Ron DeSantis ally Chris Rufo has close ties with ‘dissident right’ magazine

Relationship with IM-1776, which praises dictators and attacks liberal democracy, is collaborative and supportive

Chris Rufo, a rightwing culture-war celebrity and close Ron DeSantis ally, has maintained a close relationship with IM-1776, a dissident right" magazine that regularly showers praise on dictators and authoritarians, puffs racist ideologues, and attacks liberal democracy.

The outlet'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.