🧵Lawmakers in Tennessee are not alone in introducing legislation that includes similar language and appears to reference the so-called "chemtrails" conspiracy theory (or other conspiracy theories)... "...with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited."

Tennessee Senate passes bill based on 'chemtrails' conspiracy theory: What to know tennessean.com/story/news/loc…

Republican for Massachusetts State Committee:

“Trans will be illegal… I will also exile all Jews.”

What the hell is happening in Dorchester? “I love Hitler.”

NEW: Tax filings provide new insights into the funding of the right-wing "parents' rights" group Moms for Liberty, and reveal that the group received significant donations from at least two conservative nonprofits during 2022:

Heritage Foundation & George Jenkins Foundation The Heritage Foundation awarded the organization's annual Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship to Moms for Liberty, which included a $25,000 grant to the 501(c)4 nonprofit associated with Moms for Liberty: projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org…

What do we know (so far) about the connections between Moms for Liberty county chapters and the Proud Boys?

At least nine Moms for Liberty county chapters have connections or associations with the far right violent extremists street gang the Proud Boys.👇🏼 Celeste Fiehler, the chair of the Moms for Liberty chapter in Riverside County, California, attended a protest with far right activists including Louie Mario Flores, a member of the Proud Boys who was present at the Capitol during the January 6th Insurrection.

🧵Moms for Liberty and other far right so-called "parents rights" groups claim they are not attempting ban books ― because the books they seek to remove from public schools will still be available at public libraries.

Except, that's just not true. Public libraries are a target. .@melissagira recently reported that "trying to ban library books has become a call to arms, a new cause for conservatives to rally around, a demand with which the right could question the function and existence of the public library." newrepublic.com/article/170920…

Tonight in Philadelphia, Moms for Liberty's summit is opening — So, I’ve been digging into the group's far right anti-LGBTIQ connections, and building a network analysis.

This is an interactive visualization of the sponsors and exhibitors of the Joyful Warriors National Summit. The featured speakers at the Moms for Liberty's national summit have connections to various right-wing groups including sponsors or exhibitors at the conference.

Some of the featured speakers have connections far right anti-LGBTIQ organizations.

Far Right Prepares for Trump's Appearance at Miami Courthouse radicalreports.substack.com/p/morning-brie… MJ Truth, far right conspiracy theorist and QAnon adherent, and the Villain City Proud Boys, “rogue” chapter of the far right violent extremist street gang, have both posted video from outside the courthouse in Miami.

Today's #MustReads:

Why Conservatives Are Losing Their Minds Over Biden’s Pride Flag—and Ignoring Pro-DeSantis Neo-Nazis newrepublic.com/article/173581… by @melissagira

https://twitter.com/reportbywilson/status/1668605267620298752

How Pat Robertson Helped Create The Christian Nationalist Lawyer Brigade Reshaping American Life talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-pat-r… by @sarahposner

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🧵End of Year Thread...

There's been a lot that has happened this year in the world of far right extremism. Here's the best reporting, research, and analysis on the various sectors of the far right from throughout 2022: Who were the Jan. 6 attackers? Isolated white folks, searching for meaning — and enemies salon.com/2022/01/21/new… by @chaunceydevega

Today's #MustReads:

The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… by @kathleen_belew

https://twitter.com/reportbywilson/status/1604869860986585089

Coup attempts in Germany and the US confirm it: the key terror threat is the far right theguardian.com/commentisfree/… by @Freedland

It’s refreshing to see so many conservatives and self-styled free speech absolutionists exhibiting ideological and intellectual consistency by expressing alarm and not at all gloating about this evening’s Twitter suspensions.

Today's #MustReads:

Why the US Is Primed for Radicalization wired.com/story/radicali… by @thor_benson

https://twitter.com/reportbywilson/status/1603028783346241536

The GOP has created a safe space for musing about violent rebellion washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/… by @pbump

twitter.com/i/spaces/1DXGy… This Week in Extremism: Understanding the Attempted Coup in Germany radicalreports.substack.com/p/week-in-extr…

This Week in Extremism: Understanding the Attempted Coup in Germany open.substack.com/pub/radicalrep… This Week in Extremism: Understanding the Attempted Coup in Germany ― A discussion with @ardenthistorian about the thwarted coup attempted by far right extremists in Germany. Join the discussion today at 12:00pm EST (11:00am CST / 9:00am PST): twitter.com/i/spaces/1DXGy…

Today's #MustReads:

The Untold Story of the Insular Texas Family That Invaded the U.S. Capitol texasmonthly.com/news-politics/… by @DraperRobert

https://twitter.com/reportbywilson/status/1600887027871797257

Attempted coup: German law enforcement's right-wing extremism problem annikabrockschmidt.substack.com/p/attempted-co… by @ardenthistorian

This does not include all of the sexual abuse of children that has never been reported, and this does not include all of the sexual abuse of children that has been covered up by pastors, staff, elders, and congregants. This isn't just sexual abuse, this is also spiritual abuse.

https://twitter.com/reportbywilson/status/1600221014150955008

Important to note: This is not unique to churches in Texas, this type of abuse happens in every state in America. This is also not unique to a specific denomination or particularly theology ― this type of abuse happens throughout the Christian Church in America.

🧵The far right in Texas is obsessed with “groomers” and "child predators." Are they looking in the right places?

This year in Texas, several pastors or staffers of Christian churches have been arrested, charged, or convicted for various allegations of sexual abuse of children: In Temple, Texas: "At least six local pastors and teachers were named among the hundreds of Baptist leaders accused or found guilty of sexual abuse of children" kcentv.com/article/news/c…

.@mycheesemonster offered up a critique that's worthy of reading. She was not the first person to identify the site call for action, but her Tweet received by far the most engagement.

So, let's take a look at the first voices to identify the site to report drag shows:

https://twitter.com/mycheesemonster/status/1600156096534302720

.@Lynda555E's article appears to be one of the first mentions of the group and the website. However, the article is behind a paywall, and was never promoted by @RawStory: rawstory.com/raw-investigat…

A Texas-based anti-LGBTIQ group created an online tool for reported drag shows, and in response activists flooded the tool with enough reports to apparently crash the site. However, as of this morning, the site is again live: defendkidstx.com/#popup

Today's #MustReads:

“Fuck Biden,” “Don’t Tread on Me,” and a Wisconsin Death Trip for Our Times vanityfair.com/news/2022/11/a… by @JeffSharlet

https://twitter.com/reportbywilson/status/1600143335880298497

Landmark Oath Keepers verdict hobbles group, but the movement lives on washingtonpost.com/national-secur… by @hsu_spencer & @HannahAllam