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@bellingcat.com journalist etc focused on the transnational far right. i give trainings. i take pictures of stickers. Signal: michaelcolborne.01

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ICC judges decline to release former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, citing flight risk Judges at the International Criminal Court have rejected a request from former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to be released from detention.

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Friday rejected a request from former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to be released from detention, finding he was likely to refuse to return for trial and could use his freedom to intimidate witnesses

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06.03.2026 14:01 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Andrew Tate held in 'detention centre' after pointless attempt to reach Dubai Andrew Tate has allegedly been held in a detention centre as he tries to get to Dubai, apparently to prove some kind of point.Apropos of nothing, controversial manosphere influencer Tate has seemingly...

oops. “Andrew Tate held in 'detention centre' after pointless attempt to reach Dubai”

www.indy100.com/viral/andrew...

06.03.2026 08:43 👍 56 🔁 12 💬 5 📌 4
Dril tweet, 2014. “and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.”

Dril tweet, 2014. “and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.”

I mean, it’s always this and it always backfires on you, boys

06.03.2026 08:31 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“I mean, he was shorter than me” is, let’s just say, not an uncommon thing to say afterwards when these kinds of far-right dudes try to confront and intimidate you in person

06.03.2026 08:29 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Two white nationalists I exposed in a recent article showed up to try to intimidate me in person last night.

This is a press freedom issue.

Here’s what happened:

06.03.2026 00:01 👍 2114 🔁 710 💬 115 📌 76

really think looking bad on TV, or just looking bad (to obviously one particular interpretation) is the only sin

05.03.2026 19:22 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

first reaction, which country

05.03.2026 19:20 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.
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Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel
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Steve King 9 @SteveKinglA + Follow Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. ESTERN ILIZATION Voice of Europe @V_of_Europe Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel RETWEETS LIKES 516 688 10:40 AM - 12 Mar 2017 from lowa, USA

I'm teaching about early 20th century eugenics today and was reminded that 9 years ago Republican Representative Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments by his GOP colleagues for this post that simply states what is now bog standard GOP policy/rhetoric on immigration and "civilization."

04.03.2026 17:45 👍 3754 🔁 1013 💬 67 📌 47
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Greek court upholds criminal organisation verdict on neo-Nazi Golden Dawn The party's founder Nikos Mihaloliakos and other officials are again found guilty, almost six years after an original trial.

An appeal court in Athens upheld the 2020 convictions of 42 defendants linked to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party; further convictions were upheld for the 2013 murder of left-wing musician and activist Pavlos Fyssas and the savage beating of a group of Egyptian fishermen
www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.03.2026 09:58 👍 24 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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Omstreden vastgoed­miljonair gebruikte truc om tonnen aan FVD te doneren Forum voor Democratie kreeg vorig jaar twee ton van de omstreden vastgoedman Peter Poot. Met een truc omzeilden de partij en de donateur het wettelijk maximum van 100.000 euro. Het is niet voor het ee...

Forum voor Democratie ontving vorig jaar 2 ton van een vastgoedondernemer en complotdenker. Een mooie meevaller voor de partij, maar wettelijk grijs gebied. Het bedrag is namelijk dubbel zo hoog als het toegestane maximum. Hoe kon de partij deze gift dan toch in ontvangst nemen?

04.03.2026 07:52 👍 119 🔁 77 💬 7 📌 4
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Terrorprozess gegen Jungnazis: Vom Kinderzimmer in den Rassenkrieg In Hamburg stehen jetzt acht Jugendliche vor Gericht, denen rechtsextremer Terror vorgeworfen wird. Nicht alle Elternhäuser waren wohl ahnungslos.

In Hamburg stehen jetzt acht Jugendliche vor Gericht, denen rechtsextremer Terror vorgeworfen wird. Nicht alle Elternhäuser waren wohl ahnungslos.

04.03.2026 12:12 👍 79 🔁 31 💬 3 📌 2
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White nationalist fight clubs pose risk for 'extreme violence,' warns government report | CBC News The growing white nationalist "active club" movement poses a risk for "extreme violence" in Canada, according to an internal Public Safety Canada brief obtained by CBC News.

The growing white nationalist "active club" movement poses a risk for "extreme violence" in Canada, according to an internal Public Safety Canada brief obtained by CBC News.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

04.03.2026 11:11 👍 81 🔁 34 💬 2 📌 5
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Trans Panic: Far-Right Ideology or Cross-Political Malaise? - C-REX – Center for Research on Extremism Political mobilisation against trans people has escalated exponentially since the pandemic. This serves a clear far-right and reactionary agenda, but as demonstrated by the case of the UK, also has si...

- Since the pandemic, anti‑trans mobilization has become one of the sharpest weapons of the far right - and, as the UK shows, its damage extends far beyond the far right. New blog post by former C-REX postdoc @celestinekunkeler.bsky.social #TransRights #UKPolitics www.sv.uio.no/c-rex/englis...

03.03.2026 13:27 👍 24 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 3
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“Bombs will fall Everywhere”: The American, Israeli and Iranian Weapons Being Deployed in Middle East - bellingcat Bellingcat has been monitoring strikes across the Middle East and has identified a wide variety of weapons that have been used in the conflict so far, including missiles and drones.

Israel used 2,000+ bombs in the first 30 hours of the Iran war; the US struck 1,000+ targets in the first 24 hours. Iran responded with at least 390 missiles and 830 drones in the first two days. Bellingcat has tracked the munitions used by all sides so far: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

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This is weeks after a white nationalist threw a bomb (that luckily did not detonate) straight at a crowd of aboriginals that included babies

02.03.2026 09:40 👍 46 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 0

“…firearms, weapons and a notebook outlining alleged attack plans were seized from his home, with authorities claiming he was motivated by white supremacist ideology…[he] was plotting to attack [WA parliament], police headquarters and Muslim faith places of worship”

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

02.03.2026 07:38 👍 35 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 2
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Platner sat for lengthy interview with antisemitic conspiracy theorist, said he was ‘longtime fan’ of his show Weeks before Graham Platner promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theorist in a now-deleted social media post on Thursday, the controversial Maine Senate candidate appeared on a popular YouTube show whos...

man Mr “Yes I got a Totenkopf tattoo in Split but I didn’t know what it was but actually yes I did and always have known what it was” keeps on bringing it

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01.03.2026 21:46 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

and I was a never a “migrant” or “immigrant” there in casual speech. More hmm.

01.03.2026 10:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

yeah…

bsky.app/profile/colb...

01.03.2026 10:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Somehow I suspect this “foreign-born voters” klaxon didn’t apply to me voting there as a Commonwealth citizen. Alas.

01.03.2026 10:30 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

somehow I suspect this didn’t apply to me when I lived in the UK as a Commonwealth citizen who could vote, hmm

01.03.2026 10:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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In case you’re wondering how MAGA is taking the news. Let’s just say the group chat is in full meltdown mode.

Here’s what the loudest right wing voices are saying:

📌 Tucker Carlson: the decision to attack Iran “absolutely disgusting and evil.”
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28.02.2026 21:35 👍 1913 🔁 761 💬 150 📌 57
(Google translated from Dutch) "Conviction for possessing a large quantity of firearms, ammunition, and parts and accessories for firearms and ammunition, and for converting a gas pistol into a working firearm and manufacturing 100 corresponding cartridges. These offenses occurred against the backdrop of the defendant's political activism. The defendant's interests and beliefs will also determine the sentence and the special conditions to be imposed.

Despite the defendant's young age and clean criminal record, the court considers a lengthy prison sentence appropriate. However, given the negative consequences of this criminal case for his future and the removal of the previous suspicion of terrorism, the court will not impose a longer prison sentence than the one requested by the public prosecutor."

(Google translated from Dutch) "Conviction for possessing a large quantity of firearms, ammunition, and parts and accessories for firearms and ammunition, and for converting a gas pistol into a working firearm and manufacturing 100 corresponding cartridges. These offenses occurred against the backdrop of the defendant's political activism. The defendant's interests and beliefs will also determine the sentence and the special conditions to be imposed. Despite the defendant's young age and clean criminal record, the court considers a lengthy prison sentence appropriate. However, given the negative consequences of this criminal case for his future and the removal of the previous suspicion of terrorism, the court will not impose a longer prison sentence than the one requested by the public prosecutor."

In the Netherlands, Thomas D., a leader in far-right group Geuzenbond, was sentenced today in a Rotterdam court to 24 months in prison (12 months suspended/conditional, ~6 months time served) for firearms and weapons offenses

uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=E...

26.02.2026 12:43 👍 45 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 5
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Extreemrechtse student Thomas D. krijgt 2 jaar cel voor wapenbezit, waarvan 1 jaar voorwaardelijk

Extreemrechtse student Thomas D. krijgt 2 jaar cel voor wapenbezit, waarvan 1 jaar voorwaardelijk

26.02.2026 13:47 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 6
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Lid rechts-extremistische Geuzenbond krijgt twee jaar cel voor verboden wapenbezit De rechtbank in Rotterdam heeft de 25-jarige Thomas D. donderdag veroordeeld tot twee jaar celstraf, waarvan een jaar voorwaardelijk, voor verboden wapenbezit.

www.limburger.nl/binnenland/l...

26.02.2026 13:13 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
(Google translated from Dutch) "Conviction for possessing a large quantity of firearms, ammunition, and parts and accessories for firearms and ammunition, and for converting a gas pistol into a working firearm and manufacturing 100 corresponding cartridges. These offenses occurred against the backdrop of the defendant's political activism. The defendant's interests and beliefs will also determine the sentence and the special conditions to be imposed.

Despite the defendant's young age and clean criminal record, the court considers a lengthy prison sentence appropriate. However, given the negative consequences of this criminal case for his future and the removal of the previous suspicion of terrorism, the court will not impose a longer prison sentence than the one requested by the public prosecutor."

(Google translated from Dutch) "Conviction for possessing a large quantity of firearms, ammunition, and parts and accessories for firearms and ammunition, and for converting a gas pistol into a working firearm and manufacturing 100 corresponding cartridges. These offenses occurred against the backdrop of the defendant's political activism. The defendant's interests and beliefs will also determine the sentence and the special conditions to be imposed. Despite the defendant's young age and clean criminal record, the court considers a lengthy prison sentence appropriate. However, given the negative consequences of this criminal case for his future and the removal of the previous suspicion of terrorism, the court will not impose a longer prison sentence than the one requested by the public prosecutor."

In the Netherlands, Thomas D., a leader in far-right group Geuzenbond, was sentenced today in a Rotterdam court to 24 months in prison (12 months suspended/conditional, ~6 months time served) for firearms and weapons offenses

uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=E...

26.02.2026 12:43 👍 45 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 5

In unsurprising news: outside the Bernabéu, some Real Madrid supporters/hooligans giving Nazi salutes and singing fascist songs. This comes as a fan was expelled from the match for giving a Nazi salute to the camera beside a ‘No To Racism’ banner

26.02.2026 07:57 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

they do exist even if it really seems…few and far between

25.02.2026 08:14 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Antiratni skup na Trgu republike povodom godišnjice rata u Ukrajini, pojavili se i pripadnici Narodnih patrola Na četvrtu godišnjicu rata u Ukrajini, održava se antiratni skup na beogradskom Trgu republike u organizaciji Rusa i Ukrajinaca koji žive u Srbiji i koji se pro

2/2 And at an anti-war rally held in Belgrade in the evening, members of the far-right People’s Patrol (Narodna Patrola) — who’ve made trips to Russia to hang out with Wagner and co friends — were there to shout pro-Russian slogans at protestors

n1info.rs/vesti/antira...

25.02.2026 07:56 👍 42 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
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VIDEO Oskrnavljen spomenik Tarasu Ševčenku: Građani uklanjaju crnu farbu sa spomenika Spomenik ukrajinskom pesniku i političaru Tarasu Ševčenku oskrnavljen je tokom dana u Novom Sadu, na četvrtu godišnjicu ruske invazije na Ukrajinu.

1/2 In Novi Sad, Serbia, a monument to Taras Shevchenko was vandalized with black paint, and the surname ripped off, on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine 🙄

www.021.rs/novi-sad/ves...

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