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Trump Speechwriter Attended Conference With White Nationalists

JL;DR SUMMARY Darren Beattie, a speechwriter for President Trump, left his White House position after it was revealed that he attended and spoke at the 2016 H.L. Mencken Club Conference, known for attracting white nationalists. 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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Trump AdministrationNazismWhite NationalismCnnMartin HeideggerRichard SpencerStephen MillerDarren BeattiePeter BrimelowH.L. Mencken Club

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Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Beatties White House email address was active as of Friday night, CNN reported; that night, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told CNN that Beattie no longer works at the White House."
Durham, North Carolina, United States
"Beattie worked as a professor of political science at Duke University during the 2016 election and was one of few professors to have publicly supported Trump during the campaign and accurately predicted his election victory."
Germany
"Beatties PhD thesis, which according to his Mencken Club bio was largely completed in Germany, was about the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, who was a member of the Nazi Party."
Israel
"At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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