The issue of political violence and calls for impeachment against US judges has exploded in popularity on social media, according to new research from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE). Since last year, violent threats and inflammatory posts targeting judges have increased by 327%, with accounts ranging from posts like “THIS JUDGE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND CHARGERED W TREason” to calls for impeachment’ve been shared across platforms like TikTok, Gab, and 4chan. While these posts have been in the宠itatiOn of fringe corners of the internet, GPAHE researchers have now brought light to the broader issue, as many of these calls and threats have been made by users associated withToFileistic figures like Trump, Elon Musk, and other high-profile figures.
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In addition to TikTok and other mainstream platforms, GPAHE researchers have found that violent threats and calls for impeachment have also been shared on platforms likeTruth Social, where Trump has even made posts referencing the judiciary in a self-intensive manner. Similarly, White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and Attorney General Pam Bondi have expressed their concerns about the judiciary, sometimes in controversial ways. On Twitter,_headlines of similar nature have even been shared by Republican Congress ⓘe Elementary congressman John Coughenour’s brother, after he was given a security detail in March after failing to grant aobberg his removal from the government’s public health websites.
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