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Mass Murder as Part Hatred, Part Fandom

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By Ali Breland Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
The two teenagers who walked into a San Diego mosque with assault rifles on Monday evening wore patches displaying the Black Sun—a neo-Nazi iteration of the swastika—and had scribbled white-supremacist symbols in white correction fluid on their guns. They started shooting, killing three. Then they fled in a BMW one had stolen from his mother. In the car, 17-year-old Cain Clark apparently shot his accomplice, Caleb Vasquez, before shooting himself in the head.
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The Trump Administration Is Publishing a Stream of Nazi Propaganda

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By Ali Breland Verified
| defenddemocracy.press
Government social-media managers have transformed official feeds. By Ali Breland Jan 21, 2026 The U.S. Labor Department is embracing Nazi slogans and tropes, the Pentagon’s research office is deploying neo-Nazi graphic elements in its social-media feeds, and the Department of Homeland Security recently posted lyrics mimicking a popular song by a band with ties to an ethno-nationalist social club.
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The Era of Normie Extremism Is Here

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By Ali Breland Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
On Saturday night, after Cole Tomas Allen’s alleged attempt to assassinate President Trump and administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a familiar ritual began on the internet: compiling a portrait of the shooter, based on the digital breadcrumbs of his online life. Over the past decade, this trail has frequently led to a similar place. The suspect in many cases turned out to be a white man radicalized by spending time in the internet’s dark crevices.
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