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Weltschmerz à Gogo

I don't mean to keep boosting Bluesky accounts today (I seldom actually use it), but this is kind of important in the world of monitoring far-right activity in the US: the Southern Poverty Law Center has apparently completed the process of gutting the investigative journalism part of its own operation.

There's been a lot to criticize about the SPLC for a long time. They've sometimes done good, useful work in the world (perhaps most famously by suing the Aryan Nations compound in Idaho out of existence), but at this point their management also has a long history of treating their staff like complete shit, up to and including sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination, not to mention union busting and a big round of layoffs several months ago. And this is all apart from their sometimes dubious categorization of hate groups, whereby they have historically regarded, for instance, Black nationalist organizations as equivalent to white nationalist organizations, which, if you've ever been to the United States, doesn't actually make a lot of sense on the ground (I believe they've revised some of this over the past few years, but I haven't really kept up all that closely).

So now they've done away with their longstanding 'Hatewatch' reporting unit, which was one of their more useful outward-facing elements. They also shut down their legal aid program for immigrants last spring, all while sitting on a fund of nearly $1 billion. In the absence of those two rather important projects, it's hard not to wonder just what that money is there for.

The SPLC has always operated on a liberal NGO model, which is extremely limiting and inevitably prioritizes profit-making over responding directly to people's needs. Until relatively recently, I was under the impression they were at least cleaning house and addressing some old problems after their implosion a few years ago. I seem to have been wrong about that.

bsky.app/profile/michaelehayde

Bluesky Social · Michael Edison Hayden (@michaelehayden.bsky.social)SPLC deliberately gutted its Hatewatch imprint. They have no full time investigative reporters working in the intelligence project, which covers the radical right. They moved the editor of Hatewatch into the comms department. Spend your money elsewhere during Trump II. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
#SPLC#Hatewatch#Hopewatch
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

SPLC and partners defeat all anti-LGBTQ+ bills during Georgia legislative session 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
mastodon.social/@persagen/1129

#SPLC #HumanRights #SocialJustice
#USpol #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #discrimination
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia #transgenocide #Georgia #homophobia #ChristianRight

MastodonVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)SPLC, partners defeat all anti-LGBTQ+ bills during Georgia legislative session 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ https://www.splcenter.org/hopewatch/2024/08/15/anti-lgbtq-bills-georgia-defeated * civil rights advocate/lobbyist Isabel Otero: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Otero * GA legislative session saw 20+ vicious anti-LGBTQ+ bills; each defeated * "I cannot stress how incredibly hard our community and partners worked to ensure this result" https://fr-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Isabel_Otero?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en #SPLC #antiLGBT #USA #Georgia #homophobia #transphobia #GOP #fascism #conservatism #CultureWars #FarRight #ChristianRight
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Ideals to action: 5 ways SPLC promotes values of Human Rights Day
splcenter.org/hopewatch/2024/1

* SPLC fights for recognition/implement. of these binding treaties & international human rights law
* hold U.S. gov't accountable for failure to uphold at home promises it made to internat'l community

SPLC: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern
* 501(c)(3) nonprofit
* legal advocacy
* civil rights/public interest litigation

#HumanRights #HumanRightsDay #HRD
#UnitedNations #UniversalDeclarationOfHumanRights #UDHR
#SPLC

Southern Poverty Law CenterIdeals to action: Five ways the SPLC promotes the values of Human Rights DayToday, nations commemorate the anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted in 1948.
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Weltschmerz à Gogo

SPLC has uncovered the legal names of various pseudonymous authors for the right-wing "satirical" news website The Babylon Bee and the closely related site Not the Bee, as well as info about former owner Seth Dillon's other business ventures, all uniformly shady.

One of those authors is an English professor at Master's University, a Christian school in Santa Clarita, CA. Another is a high school teacher in Greentown, IN. Yet another is a fitness instructor in Arlington, VA.

The common threads here are, unsurprisingly, transphobia and anti-immigrant sentiment, with a shot of "great replacement" conspiracy theorizing for good measure -- all in the name of Christian goodness. Go figure...

splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/1

Southern Poverty Law CenterInside the BeehiveAn SPLC Data Lab investigation of anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-immigrant content on The Babylon Bee and its sister site, Not the Bee, has uncovered multiple controversial businesses formerly run by owner Seth Dillon, along with the identities of 14 pseudonymous Not the Bee writers, despite the website’s efforts to keep information secure.
#TheBabylonBee#NotTheBee#ConspiracyTheories
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups lobby US Supreme Court case to ban gender-affirming care
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/1

* case before the U.S. Supreme Court over a TN law banning gender-affirming care
* 83 amicus briefs by 21 anti-LGBTQ+ hate & antigovernment groups

Gays Against Groomers
American College of Pediatricians
American Family Association
Family Research Council
Alliance Defending Freedom
anti-LGBTQ+ pseudoscience n/w

Southern Poverty Law CenterAnti-LGBTQ+ hate groups support Supreme Court case to ban gender-affirming careExtremist groups have rallied to file amicus briefs supporting sex discrimination in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court over a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming care, Hatewatch has found.
#SPLC#Hatewatch#transphobia
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Trump Wasn’t Kidding @ Fascist Rally: Ask His ICE Chief Tom Homan
newrepublic.com/article/187632

* Stephen Miller hurled racist tropes
* m/w fmr ICE acting Director Tom Homan was explaining Trump2 policies of mass deportation

Thomas Homan: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H
* served Trump Administration as acting director of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)

#ThomasHoman #StephenMiller #GOP Trumpism #ICE #extremism #Project2025 #FarRight #xenophobia #Islamophobia #antiLGBT #protofascism #SPLC

Trump Wasn’t Kidding @ Fascist Rally: Ask His ICE Chief Tom Homan https://newrepublic.com/article/187632/trump-tom-homan-mass-deportations * Stephen Miller hurled racist tropes * m/w fmr ICE acting Director Tom Homan was explaining Trump2 policies of mass deportation Thomas Homan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Homan * served Trump Administration as acting director of U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) #ThomasHoman #StephenMiller #GOP Trumpism #ICE #extremism #Project2025 #FarRight #xenophobia #Islamophobia #antiLGBT #protofascism #SPLC
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Stephen Miller | Citizens For Sanity
mastodon.social/@persagen/1110

Stephen Miller Files Complaint That Gay Pop-Tarts Are Sexualizing Kids
mastodon.social/@persagen/1108

Stephen Miller’s legal group sues Target over LGBTQ Pride collection backlash
thehill.com/business/4145956-s

* America First Legal, founded by Miller

#StephenMiller #GOP Trumpism #AmericaFirstLegal #AFL #CitizensForSanity #Project2025 #conservatism #extremism #FarRight #xenophobia #Islamophobia #antiLGBT #transphobia #protofascism #SPLC

MastodonVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image [thread] Stephen Miller | Citizens For Sanity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Sanity * 2022 U.S. elections attack ads supporting conservatives [thread] Stephen Miller https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113392174841132859 https://persagen.com >> "Citizens For Sanity" AND "stephen miller" Dark money group Citizens For Sanity runs Ohio attack ads against Sherrod Brown https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/09/13/dark-money-group-running-attack-ads-in-ohio-with-almost-no-public-disclosures Stephen Miller https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110868530615144811 https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110946168248147332 #CitizensForSanity #StephenMiller #DarkMoney #GOP #neoconservatism #SherrodBrown
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Nonilex

#Swastika Flags Flown During #Trump Boat Parade

…advocacy group #StopAntisemitism wrote the person at the front of the boat is "known antisemite Jon Minadeo II" & "his cronies from the GDL (Goyim Defense League),” a neo-Nazi group classified as a hate group by the #SPLC.

…Another X user…posted a video…filmed on the boat w/the #swastikas. It…showed people on the boat…combining #Nazi & #Trump slogans including "Make America white again" & "Heil Trump."

#HarrisWalz2024
newsweek.com/swastika-flags-fl

Newsweek · Swastika flags flown during Donald Trump boat parade in FloridaA boat bearing Nazi symbols alongside Donald Trump flags was hosed down after trying to join a Trump event in Palm Beach County.
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fulanigirl

#BlackMastodon #CivilRights #SPLC Looks like trouble is brewing again at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Staff held a no confidence vote against CEO Margaret Huang after she ordered mass layoffs, including the entire unit that helped Southern rural immigrants in ICE proceedings. Staff say the layoffs were without notice or consultation and are actually efforts at union busting! 92% voted no confidence. Oh my... theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s

The Guardian · Southern Poverty Law Center workers vote to remove CEO after ‘inhumane’ layoffsBy Michael Sainato
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Nonilex

#Trump to Keynote #MomsForLiberty Conference as #SPLC Designated #Extremist Group

Today, Trump will keynote the “Joyful Warriors” [#appropriation much??] summit for Moms for Liberty, a #scandal plagued, #SouthernPovertyLawCenter designated “extremist” group that made its name pushing for students to be taught anti-#LGBTQ+, #racist, & #WhiteNationalist views in the #classroom.

#Republican #extremism #weird
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#CommonSense #empathy #USpol #HarrisWalz2024
hrc.org/press-releases/today-t

Human Rights CampaignTrump to Keynote Moms for Liberty Conference as SPLC-Designated Extremist Group Keeps Losing ElectionsWASHINGTON — Donald Trump will keynote the “Joyful Warriors” summit for Moms for Liberty, a scandal plagued, Southern Poverty Law Center designated “extremist” group that made its name pushing for students to be taught anti-LGBTQ+, racist, and white nationalist views in the classroom. The group also has deep ties to white nationalist groups like the Proud Boys and the chief authors of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation. In short, Donald Trump makes perfect sense as their keynote.
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Christopher Moore aka Francis Roger Devlin/F. Roger Devlin

White nationalist/male supremacist author identified
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/0

* prev. pseudonymous author
* heavily influenced manosphere
* blogs/forums/websites/influencers
* agenda: roll back women’s rights, reject feminism, advocate rigid gender roles

#ChristopherMoore aka #FrancisRogerDevlin aka #FRogerDevlin #SPLC #Hatewatch #mannosphere #misogyny #feminism #WomensRights #ChristianRight #conservatism #WhiteNationalism #ideology

Southern Poverty Law CenterWhite nationalist and male supremacist author identifiedHatewatch has identified a previously pseudonymous author and ideologue whose writings in the 2000s and early 2010s heavily influenced the “manosphere,” a loose network of blogs, forums, websites and influencers who support rolling back women’s rights, reject feminism and advocate for rigid gender roles.
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[thread] Gays Against Groomers

Hate group's Anti-Muslim/Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric linked
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/0

Gays Against Groomers
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/ex
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gays_Aga

* far-right/anti-LGBT against:
gender-affirming care
school curricula w. LGBT
Drag Queen Story Hour
LGBT representation in children's media

[thread] Gays Against Groomers Hate group's Anti-Muslim/Anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric linked https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/08/29/hate-groups-anti-muslim-anti-lgbtq-rhetoric-linked Gays Against Groomers https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/gays-against-groomers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gays_Against_Groomers * far-right/anti-LGBT against: gender-affirming care school curricula w. LGBT Drag Queen Story Hour LGBT representation in children's media #GaysAgainstGroomers #JaimeeMichell #HateGroup #antiLGBT #DragBans #FarRight #SPLC #Islamophobia #xenophobia #racism #homophobia #transphobia #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation
#GaysAgainstGroomers#JaimeeMichell#HateGroup
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

SPLC, partners defeat all anti-LGBTQ+ bills during Georgia legislative session 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
splcenter.org/hopewatch/2024/0

* civil rights advocate/lobbyist Isabel Otero: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_O
* GA legislative session saw 20+ vicious anti-LGBTQ+ bills; each defeated
* "I cannot stress how incredibly hard our community and partners worked to ensure this result"

fr-m-wikipedia-org.translate.g

Southern Poverty Law CenterSPLC, partners defeat all anti-LGBTQ+ bills during Georgia legislative sessionThe 2024 Georgia legislative session saw almost 20 vicious anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced. Each was defeated through advocacy efforts by the SPLC and partners.
#SPLC#antiLGBT#USA
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