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CPD reopens probe of cop who wore extremist symbol of Three Percenters during racial justice protest

This marks at least the third time Chicago’s inspector general has pressed the police department to take a closer look at an officer’s far-right links.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why workers at growing number of nonprofits are unionizing

Over his six years at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Esteban Gil watched colleague after colleague leave

The Independent UK

For 2nd time in a week, Chicago Police Department under fire over handling of a cop accused of belonging to extremist group

The city’s inspector general on Friday questioned the thoroughness of an internal investigation into the officer after it was reported that he was a member of the Oath Keepers.

Chicago Sun-Times

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"Constitutional sheriffs" hit Texas

Some 50 Texas officials have attended trainings on the unsupported notion that sheriffs can overrule the law

Salon

The fringe ideology of “constitutional sheriffs” is attracting believers within Texas law enforcement

Some 50 Texas sheriffs and numerous elected officials have attended trainings on the unsupported notion that sheriffs can single-handedly overrule state and federal law. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which offered state peace officers credit for the seminars, is now investigating.

The Texas Tribune

Civil rights organization blasts Chicago mayor, top cop for not firing officer for his links to the far-right Proud Boys

“Any individual who is tasked with protecting the public cannot be trusted to do so equitably when they associate with an openly racist, bigoted, and misogynistic organization,” wrote Jeff Tischauser of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Chicago Sun-Times

This state could be the last one to expand Medicaid — for a while, anyway

For years, state Sen. Phil Berger says, there was nobody in North Carolina who opposed Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act more vehemently than he did.

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‘Caged … for no fault of your own’: Detainees dread COVID while awaiting immigration hearings

LUMPKIN, Ga. — In October, Yibran Ramirez-Cecena didn’t alert the staff at Stewart Detention Center to his cough and runny nose. Ramirez-Cecena, who had been detained at the immigration detention facility in southwestern Georgia since May, hid his symptoms, afraid he would be put in solitary confinement if he tested…

Tribune News Service

Elon Musk, who has a trans daughter, likes anti-trans tweet from notorious right wing account

“So Musk just liked this vile transphobic tweet full of lies by an inciter of pogroms and terror. Yes, he knows exactly what he’s doing and who he supports,” wrote one Twitter critic

The Independent UK

COVID dread for immigration detainees

For the roughly 30,000 people living in the country’s network of immigration facilities, COVID remains a threat

Salon

Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it

Lawyers and health experts, as well as incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, say getting gender-affirming care in prison often comes only after threats of lawsuits or a full legal fight.

WEKU

Gruesome record for anti-trans violence

Murders of transgender people have spiked recently, as anti-trans hate speech has worsened

Salon

How fascists target teenage virgins

Five busted "groypers" symbolize Nick Fuentes' push to weaponize adolescent anxiety for far-right revolution

Salon

Let’s Praise the Bravery of the Sandy Hook Families

“A lot of folks are centering Alex Jones when they should be centering Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis,” said Dan Friesen, expert on Infowars.

Texas Observer

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The Conversation

Fueled by virtually unrestricted social media access, white nationalism is on the rise and attracting violent young white men

White nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

The Conversation

Former Oath Keeper reveals racist, antisemitic beliefs of white nationalist group – and their plans to start a civil war

During his testimony before congressional investigators, former Oath Keepers spokesman Jason Van Tatenhove left little doubt about the intentions of the white nationalist militia group when its members stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The National (Scotland)

BBC Scotland under fire for platforming anti-abortion 'hate group'

THE BBC has come under fire for handing a platform to an anti-abortion “hate group” on a Scotland news show.

Tribune News Service

Coeur d’Alene hate group arrests extend North Idaho’s long history with extremism

BOISE, Idaho — North Idaho was pushed to the forefront of the nation’s attention Saturday when 31 members of a white nationalist group were arrested in Coeur d’Alene.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Cops on lookout for threats to Chicago Pride Parade after neo-Nazis targeted similar event in Idaho

“We are going to be vigilant to ensure that this event, as well as others, go off safely,” Police Supt. David Brown told reporters Monday.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois man with alleged ties to hate group among those arrested en route to Idaho Pride rally

CHICAGO — A downstate Illinois man was among the 31 suspected white supremacists arrested over the weekend near a Pride event in Idaho after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear.

ABC News

Patriot Front members arrested in Idaho, charged with planning a riot near pride event

The masked men were planning to riot in several areas of Coeur d'Alene — the largest city in northern Idaho — near a pride event, according to local police.

Tribune News Service

31 masked Patriot Front members arrested in Idaho near LGBTQ Pride event

Masked and uniformed members of a right-wing group were arrested in Coeur d’Alene on Saturday afternoon, the same day as Pride in the Park was scheduled, police said.

WEKU

31 members of the white nationalist Patriot Front arrested near an Idaho Pride event

Police said the men came from at least 10 states and were planning to riot at a Pride event in the city of Coeur d'Alene.

The Independent UK

Spanish-language reporter facing deportation gets asylum

A Spanish-language reporter who had been facing deportation since his arrest while covering an immigration protest in Tennessee has been granted asylum in the U.S. In a phone conversation with The Associated Press, Manuel Duran said an immigration court in Memphis granted him asylum, four years after he was arrested…

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