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WATCH: 'People Need to Wake Up' About Extremist Threat, Veteran Journalist Warns

As a young journalist, David Neiwert saw the rise of violent, right-wing extremism in his back yard. Decades later, he sees warning signs on the horizon.

As I mentioned in a previous post (see below), David Neiwert tried to sound the alarm about the looming violence that would come on January 6, 2021.

In his 2023 book, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right’s Assault on American Democracy, the veteran journalist tries to warn America about the insurrectionist streak that he believes still lurks in American society.

Some Americans, Neiwert admits in this conversation, probably find such talk to be almost two dark to embrace.

“I think a lot of people want things to just keep going or go back to normal someday—and it ain’t gonna get back to normal anytime soon,” he tells me.

What can we learn from his experiences?

Please watch, then tell me what you think.

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