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Amid raids, vitriol and violence, the great replacement theory rears its head in Minneapolis

JL;DR SUMMARY In Minneapolis, a crowdfunding effort for a controversial ICE agent, who killed a local resident, has highlighted the resurgence of antisemitic rhetoric tied to the great replacement conspiracy theory. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityTrump AdministrationImmigrationConspiracy TheoriesGreat Replacement TheoryWhite NationalismMinneapolisJacob FreyIce

Places mentioned

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
"Tear gas tossed by federal immigration agents fills the air as agents clash with residents in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Jan. 13."
France
"That theory, first articulated by French writer Renaud Camus, has migrated from the niche domain of online extremists to the rhetoric of mainstream Republican politicians in the U.S."
Bronxville, New York, United States
"Joel Swanson is an assistant professor of religion and Jewish studies at Sarah Lawrence College."
Jerusalem, Israel
"his work has been published in the Forward, Haaretz, Religion Dispatches, Slate, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post"

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