Well whodathunk it when it comes to that asshole Christopher Rufo?

Chris Rufo, a frequent Fox News guest who has the ear of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump, contributes to the far-right IM-1776 magazine and maintains an explicitly collaborative and supportive relationship with its editors and writers, including would-be “warlord” Charles Haywood who leads a network of armed extremists bent on ending liberal ideals, reported The Guardian.

“[IM-1776’s] editors and writers — many of them so-called ‘anons’ working under pseudonyms — have variously advocated for the repeal of the Civil Rights Act; celebrated figures such as the ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski and the proto-fascist Italian nationalist Gabriele D’Annunzio; and advanced conspiracy theories about the Covid pandemic, and what they term the ‘regime’, a leftist power structure that they imagine unites the state, large corporations, universities and the media,” the newspaper reported.

The outlet ran a “manifesto” by Rufo called “The New Right Activism” last month in both its online and print versions, and he has publicly urged his followers to buy and subscribe to IM-1776. He said during one of the Twitter spaces he’s co-hosted with the magazine’s editors that he hoped to incorporate the “dissident right” into mainstream conservatism.

“I think there is a room for engaging the dissident right and the establishment right,” Rufo said. “I think we need to have a bridge between the two and engage in thoughtful dialogue.”

Haywood, a former shampoo manufacturer turned wannabe warlord, contributes to IM-1776 and apparently helps fund its publication, has published six bylined articles on the website using eliminationist rhetoric against his enemies and calls for “the total, permanent defeat of the left, of the ideology at the heart of the Enlightenment.”

rawstory.com