Hannah Gais

1 month ago | splcenter.org | R.G. Cravens |Hannah Gais |Rachel Carroll Rivas

In 2024, one of the most influential anti-LGBTQ+ hate groups, the Family Research Council (FRC), focused its animus on immigrants, pushing what were once considered fringe, racist beliefs into mainstream political narratives. Not surprisingly, much of the rhetoric and conspiracy theories about immigrants mirrored what was said during the 2024 elections by candidates, social media provocateurs and other hate groups, and veered directly into white supremacist ideology.

1 month ago | msnbc.com | Hannah Gais |Cathy Johnson

The Trump administration’s rush to enact authoritarian policies has touched all parts of American life, but we didn’t expect it to affect our family the way it did. We are a mother-daughter writing team. In mid-April, one of us, Cathy Johnson, found out that the U.S. Naval Academy had removed her book in a Trump administration-led purge of its library. To her, and to the rest of our family, this decision came as a surprise.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Hannah Gais

18 hours agoLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners living in the country without authorization, a minister said Saturday in the buildup to a national election. Minister of the Presidency António Leitão Amaro said the center-right government will issue …

2 months ago | mercatus.org | Hannah Gais

On this episode of Virtual Sentiments, host Kristen Collins chats with Hannah Gais on the far-right rallies and social media presence on platforms like Telegram and X. Hannah explores the events of the Unite the Right rally, the storming of the capital on January 6th, the far-right in the wake of the first and second Trump presidencies, and the dangers of expanding domestic terrorism laws. **This episode was recorded in December 2024.

Feb 12, 2025 | postsfromunderground.ghost.io | Hannah Gais

I've been recovering from a flu I picked up in Florida for the past several days, and thus failed to subject you all to the usual self-promotional rounds. But I have a new piece out in The Baffler on a real diehard in the MAGA world, Jack Posobiec. I read his book Unhumans, which, despite being co-bylined with a professional ghost writer, had the writing chops of a pile of trash bags baking in the New York City heat in July. I tried to do a really deep dive into its intellectual arguments.