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Where’s ‘Tiny’? Notorious Proud Boy Toese in Washington jail awaiting charges in Portland violence

The mystery surrounding the arrest of Tusitala “Tiny” Toese, the 26-year-old Samoan street brawler who has been a central player in far-right Patriot Prayer and Proud Boys violence in the Pacific …

Infamous Proud Boys leaders Chapman, Toese behind bars for assault cases in Idaho, Washington

Two of the nation’s most notorious Proud Boys figures—Kyle “Based Stickman” Chapman and Tusitala “Tiny” Toese—are currently under arrest, facing felony assault charges in two separate incidents in …

Facebook may face consequences for providing violent ‘Boogalo’ movement with online platform

The far-right “Boogaloo” civil-war movement—whose devotees comprised a significant portion of the so-called “Patriots” who besieged the Capitol last Jan. 6—may have largely faded from public view over …

As judge puts thumb on scales of justice, Rittenhouse’s likely acquittal creates recipe for violence

We may have an answer for the right-wing “civil war” devotee who asked Charlie Kirk the other week: “When do we get to start using the guns?” Judging from the way the trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is …

Right-wing vehicle ramming attacks on protesters spread, thanks to green light by authorities

American police forces, while claiming to be neutral protectors of public safety and civil rights, have been green-lighting right-wing attacks on leftist protesters for a long time now, most notably …

Boise mall shooter was a far-right gun rights extremist who stalked local antifascists at rally

The man who opened fire at a mall in Boise, Idaho, on Monday, killing two people and injuring five others before being fatally wounded by police, was a far-right gun extremist who had expressed an …

Charlottesville jury selection shows how deeply the right-wing smear of antifa has penetrated

It’s becoming clearer over time that the right’s eliminationist smear campaign against antifascists—which originated as an extremist conspiracy theory, and then blossomed into right-wing conventional …

Portland jury convicts Texas-based Proud Boy of coming to city and whipping up street violence

A jury in Portland, Oregon, sent a message this week to the far-right out-of-town thugs—calling themselves Proud Boys and “Patriots” and “Three Percenters”—who descend on their city with great …

Violence emanating from far-right anti-vaccine/anti-mask contingent keeps ratcheting higher

In Michigan, an anti-vaccination fanatic tries to run a county health official off the road at 70 mph. In Germany, a service station attendant enforcing a mask mandate is shot and killed by a customer …

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As conspiracism-inspired violence takes its toll on a regular basis, its terroristic effects sink in

The stories come in dribs and drabs, popping up irregularly but often, seemingly out of nowhere, always the same basic narrative arc: Someone gets sucked down the rabbit hole of right-wing conspiracy …

Far-right ‘patriot’ takes downtown Washington hostage with threat of bomb in pickup truck

A North Carolina man took downtown Washington, D.C., hostage on Thursday by driving his pickup truck onto a sidewalk in front of the Library of Congress, then holding up a detonator and informing …

The religious far right links arms with Proud Boys in ‘Church at Planned Parenthood’ events

The latest twist in the Proud Boys’ evolving post-insurrection strategy—in which they have shifted their efforts toward insinuating themselves into local right-wing protests and causes, hijacking them …

Far-right gang hoped to overturn Charlottesville convictions, but U.S. Supreme Court says no

If white nationalists who engaged in acts of thuggish violence at protests during the Trump years were hoping they could escape culpability with the help of the Trump-appointed courts, then that …