Extremism news: Project 2025, antisemitic rally, El Paso shooting

The director of the controversial policy plan called Project 2025 steps down less than 24 hours after a USA TODAY investigation reveals a history of racist incidents among some of its contributors. Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League exposes an antisemitic conference in Kentucky and helps Reddit attack antisemitism. And a neo-Nazi Satanist whose writing has promoted racial hatred and child abuse — may still be a paid FBI informant.
It’s the week in extremism.
On Monday, USA TODAY first reported that several contributors to Project 2025 have a history of racist writing or comments. The sweeping conservative policy document had been seen as a blueprint for the next Republican presidency, but was widely criticized including for policies that would harm minority groups and people of color. 
Less than 24 hours later, the director of the project stepped down, amid criticism from the campaign of former President Donald Trump, who has sought to distance himself from Project 2025.
The Anti-Defamation League this week reported on a conference in Kentucky in late June that brought together white supremacists and other extremists to discuss what they called “the Jewish Problem.” 
The League also detailed this week how it worked with the social media platform Reddit to tackle antisemitic hate towards Jewish moderators.
On Thursday, Wired magazine published a story about Joshua Caleb Sutter, a white supremacist Satanist who has long written and published books featuring murder, pedophilia and child abuse. USA TODAY wrote about Sutter’s history as a paid informant for the FBI in 2022.
That’s how many years it has been this week since 21-year-old Patrick Crusius opened fire in an El Paso Walmart, killing 23 people and injuring 21 others in a white supremacist rampage.
Crusius, who last year was sentenced to serve 90 consecutive life sentences, published a document online in which he detailed his grievances, including claiming there was a Hispanic “invasion” of the United States. 
Will Carless is a national correspondent covering extremism and emerging issues. Follow him on X, @willcarless.