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Apple TV+ shelves ‘The Savant,’ a Jessica Chastain thriller inspired by ADL’s secretive anti-extremism unit

JL;DR SUMMARY Apple TV+ has postponed the release of "The Savant," a series starring Jessica Chastain inspired by the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) secretive anti-extremism unit. 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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Anti Defamation LeagueExtremismPolitical ViolenceOnline Hate GroupsApple Tv+Charlie KirkFederal Funding CutsJessica ChastainThe SavantNihilist Violence

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Evergreen, Colorado, United States
"On the same day that Kirk was killed earlier this month, a 16-year-old named Desmond Holly in Evergreen, Colorado, shot two high school classmates and took his own life."
Colorado, United States
"The assassination took place the same day as a school shooting in Colorado allegedly by a gunman whose online activity had been flagged by an ADL extremism monitor"
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk stands in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025 in Washington, DC."
New York City, New York, United States
"Evan Bernstein, the Anti-Defamation Leagues New York Regional Director, left, with Oren Segal, the director of the Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism, at a press conference on the arrest of Juan Thompson at the Anti-Defamation League national headquarters building in New York City, March 3, 2017."
Colleyville, Texas, United States
"These programs pay for grants that have been credited with saving lives, including, for example, the security training that Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker drew upon in reacting to the armed assailant who appeared at his synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, in 2022."
Spanish Fork, Utah, United States
"In this handout image provided by the Office of the Governor of Utah, Tyler Robinson stands for a booking photo on September 12, 2025 in Spanish Fork, Utah."

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