Former president Donald Trump's longest-serving Chief of Staff has gone on the record with concerning claims about his time in office.
Former President and GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump praised Adolf HItler and fits the definition of "fascist," according to his former chief of staff John Kelly. Meanwhile, Customs and Border Protection officials are being "doxxed" online and threatened by far-right extremists, according to a new report. And online antisemitism surged in the year since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas on Israel.
In interviews with the New York Times, Trump's former national security secretary, longtime chief of staff and former Marine General John Kelly warned his former boss would likely rule the United States like a dictator and said he met the definition of a fascist.
Report: Judges and border officials targeted by border extremists
Customs and Border Protection officials, judges and court officers are being "doxxed" online by far-right anti-immigration extremists, according to a May Department of Homeland Security memo first reported by WIRED Magazine.
Study: Antisemitism spiked online in the last year
Antisemitic discourse on social media surged in the year after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to a study by CyberWell, a nonprofit dedicated to monitoring and combating online antisemitism and Holocaust denial. The report detailed a 36.6% increase in posts attacking Jews online 11 months after the attack, compared to 11 months before the attack.
Statistic of the week: Six Years
That's how long it has been next week since the attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in which a racist shooter killed 11 people and wounded six more.