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MAGA candidate's scandal-plagued staff linked to former Klan leader: report

Raw Story 07 Oct 2026
Two county-level organizers for Georgia Senate candidate Mike Collins have ties to a far-right group started by a former Ku Klux Klan leader, according to a Daily Beast exclusive, adding to the controversies around the Trump-endorsed Republican.
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Ku Klux Klan leader celebrates 'growing' support ahead of midterms in pro-Trump interview

Raw Story 04 Oct 2026
Thomas Robb, a 79-year-old Arkansan and national director of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), celebrated his organization’s “growing” support ahead of the midterms in a new interview published Sunday with Al Jazeera’s Phil Lavelle.
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Echoes across the ages: Appeals to assimilation recall Klan-era arguments

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 03 Oct 2026
Loving this state means refusing to let anyone narrow the word "Hoosier" until our neighbors disappear from it ... .
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Converse CEO apologises after ad evoked Ku Klux Klan, lynching

Straits Times 25 Sep 2026
It was the first time he had addressed the full Converse team in person since the ad was pulled ....
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Reference to Ku Klux Klan removed from SC State Museum exhibit honoring America's 250th

The Post and Courier 25 Sep 2026
The South Carolina State Museum said it removed a Ku Klux Klan reference from one of its exhibits to provide “a clearer and more historically accurate” portrait of the state during the Civil Rights era ... .
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Converse apologises after sneaker ad sparks Ku Klux Klan imagery backlash

Independent online (SA) 23 Sep 2026
US sneaker company Converse has apologised and removed a social media advertisement after critics said imagery in the campaign evoked the Ku Klux Klan and lynching ... associated with the Ku Klux Klan.
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Pauline Hanson condemns Channel Nine after KKK leader praises One Nation

Greek City Times 22 Sep 2026
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has condemned Channel Nine after a Ku Klux Klan leader praised her political rise during a new documentary examining politics and division in the United States.
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Converse Pulls Sneaker Ad That Critics Said Had Racist Ku Klux Klan Imagery

NDTV 21 Sep 2026
Critics lashed out online, saying that a white triangular image created by lighting on the skirt resembled a KKK hood and that the way she held the sneakers made them look like the dangling feet of a... .
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Converse Pulls Controversial Ad After Ku Klux Klan, Lynching Imagery Backlash

Gulf News 21 Sep 2026
... psyche, a time of the Ku Klux Klan and public lynching.The footwear giant has since pulled the advert from its Instagram account.
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Converse Removes Ad That Drew Comparisons to K.K.K. Imagery

New York Times 19 Sep 2026
“This should not have happened and we will do better,” said Converse, which apologized for the ad. Critics said it depicted a Ku Klux Klan robe and a lynching ... .
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SLO man in KKK-style robe arrested for being drunk in public

The Tribune San Luis Obispo 16 Sep 2026
Police documented the incident as a “non-criminal hate expression” rather than a hate crime ... .
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'Rocky' Myers' capital murder conviction questioned over lawyer's Klan ties

Decatur Daily 12 Jul 2026
A panel discussion at a Decatur church next week will review a 35-year-old capital murder case from the perspective of people who say a local man was wrongly convicted ... .
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