A Former Alt-Right YouTuber Explains His Methods - The New York Times

Focus on conflict. Feed the algorithm. Make sure whatever you produce reinforces a narrative. Don't worry if it is true...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/technology/alt-right-youtube-algorithm.html

The tale of UW's College Republicans: How an alliance with the alt-right went sideways badly

Between the Inauguration Day riot and the affirmative-action bake sale, there has been nothing ordinary about the University of Washington’s College Republicans chapter for the past three years. Under the direction of Chevy Swanson, the chapter president elected in fall of 2016, the organization had sponsored a range of activities—two of which became near-riots, the first of which included a near-fatal shooting—that created public-safety issues and inflamed outrage, while alt-right activists and white nationalists swirled around the pugnacious scene it created on the UW campus. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/1/4/1909092/-The-tale-of-UW-s-College-Republicans-How-an-alliance-with-the-alt-right-went-sideways-badly

The alt-right manifesto that has Trumpworld talking - POLITICO

An anonymous book author has lit the online right on fire — including some in the president's orbit...
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/23/alt-right-book-trump-1472413

How the alt-right corrupts the Constitution - The Conversation US

The growing number of self-taught, right-wing experts on the Constitution believe not only in the rights of white people, but have a comprehensive – if not comprehensible – view of the Constitution....
https://theconversation.com/how-the-alt-right-corrupts-the-constitution-113650

The MAGA hat: Statement of policy or inflammatory declaration of identity? -- The Washington Post

The bright red Make America Great Again baseball cap entered the popular culture as candidate Donald Trump’s political swag. It has transformed into an open wound, a firestorm of hate and a marker of societal atavism....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-maga-hat-is-not-a-statement-of-policy-its-an-inflammatory-declaration-of-identity/2019/01/23/9fe84bc0-1f39-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html

How the 'cultural Marxism' hoax began, and why it's spreading into the mainstream - Daily Kos

It all seems plausible enough on the outside, especially for people conditioned to think of Communism as a conspiracy-driven enterprise aimed at overturning Western capitalist societies. Why wouldn't Marxism, which is mainly devoted to economics, also have cultural component that complements its ultimate goal? ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1828527

The Plot Against George Soros Started on Fox News - theintercept.com

PARANOID CONSPIRACY THEORIES about George Soros — the liberal philanthropist and financier cast, in starkly anti-Semitic terms, as a shadowy puppet master bent on toppling governments — are now so common that it is easy to forget that this viral meme was first injected into the far-right imagination by Fox News more than a decade ago.....
https://theintercept.com/2019/01/23/plot-george-soros-didnt-start-hungary-started-fox-news/

Red MAGA caps, OK signs, and smirks: Trolling is not an excuse for indulging wink-and-nudge bigotry - Daily Kos

The image of a smirking MAGA-hatted Kentucky teenager has now become embedded in our national conversation, with the bright red baseball cap worn by Nick Sandmann last weekend in Washington, D.C., itself a focus of much of the conversation. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1829185

The viral Lincoln Memorial standoff inspires these striking cartoons - The Washington Post: Perspective

Artists portray the moment not only as a symbol of divisive times, but also of longer-standing conflicts. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/01/24/viral-lincoln-memorial-standoff-inspires-these-striking-cartoons/

Cartoon: The upstanding kids of Covington - Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1828536

Covington Catholic Teen on ‘Fox & Friends’: Blackface Is ‘School Spirit’ - The Daily Beast

'We haven't been able to wear black paint because of the video, but I know the kids meant nothing by it,' one senior explained to Steve Doocy. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/covington-catholic-teen-on-fox-and-friends-blackface-is-school-spirit

A day after distancing themselves from racist Steve King, Republicans meet with alt-right troll - Daily Kos

On Tuesday, House Republicans voted unanimously on a resolution of disapproval directed at Rep. Steve King after King questioned why white nationalism and white supremacy were considered offensive. On Wednesday, notorious Holocaust-denying white-supremacy-supporting even-banned-from-Twitter alt-right troll Chuck Johnson visited the Congress, the guest of House Republican Reps. Andy Harris of Maryland and Phil Roe of Tennessee. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1827124

Alt-right conspiracy group Q'Anon won't stop believing in its Trump-related prophecies, even after they fail - Business Insider

A rally-goer displays a QAnon sign as he waits for President Donald Trump to speak at an event in Lewis Center, Ohio, on Aug. The mysterious figure called "Q" or "QAnon" first appeared on 4chan, claiming that they had inside information about a secret plot being hatched by the Trump administration. ....
https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/08/failed-prophecies-wont-stop-trumps-true-believers/

I was at the protest outside Tucker Carlson's house. Here's what actually happened - ThinkProgress.org

About a dozen protesters visited Tucker Carlson's home Wednesday evening with signs, a megaphone, and a tambourine. The incident, video of which was taken offline shortly after being posted, has prompted an aisle-crossing outcry – fueled in part by Carlson's own significant embellishments of what occurred while he wasn't home.....
https://thinkprogress.org/i-was-at-the-protest-outside-tucker-carlsons-house-heres-what-actually-happened-665c2dc0cb67/

7 Reasons Ben Shapiro Is So Dominant In Debates - YouTube

Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY5t6iUzajk

What is Gab? Everything you need to know about the breeding ground for the alt-right - Daily Kos

Robert Bowers, the suspected gunman in the massacre at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, reportedly killed 11 people and wounded six others when he entered the place of worship Saturday morning. "All Jews must die!" he reportedly yelled while shooting at random. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1807909

Ben Shapiro Is Wrong About: Scandinavia

Interview:
https://youtu.be/eGIrlx24jPw

Alex Jones And The Outer Limits Of Free Speech On Social Media (David Folkenflik, On Point)

The big social media platforms silence Alex Jones. What does this mean for free speech, for American democracy? We’ll dive in.
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/08/24/social-media-free-speech-alex-jones

Mike Cernovich steps into the U.S. Senate race in Arizona. A ‘gonzo thing,’ he says - The Washington Post

Trailing in polls, Republican Kelli Ward invited the popular pro-Trump Internet personality to campaign for her, although neither seems particularly happy about it. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mike-cernovich-steps-into-the-us-senate-race-in-arizona-a-gonzo-thing-he-says/2018/08/25/d0fe9ece-a7bd-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html

Berkeley police under fire for publishing anti-fascist activists' names and photos - the guardian

Unusual release of arrested demonstrators' identities could fuel harassment and abuse, experts and activists say Berkeley police have arrested more than a dozen anti-fascist activists and posted their names and photos on Twitter, raising concerns that the department was encouraging harassment and abuse. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/06/berkeley-activists-arrested-police-identified-twitter