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Tess Owen

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senior reporter at vice news covering extremism & political violence. awol brit in nyc. more fun than I sound. say hello at tess.owen@vice.com

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Need to get better about posting here more regularly but I think I’ve just been axed from vice

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“Organizers of the convoy have tried to distance themselves from extremist elements, but their own militia connections are making it hard.” Via @tessowen.bsky.social

What excellent reporting on hard-right events like the convoy looks like👇

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Must read piece by @tessowen.bsky.social “Hardline anti-immigration rhetoric, including explicit references to the racist Great Replacement conspiracy theory, has loomed large over the GOP 2024 campaign trail amid the escalating standoff between Texas and the federal government over the border.”

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Tess Owen's avatar Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social
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Thank you Eileen for your kind words and for sharing!!

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I often avoid film adaptations of books I truly love, but have heard that the film version of this is very good

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this ruined me / Christmas of 2022

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Tess Owen's avatar Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social
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I guess it’s true what people (my dad) are saying … LinkedIn is kind of popping off these days? but also, whenever I go there, I imagine it’s like going for tea at my grandparents. drop in looking smart, boast a little bit about your accolades (DONT talk about smoking weed) and then get out

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All of you discovering murder on the dance floor via Saltburn are acting like I wasn’t listening to it at an English school disco in 2002 while glued against the wall of a gymnasium, wearing lipgloss for the first time, obsessing over a boy wearing a tshirt with a skateboarding duck on it

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Caveating that there is a planned PB rally in Columbus this weekend for the anniversary of J6. Their Ohio chapters have been quite active so I would be unsurprised if they pulled together a decent crowd for it.

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For the last three years I’ve kept a database tracking uniformed proud boy activity.

Their public appearances waned in 2023, esp in the last few months, raising questions about the staying power of the gang

www.vice.com/en/article/e...

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Already broken her New Year’s resolution

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Tess Owen's avatar Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social
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As always , if you have any tips about extremism in the military, you can hit me up via Tess.owen@vice.com, on wire @tesstess or contact me for signal details

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The 262 pg report found little evidence that active duty military were engaged in extremist activity at a disproportionate level compared to the gen. pop... but also found the Pentagon's muddled approach to the issue was hurting efforts to combat/track it

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Tess Owen's avatar Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social
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happy new year everyone! here’s to a hopefully less fucked up 2024

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Per one former ADL staffer:
“there was this concern that Jonathan’s relationship with Musk was somehow unassailable, despite what evidence we might unearth.”

My latest:
www.vice.com/en/article/w...

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A late contender for funniest tweet of the year

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Sometimes there’s great content at the Other Place

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PSA to all New Yorkers but esp those messy ones with ADHD: run your name through the “lost money” section on the office of the comptroller’s website. It’s so easy and I just found a couple of checks that went to old addresses years ago. 💸

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Roxi Horror 💀🌸's avatar Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com
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How to be a Beautiful Woman: • eat whatever you want • stay awake all night • get dark circles around your eyes • disregard "laws" & "authority" • hiss at people • grow a thick coat of fur • nevermind, I'm talking about raccoons again

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Tess Owen's avatar Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social
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I refuse to catch heat for someone else’s poor grammar

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New: we verified social media accounts belonging to the man accused of shooting three Palestinian-American students.

In one, he describes himself as a “radical citizen” who patrols “demockracy and crapitalism for the oathcreepers”

www.vice.com/en/article/v...

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Joe Katz's avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
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Also getting a good night's sleep, eating well and drinking enough water. Infuriating

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Tess Owen's avatar Tess Owen @tessowen.bsky.social
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so it turns out that doing exercise *does* improve mental health? how annoying

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If you work at the ADL and want to chat, I’d love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out by email Tess.owen@vice.com, wire @tesstess or hit me up for signal details

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This shouldn’t be interpreted as indication of ideological kinship, but rather, the craven opportunism of fringe extremists who seek to exploit the pain of this moment to launder their hateful ideology into the mainstream

t.co/UfReG0YtYD

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How neo-Nazis in the US are trying to hijack and subvert the messaging of the pro-Palestine movement, and use it as a vehicle to push anti-Jewish conspiracies and tropes into the mainstream : t.co/UfReG0YtYD

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For the 2nd year in a row, the Proud Boys had a booth at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival in PA. It's a sign of their continuing alliance with the MAGA-crazy, Moonie-linked, ultra-fringe church that worships with AR-15s.

t.co/KHpGPTuAzh

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A Great Horned Owl (we think) in our Brooklyn garden this morning!!!

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When LOTT targeted the U of A nursing program, they started receiving threats to the point where staff was told they could stay home if they felt unsafe & local media wrote about it in terms of virality (and embedded LOTT’s post) rather than a school being targeted by an anti-LGBTQ terrorist, smfh.

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In Davis CA (DJUSD), County library & schools have received a total of 5 bomb threats. Teachers with LGBTQ + posters in rooms were doxed & received threatening emails. 2 teachers were named in most recent bomb threat & were awakened by police in the middle of the night to have their homes cleared.

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I reached out to everyone that Libs of TikTok targeted in posts last month.

Many didn't respond. Only 2 school districts said they received zero harassment or threats.

11 schools/ districts said they got bomb threats in the days after the LOTT post

t.co/GDj43gPgwe

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NEW from me: Christian nationalism’s opponents are getting organized —>

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Omg should that happen again, drop us a line Tess.owen@vice.com

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