Nazis

The Washington Post reports: The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party on Monday sued the domestic intelligence service for classifying it as a right-wing extremist organization, a decision that subjects it to greater surveillance from authorities. The party known as AfD, which placed second in national elections in February, took action at an administrative court in Cologne, where the intelligence service …

ABC News reports: A Wisconsin teen allegedly killed his parents to “obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary” to kill President Donald Trump and overthrow the U.S. government, federal authorities said in court documents. Nikita Casap, 17, was arrested in March and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of hiding a corpse, according to Waukesha County …

From the Justice Department: A resident of Glenwillard, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today. The one-count Indictment named Aidan Harding, 20, as the sole defendant. According to the Indictment and other information presented to …

Cincinnati Public Radio reports: The Evendale Police Department Tuesday released body camera footage of officers’ response to a Feb. 7 neo-Nazi demonstration and counter-protest on the Vision Way overpass near Lincoln Heights. The 16 hours of footage shows Evendale officers and Hamilton County Sheriff deputies pull up to the scene where roughly a dozen members of the hate group were …

The New York Times reports: A day after Mr. Vance stunned the Munich Security Conference by telling German leaders to drop their so-called firewall and allow the hard-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, to enter their federal government, Mr. Scholz accused Mr. Vance of effectively violating a commitment to never again allow Germany to be led by fascists who could …

The Associated Press reports: The far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is in second place in recent polls and has prompted widespread protests across the country before voters cast their ballots on Feb. 23. The protest at Munich’s Theresienwiese — where Oktoberfest takes place each year — brought a significantly larger crowd than expected, according to the German dpa …

Newsweek reports: Footage of Elon Musk performing a controversial salute at the inauguration of President Donald Trump has been shown on Russian television but with the gesture blurred. In July 2021, Russia adopted a federal law that prohibits the use or public display of Nazi symbols, speeches, or images of leaders or groups identified as criminal by the International Military …

Politico Europe reports: Outrage over Elon Musk’s support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and call for Germany to “move past” its Nazi history could start impacting his financial interests after Polish Tourism Minister Sławomir Nitras called for a Tesla boycott. “There is no justification for any reasonable Pole to continue purchasing Teslas. A serious and strong response …

“I think that is just very important is that people take pride in Germany, and being German. This is very important. It’s okay to be proud to be German. This is a very important principle and it’s good to be proud of German culture and values and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism that dilutes everything. “I …

“Anybody minded to tell me that that’s not what Elon Musk was doing must encourage him to go and do it in Germany and see what happens. “And in fact, if you don’t think it was a Nazi salute, why don’t you do it at parent night next time you’re at your kid’s school or or just do it now …

Wired reports: Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musk making two Nazi-like salutes during a speech to tens of thousands of President Donald Trump supporters on Monday. “Incredible things are happening already,” Andrew Torba, the founder of Gab, a social media platform popular with antisemites and white supremacists, wrote over a picture of Musk giving the salute. “WE ARE FUCKING BACK” the …

Politico Europe reports: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the longtime face of the far right in France notorious for his hate speech and Holocaust denial convictions, has died, his family told French newswire AFP. He was 96 years old. Le Pen had an extraordinary life and career — as a soldier, a far-right parliamentarian, a small publisher of military music and erotic …

The Guardian reports: Elon Musk has taken a stunning new public step in his support for the far-right German political party Alternative for Germany (AfD), publishing a supportive guest opinion piece for the country’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper that has prompted the commentary editor to resign in protest. Musk uses populist and personal language to try to deny AfD’s extremist …

Chicago’s WBEZ radio reports: Nick Fuentes, a far-right streamer known for his racist, sexist and antisemitic views, claimed Thursday that he was the target of a “would-be assassin” who was fatally shot by police near his home in Berwyn after allegedly killing three people downstate. Fuentes made the jarring claim shortly after his first hearing on a battery charge that …

The New York Times reports: A California man who expressed allegiance to a neo-Nazi group and espoused anti-gay rhetoric was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after a jury found him guilty of brutally killing a former high school classmate who was gay in a hate-motivated murder, the Orange County District Attorney’s office said. The man, Samuel Lincoln Woodward, …

“At the Trump rallies, they’re yelling trash for Trump, trash for Trump. And I saw other people. I saw white guys. I saw Hispanic guys, Hispanic guys inside trash cans jumping out of them with Trump signs, white guys with garbage bags that say trash for Trump. That was the moment when I realized Trumpism was a cult. That was …

Law & Crime reports: In a 16-page ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Judge Reed O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee who previously sided with Musk on discovery and who reportedly owns Tesla stock, wrote that a review of the “relevant case law” led him to the conclusion that Media Matters, its president Angelo …

CBS News reports: Paid advertisements for major organizations affiliated with both the Republican and Democratic parties and some of their biggest names have appeared under pro-Nazi and racist posts shared on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, a CBS News investigation has found. Advertisements for the Senate Republicans’ campaign arm, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and the …

CBS News reports: The World Bank has ceased all paid advertising on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, which was formerly Twitter, after a CBS News investigation found promoted advertisements from the organization showing up under a racist post from an account that prolifically posts pro-Nazi and white nationalist content. CBS News found a verified X account with more than …

From the Justice Department: Andrezj Boryga, 67, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and two years of supervised release for willfully transmitting in interstate commerce threats to injure other people and for choosing his victims because of their religion. According to the records filed in the case, between July 9 and Dec. 14, 2022, Boryga …