Neo-Nazi leader sentenced to 20 years for plot to attack Maryland’s power grid

Brandon Russell, founder of neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was convicted of plotting to blow up Baltimore power grid…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/08/neo-nazi-leader-sentenced-to-20-years-for-plot-to-attack-marylands-power-grid?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Cruel people believe in cruel gods

The phrase "Cruel people believe in cruel gods" echoes a well-known idea often attributed to thinkers like Thomas Paine and Bertrand Russell. The core notion is that the nature of a person's belief about their god reflects and influences their own behavior...

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/cruel-people-believe-in-cruel-wW9XXxIES_SKXuTr2eL6qw

Congress Rejected Russell: Let’s Celebrate, But There Are More Fights Ahead

Today, the Senate voted to adopt a final negotiated version of the National Defense Authorization Act. The House approved the same bill last week. Notably, the bill does not include the Russell Amendment, a sweeping provision that would have sanctioned taxpayer-funded employment discrimination. This is a clear win for fairness, equality, and the freedom of religion and belief.

It is surprising that the Members of Congress negotiating the defense bill waited until the eleventh hour to strike this provision considering it was so extreme. The amendment was fully inconsistent with the longstanding principle that federal dollars must not be used to discriminate....
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/congress-rejected-russell-let-s-celebrate-but-there-are-more-fights-ahead

In Congress, The Fight Against Discrimination Is Now

Many people around the country are focused on the next president and Congress and preparing to fight back against the dangerous policy proposals we expect to see in the months ahead. We have our work cut out for us, but can’t overlook the fact that the current Congress still has work to do. Lawmakers returned to Washington yesterday and, in the remaining days of 2016, will be considering some dangerous policy proposals of their own.

In other words, the fight is now. One of the first things on the agenda: the must-pass National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). It contains a provision called the Russell Amendment, which would require that all federal agencies allow religiously affiliated contractors and grantees to discriminate in hiring with taxpayer funds

That is why, today, we joined with a dozen national organizations to deliver over 340,000 petition signatures to Congress in opposition to the Russell Amendment....
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/in-congress-the-fight-against-discrimination-is-now

Christopher Hitchens Bertrand Russell 1 of 2 An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish