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France’s Macron urges restraint after right-wing youth fatally beaten

France’s Macron urges restraint after right-wing youth fatally beaten

Published by Sam Flores

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday urged calm and restraint after the fatal beating of a 23-year-old French youth aligned with the far-right on the sidelines of a conference by a hard-left lawmaker in the southeastern city of Lyon. The death of the young man – identified only as Quentin – has intensified tensions between France’s far-right and hard-left who are both eyeing 2027 presidential elections. He had been in hospitalised in Lyon on Thursday after being attacked while providing what his supporters said was security for a protest against an appearance by hard-left MEP Rima Hassan at the Lyon branch of the Sciences Po university. The office of the Lyon prosecutor on Saturday told AFP he had died of his wounds. An investigation has been opened into suspected aggravated manslaughter, it added. Macron said on X that Quentin had been the victim of “an unprecedented outburst of violence. “Hatred that kills has no place in our country. I call for calm, restraint and respect,” he added. ‘Organised’ attack According to the Nemesis collective, which is close to …

Right-wing media turns on Kash Patel over Nancy Guthrie case

Right-wing media turns on Kash Patel over Nancy Guthrie case

Published by Sam Flores

Not long ago, Kash Patel was a hero to MAGA world. A Trump loyalist, former Fox News regular and podcaster fluent in grievance politics, Patel was supposed to be the man who would finally bend the FBI to the will of a movement that spent years insisting the bureau was hostile to conservatives. Less than a year after his appointment as director, the same right-wing media ecosystem that once elevated Patel is increasingly turning on him — mocking his missteps and, in some cases, openly calling him a liar. Patel’s tenure has been marked by a pattern of premature announcements and theatrical incompetence. Under his leadership, the FBI has lost significant institutional expertise. Patel’s tenure has been marked by a pattern of premature announcements and theatrical incompetence. Under his leadership, the FBI has lost significant institutional expertise. About 3,063 FBI employees reportedly left the bureau in 2025, according to data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Of those who remain, roughly 1,000 special agents and others are said to be focused on redacting materials …

Super Bowl bursts popular right-wing media myth

Super Bowl bursts popular right-wing media myth

Published by Sam Flores

I always thought the idea of San Francisco as a dystopian nightmare was some kind of bit. An exaggeration made meme, something people said with a wink to signal their politics more than their understanding of reality. I didn’t realize just how many Americans actually believe it so deeply that they could travel across the country, step off a plane and walk through one of the most visually stunning cities on the continent — only to be shocked that they were lied to. Super Bowl visitors who discovered the truth over the weekend got a glimpse behind the curtain of right-wing media manipulation. While the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots was played about 40 miles south of San Francisco, much of the NFL’s activities and media opportunities were staged in the city that’s served as conservative media’s favorite punching bag for decades. What right-wing media does exceptionally well is curate reality by looping the same context-free footage. With former Speaker of the House — and San Francisco resident — Nancy Pelosi …

The Right-Wing Militia Leader Who Opposes ICE

The Right-Wing Militia Leader Who Opposes ICE

Published by Sam Flores

Not so long ago, Ammon Bundy was the most famous right-wing militia leader in America. His two armed standoffs with federal agents had made him the face of the Patriot Movement: a loose assemblage of anti-government extremists, Second Amendment maximalists, and more than a few white nationalists. Even some mainstream elements of the Republican Party embraced him as a modern folk hero. But Bundy’s criticism of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown now threatens to make him a pariah within his own community. In November, Bundy self-published a long essay titled “The Stranger,” in which he labeled the Trump administration’s treatment of undocumented immigrants a “moral failure.” “To call such people criminals for lacking official permission” to be in the country, he wrote, “is to forget the moral law of God, the historical truth of our own founding, and the Constitutional ideals that continue to define justice.” On a recent livestream following the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota, Bundy told his audience that ICE’s conduct “clearly looks like tyranny.” If the government threatened his family, …

Right-Wing Gun Enthusiasts and Extremists Are Working Overtime to Justify Alex Pretti’s Killing

Right-Wing Gun Enthusiasts and Extremists Are Working Overtime to Justify Alex Pretti’s Killing

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Brandon Herrera, a prominent gun influencer with over 4 million followers on YouTube, said in a video posted this week that while it was unfortunate that Pretti died, ultimately the fault was his own. “Pretti didn’t deserve to die, but it also wasn’t just a baseless execution,” Herrera said, adding without evidence that Pretti’s purpose was to disrupt ICE operations. “If you’re interfering with arrests and things like that, that’s a crime. If you get in the fucking officer’s way, that will probably be escalated to physical force, whether it’s arresting you or just getting you the fuck out of the way, which then can lead to a tussle, which, if you’re armed, can lead to a fatal shooting.” He described the situation as “lawful but awful.” Herrera was joined in the video by former police officer and fellow gun influencer Cody Garrett, known online as Donut Operator. Both men took the opportunity to deride immigrants, with Herrera saying “every news outlet is going to jump onto this because it’s current thing and they’re going …

Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE

Right-wing media silos leave MAGA flailing on ICE

Published by Sam Flores

The Trump administration has thoroughly failed the conservative information ecosystem credited with elevating Donald Trump back into the White House. Right-wing media wanted pictures of dangerous criminals being arrested for mass deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Instead, they’ve gotten images of toddlers detained, a 37-year-old mother shot dead, an elderly grandfather dragged from his home and minor U.S. citizens injured and in trauma units. A now-infamous story of Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old in Minneapolis taken by ICE on Tuesday, is the perfect illustration of how fractured the media landscape has become in the age of Trump — and how the right’s hermetically sealed system is now undermining the administration’s deportation policies.  To many Americans, the viral image of a child swept up in an enforcement dragnet is horrifying. Yet in the right-wing media silo, the reaction — if there has been any at all — is not concern but suspicion. Conservative outlets have insisted the story is a lie and are clearly exasperated by the widespread coverage of the child’s after-school arrest and …

EU moves closer to backing ‘return hubs’ for migrants: A right-wing turn on asylum policy – Talking Europe

EU moves closer to backing ‘return hubs’ for migrants: A right-wing turn on asylum policy – Talking Europe

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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again TALKING EUROPE © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 23/01/2026 – 16:31Modified: 23/01/2026 – 16:33 12:39 min From the show Reading time 1 min EU member states have backed a hardening of migration policy, endorsing the controversial idea of “return hubs” beyond EU borders to process asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected. This as a key EU Migration and Asylum Pact is set to come into effect in June. We ask why this more hardline approach is taking shape, and what our guests think of the “hubs” concept. Programme prepared by Isabelle Romero, Perrine Desplats and Oihana Almandoz Europe Rendezvous © FRANCE 24 Juan Fernando López Aguilar Spanish MEP, Socialists and Democrats Kristoffer Storm Danish MEP, European Conservatives and Reformists Source link

Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis

Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis

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In the days since a masked federal agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, right-wing creators and influencers like Nick Sortor and Cam Higby have descended on Minneapolis, filming protestors and interviewing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. So far, they’ve produced a steady stream of content that appears designed to paint Minneapolis as a lawless city, and the actions of ICE agents like Jonathan Ross, who reportedly shot and killed Good, as self-defense. “HELL YES! ICE just SMASHED a leftist activist’s car window in and pulled them out after they interfered in ICE’s operations in Minneapolis. MORE OF THIS!” Sortor posted to X on Sunday, “Consequences must be STEEP!” These creators have focused much of their content on how protestors are allegedly using personal vehicles and blocking traffic to obstruct ICE operations. In one video posted on Friday, Kevin Posobiec, a creator for the far-right Human Events website, highlighted how protesters seemingly shut down traffic in downtown Minneapolis. “Protestors are in hi-vis safety vests manipulating traffic. We’re out here,” he posted. Once these clips …

Right-wing influencer’s fraud claim leads to threats for Somali day care owners : NPR

Right-wing influencer’s fraud claim leads to threats for Somali day care owners : NPR

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A right-wing media influencer accused Somali day care operators in Minnesota of defrauding the federal government. This has led to threats against staff and a federal child care funding freeze. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: Somali Americans in Minnesota who operate child care centers say they’ve received violent threats and have been targeted by vandalism. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This follows posting of a video last week by a right-wing YouTube influencer that he said shows evidence of fraud at Somali American-run child care centers. The Trump administration responded to the video by suspending federal funding for child care centers, not just in Minnesota, but around the U.S. MARTÍNEZ: In a few minutes, we’ll hear from the head of a child care center advocacy group about how those cuts are affecting its members. We start, though, with details from Minnesota. MARTIN: NPR’s Brian Mann is reporting on this, and he’s with us now. Good morning, Brian. BRIAN MANN, BYLINE: Good morning, Michel. MARTIN: So Somali American day care operators in Minneapolis say they’re facing harassment and vandalism. What …