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Here’s a thread of reports on nazis infiltrating our law enforcement and politics from the last decade👇
The FBI warned of the potential consequences — including bias — of white supremacist groups infiltrating local and state law enforcement, indicating it was a significant threat to national security. pbs.org/newshour/natio…
A neo-Nazi serving as a lieutenant in the US coast guard has been caught plotting to attack Democratic members of Congress, including congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and well-known media personalities, according to prosecutors. theguardian.com/us-news/2019/f…
U.S. Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism. Now They Don’t Know How to Stop It. nytimes.com/2018/11/03/mag…
Bart Alsbrook resigned as interim police chief of an Oklahoma town late last August, after he was revealed as the former leader of a neo-Nazi group. One year later, he has a job at a different police department 15 miles away. thedailybeast.com/oklahoma-polic…
California police worked with neo-Nazis to pursue 'anti-racist' activists, documents show.
Officers expressed sympathy with white supremacists... theguardian.com/world/2018/feb…
One of the most eye-opening reports I’ve ever read:

“...state and local police as well as sheriff’s departments present ample opportunities for white supremacists and other right-wing extremists looking to expand their power base.” theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the…
A Marine veteran has been identified as the leader of a white supremacist group whose members marched at Saturday’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a counter-protester was killed. marinecorpstimes.com/news/2017/08/1…
Pennsylvania police officer busted with a nazi tattoo buzzfeednews.com/article/albert…
.@SteveKingIA who won a ninth term in November, has publicly promoted white nationalists and neo-Nazis on Twitter and disparaged nonwhite groups for years.

A Timeline of Steve King’s Racist Remarks and Divisive Actions nyti.ms/2RS05bS?smid=n…
2018: “Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state’s Third Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district that includes part of Chicago and its suburbs...” nytimes.com/2018/03/20/us/…
“In at least five state and national races across the country, the Republican Party is dealing with an uncomfortable problem. Their party’s candidates are either a card-carrying Nazi, a Holocaust denier, a proud white supremacist, or all of the above.” vox.com/2018/7/9/17525…
A Missouri Republican who has made anti-Semitic and other bigoted statements handily won a primary for the state’s House of Representatives. jpost.com/American-Polit…
In the US, white supremacists have infiltrated police and military to get weapons training. smh.com.au/world/north-am…
Jeff Sessions explains how separating families is different from what Nazis did washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/w…
An upcoming rally to purportedly support police officers and ICE agents will include leaders of fascist groups rewire.news/article/2018/1…
Georgia police use a law originally meant to combat the KKK to arrest protesters opposing neo-Nazis wsbradio.com/news/state--re…
Nearly one in four troops polled say they have seen examples of white nationalism among their fellow service members, and troops rate it as a larger national security threat than Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new Military Times poll. armytimes.com/news/pentagon-…
America is heading towards fascism. The fact that not all fascists are like Hitler doesn't change the fact that fascist tactics are recognizable, consistent and dangerous. nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
The Auschwitz Museum hits back at Lindsey Graham’s Holocaust mansplaining/whitewashing qz.com/1476559/auschw…
And today we have @JohnCornyn quoting Mussolini 🤦‍♂️
Joffre Cross, 33, was arrested on weapons charges Friday. He was discharged from the Army in ‘07 for selling drugs & Army equipment to an FBI agent posing as a white supremacist. Cross had a web page citing various Nazi officers as his heroes.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019…
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