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The Boy Who Cried Wolf: The Obama-Era Red Scare

“[Obama] is left of Teddy Kennedy. With all due respect, the man is a socialist.”

Conservative hyperbole about looming socialism isn’t new. In the Obama era, the GOP saw socialism in everything from Obamacare to a back-to-school speech, and called even pro-business Democrats like Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton socialists.

RFK Jr.’s Deluge of Conspiracy Theories

“COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people.”

RFK Jr. is overflowing with conspiracy theories, on topics as varied as 9/11, the 2004 election, chemtrails, and John D. Rockefeller. It is not just COVID - he lives in a paranoid fantasy world where "they" are always plotting.

Pete Hegseth’s Total War Against the Left

“[Y]ou're not going to do well in the Democrat primary if you don't believe that women should sacrifice babies for a job promotion.”

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth believes that Americans on the political left are not simply ideological opponents but cruel and violent authoritarians with whom he is locked in a total war.

Right Wing Antisemitism: Measured and Quantified

“[37%] believe the Holocaust was greatly exaggerated or did not happen as historians describe.”

Antisemitism is growing on the right. And it's captured not just in antisemitic comments or warnings from within the movement itself, but in objective data that tracks its spread through social media into the younger generation.

Right Wing Antisemitism: Warnings from Within

“[If I] send out a tweet, if I say good morning, within minutes, I will have hundreds of blatantly antisemitic responses.”

Antisemitism is growing on the right to the point that even conservatives are waking up to the extent of the problem. Will they manage to stop it - or is it already beyond their control?