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Former MMA fighter turned professional Twitter troll Jake Shields has gone down a very dark path in his quest to stay relevant.
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In cutting Jake Shields, UFC takes a page out of NFL's playbook
https://sports.yahoo.com/news/in-cutting-jake-shields--ufc-takes-a-page-out-of-nfl-s-playbook-203152661-mma.html
Berkeley protests of Yiannopoulos caused $100,000 in damage
https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/us/milo-yiannopoulos-berkeley/index.html
Jake Shields Reportedly Saves Man From Masked Attackers During UC-Berkeley Riot
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jake-shields-reportedly-saves-man-masked-attackers-during-015236555--mma.html
Right-Wing Outlets Keep Relying On A Racist Troll Posing As A Researcher
https://angrywhitemen.org/2019/06/16/right-wing-outlets-keep-relying-on-a-racist-troll-posing-as-a-researcher/
Eoin Lenihan Cracks Jokes About AIDS With A White Supremacist In A Recently Unearthed Video
https://angrywhitemen.org/2019/06/20/eoin-lenihan-cracks-jokes-about-aids-with-a-white-supremacist-in-a-recently-unearthed-video/
Paul Nehlen Posts List of Critics, Says ’74 Are Jews’
https://www.wpr.org/justice/paul-nehlen-posts-list-critics-says-74-are-jews

AUDIENCE CAPTURE - How "Influencers" Become Brainwashed by Their Audiences
Audience Capture
https://marketingmemetics.com/essays/audience-capture#
Jake Shields Says He Issues $200K Fight Offer To 10 Trans Men But ‘Still No Acceptors’
https://middleeasy.com/mma-news/jake-shields-issues-200k-fight-offer-to-10-transmen/
Far-right figures are spreading antisemitism and conspiracy theories in response to news of a tunnel under a New York synagogue
https://www.mediamatters.org/antisemitism/far-right-figures-are-spreading-antisemitism-and-conspiracy-theories-response-news
MAGA Influencers Tearing Each Other Apart Over Israel-Hamas War
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/israel-hamas-violence-maga-influencer-meltdown-1234857139/
Jake Shields Boasts Of Dinner With White Supremacist Nick Fuentes
https://angrywhitemen.org/2024/04/20/jake-shields-boasts-of-dinner-with-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes/
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BBC Journalist and author Mike Wendling joins the podcast to talk about the rise and fall of the "Alt-Right", Art Bell, and how not to amplify bad information.
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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:
Alt-Right From 4chan to the White House by Mike Wendling
https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786802378/alt-right/
Day of Reckoning - How the Far Right Declared War on Democracy by Mike Wendling
https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745349718/day-of-reckoning/
BBC Trending
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cme72mv58q4t
Protester Punches White Nationalist Richard Spencer During Interview
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/protester-punches-white-nationalist-richard-spencer-during-interview-859651651503
Art Bell, Radio Host Who Tuned In to the Dark Side, Dies at 72
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/obituaries/art-bell-radio-host-who-tuned-in-to-the-dark-side-dies-at-72.html
"43*" by Jeff Greenfield.
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/16034689
(An alternate history where Al Gore wins the 2000 presidential election and actually becomes president.)
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Lauren Manning is a former white nationalist skinhead who now works with a group called Life After Hate to help and support people who are ready to leave extremism behind.
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WALKING AWAY FROM HATE Our Journey Through Extremism
https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/walking-away-from-hate/
AFTER MY DAD DIED, I FOUND A NEW FAMILY IN A WHITE-POWER GANG. I SPENT YEARS DRESSING LIKE A SKINHEAD, FIGHTING STRANGERS AND COMMITTING PETTY CRIMES BEFORE I REALIZED THE ABSURDITY OF MY BELIEFS. INSIDE THE TWISTED WORLD OF TORONTO’S WHITE SUPREMACIST MOVEMENT
https://torontolife.com/memoir/i-spent-five-years-in-a-white-power-gang-inside-the-twisted-world-of-torontos-white-supremacist-movement/
Life After Hate
https://www.lifeafterhate.org
The death of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville changed my life
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-death-of-heather-heyer-in-charlottesville-changed-my-life/
'I was a drunk thug': Hate crimes are growing. These former white supremacists want to end the violence.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/06/these-former-white-supremacist-group-members-work-to-counter-extremism/70187877007/
Life After Hate Details Best Practice for Using Former Violent Extremists as Peer Mentors; Demands Greater Professionalism, Oversight in Disengagement Work
https://nonprofitwire.com/press-release/life-after-hate-details-best-practice-for-using-former-violent-extremists-as-peer-mentors-demands-greater-professionalism-oversight-in-disengagement-work-301786767/
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Evan McLaren was the executive director of the NPI, Richard Spencer's white nationalist "think tank", until he resigned in 2018. We talk about what he saw there, and his journey out of hate.
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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:
How the Alt-Right Grew From an Obscure Racist Cabal
https://www.wired.com/2016/10/alt-right-grew-obscure-racist-cabal/
The executive director of the National Policy Institute has resigned after less than a year heading the group backed by alt-right front man Richard Spencer.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/25/executive-director-national-policy-institute-resigns-less-year-after-taking-over
ONCE A POLITICAL FORCE, RICHARD SPENCER AND NATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE GO QUIET
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/10/once-political-force-richard-spencer-and-national-policy-institute-go-quiet
A Major ‘Alt-Right’ Figure Just Disavowed White Nationalism
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/evan-mclaren-disavows-alt-right-white-nationalism_n_626acfbee4b0cca675537067
A statement from Evan McLaren
INSIDE THE FAR-RIGHT PODCAST ECOSYSTEM, PART 1: BUILDING A NETWORK OF HATE
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/09/29/inside-far-right-podcast-ecosystem-part-1-building-network-hate
I Don't Speak German Podcast Episode 124 "The Collapse Of The National Justice Party"
JAN. 6 PARTICIPANT WHO ‘FLED TO RUSSIA’ HASN’T COME HOME
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/09/11/jan-6-participant-who-fled-russia-hasnt-come-home
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Robert Downen from the Texas Tribune joins me once again to discuss the massive rightward political shift in Texas, white nationalists, the secessionist movement, and the billionaires who pay for it.
Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:
Amid white supremacist scandal, far-right billionaire powerbrokers see historic election gains in Texas
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/08/tim-dunn-farris-wilks-defend-texas-liberty-election/ 
Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/02/texas-gop-antisemitism-resolution/
Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes at office near Fort Worth
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/ 
Live from the Republic of Texas
Nick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/defend-texas-liberty-nick-fuentes-jonathan-stickland/
Texas state Rep. Jonathan Stickland resigns from hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus
https://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/06/jonathan-stickland-resigns-texas-house-freedom-caucus/
Texas secessionists feel more emboldened than ever
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/15/texas-secession-texit/
Texas, California Separatists Attend Kremlin-Funded Conference
https://abcnews.go.com/International/texas-california-separatists-attend-pro-kremlin-conference/story?id=42395066
Texas secession was a key theme in Russian disinformation campaign during 2016 elections, report says
https://www.texastribune.org/2018/12/17/texas-secession-russia-disinformation-2016-social-media-new-knowledge/
Alexander Ionov case: US charges Russian with interfering in US politics
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62359884
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In this episode, Jay McKenzie rejoins the pod to talk about the man who is probably the biggest stumbling block to a resolution to the horrible situation in Gaza.
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For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
Russia, China veto U.S. Security Council resolution on Gaza cease-fire
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/22/israel-gaza-security-council-resolution/
The corruption and autocracy nexus: The case of “King Bibi”
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-corruption-and-autocracy-nexus-the-case-of-king-bibi/
Israeli Supreme Court strikes down Bibi's controversial judicial overhaul law
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/01/israel-supreme-court-judicial-overhaul-netanyahu-gaza
Reports: Judges in Netanyahu trial tell prosecution bribery charge has little chance
https://www.timesofisrael.com/reports-judges-in-netanyahu-trial-tell-prosecution-bribery-charge-has-little-chance/
Golan Heights: Israel unveils 'Trump Heights' settlement
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48656431
Schumer’s speech meets Biden-Bibi call
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/03/18/schumers-speech-meets-biden-bibi-call-00147619
From ‘I Love You’ to ‘A*****e’: How Joe Gave Up on Bibi
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/03/22/biden-netanyahu-friendship-pressure-campaign-00148328
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