The Headlines: June 18th Update

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Pride Targeted, Anti-Immigrant Violence Stoked in Belfast, Christian Nationalist profiles, and Tradwife Recruitment

New from GPAHE: Faith, Family, Erasure: Pride Month in Trump’s America, 2026

Pride Month in 2026 is becoming the latest battleground in a broader Christian nationalist campaign to roll back LGBTQ+ rights. From state-backed alternatives like “Fidelity Month” and expanding religious-refusal laws to the removal of LGBTQ+ data, symbols, and protections, policies linked to Project 2025 and its allies are advancing a coordinated effort to marginalize LGBTQ+ communities.

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New from GPAHE: Reversing “Replacement”: The TikTok Movement Recruiting Women to Have White Babies

TikTok has become a key recruitment tool for white supremacist movements repackaging the Great Replacement conspiracy theory through “tradwife” rhetoric aimed at women. Beneath images of idealized 1950s families and appeals to “traditional values,” influencers promote fears about declining white birthrates, anti-feminist ideology, and calls for white women to have more children in order to preserve the white race. The platform’s recommendation algorithm can rapidly push users from soft Americana content into explicit white nationalist and neo-Nazi propaganda, illustrating how extremist movements are adapting their messaging to reach broader mainstream audiences as platforms continue to profit from radicalization.

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New from GPAHE: International Far Right Stoking Belfast Protests and Anti-Immigrant Violence

Far-right extremists globally are exploiting the unrest in Belfast to spread anti-immigrant propaganda, encourage street violence, and promote white nationalist “remigration” ideology. Figures tied to the Identitarian movement, neo-Nazi Active Clubs, Proud Boys chapters, and influencers like anti-Muslim UK activist Tommy Robinson quickly mobilized online, taking advantage of a terrible crime to inflame anti-immigrant sentiment. Transnational extremist networks increasingly use moments of public crisis to normalize racist violence, drive street mobilization, and coordinate propaganda campaigns that recruit, radicalize, and escalate political tensions.

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New from GPAHE: Inside the Network Reshaping America Through Christian Nationalism

GPAHE has launched a series of profiles examining key actors in American Christian nationalism in post–Project 2025 America. Christian nationalism is distinct from Christianity itself and mainstream churches have publicly rejected the movement as a distortion of the Christian faith. The figures profiled in this ongoing series are among the most influential voices advancing conservative Christian supremacist rule.

For decades, David Barton has promoted the false claim that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, building a movement that reaches from churches and homeschooling networks to state legislatures and Washington. Alongside his son Tim Barton, who has expanded the message through podcasts, churches, and conservative media, the family has become a powerful force in the Christian nationalist movement, reshaping how American history is presented by federal institutions.

Lance Wallnau helped give Christian nationalism one of its most influential roadmaps for power. Through the Seven Mountain Mandate, he transformed a fringe theology into a political strategy aimed at capturing key institutions, while recasting Donald Trump as a divinely chosen leader. His rise illustrates how Christian nationalist leaders are working to attack American democracy through spiritual warfare rhetoric, electoral organizing, and a long-term vision of Christian supremacy.

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WIRED: A White Supremacist Youth Group Helped Orchestrate the Belfast Riots

Far-right influencers and neo-Nazi networks rapidly exploited a Belfast stabbing to fuel anti-immigrant riots. WIRED’s investigation details how the white supremacist Active Club movement helped organize masked youths, spread “remigration” propaganda, and turn online outrage into coordinated street violence.

“Active Clubs, the fastest growing neo-Nazi movement around the globe, never miss an opportunity to exploit a tragedy for their own hateful purposes,” said Wendy Via, co-founder of GPAHE.

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