Proud Boys Whisperer: A Week in the News

Samantha Kutner
2 min readOct 3, 2020

Samantha Kutner

Thank you patrons for helping me contribute educated and well-researched information to the following news outlets this week!

New York Times

“Far-Right Group That Trades in Political Violence Gets a Boost” By Neil MacFarquhar, Alan Feuer, Mike Baker and Sheera Frenkel https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/proud-boys-trump.html

Skeptics in the Pub
Understanding the Allure of Conspiratorial Thinking Among Proud Boys Michael Marshall https://www.twitch.tv/sitp

The Star “New: Will Donald Trump’s shout-out to the Proud Boys during last night’s debate be a ‘call to action’ for members in Canada?” Alex Boutilier, Ottawa Bureau, Douglas Quan, Vancouver Bureau

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/09/30/will-donald-trumps-shout-out-to-the-proud-boys-be-a-call-to-arms-in-canada.html

Instagram Live With Jenna Arnold, @itsjenna, the co-founder of ORGANIZE.

Outlets also developing stories.
Buzzfeed Christopher Miller
My News 4 Ben Margiott
Florida Sentinel

Responses to questions about multiracial Proud Boys in this article. https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/30/wilfred-reilly-insists-proud-boys-arent-white-supr/?fbclid=IwAR0idgNiKG5XyTnkwj9F3JgmZcGMxKlnce3asHK-bpbacE328WeLJ3DJQqc

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Samantha Kutner

Dancer, Writer, Countering Violent Extremism Researcher. Founder of the Glitterpill community. Striving for balance & sustainable activism.