Professor Seth Cotlar from Willamette University joins the Pod to discuss the history of the Radical Right in the Pacific Northwest and beyond in Part 1 of a two part episode. Tune in next week for part 2!

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Seth Cotlar - Willamette University

https://my.willamette.edu/people/scotlar

The Rise and Fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Oregon During the 1920s

https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1126&context=vocesnovae

A look back at how white supremacists sowed seeds of hate in Oregon in the 20th century

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/14/rise-of-klan-white-nationalism-hate-racism-oregon/

SPLC's civil lawsuit against Tom Metzger and WAR

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/civil-rights-case-docket/berhanu-v-metzger/

White supremacists killed Ethiopian man but his son thrives - OPB

https://www.opb.org/article/2020/11/13/bc-us-white-supremacist-ethiopian-adoption/

Lon Mabon Terrified Portlanders With Ballot Measures but Now Sells Them Gourmet Salsa

https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/10/04/lon-mabon-terrified-portlanders-with-ballot-measures-but-now-sells-them-gourmet-salsa/

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Karl and Griff talk about the military occupation of DC and Los Angeles, as well as where they are going next, and what kinds of resistance make sense as well as which ones don't.

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“If we don't try

If we just lie

If we can't find A way to do it better than this

Who will?”

Karl and Griff discuss the recent ICE occupations of Los Angeles and Washington, DC, as well as the Politics of Dignity, and what a terrible President Gavin Newsom would make.

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Griff takes a look at a fascinating right-wing rhetorical battle over whether MAGA is actually the "Woke Right".

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"The Woke Right Stands At The Door"

Drug bust scores 2 1/2 pounds of pot, hallucinogens, allege prosecutors

https://www.silive.com/eastshore/2014/06/drug_bust_scores_2_12_pounds_o.html

Manhattan GOP Goes Full Trump

https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion-pieces/130-opinion/8487-manhattan-gop-goes-full-trump-ruining-chances-for-years-to-come

Professor Seth Cotlar - Willamette University

https://my.willamette.edu/people/scotlar

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The one where we talk about Nayib Bukele, an indictment from the EDNY, the curious crackdown on some gang members in El Salvador, and MAGA's fawning approval of these measures.

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Behind Trump’s Deal to Deport Venezuelans to El Salvador’s Most Feared Prison

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/us/politics/trump-deportations-venezuela-el-salvador.html

Judge Demands Answers About Deal to Return MS-13 Gang Leaders to El Salvador

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/nyregion/bukele-ms-13-trump-deal.html

The Legal Fig Leaf: The US-El Salvador Detainee Diplomatic Notes

https://www.justsecurity.org/117271/us-elsalvador-diplomatic-notes/

El Salvador moves suspected gang members to 40,000-capacity ‘megaprison’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/25/el-salvador-moves-2000-suspected-gang-members-to-new-megaprison

Damian Merlo's Foreign Agent Registration(FARA) for his work on behalf of El Salvador

https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6898-Supplemental-Statement-20230130-4.pdf

EDNY's indictment for the MS-13 gang leaders

https://www.justice.gov/d9/press-releases/attachments/2023/02/23/ranfla_ii_indictment_foreperson_signaturepdf_0.pdf

El Salvador Government Protection of MS-13 from Extradition Emerges in DOJ Indictment

https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26739/el-salvador-government-protection-of-ms-13-from-extradition-emerges-in-doj-indictment

Bukele Government Dismantled Gang Presence in El Salvador

https://elfaro.net/en/202302/el_salvador/26694/Bukele-Government-Dismantled-Gang-Presence-in-El-Salvador.htm

“He says that, for some time now, the gangs’ street "soldiers" believe that their leaders "sold them out.""It’s true. These structures have no management. The ranflas [leaders] claimed to be looking out for their soldiers’ wellbeing. Not anymore. We came to the conclusion that it wasn’t the case." He thinks that the concentration of power in the hands of the historic leaders of the organizations had backfired on them."The ranflas [in prison] didn’t want to appoint substitutes [in the streets]. I don’t know why. Maybe because they didn’t want to leave to someone else what was theirs. So they didn’t do it. These locos negotiated for their own benefit. What did they negotiate? I don’t know," he said.”

Bukele's Pact with the Gangs Lasted Three Massacres

https://elfaro.net/en/202303/opinion/26745/Bukele's-Pact-with-the-Gangs-Lasted-Three-Massacres.htm

The Guardian on the beginnings of ISIS

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/11/-sp-isis-the-inside-story

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Jay and Griff

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Karl and Griff discuss the bizarre reaction of the Trump administration to the calls for release of the "Epstein Files", and rate the incredibly cringe new video from ICE.

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Karl and Griff discuss the dismantling of FEMA, ICE's escalated tactics, information environment poisoning, and One Weird Trick to avoid "Fedposting"(DHS Hates It).

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Karl and Griff talk about ICE as the new secret police, Musk's new "America Party" and the disturbing lack of empathy from certain Blue MAGA content thieves.

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“There's one thing that makes me sickIt's when someone tries to hide behind their politicsI wish that time could go by fastSomehow they manage to make it last”

Scott Kelley Ernest is a former white supremacist who walked away from hate and now helps others leave the white nationalist movement.

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Scott on BlueSky

https://bsky.app/profile/mxscottkernest.bsky.social

Former Florida white nationalist reckons with his past, America’s present

https://www.tampabay.com/narratives/2021/01/23/former-florida-white-nationalist-reckons-with-his-past-americas-present/

Former white nationalist explains how he escaped from world of hate

https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/former-white-nationalist-discusses-escape-from-world-of-hate

Scott on the "In Their Own Words" Podcast

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/in-their-own-words-feat-christine-cormier-and-scott-kelley-ernest--64849156

SPLC artice on Pioneer Little Europe

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/closed-circuit/

In Montana, An Unease Over Extremist Views Moving Out Of The Woods

https://www.npr.org/2016/11/29/503620409/in-montana-an-unease-over-extremist-views-moving-out-of-the-woods

White Supremacist Town Manager Envisions "Homeland" for Whites

https://www.adl.org/resources/article/white-supremacist-town-manager-envisions-homeland-whites

Christian Identity in the Northwest: Where White Supremacy and Religion Intersect

https://researchguides.gonzaga.edu/c.php?g=1279748&p=9391343

“I was a specialist in normalizing white nationalism.“

https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/health/publichealth/news/from-white-nationalism-to-lgbtq-advocacy-coph-alum-shares-his-transformation-from-hate-to-love/

Center for Extremism Prevention and Intervention/Hands of Eir

https://x.com/handsofeir

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Karl and Griff discuss their experiences at the No Kings protests, and talk about the violent right-wing responses.

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