''The Right Stuff'' (''TRS'') is a neo-Nazi and

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blog and discussion forum, and the host of several podcasts, including ''The Daily Shoah''. Founded by American neo-Nazi

Mike Enoch Michael Enoch Isaac Peinovich (born 1977) more commonly known as Mike Enoch, is an American neo-Nazi, antisemitic conspiracy theorist, Holocaust denier, blogger, and podcast host. He founded the alt-right media network '' The Right Stuff'' and ...

, the website promotes

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,Andrew Marantz, ''Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation'', 2019, pp. 275-314 and coined the use of " echoes", an antisemitic marker which uses triple parentheses around names to identify

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. Alex McNabb, a co-host of ''The Daily Shoah'', was fired from his job as an emergency medical technician following violent and racist comments he expressed on the podcast.

Content and views

The site promotes

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, neo-Nazism, antisemitism, Holocaust denial, and the

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. It cites the work of

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, a former professor of psychology and antisemitic conspiracy theorist, known for claiming there is a Jewish plot to control the world to undermine the interest of white people. Much of ''TRS'''s content is devoted to

, as well as denying genocidal Nazi policies against

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, and other Slavic "

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". To justify their denial of Nazi atrocities, ''TRS'' hosts promote the conspiracy theory that the documentary record establishing these genocides was forged by unspecified Jews or agents of Jews.

Blog and overview

In December 2012, ''The Right Stuff'' described itself as "a political and cultural blog" which aimed to unite the "

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" and to

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liberals and progressives. Over time, the podcast became more radical, and adopted a conspiratorial neo-Nazi ideology. The blog developed and retains a lexicon defining jargon used by its publications as well as the wider alt-right movement. The website achieved general notice through its promotion of the

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or (((echo))). In 2014 the show began to use a distortion effect when names of Jews were mentioned during its segment "Merchant Minute". The meme was adapted to text through use of parentheses, and in the summer of 2016 it became known through a ''

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'' column on the topic. ''The Right Stuff'' was one of the earliest websites to make use of the term "

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". In addition, the blog was an early proponent of the

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'' With Open Gates'', which attacks

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and Middle Eastern refugees in Europe, and promotes the conspiracy theory that Jews are bringing the refugees in order to harm white people. The blog has seen a steady decline from its peak in 2017. In September 2021, a

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report found that the website had declined in traffic by 87.5% since February 2017, coinciding with a decline in the total number of cast members appearing on ''The Daily Shoah''. In February 2019, Mike Peinovich responded to a data

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from the ''

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'' civil lawsuit by stating that ''TRS'' had "lost regular listeners," and that many users had "cancelled their accounts and stopped visiting the site."

Doxing incident

In early 2017, Mike Peinovich, the founder of ''The Right Stuff'' who had for years operated under the pseudonym

, was

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by fellow neo-Nazis, who released biographical information about him that contradicted his professed ideology. The dox revealed that Peinovich's wife was Jewish and that their wedding had featured traditional Jewish rites and chanting. As a neo-Nazi, Peinovich was also mocked upon the revelation of his

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, in light of

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's racial classification of Serbs as subhumans ("Untermenschen"), and the genocide of Serbs perpetrated by the

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puppet regime. After the doxxing, some followers of Peinovich reacted angrily to the information that had been revealed. They circulated forged images of him and his wife which derided their ethnicities. '' Salon'' journalist Matthew Sheffield posited that Neo-Nazi podcast listeners speculated that Peinovich was Jewish, "controlled opposition", or otherwise disingenuous in his beliefs.

Alex McNabb

Alex McNabb is a former

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(EMT) who appeared on ''The Daily Shoah'' under the

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"Dr. Narcan". He was fired from his job as an EMT after racist comments he made on ''The Daily Shoah'' came to light, including comparing

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patients to animals and claiming to have tortured a young Black boy using a

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needle.

National Justice Party

The National Justice Party (NJP) is an antisemitic

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political organization in the United States that promotes neo-Nazism. It is not a registered party for elections. ''The Right Stuff'' announced the National Justice Party in August 2020, led by Mike Peinovich, with a platform based upon the

. The party platform also incorporates antisemitic elements, such as calling for mandatory employment discrimination to prevent Jews from working in "vital institutions". The chairmen of the party include a number of prominent white supremacist and alt-right figures, including Joseph Jordan (also known as Eric Striker), Tony Hovater, Michael McKevitt, Gregory Conte, Warren Balogh, and former member of the neo-Nazi National Alliance, Alan Balogh. On July 24, 2021, NJP hosted their fifth party event in the Midwest and released a full-length documentary about it. Peinovich held a speech where he called Donald Trump the most Jewish president ever and controlled by the Jews. The party's leaders also gave "heil Hitler" salutes. NJP had previously hosted a meeting in response to the

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. NJP held their inaugural event in Millersville Pike just outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania. NJP members have organized gatherings in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Fargo to protest cases of Black on White killings, which they claim are "anti-white" in nature. NJP is also connected to Antelope Hill Publishing, which publishes books by Nazis and fascists and sells these books at NJP events and on the internet.

References

External links

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