Saturday, January 04, 2025

The Militia and the Mole

This piece by Joshua Kaplan is a mind bender. He tells the story of wilderness trainer who decided, on a freelance basis, to infiltrate a militia and try to thwart the group's plans from within. The conclusions the infiltrator draws are dire and, the writer points out, likely to escalate if Donald Trump follows through with his plan to pardon Jan. 6 rioters.

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NEW: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover in right-wing militias.

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A true American hero.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-04 12:32 PM

"Claiming to work on "a communication strategy for reaching out to law enforcement," Williams then goaded AP3 members into bragging about their police connections.

They told him about their ties with high-ranking officers in Missouri and in Louisiana, in Texas and in Tennessee."

Great story... reminds me of BlacKkKlansman: The black man who took on the Klan .

The underworld of white supremacy is thriving in Trump World.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-04 01:05 PM

Great story... reminds me of BlacKkKlansman: The black man who took on the Klan

And that reminds me of Clayton Bigsby , the world's only black white supremacist! Here is a clip from "frontline":

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#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-01-04 07:27 PM

Here is the gauge I am using...it involves watching who Trump pardons and when.
If he pardons at least 90% of the insurrections, all at once, that means we are at the highest level for in your face racist brownshirt militias marching freely in the streets.
If he pardons onle a few, maybe ten percent, that means he is unsure of how much, how freely he and his goons he has appointed to run the military, will be able to shoot demonstrators.
If he actually shows he intends to try and annex Canada, or invade Mexico, well, our democracy just went off the deep end, and we are the Russians are, with a dictator stomping on our Constitution.
Time will tell.
One wonders how one teaches high school civics classes these days, the kids would have questions, but the answers could get the teacher fired.

#4 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-01-05 06:37 AM

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