Alexandra Minna Stern

author of “Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination”

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University of Michigan; author of “Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate: How the Alt-Right is Warping the American Imagination.”

Alexandra Minna Stern on KCRW

Today’s January 6 Select Committee hearing focuses on extremist groups. The Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys were galvanized by Trump’s call to overturn the 2020 election results.

Proud Boys are using insurrection hearings as recruitment strategies

Today’s January 6 Select Committee hearing focuses on extremist groups. The Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys were galvanized by Trump’s call to overturn the 2020 election results.

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In Washington D.C. today, at Donald Trump’s urging, thousands of people protested the results of the November election. A mob stormed the U.S.

How an insurrection at US Capitol broke out after Trump and some GOP allies refused to concede election

In Washington D.C. today, at Donald Trump’s urging, thousands of people protested the results of the November election. A mob stormed the U.S.

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Tuesday’s presidential debate involved a lot of yelling, interrupting and name calling — mostly by Donald Trump.

What the first Trump-Biden presidential debate means for the Proud Boys

Tuesday’s presidential debate involved a lot of yelling, interrupting and name calling — mostly by Donald Trump.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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