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Texas congressional candidate with extremist views backed by hard-right donors

After tech billionaire Peter Thiel and others donated to Jace Yarbrough’s campaign, Donald Trump endorsed him

The Guardian - US · Feb 20

Revealed: Florida liberal arts college in rightwing hiring spree after takeover

With Trump returning to power, rightwingers may seek to replicate New College of Florida’s experience across US

The Guardian - US · Nov 11, 2024

The far-right megadonor pouring over $10m into the US election to defeat ‘the woke regime’

Records show Thomas Klingenstein is at the forefront of donors pushing polarizing politics in the Republican party

The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2024

‘Red Caesarism’ is rightwing code – and some Republicans are listening

Argument for a ‘red Caesar’ to rule US may seem esoteric but conservative thinktank behind idea has connections to Trump

The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2023

Revealed: far-right venture capitalist has contracts with US for ammunition

Nathaniel Fischer co-owns ammunition company that has contracts with federal government totaling $78,678

The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2023

US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network

Revealed: Charles Haywood, creator of the Society for American Civic Renewal, has said he might serve as ‘warlord’ at the head of an ‘armed patronage network’

The Guardian - US · Aug 22, 2023

The far-right financier giving millions to the Republican party to fight ‘woke communists’

Financier Thomas Klingenstein has become one of the largest donors to the party and has increasingly used his resources to pursue a hard-edged version of rightwing politics

The Guardian - US · Aug 4, 2023

Conservative donors pour ‘dark money’ into case that could upend US voting law

Groups submitting amicus briefs to supreme court case in support of Republican lawmakers received $90m in anonymous donations

The Guardian - US · Dec 16, 2022

Inside John Eastman's California rise from GOP 'happy warrior' to Jan. 6 firebrand

The theme of the third congressional hearing on the Jan. 6 insurrection was unmistakable: John Eastman was not just a peripheral figure in the panel's investigation, but a main character. If Eastman was tuning in, though, the proceedings may have struck him as something else — a bizarro episode of…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 27, 2022

DeVos paints herself as Jan. 6 hero

DeVos said she resigned after the attack because Mike Pence refused to invoke the 25th Amendment

Salon · Jun 10, 2022