Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn
@michellelkahn.bsky.social
Historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis | Also: migration, racism, & sexuality in Europe/global | Author of Foreign in Two Homelands (2024) | University of Richmond | Ask me about fascism & my 3 cats
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Hi new followers— I'm a historian of far-right extremism, writing a book about German & American neo-Nazis. I also wrote a book about Turkish-German migration, which you can download free (tinyurl.com/kahnbk) or buy from Cambridge w/ discount FTHL2024. I also research queer fascism & gay neo-Nazis.
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Thought for the day:
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thought for the day:
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
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MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
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I’ll be presenting 'Queering the Rhineland: Same-Sex Intimacies and Interracial Fantasies during the Occupation' at the Modern European History Seminar @camhistory.bsky.social next Tuesday (11.11) at 5:15 pm.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I’ll be presenting 'Queering the Rhineland: Same-Sex Intimacies and Interracial Fantasies during the Occupation' at the Modern European History Seminar @camhistory.bsky.social next Tuesday (11.11) at 5:15 pm.
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As Trump and his allies frame “Antifa” as terrorists, far-right governments in Europe are following his lead—weaponizing counterterrorism language to undermine democratic opposition and civil liberties.
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How the International Far Right is Getting on Board With Trump’s Antifa Terrorist Designation
Trump’s baseless “Antifa” terrorist designation has sparked a global echo, with Hungary, Poland, and the Netherlands moving to replicate it. The coordinated effort reframes dissent as terrorism—part o...
globalextremism.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
As Trump and his allies frame “Antifa” as terrorists, far-right governments in Europe are following his lead—weaponizing counterterrorism language to undermine democratic opposition and civil liberties.
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The teen-led “Blueshirts” illustrate a growing online threat: neo-Nazi-inspired groups are using Roblox to recruit children, harass players, and profit from extremist in-game items.
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Online Neo-Nazi Group Using Children’s Video Games For Recruiting And Propaganda
A disturbing trend is emerging on Roblox, a platform with tens of millions of young users: online white supremacist groups are using children’s video games to recruit and spread propaganda. The “Blues...
globalextremism.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The teen-led “Blueshirts” illustrate a growing online threat: neo-Nazi-inspired groups are using Roblox to recruit children, harass players, and profit from extremist in-game items.
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From burning swastikas to online hate networks, the Christian Identity movement continues to shape America’s extremist landscape. Its blend of racism, antisemitism, and apocalyptic ideology still drives violence decades after The Order.
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The History and Influence of Christian Identity on America’s Most Violent Antisemitic Movements
Christian Identity (CI), a white supremacist theology rooted in 19th-century British Israelism, redefined itself in the U.S. as a violently racist and antisemitic ideology that became central to group...
globalextremism.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
From burning swastikas to online hate networks, the Christian Identity movement continues to shape America’s extremist landscape. Its blend of racism, antisemitism, and apocalyptic ideology still drives violence decades after The Order.
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We’re in a literal government shutdown, and people can’t afford food. WHY IS THIS THE NEWS?!?!
@cnn.com @cnn-news.bsky.social
@cnn.com @cnn-news.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We’re in a literal government shutdown, and people can’t afford food. WHY IS THIS THE NEWS?!?!
@cnn.com @cnn-news.bsky.social
@cnn.com @cnn-news.bsky.social
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„Nicht Hitler, Göring, Goebbels, Himmler und wie die alle hießen, haben mich verschleppt und geschlagen. Nein, es war der Schuster, der Nachbar, der Milchmann, der Postmann, die eine Uniform, Binde und Soldatenmütze bekamen... und dann waren sie die Herrenrasse."
-Karl Stojka-

-Karl Stojka-

November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
„Nicht Hitler, Göring, Goebbels, Himmler und wie die alle hießen, haben mich verschleppt und geschlagen. Nein, es war der Schuster, der Nachbar, der Milchmann, der Postmann, die eine Uniform, Binde und Soldatenmütze bekamen... und dann waren sie die Herrenrasse."
-Karl Stojka-

-Karl Stojka-

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A coalition of AAUP chapters in Atlanta stood up today for the future of higher education and marched from Morehouse College to Clark Atlanta University!
@neatoday.bsky.social
#defendacademicfreedom
@neatoday.bsky.social
#defendacademicfreedom
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
A coalition of AAUP chapters in Atlanta stood up today for the future of higher education and marched from Morehouse College to Clark Atlanta University!
@neatoday.bsky.social
#defendacademicfreedom
@neatoday.bsky.social
#defendacademicfreedom
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November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I’m very happy to announce that I won a book prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m very happy to announce that I won a book prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
You can download the book for free at tinyurl.com/kahnbk. It’s about the history of Turkish migration to Germany and anti-migrant racism.
@ghiwashington.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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this article is fucking HARROWING. AI is killing people. this is unreal. like we knew this was happening, but seeing the messages is so insane.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
this article is fucking HARROWING. AI is killing people. this is unreal. like we knew this was happening, but seeing the messages is so insane.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Got the editors' blessing to share this news. My chapter "National Socialist Black Metal & the Usurpation of Greece and Rome" will appear in the forthcoming volume "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by Helen Roche and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Got the editors' blessing to share this news. My chapter "National Socialist Black Metal & the Usurpation of Greece and Rome" will appear in the forthcoming volume "Abusing Antiquity? Classics and the Contemporary Far Right," edited by Helen Roche and @denisemccoskey.bsky.social!
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Elon Musk - the most prominent advocate + outrider for civil war and political violence in Britain - is in regular contact with Vladimir Putin
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report
Alleged talks between billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Elon Musk - the most prominent advocate + outrider for civil war and political violence in Britain - is in regular contact with Vladimir Putin
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
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A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
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Shock as Orbán allies buy Hungary’s most-read newspaper
Shock as Orbán allies buy Hungary’s most-read newspaper
Blikk, a tabloid with about 3 million online monthly readers, bought by pro-Orbán media group Indamedia
Journalists at Hungary’s most-read newspaper have expressed shock after a media group seen as close to nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán’s party, Fidesz, bought the tabloid from its previous Swiss owners.
The purchase, which comes as Hungary gears up for crucial elections next year in which Orbán faces an unprecedented opposition challenge, is widely seen as another attempt to increase government influence on the media. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Shock as Orbán allies buy Hungary’s most-read newspaper
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"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die."
--Dick Cheney probably
--Dick Cheney probably
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Exit polls say Abigail Spanberger won young men 56–42 today. Talk about a narrative buster.
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Exit polls say Abigail Spanberger won young men 56–42 today. Talk about a narrative buster.
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BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
BREAKING: Democrat Aftab Pureval wins Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Democrat Ghazala Hashmi won the lieutenant governor’s race in Virginia on Tuesday, defeating Republican John Reid.
She is the first Indian American and first Muslim to win statewide office in Virginia.
https://to.pbs.org/4qJYi6n
She is the first Indian American and first Muslim to win statewide office in Virginia.
https://to.pbs.org/4qJYi6n
Democratic state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi wins Virginia lieutenant governor’s race
She is the first Indian American and first Muslim to win statewide office in Virginia.
www.pbs.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Democrat Ghazala Hashmi won the lieutenant governor’s race in Virginia on Tuesday, defeating Republican John Reid.
She is the first Indian American and first Muslim to win statewide office in Virginia.
https://to.pbs.org/4qJYi6n
She is the first Indian American and first Muslim to win statewide office in Virginia.
https://to.pbs.org/4qJYi6n
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I regret to inform you we* are going to win
* the multiracial and multifaith coalition with diverse policy preferences but united by our commitment to liberalism and belief in democracy
* the multiracial and multifaith coalition with diverse policy preferences but united by our commitment to liberalism and belief in democracy
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I regret to inform you we* are going to win
* the multiracial and multifaith coalition with diverse policy preferences but united by our commitment to liberalism and belief in democracy
* the multiracial and multifaith coalition with diverse policy preferences but united by our commitment to liberalism and belief in democracy
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sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively
November 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively