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Comedian Punks Alt-Right Rally With Crazy Sing-Along

Sacha Baron Cohen does his thing

(Newser) - Looks like comedian Sacha Baron Cohen infiltrated an alt-right event Saturday and sang a racist song that stirred up the crowd, Deadline reports. Cohen—who's known for going undercover in his Who Is America? show—took the stage in overalls and a fake beard at the Washington State Three...

Donald Trump Jr. Walks Out of Book Launch

He and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle heckled—by the right

(Newser) - Donald Trump Jr. is making the rounds to promote his new book, Triggered, and he may well have expected to encounter protesters—but the ones that forced him out of a book launch event Sunday were from the right, not the left. KTVU notes most of the anti-Trump protesters at...

After Fans Protest, a YouTube Star Nixes a Big Donation

'PewDiePie,' accused in the past of racism, anti-Semitism, was going to give $50K to the ADL

(Newser) - YouTube star Felix Kjellberg, better known as "PewDiePie," seemed to want to rehab his image after people accused him of putting up racist and anti-Semitic content on his channel. And so the 29-year-old Swede vowed earlier this week to donate $50,000 to the Anti-Defamation League, an anti-hate...

Right-Wing Manifesto Is Winning 'Hearts and Minds'

It's called 'Bronze Age Mindset'

(Newser) - Heard of Bronze Age Mindset? Then you know about a right-wing author who's tossing gasoline on the fire of America's culture war, Politico reports. Penned anonymously by Bronze Age Pervert, the self-published book combines Nietzchean philosophy with reverence of the masculine and disgust for liberal impulses in Western...

How My 13-Year-Old Son Was Sucked In by the Alt-Right
How My 13-Year-Old Son Was
Sucked In by the Alt-Right
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May 19, 2019 7:11 AM CDT

How My 13-Year-Old Son Was Sucked In by the Alt-Right

After an accusation at school, things spiraled for young teen: essay

(Newser) - It all started at the beginning of 8th grade, when a fellow student overheard 13-year-old "Sam" laughing at an inside joke with a friend, misunderstood and thought they were making a sexual reference, and reported the comment as sexual harassment. Administrators and the school resource officer reprimanded Sam and...

Cuomo Slams 'Proud Boys,' GOP After NYC Brawl

'NY has zero tolerance for your bs'

(Newser) - The NYPD wants to speak to at least three people in connection with a violent clash between members of the "Proud Boys" far-right group and counter-protesters Friday night. The brawl happened after Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes spoke at the Metropolitan Republican Club in the Upper East Side, which...

Conservative Speaker Arrested at UConn

Lucian Wintrich charged with breach of the peace

(Newser) - A conservative commentator was arrested at the University of Connecticut Tuesday night after a fight broke out during his speech titled "It's OK To Be White." Lucian Wintrich's speech was cut short when a young woman in the audience appeared to take paperwork off the lectern...

Alt-Right Leader Heckled During Speech at UF

Richard Spencer's speech 'mostly drowned out,' per one newspaper

(Newser) - Richard Spencer gave his much-anticipated speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville Thursday and, not surprisingly, the white supremacist leader was greeted with protests. CNN says the "vast majority" of those protesting at the event were against Spencer, and that many of those inside the venue where he...

Florida Declares State of Emergency Before Alt-Right Speech

Richard Spencer to speak in Gainesville Thursday

(Newser) - White nationalist Richard Spencer is scheduled to speak at the University of Florida on Thursday, and authorities are treating him like an approaching hurricane: Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in Alachua County, which includes the Gainesville campus where Spencer will speak, the New York Daily News...

Black Journalist Who Protected Alt-Right Protester Has No Regrets

'It doesn't matter if he doesn't see my humanity ... I see his'

(Newser) - When journalist Al Letson saw a suspected alt-right protester being beaten by "antifa" supporters in Berkeley, Calif., on Sunday , he didn't stop to consider what the fallen man might think of him. Letson, who is black, simply wanted to save him. Running into the crowd, Letson jumped on...

14 Arrested as Berkeley Protest Turns Violent

Alt-right protesters were vastly outnumbered

(Newser) - At least 14 people were arrested in Berkeley, Calif., Sunday as counter-protesters clashed with vastly outnumbered supporters of President Trump. Some of the 7,000 counter-protesters confronted a small group of "alt-right" protesters who had originally intended to gather for a "No to Marxism in America" rally that...

Dog Owners' Plan to Push Back on Right-Wing Rally: Poop

It's going down in San Francisco this weekend

(Newser) - Locals are getting creative in how to deal with right-wing rallies in the wake of Charlottesville , and no more so than in San Francisco. The Patriot Prayer group will hold a "free speech" rally Saturday at Crissy Field, and the Guardian reports on an idea thought up by 45-year-old...

Tina Fey Has Advice About This Weekend's Alt-Right Rallies

Treat them 'like the opening of a thoughtful movie with two female leads'

(Newser) - Why protest when you could eat cake? That's something Tina Fey would like you to consider. During a segment on the events in Charlottesville during Thursday's standalone episode of Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update , the University of Virginia grad proposed "sheet caking" as an alternative to...

Steve Bannon Has a Scaramucci Moment

In unsolicited interview, he calls far right 'a collection of clowns'

(Newser) - Has Steve Bannon taken a page from the Mooch's playbook? In a move reminiscent of Anthony Scaramucci's fateful New Yorker interview, the White House strategist opened up to Robert Kuttner at liberal magazine American Prospect in an unsolicited interview. On Charlottesville, Bannon described the far right as a...

Trump Press Conference Stuns Allies, Critics
Trump Press Conference
Reactions: Disgust, Disbelief
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 16, 2017 6:20 AM CDT

Trump Press Conference Reactions: Disgust, Disbelief

Republicans slam his defense of alt-right protesters

(Newser) - President Trump's extraordinary Trump Tower press conference Tuesday—in which he described some participants in white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville as "very fine people," said the "alt-left" should share the blame for a counter-protester's death, and compared Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee to George Washington—...

Hot Dog Restaurant Fires Charlottesville Protester
Employer Cans
Virginia Protester
Aug 14, 2017 6:45 AM CDT

Employer Cans Virginia Protester

'The actions of those in Charlottesville are not supported by Top Dog'

(Newser) - A man who traveled from Berkeley, Calif., to attend the Charlottesville protests won't have a job when he gets home. The Top Dog hot dog chain fired Cole White after he was identified on social media as one of the white nationalist protesters in the Virginia city, the East ...

Charlottesville Rally Organizer Forced to Flee Press Conference
Rally Organizer Blames
Cops for Violence
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 14, 2017 6:12 AM CDT

Rally Organizer Blames Cops for Violence

Jason Kessler got chased out of chaotic news conference by protesters

(Newser) - The organizer of the "Unite the Right" rally that ended in bloodshed Saturday had to flee his own press conference within minutes Sunday after angry protesters moved in. Jason Kessler was whisked to safety by police after being chased by a crowd of protesters, some of them shouting "...

Google CEO Calls Off Meeting Amid Alt-Right Fears

Workers said they were worried about harassment

(Newser) - Google CEO Sundar Pichai planned to address the controversy over an anti-diversity memo at an all-employee town hall meeting—but he called it off after workers said they were worried about online harassment. Pichai said questions from employees had been leaked and their identities had been published on alt-right websites,...

Trump Should Fear Damage Bannon Can Do In White House

In Bannon-McMaster tiff, McMaster isn't the real problem, 'WSJ' editors warn

(Newser) - New White House chief of staff John Kelly certainly has his fair share of challenges ahead of him—and one of them might be mitigating a coordinated alt-right attack against President Trump's national security adviser. The Wall Street Journal editorial board weighs in on what appears to be a...

Airbnb Makes Big Move Against Alt-Right Rally Attendees

Service cancels bookings for those coming to Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' event

(Newser) - An alt-right rally planned in a Charlottesville, Va., park Saturday is a follow-up to protests in May against the removal of a Confederate statue there . But those attending may have to rebook their lodgings: After Airbnb got wind of large groups making reservations through its system to ostensibly attend the...

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