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Dr Rob Wray
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Action Head | Counter Extremism | Profiling Unit | SECRPOL

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Dr Rob Wray @drrobwray.bsky.social · Sep 6
In fairly short order, the far right have gone from fringe lunatics to a supermarket ideology: different aisles for different resentments, all under one roof of hate. Cheap conspiracies. Hyper-masculinity. Cultural grievance. Violence. And its rubbing off on our kids www.linkedin.com/posts/drrobw...
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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.

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Racially motivated violent Nazi extremist from Sarasota charged on multiple weapons charges and child sexual abuse offenses — WGCU
A 20-year-old Sarasota man has been indicted for possession of an unregistered firearm, a firearm with a removed serial number and receiving child sexual material. Lucas Alexander Temple faces a maxim...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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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...
December 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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A teacher was referred to a government counter-terrorism programme after showing videos of Donald Trump to his US politics class. Hmm.

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UK teacher referred to counter-terrorism programme after showing Trump videos to politics class — The Standard
Oxfordshire lecturer accused of causing students 'emotional harm' and forced to resign from £44,000-a-year post
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December 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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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.

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MAGA Activist Laura Loomer Says Democrats 'Were Right' About Some Conservatives Being Neo-Nazis: 'It's Kind of Undeniable' — People
The Trump ally and far-right provocateur's remarks came amid growing tensions over antisemitism and Israel within conservative circles
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December 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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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.

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US warns 'more to come' after claiming strikes on IS targets in Nigeria — Sky News
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.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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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.

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Can Your Future Self Make You Happier? — Forbes
AI can strengthen wellbeing by linking past stories to future selves, while rating chatbot psychology.
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December 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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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?

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How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism — The Conversation UK
One of the main lessons of Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism is that we must actively think in the now, and try to grasp new realities on their own terms.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Far-right extremists distribute digital manifestos alongside their violent attacks as a method of sensationalising their acts, dispersing their ideology, and garnering followers.

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“Today I Die like Jesus Christ”: An Analysis of Ressentiment in Perceptions, Motivations and Justifications of Violent Extremist Manifestos
Far-right extremists distribute digital manifestos alongside their violent attacks as a method of sensationalizing their acts, dispersing their ideology, and garnering followers. This study sheds l...
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December 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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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.

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Britain is becoming far right – and Elon Musk is to blame — The i Paper
The new political culture – fuelled by X, Trump and Farage – is making us vicious, irrational and unkind
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December 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Good stuff.
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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.

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MAGA Activist Laura Loomer Says Democrats 'Were Right' About Some Conservatives Being Neo-Nazis: 'It's Kind of Undeniable' — People
The Trump ally and far-right provocateur's remarks came amid growing tensions over antisemitism and Israel within conservative circles
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December 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Being able to define fascism is the first step in increasing our resilience to it.

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Opinion | In Berlin, I took an evening class on fascism – and found out how to stop the AfD — The Guardian
With the far-right party ahead in the polls, I discovered that a novel set during the rise of the Nazis provides a timely warning, says journalist Tania Roettger
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December 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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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.

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Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it’s helping them grow — The Guardian
Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology
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December 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Westminster’s relationship with far-right X accounts revealed…

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Westminster’s relationship with far-right X accounts revealed — The London Economic
Rupert Lowe is
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December 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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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.

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The MAGA civil war takes center stage at the Turning Point USA conference — The Week
‘Americafest 2025’ was a who’s who of right-wing heavyweights eager to settle scores and lay claim to the future of MAGA
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December 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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CTE | Ideological commitment continues to shape pathways into violence and strategic choices in ways that alternative explanations alone cannot fully capture.

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CTE | Ideological commitment continues to shape pathways into violence and strategic choices in ways that alternative explanations alone cannot fully capture. | SECRPOL
CTE | Ideological commitment continues to shape pathways into violence and strategic choices in ways that alternative explanations alone cannot fully capture.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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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.

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Cutting a Hydra’s Head: Infrastructure-Level Content Moderation and the Case of Kiwi Farms | SECRPOL
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 inte...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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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.

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Keir Starmer has realised Dominic Cummings was right all along — The i Paper
The Prime Minister understands his Government has created its own obstructions
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December 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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In a normal nation his career would have been over years ago – but this is not a normal nation.

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Nigel Farage’s great project is to destroy the country he claims to love — The i Paper
In a normal nation his career would have been over years ago – but this is not a normal nation
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December 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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🎄 | 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
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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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%).

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Psychologists issue warning about staggering impacts of rapid increase in AI use and reliance: 'We have to ensure that these technologies are regulated' — The Cool Down
As AI's tentacles stretched into nearly every aspect of life over the past year, wider concerns rose alongside it. Dec 18, 2025 An American Psychological Association survey examined the growing role o...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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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.

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Why We Should All Be Worried About
Last month, Trump “retruthed” a Truth Social post asserting that George Washington would’ve hung the Democrats.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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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.

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The Lifetime Anti-Fascist Achievement Award goes to… Kenny Smith – HOPE not hate
It is time to give the master saboteur his flowers  As the year draws to a close, HOPE not hate would like to extend a...
hopenothate.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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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.

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MAGA civil war steals the spotlight at 'AmericaFest' conference — FRANCE 24 English
AmericaFest, the first major 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 ...
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December 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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CTE | Extreme right-wing group had 15-point attack plan for Galway mosque and migrant accommodation, court told.

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Extreme right-wing group had 15-point attack plan for Galway mosque and migrant accommodation, court told — Independent.ie
A man in Northern Ireland charged with terror offences linked to a cross-border police investigation into a planned attack on a Galway mosque has been denied bail.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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UK | The former Sun political editor interviewed Connor Tomlinson, who wants to expel all non-white and non-Christian MPs, on his YouTube show.

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Why is Harry Cole platforming a far-right extremist? — The New World
The former Sun political editor interviewed Connor Tomlinson, who wants to expel all non-white and non-Christian MPs, on his YouTube show
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December 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM