Devin Burghart
@dburghart.bsky.social
Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.
An estimated crowd of 15,000 White people attended the lynching. It was this incident where the term "spectacle lynching" was coined. Smith had been accused of raping and murdering a 4 year old girl. What they did to Smith is beyond words.😔 #KeepItWoke #DedicatedToTam✡️🕊 eji.org/news/history...
Racial Terror Lynchings
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️ 🧵On February 3, 1893, Henry Smith was lynched in Paris, Texas. He was brutally tortured before being set on fire in one of the most grotesque lynchings in American history. Pull up a 🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.thoughtco.com/1893-lynchin...
The Grotesque 1893 Texas Lynching That Shocked Americans
The lynching of Henry Smith, who was burned alive before a large Texas crowd in 1893, shocked many but did nothing to end the scourge of lynching.
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Meet Timothy Derrickson. This gentleman was at city council last night with a bunch of trades people endorsing the data center project. This guy got called out for the ss bolts on his leg and in turn assaulted someone for it.
A civilian medical plane went down after an experimental US military GPS jamming test reportedly disrupted its radar. Every person aboard lost their life. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Harrowing stuff here: "'What time is it busiest in the FSU student union,' he asked next." "ChatGPT described specific activities and locations and said the busiest periods included 'weekday lunchtimes, typically between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.'"
Mark Follman@markfollman.bsky.social · yesterdayMy new investigation into a mass shooter’s harrowing history with ChatGPT reveals numerous red flags—and some very disturbing ChatGPT replies—from long before his attack on Florida State University www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0... 1x 🧵
IREHR warned about the GOP “Groyper Problem” back in 2019.
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 4d agoYou say that hiring young people purely based on their ability to be obnoxious and provocative and racist enough to attract an online following might present some problems when the time comes to actually govern?! 🤔🤔🤔
The meat of the morning session was a panel on school choice, featuring Luke Ragland of the Daniels Fund.
Hannan’s remarks were basically identical to what he said to the Leadership Program of the Rockies in 2025, but I doubt the audience of largely septuagenarians noticed coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/02/cons...
Conservative Speakers Critique Trump at Annual Conference
Speakers at this year’s Leadership Program of the Rockies (LPR) retreat critiqued President Donald Trump’s economic and foreign policies while warning about the dangers of immigration. "Since there's ...
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We heard from Lord Daniel Hannan, because when I think of celebrating American exceptionalism and the 250th anniversary of our nation, I think of the British House of Lords 🙄
There was a presentation from Australian Topher Fields which was basically a 30 Rock skit
They started things off with a Christian land acknowledgement…
Good morning! Back at it for Western Conservative Summit Day 2!
The right has recently renewed its Islamophobic rhetoric recently, due to proposed mosques/developments i. Texas and Co Springs: coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/el-p...
El Paso County Residents Protest Against Mosque
Nearly 20 people gathered along Woodmen Road in El Paso County on Saturday to protest a potential mosque in the undeveloped area just outside of Colorado Springs city limits. According...
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It started with a dispute at a 4th of July parade on America’s 100th birthday between two white men and a Black militia marching group. After a shoot-out, a white militia then killed 4 Black men. The men responsible for the Hamburg Massacre 150 years ago were never convicted.
Senate candidate Mike Collins (R-GA) stopped a news conference after refusing to answer questions about possible ties to white supremacists.
Collins refuses to answer questions on possible white supremacist ties
Senate candidate Mike Collins (R-GA) stopped a news conference after refusing to answer questions about possible ties to white supremacists.
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MAGA Candidate Ends Event When Asked About White Nationalist Relative
MAGA Candidate Ends Event When Asked About White Nationalist Relative
Representative Mike Collins has bragged about his close relationship with his son-in-law, who happens to be a white nationalist influencer.
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This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.
Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.
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Really making the whole "dont call us fascists!" pitch a little harder.
Deploying troops or armed federal agents to election sites is illegal under federal law. And voters have the right to vote free from fear and intimidation. Here is what you can do to protect your vote if federal agents show up at your polling place. bit.ly/4wpSGAH
Vote Safely in 2026
Sending troops or ICE officers to the polls is illegal. Here’s how you can protect your vote and your community’s voice, even if federal agents unlawfully show up.
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"for most of his life, the Fort Worth pastor has been intimately involved in a movement that asserts conservative Christians are in an existential war with satanic forces, including Democrats, for the soul of America." via @robertdownen.bsky.social www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
He Sees Politics as a Spiritual Battle Against Demonic Forces. Now He’s Advising the Governor.
Meet Nate Schatzline, the Christian nationalist and former state representative who is helping Greg Abbott manage “election integrity.”
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Looks like Gavin Newsom is going to bat for California Forever, the Network State "tech utopia" project backed by Marc Andreessen and other tech billionaires. 70% of local residents oppose it. But the billionaires hired Newsom's favorite lobbyist. Welcome to Sacramento. nypost.com/2026/07/29/u...
Exclusive | Inside Gavin Newsom’s desperate bid to save billionaire pals’ dream city
Newsom has been quietly whipping support for California’s billionaire-backed megacity as it faces the loss of a key tenant.
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This is going to make it very difficult to know which sports we should ban them from.
Kat Kerlin@katkerlin.bsky.social · last wk.Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...
Someone posted this in slack and I actually thought it was The Onion. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Exclusive: RFK Jr. will host a new cooking show with celebrity chefs
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in an exclusive interview, says he will be 'reintroducing' Americans to cooking again in a new series.
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🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania’s top election official, a Republican, rebuffed the Trump administration’s claim that nearly 15,000 noncitizens could be registered to vote in the commonwealth, demanding it explain how that estimate was calculated. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Pennsylvania calls for DHS to substantiate sweeping noncitizen voter roll claims
"Notably, DHS has not identified its methodology or what data it relied on in reaching this conclusion," Sec. Schmidt wrote.
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Jared Taylor's 2026 "American Renaissance Conference" in Burns, TN has been announced November 13-15 Guest list includes Thomas Rossesau of Patriot Front & literal Neo-Nazi Paul Waggener who's East Nashville associated-gym was defaced and wrecked years prior.
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
This story was originally published by ProPublica In a private ceremony on...
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“I’m not talking about murder like in the movie,” Lowder wrote in a comment. “I’m talking about starvation as a natural consequence of not having enough productive individuals to feed all the rest.”
NC college distances itself from board member’s post on race calling for ‘purge’
One city leader is calling for the community college board member to consider resigning over a viral Facebook post.
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