pellegrino, who has a history of activism in Idaho, has been actively promoting the
- [People's Rights - Arkansas](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/peoples-rights-arkansas/) - State Profile People’s Rights – Arkansas Part of the special report – Ammon’s Army Overview People’s Rights Arkansas has one state leader, Angela Clemons, no listed area assistants and 81 members. Clemons’ most visible activity has been organizing online support for imprisoned militia leader Schaeffer Cox. State Assistants One Area Assistants Zero Areas Eight (Map)
- [Visualizing the People's Rights Network](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/online-army/visualizing-the-peoples-rights-network/)
- [Notable Network Figures](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/notable-network-figures/) - Chapter Twelve: Notable Network Figures Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Twelve:Notable Network Figures Ammon Bundy has wrangled a wide array of significant far-right figures into the orbit of the People’s Rights Network–far-right paramilitary activists, anti-maskers, far-right street brawlers, conspiracy-mongers, Christian Dominionists, anti-vaxxers, “Constitutionalists,” Tea Partiers, and more. Below are links to
- [Middle American Neighborhood Nationalism](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/middle-american-neighborhood-nationalism/) - Chapter Six: Middle American Neighborhood Nationalism Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Six:Middle American Neighborhood NationalismThe Ideological Underpinnings of Ammon's Army The ideological underpinnings of Ammon Bundy and People’s Rights have often been characterized as “anti-government,” but a deeper dive finds something more complex and troublesome. Like the Posse Comitatus before it,
- [Den of Rattlesnakes](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/den-of-rattlesnakes/) - Chapter Four: A Den of Rattlesnakes Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Four:A Den of RattlesnakesPeople's Rights, Violence, Militias, & Far-Right Street Fighters Despite all the talk of “rights” and “freedom,” a culture of violence and fear lies at the center of the People’s Rights message. As Bundy told the crowd at
- [Conspiracies and Antisemitism Unbounded](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/conspiracies-and-antisemitism-unbounded/) - Chapter Seven: Conspiracies and Antisemitism Unbounded Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Seven:Conspiracies and Antisemitism UnboundedThe Role of Conspiracies & Antisemitism Inside the Network Like the Posse Comitatus and the militia that came before, the People’s Rights network is saturated with conspiracy theories, many grounded in antisemitism. As a nascent far-right network,
- [Conclusion](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/conclusion/) - Chapter Thirteen: Conclusion Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Thirteen:ConclusionWhich Way Forward? The evidence presented in this report highlights how “People’s Rights” is a misnomer of epic proportions. Don’t be fooled. Whatever they choose to call it, it is Ammon’s Army, and it marches to a far-right drumbeat of narcissistic rage and
- [Anti-Indigenous Activism](https://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/anti-indigenous-activism/) - Chapter Nine: Anti-Indigenous Activism Ammon’s Army: Inside the Far-Right People’s Rights Network Chapter Nine:Anti-Indigenous Activism In addition to the racialized “threat from below” exhibited by many People’s Rights leader, a recurring disrespect for indigenous sovereignty and resources has been displayed in Ammon Bundy’s efforts, both past and present. This was seen when the armed Malheur
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- [COVID-19 Updates](https://irehr.org/covid19updates/) - Coronavirus Updates New DashboardNew Far-Right Groups Protesting COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Directives.Since April, IREHR has been tracking the growth of far-right "ReOpen" groups protesting COVID-19 stay-at-home directives. See how many groups have formed, where they are located, and how many members they have attracted. This data is updated often.View Dashboard Latest NewsCOVID-19 Kansas and Missouri “Freedom Rallies”
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- [From Alt-Right to Groyper (PDF)](https://irehr.org/reports/alt-right-to-groyper-pdf/)
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- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 16 a-16cma](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-16-a-16cma/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 16](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-16/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 12](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-12/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 166](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-166/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Idaho CPS Took Baby Cyrus." YouTube. March 12, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaRScsCK2l0
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 750](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-750/) - IREHR. Ammon's Army Marches On. IREHR Website. October 20, 2022. http://irehr.org/reports/ammons-army-marches-on/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 29 a-29jfa](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-29-a-29jfa/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 548 a](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-548-a/)
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 127 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-127-r/) - "Komatsoulis, Carolyn. ""New Court Orders in St. Luke's Lawsuit Against Bundy, Rodriguez." Idaho Press. July 5, 2023. https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/new-court-orders-in-st-lukes-lawsuit-against-bundy-rodriguez/article_83089ea8-abe2-11ed-b5a1-5fe30789011… 1/5 https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/new-court-orders-in-st-lukes-lawsuit-against-bundy-rodriguez/article_83089ea8-abe2-11ed-b5a1- 5fe307890119.html"
- [St. Lukes v Bundy Trial Transcript](https://irehr.org/document/_st-lukes-v-bundy-trial-transcript/) - Trial Transcript
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 238 a-238sfa](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-238-a-238sfa/) - Bundy, Ammon. "What do do when someone asks for assistants in defending their rights." YouTube. January 30, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT66YziSC7Q. https://www.peoplesrights.org/news_view?/what-to-do-when-someone-needs-or-asks-for-assistance-in-defending-their-rights&id=6a224e28-d2db-4e0c-aab7-79b7435bd66f&search=defending+their+rights.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 238](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-238/) - Bundy, Ammon. "What do do when someone asks for assistants in defending their rights." YouTube. January 30, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT66YziSC7Q. https://www.peoplesrights.org/news_view?/what-to-do-when-someone-needs-or-asks-for-assistance-in-defending-their-rights&id=6a224e28-d2db-4e0c-aab7-79b7435bd66f&search=defending+their+rights.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 757 a-757jfa](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-757-a-757jfa/) - Bundy, Ammon. @RealABundy. Twitter. June 25, 2023. https://twitter.com/RealABundy/status/1672982626645286916.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 18 a-18rta](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-18-a-18rta/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 18 b-18rtb](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-18-b-18rtb/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 175 a-175cra](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-175-a-175cra/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Emergency Message Cyrus." YouTube. March 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FN9NBYrijY.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 268 b-268jfa](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-268-b-268jfa/) - Critical Disclosure Radio. "CD Radio ? CPS Kidnapping in Idaho: Grandfather of Baby Cyrus Speaks Out Live." Brighteon. March 14, 2022. https://www.brighteon.com/3e7312a7-2f42-4409-915a-a23ba23e57b1.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 274](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-274/) - Green, Rick. "Front Porch Live March 20, 2022." Rumble. March 20, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxzzg0-front-porch-live-march-20-2022.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 204 b-jerickson](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-204-b-jerickson/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Is being free a crazy thought?" YouTube. April 20, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrDbK8vlis.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 199](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-199/) - CDM. "Ammon Bundy Uncensored - John B Wells LIVE." Rumble. February 14, 2023. https://rumble.com/v29kvxy-ammon-bundy-uncensored-john-b-wells-live.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 706](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-706/) - Green, Rick. "Saving Baby Cyrus." Facebook Live. March 13, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/PatriotRickGreen/videos/1145929056228893/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 758](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-758/) - Right2Freedom. "BRAVE AWARENESS: Exposing the Global Governments? Coercive Agendas (Episode 9)." Rumble. October 23, 2022. https://rumble.com/v1nsa6y-brave-awareness-exposing-the-global-governments-coercive-agendas-episode-9.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 702](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-702/)
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 265 a-265jfa](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-265-a-265jfa/) - Green, Rick. "Saving Baby Cyrus." Facebook Live. March 13, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/PatriotRickGreen/videos/1145929056228893/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 776 a-776dba](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-776-a-776dba/) - Bundy, Ammon. "NOD System (Neighbor Organized Defense) in your Area." YouTube. February 2, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQTRECSMyr0.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 176](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-176/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Your children do not belong to you!" YouTube. March 16, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfMbo9BR2CE
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 233](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-233/) - Ammon Bundy for Governor. "I Will Stand for Your Liberty." YouTube. September 27, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiySjoRBiFk.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 271 a-271dba](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-271-a-271dba/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus: Press Conference for March 15, 2022 (FULL UPDATE)." Rumble. March 16, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxjncj-save-baby-cyrus-press-conference-for-march-15-2022-full-update.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 91 a-aa5-compilation](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-91-a-aa5-compilation/) - Records received from Boise Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 91](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-91/) - Records received from Boise Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 168 a-aa1-compilation](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-168-a-aa1-compilation/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus: Interview With Ammon Bundy." Rumble. March 13, 2022. https://rumble.com/vx9ct3-save-baby-cyrus-interview-with-ammon-bundy.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 76 a-jf2](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-76-a-jf2/) - St. Luke's Security Footage
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 173](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-173/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Baby Cyrus is Worse Now." YouTube. March 13, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmV6R2Du5t8.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 342 a-thomas](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-342-a-thomas/) - Freedom Man. "New Video Evidence Proves that Baby Cyrus was a 'Healthy Baby' When Kidnapped By Meridian Police." YouTube. January 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVMvmkRoe4.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 342](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-342/) - Freedom Man. "New Video Evidence Proves that Baby Cyrus was a 'Healthy Baby' When Kidnapped By Meridian Police." YouTube. January 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVMvmkRoe4.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 346](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-346/)
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 189](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-189/) - Idaho Dispatch. "Idaho Dispatch Interviews Ammon Bundy part 2 12/28//222." Rumble. December 28, 2022. https://rumble.com/v22vpuc-idaho-dispatch-interviews-ammon-bundy-part-2.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 170 a-aa2-compilation](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-170-a-aa2-compilation/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Personal Accountability Works." YouTube. March 13, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sKPqfTiu-w
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 174 b-aa4-compilation](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-174-b-aa4-compilation/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Call to Action - Baby Cyrus, now or never?" YouTube. March 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tJo7j9CW7M.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 268](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-268/) - Critical Disclosure Radio. "CD Radio ? CPS Kidnapping in Idaho: Grandfather of Baby Cyrus Speaks Out Live." Brighteon. March 14, 2022. https://www.brighteon.com/3e7312a7-2f42-4409-915a-a23ba23e57b1.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 29](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-29/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 343 a-343dbb](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-343-a-343dbb/) - Ba'al Busters. "DR ARDIS Mondays: Diego & Marissa Rodriguez with Dr Jennifer Taylor, DC." Rumble. February 6, 2023. https://rumble.com/v28k16k-dr-ardis-mondays-diego-and-marissa-rodriguez-with-dr-jennifer-taylor-dc.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 170](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-170/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Personal Accountability Works." YouTube. March 13, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sKPqfTiu-w
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 274 a-aa8-compilation](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-274-a-aa8-compilation/) - Green, Rick. "Front Porch Live March 20, 2022." Rumble. March 20, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxzzg0-front-porch-live-march-20-2022.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 342 b-thomas](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-342-b-thomas/) - Freedom Man. "New Video Evidence Proves that Baby Cyrus was a 'Healthy Baby' When Kidnapped By Meridian Police." YouTube. January 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVMvmkRoe4.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 704](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-704/)
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 37](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-37/) - Calls Received by St. Luke's Hospital
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 31 a-aa6-compilation](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-31-a-aa6-compilation/) - Calls Received by St. Luke's Hospital
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 267 b-BT1](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-267-b-bt1/) - Kevin Miller Show. "Kevin Miller Show Baby Cyrus Coverage." Listen Notes. March 14, 2022. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-kevin-miller/kevin-miller-show-baby-cyrus-m5QzBGgi_us/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 288](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-288/) - Wood, Todd. Rumble. April 5, 2022. https://rumble.com/vzuzwa-april-5-2022-todd-wood-know-ukraine-corruption.-ties-ukraine-corruption-to-.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 758 a-758jfa](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-758-a-758jfa/) - Right2Freedom. "BRAVE AWARENESS: Exposing the Global Governments? Coercive Agendas (Episode 9)." Rumble. October 23, 2022. https://rumble.com/v1nsa6y-brave-awareness-exposing-the-global-governments-coercive-agendas-episode-9.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 325](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-325/) - YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElH6JFgR1Vw
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 266](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-266/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus Press Conference (FULL UPDATE) Boise, Idaho March 13, 2022." Rumble. March 14, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxd555-save-baby-cyrus-press-conference-full-update-boise-idaho-march-13-2022.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 199 a-ne1](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-199-a-ne1/) - CDM. "Ammon Bundy Uncensored - John B Wells LIVE." Rumble. February 14, 2023. https://rumble.com/v29kvxy-ammon-bundy-uncensored-john-b-wells-live.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 18](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-18/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 269 c-johnson](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-269-c-johnson/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus Press Conference (FULL UPDATE) Boise, Idaho March 14, 2022." Rumble. March 15, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxg4n5-save-baby-cyrus-press-conference-full-update-for-march-14-2022.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 204](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-204/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Is being free a crazy thought?" YouTube. April 20, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrDbK8vlis.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 92](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-92/) - Records received from Boise Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 271](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-271/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus: Press Conference for March 15, 2022 (FULL UPDATE)." Rumble. March 16, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxjncj-save-baby-cyrus-press-conference-for-march-15-2022-full-update.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 325 a-db1](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-325-a-db1/) - YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElH6JFgR1Vw
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 351 -1](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-351-1/)
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 166](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-166-2/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Idaho CPS Took Baby Cyrus." YouTube. March 12, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaRScsCK2l0
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 206 a-206sfa](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-206-a-206sfa/) - Gaylord, Garth. "Get Off of My Property!" YouTube. April 22, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwzW7Y9ES4c.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 776](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-776/) - Bundy, Ammon. "NOD System (Neighbor Organized Defense) in your Area." YouTube. February 2, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQTRECSMyr0.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 166 a-cr2](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-166-a-cr2/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Idaho CPS Took Baby Cyrus." YouTube. March 12, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaRScsCK2l0
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 185 a-aa7-compilation](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-185-a-aa7-compilation/) - Bundy, Ammon. "St. Luke?s hospital is suing me. Why I am not participating in the court process." Facebook Live. September 7, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=423278493120502.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 265](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-265/) - Green, Rick. "Saving Baby Cyrus." Facebook Live. March 13, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/PatriotRickGreen/videos/1145929056228893/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 343](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-343/) - Ba'al Busters. "DR ARDIS Mondays: Diego & Marissa Rodriguez with Dr Jennifer Taylor, DC." Rumble. February 6, 2023. https://rumble.com/v28k16k-dr-ardis-mondays-diego-and-marissa-rodriguez-with-dr-jennifer-taylor-dc.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 185](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-185/) - Bundy, Ammon. "St. Luke?s hospital is suing me. Why I am not participating in the court process." Facebook Live. September 7, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=423278493120502.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 289](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-289/) - Engel, Paul. "Unchecked Government Power, Turned Against a Family." America Out Loud Podcast. April 9, 2022. https://www.americaoutloud.news/unchecked-government-power-turned-against-a-family/. https://content.blubrry.com/constitution_study/Unchecked_Government_Power_Turned_Against_a_Family.mp3.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 706 a-ne2](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-706-a-ne2/) - Green, Rick. "Saving Baby Cyrus." Facebook Live. March 13, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/PatriotRickGreen/videos/1145929056228893/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 706 b-706neb](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-706-b-706neb/) - Green, Rick. "Saving Baby Cyrus." Facebook Live. March 13, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/PatriotRickGreen/videos/1145929056228893/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 272 b-272djb](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-272-b-272djb/) - FreedomMan. "March 16th - 5:00 PM Press Conference at Department of Health and Welfare." FreedomMan Website. March 16 , 2022. https://freedomman.org/cyrus/press-conferences/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 188](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-188/) - Idaho Dispatch. "Idaho Dispatch interviews the Idaho man we can't name here on this platform." Facebook Live. December 28, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/idahodispatch/videos/958123531819046/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 367 b-367jfb](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-367-b-367jfb/) - Freedom Man. "PACT Rally." Freedoman Website. March 26, 2022. https://freedomman.org/cyrus/pact-rally/
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 206](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-206/) - Gaylord, Garth. "Get Off of My Property!" YouTube. April 22, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwzW7Y9ES4c.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 738](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-738/)
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 269 a-johnson](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-269-a-johnson/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus Press Conference (FULL UPDATE) Boise, Idaho March 14, 2022." Rumble. March 15, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxg4n5-save-baby-cyrus-press-conference-full-update-for-march-14-2022.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 168](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-168/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus: Interview With Ammon Bundy." Rumble. March 13, 2022. https://rumble.com/vx9ct3-save-baby-cyrus-interview-with-ammon-bundy.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 204 a-jerickson](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-204-a-jerickson/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Is being free a crazy thought?" YouTube. April 20, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICrDbK8vlis.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 267 a-aa3-compilation](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-267-a-aa3-compilation/) - Kevin Miller Show. "Kevin Miller Show Baby Cyrus Coverage." Listen Notes. March 14, 2022. https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-kevin-miller/kevin-miller-show-baby-cyrus-m5QzBGgi_us/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 176 a-176sfa](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-176-a-176sfa/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Your children do not belong to you!" YouTube. March 16, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfMbo9BR2CE
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 272](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-272/) - FreedomMan. "March 16th - 5:00 PM Press Conference at Department of Health and Welfare." FreedomMan Website. March 16 , 2022. https://freedomman.org/cyrus/press-conferences/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 620](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-620/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Grandpa speaks." YouTube. March 12, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuCLV2drkvE&t=3s.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 31](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-31/) - Calls Received by St. Luke's Hospital
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 77](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-77/) - St. Luke's Security Footage
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 188 a-188dba](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-188-a-188dba/) - Idaho Dispatch. "Idaho Dispatch interviews the Idaho man we can't name here on this platform." Facebook Live. December 28, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/idahodispatch/videos/958123531819046/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 222](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-222/) - Bundy, Ammon. "It's Happening Everywhere!" YouTube. May 22, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_c9D5CjQQ
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 175](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-175/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Emergency Message Cyrus." YouTube. March 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FN9NBYrijY.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 757](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-757/) - Bundy, Ammon. @RealABundy. Twitter. June 25, 2023. https://twitter.com/RealABundy/status/1672982626645286916.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 272 a-272dja](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-272-a-272dja/) - FreedomMan. "March 16th - 5:00 PM Press Conference at Department of Health and Welfare." FreedomMan Website. March 16 , 2022. https://freedomman.org/cyrus/press-conferences/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 367 a-ne4](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-367-a-ne4/) - Freedom Man. "PACT Rally." Freedoman Website. March 26, 2022. https://freedomman.org/cyrus/pact-rally/
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 76](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-76/) - St. Luke's Security Footage
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 269](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-269/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus Press Conference (FULL UPDATE) Boise, Idaho March 13, 2022." Rumble. March 14, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxd555-save-baby-cyrus-press-conference-full-update-boise-idaho-march-13-2022.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 738 a-738dba](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-738-a-738dba/)
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 268 a-BT4](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-268-a-bt4/) - Critical Disclosure Radio. "CD Radio ? CPS Kidnapping in Idaho: Grandfather of Baby Cyrus Speaks Out Live." Brighteon. March 14, 2022. https://www.brighteon.com/3e7312a7-2f42-4409-915a-a23ba23e57b1.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 174](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-174/) - Bundy, Ammon."Call to Action - Baby Cyrus, now or never?" YouTube. March 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tJo7j9CW7M.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 174 a-cr1](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-174-a-cr1/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Call to Action - Baby Cyrus, now or never?" YouTube. March 15, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tJo7j9CW7M.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 269 d-johnson](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-269-d-johnson/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus Press Conference (FULL UPDATE) Boise, Idaho March 14, 2022." Rumble. March 15, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxg4n5-save-baby-cyrus-press-conference-full-update-for-march-14-2022.html.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 13](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-13/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 342 C](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-342-c/) - Freedom Man. "New Video Evidence Proves that Baby Cyrus was a 'Healthy Baby' When Kidnapped By Meridian Police." YouTube. January 12, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKVMvmkRoe4.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 237](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-237/) - People's Rights Network. "What to Do When Someone Needs or Asks for Assistance in Defending Their Rights." People's Rights Network Website. January 14, 2021.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 52](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-52/) - Email: CODE LOCKDOWN
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 492](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-492/) - FreedomMan. "Meet Sean King, Meridian's Finest Groper." FreedomMan Website. April 6, 2022.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 710](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-710/) - FreedomMan. "Baby Cyrus Interviews and Media." FreedomMan Website.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 43 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-43-r/) - List of Calls Received by St. Luke's SLHS
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 456](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-456/) - FreedomMan. "March 29 Update. Is Baby Cyrus Okay?" FreedomMan Website. March 29, 2022.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 755](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-755/) - People's Rights Network Website Home Page.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 786](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-786/) - People's Rights Network Website Pop-Up.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 351 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-351-r/) - FreedomMan. "BABY CYRUS UPDATE ARCHIVE." FreedomMan Website.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 225](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-225/) - Bundy, Ammon. "There is No Silver Bullet to Securing Liberty." People's Rights Network Website. February 1, 2023.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 806](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-806/) - Email. "Officer Recognition."
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 247](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-247/) - Wyoming Secretary of State. Profit Corporation. Articles of Incorporation. Dono Custos, Inc.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 58](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-58/) - Email. RE: Reflections on the Week | A message from President & CEO Chris Roth
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 72](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-72/) - Email. Message from President and CEO Chris Roth
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 261](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-261/) - Diego Rodriguez
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 71](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-71/) - Email: Reflections on the Week | A message from President & CEO Chris Roth
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 252](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-252/) - People's Rights Network. "Help Out?" People's Rights Network Website.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 591](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-591/) - Wyoming Secretary of State. Profit Corporation. Articles of Incorporation. Abish-husbondi Inc.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 350 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-350-r/) - Diego Rodriguez. FreedomMan Emails.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 369](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-369/) - Free Baby Cyrus. Telegram Posts.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 258 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-258-r/) - Email. Violent Bundy.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 229](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-229/) - Campaign Financial Disclosure Report Summary Page. Ammon Bundy for Governor.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 227](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-227/) - Ammon Bundy for Governor Website.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 28](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-28/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 228](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-228/) - Campaign Financial Disclosure Report Summary Page. Ammon Bundy for Governor.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 742](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-742/) - Jeppesen, David. "From DHW Director Dave Jeppesen: Keeping children safe and with their families is our goal." Idaho Department of Health & Welfare Website. June 23, 2023.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 611](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-611/) - IREHR. Ammon's Army: Inside the Far-Right People's Rights Network. IREHR Website. October 13, 2020. http://irehr.org/reports/peoples-rights-report/.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 588](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-588/) - Calls Regarding Ammon Bundy or CA
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 788](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-788/)
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 39 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-39-r/) - St. Luke's Security Services Incident Report
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 236.1](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-236-1/) - People's Rights Network. "BABY WRONGFULLY TORN FROM ARMS OF MOTHER IN MERIDIAN, IDAHO." People's Rights Network Website. March 12, 2022.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 761](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-761/) - St. Luke's Health System. Financial Damage Analysis For week of 3/12-18/2022.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 13 a-13dba](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-13-a-13dba/) - Record Received from Meridian Police Department pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 45](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-45/) - Email
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 224 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-224-r/) - Bundy, Ammon. "Come No More Upon Me, A Warning Letter from Ammon Bundy." People's Rights Network Website. January 17, 2023.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 803 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-803-r/) - FOURTH AMENDED COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 751](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-751/) - People's Rights Network. "Perpetrator" Flyer.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 392](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-392/) - Land Advisors Organization. "Broker Price Opinion."
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 352 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-352-r/) - St. Luke's Exposed Website.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 741](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-741/) - Jeppesen, David. "From DHW Director Dave Jeppesen: The child welfare process explained; observing Social Worker Month." Idaho Department of Health & Welfare Website. June 23, 2023.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 759](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-759/) - Security and Information Station FTE's
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 900](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-900/) - St. Luke's Health System, Ltd. Present Value of Security Expenditures.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 597](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-597/) - Baby Cyrus - Official Telegram Channel. Telegram.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 42 R](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-42-r/) - St. Luke's Threat Assessment Team. Report. Child Protective Services Protests. March 12 to march 18, 2022
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 501](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-501/) - FreedomMan. "People Responsible for Cyrus's Kidnapping." FreedomMan Website.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 250](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-250/) - Idaho Secretary of State. Articles of Incorporation (Non-Profit). Freedom Tabernacle, Incorporated. February 4, 2011.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 364](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-364/) - People Against Child Trafficking. Rally. Flyer.
- [Plaintiffs' Exhibit 269 b-johnson](https://irehr.org/document/plaintiffs-exhibit-269-b-johnson/) - NorthIdahoExposed. "Save Baby Cyrus Press Conference (FULL UPDATE) Boise, Idaho March 14, 2022." Rumble. March 15, 2022. https://rumble.com/vxg4n5-save-baby-cyrus-press-conference-full-update-for-march-14-2022.html.

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- [Madison Grant](https://irehr.org/tag/madison-grant/)
- [Immigration](https://irehr.org/tag/immigration/)
- [Immigration and Naturalization Act](https://irehr.org/tag/immigration-and-naturalization-act/)
- [Native American](https://irehr.org/tag/native-american/)
- [Rapid City](https://irehr.org/tag/rapid-city/)
- [South Dakota](https://irehr.org/tag/south-dakota/)
- [Violence](https://irehr.org/tag/violence/)
- [Harassment](https://irehr.org/tag/harassment/)
- [Discrimination](https://irehr.org/tag/discrimination/)
- [Indigenous Peoples](https://irehr.org/tag/indigenous-peoples/)
- [Blackfeet Nation](https://irehr.org/tag/blackfeet-nation/)
- [Treaty Rights](https://irehr.org/tag/treaty-rights/)
- [Tribal Sovereignty](https://irehr.org/tag/tribal-sovereignty/)
- [Civil Rights](https://irehr.org/tag/civil-rights/)
- [tea party racism](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-racism/)
- [bigotry](https://irehr.org/tag/bigotry/)
- [Tim Ravndal](https://irehr.org/tag/tim-ravndal/)
- [UniTea](https://irehr.org/tag/unitea/)
- [Jim Greer](https://irehr.org/tag/jim-greer/)
- [homophobia](https://irehr.org/tag/homophobia/)
- [tea party.org](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-org/)
- [Dale Robertson](https://irehr.org/tag/dale-robertson/)
- [Minuteman Project](https://irehr.org/tag/minuteman-project/)
- [Steve Eichler](https://irehr.org/tag/steve-eichler/)
- [Tim Bueler](https://irehr.org/tag/tim-bueler/)
- [Steve Elliot](https://irehr.org/tag/steve-elliot/)
- [Darla Dawald](https://irehr.org/tag/darla-dawald/)
- [minutemen](https://irehr.org/tag/minutemen/)
- [Grassfire](https://irehr.org/tag/grassfire/)
- [Our Country Deserves Better PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/our-country-deserves-better-pac/)
- [tea party bus tour](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-bus-tour/)
- [Joe](https://irehr.org/tag/joe/)
- [Howard Kaloogian](https://irehr.org/tag/howard-kaloogian/)
- [Joe Wiezbicki](https://irehr.org/tag/joe-wiezbicki/)
- [Sal Russo](https://irehr.org/tag/sal-russo/)
- [Sherry Phillips](https://irehr.org/tag/sherry-phillips/)
- [Joe Farrah](https://irehr.org/tag/joe-farrah/)
- [E.W. Jackson](https://irehr.org/tag/e-w-jackson/)
- [Andrew Breitbart](https://irehr.org/tag/andrew-breitbart/)
- [Karen Pack](https://irehr.org/tag/karen-pack/)
- [Jenny Beth Martin](https://irehr.org/tag/jenny-beth-martin/)
- [Mark Meckler](https://irehr.org/tag/mark-meckler/)
- [origins of the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/origins-of-the-tea-party/)
- [Kelli Carender](https://irehr.org/tag/kelli-carender/)
- [Eric Odom](https://irehr.org/tag/eric-odom/)
- [Rick Santelli](https://irehr.org/tag/rick-santelli/)
- [Brendan Steinhauser](https://irehr.org/tag/brendan-steinhauser/)
- [Birthright Citizenship Act](https://irehr.org/tag/birthright-citizenship-act/)
- [unemployment rate](https://irehr.org/tag/unemployment-rate/)
- [Don Wildmon](https://irehr.org/tag/don-wildmon/)
- [American Family Association](https://irehr.org/tag/american-family-association/)
- [Billy Roper](https://irehr.org/tag/billy-roper/)
- [White Revolution](https://irehr.org/tag/white-revolution/)
- [Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia](https://irehr.org/tag/southeast-michigan-volunteer-militia/)
- [Richard Mack](https://irehr.org/tag/richard-mack/)
- [James Edwards](https://irehr.org/tag/james-edwards/)
- [data](https://irehr.org/tag/data/)
- [Tea Party chapters](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-chapters/)
- [Tea Party groups](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-groups/)
- [local Tea Party groups](https://irehr.org/tag/local-tea-party-groups/)
- [Tea Party Caucus](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-caucus/)
- [Tea Party members](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-members/)
- [how many tea party members](https://irehr.org/tag/how-many-tea-party-members/)
- [location of tea party members](https://irehr.org/tag/location-of-tea-party-members/)
- [Tea Party growth chart](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-growth-chart/)
- [Tea Party membership](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-membership/)
- [Tea Party growth](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-growth/)
- [Tea Party data](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-data/)
- [Americans have had enough coalition](https://irehr.org/tag/americans-have-had-enough-coalition/)
- [Roan GarciaQuintana](https://irehr.org/tag/roan-garciaquintana/)
- [Tea Partier of the Week](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-partier-of-the-week/)
- [Charles Tanner](https://irehr.org/tag/charles-tanner/)
- [Joseph Farah](https://irehr.org/tag/joseph-farah/)
- [Holocaust Denial](https://irehr.org/tag/holocaust-denial/)
- [Peter Gemma](https://irehr.org/tag/peter-gemma/)
- [Woods County Tea Party Patriots](https://irehr.org/tag/woods-county-tea-party-patriots/)
- [Knights of the Ku Klux Klan](https://irehr.org/tag/knights-of-the-ku-klux-klan/)
- [KKK](https://irehr.org/tag/kkk/)
- [Wood County Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/wood-county-tea-party/)
- [Gun Owners of America](https://irehr.org/tag/gun-owners-of-america/)
- [Larry Pratt](https://irehr.org/tag/larry-pratt/)
- [Voting Rights](https://irehr.org/tag/voting-rights/)
- [Steve Elliout](https://irehr.org/tag/steve-elliout/)
- [Tea Party Express Tea Party Patriots](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-express-tea-party-patriots/)
- [Giffords](https://irehr.org/tag/giffords/)
- [Jamie Radke](https://irehr.org/tag/jamie-radke/)
- [Tim Phillips](https://irehr.org/tag/tim-phillips/)
- [GRover Norquist](https://irehr.org/tag/grover-norquist/)
- [Kevin Harpham](https://irehr.org/tag/kevin-harpham/)
- [National Alliance](https://irehr.org/tag/national-alliance/)
- [Spokane Bombing](https://irehr.org/tag/spokane-bombing/)
- [MLK Day bombing](https://irehr.org/tag/mlk-day-bombing/)
- [The Aryan Alternative](https://irehr.org/tag/the-aryan-alternative/)
- [bomb plot](https://irehr.org/tag/bomb-plot/)
- [Harpham](https://irehr.org/tag/harpham/)
- [Michael Prell](https://irehr.org/tag/michael-prell/)
- [Mark Spiro](https://irehr.org/tag/mark-spiro/)
- [Canada](https://irehr.org/tag/canada/)
- [Tea Party Consultants](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-consultants/)
- [Underdogma](https://irehr.org/tag/underdogma/)
- [English Defense League](https://irehr.org/tag/english-defense-league/)
- [Anders Breivik](https://irehr.org/tag/anders-breivik/)
- [counter-jihad](https://irehr.org/tag/counter-jihad/)
- [Norway terror attack](https://irehr.org/tag/norway-terror-attack/)
- [Gates of Vienna](https://irehr.org/tag/gates-of-vienna/)
- [CounterJihad](https://irehr.org/tag/counterjihad/)
- [Anders Behring Breivik](https://irehr.org/tag/anders-behring-breivik/)
- [Californians for Population Stabilization](https://irehr.org/tag/californians-for-population-stabilization/)
- [CAPS](https://irehr.org/tag/caps/)
- [presidential debate](https://irehr.org/tag/presidential-debate/)
- [legal immigration](https://irehr.org/tag/legal-immigration/)
- [documented immigration](https://irehr.org/tag/documented-immigration/)
- [undocumented immigration](https://irehr.org/tag/undocumented-immigration/)
- [ad](https://irehr.org/tag/ad/)
- [Ill-legal](https://irehr.org/tag/ill-legal/)
- [Tea Party Protest](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-protest/)
- [Teamsters](https://irehr.org/tag/teamsters/)
- [James Hoffa Jr.](https://irehr.org/tag/james-hoffa-jr/)
- [tea party anti-union protests](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-anti-union-protests/)
- [John McManus](https://irehr.org/tag/john-mcmanus/)
- [Heritage Foundation](https://irehr.org/tag/heritage-foundation/)
- [Matt Spalding](https://irehr.org/tag/matt-spalding/)
- [American Exceptionalism](https://irehr.org/tag/american-exceptionalism/)
- [conspiracies](https://irehr.org/tag/conspiracies/)
- [tea party and the John Birch Society](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-and-the-john-birch-society/)
- [dismantle public education](https://irehr.org/tag/dismantle-public-education/)
- [voter suppression](https://irehr.org/tag/voter-suppression/)
- [Anita MonCrief](https://irehr.org/tag/anita-moncrief/)
- [Ohio Sovereignty Act](https://irehr.org/tag/ohio-sovereignty-act/)
- [People's Constitutional Coalition of Ohio](https://irehr.org/tag/peoples-constitutional-coalition-of-ohio/)
- [PCCOH](https://irehr.org/tag/pccoh/)
- [Brenda Mack](https://irehr.org/tag/brenda-mack/)
- [Steve Cheeks](https://irehr.org/tag/steve-cheeks/)
- [Troy Davis](https://irehr.org/tag/troy-davis/)
- [immigration moratorium](https://irehr.org/tag/immigration-moratorium/)
- [restricting legal immigration](https://irehr.org/tag/restricting-legal-immigration/)
- [stopping documented immigration](https://irehr.org/tag/stopping-documented-immigration/)
- [Independent Tea Party Patriots of Clarkston](https://irehr.org/tag/independent-tea-party-patriots-of-clarkston/)
- [Tea Party anti-union](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-anti-union/)
- [Tea Party right to work](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-right-to-work/)
- [Freedom to Work](https://irehr.org/tag/freedom-to-work/)
- [Mike Shirkey](https://irehr.org/tag/mike-shirkey/)
- [Pat Colbeck](https://irehr.org/tag/pat-colbeck/)
- [Terry Bowman](https://irehr.org/tag/terry-bowman/)
- [Michigan Freedom to Work coalition](https://irehr.org/tag/michigan-freedom-to-work-coalition/)
- [Tea Party of West Michigan](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-of-west-michigan/)
- [We Are the People](https://irehr.org/tag/we-are-the-people/)
- [Frredom to Work](https://irehr.org/tag/frredom-to-work/)
- [North Oakland County Tea Party Patriots](https://irehr.org/tag/north-oakland-county-tea-party-patriots/)
- [Who on the Right is trying to co-opt Occupy Wall Street?](https://irehr.org/tag/who-on-the-right-is-trying-to-co-opt-occupy-wall-street/)
- [Occupy Wall Street](https://irehr.org/tag/occupy-wall-street/)
- [#occupywallstreet](https://irehr.org/tag/occupywallstreet/)
- [OWS](https://irehr.org/tag/ows/)
- [Alex Jones](https://irehr.org/tag/alex-jones/)
- [prisonplanet](https://irehr.org/tag/prisonplanet/)
- [Federal Reserve](https://irehr.org/tag/federal-reserve/)
- [End the Fed](https://irehr.org/tag/end-the-fed/)
- [infiltration](https://irehr.org/tag/infiltration/)
- [FedUpUSA](https://irehr.org/tag/fedupusa/)
- [Alex Jones and anti-Semitism](https://irehr.org/tag/alex-jones-and-anti-semitism/)
- [Alex Jones and Racism](https://irehr.org/tag/alex-jones-and-racism/)
- [Truther](https://irehr.org/tag/truther/)
- [Henry Makow](https://irehr.org/tag/henry-makow/)
- [Jeff Rense](https://irehr.org/tag/jeff-rense/)
- [Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion](https://irehr.org/tag/protocols-of-the-learned-elders-of-zion/)
- [New World Order](https://irehr.org/tag/new-world-order/)
- [#Occupy](https://irehr.org/tag/occupy/)
- [Reconquista](https://irehr.org/tag/reconquista/)
- [Reconquista racism](https://irehr.org/tag/reconquista-racism/)
- [Ted Pike](https://irehr.org/tag/ted-pike/)
- [Glenn Beck](https://irehr.org/tag/glenn-beck/)
- [David Icke](https://irehr.org/tag/david-icke/)
- [Eustace Mullins](https://irehr.org/tag/eustace-mullins/)
- [Occupy Kansas City](https://irehr.org/tag/occupy-kansas-city/)
- [Harmony Kansas City](https://irehr.org/tag/harmony-kansas-city/)
- [Harmony Humanitarians](https://irehr.org/tag/harmony-humanitarians/)
- [State of the white nationalist movement](https://irehr.org/tag/state-of-the-white-nationalist-movement/)
- [National Policy Institute](https://irehr.org/tag/national-policy-institute/)
- [Aryan Nations](https://irehr.org/tag/aryan-nations/)
- [Richard Spencer](https://irehr.org/tag/richard-spencer/)
- [William Regnery II](https://irehr.org/tag/william-regnery-ii/)
- [Derek Black](https://irehr.org/tag/derek-black/)
- [Paul Fromm](https://irehr.org/tag/paul-fromm/)
- [Ed Fields](https://irehr.org/tag/ed-fields/)
- [Morris Gullet](https://irehr.org/tag/morris-gullet/)
- [David Duke arrested](https://irehr.org/tag/david-duke-arrested/)
- [Germany](https://irehr.org/tag/germany/)
- [William Pierce](https://irehr.org/tag/william-pierce/)
- [Kirk Lyons](https://irehr.org/tag/kirk-lyons/)
- [Gary Lauck](https://irehr.org/tag/gary-lauck/)
- [NSDAP-AO](https://irehr.org/tag/nsdap-ao/)
- [Tea Party anti-Semitism](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-anti-semitism/)
- [Obama as skunk](https://irehr.org/tag/obama-as-skunk/)
- [Hutchinson Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/hutchinson-tea-party/)
- [Central Kansas Patriot Action Network](https://irehr.org/tag/central-kansas-patriot-action-network/)
- [Confederate Flag](https://irehr.org/tag/confederate-flag/)
- [Minuteman Civil Defense Corps](https://irehr.org/tag/minuteman-civil-defense-corps/)
- [FIRE Coalition](https://irehr.org/tag/fire-coalition/)
- [Rick Oltman](https://irehr.org/tag/rick-oltman/)
- [Glenn Spencer](https://irehr.org/tag/glenn-spencer/)
- [Tim Donnelly](https://irehr.org/tag/tim-donnelly/)
- [Team USA PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/team-usa-pac/)
- [Tom Tancredo](https://irehr.org/tag/tom-tancredo/)
- [California Coalition for Immigration Reform](https://irehr.org/tag/california-coalition-for-immigration-reform/)
- [ALIPAC](https://irehr.org/tag/alipac/)
- [US Immigration Reform PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/us-immigration-reform-pac/)
- [Americans for Immigration Control](https://irehr.org/tag/americans-for-immigration-control/)
- [Jim Gilchrist](https://irehr.org/tag/jim-gilchrist/)
- [Chris Simcox](https://irehr.org/tag/chris-simcox/)
- [Joe Arpiao](https://irehr.org/tag/joe-arpiao/)
- [Al Garza](https://irehr.org/tag/al-garza/)
- [William Gheen](https://irehr.org/tag/william-gheen/)
- [Joyce Mucci](https://irehr.org/tag/joyce-mucci/)
- [Tea Party Immigration Coalition](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-immigration-coalition/)
- [Kris Kobach](https://irehr.org/tag/kris-kobach/)
- [David Howard](https://irehr.org/tag/david-howard/)
- [AB 131](https://irehr.org/tag/ab-131/)
- [DREAM Act](https://irehr.org/tag/dream-act/)
- [Tony Dolz](https://irehr.org/tag/tony-dolz/)
- [California Taxpayer Protection Act of 2012](https://irehr.org/tag/california-taxpayer-protection-act-of-2012/)
- [Tim Beuler](https://irehr.org/tag/tim-beuler/)
- [South Carolina Tea Party Convention](https://irehr.org/tag/south-carolina-tea-party-convention/)
- [Tea Party Nativism](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-nativism/)
- [anti-immigration](https://irehr.org/tag/anti-immigration/)
- [South Carolina Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/south-carolina-tea-party/)
- [Max Pappas](https://irehr.org/tag/max-pappas/)
- [Mike Cutler](https://irehr.org/tag/mike-cutler/)
- [Colin Heaton](https://irehr.org/tag/colin-heaton/)
- [Tom DeWeese](https://irehr.org/tag/tom-deweese/)
- [Newt Gingrich](https://irehr.org/tag/newt-gingrich/)
- [Rick Santorum](https://irehr.org/tag/rick-santorum/)
- [Nikki Haley](https://irehr.org/tag/nikki-haley/)
- [Tea Party and the birthers](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-and-the-birthers/)
- [birthers and the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/birthers-and-the-tea-party/)
- [Judson Phillips is a birther](https://irehr.org/tag/judson-phillips-is-a-birther/)
- [Tea Party Express and birthers](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-express-and-birthers/)
- [Our Country Deserves Better - TeaPartyExpress.org PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/our-country-deserves-better-teapartyexpress-org-pac/)
- [Our Country Deserves Better](https://irehr.org/tag/our-country-deserves-better/)
- [Georgia Birther trial](https://irehr.org/tag/georgia-birther-trial/)
- [Brian Kemp](https://irehr.org/tag/brian-kemp/)
- [Judge Michael Malihi](https://irehr.org/tag/judge-michael-malihi/)
- [Obama Eligibility](https://irehr.org/tag/obama-eligibility/)
- [Tea PartyxTea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-partyxtea-party/)
- [Tea Party Express Presidential Campaign PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-express-presidential-campaign-pac/)
- [Kelly Lawler](https://irehr.org/tag/kelly-lawler/)
- [Campaign to Defeat Barack Obama](https://irehr.org/tag/campaign-to-defeat-barack-obama/)
- [FreedomWorks For America PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/freedomworks-for-america-pac/)
- [FreedomWorks for America Super PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/freedomworks-for-america-super-pac/)
- [Super PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/super-pac/)
- [Tea Party Super PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-super-pac/)
- [Matt Kibbe](https://irehr.org/tag/matt-kibbe/)
- [Challenge Foundation](https://irehr.org/tag/challenge-foundation/)
- [John D. Bryan](https://irehr.org/tag/john-d-bryan/)
- [anti- public schools](https://irehr.org/tag/anti-public-schools/)
- [attack on public education](https://irehr.org/tag/attack-on-public-education/)
- [campaign donations](https://irehr.org/tag/campaign-donations/)
- [Club for Growth](https://irehr.org/tag/club-for-growth/)
- [Crow holdings LLC](https://irehr.org/tag/crow-holdings-llc/)
- [Harlan Crow](https://irehr.org/tag/harlan-crow/)
- [Mryna Darland](https://irehr.org/tag/mryna-darland/)
- [antienvironmentalism](https://irehr.org/tag/antienvironmentalism/)
- [antipublic education](https://irehr.org/tag/antipublic-education/)
- [Myrna Darland](https://irehr.org/tag/myrna-darland/)
- [Cato Institute](https://irehr.org/tag/cato-institute/)
- [Richard Uihlein](https://irehr.org/tag/richard-uihlein/)
- [Herbert Siegel](https://irehr.org/tag/herbert-siegel/)
- [13th Amendment](https://irehr.org/tag/13th-amendment/)
- [15th Amendment](https://irehr.org/tag/15th-amendment/)
- [Civil War](https://irehr.org/tag/civil-war/)
- [Ida B. Wells](https://irehr.org/tag/ida-b-wells/)
- [The Right to Vote is Fragile and Must Be Defended](https://irehr.org/tag/the-right-to-vote-is-fragile-and-must-be-defended/)
- [Why we must defend voting rights](https://irehr.org/tag/why-we-must-defend-voting-rights/)
- [voting rights under attack](https://irehr.org/tag/voting-rights-under-attack/)
- [Article II Super PAC](https://irehr.org/tag/article-ii-super-pac/)
- [Charles F. Kerchner Jr.](https://irehr.org/tag/charles-f-kerchner-jr/)
- [Helen Tansey](https://irehr.org/tag/helen-tansey/)
- [Gary Wilmott](https://irehr.org/tag/gary-wilmott/)
- [George Miller](https://irehr.org/tag/george-miller/)
- [Tea Party E](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-e/)
- [press](https://irehr.org/tag/press/)
- [Pamela Barnett](https://irehr.org/tag/pamela-barnett/)
- [Rich Garoutte](https://irehr.org/tag/rich-garoutte/)
- [Article II Legal Defense Fund](https://irehr.org/tag/article-ii-legal-defense-fund/)
- [Ventura County Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/ventura-county-tea-party/)
- [attack on Obama citizenship](https://irehr.org/tag/attack-on-obama-citizenship/)
- [Bob Vandervoort](https://irehr.org/tag/bob-vandervoort/)
- [CPAC](https://irehr.org/tag/cpac/)
- [ProEnglish](https://irehr.org/tag/proenglish/)
- [John Derbyshire](https://irehr.org/tag/john-derbyshire/)
- [VDARE](https://irehr.org/tag/vdare/)
- [Youth for Western Civilization](https://irehr.org/tag/youth-for-western-civilization/)
- [Rosalie Porter](https://irehr.org/tag/rosalie-porter/)
- [Chicagoland Friends of American Renaissance](https://irehr.org/tag/chicagoland-friends-of-american-renaissance/)
- [white nationalists speaking at CPAC 2012](https://irehr.org/tag/white-nationalists-speaking-at-cpac-2012/)
- [racism and CPAC 2012](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-and-cpac-2012/)
- [racist speaking at CPAC](https://irehr.org/tag/racist-speaking-at-cpac/)
- [US English](https://irehr.org/tag/us-english/)
- [racism at CPAC 2012](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-at-cpac-2012/)
- [bigotry at CPAC](https://irehr.org/tag/bigotry-at-cpac/)
- [white nationalists at CPAC](https://irehr.org/tag/white-nationalists-at-cpac/)
- [Kris Kobach and white nationalism](https://irehr.org/tag/kris-kobach-and-white-nationalism/)
- [English Only](https://irehr.org/tag/english-only/)
- [English First](https://irehr.org/tag/english-first/)
- [Phil Tignino](https://irehr.org/tag/phil-tignino/)
- [US Inc](https://irehr.org/tag/us-inc/)
- [racism and English only](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-and-english-only/)
- [white nationalists and English only](https://irehr.org/tag/white-nationalists-and-english-only/)
- [Robert Vandervoort](https://irehr.org/tag/robert-vandervoort/)
- [Racism at CPAC](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-at-cpac/)
- [white nationalist at CPAC](https://irehr.org/tag/white-nationalist-at-cpac/)
- [Kris Kobach and Racism](https://irehr.org/tag/kris-kobach-and-racism/)
- [Samuel Francis](https://irehr.org/tag/samuel-francis/)
- [William H. Regnery II](https://irehr.org/tag/william-h-regnery-ii/)
- [View from the Right](https://irehr.org/tag/view-from-the-right/)
- [Bob Vandervoort and White Nationalism](https://irehr.org/tag/bob-vandervoort-and-white-nationalism/)
- [robert vandervoort and racism](https://irehr.org/tag/robert-vandervoort-and-racism/)
- [Beyond FAIR](https://irehr.org/tag/beyond-fair/)
- [anti-immigration Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/anti-immigration-tea-party/)
- [Tea Party and anti-immigration groups](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-and-anti-immigration-groups/)
- [Nativist Leaders active in Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/nativist-leaders-active-in-tea-party/)
- [Barbara Sands](https://irehr.org/tag/barbara-sands/)
- [Bob Bowser](https://irehr.org/tag/bob-bowser/)
- [Bob Park](https://irehr.org/tag/bob-park/)
- [Bob Schrameyer](https://irehr.org/tag/bob-schrameyer/)
- [Bob Wright](https://irehr.org/tag/bob-wright/)
- [Carl Braun](https://irehr.org/tag/carl-braun/)
- [Carla Bonney](https://irehr.org/tag/carla-bonney/)
- [Carmen Mercer](https://irehr.org/tag/carmen-mercer/)
- [Carol Helms](https://irehr.org/tag/carol-helms/)
- [Chelene Nightingale](https://irehr.org/tag/chelene-nightingale/)
- [Cheree Calabro](https://irehr.org/tag/cheree-calabro/)
- [Chris Simco](https://irehr.org/tag/chris-simco/)
- [Chuck Ratliff](https://irehr.org/tag/chuck-ratliff/)
- [Claudia Leonard](https://irehr.org/tag/claudia-leonard/)
- [Craig Halverson](https://irehr.org/tag/craig-halverson/)
- [Curtis Collier](https://irehr.org/tag/curtis-collier/)
- [D.A. King](https://irehr.org/tag/d-a-king/)
- [Dan Smeriglio](https://irehr.org/tag/dan-smeriglio/)
- [David Caulkett](https://irehr.org/tag/david-caulkett/)
- [Dennis Drake](https://irehr.org/tag/dennis-drake/)
- [De](https://irehr.org/tag/de/)
- [ter Dawston](https://irehr.org/tag/ter-dawston/)
- [Don Goldwater](https://irehr.org/tag/don-goldwater/)
- [Don L. Blackford](https://irehr.org/tag/don-l-blackford/)
- [Don Marciniak](https://irehr.org/tag/don-marciniak/)
- [Doug Kagan](https://irehr.org/tag/doug-kagan/)
- [Douglas Roy](https://irehr.org/tag/douglas-roy/)
- [Dr. Howard Garber](https://irehr.org/tag/dr-howard-garber/)
- [Duane Smith](https://irehr.org/tag/duane-smith/)
- [Ed Hayes](https://irehr.org/tag/ed-hayes/)
- [Elise Marciano](https://irehr.org/tag/elise-marciano/)
- [Enos Schera](https://irehr.org/tag/enos-schera/)
- [Evert Evertsen](https://irehr.org/tag/evert-evertsen/)
- [Gianluca Zanna](https://irehr.org/tag/gianluca-zanna/)
- [Ginger Saunders](https://irehr.org/tag/ginger-saunders/)
- [Greg Letiecq](https://irehr.org/tag/greg-letiecq/)
- [Greg Serbon](https://irehr.org/tag/greg-serbon/)
- [Hal Washburn](https://irehr.org/tag/hal-washburn/)
- [James Carter](https://irehr.org/tag/james-carter/)
- [James Flohr](https://irehr.org/tag/james-flohr/)
- [James G. McDonald](https://irehr.org/tag/james-g-mcdonald/)
- [Janet Renner](https://irehr.org/tag/janet-renner/)
- [Jay Schoby](https://irehr.org/tag/jay-schoby/)
- [Jeff Henry](https://irehr.org/tag/jeff-henry/)
- [Jeff Lewis](https://irehr.org/tag/jeff-lewis/)
- [Jeff Schwilk](https://irehr.org/tag/jeff-schwilk/)
- [Jeffrey Fabi](https://irehr.org/tag/jeffrey-fabi/)
- [Jeremy Doucet](https://irehr.org/tag/jeremy-doucet/)
- [Jim Eckland](https://irehr.org/tag/jim-eckland/)
- [Jim Ludwick](https://irehr.org/tag/jim-ludwick/)
- [Jim Ni](https://irehr.org/tag/jim-ni/)
- [on](https://irehr.org/tag/on/)
- [Jim Rizoli](https://irehr.org/tag/jim-rizoli/)
- [Jim Robb](https://irehr.org/tag/jim-robb/)
- [John Hendri](https://irehr.org/tag/john-hendri/)
- [John Ryan](https://irehr.org/tag/john-ryan/)
- [Kenny J. Wallis](https://irehr.org/tag/kenny-j-wallis/)
- [Larry Jones](https://irehr.org/tag/larry-jones/)
- [Lawrence Headrick](https://irehr.org/tag/lawrence-headrick/)
- [Le](https://irehr.org/tag/le/)
- [Price](https://irehr.org/tag/price/)
- [Louise Whiteford](https://irehr.org/tag/louise-whiteford/)
- [Mark Boughton](https://irehr.org/tag/mark-boughton/)
- [Mark Ryan](https://irehr.org/tag/mark-ryan/)
- [Marlene Tobin](https://irehr.org/tag/marlene-tobin/)
- [Michael Crowe](https://irehr.org/tag/michael-crowe/)
- [Mike Jarbeck](https://irehr.org/tag/mike-jarbeck/)
- [Pat Byrne](https://irehr.org/tag/pat-byrne/)
- [Penny Magnotto](https://irehr.org/tag/penny-magnotto/)
- [Peter Gadiel](https://irehr.org/tag/peter-gadiel/)
- [Peter Lanteri](https://irehr.org/tag/peter-lanteri/)
- [Ray Bostard](https://irehr.org/tag/ray-bostard/)
- [Rebecca Forest](https://irehr.org/tag/rebecca-forest/)
- [Renee Slinkard](https://irehr.org/tag/renee-slinkard/)
- [Rick Haley](https://irehr.org/tag/rick-haley/)
- [Robert Dameron](https://irehr.org/tag/robert-dameron/)
- [Robert Najmulski](https://irehr.org/tag/robert-najmulski/)
- [Robert Wren](https://irehr.org/tag/robert-wren/)
- [Robin Hvidston](https://irehr.org/tag/robin-hvidston/)
- [Rodney Hunt](https://irehr.org/tag/rodney-hunt/)
- [Ron Bass](https://irehr.org/tag/ron-bass/)
- [Ron Woodward](https://irehr.org/tag/ron-woodward/)
- [Rosanna Pulido](https://irehr.org/tag/rosanna-pulido/)
- [Ruthie Hendrycks](https://irehr.org/tag/ruthie-hendrycks/)
- [Sandra Beene](https://irehr.org/tag/sandra-beene/)
- [Schuylar Crist](https://irehr.org/tag/schuylar-crist/)
- [Shawna Forde](https://irehr.org/tag/shawna-forde/)
- [Stan Weekes](https://irehr.org/tag/stan-weekes/)
- [Steve Salvi](https://irehr.org/tag/steve-salvi/)
- [Steven R. Maness](https://irehr.org/tag/steven-r-maness/)
- [Ted Hayes](https://irehr.org/tag/ted-hayes/)
- [Teresa Alvelo](https://irehr.org/tag/teresa-alvelo/)
- [Terry Gorman](https://irehr.org/tag/terry-gorman/)
- [Walter Adams](https://irehr.org/tag/walter-adams/)
- [Wendell Neal](https://irehr.org/tag/wendell-neal/)
- [Lex Price](https://irehr.org/tag/lex-price/)
- [John Hendrix](https://irehr.org/tag/john-hendrix/)
- [Jim Nixon](https://irehr.org/tag/jim-nixon/)
- [Enos](https://irehr.org/tag/enos/)
- [anti-Semitism in the OWS movement](https://irehr.org/tag/anti-semitism-in-the-ows-movement/)
- [rejecting anti-Semitism in the OWS movement](https://irehr.org/tag/rejecting-anti-semitism-in-the-ows-movement/)
- [OccupyKCJournal](https://irehr.org/tag/occupykcjournal/)
- [Occupy KC Journal](https://irehr.org/tag/occupy-kc-journal/)
- [JCRB](https://irehr.org/tag/jcrb/)
- [Jewish Community Relations Bureau](https://irehr.org/tag/jewish-community-relations-bureau/)
- [Dawn Wildman](https://irehr.org/tag/dawn-wildman/)
- [Ralph Reed](https://irehr.org/tag/ralph-reed/)
- [Phil Kent](https://irehr.org/tag/phil-kent/)
- [Brent Nelson](https://irehr.org/tag/brent-nelson/)
- [Faith and Freedom Coalition](https://irehr.org/tag/faith-and-freedom-coalition/)
- [ALEC](https://irehr.org/tag/alec/)
- [Koch brothers](https://irehr.org/tag/koch-brothers/)
- [AAPS](https://irehr.org/tag/aaps/)
- [John Vinson](https://irehr.org/tag/john-vinson/)
- [Trayvon Martin](https://irehr.org/tag/trayvon-martin/)
- [Hunter Wallace](https://irehr.org/tag/hunter-wallace/)
- [Kevin MacDonald](https://irehr.org/tag/kevin-macdonald/)
- [James Buchanan](https://irehr.org/tag/james-buchanan/)
- [European Americans United](https://irehr.org/tag/european-americans-united/)
- [Kyle Rogers](https://irehr.org/tag/kyle-rogers/)
- [George Zimmerman](https://irehr.org/tag/george-zimmerman/)
- [Trayvon Martin killing exploited by white nationalists](https://irehr.org/tag/trayvon-martin-killing-exploited-by-white-nationalists/)
- [racism and Trayvon Martin](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-and-trayvon-martin/)
- [bigotry and Trayvon Martin](https://irehr.org/tag/bigotry-and-trayvon-martin/)
- [white supremacists stir racism over Trayvon Martin](https://irehr.org/tag/white-supremacists-stir-racism-over-trayvon-martin/)
- [Christian nationalism in the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/christian-nationalism-in-the-tea-party/)
- [Tea Party and the culture war](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-and-the-culture-war/)
- [Mass Tea Party Coalition](https://irehr.org/tag/mass-tea-party-coalition/)
- [Scott Lively](https://irehr.org/tag/scott-lively/)
- [Gary Johnson](https://irehr.org/tag/gary-johnson/)
- [Tom Weaver](https://irehr.org/tag/tom-weaver/)
- [anti-gay](https://irehr.org/tag/anti-gay/)
- [antigay](https://irehr.org/tag/antigay/)
- [Nationality Identity Citizenship](https://irehr.org/tag/nationality-identity-citizenship/)
- [Robert Weissberg](https://irehr.org/tag/robert-weissberg/)
- [American Third Position](https://irehr.org/tag/american-third-position/)
- [Guillaume Faye](https://irehr.org/tag/guillaume-faye/)
- [Ale](https://irehr.org/tag/ale/)
- [Kurtagic](https://irehr.org/tag/kurtagic/)
- [Alain de Benoist](https://irehr.org/tag/alain-de-benoist/)
- [white nationalist meeting](https://irehr.org/tag/white-nationalist-meeting/)
- [white supremacist gathering](https://irehr.org/tag/white-supremacist-gathering/)
- [American Renaissance white nationalists](https://irehr.org/tag/american-renaissance-white-nationalists/)
- [Alex Kurtagic](https://irehr.org/tag/alex-kurtagic/)
- [National Review](https://irehr.org/tag/national-review/)
- [AltRight](https://irehr.org/tag/altright/)
- [Rich Lowry](https://irehr.org/tag/rich-lowry/)
- [ku klux klan in Idaho](https://irehr.org/tag/ku-klux-klan-in-idaho/)
- [Hate mail](https://irehr.org/tag/hate-mail/)
- [hate mail to Idaho legislator](https://irehr.org/tag/hate-mail-to-idaho-legislator/)
- [Cherie Buckner-Webb](https://irehr.org/tag/cherie-buckner-webb/)
- [Racism in Idaho](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-in-idaho/)
- [Thom Robb](https://irehr.org/tag/thom-robb/)
- [Governor Gary Johnson](https://irehr.org/tag/governor-gary-johnson/)
- [pink swastika](https://irehr.org/tag/pink-swastika/)
- [Tea Party homophobia](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-homophobia/)
- [Tea Party Christian Nationalism](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-christian-nationalism/)
- [Boston Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/boston-tea-party/)
- [Front National](https://irehr.org/tag/front-national/)
- [France](https://irehr.org/tag/france/)
- [Bruno Golnisch](https://irehr.org/tag/bruno-golnisch/)
- [Marine Le Pen](https://irehr.org/tag/marine-le-pen/)
- [Jean-Marie Le Pen](https://irehr.org/tag/jean-marie-le-pen/)
- [National Front](https://irehr.org/tag/national-front/)
- [National Front and France Election](https://irehr.org/tag/national-front-and-france-election/)
- [Front National and French Election 2012](https://irehr.org/tag/front-national-and-french-election-2012/)
- [Racism and the Front National](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-and-the-front-national/)
- [Le Pen and Racism](https://irehr.org/tag/le-pen-and-racism/)
- [Le Pen and xenophobia](https://irehr.org/tag/le-pen-and-xenophobia/)
- [Le Pen and Islamophobia](https://irehr.org/tag/le-pen-and-islamophobia/)
- [JeanMarie Le Pen](https://irehr.org/tag/jeanmarie-le-pen/)
- [What really happened in Indiana? The Tea Party campaign](https://irehr.org/tag/what-really-happened-in-indiana-the-tea-party-campaign/)
- [Indiana Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/indiana-tea-party/)
- [America ReFocused](https://irehr.org/tag/america-refocused/)
- [Ryan Hecker](https://irehr.org/tag/ryan-hecker/)
- [Richard Lugar](https://irehr.org/tag/richard-lugar/)
- [Richard Mourdock](https://irehr.org/tag/richard-mourdock/)
- [Tea Party Membership in Indiana](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-membership-in-indiana/)
- [Tea Party Groups in Indiana](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-groups-in-indiana/)
- [Indiana Tea Party Groups](https://irehr.org/tag/indiana-tea-party-groups/)
- [Indiana Tea Party Members.](https://irehr.org/tag/indiana-tea-party-members/)
- [White Supremacist mail bomber to be sentenced. Background on Dennis Mahon](https://irehr.org/tag/white-supremacist-mail-bomber-to-be-sentenced-background-on-dennis-mahon/)
- [report on Dennis Mahon](https://irehr.org/tag/report-on-dennis-mahon/)
- [Arizona mail bomber](https://irehr.org/tag/arizona-mail-bomber/)
- [Daniel Mahon](https://irehr.org/tag/daniel-mahon/)
- [White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan](https://irehr.org/tag/white-knights-of-the-ku-klux-klan/)
- [The Order](https://irehr.org/tag/the-order/)
- [The Turner Diaries](https://irehr.org/tag/the-turner-diaries/)
- [Elohim City](https://irehr.org/tag/elohim-city/)
- [Timothy McVeigh](https://irehr.org/tag/timothy-mcveigh/)
- [Terry Nichols](https://irehr.org/tag/terry-nichols/)
- [bombing of the Scottsdale Arizona Office of Diversity and Dialogue in September 2004.](https://irehr.org/tag/bombing-of-the-scottsdale-arizona-office-of-diversity-and-dialogue-in-september-2004/)
- [Dennis Mahon](https://irehr.org/tag/dennis-mahon/)
- [Tea Party anti-immigrant activity](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-anti-immigrant-activity/)
- [MCDC](https://irehr.org/tag/mcdc/)
- [Alan Keyes](https://irehr.org/tag/alan-keyes/)
- [Declaration Alliance](https://irehr.org/tag/declaration-alliance/)
- [Rick Shaftan](https://irehr.org/tag/rick-shaftan/)
- [Ground Zero Mosque](https://irehr.org/tag/ground-zero-mosque/)
- [John Fleming](https://irehr.org/tag/john-fleming/)
- [PARR](https://irehr.org/tag/parr/)
- [One Nation United](https://irehr.org/tag/one-nation-united/)
- [Bob Eberle](https://irehr.org/tag/bob-eberle/)
- [anti-Indian](https://irehr.org/tag/anti-indian/)
- [annti-Indianism](https://irehr.org/tag/annti-indianism/)
- [Skagit GOP](https://irehr.org/tag/skagit-gop/)
- [What happened in the Wisconsin Recall election](https://irehr.org/tag/what-happened-in-the-wisconsin-recall-election/)
- [Why did Scott Walker win?](https://irehr.org/tag/why-did-scott-walker-win/)
- [Northwoods Patriots](https://irehr.org/tag/northwoods-patriots/)
- [Tom Barrett](https://irehr.org/tag/tom-barrett/)
- [Wisconsin Recall](https://irehr.org/tag/wisconsin-recall/)
- [Tea Party and SB 1070](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-and-sb-1070/)
- [SB 1070](https://irehr.org/tag/sb-1070/)
- [S.B. 1070](https://irehr.org/tag/s-b-1070/)
- [SB1070](https://irehr.org/tag/sb1070/)
- [Arizona](https://irehr.org/tag/arizona/)
- [KrisAnne Hall](https://irehr.org/tag/krisanne-hall/)
- [Supreme Court](https://irehr.org/tag/supreme-court/)
- [Dustin Inman Society](https://irehr.org/tag/dustin-inman-society/)
- [Georgia Tea Party Patriots Inc](https://irehr.org/tag/georgia-tea-party-patriots-inc/)
- [DA King](https://irehr.org/tag/da-king/)
- [Spain](https://irehr.org/tag/spain/)
- [European Union](https://irehr.org/tag/european-union/)
- [Austerity](https://irehr.org/tag/austerity/)
- [Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement](https://irehr.org/tag/klamath-basin-restoration-agreement/)
- [Tea Party anti-indianism](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-anti-indianism/)
- [PacificCorp](https://irehr.org/tag/pacificcorp/)
- [Klamath Tea Party Patriots](https://irehr.org/tag/klamath-tea-party-patriots/)
- [Tom Mallams](https://irehr.org/tag/tom-mallams/)
- [Klamath Off-Project Water Users Association](https://irehr.org/tag/klamath-off-project-water-users-association/)
- [Klamath Bucket Brigade](https://irehr.org/tag/klamath-bucket-brigade/)
- [Shirley Kerns](https://irehr.org/tag/shirley-kerns/)
- [Jacqui Krizo](https://irehr.org/tag/jacqui-krizo/)
- [Elaine Willman](https://irehr.org/tag/elaine-willman/)
- [Citizens Equal Rights Alliance](https://irehr.org/tag/citizens-equal-rights-alliance/)
- [antiindian](https://irehr.org/tag/antiindian/)
- [Klamath OffProject Water Users Association](https://irehr.org/tag/klamath-offproject-water-users-association/)
- [Wade Micheal Page](https://irehr.org/tag/wade-micheal-page/)
- [Wade Page](https://irehr.org/tag/wade-page/)
- [white power music](https://irehr.org/tag/white-power-music/)
- [motive for the shooting at the Sikh Temple in Milwaukee](https://irehr.org/tag/motive-for-the-shooting-at-the-sikh-temple-in-milwaukee/)
- [Temple shooting](https://irehr.org/tag/temple-shooting/)
- [white noise](https://irehr.org/tag/white-noise/)
- [white supremacist](https://irehr.org/tag/white-supremacist/)
- [white power rock](https://irehr.org/tag/white-power-rock/)
- [racist shooting](https://irehr.org/tag/racist-shooting/)
- [Wade Michael Page](https://irehr.org/tag/wade-michael-page/)
- [white supremacist rock](https://irehr.org/tag/white-supremacist-rock/)
- [international white power](https://irehr.org/tag/international-white-power/)
- [race hatred](https://irehr.org/tag/race-hatred/)
- [Landser](https://irehr.org/tag/landser/)
- [Kansas DREAM Act](https://irehr.org/tag/kansas-dream-act/)
- [immigration reform](https://irehr.org/tag/immigration-reform/)
- [Kansas Senate](https://irehr.org/tag/kansas-senate/)
- [Secretary of State Kobach](https://irehr.org/tag/secretary-of-state-kobach/)
- [Sam Brownback](https://irehr.org/tag/sam-brownback/)
- [Governor Brownback](https://irehr.org/tag/governor-brownback/)
- [voter fraud](https://irehr.org/tag/voter-fraud/)
- [attacks on immigrants](https://irehr.org/tag/attacks-on-immigrants/)
- [e-verify](https://irehr.org/tag/e-verify/)
- [everify](https://irehr.org/tag/everify/)
- [antiimmigrant](https://irehr.org/tag/antiimmigrant/)
- [KC99](https://irehr.org/tag/kc99/)
- [Kansas City 99](https://irehr.org/tag/kansas-city-99/)
- [Kansas Missouri](https://irehr.org/tag/kansas-missouri/)
- [Tea Party bigotry](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-bigotry/)
- [Tea Party movement](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-movement/)
- [schools](https://irehr.org/tag/schools/)
- [racism in the Tea Party](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-in-the-tea-party/)
- [New York Times](https://irehr.org/tag/new-york-times/)
- [hate rock](https://irehr.org/tag/hate-rock/)
- [temple murders](https://irehr.org/tag/temple-murders/)
- [tea party violence](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-violence/)
- [Tea Party threats against Obama](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-threats-against-obama/)
- [Tea Party conviction](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-conviction/)
- [Doug Story](https://irehr.org/tag/doug-story/)
- [Douglas Story](https://irehr.org/tag/douglas-story/)
- [New Saxon](https://irehr.org/tag/new-saxon/)
- [VNN](https://irehr.org/tag/vnn/)
- [Vanguard News Network](https://irehr.org/tag/vanguard-news-network/)
- [Tea Party arrest](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-arrest/)
- [Tea Party Islamophobia](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-islamophobia/)
- [Tea Partier pleads guilty to weapons charge](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-partier-pleads-guilty-to-weapons-charge/)
- [Tea Party threat against Obama](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-threat-against-obama/)
- [Tea Party Fund](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-fund/)
- [Jewish Community Center](https://irehr.org/tag/jewish-community-center/)
- [Jamie Kelso](https://irehr.org/tag/jamie-kelso/)
- [Alex Linder](https://irehr.org/tag/alex-linder/)
- [Tim Bishop](https://irehr.org/tag/tim-bishop/)
- [White nationalism in Kansas](https://irehr.org/tag/white-nationalism-in-kansas/)
- [White nationalism in Missouri](https://irehr.org/tag/white-nationalism-in-missouri/)
- [racism in Kansas](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-in-kansas/)
- [racism in Missouri](https://irehr.org/tag/racism-in-missouri/)
- [decline in FAIR membership](https://irehr.org/tag/decline-in-fair-membership/)
- [FAIR donor decline](https://irehr.org/tag/fair-donor-decline/)
- [Beyond Fair: The Decline of the Established Anti-Immigrant Organizations and the Rise of Tea Party Nativism](https://irehr.org/tag/beyond-fair-the-decline-of-the-established-anti-immigrant-organizations-and-the-rise-of-tea-party-nativism/)
- [Tea Party Nation lawsuit](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-nation-lawsuit/)
- [Tea Party deadbeats](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-deadbeats/)
- [Tea Party fail](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-fail/)
- [Venetian Casino Resort](https://irehr.org/tag/venetian-casino-resort/)
- [Las Vegas](https://irehr.org/tag/las-vegas/)
- [Tea Party book](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-book/)
- [review of Steep](https://irehr.org/tag/review-of-steep/)
- [Tea Party reviews](https://irehr.org/tag/tea-party-reviews/)
- [True the Vote](https://irehr.org/tag/true-the-vote/)
- [King Street Patriots](https://irehr.org/tag/king-street-patriots/)
- [Voter Integrity Project](https://irehr.org/tag/voter-integrity-project/)
- [Donna Yowell](https://irehr.org/tag/donna-yowell/)
- [Jay DeLancy](https://irehr.org/tag/jay-delancy/)
- [Catherine Engelbrecht](https://irehr.org/tag/catherine-engelbrecht/)
- [George H White](https://irehr.org/tag/george-h-white/)
- [Rev William Barber](https://irehr.org/tag/rev-william-barber/)
- [NKonJ](https://irehr.org/tag/nkonj/)
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