https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/turning-point-usa-case-study-hard-right-2024/
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Charlie Kirk’s youth-focused right-wing organization Turning Point USA has become increasingly radicalized over the last decade, frequently leaning in to Christian fundamentalist rhetoric and lies about the 2020 election. On campuses across the country, TPUSA chapters and members have embroiled themselves in controversy over racist stunts and bigoted remarks of their own, while demonstrating increasing ties with the white supremacist “groyper” movement associated with Holocaust denying Gen-Z streamer Nick Fuentes. Kirk has repeatedly denied that racism exists within his organization, while continuously spouting virulently racist and bigoted remarks daily on his show, The Charlie Kirk Show.
Nick Fuentes is a white nationalist livestreamer who advocates pulling the Republican Party further to the extreme far-right end of the political spectrum. An outspoken admirer of fascists such as Mussolini, Fuentes emerged as an influential figure on the national stage during the now-infamous “Stop the Steal” movement, which relied on misinformation to falsely claim that Donald Trump had won the 2020 election and sought to overturn the results of it. Some Republican lawmakers have collaborated with his America First Foundation, which hosts an annual America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) alongside the more mainstream Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), which it seeks to supplant.
Tl;dr: "Turning Point USA’s primary strategy is sowing and exploiting fear that white Christian supremacy is under attack by nefarious actors, including immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community and civil rights activists. ... TPUSA exploits complicated feelings of insecurity and anxiety to manufacture rage and mobilize support to revive and maintain a white-dominated, male supremacist, Christian social order."
This week's comic: The Big Dumb War Cycle
Latest comic on the ever-expanding meaning of the insult "PC"
This week's comic on the authoritarian takeover of US media
#media #uspol #democracy #journalism #authoritarianism #oligarchy
@lfa ok it pointed me here for discussion:
https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-signals/discussions/64#discussion-8527800
Which says:
> Yes, there will be tools available to express a preference of no AI training. If a creator wants to opt out of AI training altogether, they should: 1) use robots.txt with [IETF AI Preferences opt-out](https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/aipref/about/) when it becomes available; 2) use a technology solution to prevent access; or 3) remove your works from the internet.
Epic Games (Fortnite) statement to staff addressing the 1000+ staff layoffs
Today’s layoffs - Epic Games