Mamdani releases plan to combat antisemitism and hate crimes in New York City

Strategy includes increased security funding for synagogues, and focus on folding Jewish history into public school education…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/zohran-mamdani-new-york-antisemitism-plan 

 

FIRST ON MS NOW: Whistleblower says Trump admin's Ivy League antisemitism probes were fake ploys

MS NOW exclusively reports that a Department of Justice whistleblower is telling Congress the Trump administration predetermined the outcomes of its antisemitism investigations into Harvard, Columbia and Brown University. MS NOW Justice and Intelligence Reporter Ken Dilanian joins Stephanie Ruhle to share more details.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqQ64YQ5cBg

 

Federal judge dismisses Trump administration’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard - POLITICO

District Court Judge Richard Stearns, a Clinton appointee, said the Trump administration failed to prove “an ongoing violation of Title VI” by Harvard University...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/13/trump-antisemitism-lawsuit-dismissed-01036276

The Resurrection of JP Sears (Conspirituality podcast, episode #313)

A decade ago, JP Sears built a large following poking fun at yogis and wellness types with his “ultra spiritual life” videos. Then Covid came and Sears took a hard right turn. In fact, he credits the pandemic with “opening his eyes” to many of the world’s problems—in his eyes, that means Anthony Fauci, vaccines, and transgender “ideology.”

Sears is one of the very first people we covered on this podcast six years ago, and was one of the influencers we featured in our 2023 book about the wellness-to-right-wing radicalization pipeline. Turns out he’s turned again, this time into a flavor of Christian nationalism with an antisemitic bend.

Lately, Sears has been pumping out tons of Israel commentary, even turning against his former favorite president, Donald Trump. In fact, a number of right-wing influencers have soured on Israel. Is Sears sniffing out opportunities again? How is he balancing legitimate critiques of the genocide with blatant antisemitic rhetoric? And how does he fit into the growing diagonalism occurring in the right-wing attention economy?
Interview: 

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/313-the-resurrection-of-jp-sears

Hitchens vs. Prager

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n6nJsfidDm0

Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court

Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protected…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/pro-palestinian-speech-antisemitism-lawsuits

 

MAGA Catholics, Antisemitism & Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission Implosion (Sarah Posner; Reign of Error podcast #005)

On this episode of Reign of Error, investigative journalist Sarah Posner unpacks the implosion of Donald Trump’s White House Religious Liberty Commission after a chaotic hearing at the Museum of the Bible exposed deep fractures inside the MAGA coalition. Former beauty queen and recent Catholic convert Carrie Prejean Boller sparked outrage with antisemitic rhetoric tied to right-wing influencer Candace Owens, igniting a public feud with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and drawing backlash from conservative Catholics and evangelicals alike. Posner and scholar Matthew J. Cressler explore how debates over Zionism, Christian nationalism, and the phrase “Christ is King” reveal a growing split between traditional religious-right leaders and a digitally fueled Catholic far-right operating in Trump’s social media ecosystem.

The conversation traces how figures like Nick Fuentes, Owens, and other MAGA Catholics deploy antisemitic tropes rooted in older Catholic anti-communist and anti-Jewish traditions, now amplified by online platforms and political patronage. From clashes over Vatican teaching and Christian Zionism to tensions with evangelical allies, this episode examines whether the MAGA movement’s Catholic wing is on a collision course with both the broader GOP and the institutional Church. Plus, in this week’s “Anti-Doom,” Posner highlights a federal court ruling restoring a slavery exhibit removed under Trump’s executive order—an important victory in the ongoing fight over American history and truth.

Matthew J. Cressler, Ph.D. is a writer, independent scholar, and chief of staff of the Corporation for Public Interest Technology. He is the author of Authentically Black and Truly Catholic: The Rise of Black Catholicism in the Great Migrations and creator of Bad Catholics, Good Trouble, the educational webcomic series. He’s written for America, The Atlantic, National Catholic Reporter, The Revealer, Slate, U.S. Catholic, and numerous academic journals. He co-reported the Religion News Service series “Beyond the Most Segregated Hour,” which won a Wilbur Award from the Religion Communicators Council. He has two forthcoming books under contract: the co-authored Body & Blood: Catholic Horror in America, due out from NYU Press this Halloween, and Catholics and the Making of MAGA: How an Immigrant Church Became America’s Law and Order Faith, which is set to be published by HarperCollins in fall 2027.

• Matthew’s professional website (https://matthewjcressler.com/) 
• Matthew’s webcomic website (https://badcatholics-comics.org/).

Many other resources, and hear the Interview:

https://redcircle.com/shows/fbed712f-0027-40af-a33b-fd9de05efc5c/ep/bd06caf5-4852-4a23-9296-f8ebde964637

 

Trump’s pick for top diplomatic role faces scrutiny over ‘white supremacist’ views

Jeremy Carl, assistant secretary of state nominee, has espoused 'racist, antisemitic' views, says non-profit leader…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/12/trump-nominee-jeremy-carl-racist-views

 

US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner

In a statement, Ahmed said: "My life's work is to protect children from the dangers of unregulated social media and AI and fight the spread of antisemitism online. That mission has pitted me against big tech executives – and Elon Musk in particular – multiple times… Roberta Kaplan, Ahmed's legal counsel, said: "The state department's actions here are unjustified and blatantly unconstitutional."…

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/26/us-judge-trump-imran-ahmed-uk-anti-disinformation-campaigner

More than a dozen staffers leave Heritage to join Pence-led nonprofit - POLITICO

The departures, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, mark the latest sign of upheaval at Heritage, which has seen dozens of staffers flee the organization since it became engulfed in a scandal involving Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and the ongoing debate within the conservative movement over antisemitism...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/heritage-staff-join-pence-nonprofit-00703192 

 

Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’ - The Washington Post

The Coast Guard's policy softening the definition of swastikas — an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the Nazis' extermination of millions of Jews and the deaths of more than 400,000 U.S. troops who died fighting in World War II — comes as antisemitism is on the rise globally. At least 15 people were killed over the weekend at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/12/16/coast-guard-swastikas-nooses/

 

Antisemitism is embedded in Christian nationalism

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8JfpTDXgJsY

 

US judge bars Trump from cutting off University of California funds

Federal judge Rita Lin says administration has playbook designed to bring universities 'to their knees' and force them to 'change their ideological tune'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/15/us-judge-bars-trump-from-cutting-off-university-of-california-funds

 

GOP leaders denounce antisemitism in their ranks but shift blame to Democrats - POLITICO

Unless Trump, Vance and other Republican leaders condemn the incidents, it will only continue to fester, said Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America. "If the president himself and Republicans were serious about combating antisemitism, they would condemn it when it emerges in their own ranks. And they do not," Soifer said in an interview last week. "There's a permission structure within the Republican Party, and it comes from the top."…

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/02/gop-leaders-denounce-antisemitism-but-say-real-problem-is-on-the-left-00632857 

 

Tucker Carlson’s interview with far-right antisemite Nick Fuentes divides conservatives

Heritage Foundation defended former Fox News host, others slammed him for platforming white supremacist…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/31/conservative-reaction-tucker-carlson-nick-fuentes-interview

 

The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi | Vox

This is an epochal moment for American conservatism. In the past, the movement felt the need to hide bigotries — including antisemitism — behind a thin veil of plausible deniability. But with Fuentes, there's no hidden message: He just says, over and over again, that Jews are evil and the source of America's biggest problems. If someone like him can be considered one of Roberts's "friends on the right," then the movement's leadership is now conceding that overt antisemitism is a legitimate political position in the MAGA movement...

https://www.vox.com/politics/466905/the-gops-top-think-tank-just-defended-an-open-nazi 

 

JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as ‘what kids do’

Mother Jones reports that public records indicate that eight of the 11 Republican operatives who took part in the offensive chat appear to range in age from 24 to 35...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/15/jd-vance-racist-messages-young-republicans-chat-leak

 

#JDVance can’t figure out how he feels about free speech #youngrepublicans

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B9tjoSPIxs0

 

Gavin Newsom calls for congressional investigation into GOP chat messages - POLITICO

"If Congress can investigate universities for failing to stop antisemitism, it must also investigate politicians' own allies who are openly celebrating it," Newsom said...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/gavin-newsom-calls-for-congressional-investigation-into-gop-chat-messages-00610087 

 

You MUST See This Leaked GOP Group Chat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UECVpqhCR_4