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The Far Right Is Quietly Building Power Under Trump
The New Republic ^ | 1-6-26 | Spencer Sunshine

Posted on 01/06/2026 9:19:46 PM PST by AirForceVet1988

The first year of Donald Trump’s second term in office was marked by the rapid implementation of his far-right program. From ICE to DOGE, from anti-DEI to anti-antifa, and from bombing boats to $400 million bribes, Trump’s regime has turned out even more extreme than feared after he was elected to a second term in November 2024. His words and actions as president have been covered extensively over the past year, as have those of a number of internal advisers and outside confidants, like Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon. However, the grassroots far right, and its influence over the administration, has received far less attention.

One of Trump’s first acts of his second term was to pardon the hundreds of people who were arrested, and in many cases convicted, for their role in the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Once pardoned, many of these individuals wasted no time in calling for retribution against the FBI and prosecutors and trying to sue the government. Several have been subsequently arrested for crimes including kidnapping and child molestation.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 5thcolumnonfr; airforcevet1988; airheadvet1988; far; farleft; frtraitorslist; maga; newrepublic; power; right; sametrollnewnick; spencersunshine; trump; zot
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There is so much to unpack here. Could take days.
1 posted on 01/06/2026 9:19:46 PM PST by AirForceVet1988
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To: AirForceVet1988

SOUNDS GREAT, DEATH TO LEFTISM!


2 posted on 01/06/2026 9:24:09 PM PST by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILLL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: AirForceVet1988
The Far Right Is Quietly Building Power Under Trump

The Freedom Loving People Of America Are Quietly Working Together Under Trump

There, fixed it

3 posted on 01/06/2026 9:25:53 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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To: AirForceVet1988

New Republic has been Far Left for quite a while now.


4 posted on 01/06/2026 9:26:00 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (I have nro answers. Only questions.)
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To: AirForceVet1988

The Spew Republic weighs in...


5 posted on 01/06/2026 9:35:22 PM PST by kiryandil (Resistance to The Odor is defiance to grainpidity)
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To: AirForceVet1988

There was a riot on Jan 6th? Who knew? I must have missed videos of all the burning and looting.


6 posted on 01/06/2026 9:36:19 PM PST by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: AirForceVet1988

First look - “Spencer Sunshine”? Really? Who the heck is this cretin!


7 posted on 01/06/2026 9:37:10 PM PST by antceecee ( )
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To: antceecee

A homosexual no doubt


8 posted on 01/06/2026 9:40:26 PM PST by nevadapatriot
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To: AirForceVet1988

Don’t threaten me with a good time…


9 posted on 01/06/2026 9:40:43 PM PST by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: AirForceVet1988

What about the Near-Right, they never seem to do anything.


10 posted on 01/06/2026 9:58:19 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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To: nevadapatriot

LOL! He probably is using a pseudonym!


11 posted on 01/06/2026 10:03:42 PM PST by antceecee ( )
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To: AirForceVet1988

“Mr1988” might just watch how he is posting, and watch his movements under the retired section of that lovely tome, the UCMJ.

Me? I was neither brass nor retired. The lovely lass I married made several unveiled threats in various manners toward the installation commander. You know that unspoken rule that you are responsible for your dependents 24/7/365. We lived in base housing at the time. End result, had number for next stripe, had re up critical career eligibility and $4000 re-up bonus, had orders for short tour isolated, to calm things down...at 10 year mark in the life of an adult GI brat. All gone.


12 posted on 01/06/2026 10:13:03 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: AirForceVet1988

The Left is reliably bad at understanding and explaining the right.

Each point offered is more for show than substance, while the critical issues of mass deportation and dislodging the Deep State are barely touched.


13 posted on 01/06/2026 10:31:34 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: AirForceVet1988

This screed was written by an effin retarded communist. It makes a steaming, runny pantload smell good by comparison


14 posted on 01/06/2026 10:36:38 PM PST by pissant
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"Spencer Sunshine”?

Maybe it's a progressive or woke euphemism for "Black Hole."
15 posted on 01/06/2026 11:53:00 PM PST by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: AirForceVet1988

SURE WOULD BE INTERESTING TO DEEP AUDIT THE CALIF LOTTERY-—

LOTS OF MONEY “GOING TO SCHOOLS” WHICH HASN’T SLOWED DOWN THEIR HORRENDOUS PROPERTY TAX BILLS....

IIRC—_THERE NEVER HAS BEEN ANY KIND OF SERIOUS AUDIT...AND CALIF IS RIPE FOR SERIOUS FRAUD


16 posted on 01/07/2026 12:10:50 AM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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There’s nothing at all to unpack here. Using the term “far right” and calling what happened on January 6th, 2021 at the Capitol a riot tells you everything you need to know:

In this case, what it tells you is you can safely skip reading the article, as it is garbage, written by a brainwashed moron.


17 posted on 01/07/2026 2:31:02 AM PST by enumerated (81 million votes my ass)
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To: antceecee

Look up Spencer Sunshine; he’s the real deal of hatred and misinformation.


18 posted on 01/07/2026 2:45:23 AM PST by Loud Mime ("The Real Constitution" on Amazon. We are not right wing - we are constitutional centrists.)
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To: clearcarbon
Well, since you mentioned black hole, what the left has been up to in NYS...

'The answer is not no': Would New York State taxpayers be on the hook to help Buffalo's financial problems?

Buffalo, home to that spiffy new BFL stadium costing NYS taxpayers $800 mil, is $54 mil in the hole and is begging Hochul to hit up state taxpayers for a bailout.

19 posted on 01/07/2026 2:47:51 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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To: mewzilla

NFL...


20 posted on 01/07/2026 2:49:28 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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