Mark Pitcavage
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Mark Pitcavage
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Senior Research Fellow & Policy Adviser, ADL Center on Extremism. Historian, long-time expert on right-wing extremism & terrorism. Long-lost scion of Sidney Greenstreet. My own views only.
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Hello, if you are viewing this profile for the first time. I mostly tweet about issues related to extremism, terrorism, disinformation, conspiracy theories & civil rights. I may occasionally attempt humor; it helps me stay grounded while dealing w/dark subjects. I try to be a decent person. Welcome.
Hi. I am going to be taking a well-deserved break from social media posting for a while. I reserve the right to break from the break when and if I want to.

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Based predominantly in western states, the anti-public lands movement is a right-wing, anti-federal government movement. Its extreme wing has occasionally resorted to violence (among the extreme adherents are the Bundy family).
This is a defeat for the anti-public lands movement, which opposes federal stewardship of the nation's public lands.

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"Supreme Court rejects Utah's push to wrest control of public land from the federal government"
Supreme Court rejects Utah's push to wrest control of public land from the federal government
The Supreme Court is turning back a push by Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.
apnews.com
I suspect her remarks were born of ideological and cultural affinity rather than anything to do specifically with the party.
Sovereign citizens began the tactics of squatting in homes and filing fake deeds in 2009 during the mortgage crisis, and have continued to do so ever since.

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"Judge rules deed filed by stranger on $4M Raleigh home as fraud"
Judge rules deed filed by stranger on $4M Raleigh home as fraud
New details have emerged in a Troubleshooter investigation involving Dawn Mangum.
abc11.com
He was only "cleared" of violating university policy, not of hosting the event. They let him come back to work.

www.onlineathens.com/story/news/l...

"University of Georgia investigation clears employee whose property was used for neo-Nazi festival in 2024"
UGA investigation clears employee whose property was used for neo-Nazi festival in 2024
An investigation was launched by UGA after complaints were made about an employee whose property was used for a neo-Nazi group's gathering.
www.onlineathens.com
Canadians frustrated over porous southern border allowing criminals to flood the country.

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"‘A fugitive from US justice’: Jan. 6 rioter arrested in Canada after applying for asylum and refusing to report to prison for storming Capitol with his mom"
Jan. 6 rioter caught in Canada after refusing to report to prison and applying for asylum
Antony Vo, a former Indiana resident and "fugitive from U.S. justice," was arrested without incident in Whistler, British Columbia, on the fourth anniversary of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack.
lawandcrime.com
"He downplayed the role of climate change, placing blame on individual female firefighters of color and lesbian firefighters, including posting their names and faces."

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

"Elon Musk uses L.A. wildfires to stoke conspiracy theories and outrage"
As Los Angeles burns, Elon Musk stokes partisan outrage
As flames engulf swaths of Los Angeles, Elon Musk is wielding X to stoke partisan outrage and conspiracy theories about the disaster.
www.washingtonpost.com
He wrote: "White people are going to feel my pain...I will ...send as many as I...can to...hell. I am going to wipe those ugly smiles...off their faces. I dream of a day of pure evil on them."

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"[NJ] man pleads guilty to [threatening to kill white people]"
Mercer County Man Pleads Guilty To Communicating Threats To Attack Members Of The White Community
TRENTON, N.J. – A Mercer County, New Jersey, man admitted to transmitting, via the internet, a post containing threats to injure members of the white community by shooting them with a firearm.
www.justice.gov
Prosecutors say he used his mother's internet at their home to make 4chan posts, including threats to kill and rape Jewish people.

www.boston25news.com/news/local/e...

"Beverly [MA] man charged with threatening to kill Jews,
owning unlicensed weapons, held without bail"
Beverly man charged with threatening to kill Jews, owning unlicensed weapons, held without bail
An Essex County District Court judge ordered a Beverly man charged with threatening to kill Jews, held without bail.
www.boston25news.com
Saying "amend the constitution" is a bit like saying "conjure up a unicorn." It's impossible.
It's quite likely that we will see a significant increase in anti-immigrant propaganda, anti-immigrant harassment, and anti-immigrant hate crimes.

www.ctpost.com/news/article...

"Bridgeport police investigate ‘hateful’ fliers
telling immigrants to ‘get out’ found in South End"
Bridgeport police investigate ‘hateful’ flyers telling immigrants to ‘get out’ found in South End
A University of Bridgeport professor saw the flyers around the neighborhood the day after an immigration-related event on campus.
www.ctpost.com
FBI Director Christopher Wray, interviewed yesterday on 60 Minutes, on the idea of pardoning the Capitol stormers:
Meta's dropping of fact-checking is short-sighted, as sooner or later there'll be disinformation that will ignite a firestorm of controversy over the platform.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/t...

"Soon to be out of a job, Meta’s fact-checkers battle a blaze of wildfire conspiracy theories"
Soon to be out of a job, Meta’s fact-checkers battle a blaze of wildfire conspiracy theories | CNN Business
Just hours after Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg announced last Tuesday that the social media giant would eliminate its US-based fact-checkers, the iconic hills above Los Angeles began to smolder.
www.cnn.com