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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 23d

How do non-party actors view far-right parties in Australia? @imogenrichards.bsky.social, Callum Jones, Jordan McSwiney & @kurtsengul.bsky.social explore perceptions & relationships within the far-right ecosystem beyond formal politics. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/RIP41sg

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Imogen Richards @imogenrichards.bsky.social · 29d

Thanks to all contributors inc: @k8ebrown.bsky.social @aurelmondon.bsky.social Luca Manucci, João Bernardo Narciso @kurtsengul.bsky.social Jordan McSwiney, @amaramarasingam.bsky.social @aysed.bsky.social @philofwrite.bsky.social Chris Wilson, @jeffsparrow1.bsky.social & @gretajasser.bsky.social

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Imogen Richards @imogenrichards.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to share that a new book I was fortunate to edit is now online! 📚 shorturl.at/LaKw7

'The Far Right and the Media' examines cases of reporting on the FR across Spain, Portugal, the US, UK, Aotearoa NZ, Israel & Australia.

A preprint of the introduction is available here: shorturl.at/Rui7S

(PDF) Introduction: Media, democracy, and the global rise of the far right

PDF | This introductory chapter establishes a theoretical and conceptual foundation for analysing far-right media representations across the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Resea...

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · Aug 29

Exclusive: Hundreds of previously unreported Facebook posts, Telegram messages + Instagram comments show how Dezi Freeman openly fantasised about killing and torturing police officers in years leading up to the alleged Porepunkah police shooting

www.crikey.com.au/20...

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Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social · Aug 18

🚨 We have a new article out in Political Studies

Will hopefully be of interest to scholars of the far-right, party politics, social movements, and anyone drawing breath really

Led by the excellent Imogen Richards, & Callum Jones & with Jordan McSwiney & me

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · May 11

Victoria must build 80,000 new social housing homes over the next decade just to catch up to the national average, according to new data released by housing advocates.

Victoria facing 'human catastrophe' without social housing fix

Victoria must build 80,000 new social housing homes over the next decade just to catch up to the national average, according to new data released by housing advocates.

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Reuters @reuters.com · May 11

First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan reut.rs/3YEFARt

First white South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan

The first white South Africans granted refugee status under a programme initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump boarded a plane to leave from the country's main international airport in Johannesburg on Sunday.

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · Mar 30

When the vice president uses the exact same language as a white supremacist mass murderer www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · Apr 7

I mourn for every single person slaughtered in this needless genocide, and I mourn for the souls of those in my own community who have been following Israel down into the moral abyss.

Full statement on this shameful saga brought to you by the Israel lobby and gutter journalists at Murdoch 1/2

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The White Rose Society (Australia) @whiterosesociety.bsky.social · Apr 13

National Socialist Network leader Joel Davis has boasted that neo-Nazi news site The Noticer is "literally one of our biggest weapons." Many federal election candidates or current and former political figures have engaged with Noticer content. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Neo-Nazis say this site is their 'biggest weapon' and candidates are spreading it

Federal election candidates and elected officials are sharing content from The Noticer, a news site regularly publishing articles promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideologies.

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Clare Corbould @clarecorbould.bsky.social · Mar 18

making America white again (as if it ever was 🤬)

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities

'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

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Kurt Sengul @kurtsengul.bsky.social · Mar 4

🚨 Very thrilled to see my latest article out in the world (open access)

It looks at the far-right dating app, The Right Stuff which boasts “profiles without pronouns” and was co-founded by Trump administration AND Project 2025 alumni

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Mar 4

They're actually selling the FBI headquarters.

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Sam Stein @samsteindc.bsky.social · Mar 3

NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.

www.thebulwark.com/p/what-a-wee...

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Graham Macklin @grahammacklin.bsky.social · Feb 28

Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’. Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents if they daubed anti-Muslim graffiti

Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’

Exclusive: Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents who daubed anti-Muslim graffiti

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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · Feb 27

Why we're suing Elon Musk's X for German election data

As part of our research agenda, we gained access to TikTok’s Virtual Compute Environment (a secure data room designed for civil society organisations in lieu of its API) and Meta’s Content Library. X, however, was not cooperative.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · Feb 26

Framing this article around "eating less kebabs" is really strange...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK urged to act now on net zero – and skip two kebabs’ worth of meat a week

Climate Change Committee issues advice to government on meeting carbon emissions target by 2050

www.theguardian.com

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · Feb 26

The Trump budget has passed in the House of Representatives:

💸$4.5 trillion in tax cuts to the top 1% + corporations
🪖more money for war + mass deportations
🚑$2 trillion in cuts to programs like Medicaid + food stamps

This is a massive transfer of wealth from the poor to the uber-elite.

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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · Feb 26

“The privilege of asking Trump the first question was bestowed upon none other than nepo boyfriend Brian Glenn, a “journalist” at the far-right propaganda peddler Real America’s Voice, who’s currently dating Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). “ I hate this timeline

Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · Feb 26

The Trump admin's whole ethos relies on self-victimization at the hands of their favorite catch-all boogeyman: “the media.” They've never held more power—over the country & the media landscape—but they're still too whiny/pathetic to present as anything but victims of their own imagined mistreatment:

Trump Holds More Power Than Ever—So Why Is Karoline Leavitt Obsessed With Victimizing Him?

Leavitt, along with the entire Trump administration and MAGA movement, appears to be suffering from media derangement syndrome.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Feb 23

Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.

ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.

DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion

The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…

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Crikey @crikey.com.au · Feb 26

A potential Elon Musk "monopoly" over Australian telecommunication networks over a de facto requirement to use Starlink has senators worried, report @cameronwilson.bsky.social and Anton Nilsson.

A Musk 'monopoly' has major party senators worried, as Greens sound alarm over billionaire's influence

The fallout of the Albanese government's plan to make telcos use satellite services has raised concerns from politicians of all stripes over whether this will entrench Elon Musk's Starlink in Australia's telecommunications network.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Feb 25

"We're going to be selling a gold card. You have a green card, this is a gold card. We're going to be putting a price on that card of about $5 million, and that's going to give you green card privileges. Plus, it's going to be a route to citizenship."

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · Feb 24

How Dan Bongino went from InfoWars to deputy director of the FBI

www.wired.com/story/dan-bo...

How Dan Bongino Went From InfoWars to FBI Deputy Director

Dan Bongino rose through the ranks of right-wing media thanks to his unflinching loyalty to Donald Trump and willingness to push baseless conspiracies—including about the FBI.

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Léonie de Jonge @leoniedejonge.bsky.social · Feb 21

🗳️"What is the AfD? Germany’s far-right party, explained"
Rolf Frankenberger and I wrote a short primer for @theconversation.com on the AfD in the run-up to the German elections on Sunday: theconversation.com/what-is-the-...

What is the AfD? Germany’s far-right party, explained

Until recently, the far right was consistently excluded by mainstream political parties.

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