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Nazis With Swastika Flags March on Wisconsin Capitol
A group of two dozen people waving swastika flags and chanting antisemitic rhetoric marched on the Wisconsin state Capitol grounds Saturday afternoon, performing a salute originally used by Nazis at political rallies, often called the "Hitler salute." The group was dressed in red shirts with "Blood Tribe" written on the back. Blood Tribe is a neo-Nazi group that promotes hardline white supremacist views and "openly directs its vitriol at Jews, 'non-whites,' and the LGBTQ+ community."
The group on Saturday chanted "Israel is not our friend," threatened "there will be blood," and shouted racial slurs at bystanders, while marching and chanting other hateful rhetoric. One of the demonstrators was Christopher Pohlhaus, a former U.S. Marine turned Blood Tribe leader. Videos posted to X show the neo-Nazi group also stopped in front of a local synagogue, Gates of Heaven, the fourth-oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States.
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Iowa School District Sorry for Quoting Nazi in Announcements
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty, a national organization recently listed as an "extremist group" by a civil rights watchdog, apologized Thursday morning after it launched a newsletter called "The Parent Brigade" Wednesday that featured a quote from Adolf Hitler on its front cover.The quote in the newsletter drew condemnation on social media Wednesday night and Thursday morning from local politicians and candidates for elected offices.
Around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Moms for Liberty posted a statement in the group's Facebook page condemning Adolf Hitler and apologizing for using the quote. A new version of the front page without the quote or explanation was uploaded.
The "parental rights" group, whose mission is to takeover local school boards in order to ban books and discussions of gender or race, and is aligned with the extremist group the Proud Boys, openly quoted Hitler on the over of its newsletter.
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The superintendent of Indianola Schools is apologizing after parents say a Nazi quote was included in the morning announcements.
On Monday, Indianola parents shared an email of the day's middle school morning announcements. At the bottom, it included the "Respect Quote of the Day," which was "My honor is my loyalty." The quote was attributed to "Heinrich H." Heinrich Himmler was a prominent Nazi leader.
Parents also shared an email from Indianola Superintendent Ted Ihns, who said a staff member "did not realize that the quote was from a highly inappropriate source."
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TX GOP Rejects Ban on Associating with Nazis
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The revelation that an influential conservative PAC leader hosted a white supremacist at his office last week unleashed extraordinary criticism and infighting among Texas Republicans on Monday, calls by the House speaker and a majority of his caucus to return political donations, and a defiant demand from the lieutenant governor that the speaker resign.Speaker Dade Phelan invoked the Hamas attack while pointing out Nick Fuentes' history of being a "Nazi sympathizer." Fuentes has praised Hitler, called for "holy war" against Jews, and said that "all I want is revenge against my enemies and a total Aryan victory."
Phelan demanded that elected officials—notably Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who recently received $3 million from Defend Texas Liberty in loans and donations—give all money they received from the PAC to charity. Later Monday, 60 members of the Texas House Republican Caucus released a similar statement calling for elected officials to return or donate money from Defend Texas Liberty.
Two months after a prominent conservative activist and fundraiser was caught hosting white supremacist Nick Fuentes, leaders of the Republican Party of Texas have voted against barring the party from associating with known Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers.
In a vote on Saturday, members of the Texas GOP's executive committee stripped a pro-Israel resolution of a clause that would have included the ban—delivering a major blow to a faction that has called for the party to confront its ties to groups that have recently employed, elevated, or associated with outspoken white supremacists or antisemitic figures.
Matt Rinaldi, chairman of the Texas GOP, was also seen entering the Pale Horse offices while Fuentes was inside for nearly seven hours. He denied participating, however, saying he was visiting with someone else at the time and did not know Fuentes was there.
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Pentagon Reports Dozens of Extremists in the Ranks
An annual Pentagon report on extremism within the ranks reveals that 78 service members were suspected of advocating for the overthrow of the U.S. government and another 44 were suspected of engaging or supporting terrorism.
The report released Thursday by the Defense Department inspector general revealed that in fiscal 2023 there were 183 allegations of extremism across all the branches of military, broken down not only into efforts to overthrow the government and terrorism, but also advocating for widespread discrimination or violence to achieve political goals.
In the U.S., extremist activity, including neo-Nazi, white supremacist, and anti-government movements has been growing, and numerous violent plots by veterans and even active-duty troops have been thwarted in recent years.