extremism

It is swiftly gathering momentum, fueled by the extremism of the party set to soon control both the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government as well as most of the federal court system.

I wanted to understand why and, by extension, what it said about the rise and threat of American extremism as the world warms.

A peaceful protester, Maria Kolesnikova was sentenced to 11 years for extremism and supposedly plotting to overthrow the government.

“I take that as a strong expression for what I was standing for, and what I was standing for was a rejection of extremism,” he said.

“I am glad you pieced these little clues together like an antifa Nancy Drew,” he wrote to Politico contributor Amanda Moore, an extremism researcher.