This week, Molly watched Citizen Vigilante, a new film from the world's worst director. 

Sources & Further Reading:

https://scoutmagazine.ca/remembering-gastowns-ambitious-but-doomed-modern-german-restaurant/

https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/cinema/hanau-attack-film-angers-victims-families

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal

https://people.com/movies/armie-hammer-controversy-timeline/

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/26/news

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-reviews/article-tk-alex-gill-review-of-kozak-ukrainian-restaurant/

Simi, Pete, and Robert Futrell. American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010

This week, Molly watched Citizen Vigilante, a new film from the world's worst director. Sources &amp; Further Reading: <a href="https://scoutmagazine.ca/remembering-gastowns-ambitious-but-doomed-modern-german-restaurant/">https://scoutmagazine.ca/remembering-gastowns-ambitious-but-doomed-modern-german-restaurant/</a>
<a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/cinema/hanau-attack-film-angers-victims-families">https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/cinema/hanau-attack-film-angers-victims-families</a>
<a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal">https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/the-fall-of-armie-hammer-a-family-saga-of-sex-money-drugs-and-betrayal</a>
<a href="https://people.com/movies/armie-hammer-controversy-timeline/">https://people.com/movies/armie-hammer-controversy-timeline/</a>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/26/news">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/sep/26/news</a>
<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-reviews/article-tk-alex-gill-review-of-kozak-ukrainian-restaurant/">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-reviews/article-tk-alex-gill-review-of-kozak-ukrainian-restaurant/</a>
Simi, Pete, and Robert Futrell. American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement&rsquo;s Hidden Spaces of Hate. Rowman &amp; Littlefield Publishers, 2010

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off. 

Weird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters for what they really are - some weird guy. Whether they’re conspiring to build bombs or serving swastika shaped cookies at a dinner party, the weird little guys trying to destroy America are a little less scary with their masks off.

Investigative journalist Molly Conger takes you beyond the headlines to examine some of the worst people on the planet, most of whom you’ve never heard of. These are the weird little guys trying to ruin life as we know it.

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I Watched Uwe Boll's Far Right Power Fantasy So You Don't Have To

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On the night of June 11, 1963, Byron de la Beckwith murdered Medgar Evers with a single shot. But how did he end up hiding in a bush across the street from the home of a civil rights leader?

Sources & Further Reading:

Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers. Univ. of Tennessee Press.

Zinn, Howard. (1964) SNCC: The New Abolitionists. Beacon Press. Boston.

Mendelsohn, Jack. (1966) The martyrs : sixteen who gave their lives for racial justice. Harper & Row 

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/06/12/issue.html

https://www.lodinews.com/features/vintage_lodi/article_426cb4b4-269e-5c6f-ba07-7e92ecf23142.html 

https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/witnesses/medgarevers.htm

https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/medgar-evers-and-the-origin-of-the-civil-rights-movement-in-mississippi 

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tnalhn/runawayslavenotices.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/23/us/byron-de-la-beckwith-dies-killer-of-medgar-evers-was-80.html

On the night of June 11, 1963, Byron de la Beckwith murdered Medgar Evers with a single shot. But how did he end up hiding in a bush across the street from the home of a civil rights leader? Sources &amp; Further Reading: Massengill, Reed (2024). Portrait of a racist: Byron De La Beckwith and the Assassination of Medgar Evers. Univ. of Tennessee Press. Zinn, Howard. (1964) SNCC: The New Abolitionists. Beacon Press. Boston. Mendelsohn, Jack. (1966) The martyrs : sixteen who gave their lives for racial justice. Harper &amp; Row <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/06/12/issue.html">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/06/12/issue.html</a>
<a href="https://www.lodinews.com/features/vintage_lodi/article_426cb4b4-269e-5c6f-ba07-7e92ecf23142.html">https://www.lodinews.com/features/vintage_lodi/article_426cb4b4-269e-5c6f-ba07-7e92ecf23142.html</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/witnesses/medgarevers.htm">https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/witnesses/medgarevers.htm</a>
<a href="https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/medgar-evers-and-the-origin-of-the-civil-rights-movement-in-mississippi">https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/medgar-evers-and-the-origin-of-the-civil-rights-movement-in-mississippi</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tnalhn/runawayslavenotices.htm">https://sites.rootsweb.com/~tnalhn/runawayslavenotices.htm</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/23/us/byron-de-la-beckwith-dies-killer-of-medgar-evers-was-80.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/23/us/byron-de-la-beckwith-dies-killer-of-medgar-evers-was-80.html</a>

June 11, 1963: Byron de la Beckwith, Pt. 1

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Last week, a federal judge ordered the Department of the Interior to stop implementation of a Trump executive order that would whitewash history at National Park sites. A leaked database shows the materials that parks employees had flagged for removal. They want to 'make America great' by erasing its past.

Sources & Further Reading:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/

https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3431-restoring-truth-and-sanity-american-history

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72285106/national-parks-conservation-association-v-department-of-the-interior/

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72178941/city-of-philadelphia-v-burgum/ 

https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/save-our-signs/ 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ulzIcpjpyTKLa52DClUkUlcazJPdAryK0B0oKmA9TF8/ 

https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/medgar-evers-killer-trump-says-stop-calling-him-racist/
https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/visitor-brochures-returned-medgar-evers-home/ 

https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/12/medgar-evers-home-omissions-to-story/ 

https://mississippitoday.org/2025/03/17/wwii-vet-medgar-evers-erased-from-arlington-cemetery-website/ 

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/brochures-calling-medgar-evers-killer-racist-still-available-at-evers-home/ 

https://www.nhpr.org/2013-08-12/van-evers-honors-his-father-in-his-own-way 

https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-announces-usns-harvey-milk-renamed-usns-oscar/story?id=123266490 

https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/medgar-evers-family-fights-efforts-to-strip-his-name-from-navy-vessel/ 

https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/02/national-park-service-plans-censor-brochures-murder-civil-rights-leader 

https://npshistory.com/publications/memy/brochures/2021.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/16/philadelphia-trump-judge-slavery-history/

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/us/politics/judge-national-parks-trump.html

Last week, a federal judge ordered the Department of the Interior to stop implementation of a Trump executive order that would whitewash history at National Park sites. A leaked database shows the materials that parks employees had flagged for removal. They want to 'make America great' by erasing its past. Sources &amp; Further Reading: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/restoring-truth-and-sanity-to-american-history/</a>
<a href="https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3431-restoring-truth-and-sanity-american-history">https://www.doi.gov/document-library/secretary-order/so-3431-restoring-truth-and-sanity-american-history</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72285106/national-parks-conservation-association-v-department-of-the-interior/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72285106/national-parks-conservation-association-v-department-of-the-interior/</a>
<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72178941/city-of-philadelphia-v-burgum/">https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72178941/city-of-philadelphia-v-burgum/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/save-our-signs/">https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/save-our-signs/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ulzIcpjpyTKLa52DClUkUlcazJPdAryK0B0oKmA9TF8/">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ulzIcpjpyTKLa52DClUkUlcazJPdAryK0B0oKmA9TF8/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/medgar-evers-killer-trump-says-stop-calling-him-racist/">https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/medgar-evers-killer-trump-says-stop-calling-him-racist/</a> <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/visitor-brochures-returned-medgar-evers-home/">https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/05/visitor-brochures-returned-medgar-evers-home/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/12/medgar-evers-home-omissions-to-story/">https://mississippitoday.org/2026/02/12/medgar-evers-home-omissions-to-story/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2025/03/17/wwii-vet-medgar-evers-erased-from-arlington-cemetery-website/">https://mississippitoday.org/2025/03/17/wwii-vet-medgar-evers-erased-from-arlington-cemetery-website/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/brochures-calling-medgar-evers-killer-racist-still-available-at-evers-home/">https://www.mississippifreepress.org/brochures-calling-medgar-evers-killer-racist-still-available-at-evers-home/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.nhpr.org/2013-08-12/van-evers-honors-his-father-in-his-own-way">https://www.nhpr.org/2013-08-12/van-evers-honors-his-father-in-his-own-way</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-announces-usns-harvey-milk-renamed-usns-oscar/story?id=123266490">https://abcnews.com/Politics/hegseth-announces-usns-harvey-milk-renamed-usns-oscar/story?id=123266490</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/medgar-evers-family-fights-efforts-to-strip-his-name-from-navy-vessel/">https://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/medgar-evers-family-fights-efforts-to-strip-his-name-from-navy-vessel/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/02/national-park-service-plans-censor-brochures-murder-civil-rights-leader">https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2026/02/national-park-service-plans-censor-brochures-murder-civil-rights-leader</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://npshistory.com/publications/memy/brochures/2021.pdf">https://npshistory.com/publications/memy/brochures/2021.pdf</a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/16/philadelphia-trump-judge-slavery-history/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/16/philadelphia-trump-judge-slavery-history/</a>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/us/politics/judge-national-parks-trump.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/us/politics/judge-national-parks-trump.html</a>

Flagged for Removal

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In 1980, Texas Klan Grand Dragon Louis Beam was running a paramilitary training camp outside of Houston. But they weren't just training klansmen for the race war. They ran a boy scout camp on the weekends.

Sources and further reading:

Belew, Kathleen. Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America. Harvard University Press, 2018.

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/993/2128255/


https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/


https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/ 

https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/30/archives/paramilitary-actions-irk-neighbors-of-texas-camp-charter.html


https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/ 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/23/Charge-Klan-teaches-scouts-how-to-strangle-people/2641343803600/ 

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/24/Klan-member-trains-youths-at-paramilitary-camp/6144343890000/


https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/A-mother-says-two-teen-age-Explorer-scouts-who-attended/4442343976400/


https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/05/The-owner-of-a-10-acre-plot-of-land-used/1128344840400/

In 1980, Texas Klan Grand Dragon Louis Beam was running a paramilitary training camp outside of Houston. But they weren't just training klansmen for the race war. They ran a boy scout camp on the weekends. Sources and further reading: Belew, Kathleen. Bring the War Home : The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America. Harvard University Press, 2018. <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/993/2128255/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/993/2128255/</a> <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/"></a>
<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/518/1017/2128803/</a> <a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/"></a>
<a href="https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/">https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/543/198/1460786/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/30/archives/paramilitary-actions-irk-neighbors-of-texas-camp-charter.html">https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/30/archives/paramilitary-actions-irk-neighbors-of-texas-camp-charter.html</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/"></a>
<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/11/24/boy-scouts-taught-to-fire-weapons-strangle-opponents/1eec4466-569a-47a8-b2e1-ce60c763ffe7/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/23/Charge-Klan-teaches-scouts-how-to-strangle-people/2641343803600/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/23/Charge-Klan-teaches-scouts-how-to-strangle-people/2641343803600/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/24/Klan-member-trains-youths-at-paramilitary-camp/6144343890000/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/24/Klan-member-trains-youths-at-paramilitary-camp/6144343890000/</a>
 <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/A-mother-says-two-teen-age-Explorer-scouts-who-attended/4442343976400/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/11/25/A-mother-says-two-teen-age-Explorer-scouts-who-attended/4442343976400/</a> <a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/05/The-owner-of-a-10-acre-plot-of-land-used/1128344840400/"></a>
<a href="https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/05/The-owner-of-a-10-acre-plot-of-land-used/1128344840400/">https://www.upi.com/Archives/1980/12/05/The-owner-of-a-10-acre-plot-of-land-used/1128344840400/</a>

Klan Camp

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