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	<title>Hatewatch &#124; Southern Poverty Law Center &#187; &#8216;Patriot&#8217; Groups</title>
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	<itunes:subtitle>Hatewatch examines the hate movement and other extremist activities in the United States.</itunes:subtitle>
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the Intelligence Report, an investigative magazine published by the
Southern Poverty Law Center. </itunes:summary>
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		<title>Oath Keepers Rally Reveals Radical Politics of Group</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/07/25/oath-keepers-rally-reveals-radical-politics-of-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/07/25/oath-keepers-rally-reveals-radical-politics-of-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Propaganda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has always trusted his intellectual pedigree to keep him above the fray. Boasting a Yale Law School degree and a smooth-talking manner, Rhodes from the start described the group he formed in 2009 — made up largely of law enforcement officials and past and present members of the military — [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leader in Georgia Antigovernment Terror Plot Pleads, Gets Life in Prison</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/07/19/leader-in-georgia-antigovernment-terror-plot-pleads-gets-life-in-prison/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/07/19/leader-in-georgia-antigovernment-terror-plot-pleads-gets-life-in-prison/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremists in the Military]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LUDOWICI, Ga. – The suspected leader of a murderous militia of military men was the last to be interrogated that mild Georgia winter evening 18 months ago. Although he was only 20 at the time, United States Army Pvt. Isaac Aguigui played it cool and defiant. “You can go to hell,” he told an agent [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oath Keepers ‘Patriot’ Group May Sponsor NASCAR Prince</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/29/oath-keepers-patriot-group-may-sponsor-nascar-prince/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/29/oath-keepers-patriot-group-may-sponsor-nascar-prince/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Earnhardt, a young prince of one of NASCAR’s royal families, and the Oath Keepers, a conspiracy-spinning “Constitutionalist” group, are joining forces for an upcoming race that “could help make Oath Keepers a household name.” At least that’s the pitch – and the hope – of the Oath Keepers founder, Stewart Rhodes, as he tries [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/04/29/oath-keepers-patriot-group-may-sponsor-nascar-prince/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>65</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘Conservatives’ Who Gathered in Colorado a Different Breed</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/25/conservatives-who-gathered-in-colorado-a-different-breed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/25/conservatives-who-gathered-in-colorado-a-different-breed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hatewatch Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-LGBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Muslim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conspiracies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — You might have thought that a conference with the title “Conservative Call to Action” would feature lots of talk of small government, of Ronald Reagan, of the need to defend traditional values and a capitalist economy. But that would be yesterday’s conservatives. Instead, at the event held Saturday in this famously [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>75</slash:comments>
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		<title>New SPLC Report: ‘Patriot’ Movement Swells for Fourth Year</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/05/new-splc-report-antigovernment-%e2%80%98patriot%e2%80%99-movement-swells-for-fourth-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/03/05/new-splc-report-antigovernment-%e2%80%98patriot%e2%80%99-movement-swells-for-fourth-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Potok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editor's Pick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hate Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The number of antigovernment “Patriot” groups on the American radical right hit an all-time high in 2012, the fourth straight year of explosive growth, according to a report released today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). As the new year began, serious talk of gun control, prompted by a Connecticut school massacre in December, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>142</slash:comments>
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		<title>Convicted Extortionist a Key Figure in Idaho Citadel ‘Patriot’ Project</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/18/convicted-extortionist-a-key-figure-in-idaho-citadel-patriot-project/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/18/convicted-extortionist-a-key-figure-in-idaho-citadel-patriot-project/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=10263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a band of antigovernment “Patriots” pitching a plan to build a walled city in North Idaho and manufacture handguns and assault rifles there, you might expect raised eyebrows, a little criticism. But potshots from other Patriots? Potshots, indeed, are flying at III Arms Co. and its sister land development company, Citadel Land Development, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/18/convicted-extortionist-a-key-figure-in-idaho-citadel-patriot-project/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Texas ‘Sovereign’ Charged in Murder-for-Hire Scheme Targeting Judge</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/texas-sovereign-charged-in-murder-for-hire-scheme-targeting-judge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/texas-sovereign-charged-in-murder-for-hire-scheme-targeting-judge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Terry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you can’t beat them in court, kill them in the street. At least that seems to have been the legal strategy of an elderly Texas tax protester and suspected “sovereign citizen,” who authorities charged Monday with trying to hire a hit man to kill the federal judge presiding over his upcoming trial for filing [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/10/02/texas-sovereign-charged-in-murder-for-hire-scheme-targeting-judge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sovereign Citizen ‘President’ Indicted for Tax Crimes</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/18/sovereign-citizen-%e2%80%98president%e2%80%99-indicted-for-tax-crimes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/18/sovereign-citizen-%e2%80%98president%e2%80%99-indicted-for-tax-crimes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Protesters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[James Timothy Turner, the self-styled “president” of the Republic for the united States of America (RuSA), was indicted today on charges of conspiracy to defraud the federal government and several other tax charges, including attempting to pay taxes with a fictitious financial instrument and attempting to obstruct an Internal Revenue Service investigation.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/09/18/sovereign-citizen-%e2%80%98president%e2%80%99-indicted-for-tax-crimes/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conspiracists Say Recent Shootings ‘False Flag’ Attacks by Government</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/27/conspiracists-say-recent-shootings-false-flag-attacks-by-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/27/conspiracists-say-recent-shootings-false-flag-attacks-by-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conspiracies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kurt Nimmo says that there is no problem with violent white supremacists in the military. His boss, Alex Jones, says that there is no problem with gun violence in America – at least, no problem that’s not a result of government-sponsored “mind-control” experiments. Jones and Nimmo, who are among the biggest spinners of conspiracy theories [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/08/27/conspiracists-say-recent-shootings-false-flag-attacks-by-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Antigovernment ‘Patriot’ Movement Takes Up Delaware Sheriff’s Crusade</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/26/antigovernment-patriot-movement-takes-up-delaware-sheriff-crusade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/26/antigovernment-patriot-movement-takes-up-delaware-sheriff-crusade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=9066</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Update: Proposed legislation clarifying that Delaware sheriffs do not have powers of arrest was withdrawn yesterday by its sponsor, WGMD News reports. State Rep. Daniel Short, who sponsored the bill, said he struck it over concerns that the issue had become too politicized. As an alternative, he is reportedly working on a House resolution to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/04/26/antigovernment-patriot-movement-takes-up-delaware-sheriff-crusade/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>64</slash:comments>
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		<title>New SPLC Report: &#8216;Patriot&#8217; Movement Explodes</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/08/explosive-growth-of-patriot-movement-revealed-in-new-splc-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/08/explosive-growth-of-patriot-movement-revealed-in-new-splc-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 13:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Potok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hate Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Year-End]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of antigovernment “Patriot” groups grew at an astounding pace last year, as it has in all three years of the Obama presidency, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) annual count of extremist groups, released today. The number of these groups rose from 824 in 2010 to 1,274 last year. This dramatic [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/03/08/explosive-growth-of-patriot-movement-revealed-in-new-splc-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>100</slash:comments>
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		<title>Youth for Western Civilization Takes ‘Patriot’ Plunge</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/14/youth-for-western-civilization-takes-patriot-plunge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/14/youth-for-western-civilization-takes-patriot-plunge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Youth for Western Civilization (YWC), the ultraconservative student group sworn to defend “the West” from the “radical left” and multiculturalism, seems to be finding new friends on the radical right – and a new enemy in the federal government. Founded just over five years ago by American University student Kevin DeAnna, YWC is already notorious [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/14/youth-for-western-civilization-takes-patriot-plunge/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Neo-Confederate League of the South Espouses Posse Comitatus Ideology</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/01/11/neo-confederate-league-of-the-south-espouses-posse-comitatus-ideology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/01/11/neo-confederate-league-of-the-south-espouses-posse-comitatus-ideology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Nelson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Citizens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Affirming his group’s embrace of antigovernment “Patriot” ideology, League of the South (LOS) President Michael Hill on Monday sent members an E-Mail declaring the federal government an “organized criminal enterprise” led by “domestic terrorists” and telling his followers to prepare for a fight. “I discourage the formation of private militias except as a last resort,” [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/01/11/neo-confederate-league-of-the-south-espouses-posse-comitatus-ideology/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘Patriot’ Paranoia in Overdrive</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/12/12/patriot-paranoia-in-overdrive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/12/12/patriot-paranoia-in-overdrive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal government is spying on Americans stockpiling food and asking U.S. soldiers if they will detain American citizens when the time comes. In job advertisements, the government is seeking jackbooted New World Order thugs to staff secret domestic prison camps. An  examination of archival photographs has finally solved the mysteries of the JFK assassination. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hutaree Militia Member is First to Plead in Cop-Killing Plot</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/12/06/hutaree-militia-member-is-first-to-plead-in-cop-killing-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/12/06/hutaree-militia-member-is-first-to-plead-in-cop-killing-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A man whose nickname is “Mouse” is the first member of the Hutaree Militia to strike a plea deal with the Justice Department to avoid the possibility of a lengthy federal prison sentence. Joshua John Clough, 29, of Blissfield Township, Mich., pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit to use of a firearm [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alleged Georgia Plotters Belonged to Racist, Anti-Semitic Group</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/11/03/georgia-plotters-belonged-to-racist-anti-semitic-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/11/03/georgia-plotters-belonged-to-racist-anti-semitic-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Potok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Black]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Semitic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The FBI undercover tapes of four North Georgia militiamen arrested Tuesday offer an extraordinary glimpse of the terrorism the group is accused of planning. Details of how they allegedly intended to commit mass murder with deadly ricin, carry out assassinations of officials, and bomb government buildings abound in government affidavits that directly quote the men [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Georgia Militiamen Arrested in Major Domestic Terror Plot</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/11/02/georgia-militiamen-arrested-in-major-domestic-terror-plot/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/11/02/georgia-militiamen-arrested-in-major-domestic-terror-plot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Potok</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Four members of an unnamed North Georgia militia planned to attack cities including Atlanta with deadly ricin, bomb federal buildings and murder law enforcement officials and others, according to charges leveled yesterday. The four elderly men were arrested after a lengthy investigation that began last March, when a confidential informant began secretly recording the group’s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Christian Reconstruction Group Cruises ‘Patriot’ Waters</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/10/26/christian-reconstruction-group-cruises-patriot-waters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/10/26/christian-reconstruction-group-cruises-patriot-waters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Schlatter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=8068</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[American Vision is a hard-line Christian Reconstruction organization whose current leader, Gary DeMar, has said that democracy should be replaced by a theocratic government run by Christians who will impose Old Testament prohibitions and the occasional executions of “sodomites” to drive gay people back into the closet. It&#8217;s no surprise, then, that American Vision has [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Montana White Supremacist Threatens Human Rights Organization</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/29/montana-white-supremacist-threatens-human-rights-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/29/montana-white-supremacist-threatens-human-rights-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[White Supremacist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A former “staff leader” of the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations is threatening to indict members of the Montana Human Rights Network by convening a “citizen grand jury.” The e-mail threat came from Karl Gharst, a white supremacist who was convicted and sent to prison in 2004 for threatening to kill a child protective services worker in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/29/montana-white-supremacist-threatens-human-rights-organization/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Again With the Birth Certificate – WorldNetDaily Conjures ‘Inquiry’</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/29/again-with-the-birth-certificate-worldnetdaily-conjures-inquiry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/29/again-with-the-birth-certificate-worldnetdaily-conjures-inquiry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7922</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly eight months after President Obama released his long-form birth certificate, the carnival barkers he hoped to quiet are again clamoring to get back into the center ring. WorldNetDaily (WND), the right-wing conspiracy website that has led the charge to question the legitimacy of Obama’s citizenship, has reported that the nation’s first law enforcement investigation [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/29/again-with-the-birth-certificate-worldnetdaily-conjures-inquiry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arizona Mayor Backed by Oath Keepers Alleges Rigged Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/01/arizona-mayor-backed-by-oath-keepers-alleges-rigged-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/01/arizona-mayor-backed-by-oath-keepers-alleges-rigged-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Propaganda]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A western Arizona mayor, who recently called in the antigovernment “Patriot” group Oath Keepers to rally support for what he claimed was a town under martial law, has not gone quietly into the night after losing a recall election earlier this week. Instead, Quartzsite Mayor Ed Foster has doubled down with new claims that the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/09/01/arizona-mayor-backed-by-oath-keepers-alleges-rigged-vote/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oath Keepers Group Takes on ‘Pivot Point’ Arizona Town</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/29/oath-keepers-group-takes-on-pivot-point-arizona-town/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/29/oath-keepers-group-takes-on-pivot-point-arizona-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lenz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Propaganda]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7696</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[QUARTSZITE, Ariz. — In the heart of the Sonoran Desert, in a scruffy town populated by nomad retirees, inveterate rock hounds and a nearly 70-year-old nudist bookseller who claims to be the first male stripper in the country, the antigovernment “Patriot” group Oath Keepers has decided to take a stand. Quartzsite has only 3,800 permanent [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/29/oath-keepers-group-takes-on-pivot-point-arizona-town/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ex-Marine and Fugitive Tied to Oath Keepers Arrested</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/25/ex-marine-and-fugitive-tied-to-oath-keepers-arrested/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/25/ex-marine-and-fugitive-tied-to-oath-keepers-arrested/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A federal fugitive with past ties to the Patriot group Oath Keepers was arrested without incident Thursday southwest of Houston, Texas, just days after fleeing a campground during a law enforcement dragnet. Charles Alan Dyer, 31, a former Marine, was arrested after leaving a Sonic drive-in where he had purchased a Route 44 red cherry [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/25/ex-marine-and-fugitive-tied-to-oath-keepers-arrested/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Liberty Counsel Dips Toes in the ‘Patriot’ Pool</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/18/liberty-counsel-dips-toes-in-the-patriot-pool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/18/liberty-counsel-dips-toes-in-the-patriot-pool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Schlatter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Liberty Counsel for Law and Policy is traditionally known for its pro bono litigation work with regard to perceived slights against the practice of Christianity in schools and other public venues, as well as its work against abortion and LGBT rights. It was no surprise, therefore, when its president, Mathew Staver, and Matt Barber, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/18/liberty-counsel-dips-toes-in-the-patriot-pool/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Final Tea Party Frontier</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/10/the-final-tea-party-frontier/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/10/the-final-tea-party-frontier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hatewatch Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new Tea Party group in Florida is boldly going where no Tea Parties have gone before – space. Tea Party in Space, an offshoot of the South Florida Tea Party, is, of all things, pushing to end the government’s supposed monopoly on space exploration. “Our goal is nothing less than the expansion of American [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/10/the-final-tea-party-frontier/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>‘Patriot’ Groups Glom on to National Protest of Family Court System</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/05/patriot-groups-glom-on-to-protest-of-family-court-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/05/patriot-groups-glom-on-to-protest-of-family-court-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=7470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A nationwide “family rights protest” set for next week – and billed as one of the biggest ever &#8212; is attracting attention and support from antigovernment militia, “Patriot” and “sovereign citizens” groups. Protests organized by a group called “govabuse” are planned outside courthouses in more than 300 counties in at least 42 states on Aug. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/08/05/patriot-groups-glom-on-to-protest-of-family-court-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>GOP Members of Congress Push Amendment to ‘Nullify’ Federal Laws</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/12/gop-members-of-congress-push-amendment-to-nullify-federal-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/12/gop-members-of-congress-push-amendment-to-nullify-federal-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 17:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heidi Beirich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antigovernment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nullification — the idea that a state can simply refuse to follow federal laws when it doesn’t like them — has been popular of late. A traveling conference called “Nullify Now!” has been roving the country in the last year pushing this notion, with its events headlined by prominent figures in the antigovernment “Patriot” movement. In [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/12/gop-members-of-congress-push-amendment-to-nullify-federal-laws/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Patriots&#8217; and Militia Supporters Flock to New Social Networking Site</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/10/patriots-and-militia-supporters-flock-to-new-social-networking-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/10/patriots-and-militia-supporters-flock-to-new-social-networking-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 19:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Schlatter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Militias]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Militia members and other antigovernment “Patriot” types have a new social network where they can share and discuss the latest conspiracy theories about the looming “New World Order” and its enablers. The site, which calls itself the &#8220;Social Network of the Revolution,&#8221; is run by Patriot leader Gary Franchi, producer of “Camp FEMA,” a film [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/05/10/patriots-and-militia-supporters-flock-to-new-social-networking-site/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>42</slash:comments>
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		<title>Muslim-Basher Pam Geller, Fresh From Call for Censorship, to Testify to Alaska House Today</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/03/30/muslim-basher-pam-geller-fresh-from-call-for-censorship-to-testify-to-alaska-house-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/03/30/muslim-basher-pam-geller-fresh-from-call-for-censorship-to-testify-to-alaska-house-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Steinback</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Muslim]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pamela Geller, one of America’s most rabid Islamophobes and a woman who is scheduled to testify today to the Alaska House of Representatives, thinks people like her should be able to decide what news people like you get to see. And she doesn’t think you can handle news presented by Middle East-based Al Jazeera English. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/03/30/muslim-basher-pam-geller-fresh-from-call-for-censorship-to-testify-to-alaska-house-today/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>After ‘Liberty Dollars’ Creator Convicted, Feds Seek Millions</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/03/25/after-antigovernment-liberty-dollars-creator-convicted-feds-seek-millions-in-coins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/03/25/after-antigovernment-liberty-dollars-creator-convicted-feds-seek-millions-in-coins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Morlin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA['Patriot' Groups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extremist Crime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.splcenter.org/blog/?p=6088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government wants ownership of $7 million worth of coins manufactured and sold by Bernard von NotHaus, a 67-year-old antigovernment icon who became a “high priest” in his own marijuana-smoking church. A federal jury in Statesville, N.C., decided on March 18 that the “Liberty Dollars” and other silver, gold and copper coins manufactured in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2011/03/25/after-antigovernment-liberty-dollars-creator-convicted-feds-seek-millions-in-coins/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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