Trump broadens “traitor” to include anyone who contradicts him. Online extremist groups have mobilised around his rhetoric, driving spikes in violent threats and fueling a culture where dissent is punishable by death. globalextremism.org/post/the-hea...

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CENTURY SO FAR | Did the 21st century begin on 1 January 2000? Or was it that blue sky day in September 2001 when the planes hit the twin towers? Images from the last 25 years. apple.news/AeXoD0pLVQva...

US | Fuentes is an established Holocaust denier. In March 2023, he said outright: “I think the Holocaust is exaggerated. I don’t hate Hitler. I think there’s a Jewish conspiracy.” globalextremism.org/post/mainstr...

ONLINE | Thousands have engaged with chatbots modelled on real-life murderers, serial killers, and school shooters. A glimpse of this usage can be found on Character.ai. From John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer to ‘Dating Game Killer’ Rodney Alcala. gnet-research.org/2025/12/08/y...

Polling experts, including Professor Sir John Curtice and Lord Robert Hayward, suggest that Reform UK's support is now “in decline” after peaking at an average of 32 per cent in September. Good stuff. apple.news/Ag4e4VytlRym...

Who said that? Growing evidence that some people have no inner voice at all - a phenomenon coined by Psychologists as ‘anendophasia’. Now they’re trying to understand how common it is. apple.news/AcTzGx4mmTCa...

A 250-kiloton weapon detonated over central London, where Whitehall and the Ministry of Defence are located, would destroy most buildings out to Camden Town. It would kill half a million people.

The founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, announced in November 2025 that he will relaunch the group after it disbanded following his prison sentence in 2023. Sigh. apple.news/A8vRmmD48SyO...

UK | What do you do when the supposed defenders of national pride are the loudest voices talking Britain down? When those who rage most against immigration are emigrating themselves? When critics of Islam seek shelter in Islamic states? apple.news/AuiaOfhFlRJK...

CTE | Police will be deployed "in massive numbers" and some will be carrying weapons that residents have not seen before, in what is being reported as an unprecedented display of firepower by officers. apple.news/AfG29fLD_S8e...

UK | The number of people who believe “Britishness” is something you are born with has almost doubled in two years, according to research that warns of a rising tide of ethno-nationalism in Britain. apple.news/AjYKNS3qqQaK...

This group are not a footnote in the story of rising extremism: they are its centre of gravity.  apple.news/AAV-wjATuTMG...

International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has recently published the most comprehensive open-source database currently available on Russian sabotage operations across Europe. www.linkedin.com/posts/drrobw...

The 21st century began in earnest, at least in the western mind, on a day that no one had circled in their diaries. Out of a clear blue sky, two passenger jets flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. apple.news/AeXoD0pLVQva...

Temple possessed a variety of Nazi and mass shooting propaganda materials, including the Journals of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, the perpetrators of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, and a large flag bearing the Atomwaffen Division symbol. apple.news/A_gwiKGG9SBm...

The rhetoric of known terrorists, like the London 7/7 bombers, the Christchurch mosque shooter — or Islamist, rightwing and leftwing movements – appear to have one thing in common. They all feel that their group, or a group they support, is unjustly disadvantaged. www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...

A teacher was referred to a government counter-terrorism programme after showing videos of Donald Trump to his US politics class. Hmm. apple.news/AIVimiFYwRhq...

USA | Laura Loomer, the far-right activist and ally of Donald Trump, said Democrats were right about the presence of neo-Nazis within conservative circles, warning that the Republican Party risks future electoral losses if it fails to confront extremism within its ranks. apple.news/Ar-eulO7oTyO...

USA | After weeks of tough rhetoric from Washington, the US has launched strikes on northwestern Nigeria, claiming hits on IS targets. Abuja said the operation came with its cooperation. Follow the latest. apple.news/Ai-coHr4bROy...

PSYCHOLOGY | Psychologists have found that people who can interface in some way with a future version of themselves, while also telling stories about their past selves, tend to be more emotionally healthy and well-ordered. apple.news/ATIaFgYf2RfW...

When propaganda collided with facts, it brutalised reality until the facts conformed. Subjects not only believed its lies: they no longer found the distinction between truth and falsehood meaningful. This was “post-truth politics” at its most extreme. Sound familiar? apple.news/A0wIfKMBtQSS...

Far-right extremists distribute digital manifestos alongside their violent attacks as a method of sensationalising their acts, dispersing their ideology, and garnering followers. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

On a day-to-day basis we barely notice it. But when you step back, and see the extent to which our national conversation has degraded, it becomes shocking how quickly a country can lose sight of its better nature. apple.news/AfX0NHLU-RUy...

Good stuff.

Being able to define fascism is the first step in increasing our resilience to it. apple.news/AuHkalaP8Tqm...

On the neo-Nazi far-right, adoption of AI-voice cloning software has already become particularly prolific, with several English-language versions of Adolf Hitler’s speeches garnering tens of millions of streams across X, Instagram, TikTok, and other apps. apple.news/AM-qaqsZMRuK...

Westminster’s relationship with far-right X accounts revealed… apple.news/AwyfQaJBMQfa...

USA | the far-right revelry and MAGA backslapping quickly shed its veneer of camaraderie to expose deep fracture lines threatening the ultranationalist group’s mission. apple.news/AMd1rzu9sS1S...

CTE | Ideological commitment continues to shape pathways into violence and strategic choices in ways that alternative explanations alone cannot fully capture. www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...

ONLINE | Deplatforming Kiwifarms from Cloudflare was widely regarded at the time as a major victory, as it effectively removed access to a “hotbed of bigoted and radical material” for the average internet user, thereby promoting a safer online ecosystem. www.linkedin.com/posts/secrpo...

Tell me it’s not true… Unlikely though it may seem, Sir Keir Starmer has become a convert to Dominic Cummings’s analysis of the British state. apple.news/AuGimXo3nRkS...

In a normal nation his career would have been over years ago – but this is not a normal nation. apple.news/An-skleV0Qgu...

🎄 | Season’s greetings from the SECRPOL team! Thank you to all our followers, old and new. Here’s to 2026 being a peaceful, progressive and hopeful year across the world. Warm wishes for a safe and restorative festive season. 🌍 #peace

Among concerns about AI usage in psychology, 67% of respondents cited "potential data breaches," along with general "social harms" (64%), biased inputs or outputs (63%), and the potential for inaccuracies and AI hallucinations (60%). apple.news/A0Vts1M6zS1W...

Crusader iconography, has proliferated across the internet, especially within far-right manosphere circles where Christian nationalism and white supremacy fuse with red-pill and men’s rights content. apple.news/A--DASdnuP62...

As the year draws to a close, HOPE not hate would like to extend a special award to Kenny Smith in recognition of his remarkable service to the anti-fascist cause. He has been instrumental in causing crippling rifts in the UK's largest fascist organisations. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/12/17/t...

USA | AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA conference since the murder of its founder Charlie Kirk, took place in Phoenix on Thursday —but instead of showing unity, it exposed sharp rifts within MAGA movement over anti-Semitism, leadership, and its post-Trump future. apple.news/AryoHke2UT4G...

CTE | Extreme right-wing group had 15-point attack plan for Galway mosque and migrant accommodation, court told. apple.news/AdY7FpwVaM4O...

UK | The former Sun political editor interviewed Connor Tomlinson, who wants to expel all non-white and non-Christian MPs, on his YouTube show. apple.news/AGNWd0Id3SKe...

PROGRESS | The European Parliament approved a proposal by ‘My Voice, My Choice’, a citizen-led campaign that has forced abortion access on the EU’s political agenda for the first time. apple.news/A8czqBNRuRRu...

USA | The suspect in the fatal shooting at Brown University in the US has been found dead. apple.news/AlbYys0jCR-2...

PSYCHOLOGY | Psychologists React To THAT Post From Trump About Rob Reiner's Death. apple.news/Amm0eixqwTEa...

WTF | A far right Welsh activist who dislikes being described as far right has stated that “all forms of Islam” should be expelled from Britain and has defended right of a Reform Mayoral candidate to tell Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy to “go back to the Caribbean”. apple.news/AAiB7IwRiQCW...

The hard right and far right are the political winners from the migration ‘crisis’, but only because centrist parties keep legitimising them. #Gonnaenodaethat apple.news/AYcIYIE7BT7u...

AI-authored code contains worse bugs than software crafted by humans

USA | A flag linked with far-right groups that was used by January 6 rioters has been flown at another government agency in Washington, D.C., according to a report. apple.news/AiRHlFcXPQ92...

The Jewish community, both in Bondi Beach and across the globe, have endured an unspeakable tragedy. This antisemitic terror attack has claimed the lives of 15 people.

Based on social media, the upcoming generation is expressing more European solidarity than the continent has seen in decades. Who knew. apple.news/AGU44iQPBTNW...