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Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt was dog-piled Wednesday during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” after making a connection between New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and instances of political violence.

Greenblatt announced that his organization had launched Wednesday morning what he dubbed the “Mamdani Monitor,” a tip line for Jewish New Yorkers to report instances of antisemitism, and a tool, he said, to “hold Mayor-elect Mamdani accountable.”

“There has been antisemitism in New York, this isn't something new because he got elected last night,” MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said, pushing back on Greenblatt’s assertion that Mamdani’s decisive victory Tuesday night might usher in a wave of antisemitic violence....

A white separatist group known as "Return to the Land" is looking to expand its members-only community promoting "European ancestry" and "traditional values."

Founder Eric Orwoll told Nexstar's KOLR that he's hoping to franchise his 160-acre Arkansas-based community that excludes minorities and Jewish people, first into Missouri, then to all 50 states.

Orwoll said the initial draw to northern Arkansas was its “affordable land, natural beauty, abundant water resources and a conservative, predominantly white population.”...

In an interview Thursday with Raw Story, a Missouri gubernatorial candidate with alleged ties to the Ku Klux Klan blasted the Missouri GOP for attempting to remove him from the ballot.

“The GOP knew exactly who I am,” Darrell Leon McClanahan III told Raw Story via text message after a brief phone interview. “They’re just mad my daughter drew number 22 making me number one on the ballot they’re a bunch of hypocrites.”

McClanahan’s lucky ballot position draw placed him at the top of the Republican candidate list for Missouri governor, prompting a state senator to urge the Missouri Republican Party to remove him from the ballot. ...

The release of thousands of US diplomatic cables by the secrets outlet WikiLeaks has unintentionally led to the proliferation of anti-Israel conspiracy theories, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).