2019-09-18: Social Media Postees

In victory for motorists and taxpayers, Mississippi sheriff's office will stop acting as immigration enforcement
Liz Vinson | splcenter.org | 2019-09-18
The Martinezes were traveling on I-10 in Mississippi in June 2017 when their pleasant family vacation spiraled into terror.
splcenter.org/news/2019/09/18/victory-motorists-and-taxpayers-mississippi-sheriffs-office-will-stop-acting-immigration

What is at stake in the British Supreme Court's ruling on the proroguing of Parliament?
wsws.org | 2019-09-18
The Supreme Court has to decide whether the courts can legitimately pass judgement on prorogation and, if so, whether Johnson's suspension of parliament was legal.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/18/supr…

The Secret GOP Plan to Keep Power
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2019-09-18
The Supreme Court recently ruled it has no power to intervene when states use partisan gerrymandering to draw these maps, saying it is an issue for state legislatures and state courts. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Controversial moments from John Humphrys' Today programme career
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-18
John Humphrys has divided opinion during his long tenure on the Today programme.His years of interviewing have produced moments that provoked criticism from listeners.While many listeners see Humphrys as the voice of Today and praise his interrogation of politicians, some critics have claimed a tactless approach in some conversations in his long BBC radio career.These are some of the presenter's controversial moments: — Pay cutFormer BBC China editor Carrie Gracie alleged pay discrimination (Dominic Lipinski/PA)The veteran Radio 4 broadcaster was revealed to have earned between £600,000 and £649,0…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/18/controversial-moments-from-john-humphrys-today-programme-career/

Syria: Terrorist Attacks, More NATO Weapons and War Crimes
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-18
As NATO media are currently mourning the departure of Neocon, John Bolton, and incited support for US bombing of Iran because Yemeni patriots engaged in a retaliatory bombing of an oil refinery in Saudi occupied Arabia, no attention is …
globalresearch.ca/syria-terrorist-attacks-more-nato-weapons-and-war-crimes/5689563

African Migrants Pledge to Continue Journey Despite US Asylum Ban
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-17
| The Trump administration's policy toward migrants and asylum seekers is, first and foremost, driven by an effort to deter migrants from attempting to reach the United States at all. The latest salvo in the U.S. government's efforts to fundamentally alter its asylum policy came last week with a Supreme Court ruling that allows U.S. officials to require migrants to first seek asylum from cou…
truthout.org/articles/african-migrants-pledge-to-continue-journey-despite-us-asylum-ban/

Rohingya in Myanmar Still Face 'Threat of Genocide': UN Report
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-17
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who remain inside Myanmar face systematic persecution and are living under the threat of genocide, a United Nations fact-finding mission said Monday, repeating calls for top generals to face trial. | RELATED: | Rohingya Villages Demolished to Build Gov't Camps: Report | Myanmar security forces are accused of killings, gang rape and arson during a crackdown that drove more than 730,000 people to flee the western Rakhine state for neighbouring B…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rohingya-in-Myanmar-Still-Face-Threat-of-Genocide-20190917-0032.html

Lawmaker: African-Americans battle backlash to challenges to power structure
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-17
WASHINGTON–African-Americans are battling "a swift backlash" to their challenges to the U.S. power structure — a power structure and economy based on slavery, racism and Jim Crow — a top Virginia African-American legislator says. State Sen. Jennifer McLellan said the current backlash, under the GOP Trump government and its GOP allies nationwide, is part of …
peoplesworld.org/article/lawmaker-african-americans-battle-backlash-to-challenges-to-power-structure/

Lawmaker: African-Americans battle backlash to challenges to power structure
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-17
WASHINGTON–African-Americans are battling "a swift backlash" to their challenges to the U.S. power structure — a power structure and economy based on slavery, racism and Jim Crow — a top Virginia African-American legislator says. State Sen. Jennifer McLellan said the current backlash, under the GOP Trump government and its GOP allies nationwide, is part of …
peoplesworld.org/article/lawmaker-african-americans-battle-backlash-to-challenges-to-power-structure/

The Far Right's Embrace of White Supremacy Is Tied to Climate Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-17
| Renowned climate activist and author Naomi Klein addresses the rise of ecofascism, the marrying of environmentalism and white power, which she says manifested in the Christchurch, New Zealand, white supremacist terrorist attack, where the shooter identified himself as an eco-fascist. In her latest book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, Klein writes, "My fear is that, unless something significant changes in how our societies rise to the ecological crisis, we are going to see this k…
truthout.org/video/the-far-rights-embrace-of-white-supremacy-is-tied-to-climate-crisis/

Israeli Apartheid Made Official: Annexation is the New Reality in Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-17
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is moving quickly to alter the political reality in Palestine, and facing little or no resistance. | On September 10, Netanyahu declared his intentions to annex swathes of Palestinian land adjacent to the Jordan River, an area that covers 2,400 square kilometers, or nearly…
mintpressnews.com/israel-apartheid-made-official-annexation-is-the-new-reality-in-palestine/261902/

Apartheid Made Official: Deal of the Century Is a Ploy and Annexation Is the New Reality
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2019-09-17
On September 10, Netanyahu declared his intentions to annex swathes of Palestinian land adjacent to the Jordan River, an area that covers 2,400 square kilometers, or nearly a third of the Occupied West Bank. (Photo: Oren Ziv/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Two elections, one apartheid state
Ariel Gold | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-17
Israelis are getting ready to head to the polls for the second time in 2019. Israel's last national elections were five months ago in April, ending in a razor-tight finish with Netanyahu's Likud party winning 35 Knesset seats and the Blue and White party winning 35 Knesset seats. The remaining 50 Knesset seats were won by smaller parties, with the majority going to right and far-right parties that had previously been in a coalition government with Likud. Netanyahu was awarded a continuation of his Prime Ministership and tasked with forming a coalition. | Unexpectedly, after more than a month of failed negotiat…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/17/two-elections-one-apartheid-state/

'House Democrats must not delay': Progressives, 2020 contenders demand Kavanaugh impeachment amid new sexual misconduct accusations
Jake Johnson | nationofchange.org | 2019-09-17
Progressive advocacy groups and 2020 Democratic presidential candidates led the chorus of voices demanding that House Democrats launch impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after the New York Times over the weekend published fresh details about sexual misconduct allegations against the judge and FBI failures to investigate complaints made against him prior to his confirmation. | "The evidence that Kavanaugh committed perjury in his Senate testimony is mounting," Demand Justic…
nationofchange.org/2019/09/17/house-democrats-must-not-delay-progressives-2020-contenders-demand-kavanaugh-impeachment-amid-new-sexual-misconduct-accusations/

Reparations for Bahamian climate refugees
Editor | workers.org | 2019-09-17
The callous, white-supremacist response of Trump to the plight of tens of thousands of Bahamians was recently recognized by one of today's most high-profile athletes. Klay Thompson is considered one of the greatest shooters in the history of the National Basketball Association and is a three-time NBA champion with the . . . | Continue reading Reparations for Bahamian climate refugees at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/17/reparations-for-bahamian-climate-refugees/

Why Iran's Khamenei pushes for higher birthrate?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-17
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has again called on compatriots to have more children while calling on authorities to help families increase the population amid crippling economic sanctions, high unemployment and staggering inflation rates. Inspired by the size of the population in China and India, Khamenei urged for advancing Iran's national power by doubling its …
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Trump Labor Dept. to OK hiring discrimination against gays
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-09-17
WASHINGTON–Disregarding popular opposition, especially from civil libertarians and the lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender community, the GOP Trump-run Labor Department appears ready to OK discrimination in hiring — based on religion, gender orientation or both — by enterprises that receive federal contracts. That would fulfill a goal of the anti-worker religious right, progressive analysts note. And since those enterprises …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-labor-dept-to-ok-hiring-discrimination-against-gays/

Ecofascism: Naomi Klein Warns the Far Right's Embrace of White Supremacy Is Tied to Climate Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-17
Renowned climate activist and author Naomi Klein addresses the rise of ecofascism, the marrying of environmentalism and white power, which she says manifested in the Christchurch, New Zealand, white supremacist terrorist attack, where the shooter identified himself as an ecofascist. In her latest book, "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," Klein writes, "My fear is that, unless something significant changes in how our societies rise to the ecological crisis, we are going to see this kind of white power eco-fascism emerge with much greater frequency, as a ferocious rationalization for refusing to liv…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/17/naomi_kle…

"On Fire": In New Book, Naomi Klein Makes the Case for a Green New Deal to Save the Planet
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-17
Amid mounting climate disasters across the planet, from the fires ravaging the Amazon to Hurricane Dorian's destructive path through the Bahamas, we speak with renowned journalist, author and activist Naomi Klein. In her new book, "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal," Klein looks unsparingly at the rise of ecofascism, as Western countries fortify their borders and white supremacy surges around the world in response to the climate crisis. But she also lays out another path forward in which mankind meets the challenge of global warming with radical and systemic transformation. "We do know that if we a…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/17/naomi_kle…

Key players involved in Supreme Court prorogation case
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-17
As the Supreme Court considers legal challenges to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to prorogue parliament, here is a look at the key players in the case before the UK's highest court.The court hears appeals on cases of the greatest public importance where it is considered there is an arguable point of law.Now the Supreme Court, which will sit as a panel of 11 justices for only the second time in its 10-year history, must reconcile contradictory judgments issued by the English and Scottish courts.– Gina MillerAnti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller (Aaron Chown/PA)The investment fund manager and campaigner…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/17/key-players-involved-in-supreme-court-prorogation-case/

Venezuela: Elements of opposition reach deal with Maduro government
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-16
Chicago, IL – On Monday September 16, the leaders of several opposition parties arrived at the Foreign Ministry in downtown Caracas to participate in the Roundtable of National Dialogue organized by the elected government of Nicolás Maduro. The Roundtable was established in the aftermath of the fascist violence in 2017, which was a response to the Supreme Court's decision to strip the National Assembly of its powers after its refusal to adhere to the country's constitution. | On the first day of the meeting, representatives from the government and the opposition parties announced six agreements that ha…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/16/venezuel…

Sometimes reporting isn't enough. We need to get stuck in and take action
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-09-16
I've covered a lot of protests as a journalist. It's important work especially as a lot of what's written in the mainstream media about demos is misleading at best. | In fact, it was on an Anti-Nazi League protest in Welling in 1993 that I first realised just how much you couldn't trust the press to report what really happened. It was the first riot I ever got caught up in, and what I witnessed firsthand…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/09/16/sometimes-reporting-isnt-enough-we-need-to-get-stuck-in-and-take-action/

Genocide threat for Myanmar's Rohingya greater than ever, investigators warn Human Rights Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-16
Hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya who remain in Myanmar may face a greater threat of genocide than ever, amid Government attempts to "erase their identity and remove them from the country", UN-appointed independent investigators said on Monday.
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Monday's Daily Brief: Ozone layer heals, 'regional conflagration' risk rises over oilfield attacks, South Sudan update, Myanmar genocide threat remains
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-16
A recap of Monday's top stories: The ozone layer is on track to repair; Instability rises over oilfield attacks in Saudi Arabia; General Assembly chief Espinosa bows out; Disaster and conflict displace thousands in Asia Pacific; Sexual violence unpunished in South Sudan; Genocide threat remains for Rohingya.
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Black is the New White: Feel good theatre at its best
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-16
plays racism Barry HealyIssue 1238 Australia PerthSeptember 16, 2019Black is the New White | | Written by Nakkia Lui, directed by Paige Rattray. | | Starring Kylie Bracknell [Kaarljilba Kaardn], Tony Briggs…
greenleft.org.au/content/black-new-white-feel-good-theatre-its-best

Remembering the Birmingham church bombing
splcenter.org | 2019-09-15
Fifty-six years ago today, four precious little girls were murdered in one of the most heinous acts of white supremacist terror of the civil rights era.
splcenter.org/news/2019/09/15/remembering-birmingham-church-bombing

Remembering the Birmingham church bombing
splcenter.org | 2019-09-15
Fifty-six years ago today, four precious little girls were murdered in one of the most heinous acts of white supremacist terror of the civil rights era.
splcenter.org/news/2019/09/15/remembering-birmingham-church-bombing

Presumption of innocence? Dems call for Kavanaugh's impeachment amid new sex assault allegations
rt.com | 2019-09-15
A number of 2020 Democratic nomination hopefuls didn't waste time before taking a shot at Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh just as new harassment allegations surfaced. And they hardly see a place for the benefit of the doubt. | The new storm around Kavanaugh, who was accused of past sexual misconduct last year, started with a New York Times feature on one of the accusers. | Deborah Ramirez, who went to Yale University with the future Justice, insists that he thrust his penis at her at a drunken party in 1980s. The paper wrote that it uncovered a similar incident of penis pushing into a female's hand based…
rt.com/usa/468876-kavanaugh-democrats-impeachment-sex-assault/

Trump and Mexico: a step toward restoring order on the border
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-14
On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court reaffirmed the president's right to limit asylum requests for migrants from Central and South America. Trump hailed the decision as a "big victory," while his opponents issued heavy criticism. According to the new ruling, migrants who cross over the United States' southern border will be required to prove that …
uwidata.com/5309-trump-and-mexico-a-step-toward-restoring-order-on-the-border/

Green Fascism: A Far-Right Ecology Movement is on the Rise in Germany, And It's Spreading Here
Saul Foster | mronline.org | 2019-09-14
Using green sensibilities to rally people around a nationalist ideology is also at the core of the AfD's agenda. The party, which does not seem to see a contradiction in its embrace of "a healthy environment" and climate-change denial, fuels fears that climate politics could threaten Germany's national sovereignty — for example, if ending fossil-fuel […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/14/green-fascism-a-far-right-ecology-movement-is-on-the-rise-in-germany-and-its-spreading-here/

Which Way Out of Neoliberalism: Fascism or Socialism?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-14
All eyes are on the ongoing struggle between forces of fascism (whether Democratic Party or Republican in character) and the social democratic forces of the Western world with the hopes that a decisive break from imperialism is on the horizon. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/14/which-way-out-of-neoliberalism-fascism-or-socialism/

Green Fascism: A far-right ecology movement is on the rise in Germany, and it's spreading here
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-14
Using green sensibilities to rally people around a nationalist ideology is also at the core of the AfD's agenda. The party, which does not seem to see a contradiction in its embrace of "a healthy environment" and climate-change denial, fuels fears that climate politics could threaten Germany's national sovereignty — for example, if ending fossil-fuel […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/14/green-fascism-a-far-right-ecology-movement-is-on-the-rise-in-germany-and-its-spreading-here/

El Paso, firme!
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2019-09-14
The chants rang out loud and clear all weekend: "El Paso!" Then: "Firme!" After the racist mass murders on Aug. 3, when a gunman killed 22 people and wounded 24 more, El Paso activists issued a call to action against white supremacy. This was followed by a weekend of actions . . . | Continue reading El Paso, firme! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/14/el-paso-firme/

An Asylum Officer Speaks Out Against the Trump Administration's "Supervillain" Attacks on Immigrants
Debbie Nathan | theintercept.com | 2019-09-13
Asylum officers at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, were reeling after John Lafferty, director of the asylum division, was replaced on Monday by Andrew Davidson, former deputy associate director for USCIS's fraud detection and national security directorate. Then came the Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday reinstating the Trump administration's "third-country" rule, which effectively denies asylum to all Central American immigrants if they passed through another country on the way…
theintercept.com/2019/09/13/asylum-interview-immigration-trump/

Creepy Republican Ad During Democratic Debate Attacks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-09-13
The strange Republican obsession with attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reached a new low in a commercial break during the Democratic presidential debate in Houston on Thursday night. | The widely reviled commercial, which aired on ABC and was paid for by donors to the GOP New Faces PAC, opened with a photograph of the young Latinx congresswoman's face being set on fire to reveal images of the 1970s genocide in Cambodia underneath. | The attack ad…
theintercept.com/2019/09/12/debate-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-new-faces-pac-ad/

Joe Biden's Stunningly Racist Answer on the Legacy of Slavery Has Been Overlooked
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-09-13
For the Washington Post, former Vice President Joe Biden delivered "the kind of performance his supporters have been waiting for — combative when needed and in the thick of the action throughout" during Thursday's presidential debate. Cable news commenters largely agreed. The New York Times was slightly less kind, subtitling its analysis "St…
theintercept.com/2019/09/13/joe-biden-democratic-debate-slavery/

Weekend Read: Let us remember, let us reflect
splcenter.org | 2019-09-13
Tomorrow marks 56 years since the murder of four young girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
splcenter.org/news/2019/09/13/weekend-read-let-us-remember-let-us-reflect

"Racism in America Is Endemic": Democratic Candidates Vow to Confront White Supremacy & Legacy of Slavery
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-13
During the third Democratic debate Thursday night, the discussion of race and racism got personal for former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, who brought up last month's El Paso massacre. He said the white gunman who killed 22 people, mostly Latinos, had driven to the border city "to kill people who look like me." Former Texas Congressmember Beto O'Rourke, who is from El Paso, said racism is endemic and foundational of the United States. He mentioned that this year will mark the 400th anniversary of the first enslaved African being brought to America, and promised he would create a slavery reparations commission.
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/13/democrati…

A False Accusation of Antisemitism from Where You Would Least Expect It
Jeff Blankfort | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-12
I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. — Benjamin Netayahu, 2001, quoted in Ha'aretz, July 15, 2010 It is not uncommon, of course, to be labeled "anti-Semitic" for calling attention to the inordinate power of the Israel Lobby over our political processes …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/a-false-accusation-of-antisemitism-from-where-you-would-least-expect-it/

Noura Erakat: Netanyahu's Proposed West Bank Annexation Is Logical End to Israel's Apartheid Policy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-12
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing worldwide condemnation for vowing to annex nearly a third of the occupied West Bank if he wins next week's snap election. The United Nations, the Arab League, the European Union and Russia have all criticized Netanyahu's plan, which he unveiled Tuesday. Netanyahu's pledge comes just a week before Israeli voters return to the polls on Tuesday for new elections after Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government following Israel's April 9 election. Netanyahu's annexation plan would crush hopes of an eventual Palestinian state. We speak with Noura Erakat, Palesti…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/12/benjamin_…

Trump's Acting National Security Adviser Once Tied to Group Known for Anti-Muslim Stance
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-09-11
President Donald Trump's new acting national security adviser once served on the board of directors for the Center for Security Policy, a group that started as a hawkish think tank and morphed into a leading anti-Muslim organization.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/09/11/trumps-acting-national-security-adviser-once-tied-group-known-anti-muslim-stance

Trump's Acting National Security Adviser Once Tied to Group Known for Anti-Muslim Stance
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-09-11
President Donald Trump's new acting national security adviser once served on the board of directors for the Center for Security Policy, a group that started as a hawkish think tank and morphed into a leading anti-Muslim organization.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/09/11/trumps-acting-national-security-adviser-once-tied-group-known-anti-muslim-stance

Jeff Schoep Sheds Neo-Nazi Past but Stays Loyal With Lawyer's Maneuvers
splcenter.org | 2019-09-10
The longtime leader of the neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Movement (NSM) has renounced his antisemitic past, but court records indicate he remains loyal to the organization.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/09/11/jeff-schoep-sheds-neo-nazi-past-stays-loyal-lawyers-maneuvers

Jeff Schoep Sheds Neo-Nazi Past but Stays Loyal With Lawyer's Maneuvers
splcenter.org | 2019-09-10
The longtime leader of the neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Movement (NSM) has renounced his antisemitic past, but court records indicate he remains loyal to the organization.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/09/11/jeff-schoep-sheds-neo-nazi-past-stays-loyal-lawyers-maneuvers

The Other Americans: Colombia's Fragile Peace in Splinters
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2019-09-08
The renewal of armed struggle follows neglect of the peace process from the far right. "[President] Duque is taking advantage of the discourse of Donald Trump to put back in place repressive politics," a human rights defender says.
progressive.org/dispatches/colombias-fragile-peace-splinters-abbott-190908/

The Other Americans: Colombia's Fragile Peace in Splinters
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2019-09-08
The renewal of armed struggle follows neglect of the peace process from the far right. "[President] Duque is taking advantage of the discourse of Donald Trump to put back in place repressive politics," a human rights defender says.
progressive.org/dispatches/colombias-fragile-peace-splinters-abbott-190908/

Judge blocks ICE from denying parole to asylum-seekers
splcenter.org | 2019-09-05
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration today to change its blanket policy of locking up people lawfully seeking asylum in the United States as a lawsuit filed by the SPLC and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana makes its way through the federal courts.
splcenter.org/news/2019/09/05/judge-blocks-ice-denying-parole-asylum-seekers

Three Percent Security Force's Split Highlights Plague of Infighting
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-09-05
The incessant power struggles that plague militia groups prompted defections in the Three Percent Security Force, robbed its leader of control and delivered the well-known antigovernment militia to the man who defied his commander.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/09/06/three-percent-security-forces-split-highlights-plague-infighting

Three Percent Security Force's Split Highlights Plague of Infighting
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-09-05
The incessant power struggles that plague militia groups prompted defections in the Three Percent Security Force, robbed its leader of control and delivered the well-known antigovernment militia to the man who defied his commander.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/09/06/three-percent-security-forces-split-highlights-plague-infighting

Rift Exposed: A Desertion Robbed League of the South of Its Longtime Headquarters and Hints that a Member Chose His Real Estate Holdings over Southern Culture
Brett Barrouquere | splcenter.org | 2019-09-04
League of the South (LOS), a neo-Confederate organization that advocates for Southern secession, has been roiled by a key defection that resulted in the group losing its headquarters in Wetumpka, Alabama, about 20 miles north of Montgomery.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2019/rift-exposed-desertion-robbed-league-south-its-longtime-headquarters-and-hints-member-chose