Extremism

Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer Orchestrates Mass Loyalty Purges Across Trump Administration

| Importance: 9/10

Politico reported in August 2025 that over a dozen high-ranking officials across multiple federal agencies were forced to leave their jobs or had nominations derailed after being flagged as ‘disloyal’ by far-right extremist Laura Loomer, with hundreds more terminations planned. Loomer …

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First AFPAC Conference Launches as White Nationalist Alternative to CPAC

| Importance: 8/10

Nick Fuentes launched the inaugural America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) in Washington, D.C., deliberately scheduled to coincide with the mainstream Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as a far-right alternative. The conference featured prominent white nationalist and …

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Groyper War Erupts: Far-Right Activists Disrupt Trump Jr. Event at UCLA

| Importance: 8/10

Nick Fuentes and his “Groyper Army” followers disrupted a Turning Point USA promotional event for Donald Trump Jr.’s book “Triggered” at UCLA, forcing the event to end after just 30 minutes instead of the planned two hours. The event, featuring Trump Jr., Charlie Kirk, …

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James Alex Fields Sentenced to Life Plus 419 Years for Charlottesville Murder

| Importance: 7/10

James Alex Fields Jr., the white supremacist who murdered Heather Heyer at the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, received a federal life sentence on June 28, 2019 for hate crimes, followed by a second life sentence plus 419 years from Virginia state courts on July 15, …

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Trump Defends White Nationalists with "Very Fine People On Both Sides" Remarks

| Importance: 9/10

Three days after a white supremacist murdered Heather Heyer at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, President Trump held a press conference that shocked the nation by equating neo-Nazis with anti-racism protesters and defending Confederate statue defenders as “very fine …

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White Supremacist Rally in Charlottesville Ends with Heather Heyer Murdered by Neo-Nazi

| Importance: 9/10

The “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia brought together neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and far-right extremists to protest the removal of a Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee. The rally descended into violence, culminating in a deadly terror attack when James Alex …

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Nick Fuentes Attends Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville

| Importance: 7/10

White nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes attended the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, just days before beginning his freshman year at Boston University. Fuentes later spoke positively about “a tidal wave of white identity” and defended the rally in Facebook …

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YouTube Algorithm Optimizes for Watch Time, Systematically Amplifies Extremism

| Importance: 9/10

By 2016, YouTube’s recommendation algorithm had become what researchers characterized as a “radicalization engine”—systematically amplifying extremist content and pushing users down rabbit holes of increasingly radical videos because extreme content generated more watch time, which …

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