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Don’t Do al-Qaeda’s Work for It

By | 11.06.09 | 10:41 am

Adam Serwer has an absolutely sterling post about the dangers of assigning collective guilt to American Muslims for the actions of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan:

In the past few months, we’ve seen a number of shootings performed by white men with right-wing fringe beliefs–but while an attempt to

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Recent Murders Don’t Sway Napolitano on DHS Report

By | 06.25.09 | 4:07 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she doesn’t think the recent murder of Dr. George Tiller, a late-term abortion provider, and the shooting of a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum vindicate a controversial Department of Homeland Security report issued to law enforcement about rising right-wing extremism.

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Even Stormfront is Worried About Von Brunn

By | 06.12.09 | 11:22 am

The white supremacist Website Stormfront.org has been getting unwanted attention since the Holocaust Museum shooting, and it’s prompted something you don’t often see on hate sites: the editor stepping into a thread threatening to delete “toxic members.”

Anyone condoning what Brunn did is not welcome here. You’re entitled to

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Rep. John Carter Responded to DHS Right-Wing Extremism Report by Mocking Clinton

By | 06.11.09 | 10:22 am

I’m looking back through the transcripts of the April 22 floor speeches that Rep. John Carter (R-Texas) and a number of Republican colleagues gave about the Department of Homeland Security’s assessment on “right-wing extremism.” Carter demanded the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, comparing the report to the Clinton More…