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Maybe now we’ll crack down on the alt-right

JL;DR SUMMARY The tumultuous events of January 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, underscore the dangers posed by white supremacist groups, which have been emboldened in recent years. 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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Donald TrumpLaw EnforcementWhite SupremacyExtremismFar RightMedia ResponsibilityDomestic TerrorismCapitol RiotsDouble Standard

Places mentioned

Washington, Washington DC, United States
"A pro-Trump mob confronts U.S. Capitol police after the group stormed the building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC."
Bakersfield, California, United States
"At a 2015 rally in Bakersfield, California, Matthew Heimbach of the Traditionalist Youth Network gave a speech blaming Jews for destroying the white race."
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
"Two years later, the same Heimbach would egg on the neo-Nazi marchers in Charlottesville whom Trump conflated with very fine people."
New Mexico, United States
"Alt-right groups gathered at state capitols in New Mexico, Michigan and Georgia, where Chester Doles, the former Ku Klux Klan member and American Patriots USA leader, burst into the building to speak with Brad Raffensperger."
Michigan, United States
"Alt-right groups gathered at state capitols in New Mexico, Michigan and Georgia, where Chester Doles, the former Ku Klux Klan member and American Patriots USA leader, burst into the building to speak with Brad Raffensperger."
Georgia, United States
"Alt-right groups gathered at state capitols in New Mexico, Michigan and Georgia, where Chester Doles, the former Ku Klux Klan member and American Patriots USA leader, burst into the building to speak with Brad Raffensperger, the Republican Secretary of State Trump tried to bully into overturning the states presidential election results."
New York, United States
"In this atmosphere of apparent indifference on the part of government officials and law enforcement, The New York Times reported in a 2018 investigation, a virulent, and violent, far-right movement has grown and metastasized."
Long Beach, California, United States
"Two months after a May 31 Black Lives Matter protest in Long Beach, California, police were still tracking down and impounding the cars of people parked nearby BLM marches."

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